Hit U.K. crime drama “The Jetty” is finally making its way across the pond. As the result of some unique dealmaking by BBC Studios, “The Jetty” will be shared by two platforms — BritBox and Hulu — as it launches in the U.S. on Dec. 13.

BBC Studios holds global distribution rights on ‘The Jetty,” which premiered on BBC One and streamed on BBC iPlayer in July. The four episode series, from showrunner Cat Jones, stars Jenna Coleman as Detective Ember Manning, whose investigation into an abused teenager sets her onto a cold case relating to another missing teen, Amy Knightly, who disappeared some decades earlier. It’s a case Ember soon realizes she has an intimate connection to.

“When you’re looking at a show that was the number one drama on the BBC in the UK this year, ‘The Jetty,’ to then see it on BritBox is not a surprise,...