15 British TV shows we're excited about in 2023
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- 14 Feb 2023
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There are so many to choose from. Here's a snippet of them.
2022 was such a bumper year for British TV that 2023 is surely going to struggle to follow it, right?
Well, hold that thought.
Although it's still early days, the year ahead is already shaping up to be a strong one for UK television, with some familiar shows returning (hello Doctor Who and the final season of The Crown), spinoff shows (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is on its way!) and plenty of brand new series that all sound very promising (new things are coming from It's a Sin creator Russell T. Davies and Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight, for starters).
Below is a roundup of the British shows coming in 2023 that we're most looking forward to (it's worth noting that there are a few, like Sandman, that may be coming in 2023(Opens in a new tab), but we've left off just in case they take a little longer to make it to screens).
1. Lockwood & Co.
Kids have proper adult jobs in Lockwood and Co., Netflix's upcoming teen supernatural series directed by Joe Cornish and based on Jonathan Stroud's book series. The show hinges around young entrepreneur Anthony Lockwood (Cameron Chapman), who runs his own business offering assistance battling ghosts with his trusty sidekick George Karim (Ali Hadji-Heshmati). They're joined by mysterious psychic teen Lucy Carlyle (Ruby Stokes), and the trio work together to Scooby Doo this crap(Opens in a new tab). Along the way they'll meet a bunch of allies and nemeses, including relic hunter and former agent Flo (Hayley Konadu) and mysterious mercenary The Golden Blade (Luke Treadaway).
2. Heartstopper, Season 2
One of our favourite shows of 2022 and the sweet teen romance of our dreams, Heartstopper had our tickers on a platter for its debut season. Leaving us on a cliffhanger like that with Tao (William Gao) and Elle (Yasmin Finney)? We pined, we perished. English writer and illustrator Alice Oseman brought the beloved characters(Opens in a new tab) from her Tapas/Webtoon/Tumblr hit 2016 webcomic(Opens in a new tab), including protagonists Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor), to the Netflix screen adaptation directed by Euros Lyn. Heartstopper lies on the sugary sweet end of the teen dramedy series spectrum, worlds apart from Euphoria and Skins, younger but just as delightful as Sex Education, with a new gay love story akin to Love, Viktor. But it doesn’t shy away from a poignant examination of queer identity amid steadfast heteronormativity. We can't wait to see where Nick and Charlie take our hearts next. — S.C.
