Strictly is back! But who will this year's celebs be paired with?
This week's best telly includes the return of Strictly as we find out who this year's celebrities will be partnered with and dating show fans are spoilt for choice this week as Married at First Sight UK and My Mum, Your Dad both return, fighting for our affections at 9pm.
Elsewhere, Channel 5's jewel in their crown, All Creatures Great & Small returns for its fifth series, but not before they launch The Wives, a brand new six-part drama starring Angela Griffin, Jo Joyner and Tamzin Outhwaite.
There's also brand new drama on BBC One with real-time thriller Nightsleeper and on Prime Video with A Very Royal Scandal, based on THAT interview between Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew.
Here are 7 TV shows you can't miss this week...
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LAUNCH SHOW
STRICTLY COME DANCING
Saturday 14th September at 7:20pm on BBC One
Hoping to put its recent controversies to one side, Strictly Come Dancing returns this week for its 22nd series, celebrating 20 years on our screens with a brand new cast of celebrities, each hoping to be lifting that famous glitterball trophy come December.
This year's Class of '24 are Sam Quek MBE, Shayne Ward, Tasha Ghouri, Dr Punam Krishnan, Pete Wicks, Jamie Borthwick, Nick Knowles, JB Gill, Chris McCausland, Montell Douglas, Toyah Willcox, Wynne Evans, Paul Merson, Sarah Hadland and Tom Dean MBE. And during this week's launch show we'll see the moment they found out who they'll be partnered with.
And as Strictly Come Dancing welcomes Amy Dowden MBE back to the Ballroom floor, there'll be a special, celebratory group dance featuring all of the professional Dancers to mark her momentous return to the show.
14 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER
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BRAND NEW DRAMA
NIGHTSLEEPER
Sunday 15th and Monday 16th September at 9pm on BBC One
Written by Nick Leather, BBC One's new six-part drama, Nightsleeper, is a real-time thriller set on a sleeper train travelling from Glasgow to London and follows what happens when a government agency desperately tries to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard.
Can two people who’ve never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save the lives of its disparate group of passengers as the Heart of Britain service hurtles towards what might quite literally be its final destination?
6 EPISODES CONTINUES SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS
STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE
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BRAND NEW DRAMA
THE WIVES
Monday 16th to Wednesday 18th September at 9pm on Channel 5
Channel 5's newest drama, The Wives, stars Jo Joyner, Angela Griffin and Tamzin Outhwaite and follows the unravelling of one family in a summer that changes all their lives.
One year ago, Annabelle Morgan disappeared while on holiday in Malta, leaving behind her husband Charlie and daughter, Sky. The police concluded that she must have fallen to her death from the perilous cliff edge where they found her phone.
This summer the Morgan clan return to Malta where they all have holiday apartments. The family want to move on with their lives but when Charlie arrives with a new young girlfriend, questions resurface about what happened to Annabelle.
The wives - Beth, Natasha and Sylvie, begin to suspect that Annabelle’s death wasn’t an accident and undertake their own investigation.
6 EPISODES CONTINUES MONDAYS TO WEDNESDAYS
STREAM ON MY5
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RETURNING REALITY TV
MY MUM, YOUR DAD
Monday 16th to Friday 20th September at 9pm on ITV1
Following the huge success of My Mum, Your Dad in 2023, the dating show with a difference, hosted by Davina McCall is back on ITV1 for a second series as a brand new line-up of single parents hoping to have a second chance at love.
Expect more heartfelt emotion as their grown-up kids take the reins once more but this time their parents are entrusting them wholeheartedly to be their ‘dating experts’.
Throughout the process, the dating decisions and the little notes of encouragement and words of advice they leave their parents are now all the more meaningful.
With plenty of surprises and new twists along the way, the grown-up kids once again get a front row seat to all the action, as their mums and dads hope to find a romantic connection at the retreat. And, at the end, they’ll ultimately decide if they give their blessing to any potential matches.
10 EPISODES CONTINUES MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS
STREAM ON ITVX
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REALITY TV
MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT UK
Monday 16th to Thursday 19th September at 9pm on E4
Wedding bells are ringing out across the land as Married at First Sight UK returns to E4 this week for a brand-new series, promising the usual cocktail of love, romance and drama, as a fresh batch of brave singles prepare to say ‘I do’ to a complete stranger.
As always, there’ll be the usual stunning wedding ceremonies and sun-soaked honeymoons as the couples all enter into this life changing experiment.
They’ll move in together, attend dramatic dinner parties and reunite at commitment ceremonies where every marriage is put under the microscope and scrutinised by relationship experts Paul C Brunson, Charlene Douglas and Mel Schilling.
37 EPISODES CONTINUES MONDAYS TO THURSDAYS
STREAM ON CHANNEL 4
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BRAND NEW DRAMA
A VERY ROYAL SCANDAL
Thursday 19th September on Prime Video
One night. One hour. One interview that sent shockwaves around the globe. Prime Video's newest drama A Very Royal Scandal, is based on the real-life 2019 interview between Emily Maitlis and Prince Andrew over the scandalous accusations he faced regarding his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre.
The three-part drama follows the action of Maitlis and Prince Andrew in the lead-up to the interview, the ground-breaking event itself and the many questions left in its wake that would change their lives forever.
This captivating retelling stars Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew and Ruth Wilson as Emily Maitlis, and demonstrates the power of journalism through a pivotal moment in British history.
It'll also star Joanna Scanlan as Amanda Thirsk, Alex Jennings as Sir Edward Young, Éanna Hardwicke as Stewart Maclean and Claire Rushbrook as Sarah Ferguson. As well as Nicholas Burns as Mark Gwynne, Lydia Leonard as Esme Wren, Alexander Owen as Jake Morris, Clare Calbraith as Sam Mcalister, Sam Troughton as Donal Mccabe, Honor Swinton Byrne as Princess Beatrice and Sofia Oxenham as Princess Eugenie.
3 EPISODES
STREAM ON PRIME VIDEO ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE
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RETURNING DRAMA
ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL
Thursday 19th September at 9pm on Channel 5
All Creatures Great & Small is back for its fifth series and as we return to Darrowby, it's Spring 1941 and young baby Jimmy is keeping the Skeldale House family on their toes.
Helen is getting the hang of motherhood with James away at RAF Abingdon, Mrs Hall and Siegfried are enjoying having a little one around, and Carmody is now part of the furniture.
With World War II now fully underway, Siegfried is taking up the slack at the surgery, Mrs Hall and Helen are considering their contribution within the community, and Carmody is eager to step up. Siegfried is keen to have everyone back, but Tristan’s surprise return won't be quite as straightforward as he hoped.
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