The Paper
Friday 5 September, Sky Max
The question of whether the British or American version of The Office is superior is an argument that could go on for ever – but it’s the US one that has inspired this new spin-off series. The same film crew that filmed the workers of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch are now embedded in the office of The Toledo Truth-Teller, a historic but struggling newspaper based in Ohio. Domhnall Gleeson plays new editor-in-chief Ned Sampson, who has been tasked with whipping his new journalists – who are mostly working on a volunteer basis – into shape.
Task
Monday 8 September, Sky Atlantic
Mare of Easttown is one of my favourite detective dramas of all time, so I’m expecting big things from this thriller from the same creator, Brad Ingelsby. Task is set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia and stars Hulk himself, Mark Ruffalo, as FBI agent Tom, who is put in charge of a special taskforce created to put a stop to a spate of violent robberies. But if Tom is anything like Mare, he’ll have plenty of other problems to deal with in his personal life, too.
Only Murders in the Building season five
Tuesday 9 September, Disney+
I’m not sure why anyone continues to live at the Arconia – surely death is just around the corner for anyone who steps into its art deco world. At the end of the last season, it was poor doorman Lester who dropped dead and now it falls to resident investigators/true-crime podcasters Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) to track down his killer. The clues lead them to New York’s seedy underground, run by powerful billionaires and old school mobsters. Have the trio got themselves into a mess they can’t squirm out of?
The Girlfriend
Wednesday 10 September, Prime Video
Meeting your other half’s parents for the first time is nerve-wracking, but do we ever stop to wonder how mum and dad feel about meeting their child’s partner? That’s the jump-off point for Prime Video’s new psychological thriller, based on the bestselling 2017 novel by Michelle Frances. Laura (Robin Wright) has the perfect life: a successful career, a rich husband and a doting son, Daniel (Laurie Davidson). But all that is put under threat by the arrival of Daniel’s new girlfriend Cherry (Olivia Cooke), who Laura is convinced is hiding dark secrets and ulterior motives.
The Morning Show season four
Wednesday 17 September, Apple TV+
The Morning Show must be one of the most ridiculous dramas on TV (remember when they went to space?!), but I can’t stop watching. This new season jumps two years into the future bringing the story into 2024 – the UBA-NBN merger is complete, and America is more polarised than ever. Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) and Alex (Jennifer Aniston) are dealing with the fallout from the decisions they made in season three. While Billy Crudup and Jon Hamm will reprise their previous roles, the cast is joined by Marion Cotillard as a “savvy operator” and Jeremy Irons as Alex’s father.
Black Rabbit
Thursday 18 September, Netflix
Forget The Bear – the new TV restaurant on the block is Black Rabbit, an exclusive New York City eatery at the centre of Netflix’s new high-pressure drama. Jude Law and Jason Bateman play brothers, Jake and Vince Friedkin, who opened the restaurant together but have since fallen out. Jake (Law) has shepherded the Black Rabbit to success, but the reappearance of Vince (Bateman) and his demands to get back involved in the business threaten to turn everything they’ve worked so hard to create into dust.
Slow Horses series five
Wednesday 24 September, Apple TV+
The next story in Apple’s excellent adaptation of Mick Herring’s novels is a double-edged sword for resident tech nerd Roddy (Christopher Chung). On the plus side, he’s got a new glamorous girlfriend – but everyone at Slough House is suspicious of her motives: could she have a reason for wanting to get close to an MI5 agent? Meanwhile, London is being targeted by a seemingly random spate of terror attacks, though the ever miserable, flatulent leader of the Slow Horses, Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), knows that everything is connected.
House of Guinness
Thursday 25 September, Netflix
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight turns his attention to the creation of the Guinness empire. Set across 19th century New York and Dublin, the series kicks off in the immediate aftermath of the death of patriarch Sir Benjamin Guinness. As his offspring – Arthur (Anthony Boyle), Edward (Louis Patridge), Anne (Emily Fairne), and Ben (Fionn O’Shea) – scramble to ensure they keep the brewery empire at its peak, they find that living up to their father’s legacy will be much harder than they imagined.
Wayward
Thursday 25 September, Netflix
Comedian Mae Martin’s new unsettling (but still hilarious) series is worlds away from their romcom Feel Good. It’s set in the picturesque town of Tall Pines, where we are introduced to two new residents, police officer Alex Dempsey (Martin) and his pregnant wife Laura (Sarah Gadon). Before long, Alex meets two girls who are trying to escape from the local school for “troubled teens”, and as he begins to investigate the town’s strange goings on, he soon realises that all roads lead to enigmatic headteacher Evelyn (Toni Collette). Could she be the root of all evil?
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
September, Channel 4
TV has been sorely lacking in sketch comedy of late, so I’m very happy to see David Mitchell and Robert Webb reunite for another round of hilarious skits. Described by Channel 4 as “an innovative merging of comedy minds across generations”, the series will also star Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, and Krystal Evans, with new comic voices in the writers’ room, too. Perfect timing – lord knows we all need a laugh as the nights start to get darker.
The Diplomat season three
Thursday 16 October, Netflix
This political drama feels like a throwback to political dramas like House of Cards and The West Wing – no accident, perhaps, since Bradley Whitford (who starred as White House deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman in the latter) is joining the cast for season three. When we last saw ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), she accused VP Grace Penn (Allison Janney) of terrorism and admitted she was after her job. Then the president dropped dead, and Penn was made the leader of the free world, placing Kate in a position of power she never expected – and with freedoms she wasn’t quite sure she wanted…
Down Cemetery Road
Wednesday 29 October, Apple TV+
Apple has plumped for another Mick Herron adaptation this autumn, introducing Emma Thompson as his private investigator Zoë Boehm. Down Cemetery Road has an explosive start – literally, as it all kicks off when a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a young girl subsequently goes missing. Neighbour Sarah Tucker (Ruth Wilson) takes it upon herself to investigate the girls’ disappearance, with the help of Boehm, who is fed up with her domesticated lifestyle. Fans of Slow Horses should give it a chance – Apple has described the series as a “companion piece”.
Riot Women
October, BBC One
If a cast made up of Lorraine Ashbourne, Rosalie Craig, Tamsin Greig and Taj Atwal (among others) wasn’t enough to pique your interest, then how’s this: Riot Women is written by Sally Wainwright, aka the mastermind behind Happy Valley, Gentleman Jack and Last Tango in Halifax. It follows a group of middle-aged women who, fed up with the drudgery of motherhood and marriage, decide to form a punk band and enter a local talent contest. Sign me up.
IT: Welcome to Derry
October, Sky Atlantic
The arrival of autumn also means the build-up to Halloween – in fact, my local supermarket is already flogging skeletons and pumpkins. One of the most exciting horror series comes in the form of a 60s-set prequel to Stephen King’s horrifying IT. Before Pennywise the Clown wreaked havoc, the malevolent spirit found other inventive ways to terrorise the residents of the fictional Maine town of Derry. Details of how this prelude will play out are being kept secret, but it has been confirmed that Bill Skarsgård (who plays the clown in films IT and IT: Chapter Two) will be back to scare us silly.
Pluribus
Friday 7 November, Apple TV+
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan leaves the world of Walter White behind in his new drama Pluribus (Latin for “many”). Details of what the show is about are thin on the ground, but we do know that a world-changing event happens in the very first episode, leading to the most miserable person on earth having to save the world from happiness. Pluribus has been described by Apple as “genre-bending” while Gilligan has called it “mild science fiction”. Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn stars in the series, though her character is reportedly “very different” to Kim Wexler.
Stranger Things season five
Wednesday 26 November, Netflix
The last-ever season of the Duffer Brothers’ nostalgia-driven sci-fi thriller will be released in three parts – sorry, “volumes” – with the grand finale arriving on New Year’s Eve. It’s now 1987 and Hawkins has been put in military lockdown, with government agents still intent on tracking down – and potentially killing – Eleven. But the gang are facing a bigger challenge: find and kill Vecna. The sinewy monster has escaped the Upside Down via the rifts we saw open in season four and is now terrorising the residents of Hawkins. Haven’t they been through enough?
The Death of Bunny Munro
TBC, Sky Atlantic
Nick Cave will provide the music for this adaptation of his 2009 novel. It follows door-to-door beauty product salesman Bunny (Matt Smith, House of the Dragon), whose job helps feed his sex addiction and distracts him from his wife’s suicide. Unfortunately for him, his nine-year-old son Bunny Junior (Rafael Mathé) is always in tow, and soon the pair are embarking on a chaotic road trip across southern England. Dark and brooding, this is a rumination on what it means to be a modern man.
All’s Fair
TBC, Disney+
All eyes will be on Kim Kardashian as she continues her pivot from the world’s biggest influencer to actor in Ryan Murphy’s slick legal drama. She plays Allura Grant, a high-flying, glamorous divorce lawyer at an all-female firm in LA. Along with her fellow lawyers – played by Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Niecy Nash-Betts, Teyana Taylor and Sarah Paulson – Grant works her way through Hollywood’s messiest break-ups, fuelled by jealousy, secrets and a hell of a lot of money. Perhaps that law degree Kardashian has worked so hard for is finally paying off.
Brassic
TBC, Sky Max
Danny Brocklehurst and Joe Gilgun’s rowdy comedy has gained a loyal following since its premiere in 2019 and has several Bafta and National Television Awards nominations under its belt. But this upcoming seventh series will mark the end of our adventures with Vinnie (Gilgun) and the gang – and Sky has promised that Brassic will say goodbye with a bang. Michelle Keegan will be making her return as Vinnie’s on/off girlfriend Erin, while old enemies are also set to rear their heads.
Film Club
TBC, BBC Three
Aimee Lou Wood has hit the big time since appearing in The White Lotus earlier this year (it’s recently been announced she’ll soon be starring in a film alongside Angelina Jolie), but she’s not leaving British TV behind just yet. Romcom Film Club is her screenwriting debut and sees her play Evie, a cinephile whose weekly movie night with friend Noa (Nabhaan Rizwan) is a welcome distraction from her mental health struggles. But when Noa is offered a job on the other side of the country, the pals are forced to re-evaluate whether they’re more than just friends.
Trigger Point series three
TBC, ITV
Somehow, Vicky McClure’s bomb disposal officer (or EXPO to those in the know) Lana Washington has managed to stay alive long enough to lead a third series of Trigger Point. I say that because for a show about stopping bombs going off, there’s an awful lot of explosions. Anyway, the upcoming series sees Lana and the team race to identify a mysterious bomber with a sinister vendetta. Who are they? And what do they want? That’s for Lana to find out.
Coldwater
TBC, ITV
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Coldwater starts as most ITV thrillers do: with an unhappy protagonist stuck in suburbia. John (The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln) isn’t happy with his lot as a middle-aged stay-at-home dad. When his suppressed anger boils over one day, he decides to start anew in the fictional Scottish town of Coldwater, where he befriends his seemingly harmless neighbour Tommy (Ewen Bremner). But John’s wife isn’t convinced by Tommy’s nice guy act – and it turns out she’s right to be worried…
How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)
TBC, BBC One
Alan Partridge has spent the last year working in Saudi Arabia. Now, he’s back in his native Norwich but struggling to reintegrate with British society – something is wrong with both his and Britain’s collective psyche. This six-episode mockumentary will follow Alan as he strives to understand the country’s mental state and what can be done to make us better. In the name of journalism, the presenter embarks on a journey of wellness to confront the nation with one important question: How are you?
The Night Manager series two
TBC, BBC One
Calls for a follow up series to the BBC’s hit John Le Carré adaptation have been ignored for the best part of a decade, but now we have two more series of spy thrills on the way. Tom Hiddleston is back as the eponymous hotel night manager, Jonathan Pine, with a new story set eight years after the explosive (literally) events of the 2016 finale. The plot is still under wraps, but we do know that filming took place in Colombia and that Olivia Colman and Alistair Petrie are set to reprise their roles.
The Guest
TBC, BBC One
How close should you get to your cleaner? That’s the question Fran (Eve Myles, Keeping Faith) should have considered before she started dishing out advice to her new cleaner, Ria (In My Skin’s Gabrielle Creevy). Fran is a successful businesswoman, and Ria is enamoured by her seemingly perfect life, but when their intense friendship oversteps the mark, the pair become entwined in a dangerous game of secrets and lies. The power imbalance is obvious, and as they try to outsmart each other, Fran and Ria realise just how different they are.
Murder Before Evensong
TBC, 5
Reverend Richard Coles’ bestselling cosy crime novel finally gets the TV adaptation it deserves. Matthew Lewis (best known as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films) is priest Daniel Clement, who shares his charmed village life with his widowed mother, Audrey (Amanda Redman). But Daniel sets the cat amongst the pigeons when he suggests installing a toilet in the church. His congregation are so divided on the idea that the furore eventually leads to the discovery of a body among the pews, and the priest takes it upon himself to solve the murder.
Frauds
TBC, ITV
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Two of Britain’s best TV actors, Suranne Jones and Jodie Whittaker, team up as professional criminals for this Thelma and Louise-esque heist drama. While Bert (Jones) has spent the last decade locked up in a Spanish prison, Sam (Whittaker) has kept her head down. But now Bert is free and an opportunity for one last multimillion-pound art heist is too good for the women to turn down. First, Bert has to tempt Sam out of retirement – but whether the pair can still trust one another is another problem entirely.
The Forsytes
TBC, 5
Set in 1800s London, this new period drama introduces us to the upper-class world of the Forsyte family. Based on the series of novels by Nobel Prize-winning author John Galsworthy, it follows the younger generation of the family as they attempt to secure their place as heir to their stockbroker father’s business. But when two “remarkable women” (played by Doctor Who’s Millie Gibson and Poldark’s Eleanor Tomlinson) are distracting the Forsyte men, that’s easier said than done.
The Hack
TBC, ITV
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Produced by the man who oversaw Mr Bates vs The Post Office, The Hack dramatises the investigation into the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan and the phone hacking scandal that rocked British journalism in 2011. David Tennant plays investigative journalist Nick Davies, who first found evidence that the now-defunct News of the World was infiltrating the voicemails of celebrities and other newsworthy subjects. But that wasn’t the only corruption the paper was involved in, as Met Police DCS Dave Cook (Robert Carlyle) discovers while uncovering what happened to Morgan.
The Rumour
TBC, 5
When Julia (Rachel Shenton, All Creatures Great and Small) moved to the quiet town of Flinstead with her young son, she expected a slower pace of life. But when she hears a rumour about a convicted child killer living among her new neighbours, she sees it as her duty to warn her fellow mothers. Unsurprisingly, her news spreads panic and fear throughout the town and soon Julia is forced to question who she can trust. Emily Atack (Rivals) and Joanne Whalley (Wolf Hall) also star in this chilling tale of parental paranoia.
I Fought the Law
TBC, ITV
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When 22-year-old Julie Hogg was killed in 1989, the prime suspect, William Dunlop, was tried and acquitted twice for her murder. A decade later, Dunlop admitted the murder, but the archaic double jeopardy law meant that he couldn’t face trial again for the same crime. This moving drama follows Hogg’s mother, Ann Ming (Sheridan Smith), as she takes on the entire justice system, campaigning to have the law changed and secure justice for her daughter.
Lynley
TBC, BBC One
You might remember aristocratic detective Thomas Lynley from the Noughties BBC series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. This new drama reimagines author Elizabeth George’s copper for a 2025 audience, casting the classically handsome Leo Suter alongside Sofia Barclay as his working-class, rebellious sidekick Barbara Havers. Together – and with the help of their boss DCI Brian Nies (Daniel Mays) – the pair tackle a series of troubling murders, using Lynley’s brains and Barclay’s maverick spirit to catch the bad guys.
Bullseye
TBC, ITV
Over 8.6 million watched the one-off return of darts competition Bullseye last Christmas, so it’s no surprise that ITV has plumped for a full series. Cricket legend Freddie Flintoff is back in Jim Bowen’s shoes as host – joined by the show’s mascot, Bully the cartoon Bull, of course – to help amateur darts players take home a plethora of prizes. For those unfamiliar with the gameshow classic, teams of “throwers” and “knowers” will compete in a general knowledge quiz, with correct answers giving them a chance to score a bullseye.
