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January 2016
Western set after the United States Civil War show returns.
The adventures of young Inspector Morse return to our screens
Andrew Davies presents an adaptation of one of the greatest works of literature
Supernatural series from Denmark, about a brother and sister who survive on the life force of other humans.
A timely reminder of problems created by splitting a country in two, this highly-rated German drama, centred on a spy for the East German Stasi, kicks off Channel 4’s new foreign language project – Walter Presents, available initially on Channel 4.
Argentinian drama about a dangerous sect that kidnaps a policeman’s daughter.
Part of Germany’s Tatort series, this drama follows an undercover agent.
French drama centring on the eponymous eatery, a hangout for westerners during last decade’s war in Afghanistan.
ITV has a go at the classic warrior story. 13 episodes
Yet another police drama for Walter, this time a Czech film director becomes a photographer for an elite police squad.
Forensic pathologists help police solve murders in Manchester
New comedy from the BBC about a young woman who ropes her brother into a scheme to keep her easy job.
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. There’s some confusion over the season numbering in the UK compared to the US, but the next ‘unaired in the UK’ season they are calling season 14 here (i believe it’s called season 15 in the US).
A new comedy panel show with Sue Perkins, Richard Osman and Josh Widdecombe, with the weekly theme being famous people of the same name.
Real Housewives… In Beverly Hills? I’m sure that’s an oxymoron…
Looks like our favourite crime-solving, crime-fighting duo is back! According to Alibi’s twitter account, Castle is back to its Jan time slot.
History Channel mini-series drama about the Texas Revolution against Mexico. Stars a stellar cast including Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Ray Liotta, Brendan Fraser, and Robert Knepper.
Which county in the whole of Britain has by far the highest murder rate? Answer- the English county of Midsomer of course! Barnaby’s cousin continues to investigate grisly deaths in quaint locales.
New York. Stockholm. Over the course of the last 12 months, young, blonde and blue-eyed women have been turning up dead in a field of asphodel flowers.
The greatest moustache in the world returns for a sixth outing.
90s favourite sitcom returns after 15 years, making the jump the BBC to itv. The three original stars are all returning.
Sky’s sporting comedy quiz returns.
Another American police show. This time however, it is a comedy making fun of all the other American police shows.
More light hearted murder investigation in the Caribbean.
A new community is built in Yorkshire in the 19th century
Has previously aired in October but season 10 was changed to January for Fox’s rebrand launch night and the pattern will continue.
Jeremy Piven brings his “manic energy” from his portrayal of Entourage’s Ari Gold to this drama about the retail magnate Harry Selfridge.
Based on the Luc Besson film starring Jason Statham. Produced by American, Canadian, French and German companies.
Animation about a family running a burger joint
The president is assassinated and the characters of this French drama must deal with the consequences.
Marvel Universe series continues. Now with added Inhumans! Returned late Sept in the US, and moved from Channel 4 to E4 in the UK.
A group of postal workers turn detective, to try and track down the intended recipients of undelivered mail. Stars Ugly Betty’s Eric Mabius. After the 1st season, the show was rebranded as a series of tv movies which are being run weekly in the UK.
Spinoff from The Closer, and performing well. Fourth season due shortly 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.
Talent show based on Pop Idol, one of the many TV talent shows, but with Americans.
Show from Steven Soderbergh starring Clive Owen set in the 1900 about Knickerbocker Hospital, and the ground-breaking surgeons, nurses and staff, who push the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics.
Season 5: Hotel, stars Lady Gaga!
Anna Faris stars in this sitcom about a dysfunctional mum and daughter.
The original teen mothers are back. Are they grandmothers now? Let’s find out. Or not.
Russia invades another country. This is fiction though, in a new drama from Jack of all trades Jo Nesbo, and the country in question is a fictionalised Norway.
New sci-fi starring Halle Berry as an astronaut. Had its first run on Amazon Instant, and will get a second run on Syfy.
TV Series based on The Mortal Instruments novels by Cassandra Clare starring The Maze Runner’s Katherine McNamara as Clary Fray, a girl who discovers on her 19th birthday she comes from a line of humans born with angelic blood who protect humanity from demons known as Shadowhunters.
PLL may have vanished from normal TV, but all seasons are now on Netflix with new episodes airing less than 24hrs after the US.
Medical drama set in an overcrowded and understaffed ER in LA.
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.
Murder mystery set in… well… guess where, starring Douglas Henshall (Primeval).
The popular 1950s medical drama returns to the BBC.
FBI cases consist of the weekly discovery of, well, bones, and only one person can help. It’s air Jan in the UK for the last few season, however FOX in the US are messing around with the schedule at the moment, so that will cause issues here. It started back in Oct in the US and ran through Nov, but doesn’t have a post-Christmas air date on the US schedules for the 2nd half of the season. This may make Sky decide to leave it to air later in the year…
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
Lucky Man is the story of DI Harry Clayton (James Nesbitt), a cop from Central London’s notorious Murder Squad, who is given a charm that seems to confer upon the wearer the ability to control luck.
A US remake by Amazon of the Sky 1 show Mad Dogs. Interestingly this version also stars Ben Chapman, but as one of the main 4 this time, with Billy Zane taking over the ‘Alvo’ role. Also stars The Soprano’s Michael Imperioli, Steve Zahn and Romany Malco. Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Lie to Me) is developing with original writer Cris Cole.
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.
Pirate drama from Michael Bay. First run is on Amazon, with second run on History.
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.
From producers of Orphan Black, about a trio of intergalactic bounty hunters!
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.
It’s beginning to look like Syfy hasn’t secured the rights to season 3 (although I stress this isn’t confirmed), so if you want to watch it, your best bet right now is iTunes.
Tom Ellis stars in this DC adaptation as the Prince of Hell who moves to Los Angeles.
US sitcom set in the 1980’s, based on a fictionalised version of the childhood of the writer, Adam F. Goldberg.
Urban legends are resoundingly trounced by science.
Tea Leoni is the Secretary of State with a CIA background.
Rainn Wilson stars as the latest self-destructive detective, working on nasty crimes in Oregon
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, close to the US air date this time!
Sherlock in New York. Now with added John Noble.
DCI Vera and her sharp wit are back to solve North East England’s worst crimes
February 2016
The clever lawyers are back on our television for the second half of the season
The cop drama with fairy tales will return for a fifth season just days after the US.
Supernatural horror drama starring Mena Suvari as a demon-hunter-for-hire!
Following last year’s Back in time for Dinner, Giles Coren takes another middle class family back in time, this time experiencing weekend activities decade by decade
Dr Tori Herridge of the Natural History Museum journeys back in time to see for herself the evidence for the geological catastrophe that caused the land bridge which linked Britain to Continental Europe to be swept away.
Mulder and Scully return for a limited time to investigate more X-Files. The ‘20 essential episodes‘ specially selected by the shows creator Chris Carter to help people who haven’t seen the original show get up to speed, people who need a refresher, will be starting on Monday 11th January on 5* and Demand 5.
The picturesque but drug-ridden towns of Calderdale return for a second series on the BBC.
A fictionalised Royal Family drama, with Liz Hurley as the Queen. Let that sink in for a moment. Liz Hurley as the Queen.
Seth McFarlane’s cartoon about the Smith family.
The very long running crime drama returns to Universal
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 February
‘The Daily Show with more prep time’ returns for a 3rd hilarious and genius season!
Walking Dead discussion show, hosted by Chris Hardwick.
Show from Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street, Boardwalk Empire) about the sex and drug-addled music business in the 70’s at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop. Premiere will be simlcast with the US at 2am, then air in a more reasonable 9pm time slot.
Anthology series, with the first season covering OJ Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr)
Chicago-based weight-loss sitcom. Cancelled after it’s 6th season.
originally paired with Modern Family on Sky1, the Middle has been on Comedy Central since season 5
Spin off from the awesome Breaking Bad, starring Bob Odenkirk reprising his role as lawyer Saul Goodman. Airing on Netflix UK just hours after the US.
Alan returns to North Norfolk Digital for a 2nd season.
Off air since 2010, creator Tim Kring is bringing back the people with special powers for a “limited series”. Due 3rd week of Feb on 5*.
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. The US are airing it as a mid-season replacement for season 3, which puts it in January 2016 in the US and perhaps shortly thereafter here.
This year originality seems to be pushed aside in favour of adaptations of films. This time it’s Bradley Cooper’s Limitless. A man takes a brain-enhancing special drug and helps the FBI do stuff.
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.
Tom Hiddleston (Loki) is a former soldier recruited into intelligence circles. Also starring Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman
The BBC has broadcast series 1, 2 and 3, with seasons 4-7 coming to Dave.
Comedy staring Lena Dunham following a group of friends in their 20s as they navigate life in New York City. Coming to end after it’s 6th season in 2017.
Student sitcom from the writers of Peep Show returns for one final season.
Cuckoo is back for a 3rd season. Stars Greg Davies and Helen Baxendale.
Jim Caviezel and his handy billionaire return for the fourth season, with a fifth (possibly final) already confirmed. Should return 3rd week of Feb.
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, then back in Feb.
New tv series based on the Shannara books by Terry Brooks from Into the Badlands & Smallville creators Alfred Gough & Miles Millar. Airs on MTV in the US and announced in Jan that it had been acquired by 5* for the UK. Arriving 3rd week of Feb
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 excellent James Spader returns as Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington for a 3rd season of Blacklisty goodness (or badness… yep, probably badness if Red is involved)…
Continuation of US sitcom Full House, which sees the Tanner family arrive on Netflix for 13 episodes.
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).
A reality show, set in Atlanta, about housewives.
A little known cartoon… Still going strong.
The Griffins move to their new home on ITV2.
The creators of Family Guy take us not to Berwick-upon-Tweed, but to a fictional town on the US/Mexico border in this new animation
March 2016
From the guys behind Arrow, Grant Gustin dons the speedster outfit to take on the role of Barry Allen aka The Flash.
American legal drama about a group of law students, and their professor, Annalise DeWitt (Viola Davis), who become entangled in a murder plot…
A priest, who also happens to be a retired Scots Guard, teams up with a policeman in 1950s Cambridgeshire.
Arthur Darvill and Brandon Routh star in DC’s stab at creating a TV series not in support of their cinematic universe. A time traveller has to bring together forces of good and bad to fight some kind of a threat. In an interesting Prison Break reunification, Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller also star.
Two brothers and a sister are told they will only get their inheritance from their late mother’s will if they jointly run the family guest house for a year.
American political thriller. First two seasons aired on More4, then moving to Sky Living from season 3.
Kevin Spacey’s tour de force as Francis J. Underwood continues, with more 2-faced backstabbing and political intrigue.
A long time ago, there was a show called Penn & Teller: Fool Us which aired on ITV, hosted by Jonathan Ross where magicians perform tricks and Penn & Teller have to guess how it was done. ITV dropped it, but the format was sold to The CW in the US (with Ross still hosting), and that version has now been bought by Channel 5 to air back over here.
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.
Reality drama about people who are not entirely honest in their online dating
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
New culture-clash comedy with the premise that aliens have been living amongst us for decades. Stars Michael Socha (This is England, Being Human, Once Upon A Time), Michaela Coel (Top Boy), Michael Smiley (Luther), Ashley Walters (Outcasts, Top Boy, Hustle), Holli Dempsey (Derek), Trystan Gravelle (Mr Selfridge).
BBC programme for teenagers about the dual problems of being a teenager and also being a werewolf.
American medical drama about the nightshift of a ER at San Antonio Medical Center.
Once Upon A Time is back in the UK on Netflix, with new episodes airing right after the US.
Hard-nosed wise-cracking Detective Rizzoli teams up once again with the brilliant social misfit Dr Isles. season 7 will be the last.
Drama about a group of young FBI recruits going through their training at Quantico. Airs 27th Sept in the US and in 2016 here
Another of Amazon’s pilots recently ordered to series, Bosch follows the eponymous detective from Michael Connolly’s books.
The drama about the the British Empire in India returns.
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.
Pirate drama from Michael Bay. First run is on Amazon, with second run on History.
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.
Renewed to season 10, the costly comedy returns shortly after the U.S. E4, with there’s usual ‘throw a six to start’ BBT scheduling are running the first half of season 9 again with 2 episodes each Thurs, so it looks like it should return early 2016
Based on the Arthur C Clarke novel, this three part miniseries focusses on a new age of human prosperity p, beginning with the arrival of alien spaceships.
Stephen Mangan stars in this imaginitively-titled series about the friendship between American Harry Houdini and Brit Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. First episode on 13th on ITV main channel.
Daredevil returns to Netflix. Next up should be Luke Cage, then Iron Fist, then a Defenders series including all the characters.
Spin off from Chicago Fire – this one set in a hospital… which isn’t on fire… I hope… That wouldn’t be good… Started in Nov in the US, and coming to Universal in the UK in 2016.
Seems Mr. Kemp has got tired of being shot at and being threatened abroad, and has returned to take a look at problems in the UK.
Belgian drama chronicling the plight of Eastern European girls trafficked for prostitution.
a Miami woman is artificially and accidentally inseminated
Following the acclaimed second series starring Keeley Hawes, creator Jed Mercurio brings us back to the bleak world of AC-12.
Technically not a UK premiere, but people keep on mentioning it, so it’s back in the list. Teen Wolf is continuing on ‘normal’ TV with season 2 on 5*. 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.
Premiering on AMC Global in the UK, but seeing as only about 6 people have that channel, we’re tracking the Amazon Prime uk air date too. All 6 episodes of the show will drop at the same time.
Stargate’s Michael Shanks (husband of Continuum’s Lexa Doig) , and Smallville’s Erica Durance star in this Canadian hospital drama where a doctor becomes a patient. Seasons 1 & 2 aired on Watch who subsequently dropped the programme due to low ratings, with season 3 coming to Sony
Dark satirical comic-drama originally supposed to star Philip Seymour Hoffman, but went to Steve Coogan after Hoffman passed away. Ran for 1 season before Showtime cancelled it.
April 2016
Ashton Kutcher and Elisha Cuthbert star in this series set on, you guessed it, a ranch. In Colorado.
Set in Glasgow, this comedy looks at the lives of the Lairds, their friends and family.
A disjointed family runs a gym in California
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. Returns from episode 9.
Sophie Okenodo stars as a lawyer whose husband is harbouring a secret past
Set in rural Cheshire during the war (long before ridiculous football players moved in), this series follows the women left at home
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.
Character drama about a former convicted rapist returning to his home town
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. Now renewed for 2 more seasons!
Romantic comedy with some darker tones from the makers of ‘Weeds’ and ‘Orange Is the New Black’ coming to the UK in early April.
Josh Holloway is an FBI agent in a Los Angeles run by aliens, while is family is torn between collaboration and resistance. This Vichy pastiche also stars Prison Break/Walking Dead’s Sarah Wayne Callies.
Paul and Ian are back with ten more episodes of the popular comedy panel show.
Modern day ‘It’s A Knockout’ with a nature theme returns for a 2nd series.
Or 22/11/63 if the date units are put in a proper, logical order. Anyway, it’s a time-travelling, Kennedy-assassination drama starring James Franco, due in February 2016 (or, is that 1620 Ruaryfeb) in America.
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
Musical drama series about a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises. Stars Terrence Howard.
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 (and released on DVD/BD) if you’re happy to wait a little while!
New British comedy coming to Sky Atlantic from Julia Davis about… well… Camping! All six episodes available to watch straight away on Sky Box Sets from the 12th April.
A second series called “Sabotage” will air April 2016.
The fictional Manchester duo return for a fifth series
After the apocalypse ending of season 2, we start season three in a dream-within-a-dream with Todd Margaret (David Cross, Arrested Development) boasting a full head of hair and goatee.
Following a number of successful telemovies, Guy Pierce stars as Jack Irish in a new 6 part series about the criminal lawyer turned investigator.
A woman escapes from a cult and tries to lead a normal life
First TV drama from best-selling author Harlen Coben about a group of friends who are united by a terrible incident.
A fourth series of the cloning drama, and although the first three seasons came to BBC Three, it appears that it has now been bought by Netflix instead
French drama centring on the eponymous eatery, a hangout for westerners during last decade’s war in Afghanistan. Season 1 available from January 2016, with season 2 in April
FBI cases consist of the weekly discovery of, well, bones, and only one person can help. Renewed in Feb 2016 for a 12 episode final season.
Yet another one based on a film, this time the Jackie Chan buddy cop comedy. Fortunately the TV series is without the unbelievably annoying Chris Tucker.
New spin-off in the Criminal Minds franchise starring Gary Sinise and Anna Gunn about a division of the FBI that helps American people in trouble abroad.
More fun to come with the Winchester boys, thanks to E4.
New detective series set on the Welsh coast. As with the first series, it’ll likely premiere in three stages, firstly in Wales on S4C (13th September 2015) and then on BBC Wales as Y Gwyll in Welsh. The English-language version will be broadcast on BBC Four to all four parts of the country later.
from season 6 onwards, the tv series is now ahead of the published books. The premiere will also be aired at 2am, earlier the same day, at the same time as the US.
Sean Bean stars as a spy who is given reason to doubt who he is. From the creator of Homeland. So… The Bean Identity… [insert less appalling joke here]. Cancelled after 2 seasons.
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.
Revolutionary War-era drama based on the Alexander Rose novel ‘Washington’s Spies’. Due back in spring.
Follows the plot of the film to begin with – Time travel, deadly virus etc. Back in the US in April.
No, not the one with Nick Berry. This is a US show starring Melissa George (Home & Away, Hunted, The Good Wife) as Dr. Alex Panttiere, a world-renowned heart transplant surgeon. Starts 23rd March in the US, and on TLC in the UK ‘soon after’.
May 2016
Romantic drama starring Andie McDowell as a small town judge. Filmed in Vancouver and set just down the road.
New series from the creators of Veronica Mars. Airs on CW in the US this Autumn.
A brother and a sister raise a teenager, while helping each other out with dating
Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as Selina Meyer in Armando Iannucci’s fantastic comedy.
Two girls in their twenties medicate their way through life in New York
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.
The show has already been picked up for a total of 100 episodes, and the plan is to basically run solidly for the next 2 years – only breaking for holidays, sports events, and the other usual things that make the US schedule so erratic. They said it’ll work out about 45 episodes a year from Jan 2013 but the show ended on its 100th episode.
Final run from episodes 83-100
Gang warfare in Birmingham, 1919-style. Check out the podcast with a huge Q&A with the cast, and our video of the red carpet interviews from the the season 2 premiere event!
Gerard Depardieu stars as the mayor of Marseille in this political drama from France
Some students in New York discover that magic is real.
Jane Fonda stars in this comedy about two women whose husbands fall in love with each other. Also starring Martin Sheen
A six-part sitcom about the life of William Shakespeare from Ben Elton starring David Mitchell. It’s 1592 and Will Shakespeare is just at the beginning of his extraordinary career. The series will focus on both Will’s family and professional life and include the surprising stories of where many of his ideas came from. Also featured are his wife Anne and his extended family, his servant Bottom, his friends Kate and Marlowe, his theatrical troupe, and his rival Robert Greene.
Gritty Italian mafia drama comes to the satellite channel.
Machiavellian politics & finance drama starring Damian Lewis as a brilliant but cut-throat hedge fund boss, and Paul Giamatti as a U.S. Attorney. It’s also going to land on Sky Boxsets on the 12th May, so you can binge watch your way through the whole lot!
Was called The Frankenstein Code, then Lookinglass, and finally Second Chance… Stars Robert Kazinsky as a corrupt policeman is brought back from the dead, as you do, with nods towards Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein. Given it’s woeful ratings, it’s highly unlikely to get a 2nd season…
Described as ‘Entourage for Geeks’, and is the best half hour comedy on tv right now.
Sharlto Copley and Michelle Forbes star in this new show about a special police division that investigates super-power cases. 10th March in US, later in Europe. Commissioned by, and first airing on the Playstation Network, it’s now coming to regular (but not cable) TV on Spike.
The first series aired on Living, while the second and third were on alibi. The 4th and 5th and 6th are available on iTunes, with up to season 5 on Netflix. Universal will be running the series from the start.
Spanish prison thriller with hints of dark humour.
AMC tackles the American nuclear project known as the Manhattan Project in this new drama
Cold war spy espionage drama set in the 1980s. First two seasons aired on ITV, with seasons three and four on ITV Encore. Renewed for a 5th & final 6th season in the US.
New werewolf show starring Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, V) as Elena Michaels, the only female werewolf in existence. Canadian show, which airs on Space in Canada and SyFy in the US, and most recently on Syfy in the UK from the beginning
Drama about a former convict who assumes the identity of the sheriff in a small Amish town. Final season is wholly available on Sky on Demand, as well as being broadcast on Sky Atlantic.
Jesse Custer is a preacher from a small Texas town who just happens to be possessed with Genesis, a half angel, half demon entity. Stars Dominic Cooper (aka Howard Stark & Ian Fleming), and produced by Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen.
The Royle Family’s Sue Johnston and Craig Cash star in this brand new British comedy set in the run-down clubhouse of fictional non-league football team Redbridge Rovers.
Historical drama from US channel History, first UK run courtesy of Amazon Instant, then airing on the History Channel UK.
Drama from the stable of Shonda Rhimes (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy,How to Get Away with Murder), about a fraud investigator who is poised to be the victim of a fraud by her fiancé.
New mini-series coming to Sky Arts from the pen of award-winning novelist Neil Gaiman.
New drama from the makers of Damages, starring Kyle Chandler and Linda Cardellini
The Musketeers plus Marc Warren, return for a third and final series.
A film censor falls in love with an erotic actress in this Brazilian drama.
Czech sci-fi comedy about a secret group of underwater people coming under threat
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.
Tv adaptation of the Scream movie series. Airs on MTV in the US and Netflix in the UK.
June 2016
Hotelier Alex Polizzi returns to inspect and correct troubled British hotels.
Who’s that (new) girl? It’s that Zooey Deschanel (you know, the one whose sister is in Bones!)
A crime reporter gets divorced then returns to her hometown of Aarhus in Denmark
Based on the Skybound/Image comic title by creator Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead) and artist Paul Azaceta, follows Kyle Barnes, a young man who has been plagued by demonic possession all his life. Now, with the help of the Reverend Anderson, a preacher with personal demons of his own, Kyle embarks on a journey to find answers and regain the normal life he lost. But what Kyle discovers could change his fate — and the fate of the world — forever.
Comedy about the goings on behind the scenes on an American dating show.
Ashley Jensen (Extras) stars as PR-guru turned-amateur-sleuth Agatha Raisin as the bright and witty murder mystery returns with eight stories based on MC Beaton’s bestselling whodunnit novels.
The 2nd half of season 7 finally returns to ITV2.
Two FBI agents go missing in this mystery from M Night Shyamalan. Season 1 began on the same day as the US (so actually before them due to the time difference) – with season 2 coming to us a couple of weeks after them.
Join Dara, Hugh and guests for more fun at the expense of current affairs.
The firefighters and medics of Engine 51 are back in the UK courtesy of Sky Living… Previously it aired in Oct, and then June. Begins from the start on 5USA from 2nd March
Mel B, Howard Stern, Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum judge allegedly talented Americans.
Comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics that follows Laurel, a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer who discovers two things: the government has stopped working, and bugs are eating the brains of Congress members and Hill staffers.
Show about the hidden lives of a couple that appear to have it all…
Remake of the 2005 BBC Two series, this version stars Kim Cattrall as Davina as a woman going through a mid-life crisis.
Police orientated Chicago Fire spinoff. Usually airs in the Spring in the UK.
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 who’ve now cancelled it again! It’s somewhat the Rasputin of tv shows… Assuming Sky do pick up season 4, it probably won’t air till the Summer.
Brilliant Netflix Original drama about a socialite who ends up incarcerated in a women’s prison.
Colin Morgan (Merlin, Humans) and Charlotte Spencer (Line of Duty, Glue) star in a new supernatural BBC One drama from Ashley Pharoah (Life On Mars, Ashes To Ashes, Moonfleet) about a brilliant young couple inherit the farm and are determined to start a new life together. But their presence in this isolated corner of England starts to unleash strange, unsettling and dangerous supernatural phenomena that will start to threaten their marriage. NOTE: The entire show will premiere as a ‘box set’ on BBC iPlayer on FRIDAY 17th June, then on BBC One 28th June.
Max and Caroline have been back in November and January in the past, but looks like it’s going to be June this year.
Polish drama about human trafficking, first episode due on Channel 4 under the Walter Presents banner (and subsequent episodes under the same banner on the All4 streaming service).
PLL may have vanished from normal TV, but all seasons are now on Netflix with new episodes airing less than 24hrs after the US.
Affluent Boston family The Hawthornes discover shocking secrets from the past and present revealing one family member may be linked to a string of grizzly murders.
Prisoner Cell Block H remake is back for a 4th season.
July 2016
A Dutch series about a young couple, having recently lost a baby, realising their nice neighbours may not be entirely as they seem
From Netflix comes this new series about a young Marco Polo in the Mongol court.
The theme of stalking is turned into a comedy, a musical comedy at that, with a girl setting her sights on a former school boyfriend.
Comedy-drama about the roadies behind the scenes of a successful arena-level band.
A crew wakes up aboard a spaceship and has to work out why they are there.
Liev Schreiber returns as a man who can solve all the difficult problems of Hollywood’s rich and famous.
Still set in Montreal, this English remake of the French original series sees an urban policeman team up with a rural partner.
Spoof police procedural in the vein of Police Squad.
Justified was dropped by 5 prior the Viacom acquisition with season’s 5 & 6 airing on Sky On Demand. Season 6 has now returned to linear broadcast tv on Spike.
The first series aired on Living, while the second and third were on alibi. The 4th and 5th and 6th are available on iTunes, with up to season 6 on Netflix. Universal will be running the series from the start.
Anna Faris stars in this sitcom about a dysfunctional mum and daughter.
Gordon Ramsay swears and cooks in America
New sitcom starring the towering Greg Davies returns, without Rik Mayall sadly.
J Lo stars as an NYPD Detective forced to work with the FBI’s anti-corruption task force after they catch her in a sting.
American remake of the British series about a group of women and their various affairs.
American remake of Belgium’s Cordon from Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals), set in Atlanta because besides Coke, the CDC is based there.
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. Premieres on Amazon in the UK, with linear broadcast of Season 1 on Universal channel 21st July 2016 at 9pm, and repeats later in the week on Universal and on Syfy UK.
A love letter to the supernatural classics of the 80’s, Stranger Things is the story of a young boy who vanishes into thin air. Stars Winona Ryder.
Formerly named “Clan”, this is a Belgian series about five sisters who are very close, who decide to bump off the nasty husband of one of them, and who then have to deal with the consequences.
Terrorism, extremists, Russians. Nope, not contemporary Britain, but Britain in 1886 in this new period thriller starring Toby Jones (The Detectorists).
A Canadian detective series with a hint of Columbo (in that we the audience are told before the protagonists who the baddie is).
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.
Animals become smarter and start making a series of planned attacks on humans in this new series from James Patterson.
The clever lawyers are back on our television for a 6th season.
Based on the best-selling novel The Book Of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, Someone Knows My Name is a six-part series that follows Aminata Diallo played by Aunjanue Ellis (True Blood, Quantico) on her incredible journey in 18th century America. A strong and determined woman, Aminata is intent on overcoming slavery and hardship to secure her freedom. Also stars Louis Gossett Jr., Cuba Gooding Jr., and Ben Chaplin.
Rapper 50 Cent (about 30p) exec produces (and occasionally pops up on screen) in this series about a drug lord who runs a nightclub starring Omari Hardwick. The first 2 seasons laned on Netflix UK on 1st April 2016, with the 3rd season following.
The US chat show with the UK host will be coming to Sky On Demand & Now TV.
Back to the table with the Goodmans.
Will Arnett’s voice stars in this sitcom where humans and animals live side by side.
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 (the last though)… clearly someone in BatB’s production team has dirt on The CW… ?
Robot Wars returns to BBC2 with all new updated bots battling it out to be Robot Wars Champion! Starts filming in March, and on screen from July
The BBC has broadcast series 1, 2 and 3, with seasons 4-7 coming to Dave.
Over six weeks the Beeb takes us inside some of Britain’s biggest and best-known factories, beginning with Kellogg’s in Manchester.
New E4 comedy about 4 friends wasting away their lives away in a small west country village. Stars Danny Kirrane, Dylan Edwards, Gwyneth Keyworth, Rose Reynolds… And… Sean Bean?? (No really! It really does!) Click here to listen to our interview with the cast of Wasted!
A high school becomes a battleground in a new comedy from HBO, as two vice principals lock horns over control of the halls.
The Rock brings his unique combination of charm and muscle to the small screen in this comedy about a retired sportsman.
40yr old tries to reboot her career by pretending to be 26.
Sitcom starring Colin Hanks about three generations of the Short family, with each family member telling their own version of events.
Legendary Old West lawman Wyatt Earp’s great-granddaughter Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano – Damien) drags herself back to her home town, only to find it overrun with the ghosts of the assorted criminals and creeps dispatched by her great-granddaddy.
Hank is a doctor in the wealthy Hamptons somewhat forced to help less wealthy patients. Usually airs in the summer
August 2016
We return to the dictatorship from Aberdeen (joke clarification: you know, really the fictional place is called Abbudin, which sounds a little similar, so it’s basically a play on words) for a third series.
Mockumentary based in the border security office of fictional Northend Airport.
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. Final wrap-up movie.
An American take on British history, specifically the thirteenth century around the Welsh rebellion. Written by Sons of Anarchy’s Kurt Sutter the story centres on the eponymous axeman.
Documentary-style police show starring Being Human’s Damian Molony.
A well-heeled young teacher is posted to a small Canadian mining town in the 19th century.
Andrew Dice Clay off of the 80’s returns in a new comedy about a washed up 80’s comedian trying to make it big again. Entire season will be released on Sky Box Sets from the 9th as well so you can binge watch your way through it.
No longer airing on linear broadcast tv in the UK, however it is on iTunes, Amazon UK Instant Video
(sadly not included in Amazon Prime) or BlinkBox the day after the US if you want to pay, or available on Netflix.
American remake of Turkish crime drama Suskunlar
Fame for Generation Y. A musical drama set in New York.
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 (and released on DVD/BD) if you’re happy to wait a little while!
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. Ending with its 5th season.
A newlywed couple return from their honeymoon and are promptly murdered in this new British drama.
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.
The baking competition with Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
Hard-nosed wise-cracking Detective Rizzoli teams up once again with the brilliant social misfit Dr Isles. season 7 will be the last.
American musical drama starring Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, Spin City) and Hayden Panettiere (Heroes). Season 4 moves from More4 to Sky Living.
Back with Simon Cowell… and some other people!
People cook things and are judged accordingly, in Australia.
Stargate’s Michael Shanks (husband of Continuum’s Lexa Doig) , and Smallville’s Erica Durance star in this Canadian hospital drama where a doctor becomes a patient. Seasons 1 & 2 aired on Watch who subsequently dropped the programme due to low ratings. Now airs on Sony.
A sort of QI meets Call My Bluff with Lee Mack returns.
Eve, a 19-year-old American tourist is targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor. She survives his attack and embarks on a mission of revenge.
American medical drama about the nightshift of a ER at San Antonio Medical Center.
Back to the Dog and Dart and apparently moving back to Sky 1.
A Philadelphia policeman gets involved in hunting alien terrorists and his wife goes missing
September 2016
Based on Peter Moffat’s series Criminal Justice, this eight-part show delves into the intricate story of a fictitious murder case in New York City.
Jack McBrayer and Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog sidekick, get their own show.
Spitting Image-esque puppet/CGI satirical comedy series returns.
The more violent US version of Robot Wars comes to the UK. Bigger, badder, and way more destructive! Read our interview with BattleBots’ exec Tom Gutteridge.
Modern reimagining of aboriginal mythology in this new sci-fi drama.
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.
Not content with hosting everything on BBC2, Dara O’Briain has expanded to Dave, to bring us Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit, a game-show based on classic video games!
Five friends in their 50s, having buried their friend 13 years ago, return to our screens as we revisit the groundbreaking comedy from the turn of the century.
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.
Eastender Grant Mitchell has reinvented himself as an extremely popular investigative journalist and his series, which visits some of the world’s roughest spots.
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.
Michelle Keegan takes over the lead role in the BBC’s army drama
Join Dara, Hugh and guests for more fun at the expense of current affairs.
Horror TV show from Guillermo del Toro, about a vampiric virus that breaks out in NYC. Based on the Chuck Hogan novels.
Spinoff from The Closer, and performing well. Usually airs a couple of months after the Us
New werewolf show starring Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, V) as Elena Michaels, the only female werewolf in existence. Canadian show, which airs on Space in Canada and SyFy in the US, and most recently on Syfy in the UK from the beginning
New Sky 1 action drama about maverick adventurer Hooten (Michael Landes), who teams up with fearless historical expert Lady Alex Lindo-Parker (Ophelia Lovibond) to travel the globe in search of hidden treasures.
Young couple Shelby and Matt move to North Carolina, where they take up residence in an old farmhouse – and earn the enmity of some scary neighbours. When Shelby is attacked by mysterious intruders and the cops don’t believe her story, things quickly turn frightening.
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.
Join the foul mouthed boys and their friends in the quiet little mountain town.
Canadian procedural dramedy starring Jason Priestley as ex-pro hockey player turned P.I.
Highlights of the Primetime Emmy Awards.
Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Andrea Riseborough and Tim McInnerny star in Jack Thorne’s four-part drama about a cherished household name who faces accusations of historic sexual offences.
Tom Ellis stars in this DC adaptation as the Prince of Hell who moves to Los Angeles. Should return the day after the US on Amazon Prime.
Indira Varma and Robert Glenister star in this dark twisty murder mystery.
Sky’s sporting comedy quiz returns.
Kiefer Sutherland returns to our screens as a US cabinet member that finds himself becoming president after all the people above him in the presidential line are killed.
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
The boys from the Dwarf are due back in 2016 with a twelfth series in 2017.
Yet another one based on a film, this time the Jackie Chan buddy cop comedy. Fortunately the TV series is without the unbelievably annoying Chris Tucker.
Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) stars as the transgender Maura Pfefferman in a half hour novelistic series that explores family, identity, sex, and love.
Animation about a family running a burger joint
A long time ago, there was a show called Penn & Teller: Fool Us which aired on ITV, hosted by Jonathan Ross where magicians perform tricks and Penn & Teller have to guess how it was done. ITV dropped it, but the format was sold to The CW in the US (with Ross still hosting), and that version has now been bought by Channel 5 to air back over here.
Described as a hybrid VR scripted series, it’s a 15-episode police procedural will alternate between 10 episodes on Syfy linear channels and their accompanying Syfy websites, as well as five VR episodes exclusively available on Samsung & Vive VR platforms.Each episode is 5mins long. Only the first episode will be show on TV, the rest online at halcyon.syfy.co.uk. If you don’t have the appropriate VR tech, there will be a ‘catch up’ tagged onto the start of each episode so you don’t miss anything.
Once Upon A Time is back in the UK on Netflix, with new episodes airing on Mondays.
Mothers and sons go on adventurous trips again. Now with more mammies!
Gillian Anderson stars as a detective in the Northern Ireland Police, and Jamie Dornan (Once Upon a Time’s Sheriff/Huntsman) as the serial killer she’s trying to catch!
One of the live-action Marvel shows on Netflix, starring Mike Colter as the man with super strength and unbreakable skin.
October 2016
Rich young businessman hire a personal chef, played by Rex Lee.
Each week Micky Flanagan’s Detours will see Micky delve into the past and the present with episode subjects as diverse as: The Monarchy, Men & Women, Patriotism and the Mid-Life Crisis.
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.
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). Returning from episode 13.
Ellen Barkin stars as Janine ‘Smurf’ Cody, matriarch of a crime family. Inspired by the David Michôd movie of the same name.
Bruce Campbell returns as the chinny zombie-fighter. For those without Virgin, the Season 1 DVD is available here.
Sci-fi drama about a family trying to cope as the world ends around them. Syfy Original drama, but airing on 5star in the UK.
Anthony Hopkins stars in this Jonathan Nolan remake of the Yul Brynner film.
Musical drama series about a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises. Stars Terrence Howard.
Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Sam Elliott and Debra Winger star in this series set on, you guessed it, a ranch. In Colorado.
Paul and Ian are back with ten more episodes of the popular comedy panel show.
Peyton List (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) as Rami Sullivan, a police detective in 2016 discovers she is able to speak, via a ham radio, with her estranged father Frank (Riley Smith – Nashville, True Blood) who died in 1996. New episodes arrive Thursdays on Netflix.
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. There’s some confusion over the season numbering in the UK compared to the US and Canada.
Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker returns to HBO in a new comedy about a very long divorce.
Another programme about zombies, this time from the people behind Eureka. Airs on SyFy in the US, and on Sky’s Pick TV here.
From Issa Rae this new comedy looks at the “contemporary black experience”
Drama based on former government informant Charles Falco’s account of events that took place between 2003 and 2006, when he infiltrated one of America’s most notorious biker gangs.
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.
This second series moves the drama from France to Germany.
Rising like a phoenix from the flames of BBC cancellation, Ripper Street will return, premiering on Amazon Prime Instant Video, then air on the BBC afterwards. Ending with its 5th season.
James Buckley (The Inbetweeners) stars as Brian, an online data marketing assistant who gets transported to a parallel world full of warriors, soothsayers and wizards!
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.
American horror-comedy from Glee and American Horror Story’s Ryan Murphy.
Australian tv series about a small town where the dead appear to be rising from their graves in perfect health, but with no memory of their identities.
One part chat show, one part spoof cookery show, Harry casts his comedy eye over the world of cooking and cookery TV programmes.
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 here to listen to our interview with the cast!
The very long running crime drama returns to Universal.
The Griffins move to their new home on ITV2.
The worst of American criminals continue to be dramatically showcased. Could return in Oct, or may be Jan. We’ll have to wait and see!
Tv adaptation of the Scream movie series. Airs on MTV in the US and Netflix in the UK. Renewed for a 6 episode 3rd season.
Three part drama about a teenager with supernatural powers
Renewed to season 10, the costly comedy returns shortly after the U.S.
Misfits meets Buffy with a British twist. Howard Overman (Misfits) brings a new show to E4 about unlikely duo of demon hunters, played by Cara Theobold (Downton Abbey) and Susan Wokoma (Chewing Gum).
TV series based on the William Blatty’s original 1971 novel and the classic 1973 movie.
Charlie Brooker’s futuristic satire has moved to Netflix…
Alan and friends return for more clever musings, with new host Sandi Toksvig.
Stars Strike Back’s Philip Winchester as Alex Kane, a smartass security consultant, who meets Wesley Snipes who draws him into a high-stakes game, where an organization of wealthy individuals gamble on his ability to stop some of the biggest crimes imaginable. Cancelled after 1 season.
Another new version of Gerry Anderson’s classic, mixing live action with animation!
Doctor Who spin-off set at Coal Hill School.
new six part political drama from Australia
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.
Spin off from Chicago Fire – this one set in a hospital… which isn’t on fire… I hope… That wouldn’t be good… Started in Nov in the US, and coming to Universal in the UK in 2016.
The theme of stalking is turned into a comedy, a musical comedy at that, with a girl setting her sights on a former school boyfriend.
From the team behind Flash/Arrow comes Melissa Benoist as Supergirl, 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.
The US cable ratings monster returns for a 7th season, they are also simulcasting the premiere episode with the US, so you won’t have to turn off the internet for the 24hrs between the US and UK broadcast!
From the guys behind Arrow, Grant Gustin dons the speedster outfit to take on the role of Barry Allen aka The Flash.
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.
Stephen Amell returns as Green Arrow to try and not ‘fail this city’.
Christine Lampard, Matt Richardson and Jamie East host 5 nights of scaring celebrities in one of the most ‘haunted’ hotels in Britain.
Jude Law stars as Lenny Belardo, aka Pius XIII, is the first American Pope in history.
Fox’s 2016 version of Richard O’Brien’s cult classic – The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Sitcom starring Colin Hanks about three generations of the Short family, with each family member telling their own version of events.
Human’s star Gemma Chan, explores the frontiers of research into Artificial Intelligence, and builds an AI version of herself. Is the future depicted in Humans – in which Gemma plays a ‘synth’ – just around the corner, or already here? If you’re a fan of Humans AND a fan of Geektown, I urge you to watch!
Scifi drama from Kudos about a world where humans and robots are identical.
Horror anthology series from Syfy, airing on 5star in the UK.
Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey) stars as Mary Ann Cotton, the real-life Victoria poisoner in this two part costume drama.
November 2016
The long running medical show is still going.
New show starring Hayley Atwell as the daughter of a former president who is blackmailed into becoming the head of LA’s Conviction Integrity Unit.
Arthur Darvill and Brandon Routh star in DC’s stab at creating a TV series not in support of their cinematic universe. A time traveller has to bring together forces of good and bad to fight some kind of a threat. In an interesting Prison Break reunification, Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller also star.
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.’
Drama by US SyFy channel based on James S. A. Corey’s series of novels about a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System. Stars Thomas Jane as police detective Josephus Miller and his crew as they unravel a conspiracy that could threaten peace across the entire Sol system. You can buy the Blu-ray from Amazon of The Expanse Season 1.
From Peter Morgan, writer of The Queen, Frost/Nixon and Rush comes The Crown, a dramatisation of Queen Elizibeth II’s life, from her wedding in 1947 to the present day. Netflix bought it as 6 seasons of 10 episodes.
The excellent James Spader returns as Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington for a new season of Blacklisty goodness (or badness… yep, probably badness if Red is involved)…
Half-hour comedy series created by and starring Community’s Donald Glover.
US comedy series about 6 elementary teachers at Fillmore Elementary School in Chicago.
William H Macy stars in another American remake. Now seems to be premiering on Netflix rather that More4. Channel 4 have said they do still also have the rights, but have yet to schedule an air date.
Sky’s popular supermarket sitcom returns for a new series.
The popular stand-up showcase returns to the BBC. NOTE: Moved from BBC One to BBC Two.
The excellent Dave Gorman returns on Dave… appropriately…
Topical comedy show with Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe.
The Vampire Diaries returns for it’s final season, at midnight… (someone needs to explain to ITV that just because a show has vampires in it, you don’t need to put it in the middle of the night…) ? For those watching on NETFLIX – Season 7 lands, 1st December 2016 on the streaming service.
Tom Riley (DaVinci’s Demons) stars in this new two part crime drama.
Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, and Hugh Dancy star in drama about a fictional religion Meyerism.
A comedy from Amazon, about a tennis coach in the 80s.
Late night chat and comedy, airing just 24hrs after the US.
Ryan Phillippe stars in a TV series based on the Marky Mark Wahlberg film (which in turn was based on a book).
Silicon Valley tech billionaire teams up with maverick surgeon to create a hospital full of cutting-edge technology to treat rare and incurable diseases.
Sullivan Stapleton stars in this crime drama centring on a woman with tattoos of crimes needing to be solved.
The spiritual continuation of the Clarkson, Hammond & May era Top Gear, which sees the 3 presenters in a big tent in a different worldwide location each episode.
Sitcom about an upper-middle-class African-American family starring Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross.
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.
Musical drama series about a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises. Stars Terrence Howard.
Series by Showtime starring Dominic West about, as the title suggests, an affair!
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.
Seth McFarlane’s cartoon about the Smith family.
The BBC’s fascinating genealogy show returns.
Lorelai, Rory, Emily, Luke, Sookie, Lane, Michel, Dean, Jess and Logan all return in four, season themed, Gilmore Girls specials on Netflix.
December 2016
Sir David Jason returns to the classic sitcom
Historical drama from US channel History, first UK run courtesy of Amazon Prime, then airing on the History Channel UK.
Rich young businessman hire a personal chef, played by Rex Lee.
Some people were born on the same day as each other in this drama starring Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes, Gilmore Girls), Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan and Ron Cephas Jones.
Continuation of US sitcom Full House, which sees the Tanner family arrive on Netflix for 13 episodes.
New show from the Mythbusters producers looking at weird and wonderful events from pop culture, science and history, where the presenters immerse themselves in experiments, builds and tests as they sleuth the truth behind the themes.
Drama from The Man In The High Castle’s Frank Spotnitz about the the Medici banking dynasty, set in 15th century Florence. Stars Dustin Hoffman, Richard Madden and Stuart Martin.
Samuel Barnett & Elijah Wood stars in this new BBC America adaptation of the Douglas Adams story.
Total War the tv show returns after a 10 year break.
Sherlock in New York. Still on Sky Living, and running without a mid-season break this year.
Goran Visnijc stars as a bad guy who steals a time machine in order to change history (specifically American history.)
Anna Faris stars in this sitcom about a dysfunctional mum and daughter.
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.
New drama coming to Netflix created by indie film makers Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, with Marling also starring. A powerful, mind-bending tale about identity, human connection and the borders between life and death.
Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi return for one final show as Freddie and Stuart.
New Syfy series based loosely on the Van Helsing character, with a female descendant in America hunting vampires.
Which county in the whole of Britain has by far the highest murder rate? Answer- the English county of Midsomer of course! Barnaby’s cousin continues to investigate grisly deaths in quaint locales.
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. There is a Christmas Special, with Season 10 following from the 2nd January 2017.
Eight-part drama based on the novels by Max Allan Collins about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and the soldiers whose sacrifices were too quickly forgotten. All episodes will be on Sky Box Sets from Weds 21st Dec 2016.
Another time-traveling TV series, this one starring Eric McCormack.
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. Renewed for season 2, which will arrive 5th May 2017.
Animated series from Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation about good and evil trolls.
90s favourite sitcom returns after 15 years, making the jump the BBC to itv. The three original stars are all returning.
A priest, who also happens to be a retired Scots Guard, teams up with a policeman in 1950s Cambridgeshire.
The popular historical medical drama returns to the BBC, with a Christmas Special on 25th Dec 2016, followed by series 6 early in the new year.
There will be a Christmas special in 2016, but the full 10th series won’t air till Spring 2017 (I suspect Easter). Steven Moffat is leaving as showrunner, and his final episode will be the 2017 Christmas Special, with Torchwood & Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall taking over in 2018 for series 11.
This year’s Sky Christmas spectacular will be The Last Dragonslayer, based on the first of Jasper Fforde’s series of novels.
Robot Wars returns to BBC2 with all new updated bots battling it out to be Robot Wars Champion! 2 Christmas Specials in 2016 on the 28th & 29th of Dec, with a new season coming in Summer 2017.
Alan Davies returns as the expert magic engineer crime sleuth in David Renwick’s long-running series
Dawn French stars in story of love, heartbreak, food and female friendship.