Best Peacock series to add to your watch list right now, from thrillers to mystery dramas

From nail-biting spy thrillers to dark suburban comedies, gripping crime dramas to emotional friendship stories, there is something on this platform for every kind of viewer. Whether you are looking for something to binge in one sitting or a slow burn that stays with you for days, this list has it all covered. Here are the series worth clearing your schedule for right now.

Set in Moscow in 1977, two women working anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy were thrust into the world of espionage after their CIA operative husbands were killed under mysterious circumstances, with the pair becoming operatives themselves to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy. This spy thriller comedy drama starred Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson, with all eight episodes released on January 15, 2026.

This dark comedy mystery was a cult classic film from 1989, which followed a young couple as they moved into the husband's childhood home, where the seemingly dull life of a suburban house falls apart with a series of revelations from new neighbours and frightening threats to the peace of their quiet little neighbourhood. The series, which stars Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall, will premiere on February 8, 2026 and was immediately renewed for a second season.

A relationship drama between a scientist husband and a novel writing wife that both are struggling with the imbalance of power in their marriage, the scientist shrivelling his wife, a novelist, to six inches, and turning a metaphor of feeling small and unheard into an actual reality. All 10 episodes were released on April 9, 2026, and starring Elizabeth Banks and ‘Succession' actor Matthew Macfadyen, it was one of the platform's biggest hits.

Based on Frederick Forsyth's acclaimed 1971 novel, this modern reimagining followed the Jackal, a ruthlessly efficient assassin-for-hire simultaneously pursued by a British MI6 agent while trying to protect his own family from the dangerous world he inhabited. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, it premiered in November 2024 and became one of the most talked-about shows of the year, earning a second season that arrives in 2027.

Emmy winner Sarah Snook played Marissa Irvine, a mother who arrived to collect her young son from a playdate only to find a stranger at the door who had never heard of him, sending her into every parent's worst nightmare. This twisty suburban thriller also starred Dakota Fanning, Jake Lacy and Michael Peña, and all eight episodes were released on November 6, 2025.

Oscar winner Colin Firth led this powerful event miniseries as Dr Jim Swire, a father who lost his daughter in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie and spent decades searching for the truth behind the attack. His search took him across continents and face-to-face with the Libyan leader linked to the terrorist attack, making it one of the most emotionally devastating watches when it premiered in January 2025.

Created by 'Knives Out' director Rian Johnson, this critically adored mystery-of-the-week series starred Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a woman with an uncanny ability to tell when someone is lying, who stumbled into a new murder mystery at every stop along the road. Season 1 premiered in 2023 and Season 2 followed in May 2025, both earning the kind of devoted following that most shows can only dream of.