Elaine Reilly

Elaine Reilly

Writer for TV Times, What’s On TV, TV & Satellite Week and What To Watch

With over twenty years of experience as an entertainment journalist, Elaine writes for What’s on TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite Week and www.whattowatch.com covering a variety of programs from gardening and wildlife to documentaries and drama.

As well as active involvement in the WTW family’s social media accounts, she has been known to get chatty on the red carpet and wander into the odd podcast.

After a day of previewing TV, writing about TV and interviewing TV stars, Elaine likes nothing than to relax… by watching TV.

Latest articles by Elaine Reilly

Iain Dean strapped up in red HEMS uniform on a cliff face in Casualty episode Precipice.

Casualty spoilers: Iain Dean killed in horror plunge?

By Elaine Reilly published

Airs Saturday 25 January 2025 at 9.20pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Stevie Nash at work looking very serious.

Casualty spoilers: Can Stevie Nash save Dylan Keogh from getting fired?

By Elaine Reilly published

Airs Saturday 18 January 2025 at 9.20pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Have I Got News For You season 68 - team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop wearing suits and posed facing camera.

Have I Got News for You season 68: release date, new presenters and panellists, episodes, trailer and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly last updated

Ian Hislop and Paul Merton are back for Have I Got News for You season 68. Here’s who’s joining them this time round…

UK Shows
Casualty logo.

When is Casualty next on? Here’s our guide to every episode in 2024

By Elaine Reilly last updated

Never miss an episode of Casualty with our guide to the iconic medical drama’s 2024 schedule — with spoilers!

Casualty
Trainee paramedic Indie Jankowski in uniform treating an unseen person against a red brick background and looking scared.

Casualty spoilers: Indie Jankowski in shooting terror!

By Elaine Reilly published

Airs Saturday 11 January 2025 at 9.20pm on BBC1.

Casualty
An image of Joanna Page smiling and holding a curled up hedgehog while wearing thick red gloves. There is a green nature background and with an image of a fox and 'Joanna Page's Wild Life' written in the foreground.

Joanna Page’s Wild Life: release date, episodes, exclusive interview and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly last updated

Joanna Page swaps acting for animal welfare in her new BBC2 series Joanna Page’s Wild Life.

Documentaries
Casualty logo

Casualty exits and arrivals — all the major cast changes for 2024

By Grace Morris last updated

Casualty exits and arrivals — who has left and who will be joining the soap this year?

Casualty
Darby and Joan season 1 stars Greta Scacchi and Bryan Brown.

Darby and Joan season 1: cast, plot, trailer, filming locations, and everything you need to know

By Elaine Reilly last updated

Darby and Joan season 1 stars acting legends Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi.

Dramas
Dylan Keogh talking to Jodie in Casualty.

Casualty spoilers: Dylan Keogh tells a dangerous lie!

By Elaine Reilly published

Airs Saturday 04 January 2025 at 9.10pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Gail Platt is in for a shock, when her dead ex Richard Hillman returns from the grave in Coronation Street. In this image, Richard is seen in Gail's living room in a dark suit staring menacingly at the camera.

Richard Hillman returns to haunt Corrie's Gail Platt for Christmas

By Elaine Reilly, Nicholas Cannon published

Gail Platt’s serial killer husband Richard Hillman makes a chilling return to Weatherfield on Christmas Eve… What does he want with his former wife?

Coronation Street
Nigel Bates reunites with Phil Mitchell in EastEnders for Christmas 2024.

Nigel Bates makes shock return to EastEnders

By Nicholas Cannon, Elaine Reilly published

As Nigel Bates arrives in Walford on Christmas Eve, Paul Bradley gives the lowdown on his EastEnders return.

EastEnders
Outnumbered stars Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche, Ramona Marquez and Kerena Jagpal sitting on a sofa looking cosy and jovial.

Outnumbered's grown-up child stars on 'joy' of being reunited for the Christmas special

By Elaine Reilly published

Outnumbered stars Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez on the Christmas Special, as the Brockmans return with a baby on board…

UK Shows
Dylan makes a difficult phone call.

Casualty spoilers: Dylan Keogh caught in DEADLY off duty tragedy as Public Property boxset kicks off!

By Elaine Reilly published

Consultant Dylan Keogh's life is derailed after a call from Max Cristie in Casualty episode Off Duty airing on Saturday 28 December 2024.

Casualty
Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials 2024 star and creator Brendan O'Carroll in character as Mrs Brown, sitting in her kitchen and reading a newspaper, while smiling at the audience.

Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials 2024 sees the return of Mrs Agnes Brown and her chaotic clan.

By Elaine Reilly published

Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials 2024 sees the return of Mrs Agnes Brown and her chaotic clan in BBC1's hit sitcom.

UK Shows
The Young Offenders season 4 stars Shane Casey and Alex Murphy in character as Billy and Conor hiding in a bin.

The Young Offenders season 4: release date, cast, guests, star interviews, new episodes and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly, Natasha Holt last updated

The Young Offenders season 4 heralds a ‘new direction’ for our favourite Corkonians.

UK Shows
Casualty's Iain Dean in his red HEMS uniform looking worried and scared.

Casualty spoilers: Will Iain Dean die during a shocking Christmas Day shift?

By Elaine Reilly published

Airs Saturday 21 December at 9.20pm on BBC1.

Casualty
Stevie (ELINOR LAWLESS) in the Casualty Christmas Special 2024

Casualty Christmas special 2024: air date, cast, guest stars, first look images, plot, trailer, interviews and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly last updated

Casualty Christmas special 2024 star Elinor Lawless reveals 'Casualty will be back with a bang!'

Casualty
A clip from The Hairy Bikers: You'll Never Ride Alone showing Si King being hugged by Dave Myers in a countryside stop with their motorcycles in the foreground.

The Hairy Bikers: You’ll Never Ride Alone — release date, interview and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly published

Si King on BBC2’s special documentary The Hairy Bikers: You’ll Never Ride Alone, celebrating his friend and work partner, Dave Myers…

Documentaries
Matt Baker: Christmas Travels with Mum and Dad image of Matt with his parents and a highland cow in a winterly landscape.

Matt Baker: Christmas Travels with Mum & Dad - release date, filming locations, episodes, interview and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly published

Matt Baker: Christmas Travels with Mum & Dad sees the presenter going the extra mile to make magical memories with his parents.

UK Shows
Jamie Oliver in his Christmas jumper and festively redecorated kitchen with a big bowl of green veg.

Jamie Cooks Christmas: release date, episodes, menu, interview and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly last updated

Our guide to Jamie Cooks Christmas reveals what's on the menu for the new 2-part series, when and where you can watch the show and includes a Q&A with Jamie Oliver.

Food and Cooking
Blackshore season 1 promo picture of Lisa Dwan on a jetty with a desolate lake background.

Blackshore: release date, trailer, episodes and an exclusive interview with Lisa Dwan

By Elaine Reilly last updated

Blackshore star Lisa Dwan gives us an exclusive guide to her gripping Irish crime drama about a defiant detective haunted by tragedy.

Dramas
Stevie (ELINOR LAWLESS) in the Casualty Christmas Special 2024

Casualty's Elinor Lawless teases the show's Christmas special and a new series: 'We're back with a bang!'

By Elaine Reilly published

Casualty star Elinor Lawless on the Christmas special, the future of the show, and her favourite Holby ED characters.

Casualty
Paddy McGuinness poses with a yellow Chopper, Pudsey Bear and wearing Pudsey Bear ears for Paddy: The Ride of My Life

Paddy: The Ride of My Life — release date, interview and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly last updated

Paddy: The Ride of My Life sees Paddy McGuinness undertaking an epic 300 mile journey for BBC Radio 2’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge for Children in Need 2024

Documentaries
Ali Larter as Angela in Landman.

Exclusive: Ali Larter reveals why Billy Bob Thornton ‘simmers’ in Landman

By Elaine Reilly published

Ali Larter talks exclusively about filming Paramount Plus’s rich and gritty new series Landman with Billy Bob Thornton.

Dramas
The Boy That Never Was season 1 stars Toni O'Rourke as Robin and Colin Morgan as Harry.

The Boy That Never Was: release date, trailer, episode recaps, cast and everything we know

By Elaine Reilly last updated

The Boy That Never Was stars Colin Morgan as a grieving Irish father who spots his son in Dublin three years after his death.

Dramas
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