BritBox is a subsidiary of the BBC that has allowed an increasingly greater number of viewers around the world to watch original programming from the U.K. along with classic British TV and films. Each month they announce additional programming they’ll be adding to the subscription service. This is the line-up for April 2023.
April 4
Sister Boniface Mysteries Season 2
Sister Boniface is back in the habit, returning as the Great Slaughter Constabulary’s crime-solving secret weapon. Countryside criminals should start saying their Hail Marys, as Boniface’s faith in forensics is only rivaled by her passion for investigation. This series, the sister will force a murderer into checkmate at a chess tournament, take a spin through a pirate radio station, and defend her reputation as the conviction of her greatest adversary,” The Pear Tree Poisoner,” comes into question.
April 11
An Interview with Brian Cox
Award-winning actor Brian Cox (Succession, King Lear) sits down for an exclusive, in-depth interview on his life and career. From his early years in Scotland and Shakespearean beginnings to his contemporary roles across film and television, no stone is unturned in this heartfelt interview with the iconic actor.
Blue/Orange
Based on the award-winning play by Joe Penhall, Blue/ Orange follows a young doctor (John Simm, Grace) who clashes with an older colleague (Brian Cox, Succession) about the condition of a mental patient (Shaun Parkes, Small Axe). In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator – a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. Blue/Orange is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service.
Bob Servant
When Broughty Ferry’s MP is decapitated in a car crash, the resulting by-election receives an unlikely candidate. Local cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant (Brian Cox, Succession) launches an eccentric campaign, managed by hapless right-hand man Frank (Jonathan Watson, Two Doors Down). Over the series, Bob and Frank battle with slick English candidate Nick Edwards (Rufus Jones, W1A) and his wife (Pollyanna McIntosh, The Walking Dead) for the votes of a bewildered Broughty Ferry public.
April 20
Grace Season 3
Based on the bestselling novels of Peter James, John Simm (Crime) returns as the troubled but unyielding DS Roy Grace as he solves even more mind bending crimes along the Brighton coast and walks a career tightrope by using his instincts and unorthodox methods to get results.
