Start 2022 on a high with FOXTEL. There’s both a brand-new comedy and a debut drama to hook you in, as well as the long-awaited return of some huge favourites.
And the year kicks off with one very special event – a Harry Potter cast reunion that will unite fans around the world.
Here is the lowdown on what’s coming your way.
Feel like something new?
THE CLEANING LADY
10 episodes
Coming EXPRESS Wednesday January 5 at 9pm FOX ONE
A drama that’ll grab you by the throat. Thony De La Rosa (Élodie Yung) is a medic, forced to work as a cleaner, who finds herself lending her skills to the underworld, becoming enmeshed in the realm of organised crime.
SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE
7 episodes
Coming EXPRESS Wednesday January 19 at 9pm FOX SHOWCASE
This comedy stars stand-up comic Bridget Everett (Camping) as Sam, a middle-aged woman who – along with some misfit pals – rebels against the expectations of her small-town neighbours.
Let’s salute something wondrous, shall we?
HARRY POTTER 20TH ANNIVERSARY: RETURN TO HOGWARTS
90 minutes
Coming EXPRESS Saturday January 1 at 7.01pm FOX8
Start the year with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint as they reunite in a special TV event marking two decades since the Harry Potter franchise entered our lives.
HARRY POTTER: HOGWARTS TOURNAMENT OF HOUSES
4 episodes
Coming Saturday January 15 at 7.30pm FOX8
Test your Harry Potter knowledge as Helen Mirren hosts this quiz show that pits super fans (in teams representing the houses of Hogwarts), against each other to find out who knows all!
The returns we’ve been waiting for
THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES (S2)
9 episodes
Monday January 10 EXPRESS at 2pm On Demand
Wednesday January 12 at 8.30pm FOX SHOWCASE
Hallelujah! We’re ready to see what’s next for the holier-than-thou (yet substantially not) TV evangelists of the Gemstone clan when this comedy by Danny McBride shines back into our lives.
EUPHORIA (S2)
8 episodes
Coming Monday January 10 EXPRESS at 1pm,
ENCORE at 8.30pm FOX SHOWCASE
Zendaya leads the long-awaited sophomore season of this hit drama about a group of high-school students who live on the edge, which promises to be as hectic as its headline-making debut.
The beloved series we need back in our lives
CALL THE MIDWIFE (S11)
8 episodes
Coming Monday January 3 EXPRESS at 10am,
ENCORE at 7.30pm BBC First
The series that envelopes us like a warm hug brings back our favourite midwives as they tend to those who need their help. Of course, sometimes they’re the ones needing a bit of TLC!
THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BAKE OFF (S5)
10 episodes
Coming Thursday January 27 at 8.30pm LifeStyle
The ingredients are ready! See what happens when a new batch of bakers mixes things up to impress Maggie Beer and Matt Moran as the Aussie take on this cooking comp returns.
The thrills for the action aficionados
PEACEMAKER
10 episodes
Coming Thursday January 13 EXPRESS from 8.30pm FOX8
John Cena’s The Suicide Squad character scores the first TV series for the DC Extended Universe in this origin story for an unpredictable dude who is happy to kill for world peace!
S.W.A.T. (S5)
18 episodes
Coming Sunday January 16 at 9pm FOX ONE
Expect some major fallout when we pick up with LA’s tough S.W.A.T. team following what went down with Shemar Moore’s character, Hondo, last season. More high-octane drama coming right up.
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