UPCOMING TV

SEASON 11

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

Monday 25th October

9pm, Sky Comedy

Surviving a fatwa; barely navigating the post-#metoo landscape unscathed; pioneering an influential new retail model powered entirely by spite. All par for the course for Larry David - still living the good life out in Los Angeles and stumbling through one faux pas after another.

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Continues weekly

BRAND NEW

THE OUTLAWS

Monday 25th October

9pm, BBC One

This new comedy from Stephen Merchant stars Christopher Walken in his first lead British television role. It follows seven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a Community Payback sentence in Bristol.

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6 episodes

BRAND NEW

THE LONG CALL

Monday 25th October

9pm, ITV

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 Ben Aldridge stars alongside Pearl Mackie as DI Matthew Venn in ITV’s gripping new drama inspired by Ann Cleeves' best-selling novel of the same title. It follows Detective Inspector Matthew Venn, who has returned to live in a small community in North Devon with his husband, Jonathan.

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4 episodes

Continues nightly

SERIES 2

SANDYLANDS

Monday 25th October

10pm, Gold

Tracy-Ann Oberman joins the cast as Donna Vegas, who comes to town acting like the perfect mother. Les and Emily need to decide if they can trust her with their secrets. The Swallows try to recover after a bad review and Nathan does his best to impress Emily.

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3 episodes

Continues nightly

SERIES 3

STATH LETS FLATS

Tuesday 26th October

10.15pm, Channel 4

The new series picks up where the second finished with a shocking cliff-hanger as incompetent letting agent Stath is faced with rescuing the family business, Michael & Eagle, and his relationship with Katia, while expecting his first child by Carole. Meanwhile, his sister, Sophie and best friend Al, deal with the fallout of finally declaring their feelings for each other. 

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6 episodes

Continues weekly

All episodes available at launch

SERIES 2

TEMPLE

Thursday 28th October

Sky Max

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In the first season, Daniel just about kept the plates in the air as he looked after his wife, Beth, in an illicit clinic underneath Temple tube station. Now everything comes crashing down as Beth wakes from her coma and demands answers. Eve wants to know why her parents have been lying to her, Lee joins forces with a charismatic activist and Anna is desperate to make something positive out of the situation, even if that means luring patients to the bunker for some illegal trials.

SERIES 13

DOCTOR WHO:

FLUX

Sunday 31st October

BBC One

Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill return for a brand new series as John Bishop joins as Dan who becomes embroiled in the Doctor’s adventure and quickly learns there’s more to the Universe(s) than he could ever believe. Travelling through Space and Time alongside the Doctor and Yaz, he’ll face evil alien races beyond his wildest nightmares.

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6 episodes

Continues weekly

BRAND NEW

THE SHRINK

NEXT DOOR

Friday 12th November

Apple TV+​

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Inspired by true events, Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd star in this new dark comedy about the bizarre relationship between psychiatrist to the stars Dr. Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf and his longtime patient Martin “Marty” Markowitz.

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8 episodes

Continues weekly

3 episodes available at launch

BRAND NEW

STAY CLOSE

Friday 31st December

Netflix​

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Adapted from a Harlan Coben novel, this new drama starring Cush Jumbo, James Nesbitt, Richard Armitage and Sarah Parish, follows three key characters whose dark secrets resurface, setting off a chain of events that threatens to destroy their lives

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8 episodes

All episodes available at launch

BRAND NEW

THE AMAZING

MR. BLUNDEN

December

Sky Max

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Written and directed by Mark Gatiss, this 90-minute special is adapted from the novel ‘The Ghosts’ by Antonia Barber and the 1972 film of the same name. Stars Simon Callow as Mr Blunden with Mark Gatiss and Tamsin Greig as Mr and Mrs Wickens.

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One-off

BRAND NEW

HANSEL AND GRETEL: AFTER EVER AFTER

December

Sky Max

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David Walliams and Sheridan Smith will head up the cast along with Mark Addy, picking up the story after Hansel and Gretel have escaped from the witch’s house in the woods, this is a tale of facing your worst fears and putting family first.

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One-off

BRAND NEW

THE AFTERPARTY

January

Apple TV+

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A new murder-mystery comedy starring Tiffany Haddish, focussing on a murder mystery at a high school reunion. Each of the eight episodes features a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual style and film genre to match the teller’s personality

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8 episodes

SERIES 14

DANCING

ON ICE

January

ITV

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Each week twelve celebrities will skate live with their professional partners as they try to impress both the panel and the viewers who will ultimately decide who wins the show. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby once again return to present the show with Torvill and Dean and Ashley Banjo returning,

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10 episodes

Continues weekly

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SERIES 18

THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW

Autumn

ITV

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The cream of the celebrity crop will once again delight viewers with their tales from the biggest movie sets and the most talked-about TV shows as they sit down to talk to Jonathan Ross.

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4 episodes

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RETURNING

STRICTLY THE

REAL FULL MONTY

Autumn

ITV

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Ashley Banjo is back with a bang to lead a brand-new line-up of brave celebrities ready to take the strip to a whole new level. Bringing old school glitz and glamour to the all-new supersized strip, this is a Monty dance extravaganza.

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BRAND NEW

THE TOWER

Autumn

ITV

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Gemma Whelan stars as Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins in this new drama based on Post Mortem, the first in Kate London’s Metropolitan series of novels. Emmett J. Scanlan, Tahirah Sharif and Jimmy Akingbola also star. In The Tower’s breath-taking opening sequence, a veteran beat cop and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London.

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BRAND NEW

WALK THE LINE

Autumn

ITV

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Simon Cowell returns to ITV with a brand new high-octane musical game show format. Musical variety acts are given a chance to win a life-changing prize pot. But to win the money, talent alone isn’t enough - the contestants will need nerves of steel as they determine whether to cash out or physically Walk The Line and risk it all to stay in the competition.

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6 episodes

BRAND NEW

15 DAYS

Channel 5

4 episodes A new crime thriller which opens with a brutal murder before rewinding back 15 days to embark on a nail-biting countdown to find out why, how and who is responsible for the chilling crime.

SERIES 3

AFTER LIFE

Netflix

6 episodes A final series of Ricky Gervais' hit comedy in which he plays local newspaper writer Tony, whose life is upended after his wife Lisa, played by Kerry Godliman, dies from cancer.

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

ALL CREATURES GREAT

AND SMALL

Channel 5

One-off A Christmas special from this new adaptation of best-selling author James Herriot’s cherished collection of stories to screen, with Nicholas Ralph in the lead role.

BRAND NEW

ANNE

ITV

4 episodes A new drama about Anne Williams, the inspirational woman who dedicated her life to campaigning for justice following her son’s death at Hillsborough.

BRAND NEW

ANT & DEC'S

LIMITLESS WIN

ITV

A new primetime quiz show hosted by Ant & Dec with the world’s first ever limitless jackpot. It features the world’s first ever limitless jackpot and a money ladder that never… ever… ends. Every question is an opportunity to climb the endless money ladder and reach the big money, but only a correct answer banks the cash. Push their luck too far and they’ll crash out of the game and lose it all. 

SERIES 2

AVENUE 5

Sky Comedy

Another series of Armando Iannucci’s spaceship-set comedy, set forty years in the future when travelling the solar system is no longer the stuff of sci-fi fantasy, but a booming, multibillion-dollar business. 

BRAND NEW

BACKSTAGE WITH

KATHERINE RYAN

Amazon Prime Video

Recorded at London's Roundhouse venue, cameras roll before, during and after the comics including Katherine Ryan are on stage, promising to capture them with their guard down and reveal their pre and post-gig rituals, viewers will hear them trade anecdotes and analyse each others' material.

SERIES 3

THE BAY

ITV

Marsha Thomason joins the cast as Morecambe CID’s new Family Liaison Officer, DS Jenn Townsend. She is immediately thrown into the deep end when a body is found in the bay on her first day in the job. She must get under the skin of a grieving and complicated family if she has any chance of solving the premature death of an aspiring young boxer. 

BRAND NEW

BEST INTERESTS

BBC One

4 episodes A new drama from Jack Thorne about a family driven apart after being told that Andrew and Nicci’s daughter, Marnie, has a life-threatening condition. The doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree.

SERIES 6

BETTER CALL SAUL

Netflix

13 episodes Bob Odenkirk returns as lawyer Jimmy ‘Saul Goodman’ McGill in the final season of this Breaking Bad spin-off.

BRAND NEW

BIG BOY

Channel 4

6 episodes Dylan Llewellyn stars in this funny and heart-breaking new comedy from Jack Rooke which tells the story of a university fresher, trying to find his tribe whilst still finding himself.

BRAND NEW

BLACK OPS

BBC One

6 episodes Created by Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen and writing duo Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf, this is the story of Dom and Kay, who join the Met Police in the hope of cleaning up their community but are unwittingly thrust into the murky world of deep-cover infiltration as they become part of a powerful criminal enterprise.

SERIES 2

BLOODLANDS

BBC One

4 episodes Following the revelations about the complex character of DCI Tom Brannick and what his future might entail, James Nesbitt returns as the Northern Irish police detective for more from this cat-and-mouse thriller

SERIES 2

BLOODS

Sky Comedy

Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks return as tough-acting loner Maleek and over-friendly divorcee Wendy, in this ensemble comedy from Nathan Bryon, set within the fast-paced, never-ending rush of 999 call outs.

SERIES 4

BRASSIC

Sky Comedy

8 episodes Joe Gilgun, Michelle Keegan and Damien Molony return for a third series of this comedy about a group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in northern suburbia

BRAND NEW

BUT WHEN WE DANCE

BBC One

One-off A new 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.

SERIES 2

THE CABINS

ITV2

A new cast of singletons will ditch the dating rule book and delete their dating apps in an attempt to find true love. Moving into the intimate surroundings of The Cabins, the singletons then have 24 hours to decide whether they would like to spend more time together – or call it a day and walk away.

SERIES 11, 12 & 13

CALL THE MIDWIFE

BBC One

The return of the popular drama centred around the practice of midwifery in 1960s east London

SERIES 2

THE CAPTURE

BBC One

Holliday Grainger returns as Rachel Carey, following series one’s shock ending that saw Carey seemingly join forces with the shadowy correction team she had previously sought to expose

BRAND NEW

CASH CARRAWAY (W/T)

BBC One

Inspired by her darkly funny debut memoir Skint Estate, this new drama is a wild and punky tale of being trapped below the poverty line and doing everything it takes to escape. It stars Daisy May Cooper as a young working class single mum living with her ten year old daughter in the brutal lonely landscape of austerity Britain.

BRAND NEW

CHAMPION

BBC One

Written by Candice Carty-Williams, Champion tells the story of what happens when fame collides with family. Described as a "love letter to Black British music" this new drama, set in south London, promises to be the celebration of a sound that has long been the beating heart of our culture.

BRAND NEW

THE CHILDREN

BBC Two

One-off A new feature-length drama which begins on one summer’s night in 1945, and follows child survivors and presumed orphans of the Holocaust. 

BRAND NEW

CHIVALRY

Channel 4

6 episodes A new comedy written by and starring Sarah Solemani and Steve Coogan which skewers and satirises the complex state of contemporary sexual politics, while asking if romance can survive in the post #MeToo era.

BRAND NEW

CHLOE

BBC One

6 episodes Becky thinks Chloe has the perfect life. Years after Chloe abandoned her when they were teenagers, she still obsessively watches her life through her social media. But when Chloe dies suddenly, Becky's need to find out how and why leads her to assume a new identity and infiltrate the enviable lives of Chloe's closest friends.

SERIES 2

CLARKSON'S FARM

Amazon Prime Video

It's another year on Diddly Squat Farm and Jeremy aims to diversify, expanding his limited agricultural knowledge under the watchful eye of his no-nonsense team; tractor driver Kaleb, stone wall favourite Gerald, advisor ‘Cheerful’ Charlie, Jeremy’s better-half-turned-farm-shop-keeper Lisa and many more.

SERIES 2

THE COCKFIELDS

Gold

6 episodes Joe Wilkinson and Sue Johnston return in this comedy which follows Simon, visiting his ever-doting mother, his controlling yet well-meaning stepfather and his celebrity-obsessed stepbrother at their home on the Isle of Wight.

SERIES 2 & 3

COMEDIANS GIVING

LECTURES

Dave

6 episodes Sara Pascoe returns to host the show in which three comedians are given the titles of genuine lectures, but none of the content. So not only have they got to impress the audience with their usual comedy chops, they will also be marked on their oratory skills by experts in the field of their lecture topic.

BRAND NEW

THE CURSE

Channel 4

6 episodes A comedy caper set in London in the early ’80s, following a gang of hopeless small-time crooks who through their own stupidity and poor judgement find themselves embroiled in one of the biggest gold heists in history. Stars Tom Davis, Steve Stamp, Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin. 

BRAND NEW

DALGLIESH

Channel 5

6 episodes Bertie Carvel stars as Dalgliesh in this new series which starts in 1970s England and follows his career to present day as he solves unusual murders and reveals buried secrets. Each two-part murder mystery will offer its own unique setting and extraordinary cast.

SERIES 3

DERRY GIRLS

Channel 4

6 episodes A third series of Lisa McGee's hit award-winning comedy set in Northern Ireland, which follows the lives of Erin, her cousin Orla and friends Clare, Michelle and Dylan, The Wee English Fella.

BRAND NEW

DESIRE

ITV

5 episodes A new drama which focusses 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.

BRAND NEW

THE DIPLOMAT

Alibi

6 episodes A new drama by Ben Richards which follows Laura Simmonds and her Barcelona Consul colleague/friend Alba Ortiz as they fight to protect British nationals who find themselves in trouble in the Catalan city.

BRAND NEW

DI RAY

ITV

4 episodes A new crime thriller starring Parminder Nagra, written and created by Maya Sondhi. Set in Birmingham, DI Ray introduces us to Leicester-born Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.

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.

BRAND NEW

THE ENGLISH

BBC One

6 episodes A high-octane epic western from Hugo Blick, led by Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer. It follows Cornelia Locke, an Englishwoman who arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.

BRAND NEW

ENGLISTAN

BBC Two

9 episodes 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.

BRAND NEW

EVERYTHING I KNOW

ABOUT LOVE

BBC One

Dolly Alderton adapts her wildly funny, occasionally heart-breaking, memoir of the same name, giving an unflinching account of surviving your 20s. It's about two best female friends from childhood and what happens when they move in to their first London house share and the first phase of adulthood.

BRAND NEW

EXTINCTION

Sky Max

8 episodes Paapa Essiedu stars in this new action thriller which follows the story of a man who begins to re-live time after witnessing the world end. When George is recruited into an organisation of people who share his ability and harness it to stop global catastrophes, George goes rogue in a bid to save the woman he loves.

SERIES 2

FINDING ALICE

ITV

6 episodes The hit ITV drama starring Keeley Hawes returns, picking up a year on, the new series will explore the consequences of Alice deciding to have her dead husband’s baby and the impact this decision has on her friends and family.

BRAND NEW

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE BASED ON A PACK OF LIES

BBC One

6 episodes A new thriller which tells the story of two very different women and the conman they have in common. A dark, funny, and unpredictable thriller about three remarkable characters trapped in a triangle of epic proportions.

BRAND NEW

FOUR LIVES

BBC One

3 episodes A new drama starring Stephen Merchant and Sheridan Smith telling the story of convicted serial rapist and serial killer Stephen Port who drugged and murdered four men which he met on a dating app.

BRAND NEW

FUNNY GIRL

Sky Comedy

Gemma Arterton stars in this adaptation of Nick Hornby's bestselling novel about a young woman from Blackpool finding her comic voice in the male-dominated world of the 1960s sitcom. 

BRAND NEW

THE GALLOWS POLE

BBC One

Written by Shane Meadows, The Gallows Pole, is based on the novel of the same name by Benjamin Myers and fictionalises the remarkable true story of the rise and fall of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners.

SERIES 2

GANGS OF LONDON

Sky Atlantic

The inner workings of the largest criminal organisation in London are set to be unearthed again as Sky Atlantic's biggest original drama in 5 years, returns

BRAND NEW

GAYNOR & RAY

BBC One

One-off 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.

BRAND NEW

GENERATION Z

Channel 4

6 episodes 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.

SERIES 2

GENTLEMAN JACK

BBC One

A second series of Sally Wainwright's hit series which sees Suranne Jones play Anne Lister. 

BRAND NEW

GETTING FILTHY RICH

BBC Three

4 episodes Former Love Island star Olivia Attwood will immerse herself in the rapidly expanding new and unchartered world of selling sexual content online. Immersing herself in the rapidly expanding new world of selling sexual content online, Olivia Attwood will set out to discover the reality of this phenomenon for the increasing number of people making their living this way.

BRAND NEW

THE GIRL BEFORE

BBC One

4 episodes The story of Jane, who gets the chance to move into a beautiful, ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect. There’s just one catch: occupants have to abide by his list of exacting rules.

SERIES 4

THE GOOD

KARMA HOSPITAL

ITV

6 episodes Amanda Redman, Amrita Acharia, Neil Morrissey, Darshan Jariwala and Nimmi Harasgama reprise their much-loved roles in the drama which is full of heart, unforgettable characters and set against the most stunning backdrop of Sri Lanka.

BRAND NEW

GOOD WITH WOOD

Channel 4

6 episodes Mel Giedroyc hosts a new competition show in which a group of woodworkers are challenged to craft beautiful and ambitious builds to exacting briefs. Over a series of competitive rounds taking place in a stunning woodland setting, they will have their skills tested to the limits

SERIES 2

THE GOES WRONG SHOW

BBC One

6 episodes Filmed in front of a live studio audience. this comedy from the team behind The Play That Goes Wrong returns with a number of new disastrous half-hour playlets.

SERIES 4 & 5 + CHRISTMAS SPECIALS

GORDON, GINO & FRED:

ROAD TRIP

ITV

8 episodes Mischievous Gordon Ramsay, Gino D'Acampo and Fred Sirieix return for more adventures as they travel the world together. 

BRAND NEW

GORDON RAMSAY'S

FUTURE FOOD STARS

BBC One

Gordon Ramsay is on the hunt for country’s most exciting and innovative new food and drink entrepreneurs and he's prepared to put his money where his mouth is by backing the winner with an investment to take their idea to the next level.

SERIES 2

GRACE

ITV

3 episodes John Simm returns as Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. It will will comprise of three 120-minute films; Not Dead Enough, Dead Man’s Footsteps and Dead Tomorrow.

SERIES 3

HIS DARK MATERIALS

BBC One

Based on The Amber Spyglass, the third part of Philip Pullman’s original trilogy of novels will see Dafne Keene return as Lyra, alongside Amir Wilson as Will, Ruth Wilson as Mrs Coulter, Simone Kirby as Mary Malone, Ruta Gedmintas as Serafina Pekkala, Jade Anouka as Ruta Skadi and James McAvoy as Lord Asriel.

BRAND NEW

THE HOLIDAY

Channel 5

4 episodes Jill Halfpenny star in this new drama, based on T.M. Logan's novel, about 4 female best friends on holiday in the south of France. Their lives are turned upside down when one finds out her partner is having an affair. She then discovers that someone in the villa where they are staying may be prepared to kill to keep their secret hidden.

BRAND NEW

HOLDING

ITV

Based on Graham Norton’s debut novel, it stars Conleth Hill as local police officer, Sergeant PJ Collins, a gentle mountain of a man, who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work. When the body of long-lost local legend Tommy Burke is discovered, PJ is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career. PJ finally has to connect with the village he has tried hard to avoid.

BRAND NEW

HUNGRY FOR IT

BBC Three

8 episodes This ambitious new competitive food format gives 10 aspiring cooks from all over the UK, all desperate to carve out a career in the food industry, a chance to skill up and put their talent to the test, with one amateur cook winning a life-changing prize.. Hosted by Stacey Dooley with Big Zuu and Kayla Greer as industry mentors.

SERIES 2

I HATE SUZIE

Sky Atlantic

Billie Piper returns to play Suzie Pickles in this bold, bracing, dramedy about the moment in life when the mask slips, asking if any of us can survive being well and truly ‘known’. Series one saw Suzie's life upended when she was hacked and pictures of her emerged in an extremely compromising position.

BRAND NEW

I HATE YOU

Channel 4

A new comedy from Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper about best friends Charlie and Becca. played by Tanya Reynolds and newcomer Melissa Saint. I Hate You is a comedy about two best friends in their 20s, Charlie and Becca, and their intense, messy friendship in today’s intense, complicated world.

BRAND NEW

IMMIGRANT

Star on Disney+

8 episodes Kumail Nanjiani plays Somen “Steve” Banerjee in this true story drama the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales.

BRAND NEW

INDEPENDENCE DAY?

HOW DISABLED RIGHTS

WERE WON

BBC Two

One-off Ruth Madeley stars in this new drama about the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act. It tells the remarkable story of the campaigners who fought the battle for disabled civil rights in Britain. Written by Jack Thorne and Genevieve Barr it will be directed by Bruce Goodison and Amit Sharma.

BRAND NEW

INSIDE MAN

BBC One

4 episodes A new crime thriller from Steven Moffat about a prisoner on death row in the US and a woman trapped in a cellar under an English vicarage, who cross paths in the most unexpected way.

SERIES 7

INSIDE NO.9

BBC Two

6 episodes The return of the anthology by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

BRAND NEW

THE IPCRESS FILE

ITV

6 episodes From Trainspotting screenwriter John Hodge, this new spy thriller adapted by the novel of the same name, is about iconic British spy Harry Palmer and set against the backdrop of Cold War Europe. Stars Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton and Tom Hollander.

BRAND NEW

THE ISLAND

Dave

8 episodes Hosted by Tom Allen with Kemah Bob and Jason Forbes, The Island will see four comics play God across the entire series as they each conceive their dream island nation to rule over.

BRAND NEW

JUNGLE

Amazon Prime Video

6 episodes A new musical drama following the connected lives of two separate strangers, each facing their own struggles, viewed through the prism of UK grime and drill music, and giving a perspective on often unseen worlds of inner city London.

BRAND NEW

KAREN PIRIE

ITV

3 episodes Emer Kenny's adaptation of Val McDermid's The Distant Echo which is a series of cold case investigations set in the beautiful Scottish university town of St. Andrew’s and led by impressive investigator Karen Pirie

SERIES 4

KILLING EVE

BBC Three

A fourth and final series of the hit drama starring Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh as Villanelle and Eve, two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other

BRAND NEW

LANDSCAPERS

Sky Atlantic

Olivia Colman stars in this new four-part drama inspired by real events, which explores the lives of convicted killers Susan and Christopher Edwards, asking how this devoted and mild-mannered couple came to kill Susan’s parents and bury them in the back garden of their Mansfield home, in a crime that remained undiscovered for over a decade.

BRAND NEW

THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE

Channel 4

8 episodes This new dating show, hosted by Davina McCall and Ricky Merino, sees a group of Brits and a group of Spaniards pairing up at a dreamy Spanish country estate to see if they can find romance… despite not speaking each other’s language.

BRAND NEW

LIFE AFTER LIFE

BBC One

4 episodes An intriguing, gripping and heart-warming story which centres on Ursula Todd who dies one night in 1910, before she can draw her first breath. On that same night in 1910, Ursula is born and survives. She finds herself time and again, living and dying in different circumstances only to be reborn into a new, alternative iteration of life once more.

BRAND NEW

LITVINENKO

ITV

4 episodes David Tennant plays Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian Federal Security Services and KGB officer whose death, from polonium poisoning in November 2006, triggered one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police.

BRAND NEW

MAMMALS

Amazon Prime Video

6 episodes A new comedy-drama written by Jez Butterworth and starring James Corden, Sally Hawkins, Melia Kreiling, Colin Morgan, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Samuel Anderson.

BRAND NEW

THE MAN

ITV

3 episodes 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.

BRAND NEW

MARRIAGE

BBC One

4 episodes A new drama from Stefan Golaszewski about a couple, played by Nicola Walker and Sean Bean, who need each other. It examines in intimate detail the fears, frustrations and salvation of marriage and the comfort that can only be found in togetherness.

SERIES 3

MCDONALD & DODDS

ITV

3 episodes Jason Watkins and Tala Gouveia return as DCI McDonald and DS Dodds as they have three new feature-length murder mysteries to solve!

SERIES 2

MCMAFIA

BBC One

A second series of the global thriller created and written by Hossein Amini and James Watkins and inspired by Misha Glenny’s best-selling book of the same name.

SERIES 3

MEET THE RICHARDSONS

Dave

10 episodes This comedy offers a fictional window into the funny and frustrated marriage of Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont as they give viewers a glimpse of their life in Yorkshire.

BRAND NEW

THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS

Sky Max

8 episodes Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley star in this dark, disturbing modern-day reimagining of John Wyndham’s classic science fiction novel of the same name. Midwich, a small English commuter town, is liberal and aspirational, populated by nuclear families and affluent high streets. A place where nothing much happens – and for a very good reason.

BRAND NEW

MY NAME IS LEON

BBC One

One-off An adaptation of Kit de Waal’s novel, by Shola Amoo, set in 1980s Britain, telling the uplifting and incredibly moving story of nine-year-old Leon, a mixed-race boy whose desire is to keep his family together, as his single-parent mother suffers a devastating breakdown.

BRAND NEW

NO RETURN

ITV

4 episodes Sheridan Smith stars in this new drama which tells the story of an idyllic family holiday to Turkey which turns into a living nightmare for Kathy. Written by Danny Brocklehurst.

SERIES 2

NOUGHTS + CROSSES

BBC One

4 episodes The second series dives straight back into the dangerous, alternate world of Malorie Blackman's bestselling novels and the irresistible, forbidden love story at its heart. Jack Rowan and Masali Baduza return as Callum and Sephy, now desperately attempting to flee Albion in search of a new life together, while the city they left behind ignites.