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This is a one-off revival of the comedy set in a department store. The new cast includes Bafta winner Jason Watkins as Mr Humphries and former Corrie star Roy Barraclough as Mr Grainger. It is part of the BBC’s Landmark Sitcom Season which also features new versions of Porridge, Steptoe and Son, Hancock’s Half Hour, Up Pompeii! and Goodnight Sweetheart. A violent dystopia awaits visitors to a futuristic theme park made up of artificial creatures which allow them to live out their Wild West fantasies. Based on the 1973 Yul Brynner movie, this reboot – courtesy of Star Wars’ chief JJ Abrams – stars Sir Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris and (above) Thandie Newton and Rodrigo Santoro. Anyone who saw Top Gear falter with Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc will be eagerly watching to see if former frontmen Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond can make a success of their new Amazon show.
It promises to be huge, with no expense spared as they travel the world indulging their love of all things on wheels. This disturbing two-part drama tells the true story of Victorian murderer Mary Ann Cotton, played by Joanne Froggatt (maid Anna Bates in Downton). Serial killer Cotton poisoned three of her four husbands, 11 of her 13 children and several stepchildren. Hanged in 1873, she eluded justice for decades as no one thought a woman was capable of such crimes. Fans across the land have only just cooled off after heart-throb Aidan Turner’s famous topless scything scene in the first series of this swashbuckling drama. But now things a about to heat up even more as he returns a 18th century hero Ross Poldark, flashing th flesh once again in the second series of the bosom-heaving pec-tacular, set along the spectacular coast of Cornwall. This lavish eight-parter, costing £1million per episode, sees former Doctor Who sidekick Jenna Coleman take on the role of the young monarch. The series takes a different slant on Victoria, offering a racy insight into her love affair with Prince Albert, played by Burberry model-turnedactor Tom Hughes, and the close relationship she enjoyed with her PM, Lord Melbourne – a dashing Rufus Sewell.