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ITV commissions new drama series Clean Break

Clean Break follows the story of single mother and cleaning lady Sam (Sheridan Smith), who becomes caught up in the dangerous world of insider trading.

The drama focuses on the struggles of the working class protagonist leading a dual life in online gambling whilst acting as devoted mother fighting for custody of her two daughters.

She soon realises she has access to powerful stock market information and sees it as her opportunity to get her life back.

Brand-new ITV quiz show 5 Gold Rings to be hosted by Phillip Schofield

5 Gold Rings will see two teams go head-to-head over the course of five rounds. One team will walk away with up to £25,000 whilst the other will leave with nothing. 

The teams will have to battle against the clock to answer questions by placing gold rings onto a supersized image displayed beneath their feet. For example, the picture might be a map of the world and teams will attempt the question, ‘Where is the highest mountain on earth?’ by placing a gold ring on the image where they think the answer is.

What's next for reality TV?

MTV’s new reality offering is Spring Break With Grandad, which sees eight attractive young singletons head off to Cancun in Mexico for the “greatest vacation of their lives”. The catch? Their grandparents are coming along too.

The RTS spoke to the presenter of the show, Geordie Shore’s Gary Beadle, as well as Made in Chelsea’s Jamie Laing and TV executive Dom Bird about the popularity of the genre, and what comes next.

Top TV Picks: New Year's Day

Uncle

BBC iPlayer, From 10am 

BBC Three’s award-winning Uncle is back for the final part of the trilogy.

It’s been four years since man-child Andy (Nick Helm) forged an unlikely alliance with nephew Errol (Elliot Speller-Gillott). Through two series the pair have been kept apart, seen each other through heartbreak and triumphed together. 

When we re-join them for series three, it’s eighteen months since Andy found out that he was going to be a dad and the baby he’s never met is haunting his nightmares.

Top TV Picks: 27th December

Amazing Spaces Snow Special

Channel 4, 8pm

In a festive special, George Clarke and Will Haride head to the Rocky Mountains to check out some snow-proofed structures, a state-of-the-art ski chalet and a snowmobile big enough to live in.


The Real Marigold on Tour: Florida

BBC Two, 9pm

In the first of two Christmas specials, Miriam Margolyes, Bobby George, Wayne Sleep and Rosemary Shrager reunite for a heartwarming adventure.

Top TV Picks: 21st December

Quarry

Sky Atlantic, 9pm

Based on novels by Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition), Quarry is a new eight-part drama following a veteran's return into the world, after struggling to come to terms with everyday life outside of the army.

Not striking lucky in employment, Mac Conway (Logan Marshall-Green) is visited by a crime lord with a special interest in him. He leaves him with an offer of employment, but it is one that will draw him into the world of violence that he hoped he had left behind...