What’s On TV Tonight? Our Pick Of The Best Shows: Friday 8th September

By David Hollingsworth
( What's on TV )
published

Cold Feet series seven cast
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Here the TV Times team of expert reviewers highlight three of the best shows on telly tonight for Friday 8th September including the return of Cold Feet

Here the TV Times team of expert reviewers highlight three of the best shows on telly tonight for Friday 8th September including the return of Cold Feet, plus a new comedy about a loveable buffoon

Cold Feet, 9.00pm, ITV

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When Cold Feet returned in 2016 after 13 years away, viewers were hooked all over again on the loves and lives of the five mates from Manchester. As the seventh series begins, it doesn’t disappoint. With its La La Land-esque opening sequence, we soon discover that life is anything but dull for this lot. Adam (James Nesbitt) is loved up with Tina, Karen (Hermione Norris) is trying to get her publishing house going and David (Robert Bathurst) is flogging dodgy insurance! Pete (John Thomson), having come through his depression, is happy with his lot – but does Jenny (Fay Ripley) want more from life? Welcome back, Cold Feet, we’ve missed you. Rating: ****

Mister Winner, 10.35pm, BBC1

Mister Winner

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Part of BBC’s Comedy Playhouse, this sitcom pilot stars Spencer Jones as Leslie Winner – that comedy staple of a big-hearted, loveable buffoon with a long-suffering partner. Leslie wants to propose to Jemma (Aimee-Ffion Edwards), but can he overcome his clumsy ways? So far, so familiar – though the presence of Shaun Williamson as Jemma’s colouring-book-loving dad might elevate this into a comedy keeper… Rating: ***

Gogglebox, 9.00pm, C4

Googlebox

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It’s the 10th series featuring our favourite couch potatoes, but the sign of a surefire hit format is when it keeps on delighting viewers! This new run coincides with 'lots of great telly’, as narrator Craig Cash often tells us, but it wouldn’t really matter if the Goggleboxers didn’t even switch on their TVs — we’re just as interested in hearing what Dave and Shirley had to drink last night or what Giles and Mary are growing in their garden! Rating: ****

David Hollingsworth
David Hollingsworth
Editor

David is the What To Watch Editor and has over 20 years of experience in television journalism. He is currently writing about the latest television and film news for What To Watch.


Before working for What To Watch, David spent many years working for TV Times magazine, interviewing some of television's most famous stars including Hollywood actor Kiefer Sutherland, singer Lionel Richie and wildlife legend Sir David Attenborough. 


David started out as a writer for TV Times before becoming the title's deputy features editor and then features editor. During his time on TV Times, David also helped run the annual TV Times Awards. David is a huge Death in Paradise fan, although he's still failed to solve a case before the show's detective! He also loves James Bond and controversially thinks that Timothy Dalton was an excellent 007.


Other than watching and writing about telly, David loves playing cricket, going to the cinema, trying to improve his tennis and chasing about after his kids!