What's on TV Tonight 6 October: all of tonight's prime time

On TV now

Newsday

News02:00 - 02:30

The Celebrity Traitors

Show02:10 - 03:25

Teleshopping

Three Women

Series01:50 - 02:50

Cornwall: A Year By The Sea

Docs02:00 - 02:45

Unwind with ITV

Earth's Seasonal Secrets

Prime time

Main channels

121:00Blue LightsBBC OneSeries 219:30Live: SportsceneBBC Two · FootballSport 319:00Live: UEFA Nations League FootballITV1 · FootballSport 420:00The Great British Bake OffChannel 4 · CookeryShow 521:00Surgeons: A Matter of Life or DeathChannel 5 · MedicalDocs 621:00Big BrotherITV2 · EntertainmentShow 921:00Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas CromwellBBC Four · HistoryDocs

More Freeview channels

1421:00The King's ManFilm4 · ActionFilm 1020:00VeraITV3Series 2621:00Rocky IVITV4 · DramaFilm 1321:00GoggleboxE4 · ComedyShow 2021:00Father BrownU&Drama · CrimeSeries 3621:00Legacy In The Dust: The Four Aces StorySky ArtsDocs 8221:00House of SecretsTalking Pictures TV · Crime DramaFilm 2321:00Stacey Dooley Sleeps OverBBC Three · RealityShow 1821:0024 Hours in A&EMore4 · Documentary 4121:00ShalakoLegend · WesternFilm 1921:00QI XLU&Dave · ComedyShow 2121:00Law & Order: Special Victims Unit5USA · Crime DramaSeries 1721:00Vinnie Jones In The CountryQuest 2721:00Bangers and CashU&Yesterday · DocumentaryShow 3121:008 Out of 10 Cats Does CountdownE4 Extra · GameshowShow 4321:00Jamie: Fast and SimpleFood Network 2521:05April Jones: The Interrogation TapesU&W · CrimeDocs 4920:00The Great British Bake Off4seven · CookeryShow 1121:00Law & Order: Criminal IntentSky Mix · DocudramaSeries 3921:00Outback TruckersDMAXDocs 1221:001000-lb SistersTLC 3221:00Street Cops: Catching the Yobs5STAR · CrimeDocs 3321:00Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders5Action · Documentary 4621:00Warship: Life in the Royal Navy5SELECT · MilitaryDocs

Later tonight

Main channels

122:00BBC News at TenBBC OneNews 222:00QIBBC Two · ComedyShow 322:05ITV News at TenITV1 · WeatherNews 421:30Tempting FortuneChannel 4 · TravelShow 522:30The Hospital: Life on the LineChannel 5 · MedicalDocs 622:00Big Brother: The Group ChatITV2 · Chat ShowsTalk 922:00BelBBC FourDocs

More Freeview channels

1423:35The Motorcycle DiariesFilm4 · DramaFilm 1022:00Downton AbbeyITV3 · Historical DramaSeries 2622:05Rocky IVITV4 · DramaFilm 1322:00GoggleboxE4 · ComedyShow 2022:00New TricksU&Drama · ComedySeries 3623:15The MoviesSky Arts · Entertainment 8223:00Francis Durbridge's: A Game of MurderTalking Pictures TV 2321:45Stacey Dooley Sleeps OverBBC Three · RealityShow 1822:0024 Hours in A&EMore4 · Documentary 4123:20Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate StoryLegend · Crime DramaFilm 1922:00Have I Got a Bit More News for YouU&Dave · NewsNews 2122:00Law & Order: Special Victims Unit5USA · Crime DramaSeries 1722:00The Repair ShopQuest 2722:00Bangers and CashU&Yesterday · DocumentaryShow 3122:008 Out of 10 Cats Does CountdownE4 Extra · GameshowShow 4322:00Restaurant Impossible: Last CallFood NetworkShow 2522:35Inside the AmbulanceU&W · RealityShow 4921:30999: On the Front Line4seven · MedicalDocs 1122:00Law & Order: Criminal IntentSky Mix · DocudramaSeries 3922:00Aussie Gold HuntersDMAXDocs 1222:001000-lb RoomiesTLC 3222:00Call the Bailiffs: Time To Pay Up5STAR · RealityShow 3322:00Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law5Action · LawShow 4622:00Battlefront - WWII: Road To Victory5SELECT · HistoryDocs

Films on TV tonight

The King's Man

Action · 155 min

The Motorcycle Diaries

Drama · 150 min

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Horror · 120 min

Rocky IV

Drama · 60 min

Rocky IV

Drama · 60 min

36Sky Arts00:10

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

Documentary · 110 min

82Talking Pictures TV21:00

House of Secrets

Crime Drama · 120 min

82Talking Pictures TV00:05

Of Human Bondage

Drama · 100 min

23BBC Three23:10

I Give It a Year

Romantic Comedy · 95 min

Shalako

Western · 140 min

Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

Crime Drama · 125 min

Here Before

Drama · 80 min

What's on TV tonight?

Here's the answer at a glance: tonight's prime time schedule forTuesday 6 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.