Educating Yorkshire<\/p>\n
Remember how 16-year-old Musharaf overcame his stammer with the help of inspirational English teacher Mr Burton? Ten years ago, the viewing nation and awards judges alike fell in love with the students and staff at Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury. Now it\u2019s opening its doors to cameras again. Mr Burton has stepped up to become head teacher. It\u2019s an insight into how things have changed over the past decade: from the teen anxiety epidemic to exam pressure, slashed budgets, a teacher recruitment crisis, falling attendance numbers and the impact of smartphones and social media. An engrossing snapshot of modern Britain, viewed through the lens of one state secondary school.
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Stranded on Honeymoon IslandYour new reality obsession? \u2026 Hannah on Stranded on Honeymoon Island. Photograph: BBC\/CPL Productions<\/p>\n
Meet your new reality obsession. From the team behind Married at First Sight, this adventurous dating show sees 12 singletons paired up by experts and sent straight on honeymoon, with no phones and no contact with the outside world. Can they fend for themselves on a remote desert island and, in the process, find love? Hosted by Davina McCall<\/a>, undisputed queen of TV matchmaking, it\u2019s like Love Is Blind meets Survivor. First broadcast in Belgium and exported worldwide, it\u2019s a bold format but will it work in the UK? Wednesday<\/p>\n Need another fix of ghoulish teen angst? A month after the first part dropped, season two of Tim Burton\u2019s freaky phenomenon returns. Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) fights to prevent the death of her werewolf roommate Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers) after macabre psychic visions. The star signing for these four episodes? No less than Lady Gaga, whose music helped the debut series go viral. She plays Nevermore Academy teacher Rosaline Rotwood and will unleash the spooky new song Dead Dance, destined to be this year\u2019s Halloween hit. Mitchell And Webb Are Not HelpingRidiculously silly fun \u2026 David Mitchell, Lara Ricote, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Krystal Evans and Robert Webb in Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. Photograph: Channel 4<\/p>\n A huge moment for Peep Show fans: almost a decade after their last series together, David Mitchell and Robert Webb are finally reunited and back at it in a new sketch show. With fresh help from rising comedy stars \u2013 Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin and Krystal Evans \u2013 they send up everything from airport security lines to bad therapy sessions and the arrival of flushing toilets in Georgian England. Ridiculously silly fun. The PaperExtreme cringe \u2026 Sabrina Impacciatore and Ramona Young in The Paper. Photograph: Peacock\/Sky<\/p>\n Part of the OCU (Office Cinematic Universe), Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant executive produce this sequel to the hit US mockumentary series. Domnhall Gleeson is Ned Sampson, the excitable new editor of failing Midwestern newspaper the Toledo Truth Teller, which shares its office with a loo roll company. His bored and useless team is played by an ace cast including Tim Key, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Oscar Nunez (who has left Dunder Mifflin and is now the paper\u2019s exasperated accountant). Will he be able to inspire them? Not without plenty of cringe comedy moments. Task<\/p>\n Mare of Easttown mastermind Brad Ingelsby has created another addictive, drug-laced crime drama. His latest HBO miniseries stars Mark Ruffalo as a silver fox FBI agent put in charge of a taskforce of tyros, investigating a string of disturbingly violent home invasions in suburban Philly. It soon becomes a battle of wits between two troubled men, as Ruffalo hunts down Ozark\u2019s Tom Pelphrey, the seemingly unassuming family man who leads the masked, armed gang. Only Murders in the Building<\/p>\n Someone call the city council because there sure are a lot of homicides happening at the Arconia apartment block. Season five of the joyous comedy whodunnit sees podcasting sleuths Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short investigating the suspicious death of beloved doorman Lester. Joining the crime-cracking cast this time around are Keegan-Michael Key, Beanie Feldstein, Logan Lerman and Ren\u00e9e Zellweger. Yep, Bridget Jones herself is in the building! AKA Charlie SheenNot one to be publicity-shy \u2026 AKA Charlie Sheen. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix<\/p>\n \u201cThe stuff that I plan on sharing I had made a sacred vow to only reveal to a therapist.\u201d Never let anyone accuse Charlie Sheen of being publicity-shy. His upcoming tell-all documentary covers the years he went from the highest-paid TV star of all time to a drug-fuelled meltdown where he infamously referred to himself as a \u201cwarlock\u201d with \u201cAdonis DNA\u201d. Testimony comes from friends, enemies, family, his dealer and, most importantly, himself. The GirlfriendA glossy guilty pleasure \u2026 Robin Wright and Laurie Davidson in The Girlfriend. Photograph: Courtesy of Prime<\/p>\n Gone Girl: the mother-in-law remix. Robin Wright, who also directs, faces off with Olivia Cooke in this bingeable six-part psychological thriller adapted from Michelle Frances\u2019s bestselling novel (tagline: \u201cShe loves your son. She wants your life\u201d). A wealthy woman doubts the motivations of her son\u2019s new girlfriend \u2013 expect tension, twists and a glossy guilty pleasure. Is she being justifiably protective or wildly paranoid? Black Rabbit<\/p>\n Forget The Bear \u2013 Netflix has cooked up the hot new restaurant drama of the season. Black Rabbit opens with a stick \u2019em up at a swanky party in the eponymous New York eatery, then never lets up. Jude Law and Jason Bateman star as chancer brothers Jake and Vince Friedken, whose lives unravel at speed. It\u2019s a wild ride, packed with arson, blackjack, embezzlement \u2026 and the world\u2019s fanciest hot dogs. The Lowdown\u2018A truthstorian\u2019 \u2026 Ethan Hawke in The Lowdown. Photograph: FX<\/p>\n In 2011, citizen journalist and self-styled \u201ctruthstorian\u201d Lee Roy Chapman published an incendiary expos\u00e9 of the founder of Tulsa\u2019s secret connections with the Ku Klux Klan, forcing the city in Oklahoma to rethink its past. Ethan Hawke now stars as \u201cthe man who knew too much\u201d in a stylishly gritty fictionalisation. Even more mouthwateringly, this knotty neo-noir has been created by Native American film-maker Sterlin Harjo, the prodigiously talented co-creator of trailblazing teen-com Reservation Dogs. Slow HorsesWill he bring down MI5? \u2026 Christopher Chung and Hiba Bennati in Slow Horses. Photograph: PR<\/p>\n When deluded \u201csex god\u201d Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung) gets honeytrapped, it sets off a chain of events for the Slough House spies that almost brings down MI5. We\u2019ve reached the fifth season of the espionage drama that has become a TV juggernaut, and there\u2019s plenty to look forward to, from Kristin Scott Thomas\u2019s Diana throwing shade in every scene to Jack Lowden\u2019s River trying to look normal in a techno club, death by a can of pink paint and, of course, closeups of Jackson Lamb\u2019s foul feet. Praise be to Gary Oldman for giving this heroically slovenly role his all. House of GuinnessTime to split the G \u2026 Emily Fairn in House of Guinness. Photograph: Netflix<\/p>\n Time to split the G with Steven Knight\u2019s new Guinness dynasty drama. It\u2019s 1868 and Sir Benjamin Guinness has just died \u2013 but who will take over his incredibly successful brewery? Enter his four adult children \u2013 Arthur, Edward, Anne and Ben \u2013 who will need to battle it out, Succession-style. The show is set between Dublin and New York, and has a promising cast including James Norton, Anthony Boyle, Dervla Kirwan and Jack Gleeson. WaywardShe\u2019ll chill you to the bone \u2026 Toni Collette in Wayward. Photograph: Netflix<\/p>\n Mae Martin has spent years specialising in charmingly confessional standup and pushed boundaries with romcom Feel Good<\/a>, whose queer love story delved into trauma and addiction while never failing to be gloriously deadpan. So obviously, their next step is chilling viewers to the bone by creating a thriller set in a correctional institute for teens. Toni Collette stars as the facility\u2019s leader and, judging by her hair-raising vibe in the trailer, expect to start sleeping with the lights on. The SavantEssential viewing for our age \u2026 Nnamdi Asomugha and Jessica Chastain in The Savant. Photograph: Elizabeth Fisher<\/p>\n Oscar-winning actor Jessica Chastain stars in this new series based on a fascinating Cosmopolitan article from 2019. It follows a secretive profiler working for the FBI to identify the men plotting mass killings online, with such an uncanny ability to tell the difference between serious threats and those who fetishise violence that she\u2019s known as the Savant. Given the alarming rise in incels, pickup artists, far-right misogynists and the red pill community, this feels like essential viewing. Chad PowersBig-hearted sports comedy \u2026 Glen Powell in Chad Powers. Photograph: Daniel Delgado\/Disney<\/p>\n NFL superstar Eli Manning made a YouTube skit where he donned a disguise and showed up college jocks with his football skills. Now the real-life prank gets the full Ted Lasso treatment, fleshed out into a big-hearted sports comedy. Glen Powell stars as a disgraced quarterback who dons a wig and tache to go undercover as the titular Powers, joining a struggling team to revive their fortunes \u2013 and, in the process, his own career. Steve Zahn steals scenes as his coach. Blue Lights<\/p>\n Sirens wailing and stab vests on, the Belfast police drama comes nee-nawing back for its third series \u2013 and, word has it, it\u2019s the best yet. Two years into their jobs as response officers, our rookie \u201cpeelers\u201d are accustomed to life under those flashing bulbs. Now they venture into the shady white-collar world of the money men and lawyers who facilitate organised crime. Danger comes closer to home than ever and results in tragedy. Michael Smiley and Cathy Tyson join the superlative cast. Nobody Wants ThisThe hot rabbi is back! \u2026 Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This. Photograph: Erin Simkin\/Netflix<\/p>\n Everybody wants the second season of last year\u2019s hit romcom. The chemistry between agnostic sex podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell) and hot rabbi Noah (Adam Brody) was so strong that it overcame a case of the Ick. But can the pair really make it if Joanne isn\u2019t Jewish? We\u2019ll find out along with Joanne\u2019s razor-tongued sister Morgan (Justine Lupe) and Noah\u2019s dopey brother Sasha (Timothy Simons) \u2013 who may or may not be about to have an affair. Plus, Brody\u2019s wife Leighton Meester joins the cast. Down Cemetery RoadA deadly conspiracy \u2026 Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson in Down Cemetery Road. Photograph: Matt Towers\/Apple<\/p>\n The combo of Mick Herron\u2019s books and Apple\u2019s budget has already paid dividends with the smash-hit spy drama Slow Horses. Now comes a starry adaptation of Herron\u2019s other novel series, following private detective Z\u00f6e Boehm. When a house explodes in a sleepy Oxford suburb and a young girl disappears, neighbour Sarah (Ruth Wilson) becomes fixated with finding her. She enlists the help of Boehm (Emma Thompson) and the pair find themselves drawn into a deadly conspiracy. Celebrity TraitorsBring on the banishments! \u2026 Claudia Winkleman in the Celebrity Traitors. Photograph: BBC<\/p>\n The most anticipated reality show of the year, with a lineup<\/a> that includes (shock horror) some names you\u2019ve actually heard of. Who will Claudia pick to be the inaugural berobed baddie celebs \u2013 Stephen Fry? Charlotte Church? David Olusoga? Jonathan Ross? Clare Balding? The only show you\u2019re likely to hear Olympic diver\/chief knitter Tom Daley say he\u2019s planning to \u201cfight to the death!\u201d Bring on the banishments. How Are You? It\u2019s Alan (Partridge)Cannot come quickly enough \u2026 Steve Coogan in How Are You? It\u2019s Alan (Partridge). Photograph: Ben Blackall\/BBC<\/p>\n After a weirdly long gestation \u2013 it was first announced in early 2024, and wrapped back in January \u2013 the greatest comedy character ever produced by the UK returns. In How Are You?, Partridge flies back to the UK after a 12-month trip to Saudi Arabia and realises that he isn\u2019t as happy as he thinks. What follows is a state-of-the-nation mental health documentary, presented by a man with one eye on his career. This cannot come quickly enough. It: Welcome to DerryJust when you thought it was safe to go back into the sewers \u2026 Taylour Paige in It: Welcome to Derry. Photograph: HBO<\/p>\n Nothing to do with Derry Girls, sadly, or Sister Michael would surely defeat the evil entity. This prequel to Stephen King\u2019s seminal horror follows a Black family as they move into a cursed white suburb in Maine circa 1962. Racist neighbours aren\u2019t the only lurking threat, as we finally learn the origin story of Pennywise the clown (Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd). Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the sewers \u2026 Riot WomenThe most exciting show Sally Wainwright has ever worked on \u2026 Rosalie Craig in Riot Women. Photograph: BBC\/Drama Republic Ltd.<\/p>\n Sally Wainwright\u2019s comedy drama about a group of menopausal women who start a punk band in West Yorkshire. Need we say more? Lorraine Ashbourne, Joanna Scanlan, Amelia Bullmore, Tamsin Greig and Rosalie Craig are our riotous rockers with plenty to shout about. With Wainwright saying it\u2019s the most exciting thing she\u2019s worked on to date, it\u2019s set to be an absolute hoot. Pluribus<\/p>\n Fans have been eagerly waiting for show runner Vince Gilligan to venture outside the New Mexico milieu he conjured up so unforgettably in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Well, unlucky. His new project is also set in Albuquerque \u2013 albeit a starkly contrasting one. In this darkly comic, genre-straddling sci-fi series, Rhea Seehorn (AKA Better Call Saul\u2019s Kim Wexler) stars as \u201cthe most miserable person on Earth\u201d who \u201cmust save the world from happiness\u201d. Hopes are high for a Severance-style mind-bender. As Gilligan says: \u201cThere\u2019s no crime, no methamphetamine. It\u2019s going to be fun and different.\u201d The Beast in MeA delight \u2026 Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys in The Beast in Me. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix \u00a9 2025<\/p>\n Homeland fans, assemble! It\u2019s always a delight to get Claire Danes back on our screens, and here she reunites with Homeland showrunner Howard Gordon for a thriller about a woman who was a hit novelist until her young son died. But when a man notorious for his wife\u2019s disappearance (played by Matthew Rhys) moves in next door, she becomes obsessed. Looks like she may have found the subject of her next book. The Beatles Anthology<\/p>\n Thirty years after it first aired on British television, The Beatles Anthology series \u2013 known as the definitive documentary on the Fab Four \u2013 has been remastered by Peter Jackson\u2019s production company. It also has previously unseen material in a brand new ninth episode, with behind-the-scenes footage showing Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr coming together for the release of the original show. And for the superfans, it will be accompanied by an album boxset with session outtakes and demos. Stranger ThingsThe end is nigh \u2026 Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin, Finn Wolfhard as Mike, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas, and Noah Schnapp as Will in Stranger Things. Photograph: Netflix<\/p>\n The end of Stranger Things is likely to be the television event of the year, which might explain why Netflix is eking it out so slowly. The first four episodes drop in November, with three more following on Christmas Day and the finale on New Year\u2019s Eve. Details are scant, but expect a maximalist spectacle as the Upside Down comes for Hawkins itself; more action, more characters, more monsters and more runtime than ever before. FalloutBuckle up for one hell of a ride \u2026 Aaron Moten as Maximus in Fallout. Photograph: Lorenzo Sisti\/Prime<\/p>\n This super-fun and stupidly violent video game adaptation about survival in a post-apocalyptic world was a blast to watch last year. In the second season, Lucy (Ella Purnell) tracks her father to New Vegas, accompanied by unlikely ally the Ghoul (Walton Goggins). With Macaulay Culkin and Justin Theroux joining the cast and juicy backstories to discover, buckle up for one hell of a ride. All Her Fault<\/p>\n Succession\u2019s Sarah Snook acts in and executive produces this Andrea Mara adaptation, about a woman who discovers that her son is missing. Maybe one person took him, but maybe the entire community is implicated. Snook leads an outrageously starry cast, with Dakota Fanning, Abby Elliott and Michael Pe\u00f1a all taking supporting roles. All\u2019s Fair<\/p>\n It\u2019s a bold move: casting Kim Kardashian as a lead role in a drama boasting Naomi Watts, Glenn Close and Sarah Paulson. Then again, this is a Ryan Murphy production. It follows a group of female divorce lawyers who open their own practice \u2026 and any man served papers should fear them. Expect sex, scandals and \u2013 who knows? \u2013 a surprising turn from Kardashian. AmadeusThe rock god of his day \u2026 Will Sharpe as Amadeus. Photograph: Adrienn Szabo\/Sky<\/p>\n Mozart was the rock star of his day, and Will Sharpe (The White Lotus, Too Much) is the man to capture this in a fresh take on Peter Shaffer\u2019s award-winning stage play about the composer. When the 25-year-old arrives in Vienna ready for superstardom, his radical talent sends religious court composer Antonio Salieri (Paul Bettany) into a tailspin \u2013 and he vows to bring Mozart down. With Black Doves and Giri\/Haji creator Joe Barton at the helm, it\u2019s set to be a symphony of high drama. Dreaming Whilst BlackRipping up the rulebook \u2026 Adjani Salmon and Babirye Bukilwa in Dreaming Whilst Black. Photograph: Gary Moyes\/BBC<\/p>\n The first series of this Bafta-winning sitcom announced the arrival of one of the freshest, most distinctive voices in British comedy in years. Adjani Salmon\u2019s tale of a struggling Black film-maker trying to make it in the industry was surreal, hilarious and packed with so many barbs at the privilege endemic to the world of TV it\u2019s amazing it ever got made. And now it\u2019s back for a second attempt at ripping up the rulebook. This time round, its lead is producing period dramas in an era when production companies supposedly champion diversity \u2013 except things aren\u2019t quite like that \u2026 Film ClubMore than just friends? \u2026 Aimee Lou Wood and Nabhaan Rizwan in Film Club. Photograph: Ben Blackall\/BBC<\/p>\n She\u2019s already had a stellar 2025 with The White Lotus and Toxic Town. Aimee Lou Wood continues her golden year by co-creating and co-starring in this romantic comedy-drama. For Evie, Friday movie nights with best mate Noa (Nabhaan Rizwan) are a weekly escape from her mental health wobbles. When Noa lands his dream job on the other side of the country, the pair must decide whether they\u2019re more than just friends. Suranne Jones<\/a> plays Evie\u2019s eccentric mother, with Adolescence\u2019s Owen Cooper as an annoying neighbour. Witty and emotional, it\u2019s an impressive screenwriting debut from the multitalented Wood. FraudsA zippy tale \u2026 Jodie Whittaker and Suranne Jones in Frauds. Photograph: ITV<\/p>\n With Hostage dropping on Netflix and Film Club on the BBC, it\u2019s a busy autumn for Suranne Jones. She now teams up with Doctor Who\u2019s Jodie Whittaker<\/a> for this six-part heist thriller. Having spent the past 10 years in a Spanish prison, skilled confidence trickster Jones is released on compassionate grounds after a cancer diagnosis and reunites with former criminal sidekick Whittaker for one last job \u2013 a multimillion-pound art theft. A zippy tale of crime capers and complex female friendship, set in the picturesque mountains of southern Spain. Malice<\/p>\n Based on talent alone, Malice should be enough to make you pay attention. Written by James Wood (of the deathlessly wonderful Rev), this is a psychological thriller about a male nanny who infiltrates a rich family with bad intentions. The parents are played by David Duchovny and Carice van Houten, and the nanny \u2013 wait for it \u2013 by Jack Whitehall. Malice represents an intriguing turn to drama for Whitehall. If he can stick the landing, this should be great. Mr ScorseseIt doesn\u2019t get any more A-list than this \u2026 Mr Scorsese. Photograph: Melinda Sue Gordon\/Apple<\/p>\n After decades making documentaries and movies about other people, Martin Scorsese<\/a> gets a series all about himself. This definitive five-part portrait covers his life and work from his student years to the present day. Director Rebecca Miller was granted \u201cunrestricted access\u201d to Scorsese\u2019s personal archives and describes the project as \u201cone of the defining experiences of my life as a film-maker\u201d. The call sheet of interviewees \u2013 Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Robert De Niro, Mick Jagger, Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio \u2013 couldn\u2019t be any more A-list. Small ProphetsExtremely special \u2026 Pearce Quigley and Lauren Patel in Small Prophets. Photograph: Matt Squire\/BBC<\/p>\n Following Detectorists and Worzel Gummidge comes Mackenzie Crook\u2019s intriguing new comedy. A Manchester man with a missing girlfriend is given a recipe for a potion that allows him to tell the future. Given Crook\u2019s fondness for folky pastoral textures, Small Prophets \u2013 which features animated sequences and a rare yet welcome acting turn from Michael Palin \u2013 sounds like it could end up being extremely charming and special. The Beauty<\/p>\n Prolific show runner Ryan Murphy takes a break from true crime and camp horror to adapt a graphic novel into a Black Mirror-ish conspiracy drama. An STI dubbed \u201cThe Beauty\u201d makes those infected more physically attractive but eventually kills them. Is it part of a sinister government plot? Why are the detective duo investigating the disease\u2019s origins being targeted by federal agents, corrupt politicians and a ruthless assassin? Evan Peters, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Pope and Anthony Ramos star, while Ashton Kutcher appears as a tech billionaire. The Chair Company<\/p>\n Expect this comedy from multiple Emmy-winning comedian Tim Robinson to vibrate with the same hilariously awkward energy as his sketch show I Think You Should Leave. It follows an employee who undergoes an embarrassing workplace incident, only to end up investigating a far-reaching conspiracy. Which sounds a lot like the setup for an ITYSL sketch \u2013 unsurprising given the show is co-created by Zach Kanin, the other co-writer of the Netflix hit. Brace yourself for an entire series of brilliant cringe comedy. The Death of Bunny MunroBrace yourself for excellence \u2026 Rafael Math\u00e9 and Matt Smith in The Death of Bunny Munro. Photograph: Sky<\/p>\n If you can remember how flat-out incredible Channel 4\u2019s Somewhere Boy was, then be doubly prepped for excellence here. That show\u2019s writer, Pete Jackson, has adapted Nick Cave\u2019s darkly tender 2009 novel into a six-part series, about a sex-addicted travelling salesman who travels around East Sussex with his son under the shadow of an approaching serial killer. Matt Smith stars too, if you needed any further convincing. The GuestIrresistible \u2026 Gabrielle Creevy in The Guest. Photograph: Jake Morley\/BBC<\/p>\n An irresistible four-part psychological thriller set in Wales traces the toxic relationship between a successful business owner (Eve Myles) and her impressionable cleaner (Gabrielle Creevy). An intense mentor\/protege friendship is forged \u2013 until a shock event means that the pair\u2019s lives become dangerously intertwined. As a game of cat and mouse unfolds, who is manipulating who? Propulsive and twist-packed, it will have you watching through your fingers. The HackBehind the headlines \u2026 Toby Jones as journalist Alan Rusbridger in The Hack. Photograph: ITV<\/p>\n Toby Jones and David Tennant star as the Guardian journalists who broke the phone-hacking scandal that ended up shutting down the News of the World in a drama that goes behind the headlines. But alongside that, it weaves in the story of Daniel Morgan, the private investigator found murdered by axe in a pub car park in 1987. Writer Jack Thorne describes it as \u201ca fight for the truth\u201d that matters so much in our \u201cage where the truth seems more in danger than ever\u201d. Given that it\u2019s created by the team behind Mr Bates vs the Post Office, we expect nothing less. The Iris AffairUnapologetically exciting \u2026 Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar in The Iris Affair. Photograph: Matteo Graia\/Sky<\/p>\n Luther proved that Neil Cross is at his very best when he\u2019s serving us heightened genre thrills, which is exactly what The Iris Affair sounds like. An \u201cunapologetically exciting\u201d chase thriller set in Italy, it pits Niamh Algar\u2019s enigmatic genius against Tom Hollander\u2019s wealthy tech entrepreneur. Cross promises that Iris is \u201ca lead character the like of which I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve ever met before on TV,\u201d but, even if we have, at least it\u2019ll be pretty to look at. The Night Manager<\/p>\n Nine years have elapsed since this adaptation of John le Carr\u00e9\u2019s novel gripped the UK. Tom Hiddleston\u2019s return as the army-trained luxury hotelier turned informant makes this second series (and an upcoming third) a tantalising prospect, despite no longer being based on Le Carr\u00e9\u2019s writing. The latter shouldn\u2019t matter a jot, though, if it can recapture the most captivating watercooler moment of its first outing. We\u2019re talking, of course, about the infamous sex scene that became known as \u201cHiddlebum\u201d. The Seven Dials Mystery<\/p>\n Almost a century on from its original publication, Agatha Christie\u2019s detective novel has been granted a lavish Netflix adaptation. Adapted by Chris Chibnall, the series will count Martin Freeman and Helena Bonham-Carter among its cast. Less celebrated than other Christie works, the book has been adapted for screen before \u2013 John Gielgud starred in a 1981 ITV film \u2013 but hopefully this relative obscurity will help the show escape the trap of familiarity. The Witches of Essex<\/p>\n Presenting, acting, DJing, interviewing \u2013 Rylan has done it all. Now the toothsome TV treasure turns his hand to historical investigation, teaming up with Prof Alice Roberts to dig into the most intense spate of witch hunts in British history. The 16th and 17th century witch trials in his home county saw thousands of vulnerable women persecuted for sorcery. Many were burnt at the stake. Made by Louis Theroux\u2019s production company, this three-parter should be grimly fascinating. Trinity<\/p>\n While the world patiently waits for more Line of Duty, Jed Mercurio has been cooking up something else entirely. Trinity is a big Netflix conspiracy drama about a naval officer who becomes involved with the secretary of defense. Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays the officer, Richard Madden plays the minister and, if previous Mercurio shows have been any indication, the series will play out in a blast of rattling accelerating tension. TrespassesBrilliantly evocative \u2026 Tom Cullen and Lola Petticrew in Trespasses. Photograph: Steffan Hill\/Channel 4<\/p>\n Rising star Lola Petticrew was Bafta nominated for last year\u2019s IRA drama Say Nothing. Now Petticrew stars in another brilliantly evocative series set during the Troubles. In Belfast in 1975, a young Catholic schoolteacher falls for an older married Protestant man (Tom Cullen). He also happens to be a controversial barrister who often defends IRA suspects. Gillian Anderson<\/a> lends high-class support as Petticrew\u2019s gin-soaked, acid-tongued mother. Adapted by Ailbhe Keogan (Bad Sisters) from Louise Kennedy\u2019s acclaimed novel, this is forbidden love with potentially lethal consequences. Victoria Beckham<\/p>\n We already got up close and personal with David Beckham in his Emmy-winning, record-breaking 2023 series. Now Mrs B tries her hand at a tell-all documentary. Cameras follow Victoria as she juggles her career and family life. Promising intimate footage of domestic bliss chez Beckham, as well as behind-the-scenes access to her business empire, it chronicles her evolution from pouting Posh Spice in the 90s to today\u2019s fashion titan. Will there be bombshells? Will estranged son Brooklyn and his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham, pop up? Will there be viral moments such as Victoria\u2019s admission that her \u201cvery working-class\u201d dad drove her to school in a Rolls-Royce? Waiting for the Out<\/p>\n Based on the 2022 memoir The Life Inside by Andy West, a man who taught philosophy in prisons, Waiting for the Out is billed as \u201can inspiring and nuanced new take on male identity, forgiveness and self-discovery\u201d. It\u2019s a difficult book to adapt, but taking the reins is none other than Dennis Kelly, the man behind Together, The Third Day and David Fincher\u2019s upcoming Squid Game remake. Sounds like it\u2019s in safe hands.
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