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January 2017
BBC’s brilliant comedy starring Nick Helm is back for a 3rd and final season. Click to hear our interview with the show’s creators.
Benedict Cumberbatch returns as Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle’s well known detective and Martin Freeman as his sidekick Watson.
Another season for the California spinoff.
The popular remake with the classic theme tune is back for a new season.
Forensic pathologists help police solve murders in Manchester
Holden Matthews (Burkely Duffield) wakes from a 12-year coma and discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.
Character drama about a former convicted rapist returning to his home town.
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.
More fun to come with the Winchester boys, thanks to E4. The channel are currently planning to air season 12 in January 2017!
From the creator of Shameless, this comedy drama follows a police station in a rough part of Manchester.
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
Another American police show. This time however, it is a comedy making fun of all the other American police shows.
Nicola Walker (Spooks) leads a strong cast in this cold-case murder mystery
More light hearted murder investigation in the Caribbean.
UK version of the US’s hugely popular Lip Sync Battle.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service return as the veteran police procedural continues.
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.
Eight-episode drama set in 1814 starring Tom Hardy as a son thought long dead, who returns home to London from Africa to inherit what is left of his father’s shipping empire. Executive produced by Hardy alongside Ridley Scott and Peaky Blinder’s Steven Knight. This will be one to watch!
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.
A little known cartoon… Still going strong.
Western set after the United States Civil War show returns.
The adventures of young Inspector Morse return to our screens.
Joel McHale stars as Jack, a renowned adventure reporter for an outdoor magazine who must adapt to the times when he becomes the desk-bound boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of the publication.
US sitcom set in the 1980’s, based on a fictionalised version of the childhood of the writer, Adam F. Goldberg.
The greatest moustache in the world returns for another outing.
Show about a con-man (Giovanni Ribisi) who steals the identity of his ex-cellmate as a way to avoid the wrath of a furious mob boss (Bryan Cranston).
Children all over Washington DC appear to have adopted the same imaginary friend called ‘Drill’, who’s been persuading them to play dangerous games. The FBI calls in child specialist Claire Bennigan to try and figure out what’s going on.
Bull stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull in a drama inspired by the early career of ‘Dr. Phil’ McGraw.
Animation about a family running a burger joint.
Patrick Warburton stars as Lemony Snicket in Netflix’s adaptation of the Lemony Snicket novels, with Neil Patrick Harris playing Count Olaf.
Supernatural drama where three strangers share the same dream.
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.
Medical drama set in an overcrowded and understaffed ER in LA.
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.
Jason Momoa (Game Of Thrones, and DC’s new big screen Aquaman) stars in a adventure drama set around the late 18th century North American fur trade.
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.
Starring Claire Danes, the American remake of Israeli “Prisoners of War”. Returns to the US in January 2017, and shortly thereafter in the UK.
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.
Following the success of the BBC’s “Back in Time for Dinner” which saw a family’s home transformed, with each week representing a decade in the past, they’ve be decided to go even further back in time, right back to the turn of the century.
Fortunately for presenter Giles Coren who never seems to have anything pleasant to say about things outside the M25, the house and family are in London.
A return to the slightly odd Arctic town for a 2nd season.
Greg Berlanti’s rather darker take on Archie Comics.
Topical comedy show with Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe.
Christina Ricci stars as Zelda before she meets her future husband, the writer F Scott Fitzgerald
Marvel Universe series continues. Now with added Ghost Rider! Looks like they are planning to wait till the new year so they can remove the mid-season break this time around.
The clever lawyers are back on our television for a 6th season.
Pirate drama from Michael Bay. First run is on Amazon, with second run on History.
From the guys behind Arrow, Grant Gustin dons the speedster outfit to take on the role of Barry Allen aka The Flash. Season will return apparently in January.
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.
February 2017
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)
Stephen Amell returns as Green Arrow to try and not ‘fail this city’.
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.
American political thriller. First two seasons aired on More4, then moved to Sky Living from season 3.
It may sound like a health show, but it’s actually a comedy-horror about realtor Sheila (Drew Barrymore) who becomes a zombie, and wants to eat everyone except her husband Joel (Timothy Olyphant)!
Pirate drama from Michael Bay. First run is on Amazon, with second run on History.
New version of the 1977 mini-series about an African-American family’s trials from slavery to freedom.
Remake of the classic 80’s series. Lucas Till takes the Richard Dean Anderson role. Support comes in the form of ex-CSI George Eads and bald, male Pete Thornton has become a woman played by Sandrine Holt.
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)… NOTE: Moved to Sky 1.
The Wizard of Oz: The Series. Picked up for 10 episodes by NBC.
Based on the Marvel X-Men character, the show tells the story of a diagnosed schizophrenic who discovers that it’s possible the voices he hears and visions he sees may not all be in his head.
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. Season 3 continues with episode 10.
With the surname “Queen of Scots”, it was apparent young Mary was destined for greatness. Airs as a mid-season replacement in the US, so should return to Netflix in the UK, early 2017.
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.
Comedy staring Lena Dunham following a group of friends in their 20s as they navigate life in New York City. Coming to end after its 6th season in 2017.
‘The Daily Show with more prep time’ returns for a new, hilarious and genius season!
The US cable ratings monster returns for the 2nd half of 7th season.
The cop drama with fairy tales will return for a shorter final sixth season.
A spinoff of sorts from the original series starring Kiefer Sutherland. This time round Corey Hawkins (The Walking Dead, Straight Outta Compton) stars as a Ranger (that’s US Army, not Park) returning home and being faced with a terrorist plot (and a ticking clock).
The long running medical show is still going.
Tea Leoni is the Secretary of State with a CIA background.
Australian mystery drama starring Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby) about a missing child.
Set in the premise that Germany won the Battle of Britain, this adaptation of the Deighton novel follows an American journalist involved in a murder
The very long running crime drama returns to Universal.
The worst of American criminals continue to be dramatically showcased.
True crime documentary/news magazine series.
Judd Apatow is back with a new comedy following a sweet but perpetually unlucky comedian as he crashes on the couches of some of New York’s top comics after his marriage falls apart.
Some students in New York discover that magic is real.
Machiavellian politics & finance drama starring Damian Lewis as a brilliant but cut-throat hedge fund boss, and Paul Giamatti as a U.S. Attorney.
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! NOTE: CHANNEL CHANGE TO SYFY UK.
Click here to listen to our interview with the ladies of Sleepy Hollow!
Jim Caviezel and his handy billionaire return for the short (13 episodes) final season. NOTE: CHANNEL CHANGE TO 5USA.
Renewed to season 10, the costly comedy returns shortly after the U.S.
After a disappointing performance on Channel 5, it was dropped after 6 episodes and moved to 5*. The show was renewed for a 2nd season in the US, and has eventually been bought by Spike
HBO comedy about a weed delivery guy in NYC.
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.
New Zealand detective drama series. It will also be on UKTV Play from Friday 17th February.
To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner (Michael Dorman) must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous “non-official cover” – that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.
The 89th Academy Awards. Preview from 11.30pm, with the Oscars live from 1.30am.
the second series didn’t seem to get the same plaudits as the first, but nevertheless a third series is going to be made.
Spinoff from The Closer, and performing well. Usually airs a couple of months after the US.
Sitcom about an upper-middle-class African-American family starring Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross.
Special set of skills. Find you. Kill you. You know the drill. TV series based on the Liam Neeson films.
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s critically acclaimed comedy returns for a new series.
March 2017
Modern day ‘It’s A Knockout’ with a nature theme returns for a new series.
Children go missing across time, leading to the unearthing of a small town’s secrets. German drama
Chicago-based weight-loss sitcom. Cancelled after its 6th season.
originally paired with Modern Family on Sky1, the Middle has been on Comedy Central since season 5.
British sitcom about an all-inclusive hotel in Benidorm returns.
A beautiful young woman is a clever con artist, who is being tracked down by former marks who have teamed up
Priyanka Chopra returns as Alex Parrish for a new season. Having been fired by the FBI, she’s now at the CIA. Opens with a double bill.
Prequel to the hugely popular Prime Suspect.
Another tv series based on a film, this time the Mel Gibson vehicle which spawned three sequels.
Robot Wars returns to BBC2 with all new updated bots battling it out to be Robot Wars Champion!
Top Gear returns, with Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid.
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.
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.
Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy) stars as a judge who believes God wants him to dispel a particular kind of justice.
Your weekly look at the best gadgets on the market.
Show based on the classic 1980’s movie starring Idina Menzel & Nia Long.
Dark comedy-drama from David E. Kelley starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman & Shailene Woodley about conflicts, secrets, betrayals and murder in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California.
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 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.
French-Swedish coproduction, high-concept and high-end Nordic noir series about a French police officer investing a murder in remote Swedish mining community.
The Beeb does Vikings, with Wessex the eponymous last kingdom standing up to the Norse invaders.
Danny Rand fights relentlessly to regain everything he’s lost in Marvel’s Iron Fist.
Based on novels by cult author Joe Lansdale. Stars James Purefoy, Michael K. Williams and Christina Hendricks. 6 episode series airs on Sundance in the US and on Amazon Prime in the UK, with a 2nd airing on AMC UK, with season 1 starting on 7th March 2017 at 9pm.
DCI Vera and her sharp wit are back to solve North East England’s worst crimes
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.
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.
A martial arts warrior and a boy embark on a perilous journey.
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.
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star in this comedy about two women whose husbands (Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston) fall in love with each other.
New Zealand detective drama series.
With storylines seemingly rounded off at the end of series 3, BBC Two’s best performing ever programme returns for at least two more series, charting the work of AC-12. Will move to BBC One from series 4.
Musical drama series about a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises. Stars Terrence Howard.
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.
Samantha Morton stars in this new drama about rival brothel owners in 18th Century London.
Spin-off from The Blacklist featuring Tom Keen & Susan ‘Scottie’ Hargrave.
Tim Allen sitcom. The first 3 seasons aired on Sky, but then was dropped. It’s now back, running from season 1 on E4.
Spin-off from ‘The Good Wife’, following Diane Lockhart to a new law firm.
Danish thriller with four adult children gathering to divide the matriarch’s estate.
4th Chicago show, this time covering the legal system of the windy city.
Based on the Tom Cruise film, this new series follows a pre-cog who teams up with a detective to punish criminals before they commit crimes. Only lasted 1 season, but it’s available to buy on Amazon Video (not Prime) for the curious!
New british comedy about a boy geek who develops an app that makes his family rich, from the makers of Trollied
and Cuckoo. Van Der Beek (Dawson’s Creek) stars.
Follows the story of a teenager who comes home to find a box of cassette tapes recorded by his classmate, and crush, who committed suicide, containing stories of the thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life.
April 2017
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.
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.
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 air it as a midseason replacement which puts it in early 2017.
New series from the creators of Veronica Mars about a girl who solves crimes by eating the brains of the dead victims… because she’s a zombie.
Comedy about a middle-aged King going through a mid-life crisis. From the pens of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Michael Winterbottom brings the BAFTA Award-nominated ‘The Trip’ series to Sky Atlantic, reuniting Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on a culinary coast-to-coast odyssey.
Fame for Generation Y. A musical drama set in New York.
New limited series bringing back many of the original characters.
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.
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.
Co-production between Sky Atlantic and Showtime starring Idris Elba about a radical underground cell in 1970s London. All episodes will be binge-watchable from the 13th April via Sky On Demand.
Zach Galifianakis plays twin brother Chip and Dale Baskets. Chip dreams of becoming a professional clown, but after failing clown school in Paris, he ends up back in his hometown of Bakersfield, California.
Sullivan Stapleton stars in this crime drama centring on a woman with tattoos of crimes needing to be solved.
Seth McFarlane’s cartoon about the Smith family.
Mother and daughter go on the trail of the former’s bucket list in this new Beeb comedy
One man. Three bots. And a vault of B movies just begging to be riffed. Welcome to an all-new era of MST3K.
The ever popular talent show returns.
Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat are leaving this year – Moffat’s final episode will be the 2017 Christmas Special, with Torchwood & Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall taking over in 2018 for series 11 with THE 13TH DOCTOR.
Historical drama from US channel History, first UK run courtesy of Amazon Prime, then airing on the History Channel UK.
Former Bond, Pierce Brosnan, stars in this slow-burning western
Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as Selina Meyer in Armando Iannucci’s fantastic comedy.
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. Premieres on Amazon in the UK (Season 3 due in October 2017), with linear broadcast on Universal channel.
PLL may have vanished from normal TV, but all seasons are now on Netflix with new episodes airing less than 24hrs after the US.
Kevin James stars as retired police officer Kevin in new sitcom.
Another American police show. This time however, it is a comedy making fun of all the other American police shows.
A teenage psychopath falls in love for the first time in this new C4 drama
Who’s that (new) girl? It’s that Zooey Deschanel (you know, the one whose sister is in Bones!)
Paul and Ian are back with ten more episodes of the popular comedy panel show.
Bosch follows the eponymous detective from Michael Connolly’s books.
Bill Nye The Science Guy explore a wide range of topics with celebrity guests.
Story of a girl and the rise of her multi-million dollar fashion empire.
It’s LA Law, sort of, in this new spinoff from the juggernaut franchise
A priest, who also happens to be a retired Scots Guard, teams up with a policeman in 1950s Cambridgeshire.
Story of how Albert became Einstein, starring Geoffrey Rush.
1930’s drama starring Keeley Hawes about a family that moves from Bournemouth to the Greek island of Corfu.
Described as ‘Entourage for Geeks’, and is the best half hour comedy on tv right now.
American musical drama starring Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, Spin City) and Hayden Panettiere (Heroes). Season 4 moves from More4 to Sky Living.
Based on the acclaimed indie film, the series satirises “post-racial” America as students of colour navigate a predominantly white Ivy League college.
Romantic comedy with some darker tones from the makers of ‘Weeds’ and ‘Orange Is the New Black’.
May 2017
Martin Shaw returns a final time to investigate crime in the North East of England.
Norse Gods are living in America and not an almighty Johnson in sight. Based on the Neil Gaiman novel.
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.
Reality series which sees William Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman and Terry Bradshaw backpack through Asia with comedian Jeff Dye to check items off their bucket lists.
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.
Set in 1619 in the early days of the first British settlers in America, Jamestown tells the story of a group of young women as they leave the Old World and their old lives behind them.
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.
Available in one go on the streaming service. Usually lands on Netflix UK in May. Also now airing from Season 6 on Viceland, from Monday, 27 March 2017.
Comedy/drama about 4 friends who become multi-millionaires after selling their games company. Stars Jim Howick, Samuel Anderson, Jonny Sweet, Nick Helm.
Kevin Bacon stars as Dick, who he taunts the imaginations of Chris (Kathryn Hahn) and Sylvere (Griffin Dunne), and upends their preconceptions about love and monogamy.
After traveling abroad, Dev (Aziz Ansari) returns to New York to take on challenges in his personal and family life, a new career opportunity, and a complex, developing relationship with someone very meaningful to him.
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! It’s now followed by a companion show ‘Go 8 Bit: DLC’ straight afterwards.
A woman escapes from a cult and tries to lead a normal life.
Sitcom by Steve Delaney and Graham Linehan about a ‘show business legend’ (or possibly a self important, elderly, out of work actor…)
Topical comedy show with Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe.
The classic 90’s show returns as a limited series, with both Mark Frost and David Lynch behind the scenes. Simulcast with the US, then repeated Tuesday 23 May at 9pm.
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. It is now available to BUY on Amazon Video if you can’t wait.
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.
Prisoner Cell Block H remake is back for a new season.
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)… NOTE: Moved to Sky 1.
A brother and a sister raise a teenager, while helping each other out with dating.
New drama from the makers of Damages, starring Kyle Chandler and Linda Cardellini. Renewed for a 10 episode final season.
Follows the plot of the film to begin with – Time travel, deadly virus etc… Season 3 is airing over 3 consecutive days, starting on the 26th May.
Hospital drama set during the American civil war. Will be available via UKTV Play on demand from the 21st May.
Based on Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel about a near-future USA under the grip of a totalitarian theocracy… Stars Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski and Alexis Bledel. Apparently HAS been bought, or is close to a deal with a UK provider, but they’re aren’t ready to announce yet.
Kevin Spacey’s tour de force as Francis J. Underwood continues, with more 2-faced backstabbing and political intrigue.
Marcus Brigstocke and his best mate, gadget-obsessed actor, broadcaster and 2016 Celebrity Masterchef winner Alexis Conran, rove the UK, pitting themselves against each other as they tackle classic scenarios, hobbies and games from opposite ends of the spectrum, and put the world’s top gadgets to the test.
Inspired by the Coen brothers 1996 film of the same name, this time with Ewan McGregor x 2!
Ellen Barkin stars as Janine ‘Smurf’ Cody, matriarch of a crime family. Inspired by the David Michôd movie of the same name.
June 2017
A disjointed family runs a gym in California.
Canadian drama which follows Detective John Cardinal (Billy Campbell, The Killing) and Lise Delorme (Karine Vanasse, Revenge) as they join forces to hunt down a killer in a small Northern Ontario town.
10-hour event series that examines the dangerous aftermath of two racially charged shootings in a small Southern town, providing an explosive autopsy of the US criminal justice system.
I want a show called Fake Housewives In Wonderland…
Companion show to the main Walking Dead series, this time set in LA. Airs on AMC Global, which is on a multi-year carriage deal with BT… You can get it with the BT Sports package on BT TV or Sky (around £7.50 a month with BT Broadband/£22 a month without… HD cost extra.) It will also be streamed onto Amazon Prime (and released on DVD/BD) if you’re happy to wait a little while! Season 3 is being simulcast with the US, and then repeated at 9pm.
Drama from The Man in the High Castle’s Frank Spotnitz, starring Luke Roberts (Black Sails, Game of Thrones) as a crisis and hostage negotiator.
Real Housewives… In Beverly Hills? I’m sure that’s an oxymoron…
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.
Brilliant Netflix Original drama about a socialite who ends up incarcerated in a women’s prison. For those without Netflix, Orange Is the New Black will be coming to the Sony Channel from Season 1 on Wednesday 19th April 2017 at 9pm.
Hank is a doctor in the wealthy Hamptons somewhat forced to help less wealthy patients.
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.
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.
A murder mystery set on the shores of Loch Ness. (And it’s pronounced Loch as in Bach, not “lock”)
A crew wakes up aboard a spaceship and has to work out why they are there.
Animated character Zorn returns to earth after 10 years away at war on his home world of Zephyria to re-connect with his live-action ex-wife and son. From Wilfred staff writers Eli Jorne & Reed Agnew, and Phil Lord & Chris Miller (Lego Movie, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs).
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. Season 5 confirmed as coming late Spring/early Summer.
A solicitor defending a man accused of murdering a young girl comes up against the police, Mi5 and Mi6 who don’t seem to want her getting to the truth
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.
Drama from Neil Jordan starring Julia Stiles as a woman drawn into the criminal underworld after her billionaire husband is murdered, and she discovers his life was not all it seemed…
The story of Teresa Mendoza, a woman who is forced to run and seek refuge in America after her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico.
Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Sam Elliott and Debra Winger star in this series set on, you guessed it, a ranch. In Colorado.
Zach Galifianakis plays twin brother Chip and Dale Baskets. Chip dreams of becoming a professional clown, but after failing clown school in Paris, he ends up back in his hometown of Bakersfield, California.
Revolutionary War-era drama based on the Alexander Rose novel ‘Washington’s Spies’. Due back in spring.
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.
Hugh Laurie is a clever psychiatrist who also has to juggle a complicated personal life, that of one of his patients and of course some past secrets.
The Crystal Maze returns for a full series with Richard Ayoade as host.
American medical drama about the night shift of an ER at San Antonio Medical Center. Now premiering on Netflix.
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.
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 time-travel historical romantic drama from the makers of Spartacus and Battlestar Galactica comes to normal TV.
Back to the Dog and Dart for one final special episode.
A 10 part psychological thriller which follows Jean Halloway (Naomi Watts), a Manhattan therapist with a seemingly picturesque life who begins to develop intimate and illicit relationships with the people in her patients’ lives.
A Miami woman is artificially and accidentally inseminated. Dropped by E4, but rescued by Netflix.
July 2017
Supernatural horror series, cancelled after 1 season.
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). Season 1 & 2 are being dropped onto Sky On Demand/NOW TV from 1st June 2017.
From producers of Orphan Black, about a trio of intergalactic bounty hunters!
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.
The BBC’s fascinating genealogy show returns.
A crime reporter gets divorced then returns to her hometown of Aarhus in Denmark
Animals become smarter and start making a series of planned attacks on humans in this new series from James Patterson.
Eastender Grant Mitchell has reinvented himself as an extremely popular investigative journalist and his series, which visits some of the world’s roughest spots.
The firefighters and medics of Engine 51 are back in the UK courtesy of Sky Living.
American legal drama about a group of law students, and their professor, Annalise DeWitt (Viola Davis), who become entangled in a murder plot. Dropped by Universal Channel UK, so looking for a new home.
The clever lawyers are back on our television for a new season.
A group of friends from Harvard played by Cobie Smulders, Keegan-Michael Key, Fred Savage, Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon and Jae Suh Park star as a group of ex-Harvard college buddies meeting up again in their 40s.
From season 6 onwards, the tv series is ahead of the published books. The premiere will also be aired at 2am, earlier the same day, at the same time as the US. Seasons 7 and 8 will have fewer episodes.
Bull stars Michael Weatherly as Dr. Jason Bull in a drama inspired by the early career of ‘Dr. Phil’ McGraw.
Ryan Phillippe stars in a TV series based on the Marky Mark Wahlberg film (which in turn was based on a book).
Drama starring Jason Bateman as a money launderer who uproots his family to Missouri Ozarks when a deal with a Mexican drug cartel goes awry.
Witches, vampires, werewolves, Angels and that sort of thing in this new series from the True Blood author.
New Zealand drama series about the investigation into the disappearance of a pregnant child. Slated to begin on the BBC in summer
The Rock brings his unique combination of charm and muscle to the small screen in this comedy about a retired sportsman.
From F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last work, The Last Tycoon follows Monroe Stahr, Hollywood’s Golden Boy as he battles father figure and boss Pat Brady for the soul of their studio. Stars Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, and Lily Collins.
A mad scientist takes his grandson on wacky adventures in this hugely popular cartoon.
August 2017
No longer airing on linear broadcast tv in the UK, but is has turned up on Netflix around August the past 2 seasons.
From Issa Rae this new comedy looks at the “contemporary black experience”.
Syfy’s Grindhouse inspired bizarre new series set in a dystopian “future”, where the last good cop is forced to team up with a femme fatale and take part in ‘Blood Drive’, a deadly race where the cars run on human blood!
Sam (Keir Gilchrist), an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence. Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as his mother, Elsa.
Liev Schreiber returns as a man who can solve all the difficult problems of Hollywood’s rich and famous.
Set in LA’s stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s, it’s a comedy/drama about the inspired and damaged psyches that take on the challenge of making an audience laugh. Airs June 2017 in the US.
The culmination of the Netflix/Marvel collaboration, featuring Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Shoots in the Summer of 2016, and will be released in 2017 after Iron Fist has aired.
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. Stars Lee Pace.
Peter Serafinowicz dons the blue suit as ridiculous superhero The Tick!
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.
The baking competition continues in name, following its move to C4
The brilliant Lucifer comes to linear broadcast TV on Fox UK.
A sort of QI meets Call My Bluff with Lee Mack returns.
Musical drama from ‘Empire’ creator Lee Daniel’s about 3 young singers.
September 2017
Netflix-produced drama about drug cartels in South America.
William H Macy stars in another American remake. Now seems to be premiering on Netflix rather that More4.
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. Channel 5 are now saying ‘Autumn 2017’ for it’s release… HOWEVER… the Gotham Season 3 DVD & Blu-ray are out on the 28th August, which means it will Gotham Season 3 will “premiere” on disc, NOT on Channel 5.
Back with Simon Cowell… and some other people!
Canadian procedural dramedy starring Jason Priestley as ex-pro hockey player turned P.I.
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.
David Mitchell and Robert Webb return in new Channel 4 sitcom about a pub landlord and an interloping ex-foster child…
Stephen Moyer & Zoë Tapper take over the lead roles as the show moves to Wales for its 2nd season.
Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks star in a revenge thriller set in the Rocky Mountains. Produced by Kudos. As they did with ‘Riviera’, the whole thing will also be dropped on to Sky On Demand and NOW TV at the same time, so you a binge your way through it!
American medical drama about the night shift of an ER at San Antonio Medical Center. Now premiering on Netflix, then coming to the Sony Channel.
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.
Will Arnett’s voice stars in this sitcom where humans and animals live side by side.
American Horror Story returns for a 7th season.
Join Dara, Hugh and guests for more fun at the expense of current affairs.
Five friends in their 50s, return to our screens as we revisit the groundbreaking comedy from the turn of the century.
The BBC’s celebtrity dancing programme usually airs in September.
What makes a serial killer? Or the cop who is compelled to relentlessly track them down? What are the events that form a person into the human being they will become – killer or cop?
Companion show to the main Walking Dead series, this time set in LA. Airs on AMC Global, which is on a multi-year carriage deal with BT… You can get it with the BT Sports package on BT TV or Sky (around £7.50 a month with BT Broadband/£22 a month without… HD cost extra.) It will also be streamed onto Amazon Prime (and released on DVD/BD) if you’re happy to wait a little while! Season 3 is being simulcast with the US, and then repeated at 9pm.
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.
Time-travel historical romantic drama from the makers of Spartacus and Battlestar Galactica.
New six part thriller starring Joanne Froggatt and Ioan Gruffudd.
Good Behavior tells the story of Letty Raines (Michelle Dockery – ‘Downton Abbey’), a thief and con artist whose life is always one wrong turn or one bad decision from implosion.
San Francisco detective series. I’m hoping for some Bullet-style car chases!
Sky’s sporting comedy quiz returns.
Join the foul mouthed boys and their friends in the quiet little mountain town.
A 10 part anthology series based on the work of Philip K. Dick.
Comedy starring Hugh Bonneville is the follow up to Twenty-Twelve.
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.
Highlights of the Primetime Emmy Awards. This is, of course, 5USA, so rather than airing it live or next day, it’s airing at 12.55am in the morning on the following Tues, with a repeat Sat (23rd) at 9.55am…
Fantasy sitcom about Eleanor (Kristen Bell), who is killed and ends up in the afterlife. Her facilitator Micheal (Ted Danson) tells her she is in ‘the good place’ due to her good deeds… Except, she hasn’t done those good deeds… It’s an admin error… Can she hide her past and manage to stay, or will she get sent to ‘the bad place’?
Russell Howard comes to Sky 1 with a brand new show.
Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) stars as the transgender Maura Pfefferman in a half hour novelistic series that explores family, identity, sex, and love.
Continuation of US sitcom Full House, which sees the Tanner family arrive on Netflix for 13 episodes.
Netflix goes where almost everyone has been before and brings us the new Star Trek series within a day of its US date.
Drama about the legalisation and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square in the 70s & 80s, from the creators of ‘The Wire’.
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.
Edie Falco (‘The Sopranos’, ‘Nurse Jackie’) stars in this new true-crime installment of the ‘Law & Order’ franchise.
Not a new version of Room 101, but an HBO anthology comedy about people who pass through Room 104 of an American motel.
Topical comedy show with Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe.
Adam Brody and Martin Freeman star in this series about a startup tech company forced to fund itself from some shady individuals.
Another new version of Gerry Anderson’s classic, mixing live action with animation!
October 2017
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.
A well-heeled young teacher is posted to a small Canadian mining town in the 19th century.
After a 5 year break, Larry David’s ground-breaking comedy show returns.
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.
Another programme about zombies, this time from the people behind Eureka. Airs on SyFy in the US, and on Sky’s Pick TV here.
Brilliant Netflix Original drama about a socialite who ends up incarcerated in a women’s prison.
A high school becomes a battleground in a new comedy from HBO, as two vice principals lock horns over control of the halls.
With inspiration drawn from the Outer Limits and a little more comedic in tone than the UK’s Black Mirror, this Sci-fi anthology explores the darker side of cutting edge online technology. Narrated by Mr Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill.
Josh Widdicombe, the ginger-haired young man often found on comedy panel shows, gets his own show starring as Josh.
Your weekly look at the best gadgets on the market.
A reboot of the classic Ronnie Barker sitcom.
The very long running crime drama returns to Universal.
New X-Men based tv series from Bryan Singer, starring Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as parents who have to take their family on the run after they discover their children have mutant abilities.
First TV drama from ‘Boyz n the Hood’ director John Singleton, about the 80’s cocaine epidemic in NYC.
New comedy by Daniel Lawrence Taylor (‘Cockroaches’, ‘Uncle’) about a struggling four-piece South London jazz band who travel back in time to the 1920’s via a urine-sodden lift in a dilapidated block of flats.
A reality show where a group of people have to stay undetected from modern surveillance, living “off the Grid”.
Michelle Keegan takes over the lead role in the BBC’s army drama.
Inspired by remarkable true stories this is a Canadian WW2 drama about espionage and covert operations agents trained at Camp X.
TV series based on the William Blatty’s original 1971 novel and the classic 1973 movie.
Greg Berlanti’s rather darker take on Archie Comics returns!
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!
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. Premieres on Amazon in the UK (Season 3 due in October 2017), with linear broadcast on Universal channel.
The classic 80’s soap about the feuding Carrington and Colby families is rebooted.
The boys from the Dwarf are back with a 12th series in 2017.
The costly comedy usually returns shortly after the U.S.
A new comedy series, written by and starring Roisin Conaty, about navigating your thirties when you’re under-prepared.
Netflix mixes Criminal Minds with the Silence of the Lambs. Two members of FBI’s Behavioral Sciences Unit interview serial killers to help solve crimes. Stars Jonathan Groff (Glee, Frozen), Holt McCallany (Blue Bloods, CSI: Miami) and Anna Torv (Fringe). Exec produced by David Fincher (Gone Girl, The Social Network, Zodiac).
Based on the podcast series, Lore tells the unscripted story of frightening, psychologically disturbing, and often paranormal true events that have spawned modern-day nightmares.
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.
A Miami woman is artificially and accidentally inseminated. Dropped by E4, but rescued by Netflix.
The worst of American criminals continue to be dramatically showcased.
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.
Good Behavior tells the story of Letty Raines (Michelle Dockery – ‘Downton Abbey’), a thief and con artist whose life is always one wrong turn or one bad decision from implosion.
From the guys behind Arrow, Grant Gustin dons the speedster outfit to take on the role of Barry Allen aka The Flash.
Two girls in their twenties medicate their way through life in New York
originally paired with Modern Family on Sky1, the Middle has been on Comedy Central since season 5.
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.
Bleak Swedish drama set in the forest where two children have gone missing.
Max and Caroline have been back in April, November, January and June in the past, due to E4’s policy of only scheduling shows after consuming large quantities of absinthe.
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 5star here.
Stephen Amell returns as Green Arrow to try and not ‘fail this city’.
Hugh Laurie is a clever psychiatrist who also has to juggle a complicated personal life, that of one of his patients and of course some past secrets.
Alan and friends return for more clever musings, with new host Sandi Toksvig.
A comedy from Amazon, about a tennis coach in the 80s.
Comedy series starring Colleen Ballinger about an incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise who continues to fail upward.
3 part drama based on the infamous plot to blow up the Houses Of Parliament starring Kit Hardington.
The Griffins move to their new home on ITV2.
The US cable ratings monster (about undead monsters) returns.
A darkly comic road trip tale based on the award-winning series of comic books by Charles Forsman. First Episode will premiere on Channel 4 with the entire box set going onto All4 at the same time.
Sitcom starring the towering Greg Davies returns.
New action/comedy starring Jack Whitehall & Rosie Perez.
TV show set in the MCU which will see the introduction of Black Bolt and The Inhumans Royal Family.
Musical drama series about a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company, Empire Enterprises. Stars Terrence Howard.
Mockumentary based in the border security office of fictional Northend Airport. Series 2 will premiere online via My5 on 19 October 2017 before coming to broadcast TV.
New Zealand detective drama series. Season 4 to follow from Friday, 24th November 2017 at 8pm.
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.
Medical Drama From House’s David Shore starring Bates Motel’s Freddie Highmore about a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome.
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.
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.
Martin Shaw returns a final time to investigate crime in the North East of England.
TV series based starring Rupert Grint & Luke Pasqualino based on the the Guy Ritchie movie.
Strike Back, strikes back! The show returns with a new cast (and more things exploding).
Horror anthology series from Syfy, airing on 5star in the UK.
The excellent Dave Gorman returns on Dave… appropriately…
November 2017
A family of Taiwanese origin moves from Washington to Florida.
Sean Bean stars in a version of Mary Shelley’s classic. How long will he survive? Airs on Itv Encore.
Drama ‘event series’ from Alex Kurtzman, which follows an MIT graduate and a tech genius who stumble upon the fact that an asteroid is only 6 months away from colliding with the Earth.
Ex-pat comedy drama about a family who move from England to the sunshine state of Florida, starring Philip Glenister and Lesley Sharp.
Sitcom starring Colin Hanks about three generations of the Short family, with each family member telling their own stories.
Mini-series adapted from the Margaret Atwood novel, the show tells the true story of Grace Marks, who was convicted of murder in 1840s Canada.
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).
Revamped new series of Disney’s classic DuckTales is coming in Early 2018, with David Tennant voicing Scrooge McDuck. There is a ‘Woo-oo! Special’ preview airing first in Nov 2017.
German-language series based on bestselling series of novels by German writer Volker Kutscher. It’s a 16-part crime story set in 1920s Germany, and one of the most expensive tv shows ever made! Could be something really special! The show will run straight into season 2, starting 3rd Dec 2017.
Sullivan Stapleton stars in this crime drama centring on a woman with tattoos of crimes needing to be solved.
New comedy staring Rupert Grint, Nick Frost and Don Johnson about how desperate a person’s actions can become when a lie starts to spiral out of control.
Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman star in this new anthology series about a mother who inexplicably commits a violent act
Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook are metal detectors (detectorists!) in Essex in this easy-going comedy.
The long running medical show is still going.
American political thriller. First two seasons aired on More4, then moved to Sky Living from season 3.
Gang warfare in Birmingham, 1919-style.
Jon Bernthal as returns as Frank Castle, in his own series on Netflix.
Sequel to ‘The White Queen’ made by US network Starz. Finally picked up by UKTV’s Drama channel.
Notorious criminal Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) and his gang of outlaws are on a mission of revenge against Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell), a son-like protégé who betrayed the brotherhood.
Tea Leoni is the Secretary of State with a CIA background.
Contemporary update of Spike Lee’s 1986 revolutionary debut film.
Jason Momoa (Game Of Thrones, and DC’s new big screen Aquaman) stars in a adventure drama set around the late 18th century North American fur trade.
A spin-off from Chicago Fire – this one set in a hospital… which isn’t on fire… I hope… That wouldn’t be good…
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.
Stars Rachel Brosnahan (House of Cards) as Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel, a 1958 New York City woman, who discovers she has a talent for stand-up comedy. From Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Executive Producer Daniel Palladino (Family Guy).
Historical drama from US channel History, first UK run courtesy of Amazon Prime, then airing on the History Channel UK.
December 2017
Children go missing across time, leading to the unearthing of a small town’s secrets. German drama
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.
From Peter Morgan, writer of The Queen, Frost/Nixon and Rush comes The Crown, a dramatisation of Queen Elizabeth II’s life, from her wedding in 1947 to the present day. Netflix bought it as 6 seasons of 10 episodes.
The firefighters and medics of Engine 51 are back in the UK courtesy of Sky Living.
Faced with few clues and an increasingly panicked public, the FBI calls on a new kind of profiler to help track down the infamous Unabomber. Stars Paul Bettany and Sam Worthington.
Scifi comedy series from ‘Ted’ & ‘Family Guy’ creator Seth MacFarlane.
A 3rd and final series will air in 2017.
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.
Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Jean-Claude Van Johnson – global martial arts and film sensation… and the most dangerous undercover private contractor in the world.
Animated series from Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation about good and evil trolls.
Another Ryan Murphy anthology series, this one focused on famous rivalries. Season 1 centres around the backstage battle between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.
Returning for 3 specials to celebrate 20 years since The League Of Gentlemen first appeared on the radio.
Mark Williams stars as the crime solving priest.
Continuation of US sitcom Full House, which sees the Tanner family arrive on Netflix for 13 episodes.
Sky’s big Christmas 2017 drama will be an adaptation of David Walliams’ Ratburger.
Peter Capaldi and Steven Moffat are leaving this year – Moffat’s final episode will be the 2017 Christmas Special, with Torchwood & Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall taking over in 2018 for series 11 with THE 13TH DOCTOR.
Another time-traveling TV series, this one starring Eric McCormack.
A little known cartoon… Still going strong.
Bill Nye The Science Guy explore a wide range of topics with celebrity guests.
Dawn French stars in a story of love, heartbreak, food and female friendship.
Charlie Brooker’s futuristic satire has moved to Netflix…