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This is a list of events in 2026 relating to television in the United Kingdom.

Events

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January

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Date Event
1 BBC One airs Ronan Keating & Friends: A New Year's Eve Party to welcome in 2026.[1]
BBC One airs a flashforward episode of EastEnders set on New Year's Day 2027 and involving the character Max Branning (played by Jake Wood).[2] Libby Fox (Belinda Owusu) also appears in the episode, suggesting she will make a return to EastEnders during 2026.[3] It also features the return of Mark Fowler Jr, with the role recast to Stephen Aaron-Sipple.[4]
2 ITV has announced that the 2026 edition of Celebrity Big Brother will not air in the spring slot until 2027 due to the scheduling issues with the rival reality shows as it moves from ITV1 to ITV2. The twenty-third civilian version will continue as normal later this autumn.
5 A UK-wide exclusion on junk food advertising on television before the 9pm watershed, and at anytime online, comes into force in an attempt to tackle childhood obesity.[5]
Good Morning Britain begins airing from Studio 1 of ITN as it takes over production of the programme from ITV Studios. On the same day, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women are relocated to The H Club Studio in Covent Garden.
ITV airs Corriedale, a crossover episode featuring characters from both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.[6]
Channel 5 launches a new weekday daytime schedule of six hours of continuous live talk-focused programming.[7]
6 It is announced that former Brookside actors Philip Olivier and Suzanne Collins will join Hollyoaks, where they will reprise their roles as Timothy O'Leary and Nikki Shadwick.[8]
7 The identity of the "secret traitor", a new feature of the latest series of The Traitors, is revealed.[9]
During the evening's edition of Match of the Day, presenter Gabby Logan is replaced by Mark Chapman midway through the programme after Logan is called away because of a family emergency.[10]
10 Canadian TV series Heated Rivalry makes its UK television debut on Sky Atlantic.[11]
14 John Alford is jailed for eight and a half years following his conviction for sexually assaulting two teenage girls in April 2022.[12]
ITV confirms that filming for Love Island: All Stars has been suspended for a number of days after the villa used for the series is evacuated due to wildfires. The Number of episodes may therefore decrease to 33, 34 or 35.[13]
17 Ant & Dec apologise over an advert for their new podcast was criticised for evoking suicide and as triggering because it showed a pair of feet dangling above the ground.[14]
21 The BBC announces a landmark deal with YouTube that will see it produce content for the platform.[15]
Prue Leith announces she will leave her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off after a decade with the show.[16]
23 Rachel Duffy and Stephen Libby win Series 4 of The Traitors, and share £95,750.[17]
24 Series 1 of The Traitors Ireland makes its UK television debut on BBC One.[18]
25 The final edition of Sky News at Ten is transmitted. The programme ends after more than 25 years on air.
26 The first edition of a new two-hourly late evening programme on Sky News, The Wrap, is broadcast. The programme, which focuses on storytelling and debate rather than being a traditional news bulletin, includes a look at the next day’s newspapers.[19]
Nigella Lawson is to replace Prue Leith as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, it is announced.[20]
27 Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood announces that she has decided to leave the BBC after 28 years with the corporation. She will present her final weather forecast on BBC Breakfast in April.[21]
Author and GB News presenter Matt Goodwin is announced as the Reform UK candidate in the 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election.[22]
29 Publication of an independent review into the BBC in which the broadcaster commits to strengthening how it measures the ways audiences from different socio-economic and geographical backgrounds are portrayed and represented in its output.[23]
30 It emerges that comedian Alan Carr inadvertently revealed he had won the first series of The Celebrity Traitors the day after filming finished.[24]

February

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Date Event
11 ITV confirms that the 2026 ceremony of The British Soap Awards have been cancelled.[25]
12 The BBC announces 10% of cost cuts in the face of financial pressures.[26]
14 Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan wins the seventh series of The Masked Singer as "Moth".[27]
EastEnders producers confirm that Ross Kemp will briefly reprise his role as Grant Mitchell for two major storylines later in the year.[28]
15 BBC Two airs a special edition of Newsnight in which Gisèle Pelicot speaks about the aftermath of her former husband's trial.[29]
17 Channel 5's coverage of snooker expands as it begins to show the Players Championship. Channel 5 will also broadcast the Tour Championship and the British Open.[30]
The electronic music and YouTube content creator Look Mum No Computer is chosen to represent the United Kingdom at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.[31]
19 The BBC confirms it will celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday on 8 May with a week of programming, including three special programmes about the presenter and wildlife expert.[32]
Ofcom updates its electoral guidelines for broadcasters ahead of May's local elections.[33]
Former Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard makes her debut in Irish soap Fair City.[34]
20 At a hearing at Southwark Crown Court, seven reality stars and influencers from The Only Way Is Essex and Love Island plead guilty to illegally promoting foreign exchange trading on Instagram. Those involved in the case are Lauren Goodger, Yazmin Oukhellou, Rebecca Gormley, Biggs Chris, Jamie Clayton, Scott Timlin, and Eva Zapico.[35]
21 EastEnders announces that Gemma Bissix will reprise her role of Clare Bates in the soap opera after 18 years, for a short stint as part of a dementia storyline involving Clare's stepfather, Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley).[36]
ITV confirms that the revived edition of You Bet! has been cancelled after just two series.
22 The 79th British Academy Film Awards are broadcast on BBC One. During the ceremony, Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson (the subject of the biographical drama I Swear, a film nominated for five BAFTAs) has several tic-related outbursts, including screaming a racial slur at black actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo while they are presenting the category of Best Special Visual Effects. This later prompts ceremony host Alan Cumming to apologise for any strong language heard throughout the broadcast, though he thanks the audience for their "understanding" of Tourette's.[37][38][39] The BBC apologises the following day for not editing Davidson's outburst during the delayed broadcast.[40]
24 BBC content director Kate Phillips confirms that a second racial slur that occurred during the BAFTA Film Awards was edited out of the broadcast.[41]
Sky One returns after a 4.5 year absence. It replaces Sky Max. Sky Showcase, which had been used as a shop window for the entire Sky portfolio, also closes on this day.[42]
25 The BBC launches an investigation into its coverage of the BAFTA Awards.[43]

March

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Date Event
3 Richard Osman announces that he will relinquish his role as presenter of the quiz Richard Osman's House of Games after nine years, handing the role on to someone else.[44]
21 The UK version of Saturday Night Live is scheduled to launch on Sky One.[45]
26 Launch of HBO Max in the UK, which will include Friends as part of its streaming content, meaning the series is once again available to watch in the UK.[46]
TBA Launch of Sky and Disney's Disney+ Cinema, which will include films from the film studio's library along with the streaming service becoming available on Sky's pay-TV services as part of a multi-year agreement between the two companies.[47]

April

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Date Event
1 The annual cost of a television licence in the UK will increase by £5.50 to £180.[48]
Virgin Media will add Sky Atlantic to their channel lineup under a new deal with Sky.[49]
2 Tim Davie is scheduled to depart his role as Director-General of the BBC, five months after announcing his resignation.[50]
3 Rhodri Talfan Davies is scheduled to become Acting BBC Director General following the departure of Tim Davie.[51]

May

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June

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Date Event
30 Sir Damon Buffini will step down as Deputy Chair of the BBC Board and Chair of the Commercial Board.[52]

July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Debuts

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BBC

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Date Debut Channel
1 January Wild London BBC One
Shedites
3 January Waiting for the Out
5 January Lynley
Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club BBC Two
7 January Can You Keep a Secret? BBC One
26 January Clive Myrie's African Adventure BBC Two
One Life
8 February Lord of the Flies BBC One
9 February Small Prophets BBC Two
16 February Duck & Frog CBBC
Rafi the Wishing Wizard CBeebies
23 February Do You Know Your Place? BBC Two
4 March Girl Troop vs Aliens CBBC
13 March The Claudia Winkleman Show BBC One
25 December Untitled Call the Midwife prequel[53]
TBA Ann Droid
Babies
California Avenue
The Cage
Dear England
The Dream Lands
First Day on Earth
The Hairdresser Mysteries
Half Man
Mint
The Other Bennet Sister
Push[54]
The Rapture
Shuggie Bain
The Split Up
A Tale of Two Cities
Two Weeks in August
We Go Again BBC Three
Crookhaven BBC iPlayer
Counsels BBC Scotland
The Lady Grace Mysteries TBA
Late in Life
Wahala

ITV

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Date Debut Channel
1 January Time is Money ITV1
4 January The Floor
5 January Corriedale[55]
6 January Millionaire Hot Seat[56]
8 February Betrayal
10 February The Summit
22 February The Lady ITVX
24 February The Heat ITV2
8 March Gone ITVX
TBA Adultery ITV1
The Box
Believe Me ITVX
The Blame
The Dark
The Party
Saviour
Secret Service
A Taste for Murder

Channel 4

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Date Debut Channel
6 January What Not to Eat Channel 4
16 January David Baddiel: Cat Man
1 February Secret Genius
23 February Dirty Business
2 March Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing
11 March A Woman of Substance
TBA Army of Shadows
Deadpoint
Falling
It Gets Worse
Make That Movie
Maya
Number 10
Pierre
Schooled
Stepping Up
Tip Toe
Up to No Good

5

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Date Debut Channel
TBA Death in Benidorm 5
The Family Secret

Sky

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Date Debut Channel
26 January The Wrap Sky News
30 January Under Salt Marsh Sky Atlantic
24 February The Dyers' Caravan Park Sky One
21 March Saturday Night Live UK
TBA Force Majeure
Gemma Collins: Four Weddings and a Baby
War Sky Atlantic
Inheritance TBA
Prisoner

Other platforms

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Date Debut Channel
1 January Run Away Netflix
8 January Girl Taken Paramount+
15 January Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Netflix
21 January Steal Amazon Prime Video
12 February How to Get to Heaven from Belfast Netflix
4 March Young Sherlock Amazon Prime Video
25 March Bait
TBA Kill Jackie
The Husbands Apple TV+
Prodigies
The Wanted Man
Agatha Christie's Tommy & Tuppence BritBox
Marlow
Alice and Steve Disney+
Mosquito
Legends Netflix
Pride and Prejudice
Unchosen
The Undertow
Untitled Charlie Brooker Project
Hit Point U&Dave
The Christie Affair TBA
Maigret
Wavewalker: Breaking Free

Channels and streaming services

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New channels/streaming services

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Date Channel
24 February Sky One (relaunch)
26 March HBO Max[57][58]
March Disney+ Cinema[47]

Defunct channels/streaming services

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Date Channel
1 January
Pop (Linear only)
Tiny Pop (Linear only)
13 January HGTV
24 February Sky Showcase
Sky Max

Rebranding channels/streaming services

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Date Channel

Television programmes

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Changes of network affiliation

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Programme Moved from Moved to
The Boat Race BBC One Channel 4
Peaky Blinders Netflix
Harley Quinn E4 HBO Max
The Comeback Sky Atlantic
Condor Universal TV Sky One
The Terror AMC Global BBC Two
All TNT Sports programming Discovery+ HBO Max

Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

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Programme Date(s) of original removal Original channel(s) Date of return New channel(s)
The Night Manager 27 March 2016 BBC One 1 January 2026 N/A (same channel as original)
Dickinson's Real Deal 1 February 2024 ITV1 5 January 2026
Mock the Week 4 November 2022 BBC Two 1 February 2026 TLC
Celebrity Lingo 19 November 2022 ITV1 25 February 2026 N/A (same channel as original)

Continuing television programmes

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1920s

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Programme Date
BBC Wimbledon 1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present

1930s

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Programme Date
Trooping the Colour 1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present
Boat Race 1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present
BBC Cricket 1939, 1946–1999, 2020–present

1950s

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Programme Date
Panorama 1953–present
Eurovision Song Contest 1956–2019, 2021–present
The Sky at Night 1957–present
Final Score 1958–present
Blue Peter

1960s

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Programme Date
Coronation Street 1960–present
Points of View 1961–present
Songs of Praise
University Challenge 1962–1987, 1994–present
Doctor Who 1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present
Horizon 1964–present
Match of the Day
Top of the Pops 1964–2006, 2006–present
ITV Racing 1966–1985, 2017–present
ITV News at Ten 1967–1999, 2001–2004, 2008–present
Gardeners' World 1968–present

1970s

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Programme Date
Emmerdale 1972–present
Mastermind (including Celebrity Mastermind) 1972–1997, 2003–present
Football Focus 1974–1988, 1992–present
Arena 1975–present
BBC Snooker
Ski Sunday 1978–present
Blankety Blank 1979–1990, 1997–2002, 2016, 2020–present
Antiques Roadshow 1979–present
Question Time

1980s

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Programme Date
BBC Children in Need 1980–present
Bullseye 1981–1995, 2006, 2024–present
Countdown 1982–present
EastEnders 1985–present
Comic Relief
Catchphrase 1986–2002, 2013–present
Casualty 1986–present
This Morning 1988–present
Countryfile
Wheel of Fortune 1988–2001, 2024–present
Home and Away 1989–2000, 2001–present

1990s

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Programme Date
Have I Got News for You 1990–present
MasterChef 1990–2001, 2005–present
Gladiators 1992–2000, 2008–2009, 2024–present
ITV News Meridian 1993–present
National Television Awards 1995–2008, 2010–present
Hollyoaks 1995–present
Silent Witness 1996–2027
Classic Coronation Street 1996–2004, 2017–present
Midsomer Murders 1997–present
Classic Emmerdale 1998–2004, 2019–present
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 1998–2014, 2018–present
Loose Women 1999–present

2000s

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Programme Date
Bargain Hunt 2000–present
BBC Breakfast
Big Brother 2000–2018, 2023–present
Celebrity Big Brother 2001–2018, 2024–present
Unreported World 2000–present
BBC South East Today 2001–present
Escape to the Country 2002–present
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Saturday Kitchen
Homes Under the Hammer 2003–present
Strictly Come Dancing 2004–present
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
BBC Newswatch
Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Apprentice 2005–present
Deal or No Deal 2005–2016, 2023–present
Dragons' Den 2005–present
Pocoyo
Springwatch
Not Going Out 2006–present
The One Show
Soccer Aid
Waterloo Road 2006–2015, 2023–present
Britain's Got Talent 2007–2020, 2022–present
Would I Lie to You? 2007–present
Pointless 2009–present
The Chase
Kate Garraway's Life Stories

2010s

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Programme Date
The Great British Bake Off 2010–present
Great British Railway Journeys
The Only Way Is Essex
Junior Bake Off 2011–present
Made in Chelsea
Death in Paradise
The Jonathan Ross Show
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 2012–present
Call the Midwife
The Voice UK
Tipping Point
Father Brown 2013–present
GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2014–present
Good Morning Britain
Grantchester 2014, 2016–2017, 2019–2027
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 2014–present
Hunted 2015–present
Love Island
Taskmaster
Travel Man
Bake Off: The Professionals 2016–present
James Martin's Saturday Morning
The Repair Shop 2017–present
Richard Osman's House of Games
Strike
Peston 2018–present
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star 2019–present
The Hit List
RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2020s

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Programme Date
2020
Beat the Chasers 2020–present
The Masked Singer
The Wheel
2021
Cooking with the Stars 2021–present
Hope Street
2022
The 1% Club 2022–present
Limitless Win
Heartstopper
The Traitors
Trigger Point
Riddiculous 2022, 2024–present
2023
BBC News Now 2023–present
Black Ops
Blue Lights
Beyond Paradise
Changing Ends
Doctor Who: Unleashed
I Kissed a Boy
PopMaster TV
The Couple Next Door
The Famous Five
The Finish Line
The Piano
The Toy Hospital
2024
After the Flood 2024–present
Boarders
The Golden Cobra
Love Island: All Stars
Ludwig
Only Child
Return to Paradise
Sweetpea
The Answer Run
2025
A Thousand Blows 2025–present
Amandaland
Bergerac
The Celebrity Traitors
Chess Masters: The Endgame
Code of Silence
Death Valley
Dept. Q
Horrible Science
The Inner Circle
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Mobland
The One That Got Away
Patience
Virgin Island

Ending this year

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Date Programme Channel(s) Debut(s)
1 January Run Away Netflix 2026
15 January Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
19 January Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club BBC Two
25 January Sky News at Ten Sky News 1999
7 February Waiting for the Out BBC One 2026

Deaths

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Date Name Age Broadcast credibility
1 January Gregory de Polnay[59] 82 English actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who, Howards' Way)
9 January Tina Packer[60] 87 British actress (David Copperfield, Doctor Who) and stage director, co-founder of Shakespeare & Company
10 January Derek Martin[61] 92 English actor (EastEnders, Law & Order, King and Castle, The Governor)
11 January Trevor A Toussaint[62] 65 English actor (Hollyoaks)
12 January Sheila Bernette[63] 94 English singer (The Good Old Days, The Black and White Minstrel Show) and actress (The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, Hotel Trubble, Coronation Street)
4 February John Virgo[64] 79 Snooker player, snooker commentator and game show referee (Big Break)

See also

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