The best UK TV to watch this week from The Voice Kids to Wimbledon

As July kicks off, so too does a new and exciting week on UK TV that will give viewers the chance to enjoy big new shows, returning reality series and gripping documentaries.

Over on BBC it'll be all about Wimbledon this week as the tennis Championships begin on Monday, 3 July and will be available to watch live on the network across its multiple channels and on iPlayer.

For those looking to up their culinary skills, both Channel 4 and ITV have shows that might give them the inspiration they need: Bake Off: The Professionals and Cooking with the Stars.

Elsewhere, Paralympian Ellie Simmonds will be exploring her personal life in documentary My Secret Family, while Wham! will also have a documentary coming to Netflix.

Here is Yahoo's guide to the week ahead on UK television.

Saturday, 1 July, 7.30pm: The Voice Kids | ITV1

ITV's junior edition of The Voice is returning for a new season with will.i.am, Pixie Lott, Danny Jones and Ronan Keating returning to judge the young up-and-coming singers.

The show will have three episodes in total where singers aged between 7 and 14 perform for the judges in a bid to win the coveted title of The Voice Kids winner 2023.

Saturday, 1 July, 9.15pm: Champion | BBC One

BBC's new gripping music drama Champion premieres on 1 July, it'll air weekly on the channel but be available immediately for viewers on iPlayer.

Helmed by Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams, the show follows siblings Vita (Déja J Bowens) and Bosco (Malcolm Kamulete) who both strive to break into the rap music industry, a mission that risks tearing their whole family apart.

Sunday, 2 July, 9pm: Evacuation | Channel 4

Channel 4 are bringing a three-part documentary to viewers which will examine the British campaign to evacuate Kabul in 2021.

Bringing viewers never-before-seen footage from the Ministry of Defence, the programme will share a closer look at what happened during the evacuation minute-by-minute, the operation was the subject of a lot of public scrutiny and has previously been dubbed "a disaster".

Monday, 3 July: Wimbledon | BBC One and Two

One of the biggest tennis tournaments of the year is back, with the best players donning their brightest whites and stepping out on the grass at Wimbledon.

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The BBC will be bringing live coverage from Wimbledon every day of the grand slam tournament, with fans able to choose which court they'd like to watch on iPlayer or enjoy the coverage on TV, including highlights from the day's matches.

Tuesday, 4 July, 8pm: Bake Off: The Professionals | Channel 4

Channel 4's Bake Off is back and this time the professionals will be heading into the tent to give it everything they've got to show they're the best patisserie team in Britain.

Ellie Taylor joins the show as its new host alongside Liam Charles, who will help the patisserie chefs as they take on the show's difficult challenges.

Tuesday, 4 July, 9pm: Cooking with the Stars | ITV1

Over on ITV, Emma Willis and Tom Allen will host Cooking with the Stars, which will see eight celebrities be paired with professional chefs for the reality competition series.

The chefs will mentor their stars each week in a bid to take them from amateurs and transform them into professionals.

Wednesday, 5 July: Wham! | Netflix

Netflix will examine the rise of band WHAM! in a new documentary film named after the iconic group.

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The film will explore how members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley came to found the group and make a name for themselves, eventually dominating the charts before they played their last gig in 1986.

Thursday, 6 July, 9pm: Ellie Simmonds: My Secret Family | ITV1

Gold medallist Ellie Simmonds will be going on a personal journey for ITV in the new documentary Ellie Simmonds: My Secret Family.

In it, the Paralympian will explore the link between disability and adoption as she looks back at her own family as she goes in search of her birth mother.

Thursday, 6 July: Getting Filthy Rich | ITVX

Olivia Attwood returns for another season of Getting Filthy Rich in which she explores the ins and outs of the sex industry and how those in adult entertainment can come to make a fortune.

Thursday, 6 July: The Effects of Lying | ITVX

ITVX will also premiere a new original film titled The Effects of Lying, which follows a South Asian family as loving father Naveen (Ace Bhatti) finds his life falling to pieces over the course of one day.

Friday, 7 July, 9pm: Then You Run | Sky Showcase

Then You Run is a Sky Original that follows a group of London teens who are forced to go on the run across Europe after one of the girls father's is killed and they become the target of a group of criminals.

Watch the trailer for Then You Run: