Must see TV

Matt Lucas and Eli James return in Fantasy Football League. Liz Bonnin explores in Artic From Above. There’s a collaboration in new SWAT. The team in NCIS: LA face an old enemy and The Rookie returns.

The drama continues in Love Island, Maternal continues, follow all the highs and lows in The Sex Lives of College Girls and famous faces continue to impress the judges on Dancing on Ice.

Everyone Else Burns follows a family belonging to a highly religious cult. Uncover the truth behind Englishness in Grayson Perry’s Full English and see the world of multimillion-pound property construction in Building Britain’s Superhomes.

Murdoch Mysteries returns for another series; Alex Jones follows fertility stories on W; Hornby share their construction secrets; and Not Going Out will put a smile on your face - all on UKTV channels this month.

From drama to documentary to factual entertainment, these TV picks are all examples of gripping TV that will have you hooked from first to last.

Celebrate the competitive spirit in all its many forms from the life affirming to the life changing, from the deadly serious to the entirely light hearted.

From niche interests to global passions, from drama to documentary and from factual to reality, from hobbies you can pursue at home to adventures transporting viewers rather further afield, there is plenty to watch with our latest TV picks.

Showbiz makeovers, earth saving aliens, a quaint trip to the Dales and a showbiz marriage like no other are all the new and returning TV shows for a bit of light relief and escapism.

Period dramas, high-octane thrillers, head-scratching mysteries and feelgood treats, February is filled with plenty to keep you entertained as we head onto spring.