10 TV and streaming highlights for January: The Night Manager, Bridgerton, Room to Improve...
Bridgerton, Game of Thrones spin-off Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, and The Night Manager feature among the TV highlights for January.
After a 10-year hiatus, The Night Manager returns to television. Tom Hiddleston reprises his role as Jonathan Pine, now taking on the alias of Alex Goodwin - an MI6 officer running a surveillance unit in London. Pine’s new mission sees him infiltrating a Colombian arms operation. Olivia Colman returns alongside new cast members Diego Calva and Camilla Morrone. The second season expands the story beyond John Le Carre’s original contained cat-and-mouse structure, reflecting a more fragmented geopolitical landscape.
James Nesbitt stars as a father plunged into a criminal underworld while searching for his missing, drug-addicted daughter. Adapted from prolific crime author Harlan Coben’s novel, the eight-part thriller promises mounting paranoia, buried family secrets and plenty of twists.
Dermot Bannon returns with a new series of Ireland’s longest-running home renovation programme. With material and labour costs continuing to rise, this season places increased emphasis on budgeting, compromise and expectation management. Alongside quantity surveyor Claire Irwin, Bannon works with homeowners as initial plans are revised and ambitions recalibrated, keeping the programme closely aligned with the realities of building in Ireland in 2026.
Now entering its ninth season, the glitzy juggernaut is back. This year’s contestants include Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh, The Traitors’ Paudie Moloney and Rose of Tralee Katelyn Cummins, all vying for the glitterball under judges Oti Mabuse, Brian Redmond, Arthur Gourounlian and Karen Byrne.
The finance drama returns for a fourth outing, continuing its examination of power, ambition and moral rot. Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are drawn into the orbit of a high-profile fintech company, shifting the series beyond Pierpoint’s trading floor, broadening its scope while maintaining its character-driven focus.
A glamorous country house party turns deadly in this stylish adaptation of The Queen of Crime’s novel. A sharp-witted young aristocrat - played by up and comer Mia McKenna Bruce - takes on the role of amateur sleuth, unravelling secrets beneath polished surfaces. Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman fill out a perfectly suspicious ‘who-dunnit’ cast.
Craving more Westeros and can’t wait for the new season of House of the Dragon? Try this. Set decades before Game of Thrones, this spin-off follows hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his mysterious squire Egg, a Targaryen. More of the same sword swinging, politics and character-driven fantasy on display - and there’s nothing wrong with that.
Marvel heads backstage with this meta superhero series centred on Simon Williams, an actor in the running to play the titular Wonder Man in a film, only to gain unexpected powers in the process. Blending Hollywood satire with comic-book spectacle, Wonder Man looks to offer something lighter and stranger than recent MCU fare. Marvel is in dire need of a hit. This could be the refreshment they - and the fanbase - need.
Jason Segel and Harrison Ford return for another season of the warm, offbeat comedy-drama about grief and how true emotional honesty can change lives. Brace yourself more laughs, more uncomfortable truths and more quietly devastating moments.
The lavish romance continues, with a new central love story taking focus as ‘The Ton’ braces for another scandal-filled season of sumptuous costumes, orchestral pop covers and enough romantic tension to fuel a thousand group chats. Our very own Nicola Coughlan reprises her role as Penelope while Jonathan Bailey steps back into the shoes of Anthony.
