STV Player on BT TV: Brookside, 100 Code, Dirty Water - best TV shows and box sets to stream this spring and how to watch

Looking for a gripping new drama box set? The STV Player could have the answer.

BT TV customers can check out the STV Player and discover hours and hours of fantastic international dramas that will have you hooked.

STV is one of Scotland's biggest streaming sites, bringing content from all around the world, including a fantastic array of dramas, documentaries, sport and entertainment available on catch-up, and the STV Player is also home to exclusive box sets to binge.

Check out our top STV Player picks for this spring - and the box sets to watch next…

New for spring 2023: Best TV shows to stream

Dirty Water

What is it? New Scottish comedy

Dirty Water follows a rag tag group of cleaners that work for a low-rent cleaning company; The Eager Beavers.

Jock (the immature leader), Kaitlin (smart, cynical, chain-smoker), Boab (charming loud mouth) and Crawford (mild mannered, eccentric optimist) continuously find themselves in sticky situations that will take much more than a mop to clean up.

How many episodes are there? 3

Available UK wide now

Straight Forward

What is it? Gritty international thriller 

After a family member is murdered, con woman Silvia decides to get even by robbing the crime boss behind the hit. But things go awry, and she has to flee to New Zealand and start a completely different life.

How many episodes are there? 8

Available UK wide now

The Hunting 

What is it? Australian drama series

Two idealistic high school teachers discover students are sharing explicit photos of their underage friends and peers - a revelation that puts unbearable stress on the tightly woven lives of four teenagers and their families.

How many episodes are there? 4

Available UK wide now

Scotland: Ocean Nation

What is it? Visually stunning and captivating series

Join world record stand-up paddleboarder and veterinarian Cal Major on an epic 800-mile ocean adventure around Scotland’s wild, dramatic and unforgiving coastline.

How many episodes are there? 3

Available UK wide now

Brookside

What is it? Iconic British soap

The everyday life and times of the residents, friends and enemies who live in a suburban street in the city of Liverpool in the north of England.

How many episodes are there? 10 episodes on 1 February, then five new episodes a week

Available UK wide now

100 Code

What is it? Swedish crime drama

Over the past 12 months, young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow. New York Detective Tommy Conley gets a special dispensation from the NYPD to go observe and act as an adviser to the Stockholm Police Department in order to help solve these crimes.

How many episodes are there? 12

Available UK wide now

Catch up on these top box sets

Jo

What is it? English-language French police procedural

Joachim "Jo" Saint-Clair is a veteran detective in Paris' elite Criminal Brigade tackling the city's most challenging murder cases.

How many episodes are there? Eight

Available UK wide now

The Girl from St Agnes 

What is it? South African mystery drama 

The sudden death of a popular student at a prestigious all-girls boarding school in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal is quickly ruled a tragic accident. Her teacher, however, has reason to believe otherwise and sets off to find the truth.

How many episodes are there? Eight

Available UK wide now

Eyewitness

What is it? Fast-paced thriller seen through the eyes of two teenagers

A clandestine meeting between school friends Philip and Henning unravels into a spiral of murder, corruption and gang warfare.

How many episodes are there? 10

Available UK wide now

Dry Water

What is it? Portugese crime drama

Dry Water begins when Paulo Duarte is found dead from a gunshot wound in the port of Vigo. Nobody is convinced by the apparent suicide: neither his bosses, nor the police nor his sister, Teresa.

How many episodes are there? Season 1 has six episodes; season 2 has eight episodes

Available UK wide now

Real Detective: North of the Border

What is it? Gripping Canadian true crime series

Real Detective: North of the Border brings to life the real investigations of Canadian detectives by blending first-person interviews with scripted drama.

How many episodes are there? 24 episodes

Available UK wide now

Rose and Maloney

What is it? British crime drama set in the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency

Rose Linden and Maloney investigate old criminal cases, seeking to rectify miscarriages of justice. Starring British television icons Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis.

How many episodes are there? Two in season 1

Available UK wide now

The Sounds

What is it? Canadian-New Zealand mystery drama 

Maggie and Tom Cabbott move to the town of Pelorus to escape the oppressive influence of Tom's family. But when he disappears, unsettling facts about Tom soon come to light and the search brings long-buried wounds to the surface.

How many episodes are there? Eight episodes in season 1

Available UK wide now

Blood

What is it? Psychological thriller starring Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar

Set in rural Ireland, Blood is a family saga about a woman, Cat, who returns to her home following her mother's seemingly accidental death from a fall by the pond at the bottom of her garden. Over the course of the series, Cat begins to suspect her father's involvement in the death. Was it an accident? Or was it murder?

How many episodes are there? Two seasons, with six episodes each

Available UK wide now

How to watch the STV Player on BT TV

Just press the YouView button on your remote and STV Player is next to all your other apps like iPlayer, All4, Netflix, Prime Video and NOW.