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Last Updated on May 29, 2024 by Stefanie Hutson
June sees BritBox bringing even more older shows to the US, along with a few exciting new releases – including a second season of the Northern Irish hit crime drama, Blue Lights.
Want to see all the recent monthly premieres for Acorn TV and BritBox? Check out our pages below:
- What's New on BritBox?
- What's New on Acorn TV?
June 1st Premieres
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Fingersmith (2005)
Adapted from the novel by Sarah Waters, this riveting Victorian crime drama follows the intertwined lives of two young women, Sue Trinder (Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water) and Maud Lilly (Elaine Cassidy, The Paradise). Raised in a den of petty thieves, Sue is recruited for an elaborate con to defraud the wealthy Maud of her inheritance. Unfortunately for Sue, her plan doesn't go quite as expected.
June 5th Premieres
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Suspects, Season 1 (2014 to 2016)
This heavily improvised crime drama uses a documentary style of filming as it follows a team of London detectives who deal with a variety of serious cases. Topics include murder, missing persons, overdoses, sex crime, child abuse, and more. Cast members include Fay Ripley as DI Martha Bellamy, Damien Molony as DS Jack Weston, Lenora Crichlow as DS Alisha Brooks, and Clare-Hope Ash*tey as DS Charlotte Steele.
Seasons will premiere as follows:
- Season 1 – June 5th
- Season 2 – June 12th
- Season 3 – June 19th
- Season 4 – June 26th
Though not confirmed in BritBox's June announcements, we would expect to see season 5 (the final season) in early July – but we'll have to wait for their July schedule to know for certain.
June 6th Premieres
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Changing Ends, Season 1 (2023)
Set against the backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, this semi-autobiographical sitcom stars Alan Carr as the son of a professional football manager. It's billed as a “show about school and family, and figuring out who you are when your family are Match of the Day football fanatics – and you’re a little bit Miss Marple”.
Alan Carr stars alongside Oliver Savell (Belfast) as a young Alan Carr.
June 7th Premieres
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Naked Civil Servant (1975)
This film stars John Hurt as Quentin Crisp, a flamboyantly hom*osexual man coming of age in 1930s and 40s England. When he faces criminal charges for his activities, he has to decide what he's willing to do in order to defend and maintain his way of life. The film also includes an appearance from Patricia Hodge (Miranda) as the ballet teacher.
June 10th Premieres
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Lovejoy, Season 4
This delightful 80s and 90s series continues to premiere on BritBox through the month of June. It follows Ian McShane as Lovejoy, an antiques dealer with an abnormal talent for differentiating between valuable items and fakes, along with a shaky moral compass that gets him into all manner of trouble.
The following seasons will premiere in June:
- Season 4 – June 10th
- Season 5 – June 24th
Season 6 is the final season, and based on the patterns so far, we would expect to see it follow in July or August – but there's been no official confirmation of that yet.
June 13th Premieres
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Blue Lights, Season 2
This Belfast-based crime drama returns for a second season, this time following the officers as they handle a serious gangland feud. It's been a year since the fall of the McIntyre gang, but rival gangs have been quick to fill in the power vacuum. Grace (Sian Brooke,Good Omens), Annie (Katherine Devlin,The Dig) and Tommy (Nathan Braniff) are doing their best, and Constable Shane Bradley (Frank Blake, Sanditon) has been drafted in to help. Grace struggles to deal with her son’s absence and her own growing feelings for fellow officer Stevie (Martin McCann, Marcella), while Tommy is seduced by the world of intelligence policing. All around them, tensions are rising – leading to a violent final confrontation.
June 17th Premieres
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Grand Designs, Season 19
Kevin McCloud returns to present another season full of daring, stylish, and expensive home building projects. Each project unfolds over a series of months or even years, with many projects getting derailed due to funds or personal issues. Series 19 follows self-builds all over the UK, from a sculptural home in Devon, to an ambitious renovation on a Scottish country estate and an eye-catching triangular home in Sussex.
June 21st Premieres
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Manhunt: The Phantom Cop Killer (2023)
For a few weeks in the summer of 1982, Barry Prudom was the single most wanted man in all of the UK. After shooting two police officers and a pensioner, a massive 1000-officer search party set out across West Yorkshire in search of the culprit. Having learned evasion and survival techniques on an SAS course, he managed to evade capture, earning the nickname “The Phantom”. Eventually, the man who taught him, Eddie “Jungle Eddie” McGee, stepped forward, and it was he who was tasked with finding the seemingly un-catchable man.
This series is not to be confused with the Manhunt series on Acorn TV, which starred Martin Clunes as DCI Colin Sutton.
June 26th Premieres
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Northern Lights, Season 1
This raw series tells the story of two grieving strangers, Lloyd (Stephen Jones,Kin) and Áine (Elva Trill,Starstruck), whose worlds collide on a rainy night in Dublin when Lloyd notices Áine standing on Grattan Bridge. Fearing the worst, he decides to intervene. Over time, they realise they can each provide something the other needs, and a friendship begins to bloom.
Need more viewing ideas? Try these posts…
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- 31 Brand New British TV Shows Premiering in the US: May 2024
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