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Winterwatch

TUE-FRI BBC2 This year’s Winterwatch comes from Mount Stewart, a National Trust property in County Down, Northern Ireland, which also featured in Springwatch 2025. Bordering Mount Stewart is Strangford Lough, the largest sea lough in the British...

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Everybody loves an Agatha Christie drama and this week there is a new adaptation of her classic novel The Seven Dials Mystery (from Thu 15 January, Netflix). Our cover stars, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Mckenna-bruce and Martin Freeman, investigate a...

Lynley

MON BBC1 Who doesn’t love a crime drama? New to BBC1 this week is Lynley, a reimagining of the bestselling novels by author Elizabeth George. Playing upper-class DI Thomas Lynley is Leo Suter, while Sofia Barclay is working-class DS Barbara Havers. In...

Coronation Street

I can’t wait for Debbie and Ronnie’s wedding. Ronnie has stayed by Debbie’s side as she’s been living with young-onset dementia. And finally, the big day has arrived. Radiant and smiling, doesn’t Debbie look the perfect bride? Ronnie also cuts a...

Royal Arctic Challenge

Back in 1975, the then Prince Charles visited the Canadian Arctic for a royal tour with a difference. Fifty years later, Steve Backshall (left) retraces the King’s footsteps. I was lucky enough to attend a special screening at Buckingham Palace with an...

THE BIG DOCTOR WHO SPIN-OFF

The secrets of The War Between the Land and the Sea

Tinsel Town

A-listers Rebel Wilson and Kiefer Sutherland star in this heart-warming comedy film about a washed-up Hollywood actor (Kiefer) coming to the UK to appear in a small town’s production of Cinderella. Rebel plays the choreographer and look out for a whole...

Changing Ends

SUN-TUE & THU-FRI, ITV1 It’s now 1989 in this warm comedy about the childhood of Alan Carr, and he is entering his teenage years in this third series. Along with the perils of a first crush, his dad’s football team Northampton Town take a dive in the...

COOPER & FRY

ROBERT JAMES-COLLIER and MANDIP GILL on playing police partners in the Peak District

Play for Today

THURSDAY 5 I felt a wave of nostalgia on hearing the classic Play for Today anthology series is returning. I still remember some of those bold, brilliant dramas in the 1970s, including the unforgettable Abigail’s Party. Now, its revival on 5 kicks off...

Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter

SUNDAY C4 Fresh from the drama in the Traitors castle, Olympic gold-medallist and passionate knitter Tom Daley is diving head first into something completely different as he hosts this Sewing Bee- style series. Ten talented home knitters face a range...

All Creatures Great and Small

THURSDAY 5 I cannot believe that we are already at the final episode of this series of All Creatures Great and Small! It’s the end of World War Two as the village celebrates VJ Day. Tristan is troubled by his experiences during the conflict, but can...

The Forsytes

MONDAY 5 This luxurious period drama, based on the novels by John Galsworthy, follows the ups and downs of a wealthy stockbroking family, the Forsytes. Love, money and power dominate as we follow several generations across the decades. Previous...

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PETE WICKS: FOR DOGS’ SAKE

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Our cover star, Matthew Lewis, is appearing in the hotly anticipated Murder Before Evensong this week (Tuesday, 9pm, 5), based on the novel written by the Reverend Richard Coles. But I think Matthew may be upstaged by those two impossibly cute...

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This week’s TV has a distinctly travel-show feel about it, with our cover stars Rob and Rylan’s Passage to India (Sun, 9pm, BBC2) leading the field. The duo make good travelling companions as they discover the delights of India, including one of the...

Only Murders in the Building

FROM TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER DISNEY+ The fifth season of this Emmy Awardwinning murder thriller comes to Disney+ this week. With the beloved doorman of The Arconia, Lester, dying under suspicious circumstances, Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin)...

The Great British Bake Off

TUESDAY C4 One of TV Times’ favourite shows, Bake Off, is back, and the new run kicks off with Cake Week! Twelve bakers will prepare Swiss rolls, fondant fancies and a landscape cake for judges Dame Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood. And let’s face it,...

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Richard Osman is a bit of a national treasure. He was one half of the popular Pointless presenting team and is now a murder-mystery author. An adaptation of his first book, The Thursday Murder Club, comes to Netflix from Thu 28 August with an all-star...

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It seems to be all the rage this year with actors playing fictional prime ministers. First, we had Idris Elba in Heads of State, and now, Netflix’s new drama Hostage sees Suranne Jones as British Prime Minister Abigail Dalton, who is caught up in a...

10 TOP

KENSUKE’S KINGDOM BBC1 ANIMATION A beautiful hand-drawn animation brings to life Sir Michael Morpurgo’s adventure about a young boy, Michael, who is washed ashore on a desert island and soon finds himself learning some valuable life...

Destination X

WED & THU BBC1 Missing Race Across the World? This new reality adventure series hosted by Rob Brydon has similar vibes but with a Coach Trip twist! Contestants travel across Europe in a blacked-out bus, with no idea where they are… Then they must...

Here We Go

FRIDAY BBC1 There’s more chaos for the Jessop family this week when they return for a third run of the popular comedy. Starring Jim Howick and Katherine Parkinson as Paul and Rachel Jessop, this series features a family holiday to Malta, where Rachel...

Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters

MON ITV1 National treasure Sir Lenny Henry (right) gets up close and personal with some scary-looking sharks in the Bahamas this week. He’s one of seven celebs on a diving expedition to learn more about these creatures, which have been around since...

THE ARCHERS

Corrie’s CHARLOTTE JORDAN on her new soap role

SPORTS SPECIAL

Wimbledon and Euros begin

Smoke

FROM FRIDAY 27 JUNE APPLE TV+ Created by top-selling author Dennis Lehane, whose books include Gone, Baby, Gone and Mystic River, comes this gripping crime drama. Inspired by true events, Taron Egerton is arson investigator Dave Gudsen, who teams up...

MURDER Most Puzzling

PHYLLIS LOGAN is a crossword queen who solves crimes

Ocean

SUNDAY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC & FROM SUNDAY 8 JUNE DISNEY+ Sir David Attenborough has headlined some brilliant series, including 1979’s Life on Earth. Now, in his 100th year, he presents this documentary, which goes under the waves to discover the...

SOAP &Glory

The British Soap Awards

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This week, Springwatch (Hol Mon-thu, BBC2) celebrates 20 years of being one of our favourite natural-history series. It began back in 2005 and was hosted by Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King. Today, Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are the...

CODE of Silence

ROSE AYLING-ELLIS and CHARLOTTE RITCHIE on their undercover thriller

ALISON HAMMOND’S BIG WEEKEND

Marie Antoinette

THU BBC2 This magnificent period drama, set in the dying days of the French monarchy, is back for Series 2. The year is 1783, France is in the grip of an extremely harsh winter and Marie Antoinette (pictured, right) is now a mother and dedicated...

Coronation Street

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY ITV1 We’ve not had a cracking exit in Corrie in a while – but this week Daisy leaves the cobbles in spectacular style, and she has revenge on her mind. From her first appearance in 2020, Daisy has been in some big...

ALL THE MUST-SEE SHOWS THIS EASTER

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It’s been a long time coming but Doctor Who is finally back this Saturday (6.50pm, BBC1), and the Time Lord has a new companion, Belinda Chandra, played by Varada Sethu. Ncuti Gatwa’s latest outing as the Doctor also has brilliant guest stars,...

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We’ve got a packed issue this week and don’t miss our feature on the thriller Reunion, set in the deaf community. The majority of the cast and crew are deaf or use British Sign Language and it is great to see such a drama on BBC1, Mon and Tue, at...

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It is Mother’s Day this week and we have put together a collection of great shows (see page 20) – perfect to watch with your mum! Our cover features Grace for our crime-drama preview, with all the great whodunnits coming your way in 2025. New shows to...

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Beyond Paradise (Fri, 8pm, BBC1) returns for a hotly anticipated third series. This has been a hit right from the start and we were lucky enough to get an amazing cover shoot. Martha and Humphrey have more hurdles to overcome as foster parents while...

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One of TV Times’ favourite dramas is on our cover this week. Yes, it is the return of The Madame Blanc Mysteries. After the long, cold winter, it is nice to see Jean, our antiques expert and André Caron’s right-hand woman, floating around...

Father Brown

FRIDAY BBC1 It’s the finale of Father Brown this week and Series 12 comes to an end with the wedding of Chief Inspector Edgar Sullivan and parish secretary Mrs Isabel Devine (played by Tom Chambers and Claudie Blakley, both pictured). But this is...

Crufts

C4 & MORE4 It’s doggy heaven as the world’s largest dog show, Crufts, takes place at the NEC in Birmingham. Founded by Charles Cruft in 1891, 24,000 dogs will take part and there’s even a Scruffts section. Last year, Viking, an Australian shepherd,...

Britain’s Got Talent

SATURDAY ITV1 Presenters Ant and Dec are back on Saturday-night TV as Britain’s Got Talent returns for its 18th series. And it’s all change as the audition shows move from London to the famous seaside resort of Blackpool. But that’s not all as Youtube...

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This week sees the 40th anniversary of Eastenders. Launched when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the Dark was in the Top 10, Eastenders began on 19 February 1985 and the first scene was the discovery of Reg Cox’s...

Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes

MON-FRI BBC2 Grantchester star Robson Green takes more of his celebrity friends on a weekend break in the North-east of England. This Monday sees his Grantchester co-star Kacey Ainsworth (who plays his on-screen wife Cathy) discovering the delights...

Amandaland

WEDNESDAY BBC1 It’s finally here! The spin-off to the hit series Motherland, Amandaland sees posh mum Amanda (Lucy Punch) move to South Harlesden after her divorce. Raising two teenagers and with her mum Felicity (Dame Joanna Lumley) interfering, can...

Death in Paradise

FRIDAY BBC1 DI Mervin Wilson (Don Gilet, right with Shantol Jackson as DS Naomi Thomas) first appeared in the Christmas special of Death in Paradise, where he failed to make a good impression on the team. As he is travelling to the airport for his...

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NATURE Winterwatch TUE-FRI BBC2 Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams return to RSPB Arne in Dorset for a new series of Winterwatch. Currently competing in Dancing on Ice, Michaela will swap her sequins for a padded jacket as she and the...

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Chase away the January blues with a fantastic week of top telly. Eastenders (Mon-thu, BBC1) is on fine form with the beginning of Sonia’s trial. She wants big sister Bianca by her side but where is she? Last we saw, Reiss had imprisoned her in his...

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Welcome to 2025! It’s a big year for TV Times as we celebrate our 70th birthday on 22 September. And in those 70 years we’ve seen many TV shows come and go, including favourites The Sweeney, Inspector Morse, Benidorm, Mr Bean, Downton Abbey, Agatha...

Gavin & Stacey

CHRISTMAS DAY BBC1 It all began back in 2007, and after 17 fabulous years, it’s the final-ever episode of the popular comedy. Gavin and Stacey are trying to spice up their marriage again. But what we all want to know is, after Nessa’s cliffhanger...

WHAM!

ANDREW RIDGELEY on the famous festive song

BRITAIN’S BEST-LOVED TV MAGAZINE

WALLACE & GROMIT: Vengeance Most Fowl

SOAPS

It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas… I’m already on the mince pies. If you plan to watch The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Fri BBC4) to mark the 40th anniversary of the recording of the hit song, you can also catch The Reunion: Band...

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Welcome to this week’s TV Times. There is so much great telly on, it’s hard to know where to start. I’m loving Wolf Hall (Sun, 9pm, BBC1) but remember, it can only end one way! If you missed the first series, catch up now on BBC iplayer. Sir Mark...

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

FRIDAY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Don’t miss this lovely film about an orphaned otter who changed the life of Shetlander Billy Mail when he discovered her in a poor state in the islands. Naming the otter Molly, he nursed her back to health. A heart-warming...

THURSDAY SKY ATLANTIC & SKY SHOWCASE

Back in 1973, Edward Fox starred in the first adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s novel The Day of the Jackal. Now, Eddie Redmayne (above) takes on the role of the mysterious hitman, with this version set in the present day. Catch the original film on...

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It’s Halloween week and we have lots of exclusive treats, such as catching up with all the Strictly stars to hear what spooks them and looking forward to what will be a memorable show (page 8). Another scary offering is C4’s Generation Z, which sees...

Doctor Odyssey

FROM THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER DISNEY+ Take the trip of a lifetime with this drama set aboard a cruise ship. Dawson’s Creek star Joshua Jackson plays Dr Max Bankman, who has to attend to a host of medical emergencies on the most luxurious cruise liner on...

Emmerdale

MONDAY-FRIDAY ITV1 Can you believe that it is 30 years since a Dingle first walked into Emmerdale village?! Back on 20 October 1994, Zak Dingle arrived in the Dales and the rest is history. The Dingles today are at the heart of the soap, with Cain,...

Will & Ralf Should Know Better

It’s a bromance made in heaven as friends and actors Ralf Little and Will Mellor take a trip around Britain to help them embrace middle age. Along the way, they meet the Dreamboys and shake their booties in a risqué stripping routine. So, do they still...