AUTUMN treats!

15 shows you'll soon be falling for...

- CAREN CLARK, REBECCA MAHONEY

1 THE TOWER

RETURNING ITV1 DRAMA

Gemma Whelan is back on the beat as DS Sarah Collins in a third, four-part outing of the gritty police thriller based on Kate London's Metropolitan novel series. Gallowstree Lane revolves around a high-stakes drugs-and-gun storyline that is set to take Sarah full circle back to the Portland Tower incident of Series 1. Fans will be pleased to hear Tahirah Sharif is reprising her role as Sarah's troubled colleague Lizzie Adama, alongside Jimmy Akingbola as DC Steve Bradshaw and Emmett J.Scanlan as DI Kieran Shaw.

2 THE LISTENERS
BBC1 DRAMA

A stranges be heard by a few people is at the heart of Jordan Tannahill's adaptation of his own novel. When teacher Claire (Rebecca Hall, above) and her student Kyle (Ollie West) pick up a humming noise, they become part of an offbeat group who believe that hearing 'The Hum' could be a special gift.

3 WATERLOO ROAD
BBC1 DRAMA

Jason Manford (above) joins the cast of the school drama as Steve Savage, who causes a stir both in class and in the staff room when he becomes the new head teacher.

But what will Steve's arrival - along with his son Billy (Olly Rhodes) - mean for current head Kim Campbell (Angela Griffin)?

4 PLAYING NICE
ITV1DRAMA

James Norton (below left), Niamh Algar (below right), James McArdle and Jessica Brown Findlay star in a Cornwall-set thriller about two sets of parents who are thrown into turmoil when they learn their toddler sons were accidentally switched at birth.

But as they try to reach an agonising compromise about what the future should hold, events take an even more shocking turn...

5 STRICTLY COME DANCING
BBC1 ENTERTAINMENT