RuPaul's Drag Race

Hosting duties moved to Canada for 2022’s series, where the main distinction seemed to be that the winner was crowned “Queen of the Motherpucking World.”

Unlike the regular series of Drag Race, the power to make someone ‘sashay away’ is not in RuPaul’s hands. At the end of each challenge, the top two contestants lip-sync for the chance to not only win the episode, but to choose which of the worst performing queens to expel. In previous series, this has knocked out some top performing fan favourites early in the competition.

With the UK as the host nation, the series will see queens from different Drag Race franchises compete in an international arena, showcasing their country’s finest drag with the hopes of becoming Queen of the World. The queens will need to impress RuPaul and the judges, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr, Graham Norton and a host of celebrity guest judges, including Clara Amfo, Daisy May Cooper and Jade Thirlwall.

In two months’ time, almost six years to the day that BBC Three became a solely internet network in order to save money, the service is returning as a linear channel. Arguably, it’s not a moment too soon. For, along with every other traditional broadcaster, the BBC is grappling with how to attract younger audiences and compete effectively with the streamers.  

Rick and Morty - series five

Monday

E4, 10pm

Rick and Morty returns for another series of multiversal escapades.

Creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland have confirmed there will be more continuity this series, and that series four’s Space Beth is set to play a major part.

Monday

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under

BBC One, 11.20pm

RuPaul’s Drag Race airs from Australia and New Zealand for the first time to find the queen of the Land Down Under.

RuPaul’s Drag Race enjoyed a triumphant transatlantic transplant to BBC Three in the autumn. “Drag queens and TV are like peanut butter and jelly – the perfect combination,” argued the show’s creator, Fenton Bailey, to a full house at a lively RTS Futures event in November.