Netflix is great, but you as you peruse it and all the other American streaming options out there, you might find that there’s still something missing from your streaming diet. If you feel that way, you might consider checking out the many shows available on BritBox. The streaming service imports all of the best of what British TV has to offer.
If you’re looking through BritBox and wondering what to watch this month, we’ve got you covered. We’ve pulled together three of the best shows available on BritBox that you can check out in the month of November.
We also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+.
Wagatha: A Courtroom Drama (2022)
Dramatizing a real-life defamation case, Wagatha tells the story of Vardy v. Rooney, a 2019 case in which Coleen Rooney stated in a social media post that she had been conducting an extended sting operation to discover who was leaking “false stories” about her life to the Sun. She claimed that Rebekah Vardy was behind the leaks, and this dramatization uses actual court transcripts to bring the case to life.
Starring Good Omens actor Michael Sheen, the series is hugely compelling in part because it feels a little bit stranger than any fictional tale could be. It’s social media drama brought to life, and it’s more riveting than that description sounds.
You can watch Wagatha: A Courtroom Drama on BritBox.
River (2015)
The Brits are truly experts at producing exceptional detective series, and River is a perfect example. The series stars Stellan Skarsgård as a brilliant but unstable detective who finds himself haunted by the ghosts of the murder victims he’s investigated. As he investigates the death of one of his colleagues, his increasingly erratic behavior begins to concern his fellow officers.
Skarsgård is excellent in the lead role, and River is compelling in part because it really questions whether this particular detective’s brilliance is worth all the pain that he causes. River is only a single season, but you’ll love every minute of it.
You can watch River on BritBox.
REG (2016)
A brilliant and overtly political series based on a true story, REG follows a father who runs as an anti-war independent candidate in the 2005 parliamentary elections after the death of his son. As he searches for answers for what happened during the war, he becomes a lightning rod for the anger that had been building around the Iraq War since it started.
Released just a decade after the events it depicts, REG is explicitly about the way Tony Blair lied to the people he was supposed to be serving, and led the U.K. into a war that turned out to be a disaster.
You can watch REG on BritBox.
