PICKS OF THE WEEK: 12-18 JANUARY 2026, WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK

Our picks of what to watch during the week ahead.

LOVE ISLAND ALL STARS

Monday, ITV2

Once again, fan-favourite Islanders from across ten years of the show will return to the famous Villa in search of that much-wanted spark while navigating the relationship dilemmas of Bombshells, heads turning and blasts from the past. Returning to scorching South Africa, the third All Stars series will run for a bumper six weeks instead of five.

 INDUSTRY

Monday, BBC One

London-based payment processor Tender stands on the precipice of a make-or-break moment under the new Labour government. Harper, now heading up her own fund, plans a bold move. Whitney Halberstram, Tender’s CFO, turns to his friend Yasmin as he gets a plan in motion to move Tender into the UK fintech space. Yasmin makes plans of her own to facilitate the Mucks' reintroduction to the industry.

 HIJACK

Wednesday, Apple TV+

In the thrilling second season of Hijack, a Berlin underground train and its commuters are taken hostage, while, above ground, authorities scramble to save hundreds of lives. Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) is at the heart of the crisis on board, where one wrong decision could spell disaster.

 AGAHTA CHRISTIE'S SEVEN DIALS

Thursday, Netflix

England. 1925. At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong. It will be up to the unlikeliest of sleuths — the fizzingly inquisitive Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent — to unravel a chilling plot that will change her life, cracking wide open the country house mystery. A witty, epic and fast-paced drama from the Queen Of Crime, Agatha Christie, is brought to life in a thrilling new version for Netflix.

 PIGLETS

Thursday, ITV2

Term continues at Norbourne, the charmingly dysfunctional police training college, and two new recruits have joined B Group in the form of the irrepressible Danni and Connor, an enigmatic teller of tales. Superintendents Bob (Heap) and Julie (Parish) are still struggling to knock their trainees into shape when Chief Super Cunningham (Colin McFarlane) throws them a curveball which could threaten both of their jobs

 8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN

Friday, Channel 4

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown has gone into production with a refreshed line-up as Rob Beckett takes up the permanent role of team captain and Judi Love joins the show as a regular returning guest in the show’s 29th series. Fellow fan favourites Jon Richardson and Joe Wilkinson will also continue appearing as regulars in the new series.

 GLADIATORS

Saturday, BBC One

The Gladiators are back, bigger and stronger than ever! Bradley and Barney Walsh kick off a brand new series of the iconic competition as a fresh batch of determined Contenders take on the superhuman Gladiators in five energy-sapping events, before going head-to-head in the infamous Eliminator.

 MICHAEL McINTYRE'S BIG SHOW

Saturday, BBC One

Michael McIntyre returns with his National Television Award-winning Big Show for an unmissable night of family entertainment at London's prestigious Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy help to surprise a member of the public in a hilarious edition of the Unexpected Star of the Show. England rugby player and star of The Celebrity Traitors Joe Marler is less than impressed when Michael wakes him up for an unforgettable Midnight Gameshow.

 AFTER THE FLOOD

Sunday, BBC One

The second series finds newly promoted detective Jo Marshall (Sophie Rundle) on the trail of a baffling new murder investigation. As tensions simmer in Waterside amid the rising threat of moorland fires and the subsequent risk of further flooding, a body is discovered in bizarre circumstances. Jo's race to stop the killer brings her into direct conflict with dark and influential forces within the town, ultimately drawing her into an investigation that becomes deeply personal.