Channel 4 has announced the recommission of recent hit series Secret Genius, which will return for an extended run of seven episodes. Hosts Alan Carr and Susie Dent will be back to guide audiences through a fresh set of mindboggling challenges designed to uncover the hidden potential of ordinary people with extraordinary minds. The first series, which attracted 2.1 million episode one viewers saw people from across the country and from different walks of life descend on Geniu

Casting for Hamburg Days, a major new six-part drama charting The Beatles’ formative years has been announced with a first-look picture. Filming has begun on the series in Hamburg, Munich and Liverpool. Produced by W&B Television and Turbine Studios, and co-financed by AGC Television and German broadcaster ZDF, Hamburg Days is inspired by German artist Klaus Voormann’s autobiography and explores the band’s early evolution in 1960s Hamburg. The BBC have acquired the series for

Hot off the heels from the second series of I'm A Celebrity South Africa, The Sun newspaper reports I'm A Celebrity is set for another spin-off series in 2027 - this time located in Canada. The spin-off show, with the sub-title The Wild Frontier , will be hosted by Ant & Dec and will 'pair up well known faces' as they are forced to live, eat and sleep together during their time on the show. It is not known whether these celebrities will be former campmates or new campmates.

ITV have pulled the remaining six episodes of The Neighbourhood from its primetime schedule after poor ratings. ITV bet big on the reality series hosted by Graham Norton and was billed as its flagship programme of this Spring, with the broadcaster launching the series out of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and Britain's Got Talent. However, the show has not delivered the ratings to justify the 9pm slot. The remaining episodes will air daily from Thursday 7th May at 10:45pm

The BBC and BBC Studios today confirm plans for Strictly Come Dancing 2026, as the eagerly anticipated new series gets ready to once again light up Saturday and Sunday nights this autumn on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Made by BBC Studios Entertainment, Strictly Come Dancing remains as the biggest Entertainment title for viewer hours on the BBC plus the latest series attracted an average audience of 7.8m viewers (main show average on 28-Day BARB 4-Screens) with 8.6m tuning in to

The BBC has revealed first look images from the upcoming series Ann Droid, from BAFTA and Emmy nominated Diane Morgan. Written by Diane Morgan (Mandy, Cunk) and Sarah Kendall (Frayed, The Other One), the six-part series, made by Boffola Pictures and Witchcraft Industries for BBC iPlayer and BBC One, will launch later this summer. Ann Droid also stars BAFTA nominated Sue Johnston (True Love, The Royle Family) who plays Sue, and Paul Ready (Motherland) who plays her son Michael

The Fortune is a gripping, psychological drama that asks: what if your past isn’t what you think it is? Eleanor Tomlinson (One Day, Poldark) stars as Amanda Blakefield, whose life is a happy one with her husband, Jimmy played by Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small), and their son Luke, played by newcomer James Younger. Amanda has her world shattered after she is left an enormous inheritance by a man she has neither met nor heard of before. Her life star

It’s the show that has the nation gripped with its dastardly twists, turns, secrets and epic missions and this series will be no exception. The RTS and BAFTA Craft Award winning The Celebrity Traitors will return to BBC One and iPlayer later this year with its biggest celebrity cast to date. Made by Studio Lambert Scotland, The Celebrity Traitors will see twenty-one famous faces head to The Traitors castle, ready to play the ultimate game of deception and betrayal in the ho

Vienna calling... Eurovision season has officially begun! To mark the annual return of the Eurovision Song Contest – the world’s biggest music competition – the BBC are serving up a glittering assortment of Eurovision treats across TV, radio and digital to bring the nation together and cheer on this year’s UK entry, LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER. This year will be unlike any other as we celebrate the 70th edition of the contest in Austria, home of iconic alpine landscapes, classical m

How well do you know tracks from Sinatra to Sedaka, Britney to Beyonce, Oasis to Olivia Dean and Doja Kat to Duran Duran? Could you name the tune of a well-known song after hearing just a few short notes? ITV announces a brand new series that challenges members of the public to do just that, in Name That Tune coming to ITV1 and ITVX. Hosted by Alison Hammond, each week contestants will be pitted against each other as their music knowledge is put to the test in a series of fas

The BBC has announced that the award-winning Death in Paradise has been recommissioned for a further two series and two Christmas specials, with filming commencing on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe this week. Fans can look forward to another captivating chapter on the sun-drenched shores of Saint Marie as the new series welcomes back its much loved cast: Don Gilet (DI Mervin Wilson), Don Warrington (Commissioner Selwyn Patterson), Shantol Jackson (DS Naomi Thomas),

5 has unveiled a fresh reimagining of iconic series Monarch of the Glen which will return to the Scottish Highlands for a rich, romantic and humorous family saga rooted in legacy, love and survival. The 6 x 60 series will be produced by Ecosse Films, makers of the original Monarch of the Glen series, and MASTERPIECE PBS, in association with Northern Ireland Screen and distribution partner Banijay Rights, the global sales arm of media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay En

Netflix have announced new series The Woods, based on the novel by Harlan Coben. Tom Bateman (The Love Hypothesis, Hedda) plays Paul ‘Cope’ Copeland with Michelle Keegan starring as Lucy Silverfield. The series will star Tom Bateman, Michelle Keegan, Mandeep Dhillon, Pearce Quigley, Rade Sherbedgia, James Buckley, Shannon Watson, Pamela Nomvete, Kerry Howard, Roger Barclay, Simon Lowe, Mila Moring, Dean Fagan, Tom Allen, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Charlotte Beaumont, Christopher Harp

ITV have revealed the new and returning drama titles set to air on ITV1 later this year. TRIGGER POINT Trigger Point returns for a fourth series, starring Vicky McClure who will reprise her role as EXPO Lana Washington. Produced by Jed Mercurio’s HTM Television, the series follows the success of series three that received a special honour when Her Majesty The Queen visited the Trigger Point set and met with the team to mark the start of ITV’s 70th year celebrations last year