New in this week (16 November- 22 November) we have The Listeners, a new drama based on Jordan Tannahill’s novel, Cheaters returns for a second series, Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story – Keanu Reeves tells the story of Brawn GP’s remarkable 2009 season and Logan Paul: Bad Influence?
Return to Paradise – the Australian spinoff of the hit Â鶹ԼÅÄ series Death in Paradise, Moonflower Murders, the sequel series to Magpie Murders with Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan, LOADED: Lads’ Mags and Mayhem, the story of LOADED, the magazine that defined the lad culture of the 90s.
We also have new in: Fungi: The Web of Life – the secret world of fungi, narrated by Bjork, Hunting Mr Nice: The Cannabis Kingpin, the definitive story of the hunt for Howard Marks, the world’s most notorious cannabis smuggler.
Boybands Forever, the inside story behind the success of some of the UK and Ireland’s most celebrated popstars of the 90s and 00s, Only Child, the new comedy about aspiring actor Richard, who moves back to his family home in Scotland to look after his aging and wilful father.
What's coming new to Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer this week?
The Listeners
Can you hear it? Is this mysterious hum a gift for the chosen few – or the soundtrack to a living nightmare? Provocative, haunting drama starring Rebecca Hall.
- Watch The Listeners on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer add to your Watchlist
- Read more: The Listeners - Cast and creatives on the drama that "depicts our deepest, darkest desires in a way that's quite scary, but also exciting"
Cheaters
A chance meeting after a cancelled flight - a sexy, messy comedy about love, morality, monogamy and how the heart, brain and loins are idiots who are never on the same page.
- Watch Cheaters series two on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer from Tuesday 19 November and add to your Watchlist
- Watch series one on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer now
Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story
This gripping four-part series offers exclusive first-hand insights from racing legends, providing the drama both on and off the track.
Logan Paul: Bad Influence
Matt Shea investigates the allegations against Logan Paul and the power of his influence.
Logan Paul is one of the biggest influencers in the world, but has faced criticism for his role in promoting various cryptocurrency projects. Matt Shea investigates the allegations against him, and the power of his influence. Shea dives into the wild world of influencer led cryptocurrency projects, and uncovers allegations that Logan Paul may have misled his fans in a bid to make money. Logan Paul rejects these criticisms and insists he can be trusted.
Return to Paradise
DI Mackenzie Clarke’s made a name for herself in London. Now she’s back in the last place she wants to be – her hometown of Dolphin Cove. An Aussie twist on Death in Paradise.
- Watch Return to Paradise on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer from Friday 22 November and add to your Watchlist
- Read more: Return to Paradise's Anna Samson and Lloyd Griffith on the idyllic spin-off and the joys of playing complex characters "you're not allowed to do that stuff in real life"
- Watch Death in Paradise on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
- Watch Beyond Paradise on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
Moonflower Murders
As Susan Ryeland is less than perfectly happy with the realities of running a hotel in Crete, she eagerly takes up an unexpected financial inducement to help solve the puzzle of a missing woman.
- Watch Moonflower Murders on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
- Watch Magpie Murders on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer now and add to your Watchlist
Loaded: Lads’ Mags and Mayhem
In 1994, editor James Brown spotted an opportunity to create a general interest men's magazine in a world fixated on yuppies and the New Man. With a team of bucky young hopefuls, they birthed Loaded, a magazine that went on to define the lad culture of the 90s.
Fungi: The Web of Life
Much of life on Earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand. Out of sight, between the world of plants and animals, another world exists, the kingdom of fungi. Through the eyes of passionate biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake, Fungi: Web of Life travels the world, exploring the secret world of fungi. Narrated by Björk.
Hunting Mr Nice: The Cannabis Kingpin
Howard Marks, aka Mr Nice, was one of the world’s most prolific cannabis smugglers. At the height of his illegal operations, he was trafficking tens of millions of dollars’ worth across the globe. For the first time, this series brings together Marks’ criminal inner circle and the law enforcers who spent years tracking him down, to tell the ultimate cat-and-mouse tale.
Boybands Forever
Produced by award-winning Mindhouse Productions and from BAFTA-winning producers Louis Theroux and Nancy Strang, Boybands Forever (3 x 60â€) tells the inside story behind the success of some of the UK and Ireland’s most celebrated popstars during the 90s and early 00s. Featuring searingly honest interviews with the artists themselves, as well as the music label bosses and managers behind their ascent to fame, the series is a thoughtful look at the boyband phenomenon of that time and the cultural landscape it emerged from.
Only Child
Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh star as father and son, Ken and Richard Pritchard, in new comedy series, Only Child. Featuring domestic and inter-generational differences and neighbourly squabbles, Only Child is told through the lens of Richard and Ken’s comedic relationship.
- Watch Only Child on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer from Friday 22 November and add to your Watchlist now
- Read more: Only Child - Gregor Fisher, Greg McHugh and the cast reflect on the new comedy series - "there's a real clash of characters"
What's new to watch on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer now?
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Wolf Hall returns with the thrilling final instalment of Hilary Mantel’s magisterial trilogy, based on the life and death of Thomas Cromwell.
The Mirror and the Light opens in the heartbeat after Anne Boleyn’s death, as the young queen’s blood is sluiced from the scaffold and Thomas Cromwell picks his way across the wreckage to take up his position as principal councillor to an unpredictable king.
- Watch Wolf Hall on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist now (new episodes every Sunday)
- Read more: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light - Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, cast and creatives on returning after ten years for an unforgettable final act
Children in Need 2024
It's almost time for Children in Need day! Every year in November Children in Need is broadcast by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ to raise money for charities that help children in the UK. The show includes three hours of comedy, music and surprise guests all trying to raise as much money as possible!
Our War: 10 Years On
Marking the end of the British campaign in Helmand, the groundbreaking, award winning Â鶹ԼÅÄ Three series Our War told the story of the Afghanistan war through the words and pictures of the soldiers themselves.
Storyville: Queendom
A Storyville documentary following Gina, a queer artist from a small Russian town, who stages radical performances in public that become a new form of art and activism – and put their life in danger.
Asia
A continent steeped in beauty and intrigue. From the vast Gobi Desert to the jungles of Borneo, and from the polar wilderness of Siberia to the coral seas of the Indian Ocean, discover the breathtaking extremes of Asia with Sir David Attenborough.
- Watch Asia on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
- Read more: Sir David Attenborough’s Asia - Everything you need to know about the ground-breaking series
The Rap Game
Krept, Konan and DJ Target are back with a new series of The Rap Game UK and this year’s contestants are bringing the fire!
Shetland
The dark side of one of the most beautiful places on earth. Uncovering secrets and lies from the past - detective drama starring Douglas Henshall, Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell. The new series begins Tosh persuades DI Calder – now a resident of the Isles – that something is wrong, when her friend doesn’t get home one night.
- Watch Shetland on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
- Read more: Shetland’s Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell on the new series, guest cast and life beyond the camera “we're all together at the weekendsâ€
Lucan
Hampshire builder Neil Berriman discovers he is the son of the nanny murdered by Lucan and starts to investigate. He finds evidence that suggests the aristocrat escaped to Africa. Is a mystery that has bewildered police and investigators for fifty years about to be solved?
Storyville: Hollywoodgate
A Storyville documentary. With unprecedented access to the Taliban, this extraordinary film begins the day after the last US soldier left Afghanistan in 2021.
- Watch on Hollywoodgate on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
Justice: Those Who Kill
The Danish crime thriller returns. Louise Bergstein is assigned to the case of a brutal execution of a young gang member in Copenhagen, which sets off a spectacular murder mystery that extends throughout the Öresundregion and delves into the questions: “When have criminals served their sentences?†and “Can a person’s pursuit of justice go too far?â€
Mary’s Foolproof Dinners
Mary’s back, making evening meals effortless. Mary brings a lifetime of culinary knowledge to the table, making dinner a pleasure as she joins a host of famous friends –both old and new.
MasterChef: The Professionals
The hunt for the next superstar chef. Professional cooks are put through their paces. Who will cope and who will crack?
Helman: Tour of Duty
A decade on from the withdrawal of British combat troops from Afghanistan, this film tells the story of a single group of soldiers from the Welsh Guards deployed to the frontline of the war in Helmand Province in 2009, built on the unfiltered accounts of ten men alongside testimony from their family members.
Their bond was unbreakable, but across the six-month tour, their regiment took unprecedented casualties, losing a man at nearly every military rank up to lieutenant colonel, while many others suffered life-changing injuries.
Mr Loverman
Dapper, charming Barry is hiding a secret – but it's not what his wife suspects. The seventy-four-year-old wants to live out his final days with his lover – but is he brave enough to leave his wife? Bernadine Evaristo's life-affirming story about being true to yourself, starring Lennie James.
- Watch Mr Loverman on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer on 14 October and add to your Watchlist now
- Read more: Mr Loverman's cast, creatives and author Bernadine Evaristo on the new series that is "constantly moving from comedy to tragedy in an emotional rollercoaster"
Life and Death in Gaza
A film made by four Palestinians living through extraordinary times. Filming from the first days of the war, Khalid, Aya, Adam and Aseel document their own lives as they endure bombing raids, multiple evacuations, family separations and reunions, deaths, and even the birth of a new life amidst the chaos.
Hauntings
When Andrea Perron moves into her new home in Rhode Island with her parents and four sisters, the previous occupants seem in a hurry to leave. Soon, the Perrons are experiencing multiple disturbances, hearing whispers and seeing visions.
A House Through Time: Two Cities At War
David Olusoga tells the story of one house and the people who lived in it, from the time it was built until now.
Phoenix Rise
Six outsiders learn the only way they are going to survive school is by sticking together. But can you ever really leave your past behind?
Showtrial
New series. Telling a brand new original story, the latest instalment in the anthology series sees climate activist Marcus Calderwood (Barney Fishwick) left for dead in a violent hit and run. He uses his dying moments to apparently identify his killer - a serving policeman.
- Watch Showtrial on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
- Read more: Showtrial cast and creatives on the second instalment of the tense legal thriller - "The stakes are really high"
Alma’s Not Normal
Alma (Sophie Willan) is back in town and desperate for things to be different. She bags herself a talent agent, who turns out to be a bit of a blagger. She buys herself some new wheels, that she can’t afford. And lands herself an acting role that is completely demoralising. It’s safe to say, things are not panning out for Alma.
- Watch Alma’s Not Normal on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
- Read more: Alma’s Not Normal's Sophie Willan on writing series two with humour and heart - “Comedy is both a rebellious act and a survival mechanismâ€
Bump
New series. Now finding their feet in the world as full-grown adults, Oly (Nathalie Morris) and Santi (Carlos Sanson Jr) are trying to stabilise their small family unit with their challenging seven-year-old Jacinda. Meanwhile, Angie (Claudia Karvan) throws herself into the climate crisis to distract her from her recent heartbreak. With the chaos of life showing no signs of settling down, our characters must ask themselves: how do you find hope and joy in the midst of an existential crisis?
Solar System
Join Professor Brian Cox on a journey to the Volcano Worlds of our solar system as he explores planets and moons bursting with fire and ice, with eruptions so violent they reach far out into space.
Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher
A new feature-length documentary from the makers of Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland. The Brighton Bomb (working title) is an emotional and tense story. Magee planted the bomb three weeks before the Conservative Party Conference, and it lay hidden behind a bathtub in room 629 all that time. The film looks at the politics of this period, the devastation of the night itself, the subsequent search for Magee and his arrest, and how the Brighton bombing continues to have present-day effects, including for its many victims.
Industry
Back for a third season, plunge into the unrelenting world of high finance and follow a group of young bankers forging their identities within the sex and drug-fuelled blitz of international bank Pierpoint & Co. Kit Harington joining the cast as CEO of a green tech energy company.
- Watch Industry series three on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist now
- Read more: Industry - Kit Harington joins the cast and creators as they discuss relationships, representation, and real world consequences in season three
The Cleaner
New series. Crime scene cleaning comedy with Greg Davies, Ben Willbond, Rosie Cavaliero, Naveed Khan and Vaun Earl Norman. Wicky finds himself on a job for an old childhood school friend, Justin (Ben Willbond – Ghosts, There She Goes) – who it turns out has done rather well for himself.
- Watch all series of The Cleaner on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist now
Charlie Cooper’s Myth Country
In an era of social media misinformation and online echo chambers, where can we go to separate the news from the nonsense? The happenings from the hoaxes? The facts from the fiction?
This new series will see Charlie search spooky small-town goings on, uncovering eye-witness accounts and elusive evidence as well as staging his own experiments in a bid to bring him closer to the truth. Along the way, he will pay homage to the countryside legends of brilliant Britain and will explore how they have come to define the places and people they originate from.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
International drag icon, RuPaul, is back in Blighty with his award winning, cult competitive reality show. So control your excitement as twelve amazing drag queens compete to be crowned The UK’s Next Drag Race Superstar in one of the world’s most glamorous, funniest, and fiercely entertaining reality TV competitions.
- Watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
- Read more: Meet the fierce new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series 6
Ludwig
New crime comedy-drama. Reclusive puzzle-setter, John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor (David Mitchell) sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace. In a bid to uncover the truth, John reluctantly assumes his brother’s identity and turns detective. But at what cost? Also starring Anna Maxwell Martin.
- Watch Ludwig on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer and add to your Watchlist
- Read more: Ludwig - David Mitchell, Anna Maxwell Martin, and creatives open up about the comedy-drama: “it’s a bit of a dream for meâ€
Apples Never Fall
Mystery drama. The seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family are forced to re-examine their parents' so-called perfect marriage as their family’s darkest secrets begin to surface… Featuring a star cast including Alison Brie, Annette Bening, and Sam Neill.
Waterloo Road
The brand new series of Waterloo Road will see the arrival of Jason Manford to the show as he becomes the new headteacher, Steve Savage, a charismatic charmer who impresses everyone he meets and isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty to achieve the results he wants.
- Watch Waterloo Road on Â鶹ԼÅÄ iPlayer
- Read more: Jason Manford chats about the 'nerve wracking' decision to join Waterloo Road: "It's such a legendary show, not just on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ, but right here in the North West"
Sherwood
Set in the present day, Sherwood series two introduces two new families that find themselves entangled with the Sparrows, entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries, revenge, and betrayal.