BBC One (BBC 1) TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On BBC One Tonight

BBC One is the UK’s most-watched television channel, running around the clock and streaming live on BBC iPlayer. This guide covers tonight’s line-up and the regular weekly schedule, plus where to find the channel across every platform.

Monday 10 August 2026: The weekday soap run resumes after the weekend gap, but tonight’s main draw is live: the European Athletics Championships open in Birmingham, the first time the event has been held in Great Britain, building to the women’s 100m final at 8pm between defending champion Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt.

BBC One Schedule: Monday 10 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete BBC One schedule for Monday 10 August 2026, on Freeview 1.

What’s on BBC One today: the daytime schedule

Monday daytime keeps its normal weekday shape. Animal Park checks in on hand-reared cheetah Xena, and Trace, Track, Get My Car Back follows trackers recovering a hire car a customer won’t return.

From 10:30am, BBC One clears its schedule for live coverage of the European Athletics Championships, running through to the One o’clock news. Money for Nothing has carpenter Ollie trying to turn a profit on an old washstand. Escape to the Country takes early retirees house-hunting in Wiltshire or Somerset, and The Repair Shop restores a Syrian rocking horse left behind by a family who can no longer visit their home country. The Answer Run and Pointless close out the afternoon.

BBC One tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the BBC One primetime line-up for tonight, Monday 10 August 2026.

BBC News — BBC One, 6pm

The national bulletin opens the evening with the day’s headlines, followed straight after by sport and weather.

BBC London News — BBC One, 6:30pm

The regional update covers London and the South East before the network schedule resumes.

The One Show — BBC One, 7pm

Alex Jones and Roman Kemp continue the strand’s 20th birthday celebrations with celebrity guests in the studio. Angellica Bell reports live from Birmingham with a preview of the European Athletics Championships.

EastEnders — BBC One, 7:30pm

The soap is back in its regular Monday slot after the weekend gap. Gray tries to manipulate Ian, and there’s something Denzel isn’t saying. Jean’s money troubles rumble on.

European Athletics Championships: Birmingham 2026 — BBC One, 8pm

The first European Athletics Championships staged in Great Britain reach their showpiece night, with defending champion Dina Asher-Smith facing Amy Hunt in the women’s 100m final. Coverage is scheduled to run to 10pm, though live athletics regularly overruns and later timings should be treated as approximate.

BBC News and Weather — BBC One, 10pm

National and international news rounds off the day, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

BBC London News — BBC One, 10:30pm

A short regional update follows the national bulletin.

Bridget Jones’s Baby — BBC One, 10:40pm

The 2016 comedy finds Bridget older and unexpectedly pregnant, with two men both convinced they’re the father. It carries warnings for very strong language and adult humour.

Popular shows on BBC One

Soaps

EastEnders is the anchor: 7:30pm, Monday to Thursday, running since February 1985 and still among the highest-rated things on British television. Walford is fictional. The Queen Vic is a set at Elstree.

Entertainment and Quizzes

Pointless is the cleverest of the BBC’s teatime quizzes. Find the answers a survey group didn’t think of, score as low as you can: it rewards obscure knowledge over fast fingers, which is why it plays well with people who are terrible at buzzer rounds. Alexander Armstrong has fronted it since 2009.

The Apprentice comes back each autumn for Lord Sugar’s boardroom firings, and Strictly Come Dancing arrives in September and runs to the December final. Blankety Blank, revived with Bradley Walsh, and Celebrity Bridge of Lies with Ross Kemp fill the lighter Saturday teatime slots.

Drama

Death in Paradise is the dependable one, a Caribbean murder procedural that runs the same formula every week and has never pretended otherwise. Casualty has held Saturday nights at 8pm since 1986.

Newer drama tends to arrive as a limited series of three to six episodes at 9pm, rotating through the year rather than occupying a permanent slot.

Sport

BBC One carries Match of the Day on Saturday nights, still the UK’s most-watched football highlights programme, plus major international tournaments, Wimbledon shared with BBC Two, the FA Cup and Sports Personality of the Year each December.

Factual and News

Panorama, on air since 1953, is the current affairs strand. Countryfile takes Sunday evenings, usually with a Natural History Unit documentary and Antiques Roadshow after it.

How to watch BBC One live and on demand

Channel Numbers

Here’s where to find BBC One depending on your platform:

BBC One is free-to-air on all of these platforms, with no subscription required. The regional version you receive is determined by your postcode.

BBC iPlayer

BBC One streams live and free on BBC iPlayer at bbc.co.uk/iplayer, and via the iPlayer app on smart TVs, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and most streaming sticks.

Most BBC One programmes stay on iPlayer for 30 days after transmission. EastEnders sometimes sticks around longer.

Freely

BBC One is available on the Freely platform, the free streaming service set up jointly by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 for broadband-connected televisions. If you have a Freely-enabled smart TV, BBC One is on channel 1.

Do You Need a TV Licence?

Yes. Watching BBC One live requires a valid TV Licence, whether that’s via aerial, satellite, cable or an online stream, and so does watching iPlayer content on the day of broadcast. As of April 2026 a colour licence costs £180 a year.

BBC One regional variations and the nations

BBC One is not a single national feed. It splits into regional and national opt-outs that swap network programmes for local ones.

In England, that mostly means the 6:30pm news: BBC North West Tonight, BBC London, Look North and the rest, made in regional centres around the country, with further opt-out windows during the day.

The devolved nations get more than that. BBC One Scotland, BBC One Wales and BBC One Northern Ireland share most of the network schedule but run their own news and commissions, with Wales Today and BBC Newsline as the respective evening bulletins.

Every regional and national variant is on BBC iPlayer. On satellite or cable, the version you get is tied to your registered postcode.

BBC One HD is available on all the main platforms and is the default for most viewers with an HD set. There’s no separate BBC One +1 channel.

Frequently Asked Questions

What channel number is BBC One on Freeview?

BBC One is on channel 1 on Freeview. If you have a Freeview HD receiver or an HD-ready TV with a built-in tuner, BBC One HD is on channel 101. Both carry your regional version of the channel.

What channel is BBC One on Sky?

BBC One is on channel 101 on Sky. This applies to Sky Q, Sky Stream and Sky Glass. The regional opt-out you receive depends on the postcode registered to your Sky account.

What channel is BBC One on Virgin Media?

BBC One is on channel 101 on Virgin Media.

What channel is BBC One on Freesat?

BBC One is on channel 101 on Freesat. The regional version is determined by the postcode entered during your box’s initial setup.

What time is EastEnders on BBC One?

EastEnders airs on BBC One at 7:30pm, Monday to Thursday, and has done since the Friday episode was axed in 2022. During Wimbledon fortnight those episodes sometimes shift over to BBC Two if the tennis runs long into the evening. Every episode lands on BBC iPlayer from 6am on the day of broadcast.

What’s on BBC One tonight?

Monday 10 August 2026: EastEnders is back at 7:30pm, with Gray manipulating Ian and Jean’s money worries continuing. The One Show at 7pm previews the European Athletics Championships from Birmingham, and BBC One carries live coverage of the Championships from 8pm to around 10pm, headlined by the women’s 100m final between Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt. Bridget Jones’s Baby closes the night from 10:40pm.

Does BBC One have adverts?

No. BBC One carries no commercial advertising on any platform, and nor does any other BBC channel. The BBC is funded entirely by the TV Licence fee.

Can I watch BBC One online without a TV aerial?

Yes. BBC One streams live on BBC iPlayer and on Freely for broadband-connected TVs, so no aerial or satellite dish is needed. You do need a broadband connection, a free BBC account and a valid TV Licence. The iPlayer app runs on smart TVs, phones, tablets, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and most major streaming devices.

Verdict

The European Athletics Championships is the real event tonight. It’s the first time the Championships have been staged in Great Britain, and BBC One’s 8pm block is built around the women’s 100m final, with Dina Asher-Smith defending her title against Amy Hunt on home soil. Expect the schedule to run past 10pm if the programme overruns, as live athletics usually does.

EastEnders still does its job at 7:30pm, with Gray working on Ian and Jean’s finances getting worse. Anyone staying up for Bridget Jones’s Baby afterwards gets a broad, well-worn comedy rather than anything demanding, which suits a Monday night after live sport.

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