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Rip Off Britain: Live returns next week as Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville tackle the nation’s burning issues. Tune in live from weekdays at 9:15am on BBC One from Monday 31st January.

Rip Off Britain: Holidays starts again weekdays at 9:15am on BBC One from next Monday. Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville will hear about disastrous holidays and offer advice on how to potentially avoid similar pitfalls in the future.

Angela Rippon returns as the voice of The Wall in which contestants answer questions that combine knowledge, strategy and luck for the chance to win life-changing prizes. New episodes air Saturdays at 7pm on BBC One.

Tim Harford presents a new series of More or Less on BBC Radio 4, the programme that explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life, Wednesdays at 9am.

Landscape Artist of the Year returns to Sky Arts on Wednesday 12th of January. Joan Bakewell hosts the competition in the search for the nation’s best landscape painter, with the first batch of contestants painting a scene of the biomes at the Eden Project in Cornwall.

Kate Williams explores more gruesome stories of palace history in the second series of Secrets of the Royal Palaces on Channel 5, investigating how St James’s Palace doctors killed their queen, why a young African prince is buried in Windsor, and how Queen Anne had two confidantes fighting over her. The first episode goes out on Saturday 8th January at 8:30pm.

Dr. Helen Lawal has partnered up with WW (WeightWatchers) for their ‘Hangriest Day of the Year Campaign’. The 5th of January has long been the crux of “hangriness” as people begin to get fed up of their new year quick fix diets. Dr. Helen will be doing a series of radio and print interviews discussing the drawbacks of fad diets, highlighting that consistency is key to seeing long term health benefits. Using nutritional and behavioural science, WW have developed a plan which aligns with these healthier lifestyle habits and promotes a better way to diet.

Martin Lewis continues his crusade to help you make money go further as The Martin Lewis Money Show Live returns again. As well as reviewing how best to streamline your everyday expenditure, there’s the latest Big Briefing and News You Can Use, with the must-have money deals of the week. Tune in to ITV, Thursdays at 8:30pm.

A huge congratulations to Moira Stuart and Martin Lewis who will each receive a CBE, the highest ranking Order of the British Empire award, for their substantial contributions to broadcasting. Very well deserved to both!
Moira said: I’m so moved and lifted by this recognition of my work because over the years

Greg Jenner’s new Radio 4 series Past Forward: A Century of Sound kicks off on Monday 3rd January at 1:45pm with a discussion on the rise of car culture in Britain and what the future holds for us in terms of transport. Each day over the next two weeks, Greg will use a BBC archive clip to uncover connections through people, places and ideas which link the clip to modern day Britain in 2022 as part of the BBC’s Centenary celebrations.