New Episodes (UK)

06.00

• Celebrity MasterChef (BBC iPlayer)
21x07: Episode 7

It's the third and final week of heats as five new celebrities test their culinary skills, including preparing grilled herb-crusted mackerel fillet with a tomato and caper salsa and a green salad.

• Celebrity MasterChef (BBC iPlayer)
21x08: Episode 8

The five celebrities face two more culinary challenges as they battle for a place in the quarter-final.

• Celebrity MasterChef (BBC iPlayer)
21x09: Episode 9

It's the last quarter-final of the series, and this heat's remaining four celebrities return to do battle once more. They all want a place in the semi-finals, but only the best three will get there.

• EastEnders (BBC iPlayer)
2026x138: 31/08/2026

Nicola gets a shock when the Hawkinses arrive in Walford. Wedding fever sweeps Walford ahead of Cindy and Kim's big days. And Priya wrestles with her guilt.

07.00

• Hollyoaks (Channel 4)
32x103: Mon 31 Aug 2026

• Emmerdale (ITV1)
55x160: Monday 31st August

Serena is taken aback, while DS Ramsden announces her plan and Gabby is unable to cope.

12.45

• 5 News at Lunchtime (5)
2026x171: Episode 171

13.30

• Money for Nothing (BBC One) season premiere
19x01: Pull Out All the Stops

Expert upcycler Sarah Moore calls on woodworking legend Norman Wilkinson for his biggest ever challenge... a smashed-up organ.

14.10

• Countdown (Channel 4)
94x46: Episode 46

Colin Murray, Rachel Riley and Susie Dent host, with Zoe Lyons in Dictionary Corner, as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers.

17.00

• 5 News at 5 (5)
2026x171: Episode 171

18.00

• A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? (Channel 4) season premiere
8x01: Episode 1

18.55

• 5 News at 18.55 (5)
2026x171: Episode 171

19.30

• Millionaire Hot Seat (ITV1) season premiere
2x01: Episode 1

Jeremy Clarkson returns with the quiz as six more hopefuls compete for £1 million, with only one player at a time able to take a place in the Hot Seat and answer multiple-choice questions to work the way up the Money Ladder. Each question is against the clock and if a player gets one wrong they are eliminated, the top prize drops, and the next player takes their place.

19.55

• 5 News at 19:55 (5)
2026x171: Episode 171

20.00

• An Là (BBC Alba)
2026x243: Episode 243

• Only Connect (BBC Two)
22x08: Creepy Crawleys v Risk Takers

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking.

There's an EastEnders-style revelation as a family team face three former work colleagues, all trying to find connections between such apparently random clues as Kite's Nest, Ravenseat, Duchy Home and Diddly Squat.

• Street Cops: Catching the Yobs (5)
2x06: Episode 6

Rod and Adam team up with armed officers to track down youths linked to a machete incident in Northampton town centre, while Ben and Jenson respond to reports of a suspected drug-driver, leading to a tense confrontation. As rival teams Northampton Town and Peterborough United meet, JB and Kitty search for a banned troublemaker, while a prolific shoplifter sparks a dramatic chase that ends in a canal.

• The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (BBC One) season premiere
2026x01: A Call to Gather

The Massed Pipes and Drums are joined by the RAF's Massed Military Bands and an array of international talent to perform the 2026 tattoo, with narration by Rebus star Richard Rankin.

• Fred's Ultimate Hotels (Channel 4) series premiere
1x01: Episode 1

In the first episode, he heads to Marrakech to stay at the Royal Mansour; an hotel commissioned by the King of Morocco. After breakfast in a hot air balloon and an exclusive off-the-radar luxury retreat in the Agafay Desert, he swaps life as a guest to take over as general manager for the day.

20.30

• University Challenge (BBC Two)
56x08: Birmingham v Leicester

The first round of the competition continues with a Midlands derby. Students from Birmingham take on a team from Leicester, with Amol Rajan asking the questions.

21.00

• Tea with Judi Dench (Sky Arts) season premiere
2026x01: Ian McKellen

The actress is joined at her home by her great friend for tea and a conversation about their lives both on stage and off. From Shakespeare, stage fright and the insecurities of acting to the worldwide fame of the Lord of the Rings and James Bond movies, they reflect on success, failure and the importance of never taking either too seriously.

• The Only Way is Essex (ITV2)
37x10: Episode 10

Jonnie has a tense run in with Freddie over his relationship with Dani, and Harry confronts Elma over what she has been saying about his behaviour.

• Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law (5)
3x05: Episode 5

Investigators Joey, Ela and new recruit Weronika track a suspect believed to have avoided more than £1,400 in fares, using travel data and CCTV to intercept him at Ilford Station. TfL bus inspectors Matt, Dija and Megan tackle concession card misuse, including a passenger unable to prove eligibility for free travel, while Nottingham tram revenue protection officers Ray and Red confront repeat fare dodgers determined to avoid paying for their journeys.

• Last Seen On Holiday (Crime & Investigation)
1x05: Episode 5

Cases of people who disappeared abroad, and the families left wondering what has become of them.

• Stupid Central (Comedy Central)
2x19: Episode 19

Babatunde Aléshé presents family-friendly fails, including basketball gone wrong, people breaking stuff, and some hilarious have-a-go heroes.

• Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic (Quest)
3x06: Episode 6

• 24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4)
36x09: Episode 9

Patient Emma has significant burns to her leg after spilling a kettle of boiling water, while 50-year-old Adele is struggling to walk after injuring her toe. Twenty two-year-old Claire is rushed to Queen's after collapsing while running. After receiving worrying blood test results, a doctor is concerned she may have a clot on her lung and books an urgent CT scan.

• PopMaster TV (More4)
5x04: Episode 4

Ken Bruce leads five new players through the fourth heat. From ultimate hits to fan favourites, it's time for the players to flex their pop trivia muscles.

21.30

• Stupid Central (Comedy Central)
2x20: Episode 20

Babatunde Aléshé presents family-friendly fails and takes on his greatest challenge yet - a Don't Make Me Laugh farts special.

22.00

• Check-In To Murder (Crime & Investigation)
1x06: Khalilur Rahman

• Love Cheats (Channel 4)
2x02: Episode 2

The case of a man who told his girlfriend his life had been a series of tragedies, from his sister's death from cancer to losing his father to a hereditary heart condition that he in turn had developed. However, when she lent him thousands of pounds, he suddenly disappeared, and she soon discovered she was just the latest in a long line of victims.

04.00

• Squawk Box Europe (CNBC Europe)
2026x173: Episode 173