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January 2015
Seth McFarlane’s cartoon about the Smith family.
New conspiracy series starring Gillian Anderson as a powerful corporate boss whose daughter is kidnapped.
The Musketeers return for a second outing, minus new Doctor Capaldi.
ITV’s new detective series performed rather well, so they confirmed a second series, due in January.
BBC drama set in a British secondary school returns for the Spring Term of series 10
In the 1980s, when British computing pioneers such as Sir Clive Sinclair and Sir Tim Berners-Lee were showing us the future, clever folks in Texas were doing similar things.
Lines will be crossed when tragedy forces two men, a mesmerizing ex-con and an embattled local cop, to face the secrets of their past. As these two men find themselves increasingly compromised by one another, the lives of both quickly unravel. Starring Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones, Stargate: Atlantis)
It’s a hard one to guess because National Geographic seems to number some of the seasons differently to its native Canada, and previous seasons have not aired consistently. Season 14 is labelled season 13 here.
Revolutionary War-era drama based on the Alexander Rose novel ‘Washington’s Spies’.
Police drama television series starring Thandie Newton as Grace Travis, a San Jose police officer working undercover in Oakland to bring down Jimmy Laszlo’s (Marton Csokas) criminal enterprise.
Forensic pathologists help police solve murders in Manchester
Not a low-budget remake of The 4400, but a drama about a small group of youths sent back to an Earth destroyed by a nuclear war – 100 of them.
After being dropped by Sky Living, E4 has bought the rights to season 9, and it will begin its run right after New Year 2015
originally paired with Modern Family on Sky1, the Middle has been on Comedy Central since season 5
PLL may have vanished from normal TV, but all 4 seasons are now on iTunes. From 1st Jan 2015, seasons 1-4 will also be on Netflix, with season 5 joining from the 7th
More light hearted murder investigation in the Caribbean.
American political thriller. First two seasons aired on More4, with season 3 moving to Sky Living. Season 4 returns in Jan on Sky Living.
Has previously aired in October but season 10 was changed to January for Fox’s rebrand launch night and the pattern will continue
French police series original title “Engrenages”.
Western set after the United States Civil War show returned to AMC in the US Aug 2014, which should put it in Jan 2015 on TCM if they follow last year’s schedule.
A group of postal workers turn detective, to try and track down the intended recipients of undelivered mail. Stars Ugly Betty’s Eric Mabius.
Spinoff from The Closer, and performing well. Returns from mid season break with episode 11
Long running sitcom returns, with a reduced half man, as Angus T. Jones has been booted as a series regular… That’s what you get for referring to the show that made you a star as ‘filth’… Two and a Quarter Men now maybe?
Comedy staring Lena Dunham following a group of friends in their 20s as they navigate life in New York City.
Fourth series, called Freak Show, stars The Shield’s Michael Chiklis
Dropped by the BBC and has finally resurfaced on Lifetime, although it is now also on Netflix, and you can order Damages Season 4 on DVD here.
Documentary-style police show starring Being Human’s Damian Molony.
You know the drill – FBI cases consist of the weekly discovery of, well, bones, and only one person can help. previous seasons have begun in October, November and January.
The clever lawyers are back on our television 15th Jan on Dave, or on Sky On Demand & UKTV Play from 9th Jan.
renewed to season 10, the costly comedy returns shortly after the U.S.
Another American police show. This time however, it is a comedy making fun of all the other American police shows.
A complicated set of scripts lead to a couple having to postpone their proposal.
San Francisco detective series. I’m hoping for some Bullit-style car chases!
New scifi mini series staring Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer and Cougar Town’s Brian Van Holt set in an alternative timeline, about a group of 350 people who left earth in the 1960’s in an attempt to save the human race from the cold war aboard the USS Ascension.
The popular 1950s medical drama returns to the BBC.
Santa Barbara’s finest consulting detective returns for the final outing
New sci-fi starring Halle Berry as an astronaut. Had its first run on Amazon Instant, and will get a second run on Syfy.
Debra Messing stars as Laura Diamond, an NYPD homicide detective trying to balance being the single mother of twin boys with her job, whilst also trying to divorce their father… who also happens to be her boss.
Based on the two historical novels set in Tudor times.
The greatest moustache in the world returns for a fifth outing.
Eastender Grant Mitchell has reinvented himself as an extremely popular investigative journalist and his series, which visits some of the world’s roughest spots, will return a third time with filming taking place throughout summer and autumn 2014
Former Doctor Who leader Russell T Davies explores gay life for Channel 4
CSI returns in 2015, back in its old Jan slot, and will be followed by the new Cyber
Jeremy Piven brings his “manic energy” from his portrayal of Entourage’s Ari Gold to this drama about the retail magnate Harry Selfridge.
Three middle aged men mucking about, and some cars returns for a 22nd series, following their narrow escape over Christmas. A special launch will be transmitted via YouTube at 9pm on 18th January
Pirate drama from Michael Bay… But don’t let that put you off, it might be good. Airs on Starz in the US in Jan 2014, who have so much faith in it, the show’s already been renewed for a 2nd and 3rd season. Amazon have decided to release it weekly in Jan just 24hrs after Starz air it in the US this time around.
Canadian tv cop show set in the 1890’s following William Murdoch as he solves crime in Toronto using cutting edge (for 1890!) forensic science.
The cop drama with fairy tales will return for a fourth series
After a delay due to some contract issues, season 3 of the Canadian sci-fi show is returning to Syfy UK in Jan 2015 finally! They’ve also announced that there will be a 4th and final season.
Max and Caroline are usually back, this time in Jan!
A genius computer type, eccentric of course, and some other young geniuses team up to save the world weekly via computers. Robert Patrick is also present
Following the events of a previously tranquil Arctic town after a murder shocks the close-knit community and sets in motion a compelling hunt for the killer. Starring Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Richard Dormer & Christopher Eccleston.
February 2015
Another season for the California spinoff continues after it’s mid season break.
We were correct, Sky 1 have said H5-0 is back in Feb, followed by NCIS:LA, from its mid season break
Former Friends favourite Lisa Kudrow stars as a one-time TV ‘it girl’ in this uncomfortably funny comedy, which returns for a second series nine years after its first.
HBO show which revolves around three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men. Stars Jonathan Groff & Frankie J. Alvarez. Airing just days after the US.
Back to the Valleys with Ruth Jones. New season starts in Feb 2015.
Each week viewers will follow four different teams, each one in a different pub across the country, as they battle it out against each other, answering identical quiz questions, in the contest to be crowned that week’s pub quiz champion.
The US cable ratings monster returns. UK airings so far have been quite close to the US. Fifth season within hours of US broadcast
Spin off from the awesome Breaking Bad, starring Bob Odenkirk reprising his role as lawyer Saul Goodman. Airing on Netflix UK ‘shortly’ after the US!
‘The Daily Show with more prep time’ returns for a 2nd hilarious and genius season! Now renewed for 2 more season, partly because it’s awesome, and partly to stop John going back to host the Daily Show!
Bob Servant is back, hoping his cheeseburgers will be as popular in Broughty Ferry as its real life ice-cream is (best in the UK!)
From the guys behind Arrow, Grant Gustin does the speedster outfit to take on the role of Barry Allen aka The Flash. Back 20th Jan in the US, but Sky hold it back a little to remove any scheduling breaks, so it returns in Feb 2015.
New comedy starring stand-up comedian and singer/songwriter Nick Helm as Andy, a dissolute out-of work musician who forges an unlikely alliance with his 12-year-old nephew Errol after being morally blackmailed into looking after him by his chaotic sister Sam – all on the day Andy was planning to kill himself…
A new series from the BBC has people tracking down others from their past to thank them or apologise.
Grey’s moved back to its Autumn time slot this year, which means it’ll probably be in 2 halves again.
A third season of the superhero programme. Back 21st Jan in the US, but Sky hold it back a little to remove any scheduling breaks, so it’s back in Feb 2015.
Patrick and the team return for one final season of Bruno Heller’s procedural
Another of Amazon’s pilots recently ordered to series, Bosch follows the eponymous detective from Michael Connolly’s books.
What do you get if you cross a scandi-drama with the beautiful warmth of Thailand? This new Sky Arts commission, 30 grader i februari.
Sir Michael Gambon stars in this three episode adaptation of the story by Harry Potter author JK Rowling
a drama covering the final months of British India
new sitcom from Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves
Urban legends are resoundingly trounced by science.
NCIS in New Orleans, starring Quantum Leap and Enterprise’s Scott Bakula, American Gothic’s Lucas Black, C. C. H. Pounder from Warehouse 13, and Zoe McLellan (Dirty Sexy Money).
Marky Mark takes a break from playing with big robots to help his brother and mum with their burger business.
Original Israeli drama about a surgeon whose family is in danger when she is forced to operate on the PM. The inevitable US remake has already been broadcast on Channel 4
A little known cartoon… Still going strong. Part 1 airs Nov 2014, part 2 in Feb 2015.
The very long running crime drama returns to Universal
New American series based on the book by Brit Nick Hornby, and previously made into a Hugh Grant film.
16 reality contestants are dropped in Siberia near the location of an asteroid strike. Except really they are in Canada, and the reality show isn’t real.
William H Macy stars in another American remake
Vampire Diaries spinoff returns for a second outing
The excellent James Spader (with shaved head) is one of the FBI’s most wanted. He inexplicably surrenders and asks to speak to a rookie agent, whereupon it is revealed he has created a list of criminals the agency doesn’t know about.
Kevin Spacey’s tour de force as Francis J. Underwood continues, with more 2-faced backstabbing and political intrigue. Season 3 comes to Netflix in Feb 2015.
Follows the plot of the film to begin with – Time travel, deadly virus etc… Airs in the US in Jan 2015
March 2015
Anna Faris stars in this sitcom about a dysfunctional mum and daughter.
Martin Clunes plays author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in a real life story of how he helped clear the name of George Edalji (Arsher Ali), who has been wrongly accused of the The Great Wyrley Rippings.
starring Julia Stiles as an accountant who also works as an escort. And has a young son as well. Presumably has little time for sleeping and eating.
Having looked at ecstasy a couple of years ago, Jon Snow turns his attention to cannabis.
The first part of new series have appeared in October the past couple of years, with the second half airing in February in the UK. Back in the US on Oct 3rd, and a few weeks later in the UK
“Historical” drama set during the infamous witch trials in the New England colonies
In the 18th Century, British convicts are sent to the colonies on the far side of the world.
A woman escapes from a cult and tries to lead a normal life
Kevin Bacon plays an FBI agent chasing the serial killing James Purefoy. More info here. Series 3 has shifted to March in the US, so that should mean March here too.
An army officer returns from fighting nationalist rebels in the colonies only to find his former Cornish life in disarray. Aidan Turner (Being Human) stars.
The worst of American criminals continue to be dramatically showcased. Far earlier this time, in October, which of course means it will be subject to the American mid season break
Bomb disposal comedy set in Afghanistan.
US remake of ‘Les Revenants’, where life in a small town is turned upside down as people long though dead start to return… Outside of US/Canada, it’s coming to Netflix exclusively worldwide.
New fantasy drama starring Ioan Gruffudd, Fantastic Four as Dr Henry Morgan, a star New York City medical examiner… who happens to be immortal.
Channel 5 dropped Once Upon A Time, but it’s finally back in the UK on Netflix, with new episodes airing the day after the US!
Similar to Marvel’s Agents of Shield in that it is set in the superhero world without the superheroes, this is essentially Batman without Batman. However, it does feature a young Bruce Wayne and a number of the well-known Batman characters such as the Penguin, Catwoman and the Riddler.
drama showcasing how apparently simple lies spiral out of control. Be warned!
Rising like a phoenix, Community returns, albeit on Yahoo Screen (nope, me neither, here’s a link) in America but the usual home of Sony here. Watch the strangest study group return to the meta world of Greendale Community College.
Stars Christian Slater and Steve Zahn as 2 brothers who run an agency that solve clients problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation. Written by ‘Awake’ scribe Kyle Killen.
What if your deceased loved ones suddenly turned up on your doorstep as though nothing had happened? Stars House’s Omar Epps.
renewed to season 10, the costly comedy returns shortly after the U.S.
New drama from the makers of Damages, starring Kyle Chandler and Linda Cardellini
American legal drama about a group of law students, and their professor, Annalise DeWitt (Viola Davis), who become entangled in a murder plot… Back in the UK in March and renewed for a 2nd season.
America’s biggest comedy returns. Part 1 starts in Nov 2014. Part 2 airs March 2015.
Jim Caviezel and his handy billionaire return for the third season. Confirmed by 5 as back between 23rd-29th March.
Historical drama from US channel History, first UK run courtesy of Amazon Instant, then airing on the History Channel UK. Renewed for a 4th season.
A show where a group of magicians compete each week to out do each other with there illusions. The loser has to perform a ‘killer’ trick – i.e. one that has killed or injured a magician in the past!
A drama starring Liz Hurley as the Queen in a fictional version of the British monarchy… Yes, you did read that correctly… Made by Lionsgate Television for the US, and airing on E!
Time-travel historical romantic drama from the makers of Spartacus, with the second part of season 1 not yet aired in the US, is coming to Amazon’s confusingly-titled streaming service in the UK
NOTE: THE REGION 1 DVD IS AVAILABLE ON 3rd MARCH
The term “modern-day retelling” doesn’t always fill me with delight, especially when coupled with the resurrection of a long-dead character. However, the forces behind this particular modern-day retelling with resurrection of title character are Kutzman and Orci – the geniuses behind Fringe, so in this case delight is in abundance!
Click here to listen to our interview with the ladies of Sleepy Hollow!
Joss Whedon’s Marvel Universe series continues after the revelations of the first season. Back March 3rd in the US.
Former Nikita, Maggie Q stars in this programme about Los Angeles police who investigate, as the title suggests, stalkers.
David Threlfall stars as Noah in this biblical epic series
April 2015
Broadchurch USA, with original British star David Tennant
Yet another US show with a British lead, this time the young boy from Spiderwick. Taking its inspiration from Hitchcock’s Psycho, it is being brought to us Brits courtesy of Universal.
Remake of the 2005 BBC Two series, this version stars Kim Cattrall as Davina as a woman going through a mid-life crisis.
Lines will be crossed when tragedy forces two men, a mesmerizing ex-con and an embattled local cop, to face the secrets of their past. As these two men find themselves increasingly compromised by one another, the lives of both quickly unravel. Starring Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones, Stargate: Atlantis)
DCI Vera and her sharp wit are back to solve North East England’s worst crimes
Real Housewives… In Beverly Hills? I’m sure that’s an oxymoron…
Police orientated Chicago Fire spinoff. Coming to 5USA between 30th March – 5th April 2015.
This second part of season seven is the final visit to Madison Avenue
Satellite viewers return to Louisiana for the last time.
Paul and Ian are back with ten more episodes of the popular comedy panel show.
Another new version of Gerry Anderson’s classic, mixing live action with animation!
Sultry new legal show set in Charleston, South Carolina, where a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a Southern City Attorney struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal… One and only season.
Due May 2015, Daredevil will be the first of 5 new live-action Marvel shows on Netflix. Daredevil will be followed by shows based around Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, with a Defenders series at the end including all the characters.
Series 2 is being split into two parts either side of the new year. Returns in the spring for the 2nd half, which will also be the last.
Series based on the Walt Longmire books where the titular character, a small town sheriff, is investigating serious crimes, returning to work following his wife’s death, and battling his deputy for re-election to the job.
Nothing to do with “all the things she said”, two British youths travel to the Cook Islands and become involved in a murder mystery.
Airs 12th April in the US, so we’re expecting a return to Westeros on the 13th April 2015 in the UK.
Justified is without a UK broadcaster having been dropped by 5. The sixth season begins on Sky On Demand
A Hero and friends have banished the Gods to Hades and deal with the consequences.
LL Cool J hosts celebrities ‘Lip Syncing battling’ each other by miming to popular tunes and letting the audience choose the winner! Very silly but highly amusing.
Darren Boyd is a policeman who becomes a midwife in this new sitcom
Renewed for a 5th season airing in the US in Spring 2015.
Described as ‘Entourage for Geeks’, and is the best half hour comedy on tv right now.
US sitcom set in the 1980’s, based on a fictionalised version of the childhood of the writer, Adam F. Goldberg.
Christopher Eccleston stars in a new four part drama about a couple who turn their guest house into a place of protection for people in hiding.
a Miami woman is artificially and accidentally inseminated
This four part comedy starring Hugh Bonneville is the follow up to Twenty-Twelve
Tea Leoni is the Foreign Secretary with a CIA background
Musical drama series about a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises. Stars Terrence Howard. Already renewed for a 2nd series.
Martin Shaw returns to investigate crime in the North East of England
Brian Cox (the Dundee one, not the science one) stars as the head of MI5 in this spy series set in London 1972.
May 2015
The US cable ratings monster returns. Fifth season comes to non-Sky people on new channel Spike.
5 nurses from Australia and New Zealand are serving in the Middle East during the Great War
Timothy Spall & Matthew Macfadyen star in a three part dramatisation of the terrifying and bizarre real events that took place at an ordinary house in Enfield during the autumn of 1977.
Sheridan Smith stars in this single drama taking a very close look at the effects of cancer, based on a real-life story
Set in rural Cheshire during the war (long before ridiculous football players moved in), this series follows the women left at home
Set in Victorian London, this British-American series sees classic fictional horror characters causing havoc. Renewed for a 10 episode 2nd season which with air in May, just 2 days after the US (was April, but moved due to production delays). Click here to listen to our interview with Victor Frankenstein himself, Harry Treadaway.
From the creator of Shamless, this comedy drama follows a police station in a rough part of Manchester
Celebrities of a sort have to solve murder mysteries in a fictional town
Hard-nosed wise-cracking Detective Rizzoli teams up once again with the brilliant social misfit Dr Isles.
Jane Fonda stars in this comedy about two women whose husbands fall in love with each other. Also starring Martin Sheen
Romantic drama starring Andie McDowell as a small town judge. Filmed in Vancouver and set just down the road.
Fourth series of the quirky comedy programme due back in 2015
New series running on Showtime in the US starring Dominic West about, as the title suggests, an affair!
American musical drama starring Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, Spin City) and Hayden Panettiere (Heroes). We were correct, it’s coming week 20 and moving to E4.
Two FBI agents go missing in this mystery from M Night Shyamalan.
Set against the backdrop of Denmark’s war against Prussia, this big budget political drama follows the story of two brothers.
another literary adaptation for 2015, this time based on the fantasy novel
The original teen mothers are back. Are they grandmothers now? Let’s find out. Or not.
Looks like our favourite crime-solving, crime-fighting crime writer is returning a little later this year.
US sitcom set in the 1980’s, based on a fictionalised version of the childhood of the writer, Adam F. Goldberg.
Seth McFarlane’s cartoon about the Smith family.
English-language French TV series based on the film series.
New comedy starring Kayvan Novak (Four Lions, Fonejacker) and Bradley Walsh about an undercover reporter who goes on the run to Spain after being set up by his boss.
Now renewed up to season 6 and final season, likely to to air in May 2015.
June 2015
New sitcom starring the towering Greg Davies returns, without Rik Mayall sadly.
Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi return as Freddie and Stuart.
In the 1980s, when British computing pioneers such as Sir Clive Sinclair and Sir Tim Berners-Lee were showing us the future, clever folks in Texas were doing similar things.
Not a spinoff from the excellent motorcycle series, this three part drama shows how insurgents in the American colonies armed themselves and decided to fight to separate from Britain. Starring Brit Ben Barnes and New Zealander Marton Csokas.
UK Comedy about 2 twenty-something brothers become surrogate parents to their 13yr old brother when their parents die. Dan is a sarcastic joker, whilst Toby is laid back with an eye for the ladies… UK version of 2 and a half men anyone?
Drama about groups of people who win the lottery. 3rd series stars Lenny Henry and centres around a staff syndicate at a crumbling stately home.
originally paired with Modern Family on Sky1, the Middle has been on Comedy Central since season 5
Previously aired on Channel 5, the new series of this look at serial killers moves to UKtV. Elsewhere labelled as season 6, it appears to be the fifth full season next, and is labelled as season 6 on some EPGs.
Stuff will get blown up once more. Delayed after Sullivan Stapleton fell out of a tuktuk in Thailand… Sky are saying May 2015 for the UK.
Real-life best friends Emily Mortimer (The Newsroom) and Dolly Wells (Spy) write and star in a semi-improvised original comedy. Exploring what happens when a Hollywood actress hires her childhood friend to be her personal assistant… NOTE: Moved to Sky Atlantic for season 2.
PLL may have vanished from normal TV, but all seasons are now on Netflix with new episodes airing less than 24hrs after the US.
Sky Atlantic brings satellite viewers the Cinemax drama about a former convict who assumes the identity of the sheriff in a small Amish town.
New sci-fi show from The Wachowskis (Matrix, V for Vendetta) and J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) about 8 people around the globe who find themselves telepathically connected.
Rapper 50 Cent (about 30p) stars in this series about a drug lord who runs a nightclub. Besides iTunes, it will also be available via Playstations and Xboxes.
A Canadian detective series with a hint of Columbo (in that we the audience are told before the protagonists who the baddie is).
Television adaptation of the Thomas Harris novels, focussing on the relationship between Agent Graham and Dr Lecter. Season 3 will be it’s last.
Bleak Swedish drama set in the forest where two children have gone missing
Britain’s most wanted criminals are hunted by a new policing agency
Join Dara and guests for more fun at the expense of current affairs.
Peter Mullan, Gary Lewis, Sharon Small, Christian Cooke and Charlotte Spencer all star in two-part dramatization of acclaimed author Iain Banks’ novel.
Brilliant Netflix Original drama about a socialite who ends up incarcerated in a women’s prison.
Danish thriller with four adult children gathering to divide the matriarch’s estate.
San Francisco detective series. I’m hoping for some Bullit-style car chases!
Scifi drama from Kudos about a world where humans and robots are identical. It is based on the Swedish series Akta manniskor (Real Humans)
A crew wakes up aboard a spaceship and has to work out why they are there.
Starring the voice of Michael Palin, the children’s classic from the early 70s gets a 21st century rejuvenation. Airs on CBeebies
New original comedy from Dave starring Daniel Rigby as a neurotic undercover cop, and Sarah Alexander who plays his handler, as he gets totally out of his depth infiltrating an Armenian crime family.
Jim Caviezel and his handy billionaire return for the third season, and have been picked up for a 5th (and possibly final) season in the US. Returns with episode 9
Who’s that (new) girl? It’s that Zooey Deschanel (you know, the one whose sister is in Bones!)
The FBI enlists the help of a specialist neuroscientist to help solve cases. As you do. Returns from episode 11 after the American break. Season 3 will shift to alibi
Comedy about a successful doctor with an iffy personal life. Cancelled by it’s US network but saved by Hulu. That may affect it’s pick up for season 4 on E4, we’ll have to wait and see.
David Hasselhoff plays a spoof version of himself in this new “mockumentary”
During the Second World War, British special operations helped Norwegians to sabotage Nazi nuclear energy plans. Previously know as The Heavy Water War.
The childhood plasticine man makes a triumphant return to tv after 15yrs away!
Sheridan is a policewoman investigating the murder of her husband
Comedy staring Tim Robbins & Jack Black about… a geopolitical crisis in Pakistan?…
Rae is a teenager with issues relating to her body size. The comedy returns for a final series.
Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughan take the reigns from McConaughey and Harrelson in the second season of the acclaimed drama. The premiere will be simulcast with the US on Monday, June 22 at 2am as well, but we’ve listed it under it’s regular timeslot.
The firefighters and medics of Engine 51 are back in the UK courtesy of Sky Living… Previously it aired in Oct, but it’s moved to June for the 3rd season.
New scifi show from SyFy, about a group of aliens called the Votans who are trying to live along side the people of Earth, after a devastating war between the two has taken it’s toll, not only on both sides, but on the Earth itself. Created by Rockne S. O’Bannon (the man behind seaQuest DSV, Farscape, and new series Cult), and starring Grant Bowler (Ugly Betty), Stephanie Leonidas (Whitechapel), Julie Benz (Angel, Dexter), Tony Curran (Vincent Van Gogh in Doctor Who), and Jaime Murray (Dexter, Spartacus, Warehouse 13, and Hustle.) Airs in April on SyFy in the USA and shortly afterwards on Syfy UK.
With a deadly virus out of control, Antwerp is closed off from the world. Seems like a cross between The Strain and Under The Dome. In Flemish.
An interesting new acquisition for the BBC, this conspiracy theory centres on terrorism and the American government.
Hank is a doctor in the wealthy Hamptons somewhat forced to help less wealthy patients. Usually airs in the summer
The very final episode composed of footage shot before the fracas, and additional voice overs recorded after.
The BBC will launch a new motoring entertainment programme in 2016 with Chris Evans. It’ll be the third programme with the name Top Gear.
Based on the Stephen King novel where a small town suddenly finds itself cut of from the rest of the world by an impassable barrier (the eponymous dome).
Not a premier as such because it’s already been available on iTunes, Blinkbox and Amazon, buts first for subscriptions. It’s also already available on BD/DVD. All 7 seasons will be on Sky On Demand from the 1st July too. Also Series 6 is on SPIKE 26/06/15 at 9pm starting with a double bill (first no one would air it, now it’s everywhere!).
2nd Mass are usually back to combat aliens in June. Check out our interview with cast member Treva Etienne here!
July 2015
New sci-fi starring Halle Berry as an astronaut. Had its first run on Amazon Instant, and will get a second run on Syfy.
A global catastrophe wipes out most of the life on the planet, again. This time, the cast and crew of an American navy destroyer are amongst the only ones left, and with the help of Michael Bay, have to find things out.
Family Guy season 13 moves from BBC Three to Two before we return to the Griffins in the autumn in their new home at ITV2 for season 14
Yes, this is a TV page, so bear with me. Star Trek is core Geektown stuff, and Syfy is showing the original six movies weekly, on Mondays at 9pm, starting with 1979’s The Motion Picture.
William Fichtner Stars as the token American in this European crime series set in a fictional police unit in The Hague. The team includes British, French, German, Italian and Dutch police as well as Donald Sutherland as a Dutch judge.
Comedy about the goings on behind the scenes on an American dating show.
New drama remake based on the 1987 CBS show of the same name, which was inspired by the famous fantasy tale… Beauty in this version is Smallville’s Kristin Kreuk with ‘The Beast’ played by Jay Ryan (Terra Nova). Incredibly, and against all odds, again, it got a renewal for a 4th season… clearly someone in BatB’s production team has dirt on The CW… ?
Cancelled by CBS, then almost resurrected by TNT and Lifetime but ultimately renewed by CBS and subsequently cancelled again, then resurrected AGAIN for a fourth season on A&E.
Based on the Luc Besson film starring Jason Statham. Produced by American, Canadian, French and German companies.
Series follows the story of a family man who finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. This is the original Australian version!
Renewed for a 6th season (sort of). It was actually renewed for a 5th season of 22 episodes, which they then chopped in half to make seasons 5 & 6.
Hayley Atwell will reprise her role from Captain America as Peggy Carter for another season, in a surprise renewal for a 2nd season for Agent Carter and now coming to FOX UK!
Andy Samberg and Kit Harrington star as two tennis players whose final lasts for seven days.
Yonderland follows 33-year old Mum Debbie Maddox (Howe-Douglas) who unexpectedly finds herself in an extraordinary world inhabited by a collection of eccentric (and usually idiotic) characters, some of whom happen to be puppets, with only an Elf by her side. Click to listen to our interview with the cast of Yonderland! You can also click here to listen to our 2nd interview with the cast!
Pirate drama from Michael Bay. First run is on Amazon, with second run on History.
Liev Schreiber returns as a man who can solve all the difficult problems of Hollywood’s rich and famous.
Series set 25 years after a war between angels and man has changed the world
Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as VP Selina Meyer in Armando Iannucci’s fantastic comedy.
Mel B, Howard Stern, Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum judge allegedly talented Americans.
Still set in Montreal, this English remake of the French original series sees an urban policeman team up with a rural partner.
New comedy television starring Don Cheadle & Kristen Bell based on the book ‘House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time.’
Will Arnett’s voice stars in this sitcom where humans and animals live side by side
Originally projected to return earlier in 2014, but it has since been cancelled, so Sky have been kicking the 3rd season airing around the schedules, with it finally showing up in July 2015.
Set 16yrs after Vader loses his legs, and 5yrs before Luke whinges about not being able to pick up power converters at Tosche Station, Star Wars Rebels is a new CGI animated series from Lucasfilm about the formation of the Rebel Alliance. Season 2 will air in the Autumn, but first you have the Star Wars Rebels: Siege of Lothal movie to tide you over. 
Another programme about zombies, this time from the people behind Eureka. Airs on SyFy in the US, and on Sky’s Pick TV here
A doctor becomes a therapist for an American football team. Three seasons exist.
Prisoner Cell Block H remake is back for a third season.
Followup to the comedy miniseries The Spoils of Babylon about a 1950s jazz pianist-turned-private eye who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. Stars Will Ferrell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Kristen Wiig & Haley Joel Osment (and many others!)
David Walliams takes on the James Warwick role in this remake of the Agatha Christie short stories. Humorous spy tales set in the 50s
A female politician hires a male nanny. First series is also available having previously been available on Netflix
The BBC has broadcast series 1, 2 and 3, with seasons 4-7 coming to Dave.
Rising like a phoenix from the flames of BBC cancellation, Ripper Street will return, premiering on Amazon Prime Instant Video, then air on the BBC1 afterwards.
August 2015
Epic new drama starring Sir Ben Kingsley as Vizier Ay Prime Minister to King Tut’s Egyptian Empire. Premieres on Spike in the U.S. on 19th July, with its UK premiere following ‘shortly after’. Hear our interview with Jeff Russo who’s composing the score for Tut here!
With a 21st century nod to the home-cooking that has helped make Britain one great nation, top chefs battle in heats around the country to win a place in the final in London. Airs almost daily, and begins this time in Scotland before continuing in other parts of the country.
James Bolam left last year, replaced by Denis Lawson. Another two original team members Amanda Redman and Alun Armstrong, are due to leave during series 10, with Nicholas Lyndhurst and Tamzin Outhwaite joining the cast. The final original star, Dennis Waterman, will leave during series 12, which apparently will be the last.
The baking competition with Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
The clever lawyers are back on our television in August this year.
1960’s cop show starring David Duchovny as a cop on the hunt for Charles Manson and the Manson Family before their infamous murder spree.
American remake of the British series about a group of women and their various affairs.
Animals become smarter and start making s series of planned attacks on humans in this new series from James Patterson
A well-heeled young teacher is posted to a small Canadian mining town in the 19th century.
New six-part miniseries from The Wire’s David Simon about home, race and community.
sixth season with the second lot of teenagers with children.
Cold war spy espionage drama set in the 1980s. First two seasons aired on ITV, with seasons three and four on ITV Encore
The latest prank show, this time with mischievous machines
Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk till Dawn movie gets a tv overhaul for his own ‘El Rey Network’ in the US, but is airing on Netflix internationally.
New horror TV show from Guillermo del Toro, about a vampiric virus that breaks out in NYC. Based on the Chuck Hogan novels, it has recently been given a third season
Hard-nosed wise-cracking Detective Rizzoli teams up once again with the brilliant social misfit Dr Isles.
Set during the Vichy administration of French hero Maréchal Pétain (who had an impossibly difficult job to do while de Gaulle was safely in London), this historical drama charts life in Nazi-occupied France.
At the time of writing, it could not be confirmed whether or not the plot would centre upon the portrait of the Fallen Madonna with ze big boobies.
Back with Simon Cowell… and some other people!
Brit Angus MacFadyen stars as the founder of the American private security and detective agency which at one point was the largest such organisation in the world, and is still in existence today.
A sort of QI meets Call My Bluff with Lee Mack returns for season 3
Companion show to the main Walking Dead series, this time set in LA. Coming to new channel AMC Global, which it looks like is a multi-year carriage deal with BT… So, you can get it on BT’s YouView (if you have BT Broadband… although it’ll make watching it hard with it stuttering and crashing all the time) or IF you have the £20 a month BT Sport package on Sky, you have AMC Global thrown in with it for ‘free’. But it won’t be in HD on Sky. It will also be streamed onto Amazon Prime at some point in 2016 if you’re happy to wait a little while!
Fictionalised version of Lenny Henry’ formative years, starring Lenny Henry.
September 2015
Character drama about a former convicted rapist returning to his home town
Irish mother and son go on adventurous trips again.
Rainn Wilson stars as the latest self-destructive detective, working on nasty crimes in Oregon
An NTSB team is under threat from a powerful shadowy group that manipulates disasters in America
A mad scientist takes his grandson on wacky adventures in this new cartoon. Runs straight into season 2 from 10 Sept
The BBC’s celebtrity dancing programme usually airs in September.
Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy) stars as a judge who believes God wants him to dispel a particular kind of justice.
Spinoff from The Closer, and performing well. Fourth season due shortly after the US
Online dating, stalking and revenge of sorts in Manhattan
Doc Martin returns for an 8 episode 7th series.
Baby Daddy means “the baby’s daddy”, and in this show the baby’s daddy has to look raise the baby by himself. Well, with his brother and his mother and some friends too.
The excellent Dave Gorman returns on Dave… appropriately…
Comedy about 2 best friends who decide to come out as lesbians in a bid to be popular.
The Rock brings his unique combination of charm and muscle to the small screen in this comedy about a retired sportsman
Drama based on the account of Falco infiltrating an American biker gang
Remake of the Australian TV show of the same name about a man who discovers the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime suspect in his death. This version stars Juliette Lewis & Ryan Phillippe.
Doctor who? Suzanne Jones plays a GP with the kind of life only imaginable in a television drama. She’s the heart of her small community, of course, and her husband might have had an affair, and her life and the lives of her patients become increasingly inter-scripted.
Join Dara and guests for more fun at the expense of current affairs.
A reality show where a group of people have to stay undetected from modern surveillance, living “off the Grid”. Nothing to do with Tron, and nothing to do with the BBC drama starring Melissa George
Back to the Dog and Dart and apparently moving back to Sky 1.
This Is England returns. Worrying, it’s a historical drama, set in the 90s… I’m so old…
William Fichtner Stars as the token American in this European crime series set in a fictional police unit in The Hague. The team includes British, French, German, Italian and Dutch police as well as Donald Sutherland as a Dutch judge.
Not Attenborough, the “other” Richard brings his brand of wide-eyed glee to the Amazon rainforest.
Join the foul mouthed boys and their friends in the quiet little mountain town.
Peter Capaldi returns for his second full series since becoming the Doctor, along with Jenna Coleman.
I want a show called Fake Housewives In Wonderland…
The hugely popular show returns for its 6th and final series.
Sky Living are airing highlights of the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, less than 24 hours after the big night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. This year’s host is Andy Samberg.
The Golden Globe-nominated dark comedy starring Emmy-winner Edie Falco as a drug-addicted nurse returns.
In an interesting shift, Orphan Black is launching on the iPlayer before it airs on BBC3… and the BBC3 air date is 2.10am 27th Sept, so it’s more there as a curtesy to people who want to record it or stay up really late to watch live! It’ll then run 2 episodes a night a 1.30am every night till 1st Oct. I suspect this has less to do with BBC3 not having faith in the show, and more to do with the fact that most BBC3 viewers watch on iPlayer, so it’s kind of irrelevant when they air it live… A fourth series has been commissioned by BBC America.
Show about the hidden lives of a couple that appear to have it all…
3 part mini-series based on Phil Rickman’s novels about Merrily Watkins – a country vicarR#8230; and exorcist… Stars Anna Maxwell-Martin and David Threlfall.
NCIS in New Orleans, starring Quantum Leap and Enterprise’s Scott Bakula, American Gothic’s Lucas Black, C. C. H. Pounder from Warehouse 13, and Zoe McLellan (Dirty Sexy Money).
High concept US Comedy starring Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, January Jones and Mel Rodriguez. Phil is the last man on Earth after a virus wipes out the male population of the planet. Season 2 has been fast-tracked on Dave and is coming less than 24hrs after the US.
He’s the greatest. He’s fantastic. Wherever there is danger he’ll be there.
People cook things and are judged accordingly, in Australia.
originally paired with Modern Family on Sky1, the Middle has been on Comedy Central since season 5
Comedy about a 30-something having difficulty making commitments
It looks like CSI will return for the last time with a 2hr movie, with William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger both returning.
After being dropped by Comedy Central, it’s back… on Comedy Central! Same show, but with a new host – Trevor Noah.
With the surname “Queen of Scots”, it was apparent young Mary was destined for greatness. This new series portrays her early years in the French Court.
Sky/NBC co-production. The end of the world draws nearer as the globetrotting comedy-drama starring Mathew Baynton, Pauline Quirke, Rob Lowe, Jenna Fischer and Megan Mullally.
Channel 5 dropped Once Upon A Time, but it’s finally back in the UK on Netflix, with new episodes airing the day after the US! Should return in September.
October 2015
Tv adaptation of the Scream movie series. Airs on MTV in the US and Netflix in the UK.
Paul and Ian are back with ten more episodes of the popular comedy panel show. The first episode is hosted by the new leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Clarkson.
Anne Marie Duff stars as a police office, having moved from Greater Manchester to the western Isles, finds her past catching up with her.
Nothing to do with last night’s kebab, this drama follows a small community after 100 people disappear. From Damon Lindelof (Lost, Once Upon a Time, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Tom Perrotta (writer of The Leftovers novel).
Josh Duhamel stars in this new series about a policeman and FBI agent who have to work together.
New spin off from the CSI franchise, starring Patricia Arquette and James Van Der Beek following the Cyber Crime Division at Quantico, Virginia. Starts week of 3rd Oct.
Musical drama series about a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises. Stars Terrence Howard. Already renewed for a 2nd series.
Some kids in their Twenties live in east London and navigate work, religion, parenthood and something called Beyoncé.
Nicola Walker (Spooks) leads a strong cast in this cold-case murder mystery
A comedy from Amazon, about a tennis coach in the 80s.
With the surname “Queen of Scots”, it was apparent young Mary was destined for greatness. This new series portrays her early years in the French Court.
Starring Claire Danes, the American remake of Israeli “Prisoners of War”. Usually returns to the US in early October, and shortly thereafter in the UK.
The US cable ratings monster returns. Fifth season comes to non pay-TV people on new channel Spike, and Season 6 back on Fox in October.
Walking Dead discussion show, hosted by Chris Hardwick.
Karl Pilkington sets out to discover the answers to some of the hard questions in life.
Stellan Skarsgård stars in this new drama with a number of cliches which hopefully won’t impede an excellent script. Title = lead detective’s unconventional surname- check. Said detective carries emotional baggage to help give the script some background weight – check. Detective of course is also a brilliant genius – check….
From the guys behind Arrow, Grant Gustin dons the speedster outfit to take on the role of Barry Allen aka The Flash.
the final season comes to the UK courtesy of Syfy
Haven season 5 was split into 2 parts, with part 1 airing Sept 20014, and part 2 in 2015
More fun to come with the Winchester boys, thanks to E4.
Alan Sugar is back with more me-first wannabe execs.
More espionage fun with everybody’s favourite animated spy.
The ginger (well, more white these days) one returns with TFI Friday to Channel 4.
The well-rated French zombie drama returns to 4 in 2015 with the story set six months later. NOTE: Now moved from C4 to More4.
Stephen, Alan and friends return for more clever musings.
Stars Rami Malek (Ahkmenrah in Night at the Museum, The Pacific) as young hacker and security technician Elliot Alderson and Christian Slater as Mr. Robot, a digital anarchist who recruits him to his hacker group. Already renewed for a 2nd season. Airing on Amazon in the UK.
Set 16yrs after Vader loses his legs, and 5yrs before Luke whinges about not being able to pick up power converters at Tosche Station, Star Wars Rebels is a new CGI animated series from Lucasfilm about the formation of the Rebel Alliance. Airing just days after the US.
The second series of TV movies based on the Intercrime series of books.
The very long running crime drama returns to Universal
Not the Muppet Show, this new series from the creator of the Big Bang Theory takes us into the personal lives (rather than “professional” lives) of our beloved furry friends.
The worst of American criminals continue to be dramatically showcased. Far earlier this time, in October, which of course means it will be subject to the American mid season break
Inspired by the Coen brothers 1996 film of the same name, and returning for a 2nd season.
James May is back on two consecutive evenings
Another programme about zombies, this time from the people behind Eureka. Airs on SyFy in the US, and on Sky’s Pick TV here.
Season 5: Hotel, stars Lady Gaga!
Animation about a family running a burger joint
renewed to season 10, the costly comedy returns shortly after the U.S.
The term “modern-day retelling” doesn’t always fill me with delight, especially when coupled with the resurrection of a long-dead character. However, the forces behind this particular modern-day retelling with resurrection of title character are Kutzman and Orci – the geniuses behind Fringe, so in this case delight is in abundance!
Click here to listen to our interview with the ladies of Sleepy Hollow!
The Beeb does Vikings, with Wessex the eponymous last kingdom standing up to the Norse invaders.
Russell Howard returns with more good news.
Paranormal reality television series about hunting ghosts.
Starring Famke Jannsen, this murder mystery series is another Netflix production. As ever with Netflix, the whole series will be available on the premiere date, with no specific time.
Set in 1930’s London, Tom Bateman (Da Vinci’s Demons) plays Robert Jekyll, grandson of Dr Jekyll on a quest to discover his real identity, his true family history and the nature of his ‘curse’. Written by Charlie Higson.
‘Historical fantasy drama’ series about Leonardo da Vinci’s early life. Co-production between BBC Worldwide and Starz networks.
American horror-comedy from Glee and American Horror Story’s Ryan Murphy.
Technically not a UK premiere, but people keep on mentioning it, so it’s back in the list. Teen Wolf is coming back on ‘normal’ TV with season 1 on 5*, and hopefully the other seasons to follow (not confirmed). You can get up to Season 3 on iTunes in the UK, and also get the later seasons legally is using a DNS Switcher like Unlocator to access Netflix US if you have a Netflix account.
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s critically acclaimed comedy returns for a 2nd series.
originally paired with Modern Family on Sky1, the Middle has been on Comedy Central since season 5
The first part of new series have appeared in October the past couple of years, with the second half airing in February in the UK.
New series running on Showtime in the US starring Dominic West about, as the title suggests, an affair!
Detective series set in Melbourne in the 1920s.
American legal drama about a group of law students, and their professor, Annalise DeWitt (Viola Davis), who become entangled in a murder plot…
The BBC puts a very politically correct cast of police onto the streets of Brighton. Click here to listen to our interview with Karen Bryson who plays Custody Sergeant Melanie Pyke in the show.
From the team behind Flash/Arrow comes Melissa Benoist as Supergirl. 24yr old Kara Zor-El, cousin of Superman, who was sent away from Krypton and taken in by by the Danvers family where she hides her identity as Kara Danvers.
Medical drama set in an overcrowded and understaffed ER in LA. Airs 30th Sept in US and very soon after in the UK.
Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook are metal detectors (detectorists!) in Essex in this easy-going comedy
Matthew Senreich & Seth Green’s wonderfully ludicrous Robot Chicken returns for an 8th season.
Adil Ray creates and stars in this British sitcom about a Pakistani family in Birmingham
The excellent James Spader returns as Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington for a 3rd season of Blacklisty goodness (or badness… yep, probably badness if Red is involved)…
Another new version of Gerry Anderson’s classic, mixing live action with animation!
November 2015
In a show that might appeal to fans of Warehouse 13, Rebecca Romijn stars as one of a group of people charged with investing mysterious goings-on. Based on the film trilogy.
New comedy about an 18-year-old music lover who’s just had his heart broken.
Sky’s popular supermarket sitcom returns for a new series
Two girls in their twenties medicate their way through life in New York
We return to the dictatorship from Aberdeen for a second series.
The Golden Globe-nominated dark comedy starring Emmy-winner Edie Falco as a drug-addicted nurse returns.
A nightclubbing youth falls for a spy in London. Support in the form of Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling
The popular stand-up showcase returns to the BBC. NOTE: Moved from BBC One to BBC Two
sean Bean stars in a version of Mary Shelley’s classic. How long will he survive? Airs on Itv Encore
Due in 2015, this ninth series will be the last
Josh Widdicombe, the ginger-haired young man often found on comedy panel shows, gets his own show starring as Josh.
Samantha Morton stars in this Anglo-French heist series.
A genius computer type, eccentric of course, and some other young geniuses team up to save the world weekly via computers. Robert Patrick is also present
Follow real policemen tracking down real villains on the real streets on Manchester and Leeds.
Ant & Dec rekindle some careers in the insect-laden rainforest again.
Series based on the Walt Longmire books where the titular character, a small town sheriff, is investigating serious crimes, returning to work following his wife’s death, and battling his deputy for re-election to the job. Cancelled by its US network, but saved by Netflix for a 4th season coming in November.
Syfy brings us the fourth and final season
A martial arts warrior and a boy embark on a perilous journey in this new American show
Sherlock in New York. Now with added John Noble.
Based on the Philip K Dick novel, this series presents a bleak alternate timeline where the Nazis won the War (as opposed to the bleakness of rampant nationalism and religious extremism). Set, of course, in America, the former USA has been split (much as Germany was in reality) between the Japanese, the Nazis, with a neutral zone in between. It’s produced by Amazon with Ridley Scott and after a successful pilot, a full series has been ordered.
One of five new live-action Marvel shows on Netflix. Daredevil will be first, then Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage, with a 13 episode Defenders series at the end including all the characters.
The original (now that a British/French and US/Mexican remake are in the works), returns to BBC Four in the autumn
Dara O’Briain looks at the future of food production, retail and of course eating in this three part series
Residents of a typical London street receive strange messages in this Beeb adaptation of the John Lanchester novel.
Fresh from the Strike Back finale, Sullivan Stapleton stars in this crime drama centring on a woman with tattoos of crimes needing to be solved.
The US sitcom about four women in Ohio.
40yr old tries to reboot her career by pretending to be 26.
Documentary-style police show starring Being Human’s Damian Molony. Due last week of Nov.
December 2015
Bruce Campbell returns as the chinny zombie-fighter in ten half-hour episodes. First five episodes come to Virgin on 1st Dec, with the rest added weekly
American political thriller. First two seasons aired on More4, then moving to Sky Living from season 3. Not easy to predict a return date with Sky Living’s ‘throw a 6 to start’ scheduling policy, but it looks like it’s back in December…
Comedy-drama about 2 friends travelling through parallel universes! Stars the Inbetweeners’ Blake Harrison.
Having aired in the Autumn (with the large American break) and in January without it, for season 12 Sky Living seems to be splitting the difference and going for December
Philip Glenister takes over from John Simm as a policeman who gets involved in a series of complicated plot lines.
Idris Elba’s unhinged and unconventional detective returns week of the 12th Dec for a mini 4th run.
Dropped by 5*… Final 2 seasons being given a send-off by Netflix
Adil Ray creates and stars in this British sitcom about a Pakistani family in Birmingham
Canadian tv cop show set in the 1890’s following William Murdoch as he solves crime in Toronto using cutting edge (for 1890!) forensic science. Season 9 follows in January
A comedy about three retired couples, starring Russ Abbott
Sky’s popular supermarket sitcom returns for a new series
The popular 1950s medical drama returns to the BBC.
Peter Capaldi rounds off his second full series with the traditional Christmas episode.
The hugely popular show returns for its last ever episode. Will Edith’s story end happily?
The Agatha Christie book is the biggest selling crime novel of all time and the Beeb has put together a TV adaptation with an impressive cast including Charles Dance and Sam Neill.
Sir David Jason returns to the classic sitcom for this second series
The popular remake with the classic theme tune is back for a sixth season.