The hottest and most anticipated movies and TV shows to stream in 2024
This year is shaping up to be a good one for telly addicts with lots of laughs, surprises and drama in store.
More than 67% of the population have signed up to subscription services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Now and Disney+. Some 40 million of us even like to binge-watch our favourite shows by streaming them back-to-back.
And there is no denying that what we watch on TV has a big impact on our day-to-day lives.
Prime Video’s Christmas smash Saltburn, for example, is the service’s most streamed film this month in the UK. The dark comedy, starring Barry Keoghan and Carey Mulligan, also propelled Sophie Ellis- Bextor’s 2001 single Murder on the Dancefloor back to No.8 in
the charts.
And on Netflix, the Harlan Coben thriller Fool Me Once, starring Michelle Keegan, rocketed to the top of the UK streaming charts as the new year began, with 6.6 million of us tuning in for the opening episode.
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Here, we take a look at some of the hottest shows that are due to stream in 2024…
Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who (BBC/Bad Wolf/Nwaka Okparaeke)Doctor Who
Starring Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education), Bonnie Langford (early Doctor Who ) and Millie Gibson ( Coronation Street ), with Russell T Davies returning as head writer and executive producer.
Entering its 61st year with its 14th series and a new Time Lord and companion, the cult sci-fi show promises to be a winner.
On BBC1/BBC iPlayer in May
The cast of Rivals (DISNEY +)Rivals
Starring David Tennant (Doctor Who), Danny Dyer ( EastEnders ) and Aidan Turner (Poldark), its executive producers are Rivals author Jilly Cooper and former EastEnders boss Dominic Treadwell-Collins.
Dust off your jodhpurs and polish your saucy puns as Jilly’s sexy 1980s bestseller about the horsey elite gets a contemporary update.
On Disney+ in the first half of the year
Joan
Starring Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Frank Dillane ( Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince).
This six-part series tells the story of Joan Hannington, aka The Godmother. Set in 1980s London, it is based on her shocking memoir I Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief.
On ITVX from January 24
Chilling warning text sent by ex boyfriend minutes before murdering former lover
Breathtaking
Starring Golden Globe-winning actress Joanne Froggatt and written by Jed Mercurio.
Based on doctor-writer Rachel Clarke’s harrowing memoir, it tells the shocking story of the life of an NHS doctor in the thick of the crisis during the early days of the Covid pandemic.
On ITV and ITVX soon
One Day
Starring Ambika Mod (This is Going to Hurt) and Leo Woodall (The White Lotus).
Set against an impeccable soundtrack from the past 20 years, this adaptation of David Nicholls’ best-selling book tells the story of Dexter and Emma, revisiting their lives and their relationship every July 15 over two decades.
On Netflix from February 8
Griselda
Starring Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) who is also executive producer.
The six-part series is a fictionalised dramatisation of the life of Griselda Blanco, the Colombian drug lord who created and presided over one of the most powerful cartels in history during the 1970s and 1980s.
On Netflix from January 25
The Way
Starring Steffan Rhodri (Gavin and Stacey) and Callum Scott Howells (It’s a Sin), it’s directed and co-created by Michael Sheen.
Tapping into the social and political chaos of today’s world, it imagines a civil uprising starting in a small Welsh industrial town and follows the Driscoll family as they are forced to flee their home and their old lives.
On BBC1/BBC iPlayer from February
Lionel Messi (Getty Images)
Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
Following the huge success of the David Beckham docuseries on Netflix, this four-part series takes an exclusive look behind the scenes at the five World Cup appearances of Lionel Messi and his 2022 victory with Argentina.
On Apple TV+ from February 21
Anne-Marie Duff
Playing Nice
Starring James Norton ( Happy Valley ), Niamh Algar (The Wonder), James McArdle (Mare of Easttown) and Jessica Brown Findlay (Life After Life).
Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up and then face a horrifying dilemma – do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or do they reclaim their biological child?
On ITV and ITVX later this year
Sexy Beast is a prequel
Sexy Beast
Starring James McArdle ( Star Wars : The Force Awakens), Emun Elliott (The Gold) and Tamsin Greig (Belgravia).
A prequel to the 2000 cult gangster movie starring Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley, this series looks at the early relationship between Gal and Don, as they descend into the madness of the London criminal world of the 1990s.
On Paramount+ from January 25
Michelle Dockery in This Town (© Banijay Rights, Kudos)
This Town
Starring Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Nicholas Pinnock (For Life) and Geraldine James (Bandof Gold), and written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.
Set in Birmingham and Coventry, the six-part drama starts in 1981, exploring family ties, social tensions, teenage kicks and the exhilarating ska and two-tone music scene.
On BBC1/BBC iPlayer this spring
Vicky McClure in Trigger Point
Trigger Point
Starring Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure, its executive producer is Jed Mercurio, of Line of Duty and Bodyguard fame.
After a two-year wait, explosives officer Lana Washington is back after a stint defusing bombs in Ukraine. She is now dealing with terrorist threats in the heart ofLondon in a series referencing real-life events.
On ITV and ITVX this month
Joely Richardson in Renegade Nell
Renegade Nell
Starring Louisa Harland (Derry Girls), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Adrian Lester (Trigger Point) and Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), the series creator is Sally Wainwright, of HappyValley and Gentleman Jack fame.
This period drama about Britain’s most feared highwaywoman is based on the real-life story of Nell Jackson. She was forced to turn to crime in the 18th century after being framed for murder.
On Disney+ in the spring
Suspect: Series 2
Starring Anne-Marie Duff, left (The Salisbury Poisonings) and Ben Miller (Armstrong and Miller).
The second series sees Dr Susannah Newman launch a desperate quest to find a serial killer before he strikes again that night. With her former lover Det Supt Richard Grove refusing to take action, she embarks on her own deadly mission to stop the fiend.
On Channel 4 later this year
Masters of the Air
Starring Austin Butler (Elvis), Barry Keoghan (Saltburn), Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who), Anthony Boyle (Derry Girls), and Jude Law’s son Raff, it is produced by Steven Spielberg.
A companion series to the Spielberg-produced Band of Brothers, this follows the 100th Bomber Group of the US Army Air Force during their combat missions in the Second World War.
On Apple TV from January 26
Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington (LAURENCE CENDROWICZ/NETFLIX)Bridgerton: Series 3
Starring Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls), Luke Newton (The Cut), Adjoa Andohand Jonathan Bailey, from executive producer Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy).
Prepare for yet more bodice ripping action from the high society families of Regency London as the new series explores Penelope Featherington’s romance with Colin Bridgerton.
On Netflix from May 16
Out There
Starring Martin Clunes (Doc Martin).
This dark thriller focuses on county lines drug dealing and an escalating crimewave sweeping the British countryside. Clunes plays a farmer confronted with menacing forces that threaten his livelihood and family life.
On ITV and ITVX later this year
Glenn Close in The New Look
The New Look
Starring Glenn Close, Juliette Binoche (Chocolat) and Maisie Williams (Game ofThrones). Set in 1940s Nazi-occupied France and 1960s Paris, it traces the rise of iconic fashion designer Christian Dior.
On Apple TV+from February 14
Nicole Kidman and Brian Tee in ExpatsExpats
Starring Nicole Kidman, and Jack Huston (Mayfair Witches).
Set in Hong Kong, it follows the colourful professional and private lives of a close-knit expat community, where affluence is celebrated, gossip is king and friendships are intense but temporary.
On Prime Video from January 26
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