PICKS OF THE WEEK: 08-14 DECEMBER 2025, WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK

Our picks of what to watch during the week ahead.

THE 1% CLUB ROLLOVER

Monday-Friday, ITV1

 The 1% Club returns in a special super-sized format where everything is the same as the main show with one key difference - the 100,000-pound prize pot can roll over! The Rollover also has another rule - anyone who gets as far as the 1% question automatically comes back to compete again. With the potential for the prize pot to roll over across five episodes, it’s possible for one contestant to win up to 500,000 pounds...

 ROB & ROMESH VS

Tuesday, Sky Max

Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are back with another set of challenges set to test them to the limit. Having survived the UFC, Hollywood stunts and the high-pressure world of Formula 1, our brave heroes are traversing the globe to find four new feats to master. This series, the boys are up against some of their toughest tests to date.

 SPECIAL MEASURES

Thursday, 5

Amy Garrison strives to be the best teacher she can be at Manor Lane School, aiming to deliver meaningful lessons and connect with her students. However, as an Ofsted inspection looms, things quickly turn chaotic when Head of English Drew Westhead quits on the morning of the inspection, leaving Amy, already reeling from the result of a pregnancy test, to juggle irate parents, guide a trainee teacher through his first lesson, and failing to provide much needed attention to Callum Hughes, a Year 10 pupil in great distress.

 MAN VS BABY

Thursday, Netflix

Following the release of Man Vs Bee in 2022, Rowan Atkinson is back on Netflix with a comedy sequel, Man Vs Baby. After a disastrous experience housesitting a high-tech mansion hampered by an inconvenient insect in Man vs Bee, Trevor Bingley (Rowan Atkinson) now finds himself looking after a luxurious London penthouse, with another unlikely companion he didn’t ask for…

 STAND UP TO CANCER

Friday, Channel 4

Friday 12th December will see Stand Up To Cancer 2025 reach its powerful climax with an unmissable night of television on Channel 4, fronted by Adam Hills, Davina McCall, and a host of special guests.

The live broadcast will feature special editions of much-loved Channel 4 shows, including Celebrity Gogglebox and The Last Leg, alongside moving stories, performances and fundraising moments as celebrities and the public unite to raise money for life-saving cancer research.

 THE REVENGE CLUB

Friday, Paramount+

New mystery thriller based on the debut novel The Othello Club, by J.D. Pennington. Follows six strangers brought together by a divorce support group, who transform from therapy-seeking victims into architects of retribution. The group’s acts of revenge escalate from mischievous pranks to deadly accidents.

 ACCIDENTAL TOURIST

Sunday, ITV1

Stephen Mulhern leaves his comfort zone as Ant and Dec send him to South Korea to face his fears by experiencing a number of things that he’d rather not be doing. Stephen Mulhern is fearless on stage but sheltered off it, so his best friends Ant and Dec are sending him to South Korea to face decades of dodged fears - from raw seafood and extreme acupuncture to a fishing trip with some fearless freediving ‘mermaids’