What’s new on TV this week (Feb 5 – Feb 11, 2018)



Tuesday, February 6 Wanted Down Under Revisited Season 12 Episode 1 The companion show to the series about families looking to emigrate to Australia or New Zealand. Wanted Down… read more
What’s new on TV this week (Feb 5 – Feb 11, 2018)
Tuesday, February 6
Wanted Down Under Revisited
Season 12 Episode 1
The companion show to the series about families looking to emigrate to Australia or New Zealand. Wanted Down Under Revisited returns to the families who took the jump and moved to the other side of the world to discover whether or not the move was as they imagined. The first episode of the new season catches up with Simon LacLean, who returned to Australia in 2006 with then-fiancee Jane.
BBC1 London 11:00am
Back in Time for Tea
Season 6 Episode 1
Bradford locals the Ellis family relive the lives of northern working-class families over the last century. Jon, Lesley, Caitlin, Freya and Harvey discover what people ate, what jobs they worked and what leisure activities were typical of the period.
BBC2 London 8:00pm
Africa’s Hunters
Season 2 Episode 1
A new series about the predators of the African continent. Today’s first episode follows a leopard that has recently become the dominant predator in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley. However, its power is contentious – and she must defend her territory.
Nat Geo Wild 8:00pm
What Would Your Kid Do?
Season 1 Episode 1
A new series on a subject parents have always wondered about. What would a child do in a certain situation? What Would Your Kid Do? follows children in a school rigged with cameras and films their responses to certain situations. In a studio, Jason Manford asks parents what they think their child would do in that situation. The family with the most correct predictions will go through to the final, but how many parents really know their child?
ITV London 8:00pm
Elizabeth: Our Queen
Season 1 Episode 1
A new documentary series studying the life of Britain’s longest reigning monarch, Elizabeth II. Elizabeth: Our Queen features new interviews with the Queen’s advisors, friends and ministers. It follows her early life from her birth to her unexpected ascendancy to the throne in 1952.
Channel 5 9:00pm
Demolition Man
Season 1 Episode 1
Treasure expert Lawrie Voutier and his team hunt valuable items and materials across the country in every type of property imaginable.
QUEST 9:00pm
Flatpack Empire
Season 1 Episode 1
A new documentary that goes behind the scenes at the world’s most famous flatpacking company – IKEA. The series examines how IKEA is opening up its design strategy and follows the lives of designers for the company.
BBC2 London 9:00pm
Celebrity Ghost Hunt
Season 1 Episode 1
Rylan Clark-Neal invites celebrity guests to conduct paranormal investigations in this new series. Marcel Somerville, Marnie Simpson and Bobby Norris are some of the first celebs to take part in a premiere episode that includes a mysterious nuclear bunker.
5STAR 10:00pm
Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild
Season 1 Episode 1
A new series in which Ben Fogles reunites with local peoples he has met during his extensive travels. In this episode, Fogle visits Canyonlands National Park – where he first met former bounty hunters Bill and Bob Stone, as they began life as farmers of organic produce.
Channel 5 10:00pm
Wednesday, February 7
Peyton and Polizzi’s Restaurant Rescue
Season 1 Episode 1
Alex Polizzi and her brother-in-law Oliver Peyton star in this new series where the pair attempt to save restaurants from extinction. They begin in Bedford with Italian restaurant Riobello, which is struggling with competition and financial difficulties – will Polizzi have the answer?
Channel 5 9:00pm
Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes
Season 2 Episode 1
The spin-off from Impractical Jokers, including fan favourite pranks and trivia plus behind the scenes footage from the original series.
Comedy Central 9:30pm
Don’t Tell the Bride
Season 7 Episode 1
Series seven of the show where prospective husbands plan their weddings, without the knowledge of their bride-to-be. In the first episode of the series Brazilian Eduardo wants a flavour of his heritage at his wedding, but will he be able to impress detail-oriented Polish fiance Paulina?
E4 10:00pm
Ice Lake Warriors
Season 1 Episode 1
A new reality series about the lives of the rugged tugboat sailors of the Great Lakes.
HISTORY 10:00pm
Thursday, February 8
Dale Winton’s Florida Fly Drive
Season 1 Episode 1
Presenter Dale Winton goes on an adventure around the Sunshine State, visiting some of Florida’s famous and infamous hotspots plus some lesser known treasures. There’s a visit to Disney World (of course), the Fountain of Youth, St Augustine and a date with a spiritualist.
Channel 5 9:00pm
Making a Model with Yolanda Hadid
Season 1 Episode 1
Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Hadid mentors a group of young aspiring models. In the first episode, she meets the wannabe models and their mothers.
Lifetime 9:00pm
Fantomworks
Season 3 Episode 1
Kansas City Royals pitcher Tim Collins wants to restore and improve a 1968 Mustang to add super speed. However, previous bad repair jobs make this task difficult.
QUEST 10:00pm
Friday, February 9
Cruising with Jane McDonald
Season 3 Episode 1
Singer Jane McDonald’s series on luxury cruises takes on the California coast in the first episode of the third season. On board the luxury 3,000-berth Ruby Princess, McDonald watches iconic landmarks such as the Hollywood sign and the Golden Gate Bridge. On the ground, she examines the star-studded resorts of Beverly Hills.
Channel 5 9:00pm
Rampage!
Season 1 Episode 1
A new series that looks at chaotic situations, including riots, natural phenomena and broken machinery.
QUEST 9:00pm
Jamestown
Season 2 Episode 1
The original period dramas about the lives of settlers in Jamestown returns as the settlement comes under the spotlight for a terrible crime. Meanwhile, Jocelyn’s position is in jeopardy.
Sky One 9:00pm
The Young Offenders
Season 1 Episode 1
A new comedy about two Irish teenagers and best friends Conor and Jack, as their mischievous ways bring them into conflict with the school headmaster (and into contact with the headmaster’s daughter).
BBC1 11:25pm
Saturday, February 10
Modus
Season 2 Episode 1
The return of the Swedish crime thriller. During a visit to Sweden from the President of the US, disaster strikes in Stockholm. Ingvar Nyman is assigned as special FBI liaison officer and partner Inger Johanne Vik joins the investigation as a psychological profiler. Something is not quite as it seems – and something from Inger’s past may be the answer.
BBC4 9pm
Sunday, February 11
Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian
Season 2 Episode 1
Khloe Kardashian works with a team of experts to give normal people a life-changing makeover. This episode Khloe meets the troubled Ken, who has created an alter-ego to help him cope with life. Can Khloe help Ken reclaim his identity?
E! 6:00pm
Grand Designs New Zealand
Season 3 Episode 1
The Kiwi version of the series about building dream homes returns for series three. In this first episode, a wife longs to recreate a historic villa she remembers from her childhood – but her husband would prefer something more modern.
More4 7:55pm
Henry IX
Season 1 Episode 1
Charles Edwards stars as King Henry IX in this fun comedy as he tries to modernise the monarchy, much to the distaste of the royal family.
YESTERDAY 9:00pm
Survival of the Fittest
Season 1 Episode 1
A new celebrity reality competition hosted by Laura Whitmore, in which a team of boys a team of girls will go head to head to determine which sex is superior. Oh, and there’s dating. It’s a bit like Love Island in the Savannah.
ITV2 9:00pm