THE YEAR AHEAD IN REALITY, NEW AND RETURNING TITLES REVEALED

The new and returning reality titles airing in 2026...

 The Traitors

Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, The Traitors is a nail-biting psychological reality competition where 22 strangers play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning up to £120,000.

 The Hunt

Deep in a vast unforgiving forest, contestants are dropped into the ultimate real-world game of hide and seek - where losing means walking away with nothing and winning could mean pocketing up to £100,000. Surviving the game isn’t about being the fastest. It’s about being the smartest.

Each episode is built around a tense, dog-eat-dog hunt, where each player becomes either a Predator or Prey. The Prey hold the cash, desperately trying to protect their winnings while completing challenges to win more money. The Predators must hunt them down and steal their cash. If they succeed their roles are reversed and the entire game flips, with Predators suddenly become Prey.

 Race Across The World

Racing across vast distances without smartphones or bank cards, and armed only with cash equating to the cost of flying the route, the teams will be pushed to their absolute limits. Only one team can claim victory over the others and win the cash prize of £20,000.

 Virgin Island

The groundbreaking and heartwarming series follows 12 adult virgins, as they travel to a luxury Mediterranean retreat to embark on a unique course in intimacy, to see if it can help them overcome the fears that are holding them back. This warm, authentic and thought-provoking series explores these issues as some of the world’s leading sexologists take the twelve courageous virgins on a unique, hands-on programme, to help them take their first steps towards sex and intimacy. 

 Big Brother

Hosted by AJ Odudu and Will Best, Big Brother will see a new cast of carefully selected housemates, from all walks of life, become the first people to take up residence in the Big Brother house, which will play host to all the action - clever tasks, nail-biting nominations and evictions.

 Love Island All Stars

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.

 The Summit

Ben Shephard hosts an epic new adventure reality series which sees brave contestants embark on a thrilling journey to reach the peak of one of New Zealand’s most spectacular mountains. 14 strangers from all walks of life will face the daunting challenge of climbing a mountain in the breathtaking and rugged Alps of New Zealand’s South Island - they will also face the ultimate test of strategy and resilience as they compete for a share of a potential £200,000 cash prize.

With 14 days to reach the summit and an equal share of the prize fund in their backpacks, the contestants will have to navigate treacherous terrain, wild conditions and overcome extraordinary challenges - set by the mysterious Mountain’s Keeper - that block their path to the peak.

 I'm A Celebrity South Africa

Campmates have already proved that they can survive the Australian jungle, but this is I’m a Celebrity… on a whole new level - it’s where legends are made. The trials are tougher than ever, and with that the stakes too - with relentless twists and turns, the campmates will never know what’s coming next.

They will be faced with challenges at every turn, quickly learning that with big decisions come even bigger consequences… An exciting new element for this second series of I’m a Celebrity... South Africa is that the public will have the power to decide who is crowned as the ultimate legend of 2026.

 The Neighbourhood

A thrilling new entertainment format which sees families and households compete in a street-sized reality game and battle it out for the chance to take home a life-changing £250,000 cash prize. Hosted by the brilliant BAFTA-winning broadcaster Graham Norton, this brand-new series offers a gameshow as you’ve never seen it before - it marries high-stakes competition, neighbourhood challenges, and relatable domestic drama to offer a different flavour of reality.

The Neighbourhood will see real-life households from all walks of life move in and live side by side, finding themselves not only neighbours, but also fierce competitors in the ultimate reality showdown. This is a game the households will live as well as play - they’ll be with each other 24/7, sleeping and eating in their houses, socialising together and then voting each other out.

 Nobody's Fool

Emily Atack and Danny Dyer host a compelling new game show. Nobody’s Fool is a unique reality event packed full of drama and deception where the fate of the contestants isn’t decided by how smart they are, but how smart their fellow contestants think they are.

Ten contestants from across the UK will be selected to stay in a unique and mischievous Smart House - and take on a reality contest like no other. Rivals favourites Danny and Emily will preside over the action as the contestants must compete in challenges to convince others that they are more intelligent than they may actually be - they’ll also take part in daily individual quizzes that will test different areas of intelligence in order to build a group prize pot. In a surprising twist however, only the contestants themselves will know how well they have done - what information they choose to share with their competitors is down to them.

Across the series, the players must determine who is the weakest amongst them and eliminate them. As each of the contestants sets out to prove their worth and value to the rest of the group, can the players suss out who is a genuine asset and who is simply faking in a bid to stay in the game? The show aims to exploit preconceived notions about intelligence, playing on stereotypes and snap judgments to create a cast of characters who will keep viewers guessing.

 The Heat

A brand new reality format that follows a group of young chefs taking on the hottest job of their lives. Hosted by broadcaster Olivia Attwood, The Heat sees ten ambitious chefs travel to Barcelona working under multi-Michelin star award-winning chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, who is opening an exclusive summer restaurant at the glamorous Port Vell Marina and on a mission to find the next rising star.

This isn’t just a straight-forward cooking competition, though - each day when the kitchen service is over, the cameras keep rolling because when you’re living, working and competing with one another, there is no escaping The Heat. Viewers can expect post-shift dates, staff nights out and more - blending both their professional and personal lives will see tempers simmer, steam and boil in and outside of the kitchen.

Transmission details will be announced in due course.