Ross Kemp, Tim Peake, Ruby Wax Feature on Channel 5 Upfront Slate

Ross Kemp returns to acting after 15 years in a Channel 5 police thriller with Tim Peake, Ruby Wax and Jay Blades.

the east Star will lead Clapperboard’s police thriller blind spot for the Paramount network. Kemp’s Tony Warden helps Hannah, a disabled woman with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor played by newcomer Beth Alsbury, who believes she witnessed the beginning of a murder while eavesdropping on CCTV at kept a murky mansion.

Kemp made his mark as Grant Mitchell on the BBC soap east in the 1990s and 2000s, but has since shifted to directing current programming, including his cult Ross Kemp on gangs Series.

blind spot Features at 40 Hour Board Paramount UK Main Content Officer Ben Frow reveals tonight in London, with further drama, The Legacy, also revealed, about siblings reeling from the unexpected death of their father (Larry Lamb). Robert James-Collier, Gaynor Faye and Jemima Rooper are all stars.

The network, whose executives also oversee Paramount+ in the UK, has doubled its number of original shows, including Tim Peake: Secrets of our universewhere the world-famous astronaut will share his unique personal experience in exploring the mysteries of the world and beyond.

In Ruby Wax Castaway (working title), The famous interviewer experiences life as a true castaway on a remote deserted island Jay Blades: History of the East End bring the repair shop star on a journey to find out why his house is so special.

There are shows for that too useless Host Alexander Armstrong goes to Sri Lanka and a secret project of Monty Python Starring Michael Palin.

woman on strighthowmeanwhile, will lift the veil on domestic life in the UK as women hand over soul responsibility for their domestic life to their husbands.

“Our goal is to provide our viewers with exciting, diverse and eclectic programming with original content that reinforces our public service mission, while showing how creativity and commerce can work hand in hand to make television exciting and rewarding.”

“And of course it always helps to work with such incredible talent.”