ITV CONFIRM JANUARY LAUNCH SCHEDULE, NEW AND RETURNING PROGRAMMES

ITV have confirmed its schedule for the first full week of January, with new and returning programmes launching all week.

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Saturday 4th January, 6pm

BAFTA winning Graham Norton returns to ITV1 and ITVX with series two of Wheel of Fortune, produced by Whisper North. In each episode, three new players must spin the wheel and solve the puzzles to be in with a chance of winning a possible £50,000.

THE MASKED SINGER

Saturday 4th January, 7pm

Joel Dommett returns to hosting duties as he gets ready to introduce a new batch of unbelievably bizarre and unique characters to the stage who will leave viewers baffled and bewildered as the attempt to identify which famous face is behind the mask. Maya Jama joins the celebrity panel alongside Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan.

ANT & DEC'S LIMITLESS WIN

Saturday 4th January, 8:30pm

Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win is back, and audiences can expect more drama, tension and wins than ever before. As the only show of its kind to offer a limitless cash jackpot, the format has previously seen big wins on the show such as contestants Katherine and Will from series 1 who walked away with a life-changing £500,000. 

PLAYING NICE

Sunday 5th January, 9pm

Adapted by Malpractice writer Grace Ofori-Attah from the best-selling novel by British thriller author JP Delaney. Set against a sweeping Cornish landscape, two couples discover that their toddlers were switched at birth in a hospital mix-up, and face a horrifying dilemma: do they keep the sons they have raised and loved, or reclaim their biological child?  

PICTIONARY

Monday 6th January, 2:30pm

Mel Giedroyc hosts the world’s most popular drawing game which will follow the same rules as the familiar at-home game and will see two teams battle against each other. In the classic sketching and guessing game Mel will be joined by two celebrity team captains who will lead their teams of contestants.

LINGO

Monday 6th January, 3pm

Lingo is back! The hit word-game hosted by Adil Ray where the simplest of words can win members of the public thousands of pounds. In each show, three pairs of contestants go head-to-head in a battle of words. Using their powers of deduction, they must correctly and quickly work out the words that appear in the Lingo grids and Puzzlewords.

GRANTCHESTER

Wednesday 8th January, 9pm

1961 - life is good for Will and Geordie (Robson Green). The families are always together, from Sunday lunches to planning summer holidays - with honorary grandparents Mrs C and Jack and adopted uncles Daniel and Leonard, it’s one big happy family! However, when Will is approached with a life-changing offer, can he leave Grantchester and Geordie behind?