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WHAT TO WATCH 18-24 January

Who will win The Traitors?


This week's best telly includes The Traitors final, the return of Gladiators and two huge new dramas, Out There on ITV1 and Prime Target on Apple TV+.


Here are 5 TV shows you can't miss this week...

 

1

 RETURNING ENTERTAINMENT SHOW

GLADIATORS
 

Saturday 18th January at 5.50pm on BBC One


Following a hugely successful reboot in 2024, the wait is finally over as Gladiators is back, and promises to be tougher than ever as a fresh crop of gritty Contenders take on the superhuman Gladiators in five brutal events before going head-to-head in the gruelling Eliminator.


Who has the will and the skill to conquer the infamous travelator and win a coveted place in the quarter-finals?


In the first episode of this new series, Giant meets his match on the duel podium, Viper finally breaks his silence and we witness the long-awaited return of the legendary, metal-crunching event, Atlaspheres.


 11 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER 

 

2

 BRAND NEW DRAMA

OUT THERE
 

Sunday 19th and Monday 20th January at 9pm on ITV1


This week, Martin Clunes returns to ITV1 in his first role since Doc Martin in Ed Whitmore's new six-part drama Out There, about the escalating and insidious crime wave sweeping the British countryside, county lines drug-dealing.


Out There depicts the stealthy and surreptitious invasion of the land our farmer cherishes with devastating consequences as his livelihood, homestead and family life are threatened by local county lines drugs dealers who are essentially urban gangs using the British countryside as a field of operations and moving drugs and money between their inner-city hubs and provincial areas.


Martin Clunes plays Welsh farmer Nathan, who's confronted with dark forces seeping into his rural community, whilst Louis Ashbourne Serkis takes the role of his 15-year-old son Johnny.


 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY | ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

 STREAM ON ITVX


 

3

 BRAND NEW DRAMA

PRIME TARGET
 

Wednesday 22nd January on Apple TV+


Apple TV+'s new eight-part conspiracy thriller, Prime Target, stars Leo Woodall as Edward Brooks, a brilliant young math postgraduate who is on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world.


Soon, he begins to realise an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders, a female NSA agent. played by Quintessa Swindell, who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians’ behaviour.


Together, they start to unravel the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of. Other cast members include Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman and Joseph Mydell.


 8 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON APPLE TV+  2 EPISODES AVAILABLE


 

4

 RETURNING FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

AMANDA & ALAN'S SPANISH JOB
 

Friday 24th January at 8pm on BBC One


Following two hugely successful series of Amanda & Alan's Italian Job, best friends Amanda Holden and Alan Carr are back for Amanda & Alan's Italian Job and yes... you guessed it, this time they're heading to the sun-kissed hills of Andalusia to embark on their first ever Spanish renovation job.


Getting into the swing of the Mediterranean lifestyle, Amanda and Alan are ready for a summer of sunshine, sangria and plenty of DIY – with a little bit of chaos thrown in for good measure!


Hoping to breathe new life into one of the region’s forgotten villages, Amanda takes a gamble on a run-down three-storey townhouse and convinces Alan to join her in a lifelong dream of transforming it into a boutique B&B.


In a bid to push their DIY skills to a whole new level, the best pals visit Granada’s architectural marvel and the pinnacle of Moorish design – the Alhambra Palace. But with over 2,000 square feet to contend with, a roof in need of repair and a crumbling outbuilding on its last legs, it dawns on them that they may be in over their heads.


 8 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

 

5

 FINAL EPISODE

THE TRAITORS
 

Friday 24th January at 8.30pm on BBC One


This series of The Traitors has been just as brilliant as the two that came before, but as we reach the final day of the ultimate game of deception and trust, who will walk away victorious?


They’ve survived every banishment and murder, but it all comes down to today. Will the Faithful weed out all the Traitors and be victorious, or will the Traitors remain undetected, and take the life-changing sum of money all for themselves?


Don't forget that there are also episodes on Wednesday and Thursday (at 9pm) which will see suspicions at an all-time high and the players focused solely on who they can really trust. Plus, on Thursday as the game nears the end, could a huge shift in power change everything?


 12 EPISODES

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER 

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