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The Bay season 5: U.S. release date and where to watch

Family liaison detectives work the hardest cases on Morecambe Bay.

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Quick answer · Season 5

All 5 seasons of The Bay stream in the U.S. on BritBox.

Season 5 has 6 episodes.

U.S. premiere
Not announced
Where
BritBox
Time
All at once
Episodes
6
U.K. premiere
March 2, 2025

Where to watch The Bay season 5 in the U.S.

Where to watch The Bay season 5 in the U.S.
WhereHowWhenNotes
BritBox Streaming, all at onceSubscription See note All five series stream on BritBox, including its Prime Video and Apple TV channels. [1][2]

Season 5 episode schedule

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About The Bay

Created by Daragh Carville and Richard Clark, The Bay follows family liaison officers in Morecambe, Lancashire: the detectives who stay close to victims’ families while the hunt for answers goes on, sometimes finding the truth inside the household. Morven Christie leads the first two series as Lisa Armstrong, and Marsha Thomason takes over as Jenn Townsend from series 3. Five six-episode series aired on ITV between 2019 and 2025, and all five stream in the U.S. on BritBox.

Season 5: Series 5: 6 episodes, first shown on ITV from March 2, 2025. Marsha Thomason returns as DS Jenn Townsend. Streams in the U.S. on BritBox.

  • Originally from: ITV (first aired March 20, 2019)
  • Cast: Marsha Thomason (DS Jenn Townsend), Erin Shanagher (DS Karen Hobson), Daniel Ryan (DI Tony Manning), Andrew Dowbiggin (DS James Clarke), Morven Christie (DS Lisa Armstrong (series 1–2))

All seasons

Season 5

Streaming

Series 5: 6 episodes, first shown on ITV from March 2, 2025. Marsha Thomason returns as DS Jenn Townsend. Streams in the U.S. on BritBox.

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Season 4

Streaming

Series 4: 6 episodes, first shown on ITV from March 8, 2023. DS Jenn Townsend (Marsha Thomason) investigates a new case. Streams in the U.S. on BritBox.

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Season 3

Streaming

Series 3: 6 episodes, first shown on ITV from January 12, 2022. Marsha Thomason takes over the lead as DS Jenn Townsend, newly arrived in Morecambe. Streams in the U.S. on BritBox.

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Season 2

Streaming

Series 2: 6 episodes, first shown on ITV from January 20, 2021. Morven Christie’s DC Lisa Armstrong returns for her second and last series as the lead. Streams in the U.S. on BritBox.

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Season 1

Streaming

Series 1: 6 episodes, first shown on ITV from March 20, 2019. Morven Christie stars as DS Lisa Armstrong, a family liaison officer assigned to the parents of missing twins. Streams in the U.S. on BritBox.

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Common questions

How many episodes are in The Bay season 5?

Season 5 has 6 episodes.

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Sources

We check each date against the sources below. If they disagree, we say so rather than picking one.

  1. The Bay: where to watch in the U.S.
    JustWatch Publisher Checked
  2. The Bay (TV series)
    Wikipedia Publisher Checked
  3. The Bay episode and cast data
    TVmaze (CC BY-SA) Data Retrieved

Update history

  1. Page published from the British backlist; U.S. streaming availability checked on JustWatch, series and episode details from Wikipedia and TVmaze.

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