Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) UK & Ireland has announced plans to launch a new-look TLC in the UK & Ireland with the channel going free-to-air from January 2026.
As part of the relaunch, new unscripted series coming to TLC in 2026 will include a new-look Mock the Week, the topical, satirical celebrity panel show, produced by Angst that ran on BBC2 until 2022.
Also ordered is Zero Stars, produced by CPL and based on an original Danish format from Liquidminds and distributed by Primitives, which sees comedians and BFFs Roisin Conaty and Sara Pascoe journey across the globe, experiencing places with only the “funniest and worst reviews in search of a truly unique travel experience.”
As well as the new content confirmed across TLC, new series coming to Quest in mid-2026 includes Francis Bourgeois & Chris Harris: We Saved a Train (w/t). The 8×60 series from Naked West, a Fremantle label, follows friends and engineering obsessives Francis Bourgeois and Chris Harris as they take on the challenge of restoring a dilapidated diesel locomotive and bringing it back to life.
Also coming to Quest in 2026 is the recently announced Ricochet-produced Guz Khan’s Custom Cars which sees the comedian testing a new role as a car modder, and a bumper new order of the Auction House franchise, with Angus Ashworth returning for a seventh series of Yorkshire Auction House (18×60), a sixth series of Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House (6×60) and third season of the Derbyshire Auction House (12×60) with Irita Marriott – all produced by STV Studios Factual. Henry Cole and Fuzz Townshend will also be back at the wheel for an eighth series of Quest’s Shed & Buried (20×30), a fourth series of Shed & Buried: Classic Cars (10×60) and a new format Shed & Buried: Classic Bikes (6×60), all produced by HCA Entertainment.
Following Adam Richman Eats Britain and Adam Richman Eats Football, the super-foodie is back, this time journeying to the Mediterranean in Adam Richman Eats Italy, a 10×30 series produced by Raise The Roof Productions for Food Network.
The new TLC will house scripted content including The Big Bang Theory and spin-offs Young Sheldon and Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, plus Mike & Molly.
Existing shows including Dr Pimple Popper and My 600Lb Life will remain and the channel will also be home to the popular 90 Day Fiancé franchise, including the UK spin-off.
In addition to a new-look TLC, from January 2026 WBD’s FTA channel Really will see an injection of HGTV shows, including Celebrity IOU with the Property Brothers, Home Town and My Lottery Dream Home.
With the planned changes from January 2026, WBD’s UK FTA portfolio will consist of six channels with Quest, Quest Red, Food Network and DMAX, alongside TLC and Really. This FTA line-up is combined with Pay-TV channels in the UK – including the Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network and TNT Sports.
Graham Lafferty, SVP Content Strategy & Networks, WBD UK & Ireland, said: “We are thrilled to announce a new-look line-up of content for TLC in the UK and Ireland for January 2026 – and that we are able to bring the channel to more viewers with a move to free-to-air in the UK. Through TLC, we are excited to commission and curate a broad entertainment channel that spans both scripted and unscripted content, including award-winning shows like The Big Bang Theory, through to a new-look British comedy staple like Mock the Week.
“We are also delighted to commission a host of new and returning linear series for 2026 with Francis Bourgeois and Chris Harris: We Saved a Train (w/t), a bumper Auction House and Shed and Buried re-order for Quest, anda new Food Network series in Adam Richman Eats Italy. These series, combined with recently announced commissions including Guz Khan’s Custom Cars and Zero Stars, demonstrate our ongoing commitment to linear television and working with both new and long-standing valued UK production partners to commission local stories and local talent for local audiences.”
WBD’s current UK and Ireland linear television channel offering will continue to be in place for remainder of 2025.
Jon Creamer
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