Everything Coming to BritBox & AcornTV in April 2026
It's our monthly rundown of everything coming to the British-focused niche streaming services like BritBoxNational Theatre at Homeand AcornTV in April 2026.
It’s starting to look like 2026 may be the make-or-break year for our favorite niche streaming services here at Telly Visions. We’re only a quarter of the way through as the calendar rounds into Aprilbut with both AMC Networks and BritBox launching major restructures for their subscription offeringsit feels like this might be the moment when we learn exactly which services will still be here in 2030.
We’ll need to give BritBox Premier a few months to determine whether creating a higher-priced service tier was the right move – not to mention that BritBox owner BBC is now well underway with its charter review in the U.K. ahead of 2027. But as it stands right nowBritBox Premier looks like it could be the first true competitor to PBS Passport – right down to the “early binge release” model that public broadcasting uses to entice members to join.
Like PBS Passportthe “early binge release” model applies only to select series and implemented so that it doesn’t rob Peter to pay Paulas it were. Unlike other streaming servicesPBS developed its own brand of “early binge release” special-offer modelwhere shows arrive just early enough that hardcore fans will sign upbut not so early that by the time the series airs on local stationseveryone’s already watched it. BritBox clearly took notesbecause it’s doing the same thing with its first offeringSeason 29 of Silent Witnesswhich is available for Premier subscribers to binge ahead of its mid-month release. Howeversince that release is only a couple of weeks awaythose who can’t afford Premier (or choose not to sign up) will be able to start watching soon enough.
With thatlet’s review everything coming to the dedicated niche streaming services in April 2026.
Flagship streaming service AMC+ continues with new episodes of This City is Ours streaming into April. MeanwhileAcorn TV will continue to release new episodes of Murdoch Mysteries Season 19Mystery Road: Origin Season 2and the just-arrived The Feud on Shelbury Drive through the end of the month. Here are April’s new debuts:
The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 12
New Zealand-set The Brokenwood Mysteries returns for Season 12 as Acorn finally starts to position it as an ensemble series rather than just the central pair. Neill Rea as DSS Mike Shepherd and Fern Sutherland as Detective Kristin Sims are now officially billed alongside Jarod Rawiri as DC Daniel Chalmers and Cristina Ionda as Dr. Gina Kadinskygiving the show a solid core four. Considering the surprising lack of cast turnover after a decade on the airone assumes this is in preparation for the inevitable retirements. We love succession planning and approve highly.
The Brokenwood Mysteries Season 12 premieres on Acorn TV on MondayApril 62026with new episodes streaming weekly through mid-May.
SisterS Season 2
MeanwhileAMC Networks is essentially admitting it’s unsure where the best place for ex-Sundance shows iseven though one would assume the answer is “Acorn TV.” HoweverSisterS, which originally streamed on Sundance Now and aired on the cable channel IFCwill debut across three platforms. The Irish-Canadian series about two half-sisters who discover each other’s existence later in life will still air Season 2 on the cable channel IFCbut it will now also stream on both Acorn TV and AMC+. This seems rather ineffectivesplitting the audiences across multiple servicesbut perhaps it’s the best way to make sure everyone finds it.
SisterS Season 2 will debut simultaneously on Acorn TVAMC+and IFC TV on WednesdayApril 222026with new episodes through the end of May.
Attenborough: Behind the Lens
Netflix and PBS are making bigger deals about David Attenborough’s centenarybut Acorn TV will also have a special focused on the naturalistthe 2023 documentary Attenborough: Behind the Lens. The special will stream after Earth Day is overbut before Attenborough’s 100th birthday on May 8which means it won’t have any competition when it arrivesbut also means its debut falls in an awkward spot for proper marketing. Hopefullyviewers will find it anyway.
Attenborough: Behind the Lens premieres on Acorn TV on MondayApril 272026.
National Theater at Home is making great strides in bringing at least one new title worth watching every monthand as long as it keeps it upwe'll keep watching.
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Imelda Staunton and real-life daughter Bessie Carter star in the 2025 restaging of the 1893 play by George Bernard ShawMrs. Warren’s Profession at the Garrick Theatre. The play finally arrives on streaming after debuting in theaters in October 2025. Carter plays Vivie Warrenan independent-minded young woman who discovers that her mother (Staunton)whom she is trying to rebel againstis actually the successful proprietress of a brothel.
The filmed staging of Mrs. Warren’s Profession arrives on National Theatre at Home on ThursdayApril 22026.
BritBox has several series carrying over from March with new episodesincluding the last of Father Brown Season 13the Welsh dual-language Mudtown (Ar y Ffin)Hope Street Season 5and The Lady. Here’s what’s debuting in April:
Jane Austen Archives
BritBox’s big May debut will be the arrival of The Other Bennet Sisterwhich has gotten rave reviews in the U.K. Ahead of the new seriesit is adding back several Jane Austen (and Jane Austen-adjacent) favorites:
- Pride & Prejudice (2005)
- Emma (1996)
- Becoming Jane (2007)
- Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
- Austenland (2013)
All five debut FridayApril 32026.
A Taste For Murder
The latest Italian-set series from the team behind Hotel PortofinoBritBox’s newest cozy crime dramaA Taste for Murderwill mix murderfamilyand classic Italian cuisine. Set in Caprithe new series stars Warren Brown (Ten Pound Poms) as a British detective who relocates with his daughter to Italy after his wife's death to live with his in-lawsplayed by Phyllis Logan (The Puzzle Lady) and Urbano Barberini (Casino Royale). Each episode features a familiar Italian dish as part of the case of the weekso make sure to have dinner ready before watching.
A Taste For Murder premieres on TuesdayApril 72026on BritBox with two episodesfollowed by weekly releases through the beginning of May.
Silent Witness Season 29
Silent Witness earned its name by quietly sneaking onto BritBox Premier as the service’s first “early binge release” without many people noticing. It’s well timed; Season 29 is yet another soft reboot for the long-running police procedural anywaymoving from a Moonlighting- will-they-or-won’t-they to a “married detectives solve crimes” series. (The show even moves house to its new Birmingham filming locale for the occasion.) Emilia Fox and David Caves continue to star as the central couplewith new cast members Maggie Steed and Francesca Mills joining the series’ newest iteration.
All episodes of Silent Witness are already streaming for BritBox Premier subscribers. For everyone elseSeason 29 will premiere on BritBox starting ThursdayApril 162026with new episodes streaming on Thursdays through mid-June.
Death in Paradise Season 15
Death in Paradise has finally moved down the BritBox calendar from its previous debut slot in the dead of winteras the entire Paradiseverse shifts to later in the calendar year. Season 15 sees the return of its newest detectiveDI Mervin Wilson (Don Gilet)for another set of murders on the island getaway filled with sunsandand a plethora of guest stars.
Death in Paradise Season 15 will premiere on BritBox on TuesdayApril 212026and will follow a weekly release schedule through mid-June.
After the Flood Season 2
The 2024 hit series After the Flood returns to BritBox for Season 2. Led by Sophie Rundle (Happy Valley) as DS Jo Marshall and Lorraine Ashbourne (Bridgerton) as her motherMolly Marshallthis is a series that takes its cues from Happy Valleybut trades out the James Norton serial killer for something far more dangerous: the slow-moving horrors of climate change. Even betterSeason 2 doesn’t accidentally find itself underwater with a second thousand-year floodinstead opting for a different fresh natural horror: wildfire.
After the Flood Season 2 will debut on BritBox on ThursdayApril 232026and stream through the end of May.
Silent Witness
BBC Select Documentaries
A selection of the newer documentaries arriving for the BritBox Premier crowd.
ThursdayApril 22026
- Art That Made Us (2022)
- Expedition Killer Whale (2024)
ThursdayApril 92026
- Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler (2026)
ThursdayApril 162026
- Inside the Rage Machine (2026)
- Australia: 1000 Years of History (2021)
- Changing Planet I & II (2022/2023)
WednesdayApril 222026
- Changing Planet III (2024)
ThursdayApril 232026
- Changing Planet IV: River Restoration Special (2025)
- Winston Churchill (2021)
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