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ITVX unveils first look at mysterious comic thriller Passenger

Wunmi Mosaku stands in a frosty woodland with a flashlight in ITV's Passenger

Across six parts, Passenger follows a Former Met Police Detective called Riya Ajunwa (Wunmi Mosaku) as she investigates a series of strange crimes in the fictional small Northern town of Chadder Vale.

Riya is listless. She first arrived in the declining town five years ago and has been searching for that 'one big crime' that will revitalise her career ever since.

Then one night a local girl, Katie Wells (Rowan Robinson), mysteriously disappears. She reappears the next day ostensibly safe and sound, but for Riya, if not the locals, none of it sits right.

ITV reveals Big Brother eye’s makeover for new reboot

Big Brother is returning from a five-year hiatus, and at a new home on ITV2 and ITVX. The new cast of housemates will be able to enjoy the classic tasks, nominations and eliminations that were seen in the original 19 series, however, they will stay in the house for just six weeks instead of 12.

The iconic logo’s rebranding nods to the new contemporary feel ITV wants for the show. The eye is comprised of circles showing hashtags, lips, several eyes, and the words “Big Brother”.

Laura Whitmore to investigate cyber-stalkers and incels in new docuseries

A blonde haired woman stands next to a drain pipe in an allyway lit with cold blue lighting

In one of the instalments, Whitmore will explore the world of ‘involuntary celibates’ or ‘incels’, a male-dominated online community where men who find it difficult to interact with women engage in anti-women discourse. In recent years these forums have moved off the internet and into the real world; in both the UK and US, incels have sought ‘vengeance’ for their feelings of rejection in the form of violence, including mass shootings.

New Take That documentary on the making of their musical coming to ITVX

A new Take That documentary entitled 30 Years in the Making will be released as a companion piece to the bands upcoming feature film Greatest Days. The film, which stars Aisling Bea (This Way Up) and Jayde Adams (Ruby Speaking), will be a musical using Take That’s discography about four women who reminisce on how their lives were changed by their favourite boyband 25 years ago.

Love Island for the over 35s to be titled My Mum, Your Dad

Previously titled ‘The Romance Retreat’, the dating show sees single parents over 35 move into an English country home in an effort to find true love.

Each contestant has been nominated for the show by their grown-up children, who will have more of a role in their new dating lives than the parents originally thought…

Meet the contestants of summer Love Island 2023

For the tenth series, the Love Island villa has opened its doors to 10 hopeful singles as they aim to win £50,000 through public vote, and hopefully find love, and a PLT deal, along the way.

After entering the villa, the singles pair into couples and enjoy a few hours of happily partnered bliss before a new “bombshell” enters the villa to steal one half of a couple, leaving someone single. If the single islander isn’t chosen by anyone in the next recoupling, they will be dumped from the island.

Sophie Turner in first look image for thrilling ITV drama

Frank Dillane and Sophie Turner in new ITV drama Joan

Turner (Game of Thrones) will star as Joan Hannington, a woman who catapults herself from penniless young mother to notorious jewel thief.

Joan is a bold and brash mother in her twenties, trapped in a catastrophically unsuccessful marriage with a violent criminal named Gary. When Gary’s criminal activities go a step too far and he is forced to go on the run, Joan takes the chance for a new life with her daughter.

ITVX commissions new comedy G’wed celebrating the city of Liverpool

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At the heart of G’wed is the superficially disobeying Reece, who, despite appearing as a loud mouthed anti-hero, has a surprising knowledge of John Steinbeck, can quote Mother Teresa, and has a very mature take on grief. Alongside him is Aimee, emotionally mature and fiercely determined, and Mia-Louise, a manipulator of men who don't deserve any better.

CITV makes way for ITVX Kids

ITVX Kids will launch over the 2023 summer school holidays and promises more kids content than ever before, with a range of titles wide enough to appeal to both school age and pre-school age children.

The closure of CITV, which currently broadcasts daily from 6am-9pm, appears to be part of a growing industry trend of cutting linear kids' programming. In May 2022, the BBC announced its plans to cut CBBC’s linear channel.