Kaiser Chiefs’ frontman and former art teacher Ricky Wilson joins Bill Bailey’s family of artists at the easel as BBC Arts’ Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey returns for an emotionally charged fifth series this spring. The news coincides with a special BBC event in Bradford, celebrating its partnership with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and highlighting the exciting activity and programmes still to come this year. Following a sold-out exhibition in Bradford in 2025,

E4 reality series Made in Chelsea is back, and the drama unfolds from the very first moment as the clique swap SW3 for the breathtaking backdrops of Scotland. The new series launches with an unmissable two‑part special, where romance, tension and shifting alliances play out against a stately manor in Perthshire. This series also introduces two new cast members - Elys Hutchinson and Philip Pollard - who join the twenty-something socialites who are ready to find romance and s

Red Nose Day is back, live from Media City UK, Salford. It’s the UK’s biggest night of comedy and entertainment. Make sure you don’t miss it! Rolling out the red carpet for viewers will be presenting royalty Davina McCall who will be joined by comedy icons Joel Dommett, Katherine Ryan, Nick Mohammed and, in a Red Nose Day first, Catherine Tate - who will appear as her legendary character 'Nan' from The Catherine Tate Show. Plus, more names to be announced. This year, Red Nose

From CPL Productions, the masterminds behind Married at First Sight UK, with GroupM Motion Entertainment, comes The Hunt: Prey Vs Predator - a heart-pounding, high-stakes game of predator versus prey, where there is only one rule – hunt or be hunted. Deep in a vast unforgiving forest, contestants are dropped into the ultimate real-world game of hide and seek - where losing means walking away with nothing and winning could mean pocketing up to £100,000. Surviving the game isn’

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer is back on Channel 4 this spring, welcoming a fresh batch of famous faces into the tent, plus a brand-new guest judge ready to dish out the verdicts. The celebrity bakers stepping into the tent to face the Signature, Technical and Showstopper challenges this year are: Pop-star and dancer JoJo Siwa, media personality and entrepreneur Molly-Mae Hague, TV star and broadcaster Vicky Pattison, Broadcaster, DJ and host on BBC Radi

Stephen Mulhern is back with a brand new series of Celebrity Catchphrase this Spring on ITV1 and ITVX. Each episode features three celebrities contestants all playing for charity. If the three celebrities can ‘say what they see’ they could get the chance to win £50,000 for their chosen charity. Celebrity Catchphrase returns Saturday 21st March at 5:45pm on ITV1.

Ronan Keating’s Wild Atlantic is an Irish travelogue that will take audiences on an epic journey around the Wild Atlantic Coast of Ireland. Audiences will get an insight to Ronan’s childhood and family life as he visits Cork, Kerry, Mayo/Sligo, Donegal and Londonderry. In episode one, Ronan begins his Wild Atlantic journey in County Cork - Ireland’s southernmost and largest county. Joining up with his nephew Ruairí, it doesn’t take long before we see Ronan’s competitive strea

The Dog House will return for more matchmaking at Woodgreen Pets Charity. The team continue their mission to find homes for their abandoned dogs - but Woodgreen's perfectly imperfect pooches are a little unpredictable. The stories take place in an arena into which humans bring their hopes and histories, and open up their lives to a new four-legged friend who they hope will make their lives happier. And in which dogs find the care they have – up to now – been denied. Wood Gree

Made in Chelsea breakout stars Binky Felstead, Lucy Watson and Rosie Fortescue are returning to E4 for a second series of Beyond Chelsea. The two-part fly on the wall series will again follow the three iconic TV personalities as they continue to balance motherhood, family life and relationships, all the while running successful businesses and navigating life in the public eye. Last series Binky opened up about her mum’s challenges with MS (Multiple Sclerosis), whilst both Bi

Sky reveals the 11 comedy players who will take to the stage as the inaugural cast of Saturday Night Live UK, the first ever British incarnation of NBC’s legendary late-night comedy showcase. The six-episode Sky Original series will kick off next month on 21 March, ending the wait for UK audiences to hear the iconic line, “Live from London, it’s Saturday Night!” The SNL UK cast are: Hammed Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Larry Dean, Celeste Dring, George Fouracres, Ania Magliano

ITV are to launch new Saturday night celebrity entertainment show Celebrity Sabotage later this month. The new series will see famous faces "unleashing acts of sabotage" on members of the public. Hidden away in a secret HQ, Celebrity Saboteurs are watching their every move, carrying out missions designed to disrupt their success. The more sabotage missions completed undetected, the greater the prize—but if a Celebrity Saboteur is caught, the contestant face a difficult decisi

The crews for the CHANEL J12 Boat Race 2026 were unveiled at Somerset House today, as Oxford University Boat Club and Cambridge University Boat Club enter the final stretch of their preparations for the latest clash in their enduring rivalry. Packed with a mixture of Olympic, international and homegrown student rowing talent, the crews are just three weeks away from meeting on the iconic Championship Course, a 4.25-mile stretch of tidal Thames from Putney to Mortlake, on Satu

The BBC has confirmed it has no plans for a seventh series of rap competition The Rap Game UK. The news comes day after the broadcaster also confirmed the end of BBC Three dating series I Kissed A Boy/Girl after its upcoming run. A BBC spokesperson said (via Broadcast): "We are proud of the six series we have aired of The Rap Game UK and we would like to thank everyone involved at Naked for bringing the series to screen. In light of funding challenges there are no plans for a

Doctor Who fans are in for a treat this Easter, as two ‘missing’ episodes from the 1960’s will be made available for viewers on BBC iPlayer. The episodes, thought to be lost forever, were found by Film is Fabulous! – a charitable trust run by film collectors, cinema lovers and vintage television enthusiasts. They approached BBC Archives after finding them in a private collection. BBC Archives has worked to restore the original 16mm telerecordings – meaning viewers will be abl

Musk: The Next Chapter (w/t) is the next instalment of BBC series The Elon Musk Show from 72 Films, a Fremantle Company, and brings up to date the story of one of the most polarising, enigmatic and consequential figures in the world today. This film will track Musk’s life since his tumultuous takeover of Twitter/X in 2022, his new political agenda, his very public backing and break-up with Donald Trump, and the roller-coaster ups and downs of his complex personal life. Interv

Brexit: How Britain Voted Out (w/t), produced by Norma Percy for Zinc Media Group’s Brook Lapping, tells the story of the year that changed the course of British history. It will air on BBC Two and iPlayer later this year to mark the tenth anniversary of the Brexit vote. On the morning after the 2015 general election David Cameron emerged victorious after winning a surprise majority, and Nigel Farage, having failed to win a seat, resigned as UKIP leader. 13 months later the t

On July 6, 1942, Anne Frank, a 13-year-old Jewish girl goes into hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. For two years, she keeps an extraordinary and intimate diary of their lives inside the ‘Secret Annexe.’ What she wrote is now recognised as a powerful record of one of the darkest periods in modern history. Working in association with the Anne Frank Fonds, founded by Anne’s father Otto Frank, and with exclusive access to her diary and family archive, this premiu

Britain's sharpest armchair critics are back to share more of their insightful and passionate takes on the week's biggest and best shows. Each episode is filmed over the previous seven days, covering that week’s TV and news highlights. In each household, Gogglebox will capture their instant reactions, love/hate relationships and fierce debates on the best and worst television shows of the past week – all from the comfort of their sofas. From the Saturday night juggernauts

The new and returning programming airing on the BBC this April revealed. HALF MAN Niall and Ruben are brothers. Not related in blood but the closest you can get. One, fierce and loyal. The other, meek and mild-mannered. Inseparable youth. Brought into each other’s lives through death and circumstance, all they have is each other… But when Ruben turns up at Niall’s wedding three decades later, everything seems different. He is on edge. Shifty. Not acting like himself. And soo

Married At First Sight UK star Mel Schilling has revealed her cancer has spread to her brain, which was subsequently followed by announcement from Channel 4 that MAFS Australia's John Aiken would be stepping into Mel's shoes for the upcoming series. Posting on Instagram, Mel revealed: "Over Christmas, however, I began experiencing blinding headaches and numbness down my right side. After many tests I was told the cancer had spread to the left side of my brain and, despite sub

Fans of Race Across the World can also look forward to a brand new video podcast. Presented by former Celebrity Race Across the World winner Scott Mills, the podcast will also feature series four winner Alfie Watts, sharing his top travel tips and hacks. Race Across the World: The Detour will be the show’s younger, wilder sibling, charting the ups and downs of the upcoming series. Each week the podcast will welcome guests from travel-savvy creators, to comedians and celebrity

The BBC has revealed first look pictures for Half Man, the original six-episode drama from the multi award-winning Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer, Against The Law). The series will launch on BBC One this April. Gadd and BAFTA award-winning actor Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers, Rocket Man) star as ‘brothers’ Ruben and Niall respectively. Today’s first look reveals the surprise reunion between Ruben and Niall after years of estrangement, leading to an explosion of violence that

ITV has released a selection of first-look images from its upcoming four-part true crime drama Believe Me, starring Aimée-Ffion Edwards (Slow Horses, Peaky Blinders, Dreamland, Mr Burton) as Sarah, Miriam Petche (Industry) as Carrie and Aasiya Shah (Raised by Wolves, Bloods, The Beast Must Die) as Laila. Daniel Mays (Des, A Thousand Blows, The Long Shadow, Moonflower Murders) takes the role of John Worboys. Believe Me tells the story of how the victims of one of the most pr

The BBC has secured the future of the smash hit multi award winning psychological series The Traitors, confirming a new three‑year deal that will keep both The Traitors and The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One and BBC iPlayer until at least 2030. The renewed commitment reflects the BBC’s ongoing investment in original, high‑impact entertainment that captivates and brings together audiences across the UK by connecting everyone to unmissable content. Made by Studio Lambert Scotlan