January 2025 on BritBox – highlights include Call the Midwife (season 14), Call the Midwife: Christmas Special, The Tower and The Control Room.
BritBox is kicking off 2025 with an exciting lineup of fresh premieres and fan favourites to start your new year the right way. The Nuns and midwives are back in a new and exclusive season of Call the Midwife which promises joy, tears, warmth and plenty of humour. New and exclusive BritBox title The Tower returns with a brand new chapter, detective Sarah Collins is thrust into a high-stakes covert operation following a tragic event. And to kickstart the year, new thriller The Control Room centres around Gabe, an emergency call handler who answers a life-and-death call from a woman who claims to know him.
CALL THE MIDWIFE – SEASON 14
NEW AND EXCLUSIVE TO BRITBOX
GENRE: DRAMA
Brand new season of the hit show will air exclusively on BritBox.
As the 1960s draw to a close, the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House face new challenges in a rapidly changing world. In Series 14, the dedicated team at Nonnatus House continues to offer support to expectant mothers, navigating the complexities of childbirth and the evolving landscape of healthcare. The season explores a wide range of issues, including mental health, the rise of family planning, and the ongoing battle for women’s rights, all while addressing the growing awareness of systemic inequalities and changing family structures.
Starring Jenny Agutter (Walkabout, Logan’s Run, The Railway Children), Helen George (The Three Musketeers, DI Ray, The Monster), Linda Bassett (Lark Rise to Candleford, Calendar Girls, West Is West), Stephen McGann (The Hanging Gale, Catherine the Great), Laura Main (Murder City, The Mill), Judy Parfitt (Hamlet, The Jewel in the Crown, The Aryan Couple).
Streaming on BritBox 16th January 2025
CALL THE MIDWIFE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2024
NEW TO BRITBOX
GENRE: DRAMA
Who doesn’t love finding an extra, unexpected present underneath the Christmas tree?
All the regular, well-loved characters will return for a Christmas set in 1969 where the Nonnatus midwives are in their element, all busy delivering babies and doing the job they are most dedicated and committed to. The funfair comes to Poplar, adding a burst of colour and excitement to the frosty landscape but there are other visitors to the borough – including influenza and the Hong Kong flu. As Poplar also prepares for a carol concert, the neighbourhood is gripped by the news of an escaped prisoner and fears grow that he may be in the local area after a spate of break-ins.
The Turner children are caught up in the fever surrounding the Blue Peter Christmas appeal to collect dinky cars and scrap metal. Trixie makes a fleeting visit to Nonnatus House and is delighted to see her brother Geoffrey, and Miss Higgins has her grandson Harry stay for Christmas. Violet hosts a mince pie competition but the Buckles’ preparations for Reggie’s homecoming are thrown into turmoil.
Streaming on BritBox 9th January 2025
THE TOWER – SEASON 3
NEW AND EXCLUSIVE TO BRITBOX
GENRE: DRAMA
The stabbing of a teen leads DS Sarah Collins to cross paths with a high-stakes covert operation.
Gripping crime thriller and global hit The Tower returns with a third instalment, based on the third novel in author Kate London’s bestselling series. Adapted by acclaimed screenwriter, Patrick Harbinson, this series sees the drama of Portland Tower coming full circle in a new high-stakes storyline that begins 18 months after the events of series two.
Starring Gemma Whelan (Killing Eve, Game of Thrones, DI Ray), Jimmy Akingbola (Bel-Air, Holby City, The Long Run), Tahirah Sharif (Waterloo Road, A Town Called Malice, The Haunting of Bly Manor).
Streaming on BritBox 22nd January 2025
THE CONTROL ROOM
NEW TO BRITBOX
GENRE: DRAMA
Produced by the team behind award-winning drama series ‘Sherlock.
The three-part drama tells the story of Gabe, an ordinary man who works as an emergency call handler for the Strathclyde Ambulance Service in Glasgow. His world is turned upside down when he receives a desperate life-and-death call from a woman who appears to know him. With Gabe under pressure to work out who she is, he makes a decision that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Starring Iain De Caestecker (The Winter King, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D), Joanna Vanderham (The Runaway, Irvine Welsh’s Crime), Daniel Hill (Nightsleeper), Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary, Two Doors Down, Brief Encounters), Daniel Portman (Game of Thrones, Black Mirror).
Streaming on BritBox 1st January 2025
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January 2025 on BritBox
