Good morning everyone, we hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. But now it's time to get back down to business. We're getting lots of new stuff in the final week of the year - from A Very British Scandal (which we forgot to put in last week's preview), Harlan Coben's Stay Close on Netflix, and The Tourist on BBC One, the Williams' brothers' latest series. Add in Swedish comedy-drama Anxious People and a French series on Acorn TV, and it's a busy week. Enjoy!

1 Landscapers *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODE* *LAST IN SERIES*
S1 E4/4
Susan and Christopher each take the stand for a final chance to prove their version of events from that fatal night in the Wycherley home.
Tuesday 28th December, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

2 A Very British Scandal *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES* *LAST IN SERIES*
S1 E1-3/3
Fact-based drama focusing on the 1963 divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, one of the most extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th century, notorious for scandalous accusations and salacious photographs. The pair first meet while he is still married and she is finalising her divorce. They eventually marry and begin work on reopening his ancestral castle - a task that leads to massive debts and rising tensions.
Sunday 26th - Tuesday 28th December, BBC One

3 The Tourist *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1&2/6
A man survives being run off the road by a tanker truck in the Australian Outback, but wakes up in hospital with no memory of who he is. While a local police officer takes on the case, the stranger discovers he is being pursued by enemies from a past he does not know. When he receives a message from an unknown source, he ventures into the wilderness in search of the truth.
Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd January, 9pm, BBC One

4 Anne *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1/4
It is April 15, 1989 and Anne Williams says goodbye to her son as he heads to Hillsborough in Sheffield to watch Liverpool take on Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final, but she will never see him alive again. Fact-based drama about the woman who dedicated her life to campaigning for justice following her 15-year-old son Kevin's death in the Hillsborough disaster. Starring Maxine Peake.
Sunday 1st January, 9pm, ITV

5 Stay Close *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1-8/8
The lives of a photojournalist, a soccer mom and a homicide detective are disturbed by a terrible event from the past. Starring James Nesbitt, Cush Jumbo, Richard Armitage and Sarah Parish.
From Friday 30th December, Netflix

6 Dexter: New Blood *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODE*
S1 E8/10
Dexter fights for his life in the woods, leading to a confrontation in an abandoned summer camp. Harrison finds himself torn between two father figures.
Monday 27th December, 9pm, Sky Atlantic

7 Anxious People (Folk med ångest) *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1-6/6
A failed bank robber locks himself in a home, along with a real estate agent, two IKEA addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal millionaire and a rabbit.
From Thursday 20th December Netflix

8 Candice Renoir *NEW UK PREMIERE SERIES*
S1 E1
Candice Renoir is a mother of four children. She has taken a 10-year leave of absence from her job as a police detective in Paris and has spent this time as a stay-at-home mother, travelling with the family for her husband's jobs in, among others, the United States, Mexico and Singapore. After her marriage fails due to her husband's infidelity, Candice resumes her job as an investigator.
From Monday 27th December, Acorn TV

9 The Gulf *NEW UK PREMIERE EPISODES*
S1 E5&6/6
A stabbing at a building site inevitably throws immigrant workers under suspicion. Harding comes up with a plan to turn the tables on Jess's blackmailer.
Wednesday 29th December, 9pm, Alibi

10 Vera *REPEAT*
S11 E1/6
DCI Vera Stanhope must unravel the mystery when well-respected local builder and family man Jim Tullman is found beaten to death on the steps of the Collingwood Monument. His demise happened just before he was due to testify in court as the key witness in a violent assault case. 
Thursday 30th December, 8pm, ITV

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