TV Tonight
Friday 18 September 2026 · 31 channels in prime time
On TV now
Prime time
Main channels
121:00Would I Lie to You?BBC One · ComedyShow221:00Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the RailBBC Two · Documentary321:00Beat the ChasersITV1 · GameshowShow421:00GoggleboxChannel 4 · ComedyShow521:00All Creatures Great And Small: Behind the ScenesChannel 5Docs621:00Big BrotherITV2 · EntertainmentShow920:40Top of the PopsBBC Four · AnthologyMusic
More Freeview channels
1421:00Top Gun: MaverickFilm4 · ActionFilm1021:00Doc MartinITV3 · Medical2618:00Live: World Series of DartsITV4 · DartsSport1321:00Avengers: EndgameE4 · ActionFilm2021:00Father BrownU&Drama · CrimeSeries3621:00Kate Bush, the Timeless GeniusSky ArtsDocs8221:05HauntedTalking Pictures TV · ThrillerFilm2321:00Death in ParadiseBBC Three · Crime DramaSeries1821:00Coastal UnitMore4 · Comedy4121:00We Were SoldiersLegend · WarFilm1921:00QI XLU&Dave · ComedyShow2121:00Beauty and the Beast5USA · FantasySeries1721:00The Repair ShopQuest2721:00Canal Boat DiariesU&Yesterday · Boating3121:008 Out of 10 Cats Does CountdownE4 Extra · GameshowShow4321:00Prue Leith's Cotswold KitchenFood Network · Outdoors2520:10Inside the AmbulanceU&W · RealityShow4921:0024 Hours in A&E4seven · Documentary1118:30Live: WSLSky Mix · FootballSport3921:00Massive Engineering MistakesDMAX · Documentary1221:0090 Day FiancéTLC3221:00999 Critical Condition5STAR · HealthShow3321:00Face/Off5Action · ActionFilm4621:00Taggart5SELECT · MysterySeries
Later tonight
Main channels
121:30Mrs Brown's BoysBBC OneSeries222:00The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann TapesBBC Two · Documentary322:00ITV News at TenITV1 · WeatherNews422:00Live from The Lycett ArmsChannel 4 · Variety522:00Piers Morgan: UncensoredChannel 5News622:35Family GuyITV2 · SitcomSeries921:10Radio 2 in the ParkBBC FourMusic
More Freeview channels
1423:35Escape from PretoriaFilm4 · DramaFilm1022:00Downton AbbeyITV3 · Historical DramaSeries2622:00All Elite Wrestling: DynamiteITV4 · WrestlingSport1300:35Kingsman: The Secret ServiceE4 · ActionFilm2022:00New TricksU&Drama · ComedySeries3622:15Bjork: CornucopiaSky ArtsMusic8223:25Count DraculaTalking Pictures TV · Horror2322:00Cunk on EarthBBC Three1822:1524 Hours in A&EMore4 · Documentary4123:55Basic InstinctLegend · ThrillerFilm1922:00Magnum P.I.U&Dave · ActionSeries2122:00Beauty and the Beast5USA · FantasySeries1722:00The Repair ShopQuest2722:00Bangers and CashU&Yesterday · DocumentaryShow3122:00Friday Night DinnerE4 Extra · Black ComedySeries4322:00Ravneet Gill's Chop HouseFood Network · RealityShow2521:10Special Ops: Crime Squad UKU&W · CrimeDocs4922:00999: What Happened Next4seven · CrimeDocs1121:30AbsolutionSky Mix · Crime DramaSeries3922:00In the Eye of the StormDMAX · WeatherShow1223:00Dr. Pimple PopperTLC3222:00A&E After Dark5STAR · HealthDocs3322:05Face/Off5Action · ActionFilm4623:05Prisoner: Cell Block H5SELECTSeries
Films on TV tonight
All films14Film421:00
Top Gun: Maverick
14Film423:35
Escape from Pretoria
4Channel 400:10
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
13E421:00
Avengers: Endgame
13E400:35
Kingsman: The Secret Service
82Talking Pictures TV21:05
Haunted
23BBC Three19:20
Back to the Future Part II
41Legend21:00
We Were Soldiers
41Legend23:55
Basic Instinct
2BBC Two23:00
Starve Acre
335Action21:00
Face/Off
335Action22:05
Face/Off
What's on TV tonight?
Here's the answer at a glance: tonight's prime time schedule forFriday 18 September 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.
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