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WHAT TO WATCH 21-27 February

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An unmissable week of new telly!



This week's best telly includes the return of Britain's Got Talent for its 19th series, brand new dramas The Walsh Sisters, The Lady and Dirty Business, plus new ITV2 cooking competition The Heat.


Elsewhere, Bridgerton returns for the second part of its fourth season, We Might Regret This is back for a second series, and Scrubs returns after 16 years with a tenth season.


Here are 9 TV shows you can't miss this week...

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 RETURNING ENTERTAINMENT

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT

Saturday 21st February

7pm | ITV1



As Britain's Got Talent returns for its 19th series, Ant & Dec are back to lead the nation through a new round of unforgettable auditions as performers showcase their talents in the hope of reaching the live semi-finals, and winning over the four individual judges: Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and new full-time judge KSI.


Performers from every corner of the UK and all around the world will be taking to the stage in the hope of not just impressing the judges, but also the voting public in a bid to win the life-changing cash prize of £250,000 and a sought-after slot at the world-famous Royal Variety Performance.


The judges and hosts hold an extra-special power, the golden buzzer, which can give their favourite acts an instant ticket to the live semi-finals.


Last year, magician Harry Moulding left the judges and the audience stunned with his sensational mind-reading before winning the viewer vote and cementing his place in BGT’s Hall of Fame as its latest series winner. But who will take the title in Series 19? As ever, the public will have the final decision.


CONTINUES WEEKLY

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 BRAND NEW DRAMA

THE WALSH SISTERS

Saturday 21st February

9.15pm | BBC One



BBC One's new drama The Walsh Sisters, has been inspired by the novels from Marian Keyes, and features the chaotic, dysfunctional but deeply lovable Walsh family of five sisters, a devout mother and a bemused father.


Set in their Dublin hometown, The Walsh Sisters follows the lives of Anna, Rachel, Maggie, Claire and Helen as they navigate the peaks and troughs of their 20s and 30s. This is a sisterhood full of in-jokes, hand-me-down resentments and more than a few old wounds. But their DNA, history and shared love of power ballads keep the Walsh sisters together in the face of heartbreak, grief, addiction and parenthood.


Starring as the iconic Walsh Sisters are Caroline Menton as Rachel, Louisa Harland as Anna, Danielle Galligan as Claire, Mairead Tyers as Helen and Stefanie Preissner as Maggie, who also adapted the series for television. Aidan Quinn and Carrie Crowley round out the cast ,playing Daddy Walsh and Mammy Walsh respectively.


 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

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 BRAND NEW DRAMA

THE LADY

Sunday 22nd and Monday 23rd February

9pm | ITV1



ITV1's new four-part drama The Lady launches this week and charts the extraordinary rise and fall of Jane Andrews, from Buckingham Palace to convicted Murderer, played by Mia McKenna Bruce.


Jane Andrews was a young working-class girl who, to the astonishment of her friends and family, became Sarah Ferguson’s dresser at Buckingham Palace.


Moving amongst the highest social circles in Britain, Jane managed to secure a place amongst the upper classes in the Duchess of York’s office, only to lose her job after nine years of service.


Still reeling from her fall from grace, Jane went on to meet charismatic businessman Thomas Cressman and fell deeply in love.  But soon cracks began to develop in the romance Jane had pinned all her hopes on, with disastrous consequences.


The Lady examines ambition, class and identity against the backdrop of the British establishment, and also stars Natalie Dormer as Sarah Ferguson and Ed Speleers as Thomas Cressman, alongside Philip Glenister, Claire Skinner, Laura Aikman, Ophelia Lovibond, Mark Stanley, Daniel Ryan and Sean Teale.


 4 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

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 BRAND NEW DRAMA

DIRTY BUSINESS

Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th February

9pm | Channel 4



Channel 4's new factual drama Dirty Business is based on a decade-long investigation into England’s water companies, and tells the real stories of whistleblowers and victims who believe their lives have been destroyed after encountering sewage-polluted water.


The three-part drama investigates one of the biggest potential corporate scandals in British history, following the story of two unlikely detectives who notice that the fish in the river running through their idyllic Oxfordshire hamlet are dying. They contact their water company to find out why, and the company’s strange and evasive reply sparks an investigation that remains ongoing to this day.


David Thewlis plays Ash, a concerned citizen, and former police detective of a small town in Oxfordshire who notices that his local river is becoming increasingly polluted. He teams up with his neighbour Peter, played by Jason Watkins, who is a Professor of Computational Biology who uses his scientific rigour and investigative skills to establish that their local sewage works is not treating sewage correctly, subsequently and frequently dumping raw, untreated sewage into local waterways.


Asim Chaudhry also stars as whistleblowing sewage plant worker Mickey, who feeling burdened by the inefficiency and neglect by the water company he works for, partners with Ash and Peter to supply information on critical failures from the inside.

Dirty Business also follows the true story of the Preen family, wracked by grief when their 8-year-old daughter Heather dies after contracting E. coli O157. Heather had been playing on a beach where, days earlier, a nearby storm pipe had discharged into the sea.


The Preens believe Heather’s death was the result of her coming into contact with the raw sewage. It also follows the story of young surfer Reuben, who believes his chronic illness, Meniere’s disease, is a result of surfing in polluted water, changing his life forever.


 3 EPISODES  CONTINUES NIGHTLY

 STREAM ON CHANNEL 4 


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 BRAND NEW REALITY TV

THE HEAT

Tuesday 24th to Friday 27th February

9pm | ITV2



Hosted by Olivia Attwood, ITV2's new reality series The Heat, sees ten ambitious chefs travel to Barcelona, working under multi-Michelin Star award-winning chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, who is opening an exclusive summer restaurant at the glamorous Port Vell Marina and on a mission to find the next rising star.


But this isn’t just a straightforward cooking competition, as each day, when the kitchen service is over, the cameras keep rolling because when you’re living, working and competing with one another, there is no escaping The Heat. Viewers can expect post shift dates, staff nights out and more - blending both their professional and personal lives will see tempers simmer, steam and boil, in and outside of the kitchen.


These young hopefuls will quickly realise that no one's place is secure in this fierce culinary contest, as they consistently battle it out in a bid to climb the kitchen ranks. Promotions, demotions, power plays, sackings and shock decisions throughout the series are sure to keep the contenders on their toes - every service is a chance to soar or sink.


With Olivia keeping a close eye, offering sharp insight, spicy gossip, and the occasional reality check, The Heat promises all the ingredients for an unmissable reality series with a twist. Who will rise to the top? And who will face the chop?



 10 EPISODES  CONTINUES NIGHTLY

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 BRAND NEW FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

THE DYERS' CARAVAN PARK

Tuesday 24th February

9pm | Sky One



As Sky One returns to our screens, replacing Sky Max and Sky Showcase, what better show to re-launch the channel than Danny Dyer and daughter Dani trying their hand at investing in and running a holiday caravan park in the UK?!


With childhood nostalgia in his heart and business ambition in his sights, in The Dyers' Caravan Park, Danny and Dani are diving headfirst into the £7 billion holiday park industry.


They’ll stop at nothing in their quest to transform a caravan park into a place that lives up to Danny’s misty-eyed memories of the best holidays he’s ever had in his life. But this venture is no knees-up, as the pair will soon discover that running the park is a world away from the life of an A-list actor as they face everything from dodgy plumbing to demanding punters, rogue acts to reinvigorating the restaurant menu.


But will his new business partners, the park’s residents or even Dani be on board with his grand, nostalgic vision?


 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

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 RETURNING COMEDY

WE MIGHT REGRET THIS

Wednesday 25th February

10pm | BBC Two



As We Might Regret This returns for a second series, Freya is struggling with her modelling career and her dreams of relaunching herself as an artist in London seem to be slowly fading away.


Attempting to quit and regain some sense of control over her life and ambitions, she has met with more than a little hysteria from her agents, the Olivias, who also spot, to their shock, an engagement ring on her finger!


 4 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE

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 RETURNING DRAMA PART TWO

BRIDGERTON

Thursday 26 February

Netflix



As Bridgerton returns for the second half of its fourth season,in which bohemian second son Benedict Bridgerton refuses to settle down, despite pleas to the contrary from matriarch Lady Violet Bridgerton.


Until, at Violet’s masquerade ball, Benedict is awestruck by a masked, mysterious Lady in Silver. With the reluctant help of his sister Eloise, Benedict sets out in society to uncover the young lady’s identity. But in fact, his heart’s desire is not in society at all, she is a resourceful maid called Sophie Baek, working for the formidable Lady of the house, Araminta Gun.


When fate brings Benedict and Sophie back together, Benedict wrestles between the reality of his affection for this intriguing maid and the fantasy of the Lady in Silver, unaware that they are the same person.


Will Benedict’s inability to see these women as the same derail the undeniable spark between him and Sophie? And can love truly conquer anything, even a cross-class connection forbidden by society?


Inspiring Benedict’s journey are the marriages of his siblings, including Francesca to John Stirling, and Colin to Penelope, who faces new challenges as a now public gossip columnist.


 8 EPISODES

 STREAM ON NETFLIX  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE


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 RETURNING COMEDY

SCRUBS

Thursday 26 February

Disney+



16 years since Scrubs was last on our screens, the hit medical sitcom is BACK with a new 9-part tenth season, which picks up in modern-day and reunites the original cast for more heartwarming laughs and hijinks, while introducing a new generation of interns.


Zach Braff and Donald Faison return as J.D. and Turk, who scrub in together for the first time in a long time. Medicine has changed; interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.


Sarah Chalke is also back as Elliot Reid, with original cast members Judy Reyes and John C. McGinley guest-starring as Carla and Dr. Perry Cox.


Additional guest cast members include Vanessa Bayer, Joel Kim Booster, Ava Bunn, Jacob Dudman, David Gridley, Phill Lewis, Robert Maschio, X Mayo, Layla Mohammadi, Amanda Morrow, and Michael James Scott.


 9 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON DISNEY+  2 EPISODES AVAILABLE



 
 
 

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