What’s new on TV this week (Jan 29 – Feb 2, 2018)
It’s the start of a brand new week of TV and the start of our latest weekly endeavour. We’re keeping television fans in the loop by bringing out a new weekly release on what’s new and returning to TV this week.
Every Monday, look out for our post on what’s new and returning to television this week across Freeview, Sky, BT and on-demand.
Monday, January 29th
Winterwatch

Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan are back for the sixth outing of the beloved nature series, catching up with animals from previous series and meeting fascinating new creatures.
BBC Two at 9pm
Rocky Mountain Railroad
A new series about Canadian rescue crews who serve some of the world’s most remote locations.
QUEST at 9pm
Two Doors Down

It’s Burns Night on the newest series of sitcom Two Doors Down. Naturally, this means surprises, arguments and haggis.
BBC Two at 10pm
Snapped: Killer Couples
The first episode of season eight covers a double murder committed by a white supremacist couple.
CBS Reality at 10pm
Tuesday, January 30th
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

A documentary about the life of Ben Bradlee, the Washington Post editor whose work helped bring down President Nixon by revealing the infamous Watergate Scandal.
Sky Atlantic at 9pm
FIA World Rally Championship Highlights
Highlights from the 2018 Rallye Monte Carlo, which takes place on mixed road surfaces in the Hautes-Alpes.
Channel 5 at 7pm
Retribution

New Netflix series about a murderer who hides in the Scottish Highlands amongst the families of those murdered.
Netflix
Can You Rebuild My Brain?

This fascinating documentary examines what we know about the workings of the brain by looking at the work of leading neuroscientists and the people they are helping.
Channel 4 at 10pm
Wednesday, January 31st
Gomorrah

The gritty Italian mob series is back for a third series, starting with Genny’s need to cover up Pietro’s death as a power vacuum takes hold on the streets.
Sky Atlantic from 9pm
The New Builds Are Coming: Battle in the Countryside

A very topical new series that examines Britain’s housing crisis. In the first episode, Richard Macer heads to Oxfordshire to meet local residents and learn how building new estates is affecting their lives.
BBC Two at 9pm
Wonders of the Moon

A new documentary on how the moon impacts life on Earth over the course of a month.
BBC One at 9pm
Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb
Gloucestershire couple Susan and Alan want to add an en-suite to their master bedroom, while Sheela decides her parent’s kitchen is in need of renovation.
More4 at 9pm
Thursday, February 1st
Animals with Cameras

Watch a nature documentary from the eyes of nature itself, in this intriguing new series which attaches cameras to various animals in the wild.
BBC One at 8pm
Death Row 2018 with Trevor McDonald

Trevor McDonald returns to Death Row for a new two-part documentary, in which he meets inmates waiting execution and tries to learn what made them do the things they did.
ITV at 9pm
Friday, February 2nd
Celebrity 5 Go Barging

The most bizarre new concept for a celebrity series in recent times – actor Tom Conti, mercurial gardener Diarmuid Gavin, ex-athlete Tessa Sanderson, singer Tony Christie and presenter Penny Smith go barging.
Channel 5 at 8pm
Nigel Slater’s Middle East

Nigel Slater travels to the Middle East to sample some of the region’s finest food offerings, starting with Lebanon.
BBC Two at 9pm
Requiem

A musician heartbroken by the suicide of her mother discovers a box of items belonging to her mother relating to a murder some twenty years earlier. Believing her mother’s death may be related to the items, she goes on a quest to learn more about the murder.
BBC One at 9pm