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What you’ll be watching in the weeks ahead

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Ashley Walters and Noel Clarke are back as buddy cops Pike and Bishop, who are now on holiday in Cape Town in Bulletproof: South Africa on Sky One. They don’t get a relaxing break, however, when they’re soon caught up in a terrifying kidnap situation!

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Look out for Stephen Fry playing fictional MP Arthur Garrison in C4 drama It’s a Sin. The saga, written by Russell T Davies (A Very English Scandal), follows a group of young friends growing up in the 1980s under the shadow of AIDS.

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BBC2’S latest quiz Lightning is hosted by QI and Mock the Week panellist Zoe Lyons. There’ll be lots of quick-fire-question rounds and mini physical challenges, which all need to be done without being struck by studio ‘lightning’!

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Amanda Burton joins the third series of ITV’S Marcella which now sees Anna Friel’s detective living with a new identity in Northern Ireland. Amanda plays Katherine Maguire, the matriarch of a criminal family Marcella is infiltrating.

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Comedian and writer Dane Baptiste hosts Bamous, a new comedy entertainment show on BBC3 Online. With sketches, stunts, interviews and archives, Dane and his guests examine how black talent can rise to the top of the ladder.

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In Stand Up and Deliver on C4, five celebs pair up with a famous comic in an attempt to become stand-up comedians. Step forward Curtis Pritchard, Rev Richard Coles, Shaun Ryder, Baroness Warsi and Katie

Mcglynn. Can they be funny?