

STAND UP TO CANCER RETURNS TO CHANNEL 4 FOR NIGHT OF FUNDRAISING, ADAM HILLS AND DAVINA McCALL TO FRONT COVERAGE
Friday 12 th December will see Stand Up To Cancer 2025 reach its powerful climax with an unmissable night of television on Channel 4, fronted by Adam Hills, Davina McCall and a host of special guests. The live broadcast will feature special editions of much-loved Channel 4 shows, including Celebrity Gogglebox and The Last Leg, alongside moving stories, performances and fundraising moments as celebrities and the public unite to raise money for life-saving cancer research.


DOCTOR FOSTER: BBC DRAMA SET TO RETURN FOR THIRD SERIES WITH SURANNE JONES, EIGHT YEARS AFTER SERIES TWO FINALE
Huge BBC drama Doctor Foster is reportedly returning to screens, with The Sun newspaper reporting cameras will roll on the third series next year - eight years after the series two finale. The BBC are yet to formally announce the commission, however The Sun reports that Suranne Jones will return in the lead role. A source told the newspaper: "There was always a sense of unfinished business with Doctor Foster, as the storyline could easily roll on and on. It went out on a mass


OLIVIA ATTWOOD'S PRICE OF PERFECTION RENEWED FOR THIRD SERIES ON ITV2
Olivia Attwood's hit documentary series The Price Of Perfection has been recommissioned for a third series by ITV2, according to The Sun newspaper. It comes as the Loose Woman's other series Getting Filthy Rich has been renewed for a fourth series. Price Of Perfection will see the former Love Islander continue her search for how science and social media are redefining beauty as we all chase the perfect selfie. Have smoothed foreheads, trimmed flaps, pumped up bums and lifte


STRICTLY COME DANCING ANNOUNCES 'INSTANT DANCE CHALLENGE' IN SHOW FIRST
Strictly Come Dancing has announced Instant Dance, a fab-u-lous new dance challenge taking place later this month in the Saturday 29 November live show. Overseen by Tess and Claudia, Instant Dance will challenge each remaining couple to pick a dance style at random from ones they have learnt in the competition so far. They will then be played their accompanying music and - after a frantic dash through wardrobe to select and change into their costumes - each couple will have


BIG BROTHER RENEWED FOR 2026 BY ITV, LATE & LIVE COMPANION SHOW 'AXED' AS APPLICATIONS OPEN
Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother will return to ITV in 2026, with applications for the main series now open. It has also been reported that spin-off show Late & Live will not return. The Sun newspaper has reported that daily spin-off Late & Live has been axed due to poor ratings and changing viewing habits. The companion show has run alongside the main show since ITV rebooted the reality series in 2023, with main show hosts AJ and Will Best taking turns dissecting all t


A TALE OF TWO CITIES: FURTHER CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR BBC DRAMA ADAPTATION STARRING KIT HARINGTON
Federation Stories and Thriker Films have announced their new four-part drama adaptation of Charles Dickens’ literary classic, A Tale Of Two Cities, set to air on the BBC in the UK and MGM+ in the US. The four-part limited series stars Kit Harington (Industry, Game of Thrones), François Civil (Beating Hearts, The Three Musketeers) and Mirren Mack (Miss Austen, Hedda) with Hong Khaou directing (Mr Loverman, Lilting, Alice & Jack) and Daniel West (Gunpowder, Top Boy) writing. T


THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE: BBC COMMISSION NEW DRAMA ADAPTATION BASED ON HIT BOOK AND CLASSIC TV SERIES
The BBC has commissioned The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ from Big Talk Studios (Ludwig, The Outlaws) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Based on Sue Townsend’s best-selling book of the same name, the 10-part series is adapted for the screen by David Nicholls (One Day, Us), who will also serve as lead writer. The adaptation will also be written by Caitlin Moran and Caroline Moran (Raised By Wolves), Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor (Everyone Else Burns) and Jack Rooke (Bi


OUR GIRLS: BBC ANNOUNCES NEW DOCUMENTARY ON THE SOUTHPORT ATTACKS
Our Girls: The Southport Families is a moving, hour-long documentary for BBC One and BBC iPlayer that follows the parents of three young girls – 9-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar, 6-year-old Bebe King, and 7-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe - who tragically lost their lives in the Southport attack. Last summer, three little girls had excitedly gone to a Taylor Swift-themed dance class and never came home, a tragedy that shocked the nation. Over the last nine months, a small team f


SECRETS OF THE CONCLAVE: BBC ANNOUNCES NEW DOCUMENTARY
BBC Two and iPlayer have commissioned an hour-long documentary special, coproduced by Fremantle’s Wag Entertainment and Stand By Me, with extraordinary access to the Vatican during the conclave that followed the death of Pope Francis earlier this year. The papal conclave is among the most significant and closely guarded events in the Catholic Church, where cardinals serve not only as electors but as potential successors to the papacy. Featuring exclusive footage from the Vati


TWO DOORS DOWN: TRAILER RELEASED FOR 2025 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OF HIT BBC COMEDY
Multi award-winning Scottish sitcom Two Doors Down is set to return with a new Christmas special. Produced by BBC Studios Comedy Productions it will mark two years since the last series aired. The residents of Latimer Crescent will congregate at Beth (Arabella Weir) and Eric’s (Alex Norton) house to celebrate Christmas. The neighbours are all back: Christine (Elaine C Smith), Cathy (Doon Mackichan) and Colin (Jonathan Watson), Alan (Graeme Stevely) and Michelle (Joy McAv


BBC DECEMBER PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS, NEW AND RETURNING TITLES REVEALED
The new and returning programming airing on the BBC this December have been revealed. The War Between The Land And The Sea The five-part series follows Barclay (Russell Tovey), a low-level UNIT staff member whose ordinary life becomes a world of terror when an ancient species rises from the sea. Barclay becomes humanity’s ambassador when the mysterious Salt (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) emerges from the Tank at a summit on the Thames. UNIT, led by Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (Jemma Redgrave)


CHANNEL 4 DECEMBER PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS, NEW AND RETURNING TITLES REVEALED
The new and returning programming airing on Channel 4 this December have been revealed. Dear Father Christmas Follows 16-year-old Chris (Lenny Rush), who still wholeheartedly believes in Father Christmas. His concerned dad (James Buckley) decides it’s finally time to have “the talk” and tell him the truth. But Chris refuses to give up on Santa and embarks on a madcap mission to prove his dad wrong. Joined by his cousin Holly (Ele Mckenzie), Chris’s journey takes him into the


CYCLONE: ITV PILOT GAMESHOW SPIN-OFF OF ICONIC I'M A CELEBRITY TRIAL HOSTED BY JOEL DOMMETT
Iconic I'm A Celebrity trial Celebrity Cyclone was piloted as a stand-alone gameshow format by ITV last year, hosted by Joel Dommett. Though ITV don't comment on pilots, TV Zone understands there are no plans for a full series. Last December a source The Sun: "A spin-off show for the Cyclone makes absolute sense and across the industry it has always been considered a TV hit in waiting. Cyclone could evolve and use the core basis of the water slide to become a wider show." Mea


EASTENDERS: BARRY EVANS RETURNS TO WALFORD AS SHAUN WILLIAMSON REPRISES ROLE FOR NEW STORYLINE
Another Albert Square legend is heading back to Walford this December, as Shaun Williamson reprises his iconic role of Barry Evans for a special episode in Nigel’s dementia storyline. Although it’s been over 21 years since Barry last stepped foot in Walford, his character remains etched into the history of the show for his inherent bad luck, hopeless love-life, and epic feud with step-mother Pat Evans, who he refused to forgive following her affair with Frank Butcher which
































































