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

The latest 7-day consolidated ratings for programmes shown or released for the last week have been released by BARB. The top-50 breakdown can be found on BARB's website here . The Celebrity Traitors continued to dominate the week with the seventh and eighth episodes of the series watched by 13,785,500 and 14,103,000, with The Traitors Uncloaked reaching 2,729,800 and 2,652,700 respectively. Strictly Come Dancing continued with 7,877,000 on Saturday night followed by 7,476,300

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 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: 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

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues tonight on ITV1 and ITVX with Ant & Dec back to host another bushtucker trial. Tonight, Ruby and Angry Ginge take on the first trial of the series, called "The Divey". The infamous eating trial is back with a vengeance, as Ginge takes on a camel toe infused with cockroach smoke dish to win stars for camp.  I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues tonight on ITV1 and ITVX.

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

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

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)

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

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

The all-star version of the iconic I’m A Celebrity… format will once again bring together some of the most memorable campmates from series gone by, as they return to test themselves in brand new trials and challenges in the South African wilderness. The award-winning Ant & Dec will return as hosts, with the 2026 series featuring a fresh group of returning campmates, spectacular locations within the South African landscape and some of the most epic and extreme trials in I’m A.

Tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing results show saw Vicky Pattison and Kai Widdrington leave the competition, following a dance off against Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon.   Both couples performed their routines again; Balvinder and Julian performed their American Smooth to My Guy by Mary Wells, before Vicky and Kai performed their Jive to Sound of the Underground by Girls Aloud.     After both couples had danced a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts:  Motsi Mab

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! returns to ITV1 and ITVX, which means it’s time for a brand-new cast of celebrities to battle it out in TV’s toughest entertainment challenge. BAFTA Award-winning hosts Ant & Dec are back to present all the big stories live every night as the new line-up of celebrities for 2025 will leave their plush pads and luxuries far behind spending up to three weeks taking on the Australian jungle with a whole host of surprises created just for them.

Narges Rashidi (Gangs of London, Under The Shadow, The Allegation) and Joseph Fiennes (Dear England, The Handmaid’s Tale, Shakespeare in Love) star in the lead roles of Prisoner 951. The factual drama is based on the extraordinary true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen who was imprisoned and held hostage by the Iranian state for six years, and her husband Richard Ratcliffe who campaigned for justice and her return. It covers Nazanin and Richard’s o

Edith and Arthur Thistle have never lived lavishly - they've always scraped by. But one evening, after Edith has made Arthur's tea, she comes in to find Arthur sat open-mouthed, staring at numbers on a TV screen. Lottery numbers. They've won. 14 million pounds. Arthur, like a Lancashire Grandpa Joe, springs to his feet and begins reeling off all the ways they can spend the money. He talks of holidays, houses, cars, food. It’s all there for the taking. Arthur monologues like a

On the morning of 28 September 2023, news spread across social media that the iconic Sycamore Gap tree had been deliberately felled overnight. The tree had famously stood in a remote nook of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland (a UNESCO World Heritage site) - a popular tourist spot renowned for its appearance in the Hollywood film ‘Robin Hood Prince of Thieves’. Slaying at Sycamore Gap, 2 x 60,  will be produced by Candour Productions and directed by award-winning Anna Hall.  Ca

Expansive new chapter of the award-winning natural history series Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, executive produced by Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, and produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the team behind Planet Earth. Narrated by Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston (“Earthsounds”), with an original score by Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve for Bleeding Fingers Music, the five-part series premieres globally on Apple TV on November 26.  The new t

Kirstie Allsopp's back and she's tailoring Christmas 2025 to suit you with some fabulously festive crafts, because no matter how you celebrate, big or small, when it's handmade it can be anything you want it to be. With the finest crop of customisable Christmas crafts, Kirstie helps us add the magic and joy to our very own Christmas! This year it's all about sharing the load with family and friends, so the host once again enrolls her goddaughter to get stuck into all things p

The team at Woodgreen animal charity hope to find their abandoned dogs new homes before Christmas. It's the festive season at Woodgreen animal charity, where the dedicated team members continue to find homes for abandoned dogs by matching them with hopeful new owners. Luna the labradoodle needs a Christmas miracle to overcome her fear of strangers and staff believe that 13-year-old Kyra could be the miracle-maker. Rick arrives with a healthy dose of bah humbug, but terrier Je

ITV confirms the return of the companion show, I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked next month on ITV2 and ITVX. Promising a deeper dive into the drama, laughs, and chaos of the jungle, the popular interactive show is officially back to dissect everything happening in the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! camp for 2025. Jungle star and I’m A Celebrity… veteran Joel Dommett returns to host the series, joined by Capital radio DJ Kemi Rodgers. Together they’ll be serving up the latest b

BAFTA and Emmy-nominated actor Matt Smith (House of the Dragon, The Crown) will star in and executive produce a Sky Original adaptation of Nick Cave’s darkly comic novel The Death of Bunny Munro in the titular role. The six-part series written by BAFTA winner Pete Jackson (Somewhere Boy) and directed by Isabella Eklöf (Industry, Holiday), based on Nick Cave’s sophomore novel, is produced by Clerkenwell Films in association with Sky Studios. Multi-talented and acclaimed musici

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

Set in the mystery-shrouded Peak District, DC Ben Cooper (Robert James-Collier), an affable local, is thrown together with guarded newcomer DC Diane Fry (Mandip Gill), to investigate a string of mysterious deaths. Based on the bestselling novels by Stephen Booth, the two mismatched detectives must work together on a series of unusual cases to get results. Despite Fry’s pessimism of local folklore, they’ll need to navigate not only the twisted paths of the cases before them, b