New TV shows coming soon

New on BBC

Silent Witness (Season 28)

BBC One + BBC iPlayer, from Monday 6th January at 9pm

This long-running crime drama is coming-back with many more mysteries and even two new team members! Join the forensic pathologists as they head back to the lab and attempt to solve some of their biggest mysteries yet! With some huge moral questions to arise this season, we are expecting big things!

SAS Rogue Heroes (Season 2)

BBC iPlayer + BBC One, from the 1st January 

Following a very successful first season, Steve Knight’s drama is returning to our screens! It’s spring 1943 and Paddy Mayne (Jack O’Connell) takes control of the SAS following the capture of David Stirling (Connor Swindells), with the war not looking like it will finish any time soon, the SAS must prove their worth by shifting their focus from North Africa to mainland Europe!

Lucey Worsley Investigates 

BBC Two, Fridays at 9pm

After a highly successful first season, Lucy Worsley returns, sharing new evidence on some of Britain's biggest mysteries and most gruesome serial killers. Lucy explores the long term impact of Jack the Ripper as well as the people behind the Gunpowder plot and also dives deep into the impact of the Battle of Hastings. If you enjoy learning about history then you can't miss this series!

Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty

BBC iPlayer, stream now

This show offers a unique insight into the Renaissance period, exploring the lives of the three rival artists - Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael who all undisputedly created some of the greatest art works in Western civilisation during an age of violence and disruption! Starring George Dance.

New on ITV & STV 

Playing Nice

ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player, Sundays and Monday at 9pm

Set against the stunning scenery of Cornwall, this drama sees two couples have their world’s flipped upside down when they discover their toddlers were switched at birth in  a hospital mix-up leaving them with a horrible dilemma, do they keep the son they’ve raised and love or reclaim their biological child? Starring James Norton, James McArdle, Niamh Algar and Jessica Brown Findlay. 

Vera (Season 14)

Stream now on ITVX and STV Player

Brenda Blethyn OBE makes an emotional return for the 14th and final season of this popular crime drama. Over two feature-length epsidoes, murder mysteries are combined with Vera's heartfelt personal journey to create a beautiful and gripping final series!

Out There

ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player, coming soon

Martin Clumes stars in this new drama as Nathan Williams, a Welsh farmer and widower who will stop at nothing to protect his son Johnny (Louis Ashbourne Serkis). When he discovers Johnny is involved in the drug running slowly creeping into their rural community, Nathan works to save the remainder of his family.

New on Channel 4

Eat Smart: Secrets of the Glucose Goddess

Channel 4, from Tuesday 7th January at 8pm

French biochemist Jessie Inchauspé aka The Glucose Goddess swaps the online screens for the telly screens as she shares her best tips to help people improve their physical and mental wellbeing! Whether you’re struggling with cravings, type 2 diabetes, acne or simply want to improve your health, Jessie reveals all!

Patience

Channel 4, from Wednesday 8th January at 9pm

Based on the very popular French drama Astrid: Murder in Paris, this drama is set against the historical backdrop of York. Patience sees detective Bea Metcalfe (Laura Fraser) form an unlikely but powerful duo with young autistic police archivist Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis) who’s eye for detail and reading between the lines allows the duo to exceed in uncovering crimes!

The Great Pottery Throw Down (Season 8)

Watch on Channel 4, Sundays at 7:45pm

Creativity, passion and skill collide as 12 of Britain’s beat amateur potters compete to create the best art in order to be crowned best at the wheel!

New on Channel 5

The Good Ship Murder (Season 2)

Coming soon to My5

After it’s exciting Christmas special, get ready for sun, sea, tunes and (unsurprisingly) murder! Dropping the anchor in a different Mediterranean location each episode, Jack (Shayne Ward) and Kate (Catherine Tyldesley) welcome a new set of guests on board! 

The Weekend Travel Show

Channel 5, coming soon

Hosted by Kym Marsh and Richard Arnold, over eight episodes, audiences will be taken through all the best travel packages as well as top tips and tricks to make travelling as fun and easy as it should be!

New on U

Home Fires

Stream now on U

This series follows a group of inspirational women as they band together whilst living in the shadows of World War II. Starring Samantha Bond, Francesca Annis and Claire Rushbrook.

Harlots

Stream on U from Saturday 11th January

Journey to Georgian London in this drama as Harlots shines a light on the life of the women working in one of the cities biggest industries- sex. Inspired by the true stories of women as well as the men that surrounded them, this drama reveals the secrets, scandals and betrayals that created the foundations of the London we know today. Starring Lesley Manville.

New on BLAZE

Secrets in the Ice (Season 3)

Mondays, from the 6th January at 10pm

In this season, Secrets in the Ice goes to the most remote, cold and inhospitable places on the planet. Through a combination of CGI re-creations, advanced scanning technology and scientific research, the series explores curiosities lost for a millennia as well as contemplating what may be concealed in frozen depths!

A Cut Above

Tuesdays, from the 7th January at 9pm

Get ready for a competition like no other as 12 of the best chainsaw carvers from all around the world get their skills put to the ultimate test of creativity, strength and skills, turning ordinary logs into extraordinary art!

New on Netflix 

American Primeval

Stream on Netflix from Thursday 9th January

Up is down, pain is everywhere and innocence and tranquillity are losing to hatred and fear, welcome to the birth of the wild west in 1857 America. 

Harlan Coben’s Missing You

Stream now on Netflix

Eleven years after Detective Kat Donovan’s (Rosalind Eleazar) fiancé Josh disappeared, she finds his profile on a dating app causing her world to explode all over again, his reappearance causing her to dive back into the mystery surrounding her father’s murder and uncover long-buried secrets from her past. Starring Ashley Walters.

New on Prime Video 

The Rig (Season 2)

Set on a remote offshore oil rig, the second season of this British drama will see even more dramatic storylines and deeper riddles as the crew deal with corporate greed, environmental mayhem and most significantly, supernatural forces beyond comprehension! Starring Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire and Martin Compston.