Britain's Next Top Model 2017 has a release date

From Digital Spy

Abbey Clancy and her fellow judges will be back next month with the new series of Britain's Next Top Model.

Lifetime has released fiery first-look images of Abbey with male supermodel Paul Sculfor, fashion guru Hilary Alexander OBE and celebrity photographer Nick Johnston to mark the return of the catwalk to our screens.

As ever, 12 hopeful models will strut their stuff and meet experts and celebrities from the world of fashion and entertainment in an attempt to avoid being the model kicked off each week.

Following its revamp on Lifetime last year, BNTM was renewed last August after solid ratings, and Abbey was pretty excited about it coming back for another run.

"The auditions are already underway, but unlike last series, viewers will watch as we pick the final girls in episode one," she teased at the time, promising more "drama" in the new series.

Last series of BNTM was won by Chloe Keenan, who beat out fellow contestants Angel Cole and Jessica Workman to the title.

Britain's Next Top Model kicks off on March 16 with a feature-length 90-minute episode at 9pm on Lifetime.

To pass the time until then, you can watch America's Next Top Model, which starts tonight (February 2) on Sky Living.

Rita Ora fronts the new season of ANTM, with model Ashley Graham, creative director of PAPER magazine Drew Elliott and self-proclaimed "image architect" Law Roach acting as judges.

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