Coming up on UKTV
MasterChef USA is is back and bigger than ever. To celebrate its 10th anniversary the home-cooks from across the country will be serving up their signature dishes for the judges. The rest of the season continues with taxing challenges and more surprise guests. Over on Dave the competitiveness continues as Richard Osman hosts the celebrity guests in a multi-faceted game show. If you’re not feeling up for trivia, then I’m sure the endless wit and humour will have you hooked. Switch on Alibi and get lost in Frankie Drake Mysteries and follow the force-to-be-reckoned-with all-female group of detectives. Expect a crime-struck city with corrupt cops as Frankie Drake and her entourage tackle 1920’s Toronto. Yesterday has a whole world of undiscovered buildings and structures in Abandoned Engineering that are waiting to be reclaimed and explored. Delve into the mysteries of destruction every Tuesday.
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MasterChef USA
Weeknights from 27th January at 7pm
Tune in for the UK premiere of MasterChef USA and watch the award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, acclaimed chef Aarón Sánchez and renowned restauranteur Joe Bastianich take the series to new heights and cross the pond to London for the first time in MasterChef history. The tenth series kicks off with the contestants cooking for the programs 10th anniversary pool party – can their efforts win them a spot in the MasterChef kitchen? Only one cook can claim the title of MasterChef and win the $250,000 grand prize. Who will it be?
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Richard Osman's House of Games
Weeknights from Monday 27th January at 7pm
Brand new to Dave, celebrity contestants will take on a series of challenging quiz games selected by the host, Richard Osman. Each week a group of four famous faces go toe-to-toe testing their general knowledge skills in a variety pf entertaining trvia-based games in Richard Osman’s House of Games. A daily winner will be declared following a quick-fire round at the end of each show as the scores are tallied across the week resulting in an overall champion each Friday. A fun viewing guaranteed, as Richard’s witty cross-examination of the celebs provides an entertaining watch for all the family.
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Frankie Drake Mysteries
Tuesdays at 9pm
Set against the tumultuous 1920’s Toronto, Frankie Drake Mysteries follows the city’s only female private detectives as they take on cases the police want to steer clear from. The strong women step up to the job at hand and join forces, setting out to dominate the detective world. But is the world ready for them? Frankie Drake (Lauren Lee Smith) and Trudy Clarke (Chantel Riley), with help from their friends morality officer Mary Shaw (Rebecca Liddiard) and morgue assistant Flo Chakowitz (Sharron Matthews) are unstoppable and won’t back down without a fight.
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Abandoned Engineering
Tuesdays at 9pm
New episodes of the illuminating series reveal more stories of neglected buildings and ruined sites, some which were subjected to devastating natural disasters while others were caught in the firing line of years of violent wars. Abandoned Engineering peels back the extraordinary and shattering events to reveal how and why they were first built to shed some light on why these infrastructures were abandoned and left on the brink of collapse.
