You’re probably not actually out of American TV to watch, but whether you have or not, BritBox offers a welcome reprieve from the way we do TV stateside. The streaming service, which is dedicated to bringing you the best TV from the U.K., is filled with shows that are well worth exploring.
We’ve pulled together three BritBox shows that are worth checking out this month. Are two of them about detectives? Yes, but you know what? The Brits make many detective shows, and we’re more than okay with that.
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A very recent premiere on the service, I, Jack Wright tells the story of a woman who, in the aftermath of her husband’s death by apparent suicide, makes a shocking discovery about his will. As she begins the process of contesting it, police investigate his death in order to determine whether everything is as straightforward as it appears.
I, Jack Wright perfectly combines the devastation that comes after an intimate loss with some of the more intriguing elements from its premise. Told over the course of six episodes, the British drama is designed to keep you hooked from the very first episode.
You can watch I, Jack Wright on BritBox.
Look, the Brits make a lot of mystery shows, and a lot of them are pretty great. Ludwig has a great and original twist that revolves around the twins at the show’s center. When one twin, a detective, goes missing, his reclusive brother is convinced to stand in for him to get to the bottom of his brother’s disappearance.
All the while, he’s also wrapped up in a separate murder investigation and can’t clue anyone in to the fact that he is not, in fact, his brother. David Mitchell’s remarkable central performance is a huge piece of why this show works, as is its careful management of several different tones.
You can watch Ludwig on BritBox.
A brilliant, straightforward drama that is not about detectives, Unforgiven follows a woman just released from prison after a 15-year sentence. As she tries to rebuild her life after spending half of her life behind bars, the series charts her attempts to reckon with all of the decisions that landed her in prison, even as the people she wronged begin plotting their revenge.
Unforgiven is a show about what it means to come back into a society that might not welcome you and whether you can ever truly reconcile yourself to the worst things you’ve ever done.
You can watch Unforgiven on BritBox.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.