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Autumn is officially upon us.

It's a time for strutning around with pumpkin spice lates and cozy knitwear, a season for looking at leaves and going, ooh, isn't that autumn? And best of all, for staying in. I get the tweet outdoorsy thing. I really do. But this autumn, there's a lot to be said for not going outside and instead curling up in front of the TV. Where better to watch the unfolding drama of the Premier League.

With live games on Sky Sports and TNT Sports and highlights on match of the day on BBC 1,

there is simply no need to be squatching around a forest in search of the perfect autumnal Instagram photo when you could be at home with some fancy candles and a shedload of goals.

On top of all that, broadcasting BMOth, Alan Partridge returns to the BBC in How Are You?

It's Alan Partridge.

He's back from six months working in Saudi Arabia to reintegrate himself into British life and bring us what he's calling Britain's first ever documentary about mental health.

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