While there’s no denying we love a lofty drama, there’s no point trying to hide our penchant for a spot of reality TV – specifically when it’s of the cosy challenge-based variety (think Bake Off, Sewing Bee, Landscape Artist Of The Year or even Taskmaster).

Thank goodness, then, that we now have another title to add to our roster of familiar favourites in the form of ITV’s Dress The Nation. Not least of all because we’re entering thriller and horror season, and we need something sweet and wholesome to soothe our jangling nerves between adrenaline-fuelled episodes.

What is Dress The Nation about?

Hosted by AJ Odudu and Vernon Kay and featuring a legendary lineup of guest experts and starry celebrity judges, the six-parter will see 10 amateurs “compete to secure a highly coveted in-house design role working alongside some of the best designers in the industry at M&S’s colleague support centre in Paddington, London”.

“Over the course of the recruitment process, the 10 candidates will be set a series of briefs which will assess their design, problem-solving, commerciality and collaboration skills,” continues the official press release.

Contestants will not only have to impress the experts with their extraordinary and cutting-edge looks, but also real M&S customers. And, if they succeed in their task, they “have the chance of winning this life-changing prize – a career dressing the nation” – hence the title of the series.

Dress The Nation is ideal comfort TV for lovers of The Great British Sewing Bee