New British & Irish crime drama, horror, comedy, spy series etc.

What kind of TV shows?

There are fresh seasons ofBad Sisters,Heartstopper,Taskmaster,The Devils HourandWolf Hall.

L-R James Norton, Alexandra Burke and Mandip Gill, Sharon Horgan, Mark Rylance and Keira Knightley

Get your mental highlighter pen out and start circling.

Season twos story is still under wraps, but anticipation is high.

Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire also star, and with a cast that good, expect big things.

The cast of Apple TV+’s Bad Sisters in formalwear at Grace’s wedding for season 2

Itll stream on Disney+ in the US.

Junior Taskmaster

You may well be thinking,Taskmasterbut with kids instead of comedians?

Doesnt that sound sort of… dreadful?

Keira Knightley in a London street for Black Doves on Netflix

Apparently not, according to feedback from the studio records held earlier this year.

Ludwig

Release date:tbc, BBC One

Attn: cosy crime fans!

Sprightly six-part comedy-dramaLudwighas all the makings of a comfort-blanket TV classic.

Alexandra Burke and Mandip Gill laughing at night in Paramount+ series Curfew

Nightsleeper

Release date: September 15, BBC One & iPlayer

Remember BBC OnesVigil?

Expect action, tension, twists and a lovely selection of regional accents in this six-part thriller.

And how far can each couple really trust the other?

Sue Johnston and co-stars in a forest with blood around their mouths for Generation Z

Grace Ofori-Attah, the creator ofMalpractice, adapts this twisting, Cornwall-set psychological thriller for ITV.

Fingers crossed for OTT frothy fun.

Itll come to FX on Hulu in the US.

Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak presenting Junior Taskmaster on Channel 4

Sweetpea

Release date: tbc October, Sky Atlantic.

Adapted byPures Kirstie Swainfrom the novel by CJ Skuse, this six-part series looks like dark fun.

Its coming to Hulu in the US.

David Mitchell wearing a mac and standing on a bridge in Cambridge for BBC crime comedy Ludwig

Taskmaster Season 18

Release date: Thursday September 19, 9pm, Channel 4.

They finally bagged Jack Dee(creator Alex Hornes longtime dream contestant) forTaskmaster!

Time loops, creepy kids, hauntings, parallel worlds, serial killers… this show has it all.

Lennie James in a hat and white suit for BBC One’s Mr Loverman

September 24th at 8pm.The Traitors Season 3Lies and back-stabbing in a Scottish castle.

The hitreality game showreturns this winter.

James Norton in a checked shirt holding a toddler at the Cornwall coastline for ITV’s Playing Nice

The cast of Channel 5’s All Creatures Great and Small

Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in the poster for Netflix’s Ripley

Key art for Disney+/Hulu Say Nothing

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Peter Capaldi in The Devil’s Hour

Mark Rylance in Tudor costume as Cromwell in the BBC’s adaptation of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light