What's on TV Tonight 18 October: all of tonight's prime time

On TV now

BBC London

News22:25 - 22:30

Later ... with Jools Holland

Music22:00 - 22:45

Exposure

Docs22:20 - 00:00

Gogglebox

Show22:00 - 23:00

Live: NFL on 5

Sport21:00 - 00:30

Big Brother: The Group Chat

Talk22:15 - 23:05

BBC Television Shakespeare

Series22:10 - 00:45

Prime time

Main channels

121:00TimeBBC One · CrimeSeries 221:00Wilderness with Simon ReeveBBC Two · TravelDocs 321:00The PartyITV1 · ThrillerSeries 421:00ApocalypseChannel 4 · AdventureShow 521:00Live: NFL on 5Channel 5 · American FootballSport 621:00Big BrotherITV2 · EntertainmentShow 921:00Shakespeare: Rise of a GeniusBBC Four · Biography

More Freeview channels

1421:00LivingFilm4 · DramaFilm 1020:05Midsomer MurdersITV3 · MysterySeries 2621:00RoboCop 3ITV4 · Science FictionFilm 1321:00Celebrity GoggleboxE4 · ComedyShow 2021:00Silent WitnessU&Drama · MysterySeries 3621:00Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' RollSky Arts · DocumentaryFilm 8221:05FoxTalking Pictures TV · Crime DramaSeries 2321:00The Celebrity TraitorsBBC Three · Competition realityShow 1821:00999: On the Front LineMore4 · MedicalDocs 4121:00S.W.A.T.Legend · ActionFilm 1921:00Have I Got a Bit More News for YouU&Dave · NewsNews 2120:25Columbo5USA · MysterySeries 1721:00The Repair ShopQuest 2721:00Bangers & Cash: Restoring ClassicsU&Yesterday 3121:008 Out of 10 Cats Does CountdownE4 Extra · GameshowShow 4321:00Secret Eats With Adam RichmanFood Network · Cookery 2521:00Inside the Operating TheatreU&W · RealityShow 4921:00The Equalizer4seven · ActionFilm 1121:00Forensics: Catching the KillerSky Mix · Documentary 3921:00Mystery at Blind Frog RanchDMAXShow 1221:00Mock The WeekTLC 3221:00Call the Bailiffs: Time To Pay Up5STAR · RealityShow 3321:00Cops5Action · CrimeShow 4620:30The Tudors with Rob Rinder and Ruth Goodman5SELECT · Documentary

Later tonight

Main channels

122:00BBC Weekend NewsBBC OneNews 222:00Later ... with Jools HollandBBC Two · EntertainmentMusic 322:00ITV NewsITV1News 422:00GoggleboxChannel 4 · ComedyShow 500:30CopsChannel 5 · CrimeShow 622:15Big Brother: The Group ChatITV2 · Chat ShowsTalk 922:10BBC Television ShakespeareBBC Four · Performing ArtsSeries

More Freeview channels

1423:05Our Kind of TraitorFilm4 · ThrillerFilm 1022:05Midsomer MurdersITV3 · MysterySeries 2622:05RoboCop 3ITV4 · Science FictionFilm 1322:00SpeedE4 · DramaFilm 2023:20New TricksU&Drama · ComedySeries 3622:45Chasing TraneSky Arts · DocumentaryFilm 8222:10French Connection IITalking Pictures TV · ActionFilm 2322:05The Celebrity TraitorsBBC Three · Competition realityShow 1822:00ParamedicsMore4 · HealthDocs 4123:25Born to Raise HellLegend · ThrillerFilm 1922:00QIU&Dave · ComedyShow 2122:00Law & Order: Special Victims Unit5USA · Crime DramaSeries 1722:00The Repair ShopQuest 2722:00Bangers & Cash: Restoring ClassicsU&Yesterday 3122:00Sarah Millican: Bobby DazzlerE4 Extra 4321:30Secret Eats With Adam RichmanFood Network · Cookery 2522:00Inside the Operating TheatreU&W · RealityShow 4923:40Gogglebox4seven · ComedyShow 1122:00Forensics: Catching the KillerSky Mix · Documentary 3922:00Mystery at Blind Frog RanchDMAXShow 1222:00Mock The WeekTLC 3222:00999: Emergency Call Out5STAR · CrimeShow 3321:30Cops5Action · CrimeShow 4622:00Controversially...: That Was the Year That Was5SELECT · HistoryDocs

Films on TV tonight

Living

Drama · 125 min

Our Kind of Traitor

Thriller · 130 min

4Channel 400:00

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Documentary · 110 min

Children of Men

Science Fiction · 100 min

RoboCop 3

Science Fiction · 60 min

RoboCop 3

Science Fiction · 60 min

Speed

Drama · 140 min

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Fantasy · 100 min

36Sky Arts21:00

Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

Documentary · 105 min

36Sky Arts22:45

Chasing Trane

Documentary · 110 min

Nora Roberts' Northern Lights

Crime Drama · 125 min

82Talking Pictures TV19:20

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed

Comedy · 105 min

What's on TV tonight?

Here's the answer at a glance: tonight's prime time schedule forSunday 18 October 2026 across all the main channels — BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV2 — plus the rest of Freeview, from Film4 to U&Drama. The times shown are tonight's start times; the late-evening slot follows just below, with tonight's films highlighted.

This page updates automatically every day. For tomorrow's evening there's TV tomorrow night, and for tonight's cinema the films on TV tonight page.