What's new to watch on BBC iPlayer?

From drama to documentaries, comedy, entertainment and movies, there's something for everyone on BBC iPlayer

Published: 26 May 2026

Searching for something new to watch but don't know where to start? BBC iPlayer's got you covered. From movies and dramas to documentaries and entertainment, there's something for everyone.

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What's new on BBC iPlayer?

  • Dear England

    It's time to change the game. Gareth Southgate must face up to the years of hurt to take team and nation back to glory. Based on James Graham's hit play and starring Joseph Fiennes.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Two Weeks in August

    It’s all sun, sea and suppressed resentment for a group of friends in Greece - then an illicit kiss unravels everything. Watch now on iPlayer
  • Death Valley

    Curmudgeonly retired actor meets eager young detective - they're the perfect crime-fighting duo, if they can only get along.Watch now in BBC iPlayer
  • A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

    Five years ago a schoolgirl was murdered by her boyfriend. Case closed, right? Not according to Pip.Series 2 coming to iPlayer 27 May
  • Amandaland

    Life after Motherland. Downsizing, facing the horror of modern teens - not even an alpha mum can do it alone.Watch now on iPlayer
  • England 2006: The Golden Generation

    With Beckham, Rooney, Ferdinand and Cole on the team, the 2006 World Cup was supposed to be England's moment.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Half Man

    Niall and Ruben are not related by blood, but as close as you can getNew episodes every Friday
  • The Cage

    Leanne and Matty are both robbing from the same casino – setting them on a high-stakes crash course with gangsters, police... and each other.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Kidnapped by My Mum

    At 11 years old, Alex vanished on holiday with his mother and grandfather for six years. Now, he's retracing his steps across Europe to tell the full story for the first time.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Smoggie Queens

    Cheers queers! Incredible lewks, titanic brunches, epic squabbles - this deeply weird and fiercely loving chosen family takes no prisoners. Out and proud Middlesbrough comedy.Watch now on iPlayer
  • MasterChef

    Into the kitchen and under the spotlight. Amateur cooks duel it out for the right to be called the MasterChef UK Champion.New episodes every Monday
  • Peelers: The PSNI for Real

    Unfiltered and up close. The realities and challenges of 24/7 policing in Belfast.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr

    Ten talented designers. One life-changing contract. Alan Carr and interiors guru Michelle Ogundehin are on the hunt for talent, passion and dazzling designsNew episodes every Tuesday

Keep Watching

  • The Other Bennet Sister

    The spirited Bennet sisters navigate the minefield of the marriage market – but for bookish Mary, another path beckons.Watch on iPlayer now
  • Small Prophets

    The magical and mundane unfold in a suburban shed as a lonely man stumbles on the supernatural. Mackenzie Crook’s weird and wonderful world, with Pearce Quigley and Michael Palin.Watch on iPlayer now
  • One Piece

    Find the One Piece, become King of the Pirates. Luffy and crew set sail, searching for the world's greatest treasure. Watch on iPlayer now
  • The Young Offenders

    Awkward eejits. Feckless teens Conor and Jock can't help but get in trouble - be it petty crime, hapless romances or disappointing mum Mairead. Craic-filled, Cork-set comedy.Watch on iPlayer now
  • Sherlock

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson's adventures in 21st Century London.Watch on iPlayer now
  • The Capture

    Don't believe what you see. In the terrifying world of deepfake technology, just who is pulling the strings? Conspiracy thriller starring Holliday Grainger and Paapa Essiedu.Watch on iPlayer now
  • Peaky Blinders

    On the lawless streets of 1920s Birmingham, the fight is on. Starring Cillian Murphy Watch 6 series on iPlayer now
  • Industry

    Everyone is collateral. The boundaries between colleague, lover and enemy blur in the backstabbing, high pressure, glamorous world of high finance.Watch on iPlayer now
  • The Night Manager

    Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman in a tense, stylish thriller from spy master John Le Carré.Watch on iPlayer now
  • Motherland

    It's a mum-eat-mum world. The brave women and men of the school run come face to face with playdate politics, the PTA's reign of terror and never having a pee by yourself.Watch on iPlayer now
  • Race Across the World

    No phones, limited cash - and one high-stakes, low-budget race to the finish. On a globe-spanning adventure of a lifetime, which pair will cross the line first?Watch on iPlayer now
  • Silent Witness

    As Nikki, Jack, Harriet and Kit open the doors to the Sir William Bowman Centre of Excellence in Birmingham for the first time, a new set of murder mysteries haunt the team...Watch on iPlayer now
  • The Great British Menu

    The best of British cuisine. Top chefs from across the UK put their hearts on a plate and showcase amazing culinary talent. Who will get to cook for a spectacular banquet?Watch on iPlayer now
  • The Despicable Me Collection

    All the bananas, all the mayhem in one epic collection.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Mission: Impossible

    When a crucial mission goes wrong, spy Ethan Hunt finds himself out on a limb and under suspicion. Taking the law into his own hands, he races to clear his name and expose the real traitor. Watch now on iPlayer
  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow remains the last hope for his fading lineage. With the tenth annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow becomes alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Saving Private Ryan

    After the carnage of D-Day, Captain Miller is ordered into heavily contested territory to find and return a single soldier. Watch now on iPlayer
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Aftersun

    Sophie is beginning to remember a formative holiday her divorced dad Calum took her on as a child. What her 11-year-old self experienced is now conjuring up things that perhaps went unseen. Watch now on iPlayer
  • 1917

    During the First World War, two soldiers must cross no-man's-land to deliver a message. If they fail, an entire battalion will be ordered over the top and into a deadly trap.Watch now on iPlayer
  • The Iron Claw

    Based on the true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Watch now on iPlayer
  • Storyville: Mr Nobody Against Putin

    Oscar winner | BBC Storyville documentary following a Russian schoolteacher as he risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroomWatch now on iPlayer
  • Malcolm X

    Scholar. Convict. Leader. Denzel Washington stars in Spike Lee’s epic civil rights biopic.Watch now on iPlayer
  • Trolls World Tour

    Six troll tribes clash over their devotion to different types of music. Queen Poppy has to prevent Queen Barb of the rock tribe from destroying all other music. Watch now on iPlayer
  • Green Book

    In 1962, Italian-American nightclub bouncer Tony Lip gets taken on as a driver for acclaimed African American pianist Donald Shirley on a tour of the Deep South.Watch now on iPlayer
  • In Camera (British Film Premiere Season)

    A young actor who is in a cycle of nightmarish auditions takes it upon himself to find a new part to play. Starring Nabhaan RizwanWatch now on iPlayer
  • Bird

    Twelve-year-old Bailey lives in a squat in north Kent with her brother and emotionally distant father, yearning for connection and escape.Watch now on iPlayer
  • La La Land

    Award-winning musical. An aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician fall in love in modern-day Los Angeles.Watch now on iPlayer

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