After a veryyy successful year of telly in 2024, 2025 has certainly got a lot to live up to and by the sounds of it, it will be a year to remember! With MAJOR shows coming back such as The Night Manager, The Gold and Doctor Who as well as some extremely exciting new shows including a trip to the 1940's in The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the final ever season of The Handmaids Tale. And that's just a small taste of what's to come in 2025, so what are you waiting for, keep reading!
Dramas coming soon
Doctor Who
BBC One + BBC iPlayer
It’s backkkkkk! Now we may not know exactly when it’s coming but we know for a fact that the doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) will once again be joined by Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson)! The series will start with the Doctor meeting Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu), beginning an epic quest to get her back to Earth. However, as we learnt from the Christmas special there are many forces at play and something very mysterious is halting their return to earth! Rose Ayling-Ellis will also be joining the thrilling but exciting adventure!
Code of Silence
ITV1, STV, ITVX and STV Player
Code of Silence introduces us to Alison Woods (Rose Ayling-Ellis), a deaf catering worker juggling two jobs, in a police canteen and a local bar whilst also trying to support her death mum Julie. When she’s asked by an officer to lip read the conversations of a dangerous criminal, she is swiftly pulled into a new and dangerous world…
In the supporting cast you’ll see Kieron Moore (Vampire Academy), Charlotte Ritchie (Fresh Meat) and Andrew Buchan (Black Doves).
The Handmaid's Tale
Channel 4
After a goose-bump inducing ending to season 5 andddd a 3 year wait, it’s finallyyyy coming! The Handmaid’s Tale transports you to a dystopian future where a totalitarian religious group have taken over the United States and unmarried women are forced to produce children for the upper class. The show follows the Handmaid June (Elisabeth Moss) as she tries to reunite with her family and escape the nation. With many twists and turns over 5 seasons, the grand finale awaits, very very soon…
And while you wait, be sure to watch the first 5 seasons on Channel 4 from the 11th April.
Dramas coming later in 2025
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
BBC One + BBC iPlayer
A passionate love affair, a devastating war, and life after, that is The Narrow Road to the Deep North in a nutshell! We can already sense that this will be one of those dramas that will stick with your for longgg after the credits roll. Prepare to be whisked down three different timelines, showing World War Two Australian veteran Dorrigo Evans’s (Jacob Elordi) life–from the start of his military career and his affair, to being held captive as a prisoner of war in Thailand, and finally, his life in the present (the 80's).
Trespasses
Channel 4
In 1975, in a town just outside of Belfast and Catholic schoolteacher Cushla (Lola Petticrew) meets Michael (Tom Cullen), an older married man who defends the IRA. Despite being worlds apart in a relationship that cause all sorts of trouble, they can’t help but be drawn to one another! Gillian Anderson will star as Cushlas mother!
Riot Women
BBC One + BBC iPlayer
Riot Women dives into the lives of five women who along with two backing singers come together to create a makeshift pun-rock band in order to enter a local talent competition! Juggling demanding jobs, adult children, unreliable husbands and disastrous dates, the band swiftly becomes an escape! This six-part series really highlights the power of friendship, music and resilience of women who refuse to be silenced! So if this sounds like your kind of series then keep an eye on this page for the release date!
Karen Pirie (Season 2)
ITVX
It’s 1984 and Catriona Grant (Julia Brown), heiress to an oil fortune is kidnapped at gunpoint alongside her son Adam, with politics assumed as the motivation the press go crazy, however when the culprits fall silent the case runs cold… 40 years later, a body is discovered and DS Karen Pirie (Lauren Lyle) is assigned to reopen the old case, in complete secrecy! With the first key piece of evidence in decades will she be the one to finally discover what happened and why do sinister forces want the case to remain a secret?!
King and Conqueror
BBC One + BBC iPlayer
A story of a clash so big that it defined the future of not only a country but also a continent, for a thousand years! King and Conqueror sees Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy as allies, neither with a design on the British throne who suddenly find themselves forced by both circumstance and obsession into a war for the crown! With eight 60-minute episodes we are BIG things and some excellent mis-en-scène (scenery and props)! Now if you’re getting Game of Thrones vibes from the premise then prepare to be even more excited because Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister, Game of Thrones) is starring as William alongside James Norton (Happy Valley)!
The Game
Coming to 5
This cat-and-mouse thriller will centre on Huw Miller (Jason Watkins), a police detective still haunted by the cold-case of a mysterious stalker who taunted his town, playing with his victims before murdering them. As Huw settles into his retirement his new neighbour utters the phrase 'catch you later', the same words his stalker used. Determined, Huw does everything he can to prove he's finallyyyy found the killer!
The Gold (Season 2)
BBC One and BBC iPlayer
Inspired by the true-story of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery and the decades long events that followed, season 1 saw the conviction of some of those involved and the police officers discovery that they only ever had half of it. Season two will explore where the rest of the money went and the criminal fortune it created! As the police investigation continues, the show transforms into a high-stakes journey into money laundering and organised crime!
Starring Hugh Benneville, Charlotte Spencer, Emun Elliott and Tom Cullen.
The Night Manager (Season 2)
BBC One + BBC iPlayer
Eight years after it’s original release date, The Night Manager is confirmed to be returning to our screens with a cast as good as ever. With both Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Olivia Colman (The Crown) confirmed to be returning we are on the edge-of-our-seats with excitement! The plot is still firmly under wraps but we know that there will be a big time jump following the HUGE season 1 finale!
Film Club
BBC iPlayer
If you (like us) are here for the rom-coms then you best get excited because this new drama will tick alllll those boxes! Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education) will be starring as Evie, Nabhaan Rizwan as Noa and Suranne Jones as Evie’s mum Suz. This witty and emotional show will see two movie enthusiasts, Noa and Evie share a weekly film club all where their feelings for each other grow. When Noa has to move, Evie must say how she feels before it’s too late!
First Day on Earth
BBC
Since her debut in Chewing Gum, Michaela Coel has gone onto make her name as a trusted and celebrated voice in female storytelling. Now, it’s been four years since her latest series I May Destroy You and we are very excited for her next personal story. First Day on Earth will see her play a British novelist, Henri, who feels stuck in her career, life and relationships. When she’s asked to relocate to Ghana for work, she seizes the opportunity to reconnect with her heritage. However, she soon encounters unforeseen dangers and finds herself forging a new sense of identity!
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