{"id":640330,"date":"2026-08-16T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/640330\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:30:22","slug":"a-masterclass-in-cosy-crime-7-superb-tv-shows-to-watch-this-week-on-itv-netflix-the-bbc-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/640330\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA masterclass in cosy crime\u201d: 7 \u201csuperb\u201d TV shows to watch this week on ITV, Netflix, the BBC and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t fancy hunting through the TV schedules to find something good to watch this week? No problem. We\u2019ve previewed all the new shows coming our way to deliver you a weekly rundown of everything that\u2019s actually worth watching over the next 7 days. Our guarantee? That only the very best make the cut. <\/p>\n

Top of our list is a brand-new detective drama in the form of You\u2019re Killing Me<\/a> \u2013 no spoilers, but it\u2019s a true masterclass in cosy crime. We\u2019ve also got Anna Maxwell Martin<\/a>\u2019s return to our screens, a crime thriller that takes policing to a whole new level, and plenty more. So, stop scrolling, because these are the 7 superb shows to watch this week on ITV, Netflix, the BBC and more.<\/p>\n

Celebrity MasterChef \"tx<\/p>\n

Photographer:\/\/BBC<\/p>\n

It\u2019s back to the Celebrity MasterChef kitchen where a fresh batch of famous faces are putting their culinary skills to the test. Among them are comedian Joe Pasquale, weightlifter and Olympic medallist Emily Campbell and musician Jay McGuiness. We\u2019re also being treated to some very special guest judges in the form of Paddy McGuinness, Zoe Ball, and Morgan Burtwistle (AKA Angry Ginge). Let battle commence. Arriving on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9pm on Tuesday 18th August. <\/p>\n

Professor T\"this<\/p>\n

ITV<\/p>\n

After three fantastic series featuring the OCD-suffering genius criminologist Professor Jasper Tempest (Ben Miller), he’s back for more. Series 4 is set six months after the shocking series 3 finale and the team must overcome their grief to tackle a dangerous new crime wave that\u2019s making its way through town. There\u2019s also romance on the cards for his mother, Adelaide (Frances de la Tour), and therapist, Helena Goldbery (Juliet Stevenson). Series 4 is arriving on ITV1 and ITVX at 9pm Wednesday 19th August. <\/p>\n

Love is Blind UK\"love<\/p>\n

netflix<\/p>\n

The ultimate guilty TV pleasure is back! If you don\u2019t know how it works, we\u2019ll meet a new set of singles who will date each other sight unseen (by way of pods and with a little guidance from hosts Matt and Emma Willis) and find out if true love really is blind. It\u2019s only after a couple gets engaged that they\u2019ll meet face-to-face, return to real life, and attempt to add a physical element to their emotional bond. And at the end of it all? They may \u2013 or may not – walk down the aisle. Arriving on Netflix on Wednesday 19th August. <\/p>\n

Ludwig \"tx<\/p>\n

Photographer:\/\/BBC<\/p>\n

It was the BBC\u2019s biggest new scripted show of 2024 and now Ludwig is finally getting a second run. Now a fully-fledged police consultant, puzzle genius John \u201cLudwig\u201d Taylor (David Mitchell) will once again use his unique skillset to hunt down criminals in rural Cambridgeshire, while also trying to piece together exactly what happened to his brother, who inexplicably vanished and abandoned his family. Anna Maxwell Martin also returns, with Fleabag\u2019s Sian Clifford and Celebrity Traitors\u2019 Mark Bonnar joining the cast. Series 2 is arriving on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 9pm on Thursday 20th August.<\/p>\n

Dragons\u2019 Den \"tx<\/p>\n

BBC<\/p>\n

A new line-up of budding entrepreneurs is stepping foot inside the Den in the hope of wooing Susie Ma, Jenna Meek, Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden and Steven Bartlett. In the new episodes, we\u2019ll meet a chemist who says she can wash away waste with her powder-to-liquid haircare products, a mother and son with a handcrafted spice blend business and two social media stars hoping their traditional confectionary concept goes down a treat. Arriving on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 8pm on Thursday 20th August. <\/p>\n

Blood Sacrifice\"police<\/p>\n

J\u00f6rgen Johansson<\/p>\n

Oh, how we love a good crime thriller. This five-part Swedish series introduces us to lead investigator, Thomas (Jakob Oftebro), who\u2019s forced to work with his estranged father and former detective Alfred (Peter Andersson) when it appears a killer is on the loose – and they’re targeting police officers. As bodies mount and the attacks draw closer to home, the pair must put decades of resentment aside to stop a brutal killer before time runs out. A brilliantly twisty watch. Arriving on Netflix on Thursday 20th August. <\/p>\n

You\u2019re Killing Me \"you're<\/p>\n

Acorn TV<\/p>\n

Move over Sherlock, there\u2019s a new detective in town and she goes by the name of Allie (Brooke Shields). In fact, there\u2019s two of them in You\u2019re Killing Me, which takes us to a quaint New England town where bestselling novelist, Allie, forms an unlikely alliance with an aspiring writer and podcaster Andi (Amalia Williamson) to find the killer of a close friend. We\u2019ll also meet an actual detective named Jack (Tom Cavanagh) from the local police department – but with Jack also trying to find his feet having moved from the big city, it seems the trio are going to have their work cut out unravelling this murder mystery. Arriving on U&Drama on Friday 21st August. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t fancy hunting through the TV schedules to find something good to watch this week? No problem. We\u2019ve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[3412,103790,18,117,19,17,2770,127,116021,128,79406],"class_list":["post-640330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-best-tv-this-week","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-itv","tag-netflix","tag-sherlock","tag-tv","tag-what-to-watch-this-week"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117105907583571622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}