Cosy TV to watch on BBC iPlayer this autumn
It’s time to get cosy and sink into your favourite TV. Whether you want to relax with a comforting series, discover a new cosy classic, or explore the wilderness from the comfort of your living room, we’ve got you covered.
Grab a nice hot chocolate, get cosy on the sofa and get ready to enjoy a boxset of the very best comfort TV.
Cosy Drama TV
With every episode available on BBC iPlayer, these are the shows you can sink into as the days get a little shorter.
From unmissable period dramas and classic fantasy series, to cosy crime capers and nostalgic dramas from the iPlayer archive, you’re almost spoilt for choice…
Pride and Prejudice
The award-winning 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic Regency romance, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
If you fancy another Austen classic, there’s also the 2008 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility on BBC iPlayer with Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, David Morrissey, and Dominic Cooper.
Merlin
Fantasy period drama based on the King Arthur legend. Young wizard Merlin (Colin Morgan), arrives in Camelot to find magic outlawed, its practice punishable by death.
There’s lots more to enjoy from the iPlayer archive. In the mood for another brilliant fantasy series from the 00s? Why not try Robin Hood for more wisecracks, romance, and swashbuckling adventures in the fight for good.
Last Tango in Halifax
Romantic comedy drama series. Alan and Celia, both widowed and in their seventies, rekindle a passionate relationship that fate stole from them over sixty years ago. Enjoy the Bafta-winning series from Sally Wainwright as we follow the surprising and uplifting journey of Celia and Alan. Also starring Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker, Tony Gardner, Dean Andrews and Ronni Ancona.
For another heart-warming drama, head to the Scottish highlands with Monarch of the Glen. Based on Compton Mackenzie’s novels, Archie MacDonald becomes the laird of a huge, decaying family estate in the Cairngorms.
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Quirky, crime-fighting fun with Mark Benton and Jo Joyner.
The series follows an unlikely pair of private investigators, hardboiled ex-cop Frank Hathaway (Benton), and warm-hearted ex-hairdresser Lu Shakespeare (Joyner), as they work the cobbled streets of Stratford-upon-Avon, solving thrilling cases and murders most foul.
Did you know? Shakespeare & Hathaway will return for a new series, add to your iPlayer Watchlist now.
Wolf Hall
Historical drama chronicling the rise of Thomas Cromwell, the son of a humble blacksmith who became King Henry VIII’s chief minister, as he navigated the corridors of power in the Tudor court.
Featuring Academy Award winner Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, with Emmy Award winner Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII, alongside Academy Award nominee Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Wolsey. Wolf Hall will return, add to your iPlayer Watchlist now.
Call the Midwife
A heart-warming tale of life in London’s hard-up East End. Midwives welcome new lives in the changing times of the 50s and 60s.
Call the Midwife will return, add to your iPlayer Watchlist now.
Christie Collection
You’ll find a collection of Christie classics on BBC iPlayer.
Enjoy star-studded adaptations of gripping stories from the best-selling author of all time.
- Murder Is Easy – Nothing is what is seems in a deceptively sleepy English village.
- And Then There Were None – Ten strangers find themselves cut off from civilisation on an isolated rock off the Devon coast. Agatha Christie mystery with Aidan Turner, Charles Dance and Miranda Richardson.
- Ordeal by Innocence – Heiress Rachel Argyll is murdered at her family estate. Eighteen months later, the identity of the murderer is thrown in doubt. An Agatha Christie mystery starring Bill Nighy.
- The Pale Horse – When a young woman is murdered, a mysterious list of names is discovered. Who wrote the list, and what does it mean? An Agatha Christie mystery starring Rufus Sewell.
- The ABC Murders – It’s 1933, and an older and greyer Hercule Poirot has fallen out of the public eye. When he receives anonymous letters threatening murder, he must take matters into his own hands. Adaptation with John Malkovich and Rupert Grint.
- The Witness for the Prosecution – A man is accused of killing his lover in order to inherit her wealth. An Agatha Christie mystery starring Toby Jones, Kim Cattrall and Andrea Riseborough.
There’s also a new three-part adaptation of the classic mystery novel on the way!
Sister Boniface Mysteries
A cosy series with Lorna Watson starring as TV’s favourite Vespa driving, crime-solving, Catholic nun.
From the makers of Father Brown (that’s the internationally popular crime drama with Mark Williams), Sister Boniface is the police’s secret weapon in fighting crime. And, just in case you were wondering, you can also watch Father Brown on BBC iPlayer.
Beyond Paradise
An idyllic Death in Paradise spin-off set against the backdrops of Devon and Cornwall. DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and his fiancée Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) head to the not-so-sleepy town of Shipton Abbott as they embark on their new life.
You can also enjoy over 100 episodes of Death in Paradise on BBC iPlayer.
Cosy Comedy TV
Ludwig
Cryptic comedy drama with David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell Martin. When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (David Mitchell) identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother’s identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts. John has never married, never had a family and never really ventured further than his own front door. Without a computer, mobile phone or even a television, he lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of ‘Ludwig’.
However, filling the shoes of your identical twin is one thing – when your twin also happens to be a successful DCI leading Cambridge’s busy inner-city major crimes team the stakes are much higher. John may be a master of all things cryptic, but can he crack the biggest puzzle of his life?
Ghosts
A cash-strapped young couple inherit a rickety country mansion, only to find it teeming with needy ghosts. Grown-up comedy from the Horrible Histories team, starring writers and creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond, with Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
Did you know? There’s also a US version of the popular sitcom available on iPlayer. A couple inherit a crumbling mansion – and a gaggle of ghouls, from a saucy 1920s lounge singer to a 1960s hippy. It’s a live-in nightmare!
Gavin & Stacey
Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love, bringing their friends, family and baggage with them. The slow-burn hit that became the nation’s favourite.
Grab a chicken bhuna, lamb bhuna, prawn bhuna, mushroom rice, bag of chips, keema naan, nine poppadoms, and get stuck in!
Treat yourself to a rewatch of the hit British sitcom ahead of the last ever episode on Christmas Day 2024.
Gavin & Stacey is coming this Christmas Day on BBC One and iPlayer. Add Gavin & Stacey to your Watchlist
Detectorists
The story follows the relationship between two friends who share a passion for metal detecting. When Andy (Mackenzie Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones) are together, they’re like an old married couple. They gripe at each other, but there is a true bond underneath. Each has their own slightly dysfunctional lives but together they dream of finding a priceless Saxon hoard that will cement their place in detecting history. Helping them along the way is a delightfully quirky crowd of characters who are drawn to this all-absorbing hobby.
We Might Regret This
Centring around a new relationship, an impending blended family and an intense female friendship, the series follows Freya (Kyla Harris) a 30-something Canadian artist and tetraplegic. She’s moved to London for Abe (Darren Boyd), a 50-something straight-laced lawyer who thinks he’s the old dog that can learn new tricks.
Freya and Abe’s relationship is a high-speed romance which sees Abe inviting Freya to move into his house before she’s even seen upstairs. Because of Freya’s disability, living together also includes personal assistants (PAs), who are always there – a third person in earshot for every romantic moment and domestic screaming match.
After failing to find the right person for this more than intimate role, Freya invites chaotic and impulsive best friend Jo (Elena Saurel) to take the job. What could go wrong?
Dreaming Whilst Black
Critically acclaimed half-hour dramedy written by and starring Adjani Salmon.
Loosely inspired by real-life events, Dreaming Whilst Black tells the story of Kwabena (Adjani Salmon), an aspiring filmmaker stuck in a dead-end recruitment job who takes the first step toward achieving his dream.Along the way, he is quickly confronted with the tribulations of balancing finances, love, and his own sense of reality.
Upstart Crow
Comedy about William Shakespeare (David Mitchell) as he starts to make a name for himself in London while also trying to be a good husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Originally commissioned as part of the BBC’s Shakespeare Festival 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of the writer’s death, the series explores Shakespeare’s world and uncovers the surprising stories behind Will’s plays.
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