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: 7 January 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.
And don't forget you can add your favourite shows to your Watchlist so you never miss an episode!
What's new on BBC iPlayer?
The Traitors
Get them before they get you. 22 people, one castle, £120k - Claudia Winkleman hosts the ultimate reality game of trust and treachery. Let the mind games begin.
The Night Manager
Jonathan Pine thought he’d buried his past. Now living as Alex Goodwin - a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London - his life is comfortingly uneventful. Then one night a chance sighting of an old Roper mercenary prompts a call to action and leads Pine to a violent encounter with a new player: Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos.
Wild London
Sir David Attenborough explores the wildlife of his London hometown, from urban deer to rooftop peregrines and many others, revealing how nature thrives in the world’s greenest major city.
Amanda & Alan's Greek Job
Besties Amanda Holden and Alan Carr take on a big fat Greek renovation on the idyllic Ionian island of Corfu.
Waiting for the Out
Freedom isn’t always on the outside. Teaching in prison, Dan obsesses over his own choices and confronts his turbulent past.
Lynley
Mismatched duo Lynley and Havers have nothing in common - except a desire to see justice done. A fresh take on the crime classic, starring Leo Suter, Sofia Barclay and Daniel Mays.
Waterloo Road
New Deputy Darius holds the keys to the kingdom – but how far will he go to keep that power? With the arrival of excluded students and familiar faces, chaos ensues at Waterloo Road. Love is in the air, and with prom and a wedding on the horizon, the teaching staff and students of Waterloo Road aren’t shy of any new challenges.
Can You Keep a Secret?
Meet the Fendons – an oddball little family who happen to have committed massive fraud
Black Ops
Dom and Kay start new roles at MI5, but each of them struggles to find their place.
Casualty
They're fighting to save patients while their personal lives are brimming with drama and intrigue. Everything's at stake on the emergency ward.
Call The Midwife
We're back at Nonnatus House for a new series and the midwives attend a women’s lib meeting.
Industry
Everyone is collateral. The boundaries between colleague, lover and enemy blur in the backstabbing, high pressure, glamorous world of high finance.
Gladiators series 3
The Gladiators are back, bigger than ever!
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Michael McIntyre returns with his National Television Award-winning Big Show
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Titanic Sinks Tonight
Minute by minute - the night the unsinkable ship sank.
The War Between the Land and the Sea
When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered.
The Celebrity Traitors
The time for talk is over... the celebrities have entered the castle!
Daddy Issues
A big-hearted story about a father and daughter, and the reality of facing up to parenthood – at any stage of life.
Riot Women
No apologies - just noise. Five fierce women crank up the volume to get their voices heard.
Movies
Films on BBC iPlayer
The Hunger Games Collection
In Panem, tributes are chosen to play a deadly game with one rule: kill or be killed. Dystopian series starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Crazy Rich Asians
The only thing crazier than love is family. Rom-com with Constance Wu and Henry Golding.
Bridget Jones's Diary
Put your big girl pants on because Bridget Jones’s Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones’s Baby are all available to watch on BBC iPlayer
Mission: Impossible I, II & III
Global threats, daring stunts, and one agent’s fight to save the world. Tom Cruise stars.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wallace invents a 'smart gnome' that has a mind of its own - or does it? It falls to Gromit to take on the dastardly Feathers McGraw once more... or Wallace may never invent again!
Mr Burton
This film tells the story of how Richard Jenkins became Richard Burton, one of the greatest stars Wales has ever produced.
Back to the Future Collection
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorised by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.
Clueless
Cher and her best friend Dionne know everything about being gorgeous, popular, and always in vogue. Then Cher decides to help a deeply uncool new girl to be as hip as her.
The Despicable Me Collection
All I Want for Christmas is Gru! All the bananas, all the mayhem in one epic collection.
The Sound of Music
Classic film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in which a novice nun leaves her convent to accept a position as governess to a large family.
Oppenheimer
The life of J Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist appointed by the US in the race to develop the atomic bomb before the Nazis. But winning that race comes at a cost.
Beetlejuice
The ghost with the most. Tim Burton’s quirky classic with Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder.
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