08/09/2026
TV Guide UK Tonight: Tues 8 Sept 2026 – National Television Awards, Celebrity MasterChef & The Jury
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National Television Awards 2026 ITV1, 8pm. Joel Dommett hosts live from the O2 — and there’s no Corrie or Emmerdale to compete with it.
Celebrity MasterChef BBC One, 9pm. Nine celebrities, three teams, a banquet for 120.
The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder Channel 4, 9pm. Final day of evidence; the verdict airs tomorrow.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin BBC Four, 9pm. Exactly 50 years since the first episode aired.
EastEnders is on as normal BBC One, 7.30pm — the NTAs don’t touch the BBC schedule.
Early Evening
EastEnders – BBC One, 7.30pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Business as usual on Albert Square tonight, with the Square still working through the aftermath of Max and Cindy’s wedding earlier in the week. BBC One’s soap keeps its regular Tuesday slot regardless of what’s happening over on ITV1.
Race Against the Tide – BBC Two, 7.30pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Monster Day on the St Andrews sands. The five surviving teams have to build their most grotesque sand creatures yet, and a proper gale plus a fast-incoming tide are both working against them tonight. Iain Stirling presents, on BBC Two.
Prime Time
The Great British Sewing Bee – BBC One, 8pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
The semi-final, and it’s a properly nasty set of challenges. First a plant-based leather jacket made entirely from a pattern — Esme Young mentions she owned a real one decades ago for motorbike riding, which tells you how long “pleather” has actually been around. Then a man’s shirt has to be transformed into a wedding-guest outfit, and finally a made-to-measure little black dress that leaves nowhere to hide mistakes. Some of the four remaining sewers play it safe, some overreach badly, and Grant and Young spot the difference from across the room. Sophie Willan presents.
Saving Lives at Sea – BBC Two, 8pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Three separate rescues tonight. An angler on Hayling Island gets stuck fast in the mud as a flood tide rises around him in fading light, two paddleboarders set off from the Pembrokeshire coast without lifejackets or the ability to swim, and a teenage lifesaver in north Devon turns out to be exactly where he needs to be at exactly the right moment.
To the Manor Born & Keeping Up Appearances – BBC Four, 8pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Two sitcom repeats back to back on BBC Four — Audrey takes a well-earned holiday in To the Manor Born, then Hyacinth Bucket goes house-hunting in Keeping Up Appearances, presumably somewhere with a bigger drive for the Rolls.
The Dog House – Channel 4, 8pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
More rescue dogs meeting the families hoping to take them home, this week including a Staffy called Ruby who deserves better luck than she’s had so far.
Vera – ITV3, 8pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
A missing teenager turns up dead weeks after she was reported gone, and Vera has to work out whether that gap has destroyed the evidence or accidentally preserved the one clue everyone else overlooked. ITV3 at 8pm.
National Television Awards 2026 – ITV1, 8pm ⭐Add →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
This is the reason the soaps have vanished for the night. Joel Dommett hosts the 31st NTAs live from the O2, and it remains the one major British television award actually decided by public vote rather than an industry panel — which is exactly why it can be genuinely unpredictable in a way the BAFTAs never are.
Last year’s ceremony threw up a proper shock: Ant and Dec lost the presenter award for the first time in 24 years, with Gary Lineker taking it instead. Lineker isn’t in the running this year, which reopens the category, and Sir David Attenborough being nominated as a fresh challenger alongside Claudia Winkleman only adds to it. Elsewhere, The Traitors goes up against its own celebrity spin-off in the reality category, and it’s an all-female shortlist for drama performance, with Sheridan Smith among the nominees for I Fought the Law.
Traditional broadcasters have racked up 59 nominations between them against just five for the streaming services, which says something about where the public’s actual viewing habits still sit, awards ceremonies aside. Straight into ITV1’s News at Ten once it wraps at 10.30pm.
Celebrity MasterChef – BBC One, 9pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Mass catering week, which is where this competition traditionally falls apart for at least one team. Nine celebrities remain, sorted into three groups, and between them they have to get a full banquet in front of 120 people at a Birmingham ballroom — a scale that has nothing in common with plating up for two judges in a studio kitchen. Whichever team pulls it off gets immunity from the next challenge, a solo showstopper back in the regular kitchen. Grace Dent and Giorgio Locatelli judge, and it’s usually obvious within the first ten minutes which team has planned properly and which one is about to have a very bad evening.
Emergency 24/7 – BBC Two, 9pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Southmead Hospital’s trauma department in Bristol, where nobody has the luxury of an appointment. Tonight brings a young horse rider left paralysed after a fall, and dashcam footage that captures the road accident bringing in a chef whose knee is damaged badly enough that the surgeons genuinely aren’t sure at first whether they can save it. It’s the kind of programme that makes A&E waiting-room small talk feel very trivial afterwards.
The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder – Channel 4, 9pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
The final day of evidence in this reconstruction of a real murder trial, built entirely from court transcripts and watched by an ordinary jury whose genuine, unscripted deliberations are the whole point of the exercise. Two brothers stand accused of killing their stepfather, and one juror who’s been nicknamed Miss Flip-Flop by the others still hasn’t settled on a side going into closing arguments. It’s a cleverer format than it sounds on paper — watching real people wrestle with real doubt is far more gripping than a scripted courtroom ever manages. The jury delivers its verdict tomorrow.
The Game – Channel 5, 9pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Retired detective Huw Miller talks his old colleagues into letting him take serial killer Patrick Harbottle out to the alleged site of his first victim’s grave, with barely any backup and against the loud objections of DS Jenny Atkins and prison officer Jackie Burdett. Everyone involved knows Harbottle is a flight risk and a manipulator of the highest order; Huw just happens to have a private reason of his own for wanting to be there anyway. Robson Green plays the menace so calmly it’s unsettling, and Jason Watkins matches him without ever raising his voice. Penultimate episode on Channel 5 — it wraps up tomorrow.
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin – BBC Four, 9pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Two episodes tonight, and the opener is exactly 50 years old. Leonard Rossiter’s Reggie Perrin is a suburban commuter sliding gently toward a breakdown, and the show tracks it through the diminishing letters on his firm’s Sunshine Desserts sign as much as anything he actually says. He copes by firing off increasingly deranged internal memos and quietly loathing every meeting he’s forced to sit through. David Nobbs’s scripts have barely dated, which is either reassuring or depressing depending on your own commute. The second episode widens out to Reggie’s family life.
Johnny Vegas’ Little Shop of Antiques – Quest, 9pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Last in the series following the comedian’s real Cheshire antiques shop on Quest, as he tries once more to turn a genuine passion for junk into something resembling a viable business.
Late Night
Gogglebox – Channel 4, 10pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
The nation’s sofas react to the week’s television, and tonight that presumably includes some pointed opinions about the awards ceremony airing at the same time on the other side.
Colin from Accounts – BBC Two, 10pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
It’s Gordon’s birthday, Chelsea has taken charge of the arrangements, and the guest list somehow includes Ashley and her boyfriend David along with two returning faces — Meggles, now a determinedly online mum, and brewery worker Brett, who might have finally met someone worth the effort.
Downton Abbey – ITV3, 10pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
A repeat run through the early series, with the house still adjusting to the unwanted arrival of heir-in-waiting Matthew Crawley.
The Day The Queen Died: Minute by Minute – Channel 5, 10pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
A minute-by-minute reconstruction of 8 September 2022, published on the exact fourth anniversary of the day itself.
Creed III – BBC One, 10.40pmAdd →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Michael B Jordan directs himself in the third instalment, with Adonis Creed pulled back into the ring by a childhood friend fresh out of prison and carrying an old score he’s determined to settle. BBC One’s late film slot.
Sport
Champions League football fills TNT Sports 1, 2 and 3 from 5pm and again from 7.45pm with league-phase matches, and a fourth fixture streams live on Prime Video from 6.30pm. The League Cup third round sends Millwall up against Newcastle United, live on Sky Sports Main Event from kick-off at 8pm. Day ten of the US Open runs on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Tennis from 4pm, breaks for the evening’s other coverage, then picks back up from 10.30pm as the late matches from Flushing Meadows get under way. Snooker’s Home Nations Series English Open also continues on TNT Sports 1 through the evening.
The Viewing Schedule
TimeChannelProgramme
4:00pm
Sky Sports Main Event
Tennis: US Open, day 10
5:00pm
TNT Sports 1
Football: Champions League
5:15pm
BBC One
Pointless
5:15pm
BBC Two
Flog It!
5:50pm
ITV3
Heartbeat
6:00pm
BBC One
BBC News at Six
6:00pm
BBC Two
Richard Osman’s House of Games
6:00pm
ITV2
Celebrity Catchphrase
6:00pm
Channel 5
Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles
6:00pm
5USA
NCIS
6:45pm
Film4
Uncharted
6:50pm
More4
Grand Designs
6:55pm
Talking Pictures TV
The Man from UNCLE
7:00pm
BBC One
The One Show
7:00pm
BBC Two
Nigellissima
7:00pm
BBC Four
The Architecture the Railways Built
7:00pm
ITV2
Wheel of Fortune
7:00pm
ITV4
Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads
7:00pm
Channel 4
Channel 4 News
7:00pm
Channel 5
Cycling: Vuelta a España 2026
7:00pm
E4
Hollyoaks
7:00pm
Quest
Antiques Road Trip
7:00pm
Dave
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
7:00pm
Really
The Yorkshire Auction House
7:00pm
Legend
Babylon 5
7:00pm
Blaze
Dickinson’s Real Deal
7:00pm
Sky Arts
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7:00pm
5Action
Police Interceptors
7:30pm
BBC One
EastEnders
7:30pm
BBC Two
Race Against the Tide
7:30pm
BBC Four
The Flying Gardener
7:30pm
ITV1
Millionaire Hot Seat
7:30pm
E4
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
7:30pm
Sky Sports Main Event
Football: League Cup pre-match
7:40pm
Dave
Would I Lie to You?
7:45pm
TNT Sports 1
Football: Champions League
7:55pm
More4
Grand Designs
8:00pm
BBC One
The Great British Sewing Bee
8:00pm
BBC Two
Saving Lives at Sea
8:00pm
BBC Four
To the Manor Born
8:00pm
ITV1
National Television Awards 2026
8:00pm
ITV2
The 1% Club
8:00pm
ITV3
Vera
8:00pm
ITV4
World Superbike Highlights
8:00pm
Channel 4
The Dog House
8:00pm
E4
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer
8:00pm
Quest
Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic
8:00pm
Really
Antiques Road Trip
8:00pm
Legend
Walker, Texas Ranger
8:00pm
5Star
Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts
8:00pm
Sky Arts
The Michelangelo Code: Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
8:00pm
Sky One
The Dyers’ Caravan Park
8:00pm
Sky Documentaries
Lorne
8:00pm
Sky History
Pawn Stars
8:00pm
U&Drama
‘Allo ‘Allo!
8:00pm
U&Alibi
Death in Paradise
8:00pm
U&Yesterday
Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics
8:00pm
U&W
Inside the Ambulance
8:00pm
Sky Sports Main Event
Football: League Cup, Millwall v Newcastle United
8:20pm
Dave
Would I Lie to You?
8:30pm
BBC Four
Keeping Up Appearances
9:00pm
BBC One
Celebrity MasterChef
9:00pm
BBC Two
Emergency 24/7
9:00pm
BBC Four
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
9:00pm
ITV2
Olivia Attwood: The Price of Perfection
9:00pm
ITV4
London Has Fallen
9:00pm
Channel 4
The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder
9:00pm
Channel 5
The Game
9:00pm
E4
Below Deck Down Under
9:00pm
Film4
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
9:00pm
More4
PopMaster TV
9:00pm
Quest
Johnny Vegas’ Little Shop of Antiques
9:00pm
Dave
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
9:00pm
Really
Who Do You Think You Are?
9:00pm
Talking Pictures TV
A Night to Remember
9:00pm
Legend
Wanted
9:00pm
5Star
Street Cops: Catching the Yobs
9:00pm
5USA
Law & Order: SVU
9:00pm
Blaze
Hells Angels: Kingdom Come
9:00pm
5Action
Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders
9:00pm
Sky Atlantic
The Looming Tower
9:00pm
Sky One
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
9:00pm
Sky History
History’s Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren
9:00pm
U&Alibi
Death in Paradise
9:00pm
U&Yesterday
Bangers & Cash
9:00pm
U&W
Paul C Brunson: Red Flag
9:20pm
U&Drama
‘Allo ‘Allo!
9:30pm
BBC Four
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
10:00pm
BBC Two
Colin from Accounts
10:00pm
ITV2
Family Guy
10:00pm
ITV3
Downton Abbey
10:00pm
Channel 4
Gogglebox
10:00pm
Channel 5
The Day The Queen Died: Minute by Minute
10:00pm
E4
Sarah Millican: Control Enthusiast
10:00pm
More4
24 Hours in A&E
10:00pm
Quest
The Repair Shop
10:00pm
Dave
QI XL
10:00pm
Really
Who Do You Think You Are?
10:00pm
Sky Documentaries
I Am Richard Pryor
10:00pm
U&Drama
New Tricks
10:20pm
BBC Four
The Killer Wave of 1607: Timewatch
10:30pm
BBC Two
Newsnight
10:30pm
ITV1
ITV News at Ten
10:30pm
Sky Sports Main Event
Tennis: US Open, day 10 continued
10:30pm
TNT Sports 1
Snooker: Home Nations Series, English Open
10:40pm
BBC One
Creed III
10:50pm
BBC Four
Japan’s Master of Restoration
11:05pm
BBC Two
Gosford Park
11:05pm
Channel 4
Celebrity Gogglebox
11:10pm
Film4
Jojo Rabbit
11:15pm
ITV1
Murder on a Knife’s Edge: True Crime Presents
11:35pm
Channel 5
Police: Night Shift 999
What’s On Streaming
BBC iPlayer: EastEnders, The Great British Sewing Bee, Celebrity MasterChef, Saving Lives at Sea, Emergency 24/7, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
ITVX: National Television Awards 2026, Millionaire Hot Seat
Channel 4 streaming: The Dog House, The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder, Gogglebox, Celebrity Gogglebox
5 streaming: The Game, The Day The Queen Died: Minute by Minute
U: ‘Allo ‘Allo!, Death in Paradise, Bangers & Cash
Frequently Asked Questions
Is EastEnders on tonight (Tuesday 8 September 2026)?Add →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
Yes. EastEnders is on BBC One at 7.30pm as usual, straight after The One Show. The National Television Awards taking over ITV1 tonight doesn’t affect the BBC schedule.
Is Coronation Street on tonight?
No. ITV1 gives its whole evening to the National Television Awards from 8pm to 10.30pm, so Coronation Street doesn’t air in its usual slot. It has been moved to Wednesday 9 September at 8.30pm instead.
What time are the National Television Awards on?
The National Television Awards 2026 are on ITV1 from 8pm to 10.30pm, hosted by Joel Dommett live from the O2 in London for the 31st edition. Millionaire Hot Seat airs beforehand at 7.30pm, and ITV News at Ten follows straight after.
Is Emmerdale on tonight?
No, Emmerdale isn’t in its normal early-evening slot tonight either, also displaced by the NTAs. Unlike Coronation Street, which gets a confirmed Wednesday 8.30pm make-up slot, Emmerdale doesn’t get a special re-run on TV — Wednesday’s 8pm episode is simply the next new instalment, so ITVX is the place to catch up on tonight’s missed episode.
What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Tuesday 8 September 2026)?
The National Television Awards on ITV1 at 8pm is the biggest thing on, purely because it’s live and it’s the only major British TV award the public actually votes for. If awards shows aren’t your thing, Celebrity MasterChef on BBC One and The Jury on Channel 4 are both at 9pm and considerably less predictable.
What time is Celebrity MasterChef on tonight?
Celebrity MasterChef is on BBC One at 9pm. Nine celebrities are still in, working in three groups, and their task is to feed 120 people at a Birmingham ballroom. The group that manages it best skips the next elimination.
What live sport is on TV tonight (Tuesday 8 September 2026)?
Champions League league-phase football is spread across TNT Sports 1, 2 and 3 from 5pm and 7.45pm, with a match also live on Prime Video from 6.30pm. The League Cup third round has Millwall against Newcastle United live on Sky Sports Main Event, kick-off 8pm, and day ten of the US Open runs on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Tennis from 4pm, picking up again from 10.30pm.
What’s on Channel 4 tonight?
Channel 4 has The Dog House at 8pm, The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder reaching its final day in court at 9pm, and Gogglebox with the week’s telly reactions at 10pm, followed by Celebrity Gogglebox.
Does The Jury: 14 and on Trial for Murder conclude tonight?Add →GoogleOutlookiCalShare
No. Tonight is the final day of evidence and closing arguments, but the jury’s verdict doesn’t air until tomorrow, Wednesday 9 September, at 9pm on Channel 4.
Final Verdict
The National Television Awards is the story of the night simply by clearing ITV1’s schedule — no Corrie, no Emmerdale, just Joel Dommett and the O2 for two and a half hours. Away from the awards, Celebrity MasterChef‘s banquet challenge and The Jury‘s final day in court are both stronger viewing, and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is worth a look on its 50th anniversary alone. EastEnders carries on exactly as normal at 7.30pm.
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