PICKS OF THE AUTUMN, NEW AND RETURNING TITLES TO WATCH THIS SEASON

The new and returning programming airing this Autumn revealed.

Strictly Come Dancing

BBC One 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

 BBC One 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.

The Great Escapers

 ITV1 New Series

A brand-new primetime series which will take some of the nation’s best known ITV faces and send them off on their very first holiday together. We know they’ve worked alongside each other for many years, but can they now holiday together? Let’s see as they pack their bags, jet off to the sunshine and check in to their hotel.

The 1% Club: Rollover

 ITV1 New Series

The 1% Club Rollover shares the same game mechanics as The 1% Club, but this time it’s bigger than ever as The 1% Club Rollover enables the prize pot that’s not won on one show to roll over to the next day’s show - if all the pots roll over, there could be an astonishing amount of up to £500,000 won.

Waterloo Road

 BBC One 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.

You Bet! On Tour

 ITV1 New Series

For this series, the iconic show is heading out of the studio as each episode sees a panel of celebrities including Holly Willoughby, Zoe Ball, Rob Beck ett, Alex Brooker, Rylan Clark, Alesha Dixon, Alison Hammond, Nick Mohammed, AJ Odudu, Will Best, Johnny Vegas and Josh Widdicombe join Stephen at a different location across the UK.

With the panel closer to the action than ever before, they must predict whether each plucky challenger can complete their challenge… or not! From supersized adrenaline-fuelled action to smaller and quirkier skills, each challenger is competing for a £5,000 cash prize while the panellists vie to become that week’s You Bet champion.

Win Win

 ITV1 New Series

The series builds to an epic finale where one contestant is guaranteed to win £1,000,000 - and that winner could even be a viewer who made it through to the final. Created and produced by Hello Dolly, comedy duo Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins will host with each show packed with humour, drama, and life-changing decisions.

Playing survey questions based on the views of the Great British public, a 40-strong group of studio contestants - and viewers - play to win prizes including dream holidays, luxury cars, and tickets to some of the world’s biggest sporting and entertainment events.

Deal Or No Deal

 ITV1 New Series

Each episode, a contestant is confronted with 22 sealed boxes, each one hiding a different amount of money. Without knowing what each one contains, the contestant must eliminate the boxes, which are opened one at a time, and the amount of money inside is revealed. 

Pressure mounts as the player is tempted by the notorious Banker to accept an offer of cash in exchange for what might be inside their box. As long as the larger cash prizes remain unchosen, the Banker’s offers will get higher. But that can all change in an instant if a big cash prize is unveiled.

Children In Need

 BBC One New

Get ready for a night of heart and sparkle! BBC Children in Need is back and brighter than ever, a must-watch event that lights up the viewing calendar and warms the hearts of audiences everywhere. The three-hour extravaganza broadcast live from MediaCity UK in Salford promises to dazzle the nation whilst raising life-changing funds for children and young people across the UK.

Big Brother

 ITV2 Returning Series

Following a string of successful series which has seen the Big Brother brand exceed 100 million streams on ITVX, Big Brother returns for its third instalment this autumn on ITV2 and ITVX.

Hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best once again welcome a new batch of hopefuls, an eclectic mix of strangers from across the UK who will all become housemates living under one roof. The nation’s most renowned residence, the Big Brother house, will yet again play host to all the mischief and mayhem and has undergone a makeover that’s easy on the eye

Cold Water

 ITV1 New Series

Set in the fictional Scottish village of Coldwater, Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead, Teachers) plays John, a repressed and depressed man who is shocked to find himself in middle age secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad.

When his failure to intervene in a violent confrontation in a playground brings his identity crisis to a head, John ups and moves his family to the rural idyll of Coldwater, as far away from London as possible.

The Great British Bake Off

 Channel 4 Returning Series

Over the next 10 weeks, 12 of the best amateur bakers in Britain will whisk, knead, ice, beat and bake their way through classic British cakes, perfect patisserie, Italian delights, sticky caramel constructions and elaborate layered puddings. All Twelve will be hoping to impress with their skill, creativity, knowledge and passion and clinch the Bake off Crown.

Bullseye

 ITV1 New Series

Cricketing legend and darts fan Freddie Flintoff will return as the host of this family favourite show with the programme following the original format. The playing teams are made up of an amateur dart player, known as the ‘thrower’, and their team partner, the ‘knower’. They will combine their skills, throwing darts at different game boards, whilst answering questions correctly to win cash and prizes

Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening

 ITV1 Returning Series

Romesh Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening is returning to ITV for its second series having reached more than 6.7m viewers across its first run. The hit primetime celebrity game show which tests parents’ knowledge of their kids’ general knowledge will see Romesh team up once more with his hilarious score-keeping mum Shanthi.

The Inheritance

 Channel 4 New Series

Thirteen strangers are summoned to a grand stately home. They are there to compete for part of the fortune left in the will of The Deceased, a fabulously glamourous benefactor played by Elizabeth Hurley. But winning the money won’t be easy. The Deceased had a wicked sense of humour and has designed a mischievous game to ensure only the best players can get their hands on her inheritance. 

Overseeing the stipulations of The Deceased’s will is her Executor and trusted legal counsel, Robert Rinder. The lucky thirteen must work as a team to complete The Deceased’s final requests, a series of devilishly difficult assignments that will demand they are clever, collaborative and cunning.  

Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping

 Channel 4 New Series

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are returning to Channel 4 with a brand-new sketch show, which sees them combine forces with a host of exciting and innovative future stars, marking a bold return to British sketch comedy with an innovative merging of comedy minds across generations.

Mitchell & Webb will be supported by an ensemble cast of next generation writer/performers: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, and Krystal Evans, plus a dynamic team of established and upcoming comic writers. 

Married At First Sight UK

 E4 Returning Series

The new series will once again follow a fresh batch of singles, whose search for love and a happy-ever-after will lead them to saying “I do” to a complete stranger, whom they’ll meet for the first time on their wedding day.The forthcoming series promises to be bigger and more dramatic than ever before!

Educating Yorkshire

 Channel 4 New Series

Building on the legacy of Educating Yorkshire, but in a wholly new reinvention of the brand, Thornhill is opening its doors to cameras once more to tell the stories of modern Britain through the eyes of one brilliant school.   And there are a lot of new stories to tell.  Things have changed in the past decade, for the school and for the country. 

Mr Burton has stepped up and he’s now in charge of Thornhill, in his first role as Head Teacher. But, his wit and sparkle remain just the same. Supported by a new team of heroic staff, he has a lot on his plate. The school is on the up but, like all schools in Britain, there are challenges at every turn.

Taskmaster

 Channel 4 Returning Series

Preparing themselves to step into the spotlight and get tasking are; critically-acclaimed breakthrough comic Ania Magliano (Live at the Apollo) comedian and presenter Maisie Adam (A League Of Their Own), award-winning comic Phil Ellis (Phil Ellis is Trying), BAFTA-winning writer, actor, and comedian Reece Shearsmith (Inside No.9), and actor, writer, and television presenter Sanjeev Bhaskar (Goodness Gracious Me). Who out of these brave individuals will outwit their comrades and impress the Taskmaster the most? 

The Rumour

 5 New Series

Thrilling drama starring Rachel Shenton. Joanna arrives in Flinstead with her son Alfie, eager for a fresh start, but when she accidentally spreads a rumour that a child killer is living in town, paranoia takes hold. As suspicion spreads, Joanna becomes convinced that her neighbour Sonia is hiding a dark secret, igniting a chain of events that fractures the community.

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here

 ITV1 Returning Series

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. Whoever ends up in the legendary jungle camp will find themselves cut off from the outside world and stuck on a diet of rice and beans, and their fate will be in the hands of viewers who have the power to decide whether they deserve to face a dreaded Bushtucker Trial.

The Accidental Tourist

 ITV1 New

Throughout his travels, Ant & Dec will be checking in with Stephen from afar, taking their cue from viral clips and setting him quirky and often mischievous challenges to test his resolve and push his boundaries - these mean that Stephen will encounter epic locations, exotic cultures and cuisines, incredible people and places, and exciting activities he would never have chosen for himself.

Celebrity Sabotage

 ITV1 New Series

A new entertainment reality game show that will see Joel, Judi, Sam and GK team up to playfully sabotage unsuspecting contestants. Their mis sion? To complete daring and funny stunts in order to win a secret cash prize for the participants! Each week our gang of celebrity saboteurs will be joined by a new guest sab oteur including Jill Scott MBE, Fay Ripley, Olivia Attwood, Jo Brand, Guz Khan and Harry Redknapp who will join in on all the action and cause even more mischief and mayhem.

Riot Women

 BBC One New Series

New drama from Sally Wainwright. In Riot Women we dive headfirst into the world of five women who come together to create a makeshift punk-rock band in order to enter a local talent contest but, in writing their first original song, soon discover that they have a lot to say - and this is their way to say it.

Frauds

 ITV1 New Series

Starring as the complex duo Bert (Suranne Jones) and Sam (Jodie Whittaker), their intertwined past resurfaces in the setting of Southern Spain after a decade of separation. As Sam has sought a low-key life, Bert’s release from a Spanish prison for compassionate reasons reignites her ambition for one final significant score. On the pretext of one final, multi-million-pound art heist, Bert attempts to lure Sam out of retirement, but at what cost?

The Celebrity Traitors

 BBC One New Series

Claudia Winkleman has opened the castle doors to an all-star cast who are ready to play the ultimate game of deceit and betrayal. The multi-award-winning hit psychological game format The Traitors, presents a nine-part celebrity version, coming to BBC One and iPlayer this Autumn. The celebrities will play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning a cash prize up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.

Changing Ends

 ITV1 Returning Series

We join the third series in the summer of 1989 as Alan enters a new era as a fully-fledged teenager - growing up brings Alan new problems as he struggles to find his place in the world and gets particularly hot under the collar around his new crush Jake. At the same time, Graham faces the heat from fans and managers as the Cobblers take a dive in the Third Division

The Hack

 ITV1 New Series

Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real-life stories - the work of investigative journalist Nick Davies, played by David Tennant, who uncovered evidence of phone hacking at the News of the World - and running parallel, the story of the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan, led by former Met Police Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook, played by Robert Carlyle, while Toby Jones plays former Editor-in Chief of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger.

Trigger Point

 ITV1 Returning Series

The third series comprises six new episodes and sees EXPO Lana Washington (Vicky McClure) and her team investigate a bomb threat that soon reveals itself to be the start of a sinister vendetta: someone is targeting individuals and demanding revenge. Working alongside the Police Counterterrorism Unit, the Bomb Disposal Squad race against time to find the bomber before they claim their next victim.

The Inner Circle

 BBC One New Series

New quiz hosted by Amanda Holden. Across each episode, contestants will battle to win the cash prize and will be tested not just on what they know - but which of their fellow players they can trust. As the contestants make their way through a series of games and challenges they’ll need to decide which of their opponents they’d be prepared to join forces with in order to take home the prize…but in a gripping finale, could each of the final two face the ultimate betrayal?

Trespasses

 Channel 4 New Series

1975, in a town outside Belfast. Whilst working one night behind the bar of her family pub, serving a mixed crowd including the locally stationed soldiers, Catholic schoolteacher Cushla meets Michael, an older Protestant married man, who often defends IRA suspects and is friends with cultured Bohemians who enrage and intrigue Cushla. Worlds apart, Cushla knows a relationship like this spells all kinds of trouble, but they are irresistibly drawn to one another.  

All Creatures Great & Small

5 Returning Series

Series 6 takes us back to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales for more heartwarming human and animal tales but, this time, we find our beloved Skeldale gang in a somewhat different situation as we join them in 1945, just as the war in Europe is coming to a close. We arrive back in Darrowby to veterinary advancements, expanded families, and new faces as they all look ahead to a brighter and more peaceful future.

Transmission details will be announced in due course.