Whether you’re looking for celebrity deep-dives, debauched dramas, cosy book adaptations or the return of old favourites, there is plenty of television to feast your eyes on in 2023.
Stephen Graham is starring in a new Netflix crime drama, Bodies, while Lily Rose-Depp and The Weeknd can be seen in the new show from Euphoria writer Sam Levinson, The Idol.
David Nicholls’s bestselling novel One Day is being adapted for TV, and shows from Big Brother to Succession are returning to telly.
There are also comedies starring familiar faces such as Simon Bird and Lily Allen, and tell-all documentaries from Robbie Williams and Pamela Anderson.
Here’s what we’re most looking forward to over the next 12 months…
Pamela: A Love Story
Netflix, 31 January
Pamela Anderson was conspicuously quiet when the show based on her life, Pam & Tommy, came out in February 2022. Now, we know why: she’s been making a tell-all documentary with Netflix, which will feature personal video and diaries, and chart her rise to fame and that infamous sex tape scandal.
Heartstopper season two
Netflix, 2023
On the cosier end of the spectrum, Heartstopper is coming back after its universally adored first season. Kit Connor, Joe Locke, and Yasmin Finney will all be returning for this drama about teenage romance and self-discovery.
Doctor Who
BBC One, November
At the end of the year, three special episodes to mark the show’s 60th anniversary will feature familiar faces from David Tennant to Catherine Tate, while newcomer (and Sex Education favourite) Ncuti Gatwa will also be making his debut as the 15th Time Lord.
Daisy Jones and The Six
Jason Segel and Harrison Ford in ‘Shrinking’
Amazon Prime Video, 3 March
The screen adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s hit book is almost upon us. Like the novel, the miniseries will be set in the LA music scene of the Seventies, and stars Riley Keough and Sam Claflin as musical rivals-turned-bandmates Daisy and Billy.
Nolly
ITVX, February
Lily Rose-Depp in ‘The Idol’
Davina McCall presenting ‘Big Brother’
