Two Beloved British PBS Period Dramas Are Coming to Netflix in December 2025
Grantchester and Victoria are expected to land on Netflix in the United States beginning December 1st.
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December is already set to be a busy month for new arrivals on Netflix in the United States, and two more we can confirm are on the list are period drama modern classics with huge stars such as James Norton and Jenna Coleman: Grantchester and Victoria. Both are tentatively set to release on Netflix beginning December 1st, 2025.
Let’s get into each title and what you need to know about it.
Grantchester
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First up, Grantchester, a British detective drama series that premiered on ITV in 2014 and is still running to this very day. The show follows an Anglican vicar who moonlights as an amateur detective, working alongside a local police detective to solve crimes. It combines murder mysteries with explorations of faith, morality, and personal struggles.
The series is adapted from James Runcie’s “The Grantchester Mysteries” books, and among the cast are James Norton, Tom Brittney, Al Weaver, Kacey Ainsworth, Morven Christie, Pheline Roggan, and Lorne MacFadyen, among many others who have appeared over the years.
It’s unclear how many seasons will be joining Netflix, but it could range from a handful to all nine that have previously aired. Season 10 of the show is due out in early 2026, and an eleventh and final season is also currently in the works, with its renewal announced over the summer, with a scheduled 2027 premiere.
Victoria
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Victoria is a lush, three-season British period drama charting the early life and reign of Queen Victoria, starting with her ascension to the throne at just 18 in 1837. Starring Jenna Coleman (Victoria) and Tom Hughes (Prince Albert), the series balances the immense demands of the crown with the young monarch’s personal growth and romantic life. It’s dripping with a British period drama aesthetic, and many also praised the dynamic between Victoria and her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne (played by Rufus Sewell, best known recently for Netflix’s The Diplomat).
The ensemble cast extends far beyond those three, however, with a rotating cast through its 25-episode run. Peter Bowles, Catherine Flemming, Daniela Holtz, Nell Hudson, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tommy Knight, Nigel Lindsay, and Eve Myles are just a few amongst the impressive cast.
The series aired across three seasons between 2016 and 2019, with ITV airing the show in the United Kingdom and PBS picking it up for US distribution.
As noted, both shows were released on PBS in the United States after their initial British runs. These are just the latest two PBS pickups in recent months with the streamer also acquiring the superb period drama limited series Little Women starring Stranger Things star Maya Hawke. Multiple seasons of the reality series Antiques Roadshow are also set to land on Netflix US on November 15th. That comes as a bit of a reversal, given that PBS removed all of its library from Netflix throughout the late 2010s, with Call the Midwife, licensed through another party, being the only PBS show that had remained on Netflix in recent years, with new seasons returning annually.
We have reached out to Netflix and PBS regarding the possibility of additional titles in the near future. Netflix declined to comment. PBS did not respond.
It’s not expected that these two shows’ arrival on Netflix will affect their availability on PBS’s Masterpiece streaming service.