Paramount+ Takes Three A24 UK Series for US Audiences
Paramount+ has taken US and select international rights to three British scripted series from A24: It Gets Worse, Major Players and The Ministry of Time.
Deadline reporter Jesse Whittock reported the agreement on September 29, 2026. Deadline International rights, in trade terms, simply decide which service can screen a show in each country. Licensing deals like this let shows commissioned in Britain find a second home with American audiences and beyond.
The first to arrive is It Gets Worse. The comedy comes from Channel 4, the British public-service broadcaster, and Crave, the Canadian streaming service. It was written and created by comedian Leo Reich, who also stars and serves as an executive producer, a senior credit that usually includes creative oversight and a financial stake.
It will debut as a Showtime original on Paramount+ in November. That label means viewers will find it under the Showtime branding inside the Paramount+ app. No exact premiere date was given in the reporting.
Reich leads the cast. Variety reported on September 26 that Girls creator Lena Dunham guest stars as a character named Greta, with a first-look image released ahead of launch. Variety Guest star, in industry terms, means an actor appearing in a limited role rather than as a series regular.
The second title is Major Players. The Channel 4 series comes from Molly Manning Walker, the writer-director behind How to Have Sex, and playwright and screenwriter Yasmin Joseph. It follows two girls who start and organise a women's football team. No US premiere date was disclosed for this title, and no episode count was given in the reporting.
The third title is The Ministry of Time. The BBC series runs to six parts, the standard length for a British limited run, meaning a short story told across a small, set number of episodes. It is a fantasy adapted by Alice Birch, with Aneil Karia attached as lead director, the director who sets the visual template across episodes.
For fans, this means three distinct British stories will sit together on one US platform. A comedy built around its creator-star, a youth football story and a six-part fantasy offer different entry points in the same arrivals rail. Each will reach American viewers only because a streaming slot has now been secured.
