PICKS OF THE MONTH: MAY 2025, WHAT TO WATCH THIS MONTH

What to watch this month across all channels and streaming.

Eurovision Song Contest

The broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final on BBC One and BBC iPlayer continues to be one of the most popular Entertainment programmes on the BBC, The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place in St. Jakobshalle, Basel, on Saturday 17 May with the Semi-Finals taking place on Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May.

I Kissed A Boy

Packed with explosive drama, gripping cliffhangers and powerful untold stories - from coming out in a strict religious family, to the pressures of body image in the gay dating scene, to navigating self-acceptance, sex and first same sex relationships. Serving joy, entertainment and a sparkling soundtrack full of gay anthems, I Kissed a Boy is the ground-breaking show that will celebrate the queer community and invites all viewers to join the party.

Man Like Mobeen

Guz Khan returns to the series once more as the notorious lead character Mobeen. Viewers were left reeling by the series four finale cliff-hanger, leaving fans to ponder the fate of our haphazard Mobeen.

Walking With Dinosaurs

In an exciting reimagining of one of the BBC’s best loved factual shows, each episode of Walking With Dinosaurs tells the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are currently being unearthed by the world’s leading dinosaur hunters.

Thanks to cutting-edge science, experts can work out how these prehistoric creatures lived, hunted, fought and died more accurately than ever before. As the dinosaur’s bones emerge from the ground, the series bring these prehistoric stories to life with state-of-the-art visual effects - making each episode a gripping dinosaur drama based on the very latest evidence.

BAFTA TV Awards

BAFTA have announced Alan Cumming as the host of the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, to be held on Sunday 11 May at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and broadcast that evening on BBC One and iPlayer.

Celebrity Bridge Of Lies

Ross Kemp will be on hand to help steer the teams of famous faces across the famous bridge. But they’ll have to be careful to step on the truths and avoid the lies, or they’ll risk falling off and out the game, and could end up going home empty-handed…

Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star

Each episode follows the contestants diving into the many varied worlds a make-up artist’s work will take them. The series is once again presided over by resident judges; Val Garland and Dominic Skinner, with decades of experience their frank feedback keeps the contributors on their toes whilst their passion, quick wit, and emotion helps to define the series and add humour. 

Doctor Who

Series continues

Audiences join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.

Genius Game

Genius Game is a brand-new reality game show hosted by David Tennant that will see strategically minded players, chosen not just for their high intellectual prowess but also their social IQ, face the ultimate battle of survival. To win, contestants will participate in a host of never-before-seen games all designed to not only test their intellectual acumen, but also to encourage them to carefully and creatively use the art of manipulation to outfox their opponents and win a cash prize.

Code Of Silence

Rose Ayling-Ellis stars in a ground-breaking lead role alongside an impressive supporting cast including Kieron Moore, Charlotte Ritchie, and Andrew Buchan. Bringing a fresh and distinctive perspective on crime and communication, Code of Silence weaves a powerful and emotional narrative and highlights crucial representation for the Deaf community - the series is further enriched by the contributions of a diverse cast and crew from the Deaf, disabled, and neurodiverse communities

Malpractice

To be confirmed

The second series of the critically acclaimed medical thriller. When on-call psych consultant Dr James Ford (Tom Hughes) finds himself caught between an anxious new mother’s postnatal check-up and the sectioning of a psychotic patient, no-one can predict the tragic outcome. Dr Norma Callahan (Helen Behan) and Dr George Adjei (Jordan Kouamé) of the Medical Investigation Unit are called in to investigate Dr Ford’s actions - his personal life is messy and his colleagues may find him arrogant, but Dr Ford appears committed to his vulnerable patients.

DNA Journey

The celebrity duos delving into their families’ histories are Jo Brand and Julian Clary, Fay Ripley and Hermione Norris, and Sam Thompson and Marvin Humes. The series sees the new celebrity twosomes set off in pursuit of where they come from and unearth secrets from their past in a life-changing and emotional voyage of discovery.

Fake

Inspired by Stephanie Wood’s powerful memoir Fake, this drama follows Birdie Bell (Asher Keddie), a magazine features writer who thinks she’s found her perfect match when she meets successful grazier Joe Burt (David Wenham) on a dating app. As the relationship intensifies, Birdie is torn between Joe’s magnetic pull and the instinct that her boyfriend isn’t all he has led her to believe...

Britain's Got Talent

Series continues

In a change for Series 18, the live semi-finals won’t be stripped over a week - they’ll become must see live TV every Saturday night. As always, Ant & Dec and the judges will lead the nation through the live shows where anything could happen - and it quite often does.

Taskmaster

Competing in the fiercest and most absurd show on television and preparing to tackle perplexing and extraordinary challenges in the name of critically-acclaimed entertainment are: comedian and writer Fatiha El-Ghorri, American comedian, actor and podcaster Jason Mantzoukas, actor and writer Mathew Baynton, podcaster and broadcaster Rosie Ramsey, and comedian, actor and podcaster Stevie Martin.

Virgin Island

A a new exciting, taboo- shaking, relatable social experiment which explores sexual attraction. The twist - all the contestants identify as virgins and have never had sex before. Across the series, viewers will follow the twelve contestants as they take tentative steps towards losing their virginity and delve into the science behind sexual attraction.

The Honesty Box

Hosted by Vicky Pattison and Lucinda Light, the series brings a cast of singles together in Truetopia, a sunny and romantic paradise where truth and honesty reign supreme and there is just one rule: Do Not Lie. Ready to try a new approach, each single has signed up to this new radical dating experiment knowing they will be tested, in the hope it will lead to true love.

The Handmaid's Tale

In the final season of, June’s unyielding spirit and determination pull her back into the fight to take down Gilead. Luke and Moira join the resistance. Serena tries to reform Gilead while Commander Lawrence and Aunt Lydia reckon with what they have wrought, and Nick faces challenging tests of character. This final chapter of June’s journey highlights the importance of hope, courage, solidarity, and resilience in the pursuit of justice and freedom.

Silence Is Golden

At the start of each episode, the network gives £250,000 to the studio audience and all they need to do to keep it...is remain silent. Hosted by Dermot O'Leary, with every audience member mic'ed up, all hell breaks loose as a green room of 30 acts, led by three returning comedian captains, headed up by Katherine Ryan, wage war on the audience, with every sound forced out of them bringing the total prize money down.

Transmission details will be announced in due course.