BBC Culture don release list of ten TV series wey pipo fit watch dis October. Di shows range from new adaptations of John Steinbeck and Stephen King novels to a Newfoundland-set monster horror with Josh Hartnett. Dem dey land across HBO, Netflix, Sky, Now, AMC+, Prime Video, BBC iPlayer, Apple TV, CBS, Paramount+, Hulu and Disney+.
War go premiere 1 October on HBO for US and 2 October on Sky and Now for UK. Na deliciously twisty legal melodrama. Dominic West play tech billionaire Morgan Henderson, and Sienna Miller play actress Carla Duval. Dem love each oda when dem marry a decade ago, but now dem dey fight vicious, big-money, headline-making divorce. Duelling firms of scheming lawyers represent dem. His own na one of most prestigious for London, hers na upstart created by married couple wey once work for that established firm. Betrayals, leaks to press, dirty tricks and one lawyer going undercover at one firm to spy for oda dey inside. Events dey happen for luxurious settings around di city. George Kay, wey create Idris Elba thriller Hijack and recent drama Gone, tell EW say he get idea for War when he overhear woman screaming from rooftops when her husband finally sign divorce papers after four years of wrangling. For di series, he say dem want wealth, glamour and show London off at its most aspirational.
East of Eden release 1 October on Netflix internationally. Na new miniseries adaptation of John Steinbeck 1952 family saga. Florence Pugh get di juiciest role and give dynamic performance as Cathy, di manipulative, lethal woman at centre of conflict between two brothers. Adam Trask, played by Christopher Abbott, marry her, while Charles, played by Mike Faist, warn him against her. A few years after publication, di novel become famous film starring James Dean and directed by Elia Kazan. His granddaughter, actress and director Zoe Kazan, create and write dis series but with different approach, bringing Cathy to di fore. Where di film based on a slice of di book, di series cover its full timeline, ranging from post-Civil War years for New England to California during World War One. Tracy Letts play di Trask brothers father, Ciaran Hinds na head of neighbouring family, and Hoon Lee na di Trasks servant. Pugh tell Vanity Fair about playing di antiheroine say it really important to her not to warm her up or make excuses for her, but to find tenderness and humanity without changing di primary DNA of di person.
Kill Jackie premiere 2 October on AMC+ for US and Prime Video for UK. Catherine Zeta-Jones star for dis action-fuelled revenge thriller as Jackie Price, one-time international drug dealer. After 20 quiet but very affluent years selling fine art, she become target of assassins. She suspect hitmen from group known as Seven Demons, but plenty vengeful people from her past fit dey after her. As Jackie try outsmart her enemies, di action dey infused with some mordant humour. She say I think I have to kill them all, sounding very much as if she relish return to her exciting, dangerous old life. Di winning cast include Daniel Ings, Bill Paterson, Ron Perlman and Sidse Babett Knudsen from Borgen. Zeta-Jones don already receive praise for using her native Welsh accent in di show, which dem shot partly for Swansea, Wales.
Carrie premiere 7 October on Prime Video internationally. Based on Stephen King novel, di classic 1976 horror film Carrie best remembered for iconic image of Sissy Spacek as prom queen covered in pig blood. Since then, sequel, two remakes and stage musical don land, and now comes dis series from Mike Flanagan, di mastermind behind popular horror shows including The Haunting of Hill House. Dis updated version bring Carrie, di bullied high-school student, into era of social media and cell phones, which make bullying easier than ever. Summer H Howell play Carrie, and Samantha Sloyan na her overbearing mother, whose home-schooling leave her daughter unprepared for today high-tech world and wilds of adolescence, much less her own telekinetic powers. King himself recently weigh in on di show and its new take on his classic book, writing on Threads say Mike Flanagan version of Carrie brilliant and what it get to say about social media shocking and true.
Small Prophets come from Mackenzie Crook, creator and star of The Detectorists and forever known as Gareth from original British version of The Office. Di imaginative show na hit for UK when e premiere on BBC for February. Michael, played by Pearce Quigley, na shambles of a man because his partner Clea disappear seven years before, with no word from her then or since. His father Brian, played by Michael Palin, get journal with recipe for creating homunculi, creatures able to reveal di truth. Despite doubts because Brian dey care home and his memory unreliable, Michael give it a try. For di more down-to-Earth part, he form friendship with Kacey, played by Lauren Patel, his co-worker at DIY store, where dem loathe their boss, played by Crook. Australian paper The Age capture enthusiasm for di show and its unique tone, calling it gentle, jewel-like, unhurried masterpiece wey funny, profound and manage to break and mend your heart in equal measure. No wonder dem renew am for second season. Small Prophets dey streaming on BBC iPlayer for UK and premiere 7 October on Apple TV internationally.
Cupertino premiere 8 October on CBS and Paramount+ for US. Robert and Michelle King, wey create dis series, also dey behind two of best television legal dramas of all time, The Good Wife and The Good Fight. Their new show get Silicon Valley-centred premise wey timely and likely make viewers root for heroes. Mike Colter from di Kings long-running Evil play Mike Price, lawyer cheated out of stock options by his partner in tech start-up. Rachel Keller play Olivia Siffre, lawyer fired after resisting her sexually predatory boss. Together dem start firm representing clients wronged by major tech companies, fighting despite lopsided power dynamic. Renee Elise Goldsberry from Hamilton and Girls5eva play Mike ex-wife and former colleague wey spar with him for court. Busy Philipps na former wife of AI tycoon wey use her fortune to fund di new law firm. Amid recent news headlines about potential dangers of AI for humanity future, Cupertino dey land at just di right moment.
Below release 8 October on Netflix internationally. Shadow of Jaws dey loom over dis horror series set and shot for Newfoundland, which star Josh Hartnett as Calvin Penney, local fisherman in challenging economy. Poor catch and financial struggles become least of his and town problems when fish start disappearing, tourists go missing and ice harvested from icebergs, local industry, start to stink. E seem say something evil dey under sea, threat wey Mackenzie Davis, as marine biologist, set out to investigate. Charlie Heaton from Stranger Things play Calvin rebellious son Wade, whose two siblings return from mainland for family reunion at worst possible time. Toronto Star write of di show say na tale about pain of change and dangers of climate foolishness, but at end of day na also just another simple yarn: man v monster.
The Lowdown second season premiere 14 October on Hulu for US and Disney+ for UK. Di latest series from filmmaker and showrunner Sterlin Harjo was one of best of 2025, with Ethan Hawke as muckraking journalist and bookstore owner Lee Raybon, whose truth-seeking get him into personal scrapes. But characters interactions and texture of their lives for Tulsa, Oklahoma elevate The Lowdown beyond typical mystery series, and now for dis second season, some new characters promise to make di show even stronger. Betty Gilpin play public defender wey reluctantly team up with Lee when her client somehow vanish while for prison. And in inspired casting, Tommy Lee Jones play Lee father, wey abruptly turn up for town. That not great, because Lee, who self-styles himself as truthstorian, don tell his young daughter Frances, played by Ryan Kiera Armstrong, say her grandfather dead.
Vision Quest premiere 14 October on Disney+ internationally. As part of Marvel Cinematic Universe, Paul Bettany always bring humanity to his android character Vision. Now Vision get his own series, spinoff of WandaVision, which among best MCU television shows. Wanda gone and Vision left with memories but no emotions attached to dem, so he try locate those feelings by communicating with AI personas embedded within him. Di most important na Ultron, father-figure wey in human form James Spader play with giant beard and reckless attitude. Bettany describe Ultron as psychopath wey Vision keep locked away upstairs for attic. Meanwhile, bounty dey on Vision head, and he go on run with teenage Thomas Shepherd, who actually reincarnation of him and Wanda son, Tommy Maximoff. As Spader Ultron say drolly for trailer, nothing bonds family together more than mortal jeopardy.
Nocturne premiere 30 October on Apple TV internationally. Liev Schreiber star for dis crime drama based on two novels by Lars Kepler, pen name of Swedish husband-and-wife team behind string of international best sellers. Di action dem transplant from Scandinavia to US and Schreiber play Jonah Lynn, called Joona Linna for di books, former soldier and homicide detective wey move from urban Philadelphia to small, quiet town. There would be no story if town stay quiet, of course. Instead, supposed victim of serial killer named Jurek Walter, played by ever-versatile Stephen Graham, turn up alive, and Lynn race to find another missing person before too late. Zazie Beetz play FBI agent Saga Bauer, Lynn protege, who go undercover to question Walter, plot device wey make di show sound chillingly like The Silence of the Lambs.
