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Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates in 'Bates Motel'
A&E's Psycho prequel - picked up by the Universal Channel for UK broadcast - could've been a Hitchcock meets Dawson's Creek disaster, but is actually a solid drama with a pleasingly creepy tone.
Anchored by two solid lead performances from Freddie Highmore (young Norman) and Vera Farmiga (his domineering mother Norma), Bates Motel is definitely one to watch, with a second season already in production.
Starts: Thursday, September 12 at 9pm on the Universal Channel.
10. Quirke
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The always-compelling Gabriel Byrne plays the title role in this Irish detective serial - Byrne is Quirke, a somber Dublin pathologist who solves crimes in the 1950s and sports a natty suit-and-hat combo while doing so.
Quirke also features Colin Morgan in his first post-Merlin TV role - the 27-year-old appears in the third and final 90-minute episode as the character Jimmy Minor.
Starts: Autumn on BBC One.
9. Escape Artist
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Doctor Who's David Tennant teams withSpooks creator David Wolstencroft in what sounds to us like a winning combo - Digital Spy readers' favorite Time Lord plays barrister Will Burton in this new legal thriller...
Tennant's joined by a fantastic supporting cast - including Toby Kebbell, Sophie Okonedo and Ashley Jensen - for a drama that promises to delve into the "blood and guts" of the legal system.
Starts: Late 2013 on BBC One.
8. The Blacklist
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'The Blacklist', starring James Spader
James Spader is at the helm of this highly anticipated new US series, which features him playing a former world's most wanted criminal who mysteriously turns to work with the FBI.
The trailer alone features about 456 twists and if you enjoyed the The Following andHannibal from the last US TV season, this should give you some similar thrills to get your teeth into.
Starts: October on Sky Living.
7. The Tunnel
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The Tunnel on Sky
Sky Atlantic has teamed with acclaimed broadcaster CANAL+ to give Scandinavian drama The Bridge an Anglo-French twist, with Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy cast as the two leads.
With Merlin star Angel Coulby and Spooksactress Keeley Hawes also on board, the pedigree is high - so let's hope for a new and exciting twist on an established format, rather than a reheated retread of a popular hit.
Starts: Autumn on Sky Atlantic.
6. The Wrong Mans
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The Wrong Mans
Smithy and Deano from Gavin & Stacey end up playing Statham and Stallone for the week in a tense action-packed thriller.
OK, that might sound awful, but don't let our terrible analogy put you off. James Corden's ambitious new BBC project manages to be both funny and dramatic and is refreshingly original.
Starts: September on BBC Two.
5. Dracula
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'Dracula', starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Sexy Jonathan Rhys Myers is joined by sexy Jessica De Gouw and sexy Katie McGrath in this, yup you guessed it, sexy retelling of the Bram Stoker classic,
Jointly released by NBC in the US and Sky Living in the UK, the drama will follow Rhys Myers's Dracula's arrival in London, where he plans to "wreak revenge" and, presumably, suck a bit of blood.
Starts: October on Sky Living.
4. An Adventure in Space and Time
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David Bradley as William Hartnell.
Expect fannish thrills and high emotion from this Doctor Who biopic - penned by Mark Gatiss, Adventure tells the story of the BBC sci-fi drama's creation and its first three years under original lead William Hartnell.
Starring David Bradley as Hartnell, this BBC Two drama has been produced to celebrateWho's 50th anniversary in November - one of many treats we can expect as the Doctor's birthday approaches!
Starts: November on BBC Two.
3. Atlantis
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'Atlantis' poster
The team behind Merlin haven't wasted long in returning to our screens with a new fantasy drama - Atlantis follows Jason (Jack Donnelly), a young outsider who arrives on the mysterious island of legend.
But not everyone is as pleased to see Jason as his new friends Pythagoras (Robert Emms) and Hercules (Mark Addy) and soon the Greek hero fights himself combating magic and monsters - sounds like solid Saturday night fare to us!
Starts: Autumn on BBC One.
2. Masters of Sex
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Masters of Sex stars Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan and it's a period drama about the sexual revolution. Therefore, it's easy to see why this new Showtime series, based on Thomas Maier's book of the same name, is creating such a buzz in the US.
Sex, betrayal, jealousy, all wrapped up in a classy little package, make this one of the most anticipated new shows of 2013.
Starts: October on Channel 4.
1. Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
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Marvel's 'Agents of SHIELD'
Like its big-screen parent The Avengers, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is a wonderful fusion of the Marvelverse and the Whedonverse - there's no costumed heroes here, but you won't miss them...
Channel 4 have landed the hottest new TV drama to come out of the US this year - a show that's as witty, fun and sharp as it is action-packed. Welcome to Level Seven...
Starts: Friday, September 27 at 8pm on Channel 4.
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