What’s on TV tonight? The penultimate Friday of the Winter Olympics brings a packed evening of television, with Death in Paradise back on BBC One, Gogglebox settling into its groove on Channel 4, and a Celebrity Traitors reunion on Would I Lie to You? that promises fireworks. The Graham Norton Show fields one of its most eclectic sofas of the series with Gordon Ramsay, Benicio del Toro, Jennifer Garner and Charli XCX, while BBC Four dedicates the night to the Empress of Soul, Gladys Knight. Sky Atlantic delivers a nerve-shredding penultimate episode of Under Salt Marsh, and there is live Championship football and Premiership Rugby for the sports fans. Not a bad way to start the weekend.
Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best
- Death in Paradise — BBC One, 9pm — A deadly incident at a church shakes Sebastian Rose to the core
- Would I Lie to You? — BBC One, 8:30pm — Celebrity Traitors reunion with Jonathan Ross and Kate Garraway
- Gogglebox — Channel 4, 9pm — The armchair critics pass judgement on another week
- Under Salt Marsh — Sky Atlantic, 9pm — Penultimate episode as a storm threatens everything
- The Graham Norton Show — BBC One, 10:40pm — Gordon Ramsay, Benicio del Toro, Jennifer Garner and Foo Fighters
- Gladys Knight Night — BBC Four, 9:05pm — A celebration of the Empress of Soul
Early Evening (6pm — 8pm)
Winter Olympics 2026 — BBC One/BBC Two, from 9am
Day 15 of the Milano Cortina Games, and with the closing ceremony just two days away on Sunday 22nd February, this is your penultimate chance to soak up the full Olympic experience on terrestrial television. Coverage runs across BBC One and BBC Two throughout the day, with TNT Sports and Discovery+ providing comprehensive coverage of every event for those who want the complete picture. The Games have delivered plenty of drama over the past fortnight, and these final days tend to produce the most memorable moments as athletes leave everything on the ice and snow.
MasterChef: the Professionals — BBC One, 7:30pm
The remaining chefs all fight for a place in Knockout Week, cooking for the formidable trio of Jimi Famurewa, Jay Rayner and William Sitwell. Three restaurant critics with very different palates and very firm opinions — the pressure is relentless and the field is narrowing fast. If you have been following the competition, this is where the wheat starts separating from the chaff in dramatic fashion.
Championship Football: Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End — Sky Sports Main Event, 7:30pm
The Lancashire derby takes centre stage on Sky Sports with Blackburn hosting Preston at Ewood Park, kick-off at 8pm. Local derbies in the Championship always carry an edge, and this one is no exception. Also on Sky Sports Football.
Men’s Premiership Rugby: Gloucester v Sale Sharks — TNT Sports 1, 7:30pm
Live Premiership Rugby from Kingsholm as Gloucester host Sale Sharks, with kick-off at 7:45pm. A solid Friday night fixture for rugby fans looking for an alternative to the football.
Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup — Sky Sports, 1pm
Australia face Oman in the Men’s T20 World Cup. Available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket from 1pm.
Prime Time (8pm onwards)
Walkers Unpacked: Inside the Crisp Factory — Channel 4, 8pm
Think Inside the Factory, but with crisps. Channel 4 takes viewers behind the scenes at Walkers’ Leicester base, which produces a staggering 11 million bags of crisps every single day. The documentary visits the farm that grows the perfect spuds — round or gently oval without too many knobbly bits, apparently — and hears from “flavour scientists” about the latest trends. It is the sort of programme that sounds utterly frivolous until you find yourself completely absorbed in the logistics of getting a potato from a Lincolnshire field to a multipack on a supermarket shelf. Light, digestible viewing in every sense.
Clearing the Air: the War on Smog — PBS America, 8:40pm
In July 1943, a blanket of smog descended upon Los Angeles. Cars crashed, airports closed, pilots could not see the runways. Scientist Arie Haagen-Smit discovered the culprits were sunlight, ozone, industrial chemicals, petroleum and LA’s surrounding mountains trapping hot desert air. Decades later, the battle for clear air was still raging, with Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan taking on the petrol and car companies. A fascinating slice of environmental history that feels uncomfortably relevant.
Would I Lie to You? — BBC One, 8:30pm
This is appointment viewing for anyone who watched Celebrity Traitors. Former Traitor Jonathan Ross goes head to head with terrible Faithful Kate Garraway, and the prospect of watching these two try to deceive each other after their time in the castle is genuinely delicious. Last time, Ross ran rings round Garraway — but you would hope the formerly gullible Garraway might now be wise to his techniques after their shared experience.
Joining them are JB Gill and Michelle Woll, alongside regulars David Mitchell, Rob Brydon and Lee Mack, who between them will be fact-checking stories of balcony overeating, alphabet singing and fairground vomiting. The premise alone is enough to make this the comedy highlight of the evening. WILTY remains one of the most consistently entertaining panel shows on television, and this particular lineup has the potential to produce a classic episode.
Death in Paradise — BBC One, 9pm
A Death in Church. This is the big one tonight. Sebastian Rose’s mother Laurette is a long-time pastor at local church St Vincent’s, and her parish becomes a crime scene after a large cross topples and crash-lands on an elderly parishioner. What seems like a tragic accident turns out to be anything but, and Seb is left questioning all he thought he knew about a congregation he has been around since childhood.
DS Naomi Thomas (Shantol Jackson), Sgt Mattie Fletcher (Catherine Garton) and DI Mervin Wilson (Don Gilet) are on the case, and with these supposedly prayerful people proving to have more skeletons than you would find in the average crypt, what follows serves as a reminder that even the saintliest facades can crack under police interrogation. The church setting gives the episode a distinctive atmosphere, and Shaquille Ali-Yebuah brings real emotional depth to an investigation that hits painfully close to home for Sebastian. Classic Death in Paradise — sun-soaked, clever and deceptively sharp beneath the gentle surface.
Gogglebox — Channel 4, 9pm
Britain’s favourite armchair critics return for another Friday night session, with Amira and Amani leading the charge as the nation’s sofa-bound commentators share their unfiltered opinions on the week’s television. With the Winter Olympics reaching its climax, expect plenty of reactions to sporting drama, plus whatever else has caught the Goggleboxers’ collective eye this week. It is comfort television of the highest order — warm, funny and reliably entertaining. Exactly what Friday nights were made for.
Astrid: Murder in Paris — More4, 9pm
French detective Raphaelle Coste (Lola Dewaere) arrives at a murder scene where the victim was a senior member of the local Mormon community. They are very suspicious of outsiders, so secretive it makes questioning almost pointless — until Astrid Nielsen (Sara Mortensen) works it out, as she invariably does. Astrid also meets with the young man she has seen during her epileptic hallucinations, adding another layer to the personal story running beneath the procedural. A quietly compelling European crime drama that deserves a wider audience. Catch up via Channel 4 streaming.
Under Salt Marsh — Sky Atlantic, 9pm
The penultimate episode, and the stakes could not be higher. A storm threatens to clean the slate as Bull and Jackie search desperately for evidence while the waters rise around them. Suspects are evacuating amid the roar of the tides, and the investigation itself is under assault from nature.
There is a nervy air throughout, especially when we begin to witness the damage being wrought to the investigation by the elements. The image of rain running down the murder board, dissolving marker-penned theories, is a devastatingly effective visual metaphor for a case that seems to be slipping away. And just when you think things cannot get worse, another dead body is added to the count. With the finale still to come, this is edge-of-the-seat stuff. Catch up via Now.
Gladys Knight Night — BBC Four, from 9:05pm
BBC Four dedicates the evening to one of the greatest pop, soul and R&B singers of her generation. The Empress of Soul has scored several hits over the years, and the centrepiece of the evening is a performance with the Pips at the New London Theatre in 1981 at 10:05pm, featuring classics such as Midnight Train to Georgia. If that voice does not move you, check your pulse.
The evening concludes with Queens of Soul at 11:15pm, a compilation featuring Knight alongside Aretha Franklin and Roberta Flack — three voices that defined an era. This is BBC Four doing what BBC Four does best: celebrating musical legends with archive footage that reminds you why they became legends in the first place.
Late Night
The Last Leg — Channel 4, 10pm
Comedians Bridget Christie, Aisling Bea and Chloe Petts join Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker for their weekly satirical review of the news. With the Winter Olympics approaching its final weekend and no shortage of other talking points, expect the team to be on typically sharp form. A strong guest lineup suggests this could be one of the better episodes of the run.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC One, 10:40pm (11:02pm Northern Ireland)
Now this is an eclectic sofa. Gordon Ramsay arrives to plug his new Netflix series Being Gordon Ramsay, bringing his trademark blend of volcanic intensity and surprising charm. Benicio del Toro is on the verge of being a double Oscar winner for thriller One Battle after Another, which suggests he will be in reflective, philosophical mode — always fascinating on Norton’s sofa. Jennifer Garner discusses Apple TV drama The Last Thing He Told Me, and Charli XCX talks about poking fun at herself in mockumentary The Moment. The Foo Fighters bring the music, which is about as close to a guaranteed barn-stormer as a Friday night gets.
That is four very different guests with four very different energies, and Norton is at his best when he has contrasting personalities to play off each other. Stay up for this one.
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy — ITV1, 10:45pm
The full series is available via ITVX, but if you are watching week by week, this episode sees the defence team presenting Gacy as insane. A psychiatrist approaches the killer in prison to elicit an explanation, with Gacy using the opportunity to deflect and intellectualise his actions. But when Gacy’s mask slips, the cold panic skittering across the shrink’s nerves is almost visible. Michael Chernus continues to deliver a performance that unsettles without ever tipping into sensationalism. Not an easy watch, but a significant one.
The Damned United — BBC Two, 11pm
Tom Hooper’s riveting 2009 biopic of Brian Clough, and if you have not seen it, do not miss this chance. Michael Sheen stars as the legendary football manager alongside Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent in a drama about a character who once claimed he was in the “top one” of managers. Sheen may have been cast for his physical similarity with the “old big head”, but he is said to have burst into a perfect impression of Cloughie the moment he was offered the role. The result is one of the finest sports biopics ever made — sharp, funny and deeply human. Four stars. Rated 15.
Sport
Winter Olympics: Milano Cortina 2026 Day 15 coverage across BBC One and BBC Two (from 9am), plus TNT Sports and Discovery+. The closing ceremony is on Sunday 22nd February.
Championship Football: Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End, kick-off 8pm on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football.
Premiership Rugby: Gloucester Rugby v Sale Sharks, kick-off 7:45pm on TNT Sports 1.
Cricket: Men’s T20 World Cup — Australia v Oman from 1pm on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
The Viewing Schedule
| Time | Channel | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am | BBC One/Two | Winter Olympics 2026 Day 15 |
| 1:00pm | Sky Sports | Cricket: Australia v Oman |
| 7:30pm | BBC One | MasterChef: the Professionals |
| 7:30pm | Sky Sports | Championship: Blackburn v Preston |
| 7:30pm | TNT Sports 1 | Rugby: Gloucester v Sale Sharks |
| 8:00pm | Channel 4 | Walkers Unpacked: Inside the Crisp Factory |
| 8:30pm | BBC One | Would I Lie to You? |
| 8:40pm | PBS America | Clearing the Air: the War on Smog |
| 9:00pm | BBC One | Death in Paradise |
| 9:00pm | Channel 4 | Gogglebox |
| 9:00pm | More4 | Astrid: Murder in Paris |
| 9:00pm | Sky Atlantic | Under Salt Marsh |
| 9:05pm | BBC Four | Gladys Knight Night |
| 10:00pm | Channel 4 | The Last Leg |
| 10:40pm | BBC One | The Graham Norton Show |
| 10:45pm | ITV1 | Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy |
| 11:00pm | BBC Two | The Damned United |
What’s On Streaming
BBC iPlayer: Death in Paradise, Would I Lie to You?, MasterChef: the Professionals, The Graham Norton Show, Winter Olympics (full coverage), The Damned United
ITVX: Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (full series)
Channel 4 streaming: Gogglebox, Walkers Unpacked: Inside the Crisp Factory, Astrid: Murder in Paris, The Last Leg
Sky/Now: Under Salt Marsh, Championship Football
Discovery+: Winter Olympics (full coverage of every event)
TNT Sports: Winter Olympics, Premiership Rugby
Frequently Asked Questions
What time is Death in Paradise on TV tonight?
Death in Paradise is on BBC One at 9pm tonight (Friday 20th February 2026). This week’s episode, A Death in Church, sees Sebastian Rose’s mother’s parish become a crime scene after a cross topples onto an elderly parishioner. Stars Don Gilet, Shantol Jackson, Catherine Garton and Shaquille Ali-Yebuah.
Who is on The Graham Norton Show tonight?
The Graham Norton Show airs on BBC One at 10:40pm tonight with guests Gordon Ramsay, Benicio del Toro, Jennifer Garner and Charli XCX, plus music from Foo Fighters.
What time is Gogglebox on tonight?
Gogglebox is on Channel 4 at 9pm tonight (Friday 20th February 2026). The show is also available to stream on Channel 4 after broadcast.
Who is on Would I Lie to You? tonight?
Would I Lie to You? airs on BBC One at 8:30pm tonight with a Celebrity Traitors reunion featuring former Traitor Jonathan Ross and terrible Faithful Kate Garraway, alongside guests JB Gill and Michelle Woll. David Mitchell, Rob Brydon and Lee Mack are the regular panellists.
What sport is on TV tonight?
Winter Olympics Day 15 coverage from 9am on BBC One and BBC Two plus TNT Sports, Championship football with Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End at 8pm on Sky Sports, Premiership Rugby with Gloucester v Sale Sharks at 7:45pm on TNT Sports 1, and Men’s T20 World Cup cricket with Australia v Oman from 1pm on Sky Sports.
What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight?
Death in Paradise at 9pm on BBC One is the main event, with a gripping episode set inside a church. Would I Lie to You? at 8:30pm offers a brilliant Celebrity Traitors reunion with Jonathan Ross and Kate Garraway. Gogglebox at 9pm on Channel 4 is essential Friday comfort TV. Late-night viewers should stay up for The Graham Norton Show at 10:40pm with Gordon Ramsay, Benicio del Toro and Foo Fighters.
Final Verdict
Death in Paradise dominates the 9pm hour on BBC One with a church-set mystery that gives Shaquille Ali-Yebuah his most personal episode yet. The prayerful facade cracking under interrogation makes for compelling viewing, and the whodunit is as satisfying as ever.
Before that, Would I Lie to You? at 8:30pm is the comedy highlight — the Celebrity Traitors reunion between Jonathan Ross and Kate Garraway is inspired casting, and stories of balcony overeating and fairground vomiting suggest this could be a classic episode.
On Channel 4, Gogglebox at 9pm provides the warm Friday night comfort blanket, while over on Sky Atlantic, Under Salt Marsh delivers a penultimate episode that will leave you genuinely anxious about how it all ends. The storm imagery is devastating, and the body count keeps climbing.
The real late-night treat is The Graham Norton Show at 10:40pm. Gordon Ramsay, Benicio del Toro, Jennifer Garner and Charli XCX on one sofa, with Foo Fighters providing the music? That is worth staying up for. And if you are still awake at 11pm, The Damned United on BBC Two is one of the finest British biopics of the past two decades — Michael Sheen’s Brian Clough is extraordinary.
