INTERVIEWS
All the latest interviews with the good and the great from telly and live comedy
INTERVIEWS
All the latest interviews with the good and the great from telly and live comedy
UPCOMING TV
UPCOMING TV
GAVIN & STACEY: THE FINALE ON CHRISTMAS DAY
CONFIRMED
WEDNESDAY
11 DECEMBER
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SEASON 9
QUEER EYE
NETFLIX
For their ninth season, Queer Eye’s Fab Five are looking to make big things happen for a handful of heroes living in Sin City. This time, however, the series is getting a little makeover of its own. Interior designer Jeremiah Brent is joining the cast alongside original hosts Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, and Tan France. But their mission remains the same: transforming the lives of everyday people from the inside out.
WEDNESDAY
CHRISTMAS DAY
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FINALE
GAVIN & STACEY
BBC ONE
After much speculation, denials and rumours, the BBC have today confirmed that Gavin & Stacey will be returning this Christmas Day on BBC One for its final ever episode.
THURSDAY
BOXING DAY
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SEASON 2
SQUID GAME
NETFLIX
A second season of the show in which 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games.
THURSDAY
BOXING DAY
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
OUTNUMBERED
BBC ONE
The Brockmans are returning to BBC One this Christmas for the first time in 8 years! Written and directed by the show’s creators, Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, the new special, 8 years since its last, will follow the chaos in the downsized home of Pete and Sue Brockman, as they grapple with the challenges of parenting kids who are now adults, with their own lives to lead.
SUNDAY
29 DECEMBER
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NEW YEAR SPECIAL
TASKMASTER'S NEW YEAR TREAT
CHANNEL 4
Little Alex Horne has spent his Christmas feverishly polishing Greg Davies' coveted Golden Eyebrows Trophy in preparation for the fifth annual Taskmaster’s New Year Treat. The five brave bunnies battling to win that trophy by donning gloves, regretting things and moving water are: former England and Liverpool footballer David James MBE, mathematician, science presenter and academic Professor Hannah Fry, Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis CBE, singer-songwriter and All Saints star Melanie Blatt, and actor and Royle Family star Sue Johnston OBE.
WEDNESDAY
NEW YEAR'S DAY
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SERIES 3
THE TRAITORS
BBC ONE
The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman is back for its third series and kicking off the new year in style as a new group of strangers play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000. New series, and a whole new game. But who will make it through?
THURSDAY
2 JANUARY
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BRAND NEW
LOCKERBIE
SKY
The five-part drama is based on the 1988 Lockerbie disaster and the search for justice by Dr Jim Swire and his wife Jane. In Lockerbie, Colin Firth will portray Dr Jim Swire, who tragically lost his beloved daughter, Flora, in the devastating event and has doggedly pursued justice, along with his wife Jane, ever since.
FRIDAY
17 JANUARY
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SEASON 2
SEVERANCE
APPLE TV+
Adam Scott returns as Mark Scout who leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work … and of himself.
TUESDAY
22 JANUARY
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BRAND NEW
PRIME TARGET
APPLE TV+
A new eight-part conspiracy thriller which features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks, played by Leo Woodall, 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’ behavior.
WEDNESDAY
5 FEBRUARY
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BRAND NEW
CELEBRITY BEAR HUNT
NETFLIX
Holly Willoughby hosts this action-packed competition show that sees a group of unlikely British celebrities dropped into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world's most fearsome predators – Bear Grylls. Bear believes there’s an action hero inside us all - even the celebs - but how strong is their will to survive? As Bear puts them through their paces, those who fail to impress will face the dreaded ‘Bear Hunt’ – a brutal game of cat and mouse where they’ll be hunted down by Bear himself and, if captured, eliminated from the show.
TBC
TBC
CHRISTMAS
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RETURNING
WALLACE & GROMIT
BBC ONE
Titled Vengeance Most Fowl, this new Wallace & Gromit film will feature the return of the iconic supervillain Feathers McGraw. Vengeance Most Fowl sees Gromit’s growing concern as Wallace becomes over-dependent on his inventions - which proves justified when Wallace invents a ‘smart gnome’ that seems to develop an evil mind of its own. But who or what could be the cause? As events begin to spiral out of control, it’s up to Gromit to put aside his qualms and battle sinister forces, or Wallace may never be able to invent again!
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THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
ITV1
Stephen Mulhern is a man who likes what he knows and that does not include travelling to exotic locations, trying new foods or being pushed out of his comfort zone in any way. But now Stephen has asked Ant & Dec to help him finally change his ways… and they have decided to send their good friend to Asia to broaden his horizons.
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SERIES 3
ALAN AND AMANDA'S SPANISH JOB
BBC ONE
Heading to the sunny south of Spain, Alan Carr and Amanda Holden will take on a rambling, run down property in the province of Andalusia as they move countries for their biggest project yet. With many rural areas suffering from de-population, they’re hoping to remedy this and bring the tourists back by highlighting some unloved and forgotten areas around the Costa del Sol, in Amanda and Alan’s Spanish Job.
BRAND NEW
AMANDALAND
BBC ONE
This Motherland spin-off will focus on Lucy Punch's character Amanda as she's forced to downsize following her divorce. With both Manus and Georgie now at secondary school, Amanda has to try and get her head around raising teenagers, dealing with modern motherhood horrors like teenage drinking, fake Instagram accounts and eco anxiety. Not even a woman as certain of her parenting as Amanda can deal with these nightmares alone.
SERIES 2
AM I BEING UNREASONABLE?
BBC ONE
The hit comedy thriller written by Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli who also star as Nic and Jen returns. As series one came to an end, the series took another twist with a conclusion that saw viewers learn what really happened between Nic and Alex, played by David Flynn, that fateful night on the train.
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BRAND NEW
AND DID THOSE FEET... WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE
BBC ONE
Alan is settling into life back in Norfolk after a year working in Saudi Arabia, but the adjustment has left him with a deep sense of unease. Seeing himself and his homeland anew, there are pressing and frankly glaring questions he’d like to ask of himself and, on behalf of himself, of the country.
SEASON 3
AND JUST LIKE THAT...
SKY COMEDY
Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis return as Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
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BRAND NEW
THE ASSASSIN
PRIME VIDEO
A new six-part thriller from writing duo Harry and Jack Williams, which has begun filming in Greece. Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie, played by Keeley Hawes, has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward, played by Freddie Highmore, visiting from England.
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SERIES 5
THE BAY
ITV1
The latest case for Morecambe MIU will focus on the emotionally complex life of a divided family. With the father and mother of the victim, bitterly divorced, Jenn Townsend and the team will have to tread very carefully to keep the whole family onside.
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BRAND NEW
BEING GORDON RAMSAY
NETFLIX
A new documentary series following Gordon Ramsay's biggest restaurant venture to date. Over the last two decades, Gordon Ramsay has made a name for himself in the kitchen and on TV screens. The multi-Michelin-starred chef has trained with some of the world’s best cooks and run successful kitchens of all ages, all over the world. And now, Gordon Ramsay will star at the center of a new documentary series that follows the lead-up to his biggest restaurant venture to date: the opening of five culinary experiences in London’s second tallest building, 22 Bishopsgate. ​
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BRAND NEW
BLACK CAB
CHANNEL 5
A contemporary thriller based in Liverpool about a lonely taxi driver’s growing obsession with a late-night Radio DJ. Robert Glenister leads the cast as Tony, a 50-something cab driver from Liverpool, who used to be a respected teacher but lost his job, his confidence, and his marriage. His only lifelines are cafe-worker Rosa, played by Suzanne Packer, whom he forms a growing attachment to, and a late-night radio talk-show host called Lawrence, portrayed by Sean Pertwee whom he spends his nights listening to as he ferries passengers across the city.​
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SERIES 2
BLACK OPS
BBC ONE
In series two, Dom and Kay, played by Gbemisola Ikumelo and Hammed Animashaun, are set to be thrust into a new adventure with Akemnji Ndifornyen also reprising his role as gang boss Tevin.
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SERIES 3 SERIES 4
BLUE LIGHTS
BBC ONE
Co-created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, Blue Lights is an authentic, gripping and darkly funny drama about ordinary people doing an extraordinary job.
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SERIES 2
BOARDERS
BBC THREE
The return of BBC Three's coming-of-age comedy-drama created which follows the lives of five underprivileged black students from inner-city London who win scholarships to an elite boarding school.
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BRAND NEW
BUT WHEN WE DANCE
BBC ONE
A new one-off comedy-drama from Vicar of Dibley writer Paul Mayhew-Archer about two people who fall in love at a ballet class for people with Parkinson's disease, run by the English National Ballet.
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SERIES 12 SERIES 13
CALL THE MIDWIFE
BBC ONE
The return of the popular drama centred around the practice of midwifery in 1960s East London.
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BRAND NEW
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?
BBC ONE
A brand new sitcom written and created by Simon Mayhew-Archer, starring Dawn French and Mark Heap. The new six-part comedy is a show about the tough decisions in life. And death. Set in the West Country, it's the story of an odd little family you haven’t met yet, but that you already know.
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BRAND NEW
CELEBRITY TRAITORS
BBC ONE
A celebrity version of the hit psychological reality competition, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, in which 22 strangers play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning.
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BRAND NEW
THE CHILDREN
BBC TWO
A new feature-length drama which begins on one summer’s night in 1945, and follows child survivors and presumed orphans of the Holocaust.
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SERIES 2
THE CHRIS & ROSIE RAMSEY SHOW
BBC TWO
Following a successful first series, The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show returns with six brand new episodes. The show follows the huge success of real-life husband and wife Chris and Rosie Ramsey's number one podcast Shagged.Married.Annoyed.
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BRAND NEW
A CLASSIC SPY
NETFLIX
Ted Danson plays Charles, a retired man, gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a PI and becomes a mole in a secret investigation. Based on the documentary The Mole Agent, a 2021 Oscar® nominee for Best Documentary feature.
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BRAND NEW
CODE OF SILENCE
ITV1
Created and written by Catherine Moulton, Code of Silence introduces us to Deaf catering worker, Alison Woods, played by Rose Ayling-Ellis. She’s struggling to make ends meet, juggling two jobs, in a police canteen and a local bar, while also doing her best to support her Deaf mum, Julie.
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SERIES 2
CRIMINAL RECORD
APPLE TV+
Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo will return as Detective Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty and Detective Sergeant June Lenker as the two brilliant detectives clashing once more in a complex murder investigation in this powerful thriller set in the heart of contemporary London. In season two, June is the senior officer on the scene when a political rally is attacked by far-right counter-protesters. The violent clash leaves a young man dead and June, consumed with guilt, is desperate to bring the unknown killer to justice. ​
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SERIES 2
DADDY ISSUES
BBC THREE
Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey return in this classic odd couple comedy about two funny, deeply flawed characters, who just happen to be father and daughter.
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BRAND NEW
DANCE SCHOOL
CHANNEL 4
Created by Theresa Ikoko and Lisa Holdsworth, new drama Dance School follows an eclectic group of dance students as they navigate the intense highs and lows of coming of age in today’s complex world, captured through stories which are as joyful and funny as they are raw and truthful, brought viscerally to life via irresistible dance choreography.
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BRAND NEW
DEAD AND BURIED
BBC IPLAYER
Outside a supermarket with her young son, Cathy (Annabel Scholey) encounters Michael (Colin Morgan) - the man convicted of the brutal murder of her brother, 20 years earlier. Ignoring the advice of her best friend, Cathy takes to social media, uncovering the successful career and family life Michael has forged for himself since his early release from prison, while she grieved for her brother. Re-traumatised by her past, Cathy instigates a clandestine relationship with the man she despises, embarking on a campaign of harassment and deceit. As Cathy’s obsession grows, dark fantasies of revenge and reality blur as she sets out on a campaign of psychological warfare to destroy Michael’s life.
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BRAND NEW
DEATH VALLEY
BBC TWO
The series follows a national treasure and retired actor who forms an unlikely crime-solving partnership alongside a disarming Welsh detective sergeant. Set in Wales, Death Valley follows the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccentric national treasure John Chapel, a retired actor and star of hit fictional detective TV show Caesar and disarming Welsh detective sergeant Janie Mallowan.
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BRAND NEW
DESIRE
ITV1
A new drama which focuses on Leia who after a messy divorce finds herself falling in love with an intensity she’s never experienced before. But it's the wrong man at the wrong time.
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SERIES 3
THE DEVIL'S HOUR
PRIME VIDEO
Jessica Raine and Peter Capaldi reprise their roles as Gideon and Lucy Chambers. The next two instalments will continue the story of Lucy, a woman caught up in the hunt for serial killer Gideon in ways she never could imagine. In Series Two, Gideon’s true intentions are finally revealed, as he attempts to involve Lucy in his mission to stop an elusive force of evil. Simultaneously a sequel and a prequel to the first chapter, expect nothing but the unexpected…
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BRAND NEW
DISABILITY BENEFITS
CHANNEL 4
Written by Rosie Jones and Peter Fellows, Disability Benefits stars Rosie Jones as Emily, a young woman with very little left to lose. Having had her state benefits cut to shreds after being made redundant, she begins to build an illegal drugs empire. But Emily isn’t your average street-dealing dope peddler – she’s sharp, funny, biting, highly educated and on top of all that, she has cerebral palsy.
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SERIES 2
DREAMING WHILST BLACK
BBC THREE
Loosely inspired by real-life events, Dreaming Whilst Black tells the story of Kwabena, played by Adjani Salmon, an aspiring filmmaker stuck in a dead-end recruitment job who takes the first step toward achieving his dream. Along the way, he is quickly confronted with the tribulations of balancing finances, love, and his own sense of reality.
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BRAND NEW
THE DREAM LANDS
BBC ONE
Set in a near future Margate, against a backdrop of soaring inequality, The Dream Lands tells the story of Chance, a young woman who discovers life and love, while being forced to fight for her family’s survival in a world that’s crumbling around her. It’s 2039 and temperatures are soaring, seas are rising, and the political climate is equally as menacing. Chance is living a life of crime just to get by, when her community is singled out for a government rejuvenation scheme, promising to bring her coastal town back to life. But when Chance falls in love with Franky, a girl with ties to the establishment, she and those closest to her begin to realise that all may not be as it seems.
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BRAND NEW
THE ELEPHANT MAN
BBC ONE
Charlie Heaton stars as Joseph Merrick, better known as The Elephant Man, in this new two-part drama which follows his compelling and extraordinary life from his working-class beginnings in Leicestershire.
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BRAND NEW
ELLIE & NATASIA
BBC TWO
Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou return for a second series, this time on BBC Two, of their critically-acclaimed sketch show Ellie & Natasia, featuring characters such as the coffee spotters, the Brothers Pomodoro and a girl with a pixie haircut.
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BRAND NEW
ENGLISTAN
BBC TWO
Created by Riz Ahmed, this drama tells the story of three generations of a British Pakistani family. We follow them as they pursue their dreams over four tumultuous decades.
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BRAND NEW
ENTITLED
CHANNEL 4
Brett Gelman stars as Gabe, an American widower who must get to know his British wife’s estranged family in their crumbling gothic mansion in the English countryside, they compete for his affections and his newly inherited fortune.
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SEASON 3
EUPHORIA
SKY ATLANTIC
Zendaya returns as Rue who in the last season had to find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction.​
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BRAND NEW
THE FEUD
CHANNEL 5
Channel 5 have announced a new six-part domestic thriller The Feud, as filming begins in Newcastle. It stars Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones as Emma and John Barnett, who, along with their teenage daughter Beth, played by newcomer Megan Trower, appear to live an idyllic life on Shelbury Drive. They’re close friends with their neighbours, Sonia and Alan, played by Amy Nuttall and Ray Fearon and despite their foibles, are also fond of older couple, Derek and Barbara, played by James Fleet and Tessa Peake-Jones. The close friendships in this seemingly peaceful street prove to be not quite as harmonious as they seem. When Emma and John decide to add a kitchen extension to their house, things quickly start to spin drastically out of control.
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BRAND NEW
FILM CLUB
BBC THREE
Film Club will stars Aimee Lou Wood as Evie who meets with Tom every Thursday at 9pm to watch a film together in her garage. Evie lovingly decorates the space to match the film of the week, from a yellow brick road for The Wizard of Oz to a space craft for Alien. It's magical. They’re there for the love of the movies. Or at least, that’s what they tell themselves. In reality, Tom is madly in love with Evie. What he doesn’t know is that Evie is in love with him too. But when Tom accepts a job at the other end of the country, their happily ever after comes under threat. He's leaving in six weeks. That means Evie has six film clubs left to tell Tom how she feels, or risk losing him forever.
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BRAND NEW
FIRST DAY ON EARTH
BBC ONE
Michaela Coel will write, star and serve as an executive producer on First Day on Earth which follows Michaela Coel as British novelist Henri, who is stuck. Work has dried up, her relationship is going nowhere. So when she's offered a job on a film in Ghana, West Africa, her parents' homeland, where her estranged father lives, she can't resist the chance to reconnect with him and the country of her heritage.
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BRAND NEW
FUNBOYS
BBC THREE
Funboys is a comedy series about three emotionally-unassembled young men in small-town Northern Ireland. It sees friends Callum, Jordan and Lorcan as they attempt to navigate through the hardships of life. Life is never easy for this trio of sad worms: from first girlfriends to dead pet pigs, the lads are put through the psychological ringer. But will their shared love of innocent fun and wholesome mucking about land them in hot water?​
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BRAND NEW
GAYNOR & RAY
BBC ONE
Created and written by Ruth Jones and David Peet, this one-off comedy reunites Gavin & Stacey favourites Brydon and Jones in the title roles. It follows Gaynor and Ray Davies from Cardiff, two fifty-something newlyweds, both married for a second time.
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BRAND NEW
GENERATION Z
CHANNEL 4
A new comedy-drama written and directed by Ben Wheatley, which sees rapacious baby boomers and disaffected teenagers at each other’s throats… this time quite literally.
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BRAND NEW
GET MILLIE BLACK
CHANNEL 4
A new gripping drama from Booker Prizewinning author Marlon James, following the inimitable Millie-Jean Black, a police detective forced to quit Scotland Yard and return home to Jamaica, where she’s soon pursuing a missing persons case that threatens to expose more than she may be willing to confront.
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SERIES 2
GLADIATORS
BBC ONE
The return of Gladiators, as a new generation of superhumans take on brave contenders in the ultimate test of speed and strength. It's all-out action, with Bradley and Barney Walsh in charge.
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SERIES 2
THE GOLD
BBC ONE
The return of the factual drama inspired by the true story of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery, and the decades-long chain of events that followed.
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SERIES 2 SERIES 3 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
THE GOOD SHIP MURDER
CHANNEL 5
Following the huge success of the first series on Channel 5, expect more sun, more sea and more sinister plots as The Good Ship Murder, starring Shayne Ward as cabaret singer turned detective Jack Grayling and Catherine Tyldsley as the fiercely ambitious First Officer Kate Woods, will return for a second and third series as well as a Christmas special.
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SERIES 2
HIJACK
APPLE TV+
The hit high-octane thriller will return for a new season with Idris Elba back as Sam Nelson, who in the first season boarded a flight to London hoping to win back his ex-wife. But as he felt that something on board was wrong, his suspicions were confirmed. Spotting an opportunity, Sam executed a plan to get a covert message to authorities on the ground, getting involved in a risky plan to take on the hijackers.
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BRAND NEW
HOME TO ROOST
BBC ONE
Over twenty years ago, the Osbourne family left Britain for a life in the US and became the globe’s most iconic reality TV family when they threw open the doors of their LA home and let the world in, sharing their bizarre and hilarious life in the fly-on-the-wall show The Osbournes.
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BRAND NEW
HOT FLUSH
BBC ONE
Sally Wainwright's new six-part drama Hot Flush, centres on the lives of five women of a certain age who come together to create a makeshift, butt-of-the-joke punk-rock band in order to enter a talent contest. But when they rehearse together they suddenly discover that they have a lot more to say than they ever imagined, and this is the way to say it. 
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SEASON 3
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
SKY ATLANTIC
The series set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, returns to continue the story of House Targaryen.
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BRAND NEW
HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN FROM BELFAST
NETFLIX
A new comedy thriller from Derry Girls writer and creator Lisa McGee which follows a group of friends in their late thirties about to embark on the most exciting adventure of their lives.
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BRAND NEW
HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY
NETFLIX
Anya Taylor-Joy is about to teach the world How to Kill Your Family, or she’ll at least reveal some murderous tips and tricks as Grace Bernard, in the new Netflix thriller inspired by Bella Mackie’s 2021 novel and written by Extraordinary creator Emma Moran. The eight-episode drama follows Grace, who has a complicated family. Her dad is merciless billionaire Simon Artemis and she is the product of an affair Simon claims not to remember, which left Grace and her mom to fend for themselves.
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BRAND NEW
THE HUNT FOR RAOUL MOAT
ITV
A new drama focussing on the innocent victims of Moat’s crimes, Christopher Brown, Samantha Stobbart and PC David Rathband; the police officers who put themselves in the firing line in their quest to apprehend Moat and the local journalist who sought to tell Moat’s real story in a landscape of sensationalist reporting and social media provocation. Lee Ingleby stars as Neil Adamson, a senior Northumbria Police Officer leading the race against time to apprehend Moat.
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BRAND NEW
I.D.
CHANNEL 4
A new drama from actor and writer Genevieve Barr which centres on a young deaf woman called Emily. The drama centres on Emily, a young deaf woman, who witnesses a neighbour taking pictures of her. This leads her to explore what she might have done to warrant this unwanted attention, while simultaneously beginning a dance with a stranger that is as exhilarating as it is dangerous. I.D. is a love letter to being deaf, placing Emily on a hair-raising collision course with her past.
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SERIES 2
I KISSED A BOY
BBC THREE
Dannii Minogue will be returning to the Masseria for an epic summer of love that promises more joy, more untold stories and more drama than ever before. ​​
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BRAND NEW
KATIE PIPER: LOCKED UP IN LOUISIANA
U&W
This new four-part documentary will see Katie Piper meet the inmates at New Orleans Parish Prison, where she will delve into inmates cases and try to uncover what drove these women to commit the serious and shocking crimes they’ve been accused of.
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BRAND NEW
KING & CONQUEROR
BBC ONE
James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau star in this story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years.
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BRAND NEW
LAST ONE LAUGHING UK
PRIME VIDEO
Famous for his dark humour, one liners and THAT laugh, Jimmy Carr challenges 10 of Britain’s funniest comics to spend the day together without so much as cracking a smile. Over the course of the series, they will use every ounce of their comedic talents to try and break their opponents without cracking up themselves.
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BRAND NEW
THE LISTENERS
BBC ONE
The Listeners centres around Claire, played by Rebecca Hall, 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.
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SERIES 3 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
THE MADAME BLANC MYSTERIES
CHANNEL 5
The Madame Blanc Mysteries sees renowned and respected antiques dealer, Jean White, return fresh from surviving an attempt on her life by the duplicitous Barbara. Across the series, Jean’s expertise in the world of antiquities proves once again the key to solving a series of murders and mysteries against the backdrop of the beautiful French village of Sainte Victoire.
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BRAND NEW
MAKE THAT MOVIE
CHANNEL 4
Make That Movie focuses on a hotshot director, played by stand-up comedian and actor Sam Campbell who scours the country for everyday people who have an idea for a feature film. Sam and his team then race against the clock as they attempt to transform the idea into a film in just three days.
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BRAND NEW
THE MAN
ITV
Mike Bartlett's new psychological drama centres on the personal and professional life of Thomas Benson; a hard-working father and husband and explores the corrosive effects of bullying.
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SERIES 2
MAMMOTH
BBC TWO
Hit comedy Mammoth, about a PE teacher from the 70s getting a second chance at life, will return for a second series. In the first series, Tony Mammoth, played by Mike Bubbins, a PE teacher believed to have perished in an avalanche during a school trip in 1979, attempted to rebuild his life after miraculously returning from the dead when his body is discovered frozen in time.
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SERIES 6
THE MASKED SINGER UK
ITV
The top-secret singing show returns as a new superstar lineup, disguised in head-to-toe costumes, compete to remain anonymous. As each celebrity sings, a superstar panel, along with the studio audience, are left asking ‘who’s behind the mask?’
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BRAND NEW
MISS AUSTEN
BBC
Keeley Hawes and Rose Leslie star in this new four-part adaptation of Gill Hornby’s novel, reimagining a literary mystery. Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters - as a fascinating, witty and heartbreaking story of sisterly love, while creating in Cassandra a character as captivating as any Austen heroine.
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BRAND NEW
MR LOVERMAN
BBC ONE
Based on the acclaimed 2013 novel by Bernardine Evaristo, Mr Loverman, adapted by Nathanial Price, promises to be a life-affirming story about family, love, and being true to yourself. It'll star Lennie James as the exuberant protagonist, Barrington Jedidiah Walker, Esq. Barry to his mates. Trouble to his wife, his daughters, and his lover. Seventy years old, Antiguan-born, exuberant Hackney personality, Barry is renowned for his dapper taste and fondness for retro suits.
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BRAND NEW
MRS. AMERICAN PIE
APPLE TV+
A new comedy starring Kristen Wiig about a gorgeously impossible people. It follows Maxine Simmons' attempt to secure her seat at America’s most exclusive table: Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, “Mrs. American Pie” asks the same questions that still baffle us today: “Who gets a seat at the table?” “How do you get a seat at the table?” “What will you sacrifice to get there?” Set during the powderkeg era of the early 1970s, “Mrs. American Pie” is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance at superficial greatness.
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BRAND NEW
M. SON OF THE CENTURY
SKY ATLANTIC
Based on the bestselling book by Antonio Scurati, which chronicles the birth of fascism in Italy and the Duce Benito Mussolini’s rise to power, Joe Wright will direct the eight-part series which covers the period from the founding of Fasci Italiani in 1919 through to Mussolini’s infamous speech in parliament following the murder of socialist MP Giacomo Matteotti in 1925. The series also promises to provide viewers with an insight into Mussolini and his personal relationships, including with his wife Rachele, his lover Margherita Sarfatti, and with other iconic figures from the time. Like the novel, the series will tell the history of a country that surrendered to dictatorship and the story of a man who was able to rise from his ashes time and again.
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THE NIGHT MANAGER
BBC ONE
Series two of The Night Manager will pick up with Jonathan Pine eight years after the explosive finale of series one, and once again will be written by David Farr and Georgi Banks-Davies is attached to direct all six episodes of series two, with Stephen Garrett returning to lead production.
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BRAND NEW
OUT OF THE DUST
NETFLIX
A new six-part drama from Julie Gearey starring Molly Windsor, Asa Butterfield, Christopher Eccleston, Siobhan Finneran and Fra Fee. Set in a conservative Christian sect, the story follows Rosie, a dutiful wife and mother who is propelled into a dangerous journey of female emancipation and sexual awakening following a fateful encounter with escaped convict, Sam.
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BRAND NEW
OUT THERE
ITV1
Martin Clunes and Louis Ashbourne Serkis star in this new six-part drama about County lines drug dealing. An escalating, insidious crime wave sweeping the British countryside.
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PADDY AND CHRIS: ROAD TRIPPIN’
BBC ONE
Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris are to front a brand-new road trip series that sees the duo head to Europe, to look at how our European neighbours grow old gracefully and make their years ahead their best yet.
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PATIENCE
CHANNEL 4
The six-part drama centres around a neuro-divergent woman working in the criminal records department of Yorkshire Police. It stars Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience Evans, who works in the criminal records department of Yorkshire Police, cataloguing and filing the evidence produced during major cases. As a young autistic woman, she craves routine and order and relishes the solitude and structure her job provides but yearns for more. Described as a brilliant, self-taught criminologist, Patience has an instinctive eye for crime scenes and a passion for problem-solving.
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PLAYDATE
DISNEY+
Playdate follows what happens when Elisa’s world is turned upside down after her young daughter Lucia is kidnapped at a sleepover. Who is the mystery woman who took Lucia, and what secrets does she know about Elisa? ​
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THE POWER OF PARKER
BBC ONE
Series 2 sees the hit comedy moce from 1990 to 1992. The Queen is in the midst of her annus horribilis, John Major is the new PM, and Whitney’s I Will Always Love You is stuck at number one. Up in Stockport, Kath, played by Sian Gibson, Martin, played by Conleth Hill and Diane, played by Rosie Cavaliero, are just trying their best to get along.
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REUNION
BBC ONE
Matthew Gurney, Lara Peake, Anne-Marie Duff, Eddie Marsan and Rose Ayling-Ellis lead the cast of William Mager's new revenge thriller, Reunion. It follows the journey of Daniel Brennan, a deaf man determined to right his wrongs, while unravelling the truth behind the events that led him to prison. The series marks a milestone in inclusive storytelling, with the majority of cast and many members of the crew being deaf or using British Sign Language (BSL).
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BRAND NEW
RIPLEY
SKY ATLANTIC
Based on Patricia Highsmith's bestselling quintet of Tom Ripley novels, Andrew Scott will star in the title role. In the series, Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home. Tom's acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder.​
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SAFE SPACE
SKY COMEDY
A new comedy starring, written and created by Greg Davies who plays a demotivated small-time psychotherapist heading nowhere fast until fate intervenes in the form of a new client, his rising star local MP. A dark web of revelations leads to a serious breach of client confidentially. A tale of control, power and how idiotic it makes us.
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SERIES 2
SAS ROGUE HEROES
BBC ONE
The first series followed David Stirling, Jock Lewes and Paddy Mayne in a dramatised account of how the SAS was formed in the darkest days of World War Two, with fellow cast members including Dominic West, Sofia Boutella, Tom Glynn-Carney and Theo Barklem-Biggs. The second series will show viewers what comes next for the SAS, following the dramatic turn of events in series one’s final episode. Further details will be announced in due course.​​​
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SHUGGIE BAIN
BBC ONE
Set during the 1980s, Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of a mother-son relationship in working-class Glasgow and will be adapted from his own debut novel, by Douglas Stuart. Shuggie’s mother Agnes, a luminous, glamourous star she has always believed herself to be, dreams of a house with its own front door, ordering a little happiness on credit. Agnes finds increasing solace in drink, and she drains away the lion’s share of each week’s benefits, all the family has to live on.
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SIGNS FOR LIVING WITH ROSE AYLING-ELLIS
BBC ONE
A new two-part documentary which follows the huge success of Rose's first documentary, Signs for Change, in which Rose takes a group of older people on an extraordinary and emotional journey as they take up the challenge of learning British Sign Language.
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BRAND NEW
SMOGGIE QUEENS
BBC THREE
An out and out comedy centered around a gang of friends who are fiercely proud of their North Eastern town of Middlesbrough and their small pocket of the LGBTQ+ community. Written by Middlesbrough native, Phil Dunning, Smoggie Queens tells the story of volatile Dickie along with drag queen Mam, self-styled hun Lucinda, awkward Sal and newcomer Stewart as they navigate love, life and their pride for a town that feels neglected in its own little corner of the UK. It’s an underdog story on two fronts, so expect a few passionate scraps that may send your wig flying!
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BRAND NEW
SOULS
SKY ATLANTIC
In Stockholm, pregnant pathologist Allie tries everything to prevent her beloved husband and pilot Leo from flying. In Berlin, 25-year-old Linn joins a cult whose members, for a variety of reasons, desperately want to believe in life after death. Meanwhile, in a hospital in the middle of Germany, Hanna wakes up after a serious car accident and wonders how her 14-year-old son Jacob managed to save them both from drowning. When, a few days after the accident, Jacob suddenly claims to remember a past life as a pilot of a missing passenger plane, he dramatically changes the fate of the three women. Is he telling the truth?
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SPECIALS
THE SPLIT
BBC ONE
The two hour-long episodes will revisit the world of the Defoe sisters and their families as Toby Stephens joins as hot-shot family lawyer Archie Moore, alongside returning cast members Nicola Walker, Stephen Mangan, Fiona Button, Annabel Scholey and Deborah Findlay.
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BRAND NEW
STEELTOWN MURDERS
BBC ONE
A new factual drama written by Ed Whitmore and set in both 1973 and the early 2000s. It centres on the hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area and the remarkable story of how, in the first case of its kind, the mystery was solved almost 30 years later using pioneering DNA evidence. Stars Philip Glenister and Steffan Rhodri.
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SERIES 6
STRIKE: THE INK BLACK HEART
BBC ONE
In this series, Strike and Robin will find themselves embroiled in a case that stretches them to their limit. When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity.
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SERIES 2
SUPACELL
NETFLIX
The return of the hit Netflix drama about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves
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SERIES 2
TABOO
BBC ONE
Tom Hardy reprises his role as James Keziah Delaney who in the first series returned home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father's shipping empire and rebuild a life for himself. ​
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SERIES 2
TEN POUND POMS
BBC ONE
Ten Pound Poms follows a group of Brits as they leave dreary post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on a life-altering adventure on the other side of the world. For only a tenner, they have been promised a better house, better job prospects and a better quality of life by the sea in sun-soaked Australia. Stars Michelle Keegan, Faye Marsay and Warren Brown.
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BRAND NEW
A THOUSAND BLOWS
DISNEY+
Brought to life by acclaimed screenwriter Steven Knight, A Thousand Blows follows Hezekiah and Alec, two best friends from Jamaica who find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London's East End. Set in the perilous world of illegal boxing in 1880s Victorian London.
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BRAND NEW
THIS CITY IS OURS
BBC ONE
Sean Bean, James Nelson-Joyce, Hannah Onslow, and Jack McMullen lead the cast in the eight-part series from writer Stephen Butchard. Set and filmed in Liverpool, This City is Ours is the story of Michael, a man who for all of his adult life has been involved in organised crime, working for his friend and the gang leader Ronnie. When Ronnie begins to hint at retirement, Michael too begins to imagine another life. Because, for the first time in his life, Michael is in love. For the first time in his life, he sees beyond the day-to-day, he sees a future: something to win and something to lose - Diana.
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BRAND NEW
TIME BANDITS
APPLE TV+
Lisa Kudrow, Kal-El Tuck, Charlyne Yi, Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Kiera Thompson and Rachel House to lead this new comedy which has been co-written, directed and executive produced by Taika Waititi. It promises to be a comedic journey through time and space with a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an eleven-year-old history nerd
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BRAND NEW
TOM JONES
ITV1
Solly McLeod and Sophie Wilde star in Gwyneth Hughes' reimagining of The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling based on Henry Fielding’s classic novel. A picaresque story of the title character’s complicated journey to find real love, Tom Jones has delighted and scandalized readers since it was originally published in 1749.
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SERIES 3
THE TOWER
ITV1
Based on Kate London’s brilliant second novel and adapted by screenwriter Patrick Harbinson, The Tower returns with Gemma Whelan returning as DS Sarah Collins alongside Tahirah Sharif as PC Lizzie Adama, Emmett J Scanlan as DI Kieran Shaw and Jimmy Akingbola as DC Steve Bradshaw. The series opens with Lizzie returning to Farlow station. Her boss and former lover, DI Kieran Shaw, partners her with Arif Johar. Their first call is to a domestic violence complaint against Mark Brannon, who is accused of beating up his girlfriend, Georgina Teel and terrorising their young daughter Skye.
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BRAND NEW
A TOWN CALLED MALICE
SKY MAX
An explosive family saga, thriller, and crime drama collision starring Jack Rowan & Tahirah Sharif, with Dougray Scott, Jason Flemyng, and Martha Plimpton. Set amongst the beach clubs and palm trees of the Costa del Sol in the early 80s, it follows the Lords, a crime family of petty thieves from South London, as they decamp from London to Spain to profit from an unexpected windfall – and to escape the attention of the police in a high-profile murder enquiry.
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UNDER HER SKIN
CHANNEL 5
Jo Joyner and Rachel Shenton lead Channel 5's new psychological thriller about a woman who, on the surface, has it all. But with the pressures of modern life and a new friend secretly determined to create chaos, her world is set spiralling. Laura is a woman who has the perfect family on paper, a loving husband and two beautiful children. But like any family, there are cracks in their perfect veneer. Cracks that Emily, a charismatic stranger is hell-bent on exploiting.
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BRAND NEW
UNTITLED NICÔLE LECKY SERIES
BBC ONE
Nicôle Lecky is diving into the world of teenage girls and their mothers for a new six-part mystery thriller. We meet Lorna, a self-made and successful black businesswoman from South London who has worked hard to be where she is and best friend Juliet, a white woman born into the privileged gated community they both call home.
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VICTORIA BECKHAM
NETFLIX
Since becoming a household name in the ’90s, Victoria Beckham has been one of the most recognizable women in the world. Now Beckham is on a journey to build a fashion empire, and now, fans will be able to see the story behind it all. With exclusive access to Victoria, her family, and those closest to her, the series will explore her time in the global spotlight.
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BRAND NEW
VIDEO NASTY
BBC THREE
A new comedy drama which follows teen best friends, Billy and Con who are in the final year of school and are going on one last hurrah. When things are complicated by the unwelcome addition of Con’s older sister Zoe, eemingly simple friendships become complicated and complex family dynamics are made to withstand unprecedented pressures. The three teenagers go on an epic quest to complete a cult VHS collection, only to get mixed up in a gruesome murder investigation, becoming chief suspects and public enemies.
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BRAND NEW
VIRDEE
BBC ONE
Sacha Dhawan to star in BBC One's new six-part detective drama Virdee, based on AA Dhand’s best-selling crime novels. Adapted for the screen by AA Dhand. Virdee introduces Detective Harry Virdee, played by Sacha Dhawan, a Bradford cop disowned by his Sikh family for marrying Saima, who is Muslim. Harry struggles with abandonment, constantly attempting to reunite with his family. With his personal life in chaos, he must hunt down a killer targeting the Asian community.
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WAHALA
BBC ONE
Theresa Ikoko adapts the novel of the same name. Wahala follows three thirty-something Anglo-Nigerian female friends living in London, successfully navigating a world that mixes roast dinners with jollof rice.
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BRAND NEW
THE WAR BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE SEA
BBC ONE
New Doctor Who spin-off, led by Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. It'll also see the return of UNIT alumni Jemma Redgrave who will reprise her role as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart and Alexander Devrient as Colonel Ibrahim. When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT step into action as the land and sea wage war.
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BRAND NEW
WE GO AGAIN
BBC ONE
A new comedy drama about three stubbornly optimistic siblings, Tiana, Tanika and Tionne, with a dark secret. When their mum disappears, they will do anything to keep it quiet so they can stay together as a family, but as feistily resilient and fiercely loyal as they are, can they really outwit the authorities and carry on with life under the radar?​
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BRAND NEW
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL
BBC THREE
What It Feels Like For A Girl is described as a wild, anarchic Y2K spin on a coming-of-age drama, inspired by the acclaimed memoir of the same name by the award-winning writer and journalist Paris Lees.
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BRAND NEW
THE WHITE DARKNESS
APPLE TV+
Based on an acclaimed book by bestselling author David Grann, The White Darkness is inspired by the true life account of Henry Worsley, a devoted husband and father, a former soldier, a man of deep honour and sacrifice, but also a man deeply obsessed with adventure, manifesting in an epic journey crossing Antarctica on foot. Starring Hiddleston as Worsley, this is a spellbinding story of courage, love, family and the extremes of human capacity. Stars Tom Hiddleston.
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SEASON 3
THE WHITE LOTUS
SKY ATLANTIC
A third installment following a new group of guests at another White Lotus property.
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BRAND NEW
THE WINTER CHILD
CHANNEL 5
A new drama following Claudia, a lonely single mother and school nurse, longing for connection. Her opportunity to be a hero comes when a young child in her community, Emily Winter, goes missing. Claudia becomes embroiled in the case and fixated on uncovering the truth. However, her fascination quickly begins to turn to obsession, not only with what happened to Emily, but also with the Winter family at the heart of the case. Emily’s grief-stricken father, Owen; her cold mother, Sabine, and her twelve-year-old brother, Dean.
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SEASON 4
THE WITCHER
NETFLIX
As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri of Cintra into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Entrusted with Ciri's magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where she hopes to discover more about the girl's untapped powers; instead, they discover they've landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery. They must fight back, put everything on the line - or risk losing each other forever.​