They're celebrities... get them in there!
This week's best telly includes the official countdown to Christmas, otherwise known as I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! as a new group of campmates set up home in an Australian jungle.
BBC One are launching new comedy Only Child, starring Rab C. Nesbitt and Greg McHugh, new drama The Listeners starring Rebecca Hall and welcoming back their hit drama Cheaters. Whilst Jimmy Akingbola is back with a brand new series of Sorry, I Didn't Know on ITV1.
Here are 5 TV shows you can't miss this week...
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RETURNING REALITY TV
I'M A CELEBRITY...
GET ME OUT OF HERE!
Sunday 17th to Friday 22nd November at 9pm on ITV1
The countdown to Christmas is officially here as I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! returns for its 24th series as a brand new cast of celebrities will battle it out in TV’s toughest entertainment challenge.
Ant & Dec are back to present all the big stories live every night as our new line-up of celebrities for 2024 will leave their plush pads and luxuries far behind and spend up to three weeks taking on the Australian jungle with a whole host of surprises created just for them.
And the guessing game as to who is going in is finally over as ITV has announced this year's group of celebs, and it's a VERY good line-up!
They'll each find themselves cut off from the outside world and stuck on a diet of rice and beans with their fate will lying in the hands of viewers who have the power to decide if they deserve to face a dreaded Bushtucker Trial. But who will be crowned this year’s King or Queen of the Jungle?
22 EPISODES CONTINUES NIGHTLY
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RETURNING ENTERTAINMENT
SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW
Sunday 17 November at 11pm on ITV1
Jimmy Akingbola is back with a brand new series of the only panel show on telly about Black history and joining him once again are team captains Chizzy Akudolu and Eddie Kadi.
For the opening episode, Jimmy, Chizzy and Eddie are joined by Gina Yashere, Munya Chawawa, Peter Rethinasamy and Fiona Allen as the teams do battle over four rounds.
From guessing why those unknown faces from history should be famous to uncovering a treasure trove of facts about Africa, this series is about educating as much as entertaining with a fabulous array of comedians from all backgrounds.
5 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
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BRAND NEW DRAMA
THE LISTENERS
Tuesday 19th November at 9pm on BBC One
BBC One's new drama The Listeners, is based on the novel by Jordan Tannahill, who has also written the adaptation and stars Rebecca Hall as Claire, a popular English teacher, who begins to hear a low humming sound that no one else around her can hear.
This seemingly innocuous noise gradually upsets the balance of her life, increasing tension between herself and her husband, Paul, and daughter, Ashley. But despite multiple doctors, no obvious source or medical cause can be found. But when she discovers that a student of hers, Kyle, played by Ollie West, can also hear the sound, the two strike up an unlikely and intimate friendship.
Finding themselves increasingly isolated from their families, friends and colleagues, they fall in with a disparate group of neighbours, led by a charismatic couple, Jo and Omar, who also claim they can hear The Hum – and who believe it could be a gift, heard only by a “chosen few.”
Described as enigmatic, provocative, and haunting, The Listeners explores the seduction of the wild and unknowable, the human search for the transcendent, the rise of conspiracy culture in the West, and the desire for community and connection in our increasingly polarised times.
4 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
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RETURNING COMEDY
CHEATERS
Tuesday 19th November at 9.45pm on BBC One
BBC One's hit 2022 drama Cheaters is back for a second series and after the adrenaline of their affair, Josh and Fola’s relationship has blossomed, and now they’re closer than ever.
But with her divorce from Zack not even finalised, Fola is keen to take things slowly – not exactly Josh’s speed. Josh is a ball of anxiety, and he finds himself going to ridiculous lengths to ‘give her some space’.
Meanwhile, with Zack quietly determined to win Fola back, and Josh’s ex-girlfriend Esther returning from her travels with a new beau in tow, the stage is set for some big decisions…
Can a relationship that started as an affair ever transcend its messy beginnings? Cheaters takes a long hard look at love, sex, monogamy and how the heart, brain and loins are rarely on the same page.
8 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
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BRAND NEW COMEDY
ONLY CHILD
Friday 22 November at 9.30pm on BBC One
Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh star as father and son, Ken and Richard Pritchard, in BBC One's brand new comedy Only Child which features domestic and inter-generational differences and neighbourly squabbles,
Only Child is told through the lens of Richard and Ken’s comedic relationship and in this first episode, bit-part actor Richard returns from London to his home to Forres in the Scottish Highlands for a long overdue visit to the recently-widowed Ken. However, he soon realises his dad might be in need of a bit more full-time help. Not that Ken would agree, of course, but that statement is pretty much true about anything.
An eccentric, strong-willed technophobe, Ken is set in his ways, leaving Richard worrying about his dad growing old.
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