BBC SEPTEMBER PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS REVEALED, NEW AND RETURNING TITLES

TV Zone
Aug 25
3 min read

The new and returning programming airing on the BBC next month have been revealed.

Strictly Come Dancing

Returning Series

Get set to shimmy on your sofa as Strictly Come Dancing returns to iPlayer and BBC One in autumn 2025. Expect unforgettable group routines, world class music acts, theme weeks and of course the much-anticipated annual trip to the iconic and much-loved Tower Ballroom in Blackpool!

Professional Dancers Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Amy Dowden, Karen Hauer, Katya Jones, Neil Jones, Nikita Kuzmin, Gorka Marquez, Luba Mushtuk, Jowita Przystal, Johannes Radebe, Aljaž Škorjanec, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu, Carlos Gu, Lauren Oakley, Michelle Tsiakkas and Vito Coppola will all take to the floor once more, alongside two brand new professional dancers!

Stranded On Honeymoon Island

New Series

Davina McCall will meet the singles at their first speed dating event in London, before they are matched into six couples and then stranded on a tropical island for the experience of a lifetime. Isolated and pitted against the forces of nature, will true love blossom and survive…or dive?

In this bold and original new adventure dating format, six couples are matched by experts and then immediately after committing themselves to each other in an intimate ceremony, will be dramatically abandoned in idyllic isolation for the adventure of a lifetime.

On these remote beaches, fledgling relationships are soon put to the test as the couples live together and fend for themselves with few resources. Marooned and alone, they must communicate and collaborate to get by, with nowhere to run when the going gets tough.

Alan Carr's Picture Slam

New Series

Picture Slam will see three teams face a series of pictures and each picture is worth cash. The more they can name the more they win, but for the big money they need to name them ALL, and if they do that, they’ve got a Picture Slam!

This is the fast paced game that asks do you know your Eiffel Tower from your Blackpool Tower? Your Victoria Beckham from your Victoria Sponge and your Buckingham Palace from your Crystal Palace? Across four thrilling rounds, contestants will need to know something about everything to try and win up to £10,000!

The Weakest Link

New Episodes

Celebrity contestants answering general knowledge questions before only two remain and play head to head to determine the winner. Brand new host Romesh Ranganathan will take the reins, seeing the celebrities do all they can to try and avoid elimination and emerge victorious, all in aid of their favourite charities.

Richard Osman's House Of Games

Returning Series

Competing over the course of a week, each day the celebrity contestants will take on a series of challenging quiz games selected by the host, teatime quiz legend, Richard Osman.

A daily winner will be declared following a quick-fire round at the end of each show as the scores are tallied across the week resulting in an overall champion being crowned on Friday. Will the winning stars opt for the much coveted House of Games driving gloves, or instead go for the must-have branded dressing gown?

Waterloo Road

Returning Series

As well as Adam Thomas, since its return the Waterloo Road has also welcomed back original cast members Angela Griffin, Katie Griffiths, Chelsee Healey, Lauren Drummond and Jason Merrells who will also feature as a full time cast member in the series, which is set to premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One next month. The eight-part series was filmed back-to-back with the next series which will air next year.

King And Conqueror

Series Continues

King and Conqueror is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea.

Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

The Guest

New Series

A propulsive, twisting thriller that centres on the intense, toxic relationship between cleaner, Ria (Gabrielle Creevy), and her mysterious employer, Fran (Eve Myles). As the two women’s lives become intertwined by shared secrets, an obsessive co-dependence emerges that ultimately threatens to become dangerous and manipulative - a psychological game of cat-and-mouse.