TV Guide UK Tonight: Fri 23 Oct 2026 – The Celebrity Traitors, Gogglebox for SU2C & Graham Norton

Updated: 23 October 2026

What’s on TV tonight, Friday 23 October 2026: The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One at 8pm, Gogglebox for SU2C on Channel 4 at 9.05pm and John Carpenter’s Halloween on BBC Two at 10pm. BBC One ends the night with Graham Norton, whose guests are Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin. Free European Championship darts from Dortmund starts on ITV4 at 6pm, and Ipswich v Nottingham Forest kicks off at 8pm on Sky Sports. EastEnders isn’t on, as usual for a Friday.

Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best

• The Celebrity Traitors BBC One, 8pm. Uncloaked follows at 9.05pm.
• Gogglebox for SU2C Channel 4, 9.05pm. The charity edition of the sofa show.
• Darts: European Championship ITV4, from 6pm. Free to watch.
• Halloween (1978) BBC Two, 10pm. Carpenter’s original, a week before the date itself.
• The Graham Norton Show BBC One, 10.40pm. Blanchett, Waddingham, Irwin.
• EastEnders is not on tonight. It returns Monday 26 October at 7.30pm on BBC One.

Watch: What’s On TV Tonight

Early Evening

The Northumbria Mysteries – BBC One, 2pm

The Northumbria Mysteries starts on BBC One at 2pm, a new daytime drama for anyone at home. Robson Green plays Joe Ruby, a former criminal, and Liz White is DI Rose O’Connell, the Oxford-educated detective who ends up working with him on cases along the Northumberland coast. Simon Callow is in the cast too. The first four episodes are on iPlayer straight away.

Darts: European Championship – ITV4, 6pm

Day two of the tournament comes live from the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, free on ITV4 from 6pm, with AEW Dynamite following at 10pm. It is an early-rounds night, so expect a long run of short, loud matches. Our darts on TV guide has the rest of the weekend.

Entrapment – Film4, 6.40pm

Entrapment is on Film4 at 6.40pm: Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a 1999 heist caper and a climactic job on the towers in Kuala Lumpur. The plot gets daft, but it moves quickly, and nobody has ever walked through a laser grid with more confidence than Zeta-Jones. Film4 follows it with The Contractor at 9pm. Certificate 12.

Our Great Yorkshire Life – Channel 5, 7pm

Our Great Yorkshire Life is on Channel 5 at 7pm. Emmerdale’s Matt Wolfenden and Roxy Shahidi, who play David and Leyla in the soap, take on a survival-style challenge around Pateley Bridge in the Nidd Valley. Channel 5 does gentle regional series like this well, and it makes a soft start to the evening.

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – Dave, 7pm

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is on Dave at 7pm, with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse casting their lines on the Crogen Estate in north Wales, and as usual they talk about almost everything except fish. Dave keeps going with I’ll Get This at 7.40pm and Would I Lie to You? at 8.20pm, with Chris Hoy, Ronni Ancona, Danny Wallace and Gabby Logan.

Antiques Road Trip – Quest, 7pm

Antiques Road Trip is on Quest at 7pm, with Natasha Raskin Sharp and Philip Serrell meeting for their last showdown, in Sheffield. By this point in a series the two of them are happily trying to outbid each other, and Quest leaves it to the auction room to decide.

Prime Time

The Celebrity Traitors – BBC One, 8pm ⭐

The Celebrity Traitors is on BBC One at 8pm tonight, and it is the one to watch. Claudia Winkleman is back at the castle, and with fewer players left, every dinner conversation and every task now carries a risk. A harmless-looking mission can leave one celebrity under suspicion for days, and a single slip at the Round Table changes who anyone trusts.

What makes the celebrity version work is that this cast spends its working lives being believed, and watching them try to bluff each other is a different pleasure from watching strangers do it. Nobody is quite as smooth as they think.

Uncloaked follows at 9.05pm with Ed Gamble and guests picking apart the latest banishments and betrayals. If you need to catch up on earlier episodes, our guide to how to watch The Traitors in the UK explains where to find them.

Emmerdale – ITV1, 8pm

Emmerdale is on ITV1 at 8pm tonight. Thea takes Kim’s phone, which is never going to end quietly. Our Emmerdale page has more on the soap.

Coronation Street – ITV1, 8.30pm

Yes, Coronation Street is on ITV1 at 8.30pm tonight, straight after Emmerdale. Debbie has a row with someone from her past. Beat the Chasers follows at 9pm, then the news at 10pm.

Egypt with Dan Snow – Channel 5, 8pm

Egypt with Dan Snow is on Channel 5 at 8pm, and the historian travels through Egypt with his usual excitable enthusiasm for the past. A good option if you want some history and no plot.

George Clarke’s Building Home – Channel 4, 8pm

George Clarke’s Building Home is on Channel 4 at 8pm. Keith and Kate from Glasgow are turning a tower that looks like a small castle into somewhere to live. The budget conversations are the best part, because nobody on this programme ever gets the quote they were hoping for.

Miss Marple – Drama, 8pm

Miss Marple is on Drama at 8pm, with Joan Hickson as Agatha Christie’s sleuth, still the version that many viewers think of first. Two hours of village menace on Drama, followed by New Tricks at 10pm.

Gardeners’ World – BBC Two, 9pm

Gardeners’ World is on BBC Two at 9pm, and Monty Don gets the spring bulbs in the ground, which is the sort of job you can do on a mild weekend before the weather turns. Quietly useful viewing, and the programme is on iPlayer afterwards.

Gogglebox for SU2C – Channel 4, 9.05pm

Gogglebox for SU2C is on Channel 4 at 9.05pm. It is a Stand Up to Cancer evening on the channel, and Gogglebox gets a charity edition in which the regular households sit alongside some famous faces. It is the programme most likely to trend tonight. Earlier, at 7.55pm, Umesh’s Story: Stand Up to Cancer follows a man who learned he had kidney cancer. The Last Leg is at 10.05pm with Roisin Conaty and Finlay Christie. Then Rhod Gilbert’s documentary A Pain in the Neck is repeated at 11.10pm.

War – Sky Atlantic, 9pm

War is on Sky Atlantic at 9pm, the divorce drama on a subscription channel, with James McArdle, Pip Torrens and Nina Sosanya. The divorce proceedings are turning personal. Catch up via NOW.

The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max – Sky Arts, 9pm

The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max is on Sky Arts at 9pm, the band in concert, filmed in 1990 for giant cinema screens. It is a fine thing to leave on loud. Sky Arts follows it with Up from the Streets: New Orleans at 10.45pm.

Have I Got News for You – BBC One, 9.30pm

Have I Got News for You is on BBC One at 9.30pm. Amol Rajan hosts, with Ian Hislop and Paul Merton leading the teams and the political commentator Salma Shah as a guest panellist. It follows Uncloaked.

Disco at the BBC: Volume 2 – BBC Four, 9.45pm

Disco at the BBC: Volume 2 is on BBC Four at 9.45pm as part of a disco night, with archive classics from acts such as George McCrae, Anita Ward and Baccara. At 10.45pm, Boogie Fever: A TOTP2 Disco Special, presented by Steve Wright, has Chic, Gloria Gaynor, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and the Weather Girls. Earlier Top of the Pops repeats run from 7pm.

Ipswich v Nottingham Forest – Sky Sports Main Event, 7.30pm

Ipswich v Nottingham Forest is on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League tonight, with coverage from 7.30pm and kick-off at 8pm at Portman Road. It is a pay-TV game, so there is no free-to-air option tonight. Our football on TV today page has the rest of the weekend’s matches.

Late Night

Halloween – BBC Two, 10pm

Halloween, John Carpenter’s 1978 original, is on BBC Two at 10pm, with Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode and Donald Pleasence as Dr Loomis. It is the film that started the slasher cycle, and a fitting watch with Halloween a week away. Certificate 15, the BBFC’s current rating since the film was reclassified in 2018. The Blackening, a horror comedy, follows at 11.30pm.

The Graham Norton Show – BBC One, 10.40pm

The Graham Norton Show is on BBC One at 10.40pm, and Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin share the sofa. Irwin is a reliable source of animal stories and Waddingham tends to steal any show she is on, so it should be lively. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK follows at 11.30pm.

Godzilla vs Kong – ITV1, 10.45pm

Godzilla vs Kong is on ITV1 at 10.45pm, the 2021 monster movie with Alexander Skarsgard and Millie Bobby Brown on the human side. It is loud, lightly plotted and mostly about two huge creatures hitting each other. Certificate 12.

Northern Comfort – Channel 4, 12.15am

Northern Comfort is on Channel 4 at 12.15am, an English-language comedy from the Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, with Timothy Spall and Lydia Leonard among a group of strangers on a fear-of-flying course. It is odd, sad and sweet, and an unusual choice for a late slot.

On the rest of the dial, ITV3 has two Doc Martin repeats from 8pm and Downton Abbey at 10pm, ITV2 hosts the Big Brother live eviction at 9pm, More4 has the detective series Coastal Unit at 9pm, E4 screens Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock at 9pm, Legend has 12 Rounds at 9pm, Yesterday has Canal Boat Diaries at 8pm and 5USA runs NCIS from 6.05pm.

Sport

Most of the live sport is on pay channels, but darts is free. The European Championship from Dortmund is on ITV4 from 6pm, and ITV4 follows it with AEW Dynamite at 10pm. BBC Two has the women’s all-around final of the Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam at 8pm. On Sky Sports Main Event, Ipswich v Nottingham Forest kicks off at 8pm with coverage from 7.30pm, and TNT Sports 1 has Gloucester v Bath in rugby union with kick-off at 7.45pm. See sport on TV today for the full list.

What’s On Streaming

BBC iPlayer: The Celebrity Traitors, Uncloaked, The Northumbria Mysteries (first four episodes), Gardeners’ World, Have I Got News for You, The Graham Norton Show.

ITVX: Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Beat the Chasers, Big Brother, the darts.

Channel 4: Gogglebox for SU2C, George Clarke’s Building Home, The Last Leg.

5: Our Great Yorkshire Life, Egypt with Dan Snow.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EastEnders on tonight (Friday 23 October 2026)?

No. EastEnders does not air on Fridays, and BBC One has Would I Lie to You? at 7.30pm instead. The soap runs Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm, so the next episode is on Monday 26 October at 7.30pm on BBC One.

What time is The Celebrity Traitors on tonight?

The Celebrity Traitors is on BBC One at 8pm tonight (Friday 23 October) and runs until 9.05pm. The companion show Uncloaked, with Ed Gamble, follows straight after at 9.05pm. Both are on BBC iPlayer afterwards.

What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Friday 23 October 2026)?

The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One at 8pm. If you want something else, Gogglebox for SU2C is on Channel 4 at 9.05pm, John Carpenter’s Halloween is on BBC Two at 10pm, and The Graham Norton Show is on BBC One at 10.40pm.

What time is Gogglebox on tonight?

Gogglebox for SU2C, the Stand Up to Cancer edition, is on Channel 4 at 9.05pm tonight (Friday 23 October) and lasts an hour. The Last Leg follows at 10.05pm.

What time is the darts on tonight?

The European Championship darts is on ITV4 from 6pm tonight (Friday 23 October), live from Dortmund and free to watch. Coverage runs until 10pm, when AEW Dynamite takes over, and it also streams on ITVX.

Is there football on TV tonight (Friday 23 October 2026)?

Yes. Ipswich v Nottingham Forest in the Premier League is on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with coverage from 7.30pm and kick-off at 8pm. There is no free-to-air football tonight. In rugby union, Gloucester v Bath is on TNT Sports 1 at 7.45pm.

What’s on Channel 4 tonight?

Channel 4 has George Clarke’s Building Home at 8pm, Gogglebox for SU2C at 9.05pm and The Last Leg at 10.05pm. Rhod Gilbert: A Pain in the Neck for SU2C is on at 11.10pm, and the film Northern Comfort starts at 12.15am.

Who are the guests on Graham Norton tonight?

Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin are the guests on The Graham Norton Show, BBC One at 10.40pm tonight (Friday 23 October).

What films are on TV tonight?

BBC Two has John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978, certificate 15) at 10pm. Film4 has Entrapment at 6.40pm and The Contractor at 9pm, E4 shows Speed at 9pm, ITV1 has Godzilla vs Kong at 10.45pm and Channel 4 has Northern Comfort at 12.15am.

Is Coronation Street on tonight?

Yes. Coronation Street is on ITV1 at 8.30pm tonight, straight after Emmerdale at 8pm.

Tonight by Channel

A channel-by-channel breakdown of Friday 23 October 2026, so you can jump straight to the one you actually watch.

BBC One

• 2pm — The Northumbria Mysteries
• 7.30pm — Would I Lie to You?
• 8pm — The Celebrity Traitors
• 9.30pm — Have I Got News for You
• 10.40pm — The Graham Norton Show

BBC Two

• 8pm — Gymnastics: World Championships 2026
• 9pm — Gardeners’ World
• 10pm — Halloween

ITV1

• 8pm — Emmerdale
• 8.30pm — Coronation Street
• 10.45pm — Godzilla vs Kong

Channel 4

• 8pm — George Clarke’s Building Home
• 9.05pm — Gogglebox for SU2C
• 10.05pm — The Last Leg
• 12.15am — Northern Comfort

Channel 5

• 7pm — Our Great Yorkshire Life
• 8pm — Egypt with Dan Snow

The Viewing Schedule

Final Verdict

Start with The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One at 8pm, then switch to Channel 4 for the Stand Up to Cancer edition of Gogglebox at 9.05pm. If you’d rather have a quieter evening, the darts on ITV4 is free and runs right through the early evening.

BBC Four’s disco night suits anyone who likes archive pop, and Graham Norton at 10.40pm is a good way to close a Friday.

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