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Brand New UK TV 2017

by Mark_a_Wood • Created 8 years ago • Modified 6 years ago
A list of brand new British TV programmes broadcast on UK television in 2017.
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  • Neil Maskell, Stephen Tompkinson, and Mark Bonnar in Eric, Ernie and Me (2017)

    1. Eric, Ernie and Me

    20171hTV Movie
    7.6 (190)
    How Eddie Braben transformed Morecambe and Wise into the nation's most beloved entertainers.
    DirectorDan ZeffStarsStephen TompkinsonMark BonnarNeil Maskell
    One-off docu-drama about the writer Eddie Braben and his partnership with comedy greats Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.

    Broadcast 29th December 2017 on BBC Four.
  • Anya Taylor-Joy in The Miniaturist (2017)

    2. The Miniaturist

    2017–20183 epsTV Mini Series
    7.0 (6.7K)
    A young woman moves to 17th century Amsterdam and hires a mysterious local miniaturist to furnish the dollhouse she received from her merchant husband as a present, but the lifelike miniatures somehow start eerily foreshadowing her fate.
    StarsAnya Taylor-JoyRomola GaraiHayley Squires
    2-episodes. Fantasy period drama set in Amsterdam in 1686. A young wife receives a doll's house that seems to be reflecting and predicting events in the household.

    Broadcast Boxing Day Tuesday, 26th December 2017 & Wednesday, 27th December 2017.
  • Kathryn Newton, Maya Hawke, Willa Fitzgerald, and Annes Elwy in Little Women (2017)

    3. Little Women

    20173 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    7.2 (5.2K)
    Dramatization of Louisa May Alcott's novel about the lives of the four March sisters during the American Civil War as they learn to navigate love, loss, and the trials of growing up.
    StarsMaya HawkeKathryn NewtonDylan Baker
    3 part adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel.

    Broadcast Boxing Day Tuesday, 26th December 2017, Wednesday, 27th December 2017 & Thursday, 28th December 2017 on BBC One.
  • Savanna Gann in The Highway Rat (2017)

    4. The Highway Rat

    201725mTV Movie
    6.7 (1.3K)
    A greedy rat travels the highway in search of other animals' food.
    DirectorJeroen JaspaertStarsDavid TennantRob BrydonFrances de la Tour
    One-off animated adaptation of the children's book.

    Broadcast Christmas Day Monday, 25th December 2017 on BBC One.
  • Rowan Atkinson and Lorraine Ashbourne in Maigret (2016)

    5. Maigret

    Episode: 

    Maigret in Montmartre

    (2017)
    2016–20171h 30mTV Episode
    7.0 (3.8K)
    Maigret investigates the random murders of a Countess and a showgirl and discovers a dark secret that links their past lives at the Grand Hotel in Nice.
    DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsNicola SloaneSebastian De SouzaSimon Gregor
    Rowan Atkinson returns for a fourth feature-length outing as the French detective.

    Broadcast Christmas Eve, Sunday 24th December 2017 on ITV.
  • Faye Marsay in Shamed (2017)

    6. Shamed

    201748mTV Movie
    5.6 (185)
    Aged 17, Sarah Ivy was a happy, carefree teenager with a world of opportunity before her. Fast-forward 10 years and she has two men kidnapped and held in a room.
    DirectorAnthony PhilipsonStarsNick BloodTanya FearFaye Marsay
    One-off drama. A young woman exacts a terrible revenge on the man she blames for ruining her life when she was 17.

    Broadcast Tuesday, 19th December 2017 on Channel 4.
  • Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad in ABBA: When All Is Said and Done (2017)

    7. ABBA: When All Is Said and Done

    20171h 30mGTV Movie
    7.2 (72)
    This is a UK Documentary that details the ups and downs faced by the world known Swedish sensation ABBA. It is part actual footage and part enacted drama. The documentary is filmed from the individual and collective perspective of the 2 female band members 24-year-old Agnetha Fältskog and 29-year-old Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
    DirectorsStorm TheunissenBill ThomasStarsSiobhan HewlettJo-Anne StockhamLainy Boyle
    One-off docu-drama about the lives of singers Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

    Broadcast Monday, 18th December 2017 on Channel 5.
  • Guz Khan in Man Like Mobeen (2017)

    8. Man Like Mobeen

    2017–202524 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.0 (4.1K)
    Mobeen is a 28-year old Brummie Muslim singlehandedly raising his 15-year-old sister. This show documents the struggles of his criminal past, the friendships he has, and the controversies he faces as a Pakistani Muslim.
    StarsGuz KhanTolu OgunmefunDúaa Karim
    4-episodes. Birmingham-set sitcom about a young man trying to raise his younger sister.

    Made available via the BBC Three website and BBC iPlayer from Sunday, 17th December 2017.
  • Sarah Parish in Bancroft (2017)

    9. Bancroft

    2017–20207 epsTV-14TV Series
    6.9 (4.5K)
    A dark thriller surrounding Elizabeth Bancroft, a senior detective with explosive secrets.
    CreatorKate BrookeStarsSarah ParishRyan McKenAdam Long
    4-episodes stripped across 4 consecutive nights. Crime thriller about a female police detective with a secret.

    Broadcast 11th, 12th, 13th & 14th December 2017 on ITV.

    *Brought forward from early 2018 to replace Hatton Garden in the ITV schedules due to some problem with that mini-series*
  • 10. John Noakes: TV Hero

    201740mTV Movie
    A tribute to the long-running Blue Peter (1958) presenter John Noakes.
    DirectorVerity NewmanStarsJohn NoakesBiddy BaxterAlex Leger
    One-off documentary. A tribute to the life and career of the popular TV presenter who passed away earlier this year.

    Broadcast 9th December 2017 on BBC Two.
  • 11. My Son: The Serial Killer

    201745mTV Movie
    6.2 (11)
    Conrad Wright, the father of Steve Wright the serial killer dubbed "The Suffolk Strangler", offers his deeply personal insights into the horrific crimes committed by his son in 2006.
    DirectorTom JennerStarsAlison SteadmanConrad WrightDiane Cassell
    One-off documentary. The father of the man dubbed the Suffolk Strangler offers a deeply personal insight into his son's crimes.

    Broadcast Wednesday, 6th December 2017 on Channel 5.
  • Handmade in Mexico (2017)

    12. Handmade in Mexico

    20173 epsTV Mini Series
    8.0 (9)
    Three documentaries, without narration, showing craftspeople in Mexico making traditional, intricate, forms of art utilising embroidery, sculpture and wood carving respectively.
    3-episodes. Documentary series showing Mexican craftspeople creating three traditional items. An example of Slow TV.

    Broadcast on Monday, 4th, 11th & 18th December 2017 on BBC Four.

    *Broadcast as part of the Mexico season on BBC Four*
  • The Art That Made Mexico: Paradise, Power and Prayers (2017)

    13. The Art That Made Mexico: Paradise, Power and Prayers

    20173 epsTV Mini Series
    7.9 (15)
    Artist Alinka Echeverria explores the three major forces - nature, power and faith - that have shaped Mexican art, and Mexico itself.
    StarAlinka Echeverria
    3-episodes. Alinka Echeverria explores three major influences on Mexican art.

    Broadcast 4th, 11th & 18th December 2017 on BBC Four.
  • Concorde (2017)

    14. Concorde

    20172 epsTV Mini Series
    7.8 (32)
    Two-part documentary charting the history of the world's first supersonic passenger airliner. From its design and manufacture, its highs and lows and eventual retirement.
    StarsDavid SuchetJonathan GlanceyMichael Heseltine
    2-episodes. Two documentary films about the famous plane - its creation and its downfall.

    Broadcast Monday, 4th & 11th December 2017 on Channel 5.
  • Hailmakers (2017)

    15. Hailmakers

    2017– 1 epTV Series
    5.0 (22)
    Saz and Sol are eager for success. If there's money in it, they'll do it, but on one condition: they will only work for themselves. No jobs. No bosses. No problem. Except Saz and Sol have lost their only office cleaning contract, and with just £40 left in the coffers, they need to gamble big in order to keep a roof above their head. Hailmakers follows Saz and Sol, the country's lowest-rent entrepreneurs, as they find out that there's nothing harder than easy money.
    StarsChristopher Jordan BernardSamson KayoLaura Checkley
    4th December 2017
  • 16. Wannabe

  • The Celebrity Voicemail Show (2018)

    17. The Celebrity Voicemail Show

    2018TV Movie
    StarKayvan Novak
  • Enterprice (2017)

    18. Enterprice

    2017–202010 epsTV Series
    6.3 (190)
    Kazim and Jeremiah are two young entrepreneurs in the early stages of rolling out their home-delivery business Speedi-Kazz. This sitcom follows this fledgling enterprise--and this awkward bromance.
    StarsTrieve Blackwood-CambridgeJoan IyiolaKayode Ewumi
  • Sticky (2018)

    19. Sticky

    2018– 1 epTV Series
    5.0 (95)
    Adult-only animated sitcom follows four best friends (Herbert, Ashley, Ziggy, and Jay) who attend a college located in London's mythical borough of Shatford.
    CreatorEd TracyStarsCharlotte RileyKayvan NovakJavone Prince
    Pilot for an online,animated, adult-themed comedy.

    October 2017?

    *Part of the BBC Comedy Slices strand*
  • Chinese Burn (2017)

    20. Chinese Burn

    2017– 1 epTV Series
    3.5 (391)
    StarsYennis CheungShin-Fei ChenYuyu Rau
  • 21. When Reality TV Goes Horribly Wrong

    20172h 55mTV Movie
    3.9 (10)
    DirectorKenny ReidStarsVicky PattisonLisa AppletonAustin Armacost
  • Akram Khan and Ching-Ying Chien in Can We Live with Robots? (2017)

    22. Can We Live with Robots?

    201747mTV Movie
    5.8 (7)
    Dancer and Choreographer Akram Khan explores the impact robots and AI are having on human relationships. His findings form the basis for an interpretive dance reflecting attitudes to the subject.
    DirectorHannah BerrymanStarsAkram KhanChing-Ying Chien
    One-off documentary. Dancer Akram Khan explores some of the issues surrounding robots and creates a new interpretive dance to express some of the anxieties and hopes of the future.

    Broadcast Saturday, 2nd December 2017 on Channel 4.
  • The Sexbots Are Coming (2017)

    23. The Sexbots Are Coming

    20171h 5mTV-MATV Movie
    6.1 (62)
    Follow the creation of one of the world's first sexbots: a doll that looks, moves, and talks like no other doll that has ever been created. Some people believe sexbots are morally absurd, while other people cannot wait for their release.
    DirectorNick SweeneyStarsLucy BriersMatt McMullenSusan Pirzchalski
    One-off documentary charting the efforts of one company racing to be the first to produce a sex robot.

    Broadcast Thursday, 30th November 2017 on Channel 4

    *Part of the Rise of the Robots Season on Channel 4*
  • How to Build a Robot (2017)

    24. How to Build a Robot

    20171h 5mTV Movie
    Canadian robot inventor and puppeteer David McGoran designs and builds a robot that he hopes people will instinctively embrace and engage with. He tests it on the streets of Bristol with members of the British public.
    DirectorJames W. NewtonStarsDavid TennantHazel GrianDavid McGoran
    One-off documentary. Follows the work of an inventor and ex-puppeteer as he tests a robot that mimics human movement on the streets of Bristol.

    Broadcast Wednesday, 29th November 2017 on Channel 4

    *Part of the Rise of the Robots Season on Channel 4*
  • The Robot Will See You Now (2017)

    25. The Robot Will See You Now

    20171h 5mTV Movie
    Cameras record personal assistance robot "Jess", which offers advice to couples on topics from marriage to obesity, interacting with volunteers. Can it ever replace a real counsellor and will people open up to a machine?
    DirectorTom FulfordStarsJamie GlassmanCaroline JayTony Belpaeme
    One-off documentary. A social experiment in which volunteers meet a robot counsellor that identifies and analyses their problems.

    Broadcast Tuesday, 28th November 2017 on Channel 4

    *Part of the Rise of the Robots Season on Channel 4*

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