Miriam & Alan: Lost in Scotland
From Thursday 20 January 8.30pm
Actors Miriam Margolyes and Alan Cumming roll back the decades and return to their Scottish roots. Part rediscovery, part revelation and always a total riot.
Starting in Glasgow, Miriam and Alan visit the street where Miriam’s Jewish family first lived in Scotland, then journey north into the Highlands. Alan learns about his ancestral past at Cawdor Castle, then they meet up with fellow actor Bill Paterson and stop off in Carnoustie, where things take a somber turn as Alan remembers his abusive childhood.
Death in Paradise - Season 10
From Saturday 22 January 7.30pm
The popular British whodunit series Death in Paradise is back for its tenth anniversary series as D.I. Neville Parker (Ralf Little) attempts to solve a slew of mysterious murders in the sun-soaked Caribbean.
When a TV news presenter is found strangled in her pool, D. I. Neville is sure that her popular co-
host is guilty. But given that the suspect was live on air at the time of the murder, how could he have done it? Meanwhile, the team welcomes back an old colleague.
Stars: Ralf Little, Joséphine Jobert, Don Warrington, Tobi Bakare, Elizabeth Bourgine, Tahj Miles.
All Creatures Great and Small
FTA Premiere from Saturday 22 January 8.30pm
A new adaptation of best-selling author James Herriot’s cherished collection of stories. Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, James follows his dream to become a vet in the magnificent Yorkshire Dales.
Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) follows his dream to become a vet in the magnificent Yorkshire Dales. He soon discovers that treating the animals is as much about treating their owners, and the Dales’ farmers are a tough crowd to please.
At Skeldale House, James gets to know his newly formed dysfunctional family; his chaotic and erratic boss Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West), Siegfried’s wayward brother Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) and the shrewd Mrs Hall (Anna Madeley) who is endlessly steering the ship.
When local beauty Helen Alderson attracts James’s attention, he finds another, more enduring reason to stay in the Dales.
Production credits: Executive Producer Ben Vanstone, Producer Richard Burrell. A Playground, Masterpiece, ALL3Media International and Screen Yorkshire production.