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Gogglebox is back with a bang, Jamie Dornan sets pulses racing on The Jonathon Ross Show and Jaden Smith learns karate: Your TV guide this week

From a gritty new drama series to pastry week on GBBO, we’ve got your week of TV sorted

CANCEL all your social plans because we've got endless TV treats in store for you this week.

Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters star in the incredible new drama on Channel 4, National Treasure, while Jonathan Ross plays host to Jamie Dornan and the Stranger Things cast.

Plus, it’s pastry week on Bake Off and Gogglebox is back.

MONDAY

First Dates

We doubt there's a better way to start the week
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We doubt there's a better way to start the weekCredit: Array

Kick off your week with a bit of First Dates, our favourite dating show!

A bobsledder for the British Olympic team enjoys life as a bachelor and is uncertain about starting a relationship, but a date with a fellow Olympian may just change his mind.

Get ready for awkward chat, blushing cheeks and a bit of footsy under the table.

C4, 10pm

TUESDAY

National Treasure

This new drama will get the nation talking
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This new drama will get the nation talkingCredit: Channel 4

This gripping new series stars British acting legends Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters, and it’s got five stars from us.

Coltrane stars as Paul Finchley, one half of a much-loved comedy double act, whose life is turned upside down when he is arrested after an accusation of rape that dates back to the 1990s.

Paul denies having even met the woman, and his loyal wife (Walters) must decide whether or not to stand by her disgraced husband.

C4, 9pm

WEDNESDAY

The Great British Bake Off

Celebrate Hump Day with the ultimate easy viewing
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Celebrate Hump Day with the ultimate easy viewingCredit: BBC

It’s pastry week in the tent of joy!

The contestants are tasked with creating a bite-size showstopper using a fine pastry that is notoriously difficult to make, and even trickier to bake.

Will Selasi keep his cool? Will Val survive for another week? And will Benjamini win Star Baker again?

8pm, BBC1

THURSDAY

Paranoid

This eight-part series will grip you
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This eight-part series will grip youCredit: ITV

Another new series from ITV, Paranoid follows the brutal murder of a local GP in a children’s playground.

The killer is identified on CCTV, but it quickly turns out there is more to the grim murder than meets the eye.

It’ll have you on the edge of your seat!

ITV, 9pm

FRIDAY

Gogglebox

Watch as new families and old faves make pertinent (and hilarious) observations
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Watch as new families and old faves make pertinent (and hilarious) observationsCredit: TV3

It’s back for an eighth series! Yippee!

As the nation tunes in to Bake Off, Poldark and Cold Feet, the sofa-dwelling critics give their hilarious take on the shows.

We still can’t believe a programme that involves watching normal people watch telly exists, but we can’t get enough of it.

C4, 9pm

SATURDAY

The Jonathan Ross Show

Jonathan Ross is back doing what he does best
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Jonathan Ross is back doing what he does bestCredit: Rex Features

The host welcomes Hollywood star Jamie Dornan to the studio, following the debut of the first trailer for 50 Shades Darker (swoon).

Also appearing are Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo, the teenage stars of Netflix’s acclaimed mini-series Stranger Things.

ITV, 10pm

SUNDAY

The Karate Kid

Ditch the Sunday blues and tune in to this feel-good movie
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Ditch the Sunday blues and tune in to this feel-good movieCredit: SUNTV

Settle down with some popcorn for our Sunday night film starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan in the re-make of the 1984 classic.

An American youngster goes to live in China with his mother, where he becomes an easy target for the local bullies.

But after meeting the school caretaker – who turns out to be a kung fu master – he begins to learn martial arts and challenges the bullies in a fighting tournament.

E4, 8pm

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