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This week's Top TV: 12 - 18 September

Hooten and the Lady confront hair-raising obstacles as they travel the globe in search of hidden treasures (Credit: Sky)

Monday

Celebrity Home Secrets

ITV, 8pm


Janet Street Porter (Credit: ITV)

In this show, famous faces revisit their former homes to share memories and secrets from when they lived there.

This week we get an insight into the colourful life of Janet Street Porter as we look back at her various homes, including the ‘castle’ she built in the middle of London.

Marcella renewed as part of ITV/Netflix deal

The streaming giant bought exclusive global rights to the first series of Marcella back in April, they will make the second available internationally in 2017 after ITV have broadcast the episodes here in the UK.

Pulling in an average audience of 6.8 million, series one of Marcella follows the investigation of troubled detective sergeant Marcella Backland into a serial murder case. Having returned to the force after her husband left her, she herself becomes a suspect in the case down to her violent anger-induced blackouts.

ITV announces trans clinic documentary

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Sex Transition Clinic (working title) will be part-filmed by 24 hours in A&E-style fixed-rig cameras.

The series will observe trans people at every stage of the process – from early consultations, to starting hormonal treatment, to navigating the final steps of their transition. The dedicated clinic staff who guide patients through the procedure will also be featured.

"Gender dysphoria is a very important story of our time,” said ITV Controller of Factual, Jo Clinton Davis.

ITV commissions new political drama from Homeland writer

Fearless is a contemporary thriller about Emma Blunt, a solicitor with a reputation for defending lost causes. Starring Peaky Blinders actor Helen McCrory in the lead role, the show is described as "in the crash zone where law and politics collide.”

"The so-called War on Terror has put serious stress on the ordinary workings of the law. National security justifies all sorts of police and state over-reach – and the great majority of us are prepared to accept this," said Harbinson, who was a soldier before turning his hand to writing TV dramas.

Game of Thrones's Amrita Acharia takes the lead in new medical drama

The show is written by Death in Paradise's Dan Sefton with scripts from Vinay Patel and Nancy Harris and was cast in both the UK and Mumbai.

It tells the story of a cottage hospital that remains a pillar of the local community, despite being dreadfully under-funded and staffed by overworked medics.

Lead actor Acharia played handmaiden Irri in the hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones before being killed off in season 2. 

Second series of the Durrells announced

The Durrell Family (Credit: ITV)

The announcement comes after the immensely positive reception of series one, shown in April this year, which was credited with helping ITV bounce back from several high-profile failures.

Despite the series being filmed in the midst of the Greek economic crisis, it became ITV's highest rated new drama series in 2016, with almost 7 million regular viewers.

ITV unveils tense trailer for new thriller Paranoid

Some of the Paranoid cast: (L-R) Robert Glenister, Lesley Sharp, Dino Fetscher, Indira Varma and Neil Stuke (Credit: ITV)

The drama, set in a fictional town in Cheshire, begins with the brutal murder of a female GP in a busy children’s playground.

Detectives working to solve the case are quickly drawn into the twists and turns of a dark mystery, which takes them unexpectedly across Europe.

The trailer hints at a psychopathic suspect, multiple murders and mind games, as well as a complicated love story and family tensions.