WHAT TO WATCH 17-23 January

Who will win The Traitors this year?

This week's best telly includes the final three episodes of this year's The Traitors, the final season of Queer Eye on Netflix and new Prime Video drama Steal.

Elsewhere, After the Flood returns for a second series on ITV1, Gladiators returns for brand new series on BBC One and Lucia Keskin's hit BBC Three comedy Things You Should Have Done, returns for a second series.

Here are 6 TV shows you can't miss this week...

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 RETURNING ENTERTAINMENT

GLADIATORS

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Saturday 17th January

5.45pm | BBC One

The Gladiators are back, bigger and stronger than ever, as a fresh batch of determined Contenders take on the superhuman Gladiators in five energy-sapping events, before going head-to-head in the infamous Eliminator.

Who has the will and the skill to defeat the dreaded Travelator and win a coveted quarter-final spot?

In the series opener, Giant has the battle of his life, Legend’s nose is put out of joint, and there’s total devastation in a brutal, brand-new event.

 11 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER 

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 RETURNING DRAMA

AFTER THE FLOOD

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Sunday 18th and Monday 19th January

9pm | ITV1

As After the Flood returns for a second series, we find newly promoted detective Jo Marshall, played by Sophie Rundle, on the trail of a baffling new murder investigation. As tensions simmer in Waterside amid the rising threat of moorland fires and the subsequent risk of further flooding, a body is discovered in bizarre circumstances.

Jo's race to stop the killer brings her into direct conflict with powerful and influential forces within the town, ultimately drawing her into an investigation that becomes deeply personal. One that will require her to operate in secret if she is to have any hope of rooting out the corruption that has blighted the town's police force, and her own family, for decades.

New cast members for series two include Alun Armstrong as Alan Benson, Jill Halfpenny as DS Sam Bradley, Ian Puleston-Davies as Tony Rower and Matthew McNulty as Xav Palmer.

Returning alongside Sophie Rundle will be Faye McKeever as Kelly Kamali, George Bukhari as Keith Kamali and Maui Connock as their daughter, Sophie. As well as Tripti Tripuraneni as PC Deepa Das, Heider Ali as DS Babak, Leo Flanagan as Finn, and Jacqueline Boatswain as Sarah Mackie.

 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON ITVX  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

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 RETURNING COMEDY

THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE

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Tuesday 20th January

10pm, 10.30pm and 11pm | BBC Three

Lucia Keskin is back in a second series of Things You Should Have Done as dependent pest and stay-at-home-daughter Chi, who once again is forced to contend with life and death, and a long list of things she really ought to have done by now.

Her dysfunctional family navigate the fallout of yet another unexpected bereavement, with mixed results. Chi turns to her list of ‘things you should have done’ in this time of need and opts to do ‘get therapy’, something her parents always knew she’d need to do anyway.

This sees her path collide with Ruth, a totally unhinged, tough-love grief counsellor played by Bridget Christie, whose questionable methods leave a lot to be desired. Ruth manhandles Chi’s list and vows to help her get over her grief and move on from being able to see her dead parents.

Read my interivew with Lucia Keskin on Monday.

 6 EPISODES  CONCLUDES NEXT WEEK

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

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 FINAL SEASON

QUEER EYE

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Wednesday 21st January

Netflix

Love, legacy, and one last makeover as Queer Eye returns for its tenth and final season, and this time, The Fab Five find themselves in the heart of Washington, DC.

Antoni Porowski, Jeremiah Brent, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo, and Tan France all return for one last round of unforgettable makeovers and heartfelt transformations.

 EPISODES

 STREAM ON NETFLIX  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

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 BRAND NEW DRAMA

STEAL

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Wednesday 21st January

Prime Video

Prime Video's new high-octane thriller Steal, follows the heist of the century and the ordinary office worker, Zara, who finds herself at the heart of it.

A typical workday at a pension fund investment company, Lochmill Capital, is upended when a gang of violent thieves bursts in and forces Zara, played by Sophie Turner, and her best mate Luke, played by Archie Madekwe, to execute their demands. But who would steal billions of pounds of ordinary people’s pensions and why?

DCI Rhys, played by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, is determined to find out, but as a recently relapsed gambling addict, Rhys must keep his own money problems at bay while dealing with the secret agendas and competing interests at the centre of this far-reaching crime.

 6 EPISODES

 STREAM ON PRIME VIDEO  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

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 CONCLUDING REALITY TV

THE TRAITORS

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Wednesday 21st to Friday 23rd January

8pm | BBC One

It's been another phenomenal series of The Traitors, and as the players enter the game’s final quarter, breakfast reveals a move no-one saw coming. But does it give any clues to the Traitors' identity?

On Thursday, with the end of the game in sight, the penultimate day in the castle commences. The mission offers a unique opportunity to the Faithful. But will they buckle under the pressure?

As the finalists head to breakfast during Friday's final, the players look back on their survival in the game and how they reached this point. The question "Who do you think is a Traitor?" has never been more pressing, and the answer will decide the game's outcome.

In the ultimate game of deception and trust, 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?