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

Published: 21 September 2026

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.

Tuesday 22 September 2026 keeps the soap in its regular place but rebuilds the rest of the evening around it. EastEnders at 7:30pm leads into DIY SOS and a new series of Death in Paradise, and the night closes on David Ayer’s WWII tank drama Fury at 10:40pm. Monday’s Panorama, Clickbait Clinic, The Split Up and Have I Got News for You are all off the schedule tonight.

BBC One Schedule: Tuesday 22 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete BBC One schedule for Tuesday 22 September 2026, on Freeview 1.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on BBC One today: the daytime schedule

Tuesday’s daytime opens with Breakfast at 6am, then Morning Live takes the mid-morning slot at 9:30am. Rip Off Britain and Homes Under the Hammer carry the guide towards midday, with Bargain Hunt and the lunchtime news either side of 1pm.

Clean It, Fix It and Amanda & Alan’s Greek Job fill the early afternoon, Escape to the Country and Garden Rescue run through mid-afternoon, and Antiques Road Trip and a new series of Pointless carry the schedule into early evening.

BBC One tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the BBC One primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 22 September 2026.

BBC News — BBC One, 6pm

The national headlines ahead of the regional update.

BBC London News — BBC One, 6:30pm

Local stories and travel for the capital, straight after the national bulletin.

The One Show — BBC One, 7pm

Alex Jones and Roman Kemp host the studio chat and interviews that bridge the news and EastEnders.

EastEnders — BBC One, 7:30pm

Cindy is out for revenge tonight, while Eve tries to smooth things over between the two branches of the Panesar family. Four nights a week and it still manages to end on a proper hook.

DIY SOS — BBC One, 8pm

This episode, Nell’s Next Chapter, follows the build team taking on a home rebuild for a family whose circumstances have changed. Nick Knowles fronts the usual against-the-clock effort with a volunteer army of tradespeople behind him.

Death in Paradise — BBC One, 9pm

The new run opens with an eminent astronomer found dead on Saint Marie in circumstances nobody can quite explain. It’s the same locked-room logic as ever, dressed up in a Caribbean postcard, and that formula has kept the show going for over a decade.

BBC News and Weather — BBC One, 10pm

The late bulletin, followed by the regional update just after.

BBC London — BBC One, 10:30pm

Ten minutes of local news and weather ahead of tonight’s film.

Fury — BBC One, 10:40pm

David Ayer’s 2014 tank drama closes the night. Brad Pitt commands a Sherman crew pushing into Germany in April 1945, and Logan Lerman’s rookie gunner carries most of the film’s emotional weight. It’s grim, claustrophobic stuff, closer to a siege picture than a conventional war epic.

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. There’s no episode on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. During Wimbledon fortnight the weekday 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?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 keeps EastEnders at 7:30pm but rebuilds the rest of the evening: DIY SOS takes the 8pm hour and a new series of Death in Paradise follows at 9pm. There’s no Panorama, Clickbait Clinic, The Split Up or Have I Got News for You tonight, and the night closes on the 2014 war film Fury at 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

Death in Paradise is the one to build the evening around: the new series opens at 9pm with an astronomer’s mysterious death on Saint Marie, sitting behind EastEnders and DIY SOS. Fury, David Ayer’s 2014 tank drama with Brad Pitt, closes out the night from 10:40pm. None of Monday’s Panorama, Clickbait Clinic or The Split Up return tonight.

Daytime runs a normal weekday shape: Morning Live, Rip Off Britain and Homes Under the Hammer through the late morning, then Bargain Hunt, Escape to the Country and Garden Rescue carrying the afternoon into early evening.

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