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, Big Boys and Doctor Who as well as some extremely exciting new shows including a trip to the 1920's underground clubbing scene in Dope Girls and even a re-imagining of the BAFTA winning Bergerac. And that's just a small taste of what's to come in 2025 so what are you waiting for, keep reading!
Coming soon
Brian and Maggie
Channel 4, coming soon
This two-part series will see a dramatization of the infamous 1989 interview between Prime Minister Margret Thatcher and journalist Brian Walden which triggered her downfall! Starring two-time Academy Award nominee Steve Coogan (The Reckoning) and Harriet Walter (Succession).
Miss Austen
BBC One + BBC iPlayer, February
This star-studded production is being released this February to mark 250 years since the birth of Jane Austen! This witty four-part drama tells the story of Jane’s sister Cassandra Austen and explores the heart-breaking tale of sisterly love and their past that shaped them! If you’re a lover of a period drama then this is a must-see!
Expect to see Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard), Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones), Phyllis Logon (Downton Abbey) and many more recognisable faces!
Bergerac
Coming to U this February
Get ready to immerse yourself in the life of Jim Bergerac once again! This six-part U&Original series will see Damien Molony take on the role of Bergerac in this modern re-imaging of the hit 80s show. Unlike the original, this new series will see one character-led mystery run across all six-episodes!
Jim Bergerac is a broken man, dealing with the recent passing of his wife and trying to raise his child alone. However, when a wealthy woman is murdered, Jim must push aside his personal struggles to become the talented investigator he once was!
Big Boys (Season 3)
Channel 4, coming soon
We hope you’re ready to be in fits of giggles! It’s their last year of uni and adult life is becoming more and more daunting in the boys’ minds with their friendships getting tested like never before! With many shocks and surprises we cannot wait to see what this season has is store!
A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
ITV1, ITVX and STV, STV Player coming soon
This four-part drama will introduce you to the untold story of Ruth Ellis (Lucy Boynton), a nightclub manageress and convicted murderer who became the last ever woman to hang in the UK! With a toxic love triangle at the centre and an extremely abusive husband, get ready for the roller-coaster of Ruth Ellis’s life!
Belgravia: The Next Chapter
ITVX, coming soon
Set thirty years after Belgravia, this drama will tell the love story of Frederick Trenchard (Benjamin Wainwright)– now grown up to be Lord Glanville and his new love interest, society newcomer Clara Dunn (Harriet Slater). When an age-old secret comes to the surface, Frederick becomes deeply insecure about his marriage to Clara! If you’re looking for a show with mystery, drama and a big dose of romance then you can’t miss this!
Protection
Coming soon to ITV and STV
Have you ever wondered what life is like working in the high-stakes world of witness protection? Well this brand-new conspiracy thriller/ police drama will answer allllll your questions and more! Meet DI Liz Nyles (Siobhan Finneran) as she juggles her challenging job alongside her demanding family, a difficult ex and her dad recovering from a stroke! With a big secret and trouble brewing at work, Liz certainly has her work cut out!
Dramas coming later in 2025
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).
Dope Girls
BBC One + BBC iPlayer
This MAJOR series will take you back to the end of the First World War touching in a subject still regularly discussed today, women’s rights! As Britain celebrated armistice day, men returned home expecting to re-join the society they knew before, not expecting to find a newly empowered generation of woman, adamant to not go back to the kitchens! Dope Girl’s depicts the birth of the British underground!
Get Millie Back
Channel 4
Already out in the US, this crime drama is heading to Channel 4 very soon and we cannot wait! This series portrays a deepy personal and completely authentic version of Kingston Jamaica. Told through the perspective of former Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black (Tamara Lawrence), Get Millie Back sees Millie get thrown into the deep end of a missing persons case all whilst coming to terms with her identity as both British and Jamaican! Starring Chyna McQueen, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr and Joe Dempsie. We cannot wait to stream this on Channel 4!
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 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!
Catch you later
Channel 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!
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 relocate, Evie must say how she feels before it’s too late!
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