On The TV | Wednesday's TV Listings for England

BBC One

6:00Breakfast

9:30Morning Live: Top Tips and Best Bits

10:30Crimewatch Caught

11:00Homes Under the Hammer

12:00Bargain Hunt

1:00BBC News at One including Midlands Today

2:00Money for Nothing

2:45Escape to the Country

3:45The Bidding Room

4:30Bridge of Lies

5:15Pointless

6:00BBC News

6:30Midlands Today

BBC Two

6:00Homes Under the Hammer

7:00House of Games

7:30The Reluctant Vampire

8:00Only Connect

8:30See Hear: Life Between Two Worlds

9:00BBC News

11:15Politics Live

12:30Politics Live: Budget 2026

3:30Hawaii: Earth's Tropical Islands

4:30Antiques Roadshow, Edinburgh

5:15Flog It!

6:00House of Games

6:30Strictly - It Takes Two

ITV

6:00Good Morning Britain

9:30Lorraine

10:00This Morning

12:15ITV News Special The Chancellor's Budget

1:50ITV News Central

2:00New: Dickinson's Real Deal

3:00Lingo

4:00Deal or No Deal

5:00The Chase

6:00ITV News Central

6:30ITV Evening News

Channel 4

6:30The King of Queens

7:45Everybody Loves Raymond

9:10Frasier

11:10American Pickers

12:05Channel 4 News Summary

12:10Renovation Nation

1:10The Great House Giveaway

2:10Countdown

3:00A Place in the Sun

4:00Help! We Bought a Village

5:00Four in a Bed

5:30Come Dine with Me

6:00A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now

7:00The One ShowClara Amfo and Vernon Kay bring you the stories that matter from across the country. [S] [HD]

7:30EastEnders OmnibusThe Slaters say goodbye to Zoe, but events don't go as planned. Jack is forced to come clean to Denise. A revelation comes to light at Zoe's wake. [S,AD]

8:00Celebrity Race Across the World1/6. Four famous faces paired with a friend or a loved one race from Borneo to Australia. [S,AD]

9:00Who Do You Think You Are?Actor Ruth Jones - Nessa from Gavin and Stacey - uncovers her grandfather's role in the Medical Aid Societies of south Wales, which provided a model for the NHS. [S,AD] [HD]

10:00BBC News and WeatherThe latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide. [S] [HD]

10:30Midlands TodayThe latest news, sport and weather for the Midlands. [S] [HD]

10:40-12:10The Monkey (2025)A sinister toy monkey unleashes a series of gruesome deaths and destruction. Contains very strong language, graphic violence and upsetting scenes. [2025] [S]

7:00New: Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing1/6. Paul and Bob fish the River Ribble in Lancashire and are joined by Ted for the last time. [S,AD]

7:30The Future with Hannah Fry1/6. Professor Hannah Fry explores the promises and threats of AI and superintelligence. [S,AD]

7:55The Secret Genius of Modern LifeThe Best Bits. 1/6. Hannah Fry takes a look at the bank card, the digital key to accessing cash. [S]

8:00The Repair Shop25/25. The Bear Ladies fix a cheeky monkey with royal pedigree, and Lucia repairs a WWII helmet. [S,AD]

9:00Murder in Belfast: Sisters Seeking JusticeA stabbing on a street. Scared witnesses. Who will tell Robert's family who killed him? Contains very strong language and disturbing scenes. [S]

10:00Ellie & Natasia2/3. Including a game show about snakes and an appearance from Asim Chaudhry. Contains some strong language and adult humour. [S]

10:30Newsnight, followed by WeatherInsights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire. [S] Followed by Weather.

11:00Unspun World with John SimpsonUnspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories - reliable, honest and essential viewing with the BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson. [S]

11:30-12:30Escaping Idi Amin1/2. Dictator Idi Amin gives all Asians 90 days to leave Uganda. Will they get out in time? Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD]

7:30Carabao Cup: Liverpool v ChelseaThe Carabao Cup has thrown up a classic tie between Liverpool and Chelsea, these two teams have met in many big games including the final of this competition three times. [S,HD]

10:25ITV News at TenITV News provides a fresh perspective on the major stories of the day with national and international news with reports and analysis from ITV's Correspondents. [S,HD]

11:00ITV News CentralThe latest news and weather from the Midlands. [S,HD]

11:15-12:00New: PestonPolitical interview programme hosted by the ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston, who provides viewers with an intelligent and lively approach to politics. [S,HD]

7:00Budget Special: C4 NewsChannel 4's flagship news programme. Including the weather. [S]

8:00New: Location, Location, LocationDavid and Mike's impressive Surrey transformation tricks Phil into thinking it's a different house! And how are Ali and Nick settling into their Stilton stunner? (S46 Ep6) [S]

9:00Grand DesignsSarah and Pip are smitten with a 150-year-old Bedfordshire barn that's keeling over. Can they retain its charm and spirit, while also transforming it into a sleek, modern home? [AD,S]

10:00New: First DatesA TikTok star, a Traitors favourite and a footballer are all looking for love. And can a glamorous great-grandmother find husband number five? (S26 Ep1) [AD,S]

11:05-12:20The Great British Bake OffIt's Pastry Week. The bakers make savoury pies and a Polish choux dessert. And there's decorative pie pandemonium in the showstopper. But who'll flake under the pressure? (S17 Ep6/10) [AD,S,SL]

Channel 5

6:00Milkshake!

9:15Jeremy Vine

11:30Storm & Alexis

12:455 News at Lunchtime

12:50Matt Allwright

2:20In Love with Murder

4:00Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun

5:005 News with Dan Walker

6:00Portugal with Michael Portillo

BBC Four

6:58This is BBC Four

ITV3

6:00Wild at Heart

7:05Classic Emmerdale

8:05Classic Coronation Street

9:15Inspector Morse

11:30Heartbeat

1:35Midsomer Murders

3:40Classic Emmerdale

4:40Classic Coronation Street

5:50Heartbeat

ITV4

6:00The Best of the 90s

6:10American Pickers

8:10Minder

9:15Dempsey and Makepeace

10:20The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

11:30Robin of Sherwood

12:35Dempsey and Makepeace

1:45American Pickers

3:50Ice Road Truckers

5:45Minder

6:50Gallagher PREM Unleashed

7:00Fare Dodgers: At War with the LawThe hunt is on for a suspect thought to have evaded close to £20k of fares in one of South Western Railway's biggest ever fraud cases. Harry has a run in with a barrier basher. (S2 Ep2)[S]

8:00New: Murder Scene: The Incident RoomWhen 20-year-old Banaz Mahmood disappears in south London, detectives launch an urgent search, uncovering a world of secrecy, control and fear in a case of honour and betrayal. (S3 Ep5)[S]

9:00New: Cause of DeathDr Richard Shepherd explores the complex investigation that went into identifying the 11 victims after a Hawker Hunter jet fell from the sky during the Shoreham Airshow in 2015. (S4 Ep5)

10:00New: A&E After DarkWe follow the brave A&E night-shift teams in Belfast, Newham and Norwich. At Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, a stabbing sends both victim and attacker to A&E. (S7 Ep1)[S]

11:05-12:05Ambulance: Code RedTwelve-year-old Lewis is seizing and vomiting due to a severe form of epilepsy. An elderly man is stranded on his bedroom floor after collapsing and breaking his ankle. (S4 Ep7)[AD,S]

7:00Secrets of Skin3/6. Professor Ben Garrod reveals how skin protects vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in. [S] [HD]

7:30Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure5/5. Gareth and Maureen enlist in tank school and gear up for a drive like no other. In the Brecon Beacons, they discover if they've finally cracked the art of narrowboating. [S] [HD]

8:00How the Romans Conquered the AlpsDocumentary that explores Emperor Augustus's Alpine campaign, revealing for the first time the route, weapons and tactics used by the Romans to successfully annex the unconquered Alps. [S] [HD]

8:50Building SightsArchitect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a brutalist tower block in west London, designed by Erno Goldfinger and completed in 1972. [S]

9:00The Planets3/5. Brian Cox explores a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. [S,AD] [HD]

10:00The Singing Detective5/6. Marlow is getting better, and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place. Contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. [S]

11:00-12:20The Singing Detective6/6. Marlow still dreams about the homecoming and the frightening figure of the scarecrow. Deals with adult themes. [S]

8:00Midsomer MurdersShot at Dawn: A long-running feud between two Midsomer Parva families that dates back to the First World War appears to escalate to murder after the unveiling of a war memorial. [S,AD] S11 Ep1

10:00Downton AbbeyLavish period drama. Sarah Bunting continues to cause waves above stairs, and Violet reveals the surprising truth of her past with Prince Kuragin to Isobel. [S,AD] S5 Ep4

11:00-12:50LewisOne for Sorrow: Faced with the seemingly impossible task of identifying the remains of a body discovered in a well, Lewis has also got to contend with new boss. [S,AD] S9 Ep1

7:20SharpeSharpe's Mission: Napoleonic War-based action-adventure. France 1813 - the war enters its final stages as the French formulate a desperate plan to capture Wellington's spymaster. [S] S4 Ep3

9:30Universal SoldierHigh-kicking sci-fi action-adventure film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, 1992. Two soldiers killed in Vietnam are revived in a secret government project. [S]

10:30FYI DailyLatest news from the world of entertainment.

10:35Universal SoldierHigh-kicking sci-fi action-adventure film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, 1992. Two soldiers killed in Vietnam are revived in a secret government project. [S]

11:35-12:00River MonstersAmerican Killers: Jeremy Wade travels to one of the largest dams in the Americas on the trail of a river monster that is responsible for the mysterious disappearance of corpses. [S] S4 Ep2

More4

6:00High Street - Shopping

8:55Four in a Bed

11:35Come Dine with Me

2:15Four in a Bed

4:50Car S.O.S

5:50American Pickers

6:50The Dog House Australia

5 USA

6:00Ideal World Shopping

9:00Entertainment News on 5

9:10NCIS

12:00Law & Order

6:00NCIS

QUEST

6:00Salvage Hunters: The Restorers

7:00Salvage Hunters

9:00Aussie Gold Hunters

11:00Outback Opal Hunters

1:00Salvage Hunters

2:00Shed And Buried: Classic Cars

3:00Shed And Buried

4:00Find It, Fix It, Flog It

5:00Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House

6:00The Yorkshire Auction House

DMAX

6:00Gold Divers

8:00Aussie Gold Hunters

9:00Building Off The Grid (Specials)

11:00Deadliest Catch

12:00Mysteries of the Missing

1:00Expedition Unknown

3:00Alaska: Homestead Rescue

5:00Outback Opal Hunters

7:55The Dog HouseScooby the Great Dane seeks a new recruit for the gang. It's a double date for the Davies family with a Labrador and German Shepherd. And is Fox the Pomeranian about to get lucky? (S9 Ep3) [AD,S]

9:00New: Our Tiny IslandsBrand new series: The unique insight into island life returns! We meet blonde hedgehogs on Alderney, explore an island garden on Lundy, and take in Papa Westray's unique landscape. (S3 Ep1) [AD,S]

10:0024 Hours in A&EA man arrives at A&E with two of his severed fingers in a bag of frozen peas after having a wood-chopping accident. And pro-bike-rider Max has hit his head in a high-speed crash. (S35 Ep1) [AD,S]

11:05-12:1024 Hours in A&ERichard, who's 35, is rushed to Queen's in Nottingham. He collapsed suddenly at home and may be going into organ failure. And Colin's sliced his hand open with a Stanley knife. (S34 Ep9) [AD,S]

7:00NCISThe NCIS team investigate the death of a young marine who arrived at his homecoming party with a stab wound. (S9 Ep2)[AD,S]

8:00NCISThere is a surprise in store for the NCIS team when the investigation into the murder of a Navy lieutenant leads them to McGee's grandmother. (S9 Ep3)[AD,S]

9:00New: Law & Order: Organized CrimeWhile the Wheatleys celebrate an important birthday, Benson joins a Stabler family gathering. Bell investigates an accidental death, and Jet gets some off-site experience. (S1 Ep4/8)[S]

10:00Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBenson and Stabler believe a pedophile may be behind the murder of a travel writer, especially after meeting the victim's landlady and her streetwise daughter. (S1 Ep5/22)[S]

11:00-12:00Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBenson and Stabler suspect a pair of college basketball players of murdering a female student, but officials don't want to draw negative attention to the school. (S1 Ep6/22)[S]

7:00Antiques Road TripNew. Irita Marriott and Danny Sebastian hit the shops of Oxfordshire. From Ercol chairs to a Liberty pewter vase and vesta case, it's a blast. S30/Ep8

8:00The Yorkshire Auction HouseA hunt for lost gold in a Glasgow flat proves a challenge for Angus. He also helps a widow with an emotional downsize. S5/Ep9 [S,AD]

9:00New: The Derbyshire Auction HouseCaptain Cook memorabilia and a Welsh painting spark fierce bidding. Later, French heirlooms also impress but emotional ties make selling tricky. S3/Ep10 [S]

10:00The Repair ShopDeep in the countryside, expert restorers take in Britain's broken and battered artefacts and bring them back to life while learning the rich history of the objects. S5/Ep12 [S]

11:00How Do They Do It?A look at how old concrete is recycled into new roads, the hand tailored suits that are fit for 007 and the ovens that clean themselves. S14/Ep19 [S]

11:30-12:00How Do They Do It?How do they fabricate fire gloves for emergency services personnel? Plus, how do they create the enamel that is used in bake-wear around the world? S14/Ep20 [S]

7:00Aussie Gold HuntersKellie and Henri unleash a new piece of tech on a vast salt lake. And in a remote frontier town, a chance meeting could turn a crisis into a jackpot for lone wolf Rick Fishers. S2/Ep3 [S]

8:00Aussie Gold HuntersOn the verge of a huge payday, the Dirt Dogs face up to a possible disaster, while Ted and Lecky's mission to find a one-in-a million nugget turns into a manhunt. S2/Ep4 [S]

9:00New: Alaska: Homestead RescueMarty Raney returns to the island of Kauai to find the Nash's homestead again in peril. A surprise guest helps them revive their overgrown garden. S6/Ep12 [S]

11:00-12:00Expedition XChasing Bigfoot's origin story, Phil and Jessica uncover a rash of recent sightings and bone-chilling new evidence in the Pacific Northwest. S2/Ep7 [S]