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What’s on TV tonight: The Diplomat, and more
The DiplomatNetflixThe fourth series of this increasingly mad transatlantic thriller demonstrates that top-table politics hasn’t been this entertaining since The West Wing. Appropriate, then, that Allison “CJ” Janney and Bradley “Josh” Whitford are back and wreaking havoc as President Grace Penn and First Gentleman Todd, thorns in the side of Keri Russell’s increasingly frantic ambassador Kate Wyler.
What’s on TV tonight: Pierre, Damilola: The Untold Story, and more
PierreChannel 4, 9pm; all episodes available to stream todayThere’s a strong sense of commitment in this new drama series co-written by John Donnelly and playwright Roy Williams and starring David Harewood as London duty solicitor Pierre Jeffreys, who, unlike most on-call briefs tasked with scooping up the small-change cases from police cells, can’t resist taking his clients’ problems to heart.
What’s on TV tonight: Josh Harnett stars in a spooky new drama, Celebrity Traitors continues, and more
Below NetflixUnderwater terror combines with climate-crisis anxieties and all the usual tropes of small-town horror dramas in this grippy Canadian six-parter starring Josh Hartnett as a washed-up fisherman in a remote Newfoundland fishing port where strange things start happening ahead of a government move to shut the place down.
What’s on TV tonight: Anna Pigeon Mysteries, Bake Off, and more
Anna Pigeon MysteriesU&Drama, 8pm; all episodes on U todayHaunted park ranger Anna Pigeon (Tracy Spiridakos) spends her nights drinking and her days solving crimes at Glacier National Park. The name is ridiculous, of course. At one point another character asks if she’s “flown the coop”. Yet it feels at home amid a drama that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Clare GAA icon Shane O’Donnell plays final hurling match after announcing retirement
The curtains have officially come down on Clare GAA icon Shane O’Donnell’s hurling career. O’Donnell’s Éire Óg were defeated 1-24 to 2-13 in the Clare SHC semi-final at the hands of Inagh–Kilnamona. The 32-year-old — who has a PhD in microbiology — announced his retirement from hurling earlier this year with the intention of emigrating to Australia with his partner.
What’s on TV tonight: Play for Today and The Graham Norton Show return, and more
Play for Today: Wild Channel 5, 9pm Following a slightly patchy first run, Play for Today returns with new confidence and some heavyweight stars including Archie Panjabi, Phyllis Logan and, for tonight’s opener, Daniel Mays, Joel Fry and Amit Shah. Wild is a well-turned story from first-time screenwriter Lewis Wren exploring male foibles and friendship with humour, sensitivity and dignity.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in Brothers, and more
Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey play fictionalised versions of themselves in this comedy that riffs off the actors’ uncanny similarity - Apple BrothersApple TVSeveral years ago, while holidaying in Greece, long-time friends Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson learned that they might be half-brothers. The revelation emerged after McConaughey’s mother let slip that she “knew” Harrelson’s father, leading the True Detective stars to speculate that she could have had an affair.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Nigella joins The Great British Bake Off, and more
The Great British Bake OffChannel 4, 8pmOne thing fans will want to know above all about the opening episode of the series is: how well does new judge Nigella Lawson fit into the dynamic? Well, without giving away too much, let’s remember that Lawson, more than most, is a total media pro who knows you never get a second chance to make a first impression, and behaves accordingly.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: All Creatures Great and Small returns, and more
All Creatures Great and SmallChannel 5, 9pmOnce again providing the perfect retreat from a chaotic and worrying world, Darrowby welcomes us back to a seventh series and a postwar Britain where almost all is comfortingly familiar.
What’s on TV tonight: Boris Johnson: Into Ukraine’s Kill Zone, and more
Boris Johnson: Into Ukraine's Kill Zone Channel 5, 9pm Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited war-torn Ukraine numerous times. Yet those diplomatic trips were almost always to the capital city of Kyiv, where state leaders can be protected from Russian strikes. In this remarkable documentary, however, Johnson returns to his roots as a journalist with a daring journey to Ukraine's frontline, known as the kill zone.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: World Cup Final, The Piano, and more
What’s on TV tonight? Sunday 19 July FIFA World Cup 2026: Spain v ArgentinaBBC One/ITV1, 7pm/6.45pm (kick-off 8pm)After the heartbreak and disappointment of England’s semi-final defeat in Atlanta on Wednesday, we head to New York and the 82,500-seat MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for a marginally less enticing World Cup final than might have been hoped for, between Spain and defending title holders Argentina.
What’s on TV tonight: First Night of the Proms, Diane Morgan’s new comedy Ann Droid, and more
First Night of the Proms BBC Two, 7pm What better way to kick off the new season of the Proms, in the 250th year of the United States of America, than with Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man? Built-in pomp and majesty aside, it also dovetails with an evening of music from the Royal Albert Hall with a Stateside influence.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: new thriller Ride or Die, England v Argentina, and more
Ride or Die Amazon Prime Video Mild-mannered American Debbie (Octavia Spencer) is the sensible wife of a British MP. She enjoys Bargain Hunt and her biggest secret is that she has not read the book for this week's book club. Debbie's best friend Judith (Hannah Waddingham), meanwhile, is a statuesque force of nature who enjoys travel and casual sex. Her biggest secret is that she is an international assassin.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: new natural history series Evolution, and more
What’s on TV tonight? EvolutionBBC Two, 9pm; all episodes will be available today on iPlayerAfter 2023’s expansive history of Earth, Chris Packham once again marries the esoteric style of a Brian Cox documentary and Steve Backshall’s excitable sense of biological adventure to his own quirks as he makes sense of Charles Darwin’s epochal idea, using a neat Kipling-through-science hook: how five different animals “became”.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Austin, Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, and more
Austin BBC One, 10.40pm; all episodes will be available today on iPlayer The popular portrayal of people with autism as tragic savants has fallen out of favour in recent years. Gone are the days of Rain Man, for instance. The focus has shifted towards the ordinary – the daily challenges of being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world. Consider the charming British-Australian comedy Austin.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: House of the Dragon, Expert Witness and more
Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra - HBO Stephen Kelly Mon, July 6, 2026 at 7:20 AM UTC 13 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What’s on TV tonight? House of the Dragon Sky Atlantic, 2am/9pm With Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) finally taking the Iron Throne (and Kings Landing along with it) in last week’s blood-drenched episode, season three can at last go up a gear.
What’s on TV tonight: Silo returns, The Pitt and Dutton Ranch end, and more
Silo Apple TV The science fiction dystopian drama – based on Hugh Howey’s bestselling novel trilogy and set in a huge silo where 10,000 people live after a cataclysmic event centuries before – returns for a third series, with Rebecca Ferguson as our hero Juliette Nichols, part of the resistance to the omnipotent overseers. The new series picks up where season two left off, with the suggestion that the seismic event in question may have been an Iranian dirty bomb exploding on US soil.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Tilda Swinton: the Wildcards, The Traitors US, and more Original
Tilda Swinton: the Wildcards Sky Arts/NOW, 9pm Tilda Swinton's remarkable ability to disappear into a role often finds her being described as a chameleon. Certainly, her distinctive physicality has proved adaptable, allowing filmmakers to reshape her through styling and make-up. Yet as this scrappy profile explores, Swinton's talent for fluidity does not only apply to her screen presence. It has defined her entire career.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Tilda Swinton: the Wildcards, The Traitors US, and more
What’s on TV tonight? Tilda Swinton: the Wildcards Sky Arts/NOW, 9pm Tilda Swinton’s remarkable ability to disappear into a role often finds her being described as a chameleon. Certainly, her distinctive physicality has proved adaptable, allowing filmmakers to reshape her through styling and make-up. Yet as this scrappy profile explores, Swinton’s talent for fluidity does not only apply to her screen presence. It has defined her entire career.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story, and more
What’s on TV tonight? Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd StoryHBO MaxAn American cult heroine thanks to a profile built through decades in the weird, wild world of public-access cable television, Robin Byrd cuts a warm, inspiring and wholesome figure in this excellent, eye-opening documentary.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: The American Experiment on Netflix, Scotland v Brazil, and more
What’s on TV tonight? The American ExperimentNetflixThe United States of America was founded on the radical idea that the sovereignty of a nation lies not with a monarch, but with its people. This grand political experiment – a vast republic of states, governed by elected representatives – was remarkable not just for its scale, but for its contradictions. Who holds the power, for instance, between the federal government and individual states?
What’s on TV tonight and this week: The Agency, Death Valley and more
What’s on TV tonight? The AgencyParamount+Spy fiction operates on a sliding scale. At one end, you have the exploding watches and jet-setting glamour of Ian Fleming’s James Bond. On the other, you have the nitty-gritty tradecraft of John le Carré’s George Smiley. Classy espionage thriller The Agency tips towards the latter.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Harlan Coben’s I Will Find You, and more
Harlan Coben's I Will Find You Netflix As discombobulating as it may be to sit down for a Harlan Coben series missing not only Richard Armitage and James Nesbitt but also his British interlocutor, Danny Brocklehurst, this is another textbook television thriller from a man who never knowingly includes a character beat when a narrative twist will do instead.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: England v Croatia, Clarkson’s Farm, and more
What’s on TV tonight? Fifa World Cup 2026: England v Croatia ITV1/ITVX, 8pm Mark Pougatch hosts as Thomas Tuchel’s side get their campaign underway against Croatia at Dallas Stadium in Texas (kick-off 9pm). The teams last met at the European Championships in 2021, with England winning in the group stage 1-0. They also met in the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup, when Croatia won 2-1 in extra-time to reach their first major final.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Amandaland concludes, Clarkson’s Farm continues, and more
What's on TV tonight? AmandalandBBC One, 9pm; all episodes are already available on iPlayerAnother masterclass in escalating farce, carefully structured callbacks and the occasional moment of piercing pathos rounds off a triumphant second season for the Motherland spin-off. The stage is that now-transatlantic rite of passage, the Prom night: Amanda (Lucy Punch) is hosting the girls and Mal (Samuel Anderson) the boys as they prepare for the party on a Thames river cruiser.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Amandaland concludes, Clarkson’s Farm continues, and more
What’s on TV tonight? Amandaland BBC One, 9pm; all episodes are already available on iPlayer Another masterclass in escalating farce, carefully structured callbacks and the occasional moment of piercing pathos rounds off a triumphant second season for the Motherland spin-off. The stage is that now-transatlantic rite of passage, the Prom night: Amanda (Lucy Punch) is hosting the girls and Mal (Samuel Anderson) the boys as they prepare for the party on a Thames river cruiser.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Interior Design Masters: the final, and more
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr BBC One/iPlayer, 8pm Man-of-the-moment Alan Carr hosts the final of this appealing makeover show, the 21st-century answer to Changing Rooms. Carr and co-host Michelle Ogundehin preside over a battle of the maximalists – finalists Sophie and Leah have embraced a “more is more” approach to decorating throughout the series.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Tip Toe, Soccer Aid for Unicef 2026, and more
Tip Toe Channel 4, 9pm Russell T Davies’s landmark 2021 drama It’s a Sin portrayed the 1980s AIDS crisis as an age of unforgivable homophobia. The anxiety bubbling underneath this blistering five-part polemic, however, is that those days of hatred are back. Set in Manchester, it follows flamboyant gay bar owner Leo (Alan Cumming) as he navigates an increasingly complicated relationship with the family of his gruff, electrician neighbour Clive (David Morrissey).
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Nicolas Cage in Spider-Noir, and more
Nicolas Cage plays a noirish version of the wallcrawler - Aaron Epstein/Amazon What’s on TV tonight? Spider-Noir Amazon Prime Video Nicolas Cage is one of cinema’s great eccentrics, a singular actor capable of performances that are both dazzling and mystifying. Yet his first proper foray into television finds him in a surprisingly lacklustre mode. Cage reprises his role as Spider-Noir, a 1930s pastiche of Spider-Man, whom he voiced in the superb 2018 animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: long-awaited drama Dear England, and more
Stephen Kelly Sun, May 24, 2026 at 8:24 a.m. UTC 15 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joseph Fiennes revives his stage role as Gareth Southgate - BBC What’s on TV tonight?
What’s on TV tonight: Emilia Clarke stars in new spy thriller Ponies, and more
Ponies Sky Atlantic, 2am/9pm; all episodes will be available today on Sky/NOW People suspected of being spies during the Cold War were considered POI – “persons of interest” – by rival intelligence agencies. Everyone else was PONI – “persons of no interest”. Two such “ponies” are Emilia Clarke’s Bea and Haley Lu Richardson’s Twila, unremarkable secretaries working at the American embassy in Moscow during the 1970s.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: The Boroughs, Race Across the World: the final, and more
What’s on TV tonight? The Boroughs Netflix An impressive cast, led by Alfred Molina and Geena Davis, lines up for this entertaining sci-fi horror series produced by the all-conquering creators of Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers. Molina plays a grumpy, grieving widower, Sam Cooper, forced to move into the surreally happy-seeming, privately owned retirement village of the title, situated amid the stunning sun-splashed desert landscapes of New Mexico.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: The Boroughs, Race Across the World: the final, and more
Alfred Molina as Sam in The Boroughs - Netflix What’s on TV tonight? The Boroughs Netflix An impressive cast, led by Alfred Molina and Geena Davis, lines up for this entertaining sci-fi horror series produced by the all-conquering creators of Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Falling, Interior Design Masters, and more
Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu star in Jack Thorne’s new drama - Robert Viglasly/Channel 4 What’s on TV tonight? Falling Channel 4, 9pm; all episodes will be available to stream today Stories about the repressed desire of devout nuns tend to be treated with something of a wink – fodder, more often than not, for horror and erotica. In this exquisite six-part romance, prolific screenwriter Jack Thorne, best known for Netflix phenomenon Adolescence, takes a tender approach.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026, and more
Stephen Kelly Mon, May 18, 2026 at 7:36 a.m. UTC 13 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The presenting team: Arit Anderson, Rachel De Thame, Monty Don, Adam Frost and Sophie Raworth - BBC What’s on TV tonight? RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 BBC One, 2pm & BBC Two, 8pm The greatest garden show of them all gets underway at Chelsea. Of course, mere mortals must wait until tomorrow to visit as Monday is, as ever, press day.
What’s on TV tonight: Rivals returns, plus a new Money Heist spin-off, and more
Rivals Disney+ After picking up an international Emmy, the rollicking adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles gallops back for a second series of boardroom and bedroom shenanigans among Britain’s upper classes. But Rivals is not just a bonkfest (although there’s nudity less than 10 minutes into the first episode); it also has much to say about the British obsession with class and money, and it captures the hedonism and excess of the 1980s.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: lost Morecambe & Wise episode airs, The Hardacres, and more
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tape BBC Four/iPlayer, 8pm During the early decades of television, it was routine for the BBC to erase their archive of recorded programmes in order to recycle expensive videotape. This tragic practice has led to thousands of episodes – in some cases, entire series – being lost to time. Now and then, however, treasure is found.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: the final episode of Good Omens, and more
Michael Sheen and David Tennant return to Good Omens for the final time - Sanne Gault/Amazon What’s on TV tonight? Good Omens Amazon Prime Video Teasingly referred to as season three, really this is a one-off 90-minute wrap-up episode to bring closure to fans of the comedy fantasy based on Terry Pratchett’s 1990 novel (showrunner Neil Gaiman stepped down when multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct were made against him, which he denies).
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Donald Trump’s long history with wrestling, Eurovision, and more
Channel 4’s documentary explores the connection between Donald Trump and wrestling - WireImage What’s on TV tonight? Wrestling with Trump Channel 4, 10pm Comedian Munya Chawawa travels to the United States to marry his lifelong obsession with wrestling to the rise of Donald Trump in this one-off film.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Children of the Blitz, and more
What’s on TV tonight? Children of the Blitz BBC Two, 9pm; already available on iPlayer Londoner Dorothea Barron, 101, does not like to talk about the Blitz. Dwelling on the Nazi bombing campaign of 1940, in which the UK was bombarded with eight months of air raids, “opens up far too many horrors”, she says. During the worst of it, 800,000 children were evacuated from major towns and cities for their safety.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Believe Me, Bafta Television Awards 2026, and more
Stephen Kelly Sun, May 10, 2026 at 8:57 a.m. UTC 16 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aimée-Ffion Edwards stars in this true-crime drama - Simon Ridgway/ITV What’s on TV tonight?
What’s on TV tonight: David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth, Election coverage, and more
David Attenborough turns 100 today - Sarah Dunn/BBC David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth BBC One/iPlayer, 8.30pm The climax of a season of BBC programming marking the centenary of the Great Communicator, this event comes live from the Royal Albert Hall, as Jerome Kuhn conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in performances from the original scores that accompanied some of the most extraordinary sequences from David Attenborough’s wildlife documentaries, including Planet Earth, Frozen...
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Steve Coogan thriller Legends, and more
From the return of Amandaland to new Netflix crime thriller Legends to David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, here’s the rundown of what to look forward to this week. Legends Netflix The chances are that you have never heard of the story that this new crime thriller (told in six parts) is inspired by; in the early 1990s, the then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher was determined to do something about the mounting number of deaths from drugs.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: the return of Amandaland, Citadel and more
Joanna Lumley, Lucy Punch, Samuel Anderson and Philippa Dunne return in Amandaland - Natalie Seery/BBC From the return of Amandaland to new Netflix crime thriller Legends to David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, here’s the rundown of what to look forward to this week. What’s on TV tonight? Amandaland BBC One, 9pm; all episodes will be available today on iPlayer Absurd wannabe influencer Amanda (Lucy Punch) is fast becoming one of TV’s great comic characters.
What’s on TV tonight: Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad, The Grand-ish Tour, and more
The father-son duo return for more entertaining adventures - ITV Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad ITV1/ITVX, 9pm More knockabout fun with Walshes senior and junior, heading to the ends of the Earth for another round of hair-raising challenges and adventures. Having exhausted pretty much everywhere else in previous series (two in the US, two in Europe and one each in Central America and Japan), they fetch up this time in Australia, with Sydney their first port of call.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: The Palace and the Presidents, SNL, and more
George VI, pictured with Franklin D Roosevelt, was the first British monarch to make a state visit to the USA - Getty From exciting new thrillers Prisoner, The Cage, Secret Service and Widow’s Bay, to the return of St Denis Medical and For the Love of Dogs, here’s the rundown of what to look forward to and catch up on this week. What’s on TV tonight? The Palace and the Presidents Channel 5, 8.50pm This week, King Charles will undertake his first state visit to the United States as monarch.
What’s on TV tonight: Baby Reindeer follow-up Half Man, the I’m a Celebrity final, and more
Stephen Kelly Fri, April 24, 2026 at 9:23 a.m. UTC 3 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Richard Gadd returns with a very different show - BBC Half Man BBC iPlayer Richard Gadd’s 2024 Netflix hit Baby Reindeer told the true story of an aspiring comedian who is stalked by a deranged fan. The terror of being trapped by someone dangerous and volatile is a theme that carries in his follow-up drama, the astonishingly bleak Half Man.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Stranger Things is back, and more
An animated spin-off from Stranger Things - Netflix From a major new documentary about Queen Elizabeth II to Richard Gadd’s bleak new drama, Half Man, here’s the rundown of what to look forward to this week. What’s on TV tonight? Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 Netflix If you’re missing the weird goings on in Hawkins, Indiana since Stranger Things wrapped up at the New Year, this animated spin-off might go some way towards filling the hole.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: Criminal Record, This is a Gardening Show, and more
From a major new documentary about Queen Elizabeth II to Richard Gadd’s bleak new drama, Half Man, here’s the rundown of what to look forward to and catch up on this week. What’s on TV tonight? Criminal Record Apple TV+ After the first series proved an onscreen pairing of Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi would be every bit as gripping in reality as in theory, Jumbo’s DS June Lenker returns to witness a fatal stabbing when far-right thugs attack an inflammatory rally.
What’s on TV tonight and this week: MasterChef, Unchosen, and more
Anna Haugh and Grace Dent are MasterChef’s new hosts - BBC/Shine From a major new documentary about Queen Elizabeth II to Richard Gadd’s bleak new drama, Half Man, here’s the rundown of what to look forward to and catch up on this week. What’s on TV tonight? MasterChef BBC One/iPlayer, 9pm New series, new look for the cookery competition as chef and restaurateur Anna Haugh joins restaurant critic Grace Dent to oversee events in the kitchen.
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