Criminal Minds (Monday 9PM Sky Atlantic)
A long standing favorite of mine, Criminal Minds is all about an FBI Behavioural Analysis Unit who solve generally quite horrific crimes using their brain power. This is the 10th season, and it is one of the shows of which I have seen every episode every, multiple times. This wouldn't be one of Simon's favorite shows, but I quite enjoy how freaky and scary it can be at times. It's pretty dark at times, but there is a great cast who liven it up and help balance it out.
Grey's Anatomy (Wednesday 9PM Sky Atlantic)
Yet another long standing favourite, and another one Simon doesn't like! I have been watching Grey's since the very beginning, and have always loved the mix of totally insane medical story lines, the number of hideous accidents that befall them, and the human element of all the characters and how they interact. That said, I have to say I feel like it's time for Grey's to start winding down. While I have always loved it, the last few seasons haven't captured me in the same way as the earlier seasons, so I'm interested to see how it progresses in it's 11th year. It is definitely helped along by the rather gorgeous Patrick Dempsey (or McDreamy).
The Fall (Thursday 9PM BBC2)
The Fall just started again this week, and is actually something which Simon and I didn't see the first time round. However, after a friend's recommendation we caught up with the first series of 5 episodes online and so we were pleased to see it back again. If you haven't seen this, it is 100% creepy. It follows a serial killer in Belfast who sneaks into single women's homes and murders them, before heading home to his family. Jamie Dornan plays the lead, and he is sinister from top to bottom - very scary indeed. I know that this is a big hit here in Northern Ireland, and there is definitely something about seeing it happen in familiar places that seems to give it an extra edge to us. Seeing him prowling the streets we know, pick his kids up from the same school my little cousins go to...it all makes it very real and very frightening! Who knows what will happen this series....
Neighbours (Every week day 5.30pm Channel 5)
No matter what time period in my life you talk to me about TV, this will always feature. I love Neighbours, and have been watching it since I was very tiny (my granny often reminds me how I used to dance around to the theme tune). Simon never liked it much, but 7 years of constant wear on him now mean he enjoys it almost as much as I do! It may not have the best actors, or story lines, but it's a show I love, and which is a fixture on our Sky+ so that we never miss an episode.
We are also impatiently waiting for the return of Bones and Murdoch Mysteries which are two of our all time favorite shows. Once they come back, winter will be complete, and we can hibernate with the TV remote and wait until the sun peeks out again....at which point we get cross because all our shows finish and we have to talk to one another or find something else to amuse ourselves instead!