What can I watch on UKTV and stream on U this week?
This week on UKTV and the free streaming service U, viewers can watch a range of new and returning programmes across U&Dave, U&YESTERDAY, U&DRAMA and U&W.
Pick of the week
Hashtag Homicide
Hashtag Homicide – Brand New Series
Tuesday 2 June 9pm & 10pm – U&W
Box Set available on U
Genre: True Crime • Digital Crime • Documentary Thriller
Similar Programmes: The Tinder Swindler, The Social Media Murders, Web of Lies, The Real Manhunter
A bold new true‑crime series where the internet becomes the crime scene. Each episode dissects a case through digital footprints, online communities and social‑media evidence.
9pm – E1: Murder of Breck Bednar
Online grooming, gaming‑platform manipulation and a tragedy built through private messages.
10pm – E2: Murder of Gabby Petito
A viral disappearance, influencer clues and a global online investigation.
Also available this week
Shades of Blue – S1–3 - New to U&W
Wednesday 3 June, 9pm – U&W
Box Set available on U
Genre: Crime Drama • Police Thriller • Character‑Driven Drama
Similar Programmes: The Shield, Line of Duty, Chicago P.D., Blue Bloods, Southland
A gritty, morally complex NYPD drama led by Jennifer Lopez as Harlee Santos, detective, mother and reluctant FBI informant.
9pm – S1E1: Pilot
A staged crime scene and a rookie cracking under pressure.
10pm – S1E2: Original Sin
Harlee’s double life tightens as Wozniak grows suspicious.
Also available this week
Allegiance – S2 - UK Premiere
Tuesday 2 June, 9.15pm – U&alibi - Stream on demand via Sky, Virgin Media, Now
Genre: Crime Thriller • Police Procedural • Conspiracy Drama
Similar Programmes: Rookie Blue, The Night Agent, FBI, The Killing, Absentia
Sabrina Sohal enters the Serious Crimes Unit with six months to prove herself, while secretly pursuing the truth behind her father’s treason charges.
E1: Unsee This
A murdered woman, a tech‑world trail and Sabrina’s baptism by fire.
Also available this week
Hudson & Rex – S8 - UK Premiere
Sunday 31 May, 8pm – U&alibi - Stream on demand via Sky, Virgin Media, Now
Genre: Light Crime Procedural • Mystery of the Week • Family‑Friendly Crime
Similar Programmes: Inspector Rex, Bones, Monk, Death in Paradise, The Brokenwood Mysteries
Detective Mark Hudson and Rex return for a new season of high‑energy cases, conspiracies and canine brilliance.
E4/8: Of All the Gin Joints
A drowned distillery patriarch and a recipe worth killing for.
Also available this week
Saint Pierre – S1 - UK Premiere
Wednesday 3 June, 9pm – U&alibi - Stream on demand via Sky, Virgin Media, Now
Genre: Crime Drama • Mystery • Island Noir
Similar Programmes: Cardinal, Trapped, Shetland, The Bridge, The Mallorca Files
A tense, atmospheric crime series set on the remote French archipelago of Saint‑Pierre et Miquelon. Corruption, exile and uneasy alliances define Fitz and Arch’s partnership.
E7/10: Ghost From the Past
A flight attendant disappears and someone on the team is taken too.
Also available this week
Murdoch Mysteries – Series Finale
Sunday 31 May, 7pm – U&alibi - Stream on demand via Sky, Virgin Media, Now
Genre: Period Crime • Detective Mystery • Procedural
Similar Programmes: Father Brown, Miss Scarlet & The Duke, Endeavour, Grantchester, Ripper Street
The iconic Victorian detective faces one final case in the series finale.
S19E21: Hell of a Woman
A brutal murder pits Murdoch against Inspector Choi.
Also available this week
The Way Out – Final Episode
Tuesday 2 June, 9pm – U&Dave
Box Set available on U
Genre: Comedy Entertainment • Escape‑Room Challenge • Game Show
Similar Programmes: Taskmaster, The Crystal Maze, Hypothetical, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Race Across the World (for challenge‑energy)
Mel Giedroyc hosts the ultimate escape‑room showdown as two teams battle through four themed rooms.
E4/4: Fire Fighters
A blazing rescue‑mission escape room pushes both teams to the limit.
Also available this week
The Vicar of Dibley – S2
Monday 30 May, 3pm – U&GOLD - Stream on demand via Sky, Virgin Media, Now
Genre: Classic British Sitcom • Warm Comedy • Ensemble Comedy
Similar Programmes: Keeping Up Appearances, Father Ted, Gavin & Stacey, As Time Goes By, The Darling Buds of May
Geraldine Granger returns for a beloved second series filled with romance, chaos and village eccentricity.
Episode Highlights:
Engagement • Dibley Live • Celebrity Vicar • Love and Marriage
Also available this week
Canal Boat Diaries – S7
Monday 1 June, 7pm & 8pm – U&YESTERDAY
Box Set available on U
Genre: Travel Documentary • Slow TV • Lifestyle Adventure
Similar Programmes: Great Canal Journeys, Walking with…, The Yorkshire Dales & The Lakes, Narrow Escapes, Coast, Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
The brand‑new series of Canal Boat Diaries continues as Robbie Cumming takes on his first‑ever narrowboat journey through Wales and into England’s Northwest. Life aboard Naughty Lass brings mishaps, local cooking, and the quiet magic of Britain’s waterways — all captured with Robbie’s warm, reflective storytelling.
7pm – E5/10: Runcorn to Middlewich
A disaster at Preston Brook Tunnel sends Robbie’s camera plunging into the water, throwing his journey off course.
8pm – E6/10: Middlewich to Hall Green
Robbie slips overboard on Heartbreak Hill, and Eddie the stove man arrives to coax the Naughty Lass’s fire back to life.
Also available this week
Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics – S8
Thursday 4 June, 8pm – U&YESTERDAY
Weekly Release on U
Genre: Motoring Documentary • Restoration Reality • Workshop TV
Similar Programmes: Wheeler Dealers, Car SOS, Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars, For the Love of Cars, Vintage Voltage, The Repair Shop
The Restoring Classics team return for a new season of rust, risk and real‑world restoration. With a mix of beloved British classics and eyebrow‑raising impulse buys, the crew pour passion, sweat and questionable financial judgement into every project. The final auction always delivers the truth: profit, loss or glorious disaster.
E5/6: Matra Murena / Wetbike
A mysterious 1984 French Matra Murena leaves everyone baffled, prompting a trip to Citroën specialists. Then the team tackle a Bond‑adjacent relic — a 1977 Arctic Wetbike. Will it be Dr No or Casino Royale when the hammer falls?
Also available this week
The Brokenwood Mysteries – S12
Monday 1 June, 8pm – U&DRAMA
Box Set available on U
Genre: Crime Drama • Cozy Mystery • Detective Procedural
Similar Programmes: Midsomer Murders, Death in Paradise, The Brokenwood Mysteries (earlier seasons), The Chelsea Detective, Vera, The Madame Blanc Mysteries
Detectives Mike Shepherd, Kristin Sims and Daniel Chalmers return to tackle Brokenwood’s ever‑expanding catalogue of bizarre murders. With help from eccentric locals and the brilliantly unconventional Dr Gina Kadinsky, the team face some of their strangest cases yet.
E2/6: Angels and Demons
A charismatic surfing priest revitalises St Judas — until his wife is found murdered. As tensions rise among clergy and townsfolk, Zach turns to Verity to help uncover the truth behind the crime.
Also available this week
Monsieur Spade
Saturday 30 May, 9pm – U&DRAMA
Box Set available on U
Genre: Noir Thriller • Period Crime Drama • Mystery
Similar Programmes: Perry Mason, Magpie Murders, Maltese Falcon (thematically), Endeavour, The Night Manager, Babylon Berlin
Set in 1963 in sun‑drenched southern France, Clive Owen stars as legendary detective Sam Spade — older, quieter, retired… until violence drags him back in. After six nuns are murdered, Spade is pulled into a labyrinth of secrets, rival forces and a mysterious child with whispered powers.
E4/6:
Spade interrogates an intruder and learns that powerful enemies still want him dead. Another body surfaces, and Teresa begins her own search for her missing father, Philippe Saint‑Andre.
Also available this week
This Is Not a Murder Mystery – S1
Wednesday 3 June, 8pm – U&DRAMA
Box Set available on U
Genre: Surreal Mystery • Whodunit • Period Dark Comedy
Similar Programmes: The Pale Horse, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?, Only Murders in the Building (for tone), The ABC Murders, The Sandman (for surrealism), The Mousetrap (thematically)
A visually striking, genre‑bending whodunit set in the flamboyant 1930s. Surrealist icons — including a young Salvador Dalí and René Magritte — find themselves trapped in a lavish mansion as a serial killer stalks the guests. Memories warp, accusations fly and Scotland Yard seals the estate, forcing Magritte to navigate art, desire and deception to survive.
E6/6: The Survivor
Opening night brings the world’s most extravagant art lovers together — but the gala spirals into chaos as secrets erupt. Will the artists finally achieve fame, or fall victim to the night’s final twist?