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It was a long, hot - very hot - summer but now the nights are drawing in and (whisper it) only a matter of weeks until the clocks go back.
That noise you can hear is the siren's call of the sofa luring you back to the living room (other screens are available) to enjoy one of the many delights coming to you across ITV, Channel 4, Sky, UKTV and 5 this autumn.
There are far too many to include all of them in one column but here are 15 of the very best.
It Gets Worse - Channel 4
It Gets Worse - Channel 4
It was a NSFW sneak peak that was guaranteed to get people super excited about this new Channel 4 comedy, Andrew Scott as a therapist most kindly described as `unconventional'.
Scott is one of an all-star ensemble in this tale of three best friends who move to London after university only to find the streets aren't paved with gold after all. Far from it, in fact, stuck in dead end jobs and about to be kicked out of their flat.
Written and created by comedian Leo Reich, it stars Reich as one of the three friends alongside Emily Fairn and Olive Grey in a cast that also includes Lena Dunham, Blake Harrison, Vicki Pepperdine and Amelia Dimoldenberg.
It Gets Worse on Channel 4 in October.
The Party - ITV
A gripping story of secrets, betrayal and the British establishment, The Party is a five-part adaption of best-selling author Elizabeth Day's acclaimed novel of the same name.
It follows journalist Martin Gilmour (Luke Evans) and his toxic friendship with a wealthy politician called Ben Fitzmaurice (Tom Cullen), their 25-year relationship threatening to when Ben eyes up the Tory party leadership.
Told across two timelines - the pair's school and university days and Ben's lavish 40th birthday party and its aftermath - it is `a gripping exploration of identity, privilege and devotion'. Co-starring Lydia Leonard, Lindsay Duncan and Douglas Hodge, The Party begins on ITV in October.
War - Sky
Courtroom dramas don't come any more glamorous than this, Sky Atlantic's new legal blockbuster starring Dominic West as a philandering big tech titan in a fight to the death divorce battle with his Hollywood actor wife (Sienna Miller).
This very public uncoupling sees the pair lawyer up with two of London's most powerful law firms - one of them very much from the establishment, the other the new kids on the block - in the `divorce case of the century'.
Written by George Kay (The Long Shadow, Hijack), War will return anthology-style with a second series already completed and featuring an entirely new cast of characters.
War begins on Sky Atlantic on 2 October.
Help Me Tiny Big Brain - U&Dave
Jack Dee fronts a new comedy panel show in which the dreamwork really is in the teamwork.
Each week three junior geniuses - the `Tiny Big Brains' of the title - team up with some of the nation's best loved comics in order to solve a series of maddeningly frustrating problems.
The challenge for the comedians - who will include Phil Wang, Maisie Adam, Gus Khan, Lucy Beaumont and Johnny Vegas - will be to help not hinder their little teammates.
Airing on U&Dave later this year, Dee said the four-part series was `fun, uplifting [with] an irresistible feel-good vibe. Precisely the kind of thing I am best known for'.
The Heights - 5
Anna Friel stars in this psychological thriller as a fiercely protective mum whose family life is turned upside down when her teenage son brings home a friend who threatens to bring everything she loves come crashing down.
Despite doing all she can to hold her family together, a devastating tragedy leaves her consumed by rage and heartbreak and an overwhelming desire to find the truth.
Co-starring Stephen Tompkinson alongside newcomer Kit Redding as her teenage son and Conrad Khan as the manipulative outsider, the six-part drama is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Louise Candlish and is set to air on 5 later this year.
Hunting Alice Bell - Channel 4
Few upcoming dramas feel quite so of the moment as Hunting Alice Bell, a six-part psychological thriller about social media and the mob.
Created by David Baddiel and film critic Peter Bradshaw, it tells the story of the women whose lives are ruined when they are accused online of being the lover and accomplice of a notorious serial killer. But which one of them (if any) is the real Alice Bell?
With an all-star cast including Alex Roach, Amanda Abbington, Emily Barber, Toni O'Rourke, Christina Bennington, Rudi Dharmalingam, Ralf Little and Simon Pegg, this satirical family drama and whodunnit begins on Channel 4 in late October.
The Blame - ITV
Michelle Keegan stars in this six-part psychological crime thriller based on Charlotte Langley's debut novel of the same name.
Keegan and her fellow DI (played by Douglas Booth) investigate the murder of a teenage figure skater only for their inquiries to reveal a web of cover-ups and institutional corruption that lead Keegan's detective Emma Crane to question those very closest to her.
Co-starring Ian Hart, The Blame is `part propulsive mystery, part social commentary, part love story' and promises to `tackle big questions around policing and take an unflinching look at who we can really trust.' It begins on ITV on Sunday [20 September].
The Good Daughter - Sky Atlantic
Meghann Fahy and Rose Byrne star as sisters trying to piece their lives together after they were shattered by a devastating night of violence 20 years ago in this adaptation of Karin Slaughter's best-selling suspense thriller.
But the sisters' past comes back to haunt them when another attack shatters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte in this tale of family, painful memories and buried secrets.
With a cast to die for including Brendan Gleeson, Harper Steele, Olivia Williams, Drew Ann Cheek, Audrey Grace Marshall and Michael Dorman, The Good Daughter begins on Sky Atlantic in November.
Adultery - ITV
Dominic Cooper and Romola Garai star as Tom and Beth in this tale of forbidden passion which begins with a car accident and ends with the lives of their two families being irrevocably altered.
Written by Danny Brocklehurst (Missing You, Fool Me Once, Brassic) Adultery is a tale of `passion, parenthood and peril' that `raises questions about class, grief, and the effects of social media'.
The six-part drama co-stars Shelley Conn as Tom's wife, and Matthew McNulty as Beth's husband, alongside Charley Webb and James Murray's as the couples' respective teenage children.
On ITV later this autumn.
All Creatures Great and Small - 5
Hard to believe we know but the new series of All Creatures Great and Small is the seventh since the beloved James Herriot stories returned to our screens on 5.
Now firmly established as the jewel in 5's drama crown, such is its enduring popularity that the Yorkshire drama has already been confirmed for an eighth series and a Christmas special.
Back on our screens this Thursday [17 September] it returns to Darrowby in 1946 with James (Nicholas Ralph) grappling with new developments in veterinary medicine and a new vet in the area all set to ruffle feathers.
Pierre - Channel 4
David Harewood stars in the title role of Channel 4's new legal drama as an idealistic London duty solicitor who finds himself at the heart of something bigger and more terrifying than he could ever have imagined.
Described as 'charming and funny, a glamorous character in an unglamorous world', Pierre finds himself tested to the limit when he investigates the suspicious death of a young black client only to uncover a chilling web of institutional police corruption.
Co-written by Roy Williams (Soon Gone: The Windrush Chronicles, Fallout) and John Donnelly (Summerwater, Utopia), Pierre was described by one critic as `old-school television at its best; a show with something to say, and the smarts to wrap it in an irresistible character'.
It begins on Channel 4 in October.
Shakespeare & Hathaway - U&Alibi
That most unlikely pair of private investigators, Shakespeare and Hathaway are back for a sixth series of the winningly cosy crime drama created by Paul Matthew Thompson and the late Jude Tindall.
Mark Benton stars as hardboiled but chaotic former DI Frank Hathaway alongside his client turned crime busting partner, one-time hairdresser Lu Shakespeare (Jo Joyner). And this time they have a new assistant in the form of `excitable' Bea Gardiner (Aruhan Galieva).
Starting next Wednesday [23 September] the new 10-part run promises love affairs, out-of-body hypnosis and `the best Shakespeare landmarks Stratford Upon Avon has to offer'.
Crystal Lake - Sky Atlantic
One of the most iconic horror movie franchises comes to the small screen with Friday the 13th prequel, Crystal Lake.
The eight-part series tells the origin story of Pamela Vorhees (Linda Cardenelli) as she struggles to get to grips with the death of her young son Jason (you remember) in her `cursed' hometown.
The new series promises to reimagine the scares of those original films for a new generation, building on the movies' mythology with a blend of `psychological suspense, mystery and emotional storytelling'.
Crystal Lake begins on Sky Atlantic in October.
Winter - ITV
Richard Armitage and Annabel Scholey star in ITV's new six-part forensic drama, Winter.
Armitage plays Dr Ethan Winter, a gifted yet unorthodox pathologist who makes a formidable team alongside meticulous detective Lauren Bell (Scholey).
Solving a different crime each week, Winter is also haunted by the unsolved murder of someone close to him, a reckless pursuit which threatens to become all-consuming.
Set in Bristol and based on the long running French crime drama Balthazar, Winter will air on ITV later this autumn.
One Born Every Minute - E4
The ground-breaking observational documentary will return in the late autumn after an eight-year break - this time on E4.
The multiple award winning series ran on Channel 4 between 2010 and 2018 and will be back to bring the intimate, emotional journey of childbirth for a whole new generation.
Filmed at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester, the new 12-part run aims to capture the challenges faced by the NHS in 2026 and bringing `fresh stories, diverse voices, and a contemporary perspective to the timeless experience of childbirth'.
