Speakers included:

Rupert Houseman, an editor on cutting-edge documentaries such as Life and Death Row with Yan Miles, a drama editor who has worked on shows such as Game of Thrones and Sherlock.

Monday: The Great Indoors

ITV 2, 9.30pm 

This new comedy stars Stephen Fry as adventure journalist Joel McHale who must adapt to modern times when he becomes office-bound in a digital department full of millennials.

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.

Monday

Celebrity Home Secrets

ITV, 8pm

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.

The nominations contain around 50 nods for British television shows, actors, writers and directors.

Welsh actor Matthew Rhys was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a drama for his role in US spy drama The Americans, while Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston and Idris Elba are all vying for Lead Actor in a limited series for BBC shows Sherlock: the Abominable Bride, The Night Manager and Luther respectively.

Stephen Mangan will star as Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle in the ten part drama, alongside Michael Weston, who will play escape artist Harry Houdini.

Revered or feared by everyone at this time of year, the Christmas TV season is almost upon us. While we have a few weeks to wait before we're settling on the sofa with a selection box, the schedules are being announced and there is much to look forward to.