New TV Shows Starting
October 2002

Top Gear

Starts 20th Oct 7:00pm On BBC One
BBC's hit motoring show is more than just a show to review new cars. Top Gear is essential viewing. Not just for petrol heads, it also has a huge following amongst people with little or no interest in cars - both male and female. This is due to the show's irreverent... Selected by 0 Users

Foyle's War

Starts 27th Oct 8:00pm On ITV
Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940 - which may seem a strangely remote period in which to place a new detective, but the setting turns out to be a means of adding moral and dramatic depth to the storylines. Christopher Foyle is a police inspector... Selected by 0 Users

Returning TV Shows in October 2002

According to Jim

Returns 1st Oct 9:00pm On ABC
Jim, the macho everyman, with a soft spot for his beautiful wife, Cheryl, and their three precocious kids - Ruby, Gracie and Kyle. A success at his construction business and the family breadwinner, at home Jim seems to keep Cheryl in constant turmoil with his boyish bravado... Selected by 0 Users

The Amazing Race

Returns 2nd Oct 8:00pm On CBS
The Amazing Race is an adventure reality show hosted by Phil Keoghan that pits 10, 11, or 12 teams of 2 or 4 people against each other in a race around the world for approximately 40 days. In a leg, they go to destinations where they will complete a roadblock, a task where... Selected by 7187 Users

The Bachelor

Returns 2nd Oct 8:00pm On ABC
The new Bachelor will get to know the 25 women in a series of fun, exciting and exotic dates that will elicit real and raw emotions. As in the past, women will continue to be eliminated each week, but if, at any point along the way, a woman should decide that she's no... Selected by 2465 Users

Dawsons Creek

Returns 2nd Oct 8:00pm On WB
Set in the fictional town of Capeside, MA, Dawson's Creek is the coming of age story of four friends on the verge of adulthood. Dawson, Joey, and Pacey are life long friends, whose lives start to rapidly change when a new girl, Jen, moves in next door to Dawson Leery and... Selected by 0 Users

Law & Order

Returns 2nd Oct 10:00pm On NBC
This realistic yet fictional drama looks at crime and justice from a dual perspective. In the first half-hour, Detectives Joe Fontana and Edward Green investigate crimes and apprehend suspects under the supervision of their precinct lieutenant, Anita Van Buren. The focus... Selected by 3505 Users

Becker

Returns 6th Oct 8:00pm On CBS
Dr. John Becker is a dedicated and talented physician with a gruff exterior. Unfortunately, his interior isn't all that warm and fuzzy either. While he offends those around who try to get close to him, he is extremely dedicated to his medical practice in the Bronx where he... Selected by 0 Users

Angel

Returns 6th Oct 9:00pm On WB
Angelus was one of the most vicious vampires in the history of the world. For years he traveled the world causing pain, chaos and destruction everywhere that he went. This all ended one night, when he killed the wrong gypsy girl. Her enraged family cursed Angelus by... Selected by 0 Users

Fifth Gear

Returns 7th Oct 7:30pm On Quest
Motoring magazine with Tiff Needell, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jason Plato and Tom Ford. A weekly hour long show featuring car reviews, shoot outs, scientific safety tests and amazing... Selected by 0 Users

Holby City

Returns 8th Oct 8:00pm On BBC One
This series is a spin-off from the long running BBC medical drama Casualty. Set in the same hospital as its sister series, this show follows the everyday lives, professional and personal, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the... Selected by 0 Users

Have I Got News for You

Returns 18th Oct 9:00pm On BBC One
Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been regularly broadcast since 1990. The show has cultivated a reputation for sailing close to the... Selected by 2295 Users

Samurai Jack

Returns 18th Oct 11:00pm On Adult Swim
Made by Genndy Tartakovsky, this cartoon tells the story of a great warrior displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot... Selected by 0 Users

Silent Witness

Returns 28th Oct 9:00pm On BBC One
Silent Witness is a forensics crime drama that focuses on a pathologist who attempts to identify murder victims and figure out what caused them to... Selected by 3096 Users

24

Returns 29th Oct 9:00pm On FOX
"24" is a TV thriller presented in "real time" with each minute of airtime that corresponds to a minute in the lives of the characters. "24" employs fast-paced and complex stories, and often contains unexpected plot twists. Though each day's events typically revolve... Selected by 0 Users
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