Netflix has announced a sizeable new slate of UK projects, including two separate series set in the world of Top Boy, a new drama starring Kate Winslet and Maxine Peake, and a comedy from Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee.
The streamer unveiled the commissions at the Edinburgh TV Festival, alongside new casting for How to Kill Your Family and several entertainment, factual and live projects.
There are a lot of announcements here, so let’s break down the biggest additions.
Top Boy Is Getting Two Spinoff Series
Netflix isn’t finished with the world of Top Boy.
Two separate spinoffs are now moving forward, with Barry Keoghan and Jasmine Jobson each returning to characters from the original series.
The first, Jonny Boy, is a five-episode series centered on Keoghan’s Jonny. Ronan Bennett, who created Top Boy, will write and create the new series. Keoghan joined Top Boy during its final season as Jonny McGee, and will now reprise the role for the spinoff.
Netflix has also announced Jaq, which will bring Jobson back as Jacqueline “Jaq” Lawrence.
Ryan Calais Cameron created and will write Jaq, which is based on the original Top Boy series created by Bennett.
No release dates have been announced for either spinoff.
Kate Winslet and Maxine Peake Will Lead The Unheard
Kate Winslet and Maxine Peake are teaming up for a new Netflix drama titled The Unheard.
The series follows two sisters who go on the run after an act of vengeance goes wrong.
Jack Thorne writes the series, with Mounia Akl directing. Warp Films, Matriarch and Plan B are behind the production.
Netflix hasn’t announced additional cast members, an episode count or a release date.
Derry Girls Creator Lisa McGee Is Making Jig
Lisa McGee is returning with a very different kind of comedy after Derry Girls.
Her next series, Jig, is a six-part mockumentary set inside the world of competitive Irish dancing.
The series will film in Northern Ireland in 2027 and has been commissioned for Netflix from Orchid Pictures.
Netflix hasn’t announced the cast or a release date yet.
How to Kill Your Family Adds Clive Owen and More to Its Cast
Netflix also used its Edinburgh announcements to expand the cast of How to Kill Your Family.
Clive Owen, Orlando Norman and David Shields have joined Anya Taylor-Joy in the upcoming adaptation of Bella Mackie’s bestselling novel.
No character details for the three new additions were included in Netflix’s announcement. Taylor-Joy was already attached to lead the series.
Robert Popper’s Marbles Sets Its Cast
Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper also has a new Netflix comedy on the way.
Titled Marbles, the family comedy will star Robert Webb, Timothy Spall, Alexandra Roach, Denise Welch and Loo Brealey.
Netflix did not provide a plot description, episode count or release date with the announcement.
Netflix Is Adapting Roald Dahl Stories for Adults
Another six-part series will draw from Roald Dahl’s short stories for adults, although Netflix hasn’t announced its title yet.
Naomi Scott, Josh Finan, Imelda Staunton, Nicola Coughlan, Toby Jones and Dominic West will star.
Unlike several of the other newly announced projects, this one already has production plans in place. Filming is scheduled to begin this month in Manchester and across the North of England.
Netflix Is Taking on Live Darts With Beat Luke Littler
The slate isn’t limited to scripted series.
Beat Luke Littler is a live darts event built around amateurs attempting to defeat world No. 1 Luke Littler for the chance to win £501,000.
Gary Lineker will host, while Richard Osman joins as an expert analyst. Twenty competitors from the UK and elsewhere will take part in the event.
The Sidemen Are Heading Outside
The Sidemen’s Inside is also getting a spinoff.
Appropriately titled Outside, the new series takes a group of content creators out of the house and puts them into a forest, where they will compete for a prize worth up to £1 million.
Netflix hasn’t announced the participants or a release date.
Several of the newly announced projects remain without premiere dates, but Netflix’s slate announcement points heavily toward 2027, with Jig specifically scheduled to film in Northern Ireland next year.