It’s the second week in January and everything is finally back to normal in TV Land, which can only mean one thing: LOADS of new series. Look out for Deadwater Fell on Channel 4 with David Tennant, true crime adaptation White House Farm on ITV and a host of new and returning favourites. Enjoy!
1 The Deuce *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODE*
S3 E2/8
Candy opens up to her new beau, and a new friend takes Abby on a surprising trip downtown. Meanwhile, Bobby pays Joey a visit on Wall Street.
Thursday 9th January, 9pm, Sky Atlantic
2 Deadwater Fell *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1/4
A fire in the home of a respected GP and his primary school teacher wife devastates a close-knit Scottish community, as lives are lost in the blaze. However, further investigation reveals something more sinister than first appears and the villagers must pick through the ashes to find answers. Was it a tragic accident or something more troubling?
Friday 10th January, 9pm, Channel 4
3 White House Farm *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1/6
Six-part drama based on the true story of the mass murder of a family in an Essex farmhouse in August 1985, providing a fresh insight into these tragic events. In the early hours of August 7th 1985, Nevill and June Bamber were shot and killed inside their farmhouse, along with their adoptive daughter, Sheila Caffell, and Sheila’s six-year-old twin sons, Daniel and Nicholas Caffell. Police receive a call from the only surviving member of June and Nevill’s immediate family, their adoptive son Jeremy. At first, it appears to be an open-and-shut case to investigating officer DCI Thomas ‘Taff’ Jones, but for DS Stan Jones, something does not feel right.
Wednesday 8th January, 9pm, ITV
4 Wisting *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODES*
S1 E5&6/10
With the help of the Americans and the Swedes, William and his team have found more and more victims, but the detective faces a race against time to rescue the kidnapped Line from the man they have been tracking all along.
Saturday 11th January, 9pm, BBC Four
5 Vera *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S10 E1/4
DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the case of murdered entrepreneur Freddie Gill, whose body is found by bailiffs attempting to repossess his house. As she delves into the case, she soon comes to understand that Freddie’s professional life is just as turbulent as his family life, and Vera must uncover whether the motive behind Freddie’s death comes from the trouble at the heart of his family, a desperate financial crises, or his glances with organised crime.
Sunday 12th January, 8pm, ITV
6 Silent Witness *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S23 E1&2/10
Nikki is called in when a private jet crashes in a forest outside London, and finds herself forced to be the bearer of bad news when she learns that the casualties include a former US ambassador who is also an old friend of Matt’s. Meanwhile, Thomas investigates the suspicious suicide of a successful businessman, and uncovers an unexpected connection to the plane crash – which suggests the two cases are linked, and that the plane may have been deliberately sabotaged as part of a coordinated attack.
Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th January, 9pm, BBC One
7 The Trial Of Christine Keeler *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODE*
S1 E4/6
Taking advantage of her newfound fame, Christine starts to forge a new career, while John Profumo tries to move on from the rumours, but his career now at stake due to his formal denial in parliament. With the establishment fearing another scandal, an investigation is opened into Stephen Ward, who finds his lifestyle is suddenly under scrutiny, and the police harass Christine, Mandy and the doctor’s patients for any evidence of crimes.
Sunday 12th January, 9pm, BBC One
8 Grantchester *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S5 E1/6
When a student from a prestigious all-female college is found dead, Will and Geordie infiltrate the murky world of campus politics and university societies to find the killer. Navigating strange initiations, raucous parties – and with investigative journalist, Ellie Harding, hot on their heels – they need to use every advantage at their disposal to unravel the mystery. Cathy’s ambitions for a life of her own start to test the delicate family balance, while fresh from a spell with Daniel in Marrakech, Leonard finds it hard to acclimatise to life back in Grantchester.
Friday 10th January, 9pm, ITV
9 Jett *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1/9
Hoping to go straight, recently paroled master thief Daisy ‘Jett’ Kowalski is enlisted by crime boss Charlie Baudelaire to steal a ring from an Eastern European rival living in Cuba.
Tuesday 7th January, 10pm, Sky One
10 Death In Paradise *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S9 E1/8
The return of the whodunit set on the Caribbean island of Saint Marie, where the sun shines all day and it seems half the residents are killers-in-waiting. And so it appears this week as the locals set out to celebrate the New Year – only for the festivities to be cut short when a masked man stabs a woman in her own home, providing Detective Inspector Jack Mooney and his team with yet another murder to solve.
Thursday 9th January, 9pm, BBC One
The Killing Times 