It's time to go back to school as Waterloo Road returns!
This week's best telly includes the launch of new BBC drama Virdee, as well as the highly anticipated return of ITV1's hit drama Unforgotten, the third and final series of Big Boys on Channel as well as returning favoutires At Home with Katherine Ryan, One Question, Sort Your Life Out and Waterloo Road. Elsewhere, BBC One's new drama Virdee launches.
Here are 7 TV shows you can't miss this week...
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RETURNING DRAMA
UNFORGOTTEN
Sunday 9th & Monday 10th February at 9pm on ITV1
Chris Lang's hugely sucessful drama Unforgotten returnS to ITV1 this for its sixth series as Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar return as DCI Jess James and DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan as they delve into unresolved crimes and promising another powerful exploration of hidden truths and long-buried secrets.
Once again, the series will invite viewers into the emotional depth and complexity of cold case investigations as the series begins when suspected human remains are uncovered on Whitney Marsh.
Jess and Sunny are immediately called to the scene, abandoning their evening plans to Jess’s husband’s chagrin. Dr Balcombe’s analysis reveals that the remains are relatively recent and suggest a grim conclusion: the body was placed there already dismembered. With this insight, Jess and Sunny intensify their search certain that other body parts may not be far away.
As the investigation unfolds, viewers are introduced to a diverse new cast of characters including outspoken television commentator based in Ireland Melinda Ricci, played by MyAnna Buring, Martin ‘Marty’ Baines, an autistic man living with his mother Dot in Deal, Kent played by Max Fairley, an Afghan training for his UK citizenship test played by Elham Elas and history lecturer and faculty head at a London university, Juliet Cooper played by Victoria Hamilton.
While these characters live seemingly separate lives, they are intricately connected by their pasts. It’s up to Jess, Sunny, and their dedicated team to uncover these hidden links and ultimately expose the truth behind the cold case murder.
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RETURNING COMEDY
BIG BOYS
Sunday 9th February at 10pm & 10.30pm on Channel 4
This week sees the return of Jack Rooke's brilliant Channel 4 comedy, Big Boys, for its third and final series as the gang enter their final year at Brent Uni, with all the ups and downs of dissertations, deadlines, dating and the devastating departure of Louis Walsh from The X Factor (for Jack anyway!)
This series sees Jack and Danny’s friendship tested to its limits as they realise proper adult life is coming. Will the boys still choose each other like before, or will this be the end of the road?
Elsewhere, Peggy and Shannon embark on new romances and never-ending nappy changes.
6 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
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BRAND NEW DRAMA
VIRDEE
Monday 10th February at 9pm on BBC One
BBC One's newest drama Virdee, set and filmed in Bradford, tells the story of Detective Harry Virdee, played by Staz Nair, a dedicated cop whose personal life is in chaos. He is in a loving relationship with his wife, Saima, but he is estranged from his family who disapprove of his interfaith marriage.
A turf war is brewing in the underbelly of the city with the police losing its grip on gang rivalries as they spill out onto the streets of Bradford. When a young dealer is murdered, Harry’s duty to uphold the law clashes with his links to members of the crime gangs. He must hunt down whoever is targeting those around him.
Whilst the killer holds the entire city to ransom, Harry realises that he is going to need the help of his brother-in-law Riaz, a drugs kingpin who runs the largest cartel in the county. Pulled together in an alliance that could ruin them both, Harry must make a choice: save himself and his family or save his city. He will not be able to do both.
6 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
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RETURNING FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
AT HOME WITH KATHERINE RYAN
Monday 10th February at 9pm on U&W
Katherine Ryan is back with a brand new series of At Home with Katherine Ryan and now that Fenna is 18 months old and Fred 3, the pressure to get back to work has won out, and Katherine’s about to start a 10 month comedy tour of the UK and Europe.
But that means leaving the family for a few days every week, and leaving husband Bobby in charge. How will he cope with her gone?
To help them to stay connected through this period of change, the couple seek out Marriage coaching from Adeaze Chiwoko, who helps them explore their relationship, and delves into their backgrounds and childhoods to help them understand why they are how they are. Surprisingly for perfect Katherine, there seem to be more problems with her than she expected!
Family life is getting bumpier this year too for the Ryan Kootstra clan, and 15 year old Violet is a force of nature - facing her looming GCSE’s but preferring to doom scroll and munch on takeaways. Fred and Fenna are double trouble, running rings around their parents, causing Katherine to catastrophise all manner of dangers when she goes on the road. Katherine’s trust in men is rock bottom making the tour a real test of her belief in her husband. Can he parent their children effectively, or will he be too drawn to the golf course?!
This year Katherine is navigating everything from teen social media addiction to how to trust your husband and fertility tests, while travelling the country touring and missing her family terribly. And as Bobby decides to turn the tables on Katherine for a very public roasting, who exactly will have the last laugh?
4 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
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RETURNING FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
SORT YOUR LIFE OUT
Tuesday 11th February at 8pm on BBC One
Stacey Solomon and her crack team of experts are back with a fifth series of Sort Your Life Out, as they help families transform their homes by laying out all their posessions in a larger warehouse, forcing the family to choose between what to keep and what to let go of.
Once again, tidying extraordinaire Stacey Solomon will be joined by her expert team made up of organiser Dilly, carpenter Rob and cleaner Iwan to help families overhaul their homes and lives.
In each episode, a family undertakes a life-changing declutter, while the team delivers a budget-friendly makeover and a supersized spring clean, all within just seven days and in the first episode of this new series, a lively family of six call on Stacey and her gang to help transform their cluttered three-bedroom home.
Stacey challenges them to sort their life out in just seven days by letting go of half their belongings, paving the way for a beautifully reorganised and functional space.
But it’s a race against the clock to complete the makeover before the family’s return. Will the team’s efforts to declutter, organise and upcycle bring about the organised home the Appleyards have been dreaming of?
7 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
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RETURNING DRAMA
WATERLOO ROAD
Tuesday 11th February at 9pm on BBC One
Waterloo Road is back for its 15th series as new headteacher and ex-Ofsted director, Dame Stella Drake, ushers in a new era at the school with a crackdown on rules when she discovers the state the school is in. But with parents and students in arms, can Stella conquer the troubles of this generation?
Donte faces his first hurdle as a trainee teacher when he locks horns with unruly new boy Ashton and juggles a secret liaison with one of the staff.
Meanwhile, Jared attempts to win the favour of history teacher Neil to keep him sweet on his new relationship with girlfriend Libby.
8 EPISODES CONTINUES WEEKLY
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RETURNING QUIZ SHOW
ONE QUESTION
Friday 14th February at 8pm on Channel 4
It's been three years since the first series of One Question, the Channel 4 quiz show which is seemingly simple but devilishly difficult. But now woman of the moment, Claudia Winkleman is back for a second run.
In One Question, contestants are asked just one question and given 16 possible answers. But only one of those answers is correct. All the contestants must do to win £100,000 is choose the correct answer.
Episode one sees Leeds flatmates Yuz and Scott, and married couple Grace and Darren from London, try to answer just one question correctly to win £100k.
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