The best UK TV to watch this week from Top Boy to Gogglebox

The Lovers and The National Television Awards are also highlights of the week.

What to watch: Gogglebox, Paul O'Grady For the Love of Dogs and The Lovers are all highlights of UK TV's release calendar this week. (ITV/CBeebies/Channel 4/Netflix/Sky)
What to watch: Gogglebox, Paul O'Grady For the Love of Dogs and The Lovers are all highlights of UK TV's release calendar this week. (ITV/CBeebies/Channel 4/Netflix/Sky)

Wondering what to watch? This week on UK TV boasts an array of exciting shows including the final season of Top Boy, Gogglebox and the return of Gordon, Gino and Fred.

Over on ITV, HBO drama Love and Death will be premiering on streaming platform ITVX while ITV1 will be the place to be for all coverage of the 2023 National Television Awards.

Read more: What to Watch: Best movies new to streaming from Tár to Babylon

Cooking fans will have not one but two exciting cooking show finales to dig into this week, while Sky is launching its new hilarious rom-com The Lovers and Apple TV+ is getting ready for spooky season with horror series The Changeling.

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

Sunday 3 September, 9pm: Gordon, Gino and Fred: Via Espana | ITV1

From Studio Ramsay Productions

GORDON GINO AND FRED: VIVA ESPANA
Ep1
Sunday 3rd September 2023 on ITV1

Pictured: (l-r) Gordon, Gino and Fred join the flamenco dancers on stage in a traditional Tabanco in Jerez to provide the regulars some entertainment.

Having traversed some of the best European culinary capitals on offer, Gordon, Gino and
Fred are back on the road to explore the next gastronomical gem on their list as they take
their trusty RV to Spain to immerse themselves in the very best culture and cuisine on offer.

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Gordon, Gino and Fred: Via Espana (ITV)

Gordon Ramsy, Gino D'Acampo and Fred Sirieux reunite for a new season of their food and travel show, and this time the trio will be heading to Spain.

Earlier this year, D'Acampo revealed that he had quit the programme so this two-part special is likely one of the last to feature all three together.

Sunday 3 September, 9pm: Panthera Britannia | BLAZE

Panthera Britannica (Dragonfly Films)
Panthera Britannica (Dragonfly Films)

The big cat documentary that has been fascinating the nation will be screening on freeview channel Blaze this week as part of a special season.

Panthera Britannia claims to show proof of big cats roaming the wild in the UK, and experts examine DNA evidence and photographs to do so.

Monday 4 September, 7.05am: Hey Duggee | CBeebies

Hey Duggee (BBC)
Hey Duggee (BBC)

Children's animation Hey Duggee will be back on CBeebies this week with 20 brand new episodes, which will be available to watch on the channel and on BBC iPlayer.

The cartoon will continue to follow the Squirrel gang as they learn from Duggee on his adventures.

Tuesday 5 September, 8pm: NTAs | ITV1

From Indigo Television 

THE NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS 2023
Tuesday 5th September 2023 from 8pm on ITV1

Pictured: Host Joel Dommett with one the the covered National Television Awards 

The 28th National Television Awards takes over The O2 London for Television’s biggest night of the year. Hosted by Joel Dommett 

The star-studded ceremony will be broadcast LIVE on ITV on Tuesday 5th September from 8pm with NTA host Joel Dommett leading the celebrations. 

Photographer: Nicky Johnson

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Joel Dommett for the NTAs (ITV)

The National Television Awards is back for 2023, and following a rather eventful year in the world of British TV it seems this edition will be the most interesting yet.

Read more: What to know about the National Television Awards 2023

Joel Dommett is on hand to host this years proceedings, with stars like Alison Hammond and Geordie duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly all in the running to win.

Tuesday 5 September, 8pm: Bake Off: The Professionals final | Channel 4

Cherish and Benoit - Bake Off The Professionals 2023 (Channel 4)
Cherish and Benoit - Bake Off The Professionals 2023 (Channel 4)

Patisserie chefs have competed for weeks and now is the time for the final of Bake Off: The Professionals. The finalists will be whipping up an array of desserts for judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin in a bid to win the top prize.

Wednesday 6 September, 9pm: Celebrity Masterchef finals | BBC One

Celebrity Masterchef semi-finalists (L-R) Lucas Bish, Amy Walsh, Wynne Evans, Jamelia, Mica Ven, Marcus Brigstocke, Shazia Mirza and Max George. (BBC)
Celebrity Masterchef semi-finalists (L-R) Lucas Bish, Amy Walsh, Wynne Evans, Jamelia, Mica Ven, Marcus Brigstocke, Shazia Mirza and Max George. (BBC)

The celebrity edition of the cooking show returns for the finals, which will see four stars fight to impress Gregg Wallace and Jon Torrode and earn the coveted title of Celebrity Masterchef.

Thursday 7 September: Love and Death | ITVX

ELIZABETH OLSEN in LOVE AND DEATH (2023) -Original title: LOVE & DEATH-, directed by LESLIE LINKA GLATTER. Credit: LIONSGATE TELEVISION / Album
Elizabeth Olsen in Love and Death (HBO)

Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons star in Love and Death, a new dramatisation of the case of Candy Montgomery, a housewife who killed her friend Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) with an axe and said she was acting in self defence when she pled not guilty to murder.

The true crime drama charts Montgomery's life and the events that led up to the killing, as well as the investigation and court case against her.

Thursday 7 September, 8.30pm: Paul O'Grady For the Love of Dogs | ITV1

From MultiStory Media

PAUL OGRADY FOR THE LOVE OF DOGS
Thursday 7th September 2023 on ITV1

Pictured: Paul O’Grady with a 4 month old lurcher pup called Tara

Paul and the team are left baffled by a mystery illness which is making a young lurcher pup desperately ill. He also meets a gorgeous Staffie who is too scared to leave her kennel. Paul uses every trick up his sleeve to try and coax her out into the big wide world. And he meets a tiny old Yorkie, with awful breath, who needs a bit of a makeover.

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Paul O'Grady For the Love of Dogs (ITV)

Paul O'Grady passed away in March but the beloved broadcaster filmed a new episode of his series For The Love of Dogs before his death aged 67.

The episode will see Paul and the team try and help a puppy who is desperately ill, as well as a shy Staffie who is too scared to leave her kennel.

Thursday 7 September: The Lovers | Sky

The Lovers (Sky)
The Lovers (Sky)

Seamus (Johnny Flynn) and Janet (Roisin Gallagher) are so wrong for each other that, somehow, they're right, and the pair find themselves inexplicably drawn to one another when Seamus literally falls into Janet's life over her garden wall.

The only problem is Seamus has a girlfriend, but that apparently won't stop Seamus and Janet from finding their way back to each other time and again.

Thursday 7 September: Top Boy season 3 | Netflix

Kane Roninson as Sully and  Ashley Walters as Dushane in Top Boy (Netflix)
Kane Roninson as Sully and Ashley Walters as Dushane in Top Boy (Netflix)

It's the end of the road for Dushane (Ashley Walters), Sully (Kane Robinson), the pair have been working hard to build a lucrative drug empire at Summerhouse but with new players on the field they and their crew will face some new challenges in this final season.

Friday 8 September, 9pm: Gogglebox season 22 | Channel 4

Pictured:  Dave and Shirley in Caerphilly - Gogglebox (Channel 4)
Pictured: Dave and Shirley in Caerphilly - Gogglebox (Channel 4)

Sit back, relax and enjoy watching a whole new season of Gogglebox, where the stars fans have grown to know and love over the years delight us with their thoughts on the latest TV shows, films, and current political events.

Read more: Who has been on Gogglebox the longest?

Friday 8 September: The Changeling | Apple TV+

LaKeith Stanfield and Clark Backo in The Changeling (Apple TV+)
LaKeith Stanfield and Clark Backo in The Changeling (Apple TV+)

In this supernatural horror series, LaKeith Stanfield and Clark Backo portray new parents who are transported into a terrifying version of New York City following the birth of their first child.