UK Week Ahead: Rivals and Middle-earth Return

Rivals and The Rings of Power return on the same Wednesday, Sky opens The Good Daughter on Thursday and Apple TV starts its Zurich heist drama on Friday.

By Editorial Team November 9, 2026 5 min read

Photo: Prime Video Published 9 Nov 2026 Edited by Andrew Lovesey

Wednesday is the night to clear. On 11 November, Rivals returns to Disney+ with three new episodes and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power opens its third season on Prime Video with four, all on the same day. Sky follows on Thursday with a six-part Karin Slaughter thriller, and Friday brings Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie to a bank vault under Zurich. Here is the week, from each platform’s own announcements.

The lead: Rivals and The Rings of Power, same night

Rivals picks up after its mid-series finale, with Tony Baddingham and Declan O’Hara still fighting for control of the Cotswolds and Rupert Campbell-Black facing his own demons. The new run moves through Bonfire Night, the Hampshire Hunt Ball and a turbulent Christmas, and Taggie O’Hara has a decision to make about her heart. Rachael Stirling joins as Araminta Pemberton, Lady Monica Baddingham’s younger sister, with Rupert Evans as the headmaster David Hawkley and Santiago Cabrera as the Argentinian polo player Alejandro Mendoza. Hayley Atwell and Rupert Everett return as guest stars. Three of the six hour-long episodes arrive on day one.

The Rings of Power jumps five years past the fall of Eregion. Sauron’s armies hold most of Middle-earth; only the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm and the Elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell remain free, while Sauron, played by Charlie Vickers, works in Barad-dûr to master the One Ring. Morfydd Clark, Robert Aramayo and Daniel Weyman return as Galadriel, Elrond and Gandalf, Eddie Marsan joins as Thrain and Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn, and Simon Pegg voices the Balrog. Episodes one to four arrive on 11 November, five and six on 18 November, the final two on 25 November.

Jamie Dornan in 12 12 12 — In pictures 3

Daniel Weyman as Gandalf in The Rings of Power season 3 — In pictures 3

Our suggestion for one sitting: Rivals first, while it is still early evening, then Middle-earth. Anyone who missed the trailer for season three can find all 16 earlier episodes on Prime Video.

Monday 9 November and Tuesday 10 November

Amy Childs: A TOWIE Wedding (ITV2 and ITVX, 9pm Tuesday, then Wednesday and Thursday). A three-part special following Amy Childs and her husband, Billy Delbosq, as they plan a three-day wedding in Spain, with her cousin Harry Derbidge organising the hen do. It follows the second half of Jordan & Sophie: A TOWIE Baby at 9pm on Monday.

Early in the week is also a good window to finish Black Doves before the weekend fills up again.

Wednesday 11 November

Rivals, series two, new episodes (Disney+). See above.
The Rings of Power, season three (Prime Video). See above.
Avedon (Netflix). Ron Howard’s documentary on the photographer Richard Avedon uses his personal archives, rare footage and new interviews to show how his portraits shaped the visual culture of the 20th century.

Thursday 12 November

The Good Daughter (Sky and NOW). An exclusive six-part limited series in the UK and Ireland. Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy play sisters Charlotte and Samantha Quinn, who have spent two decades rebuilding their lives after a single violent night. When another attack shakes the town of Pikeville, Charlotte, now a lawyer like her father, is first on the scene. Brendan Gleeson and Olivia Williams co-star. Karin Slaughter wrote every episode from her own novel, and Steph Green directed them all.

Friday 13 November

12 12 12 (Apple TV). An eight-part heist drama, led by Dornan and Mackie, in which a disgraced FBI agent and an American career criminal play cat and mouse across Europe around a raid on a vault beneath Zurich. Every episode cuts between three timelines: 12 months of planning, 12 hours of the heist and 12 days after. Agathe Rousselle, Jack Kesy and Kali Reis co-star, and Kari Skogland directs the opening episode. Two episodes launch the series, then one a week until Christmas Day.
Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy (Apple TV). Snoopy lands on Santa’s naughty list and has 12 days to prove he is not such a bad beagle.
Heartland (Netflix). Jessica Chastain leads a thriller about a former country star who leaves seclusion to search for her missing niece, a rising musician, and finds a darker Nashville. Garrett Hedlund, Ross Lynch and John Hawkes co-star; Shana Feste writes and directs.

Sunday 15 November

The Chosen, season six (Prime Video). The season covers the last day of Jesus’s life. Three episodes arrive together, then one a week to 6 December; the finale is being held for a separate cinema release in spring 2027.

On the public service channels

BBC iPlayer, Channel 4 and Channel 5 had not published dated highlights for this week that could be confirmed at source when this guide was compiled, so they are not listed here. Channel 4’s streaming future is shifting too, with the broadcaster moving into Disney+ under a deal announced in October. Distributors had not yet confirmed UK dates for Friday’s cinema openings either; for anyone planning to wait for the sofa, our explainer on how long cinema releases take to reach streaming sets out the usual gap.

Where to watch

Amy Childs: A TOWIE Wedding: ITV2 and ITVX, UK, from 10 November, 9pm
Rivals, series two, new episodes: Disney+, UK, 11 November (three episodes)
The Rings of Power, season three: Prime Video, UK, 11 November (four episodes)
Avedon: Netflix, UK, 11 November
The Good Daughter: Sky and NOW, UK, 12 November
12 12 12: Apple TV, UK, 13 November (two episodes, then Fridays)
Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy: Apple TV, UK, 13 November
Heartland: Netflix, UK, 13 November
The Chosen, season six: Prime Video, UK, 15 November (three episodes)

Sources

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Disney+
ITVX
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NOW
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