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Bill Nighy, Erin Doherty, Helena Bonham Carter and Tom Burke lead the cast of this six-part drama from the acclaimed Hugo Blick. The show focuses on the exploits of a young woman on the run with her child and what happens when she seeks shelter in a secluded caravan park in the British countryside.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Kill Jackie (Prime Video)<\/p>\n
Catherine Zeta-Jones stars in a drama based on the Nick Harkaway novel The Price You Pay, written under his pseudonym Aidan Truhen. It\u2019s about a wealthy art dealer, Jackie Price, who finds that after a secret from her past is uncovered her life is under threat from a hit squad known as the Seven Dragons.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
First Day on Earth (BBC1)<\/p>\n
Created by and starring I May Destroy You\u2019s Michaela Coel, this ten-part co-production with HBO is about a British novelist, Henri (Coel), who is offered the chance to go and work in Ghana, her parents\u2019 homeland. However, when she arrives she soon realises that the job is not what she expected and her relationship with her father isn\u2019t what she hoped as she navigates a world of hypocrisy and danger.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Untitled Charlie Brooker crime thriller (Netflix)<\/p>\n
After the international success of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker turns his attention to crime thrillers for this four-part series with Paddy Considine, Georgina Campbell and Lena Headey. Described as \u201cprofoundly serious\u201d, the show is likely to have more to it than initially meets the eye as a tormented detective goes on the hunt for a ritualistic serial killer between the north and south of England.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Hunting Alice Bell (C4)<\/p>\n
Created by David Baddiel and Peter Bradshaw, this is the tale of a former nurse and lover of a serial killer anaesthetist living under a new identity, called Alice Bell. When Fran De Silva is accused of being Bell, her life implodes and she fights to clear her name, realising that she\u2019s not the only one being targeted. But who is the real Alice Bell, and can everyone be telling the truth? It stars Alex Roach, Amanda Abbington, Emily Barber, Toni O\u2019Rourke, Christina Bennington, Rudi Dharmalingam, Ralf Little and Simon Pegg.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
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The cast of Lord of the Flies<\/p>\n
BBC\/ELEVEN\/J REDZA<\/p>\n
Jack Thorne adapts this first television version of William Golding\u2019s island classic. There were open castings for this series, and so most of the cast is relatively unknown. Set in the 1950s, the story explores what happened after a plane crash left a group of schoolchildren alone on a deserted island; how they structured their new society, interacted with one another and how trouble arrived in paradise.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Tip Toe (C4)<\/p>\n
Written by the Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies, this five-part drama stars Alan Cumming and David Morrissey as Leo and Clive. They are neighbours who live in Manchester and whose relationship begins to sour into a tense and dangerous rivalry driven by social prejudices and radical ideas.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
The Party (ITV)<\/p>\n
Based on the novel by Elizabeth Day, this drama is billed as an exploration of identity, privilege and devotion. Starring Luke Evans, Tom Cullen, Joanna Scanlan and Sarah Solemani, it\u2019s the story of two couples at a dinner party who are forced to explore the secrets of the past and expose the lies and betrayal that come with it.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
The Cage (BBC1)<\/p>\n
Written by Tony Schumacher (The Responder), this high-stakes, high-energy drama starring Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha is set within the world of a Liverpool casino. When Leanne (Smith) and Matty (Socha) both realise they\u2019re stealing from the same safe at the casino, their lives become intertwined as a much bigger criminal threat engulfs them.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Believe Me (ITV)<\/p>\n
Written by Jeff Pope, this true crime four-part show tells the stories of three women who were victims of the serial sex attacker John Worboys, known as the \u201cblack cab rapist\u201d. Aim\u00e9e-Ffion Edwards, Miriam Petche and Aasiya Shah play the women he sexually assaulted, and Daniel Mays takes the role of Worboys.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Alley Cats (Netflix)<\/p>\n
Ricky Gervais\u2019s latest comedy rounds up some of his favourite collaborators, including Diane Morgan, Tom Basden, Kerry Godliman and David Earl, to voice animated cats in what\u2019s being billed as a \u201cslacker comedy\u201d. Gervais will play the lead cat, Gus, in the series that promises heart and social commentary across six 15-minute episodes.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
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Joseph Fiennes as Gareth Southgate<\/p>\n
BBC\/DAN FEARNAN<\/p>\n
Written by James Graham and based on his hit National Theatre play, this four-part drama is about Gareth Southgate and the England men\u2019s national football team. Starring Joseph Fiennes as the manager, the drama explores the challenge that Southgate inherits and his relationship with the players at a time when English football\u2019s fortunes were at an all-time low, and fan expectations were still sky high.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Maya (C4)<\/p>\n
Written by Back to Life and Boat Story star Daisy Haggard, this six-part drama is about a mother and daughter who are forced to give up their lives and move into witness protection. Leaving their old life in London behind, Anna (Haggard) and her teenage daughter May must try to adapt to a new life in a rural community while attempting to come to terms with the traumas of their near past.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
The Rapture (BBC1)<\/p>\n
A psychological thriller based on the book of the same name by Liz Jensen, the series stars Ruth Madeley. It\u2019s the story of a forensic psychologist working in a high-security unit who becomes intrigued by a juvenile patient.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Pierre (C4)<\/p>\n
David Harewood stars in the title role as London solicitor Pierre, a glamorous, charming and funny character juggling his professional and personal life in the legal drama. But when Pierre challenges the police over the suspicious death of a young black client, he unravels a chilling web of institutional corruption that threatens to cost Pierre everything if he fights to expose it.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
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Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning in Margo\u2019s Got Money Troubles<\/p>\n
Based on the novel by Rufi Thorpe, this glossy adaptation stars Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer and Nick Offerman, and is brought to TV by Big Little Lies\u2019 David E Kelly. Margo Millet (Fanning) is the daughter of a Hooters waitress and an ex-professional wrestler who, after falling pregnant by her junior college English professor, turns to OnlyFans to make a living.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Deadpoint (C4)<\/p>\n
Michael Socha, Callum Scott Howells, Annes Elwy and Emmy-nominated Christine Tremarco star in this nerve-jangling story of a group of climbers who are beset by tragedy. However, when they find a far-right group plotting a violent act in their local mountains in Wales, everything changes again for the friends.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Ann Droid (BBC)<\/p>\n
Sue (Sue Johnston) is a widower in need of company. Enter the social humanoid AI-powered Ann Droid (Diane Morgan), who is dead set on the task of helping Sue. A six-part comedy with the zeitgeist firmly in its grasp, it also asks some fairly fundamental questions about what humans want and need going forward.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Being Gordon Ramsay (Netflix)<\/p>\n
Netflix has gone to town on biographies of big-name Brits in recent years, with the Beckhams, Robbie Williams and Prince Harry all in the frame. This time the camera focuses on the fascinating life and career of chef, restaurateur and television superstar Gordon Ramsay. Expect swearing from the start.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (BBC)<\/p>\n
The Once Upon \u2026 series is one of the best documentary strands right now, having already explored Iraq, Northern Ireland and space, it turns its attention to the long history of conflicts in the Middle East. The series promises to take a long-term look at the Israel and Palestinian conflict and, across five-parts, explore the roots of the war in Gaza.
Expected 2026<\/p>\n
The Trip to the Northern Lights (Sky\/Now)<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve done impressions and dined in England, Italy, Spain and Greece \u2014 and now Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan\u2019s hyper-real versions of themselves are off to Scandinavia to enjoy another extended banter session. From sculptural Swedish hotels to remote Norwegian fishing huts, there\u2019ll be plenty of beautiful backdrops to this fabulous comedy.
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