Never before in the history of X Factor has a girl band won. Step up, Little Mix, and take a bow!

Forty years ago Upstairs, Downstairs was broadcast for the first time, on British TV. It became the most popular TV costume drama serial ever, and it has been brought into the mid 1930s in a new mini series on US channel PBS from April 2011.

Well who doesn't love The Apprentice, either in the UK or the USA? The new season of The Apprentice UK opens in March 2012 with the usual contingent of scary candidates, together with the scary Lord Alan Sugar.

At long last, 'The Unforgettable Ernie Wise' is a fitting TV tribute to the late, the great, the fabulous Ernie Wise, long time partner of the equally wondrous Eric Morecambe.

British chef and cheeky chappy Jamie Oliver rolls out his campaign to revolutionize the eating habits of America in Season Two of 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution'. How did the 'pukka' cook hone his skills for cuisine and for the campaign trail, back home on British TV? And is his appeal fading?

Simon Cowell dominates 21st century talent shows. He also dominates this 2012 UK TV series about the history of TV talent shows!

Downton Abbey is a critical and popular tour de force - winning writer Julian Fellowes an Emmy and entering the Guinness Book of Records as the most critically appraised TV series of 2011. It has been a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic. Is it as good as the hype?

Sarah Lund returns to The Killing II with a new red jumper and the same deadpan expression, all set to wage fresh war on terror.

Iconic master detective Sherlock Holmes is back on the small screen and transported to the 21st century

Call this entertainment, call it shameless scraping of the broadcast barrel, seems The Jeremy Kyle Show is here to stay, both in the UK and the USA