TV Guide UK Tonight: Mon 10 Aug 2026 – Long Lost Family, House of the Dragon & EastEnders

Monday 10 August 2026. BBC One shelves its usual evening for live European Athletics from 8pm, though EastEnders still holds its normal 7:30pm slot first. ITV1 has the strongest pull with a genuinely striking Long Lost Family, Channel 4 launches Martin and Roman Kemp’s Irish road trip before Celebrity Hunted, BBC Two wraps up Chris Packham’s Evolution, BBC Four raids the Mastermind archive, and Channel 5 tracks a serial fare dodger. Sky Atlantic closes out House of the Dragon’s third season.

Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best

• Long Lost Family: Born without Trace ⭐ ITV1, 9pm. Two of the most striking foundling cases the show has handled.
• House of the Dragon Sky Atlantic, 9pm. The season three finale finally arrives.
• Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip Channel 4, 8pm. New series, new country, same father-son bickering.
• EastEnders BBC One, 7:30pm. Gray’s manipulation of Ian keeps building.
• Evolution BBC Two, 9pm. Chris Packham’s series wraps up on the horse.

Early Evening

EastEnders – BBC One, 7:30pm

Gray’s working on Ian with the kind of patience that should worry everyone else in the room. Denzel’s clearly sitting on something too, and Jean’s finances take another turn for the worse. BBC iPlayer.

Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip – Channel 4, 8pm

New series. Martin Kemp once called Ireland home for a stretch back in his Spandau Ballet touring days, so this isn’t a celebrity parachuted in for the cameras. He and son Roman start in Cork, hearing the legend of banshee queen Cliona, before Spike Island, nicknamed Ireland’s Alcatraz, and a cluster of ancient stone circles. Channel 4 streaming.

Emmerdale – ITV1, 8pm

The Caitlin Todd saga finally comes to a head at Jacobs Fold. He’s holding baby Leyla’s true parentage over the family as leverage, she’s pushing him to own up to what he did to her, and neither clocks someone else is within earshot. ITVX.

Only Connect & University Challenge – BBC Two, 8pm

Victoria Coren Mitchell’s quiz pits Rocky Horror devotees the Double Features against New Zealand’s Colonial Geese, named after a lamb dish. Amol Rajan follows at 8:30pm as Magdalen College, Oxford, the third most successful side in University Challenge history, takes on 2021 champions Warwick. BBC iPlayer.

Prime Time

Long Lost Family: Born without Trace – ITV1, 9pm ⭐

Build your evening around this one. Davina McCall works through two of the toughest foundling cases the show’s tackled: Michael, left in a cardboard box outside a London hospital in 1996, and Christine, found as a five-week-old baby in a train carriage at Waterloo station in 1949, spotted by a porter who heard whimpering among what he took for rags. ITVX.

Celebrity Hunted – Channel 4, 9pm

Four days in and all twelve celebrities are somehow still free. Brian Conley’s gone for a Viking disguise, Jen Brister’s rigged a room full of masks of her own face, and Love Island’s Chris and Toby try walking into the hunters’ headquarters dressed as delivery drivers. Channel 4 streaming.

Evolution – BBC Two, 9pm

Chris Packham closes out his series tracing how movement itself evolved, from creatures shuffling across the seabed to animals dragging themselves onto land, and how humans have since reshaped species like the horse to suit ourselves. BBC iPlayer.

House of the Dragon – Sky Atlantic, 9pm

Season three wraps up, and it’s a sturdier run than the middle chapter. Rhaenyra heads in on a darker path, with the long-promised Battle of Tumbleton finally arriving. Game of Thrones’ own ending copped plenty of criticism; this show’s first finale fared far better than its second. Rated 15. Now.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – Sky Witness, 9pm

This run keeps putting the system itself in the dock rather than the criminals. Tonight’s case has Benson piecing a young girl’s family back together after officials broke it up years before, and Carisi doesn’t hold back on how the foster system handled it. Now.

Mastermind – BBC Four, 9pm

A dip into the archive: a classic 1977 episode with Magnus Magnusson in the chair, for anyone who’s only known the show under its recent hosts.

Fare Dodgers: at War with the Law – Channel 5, 9pm

TfL’s investigating trio Lisa, Greg and Holly close in on a repeat offender whose unpaid travel bill has crept up towards £4,000. Small-stakes crime, but the case-building never gets old.

Sport

Athletics take over the rest of BBC One’s evening from 8pm, with day one of the European Championships live from Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium. Coverage began at 10:30am, and BBC Two and TNT Sports 3 both pick it up again from 7pm. Cricket fans get the Hundred, with Trent Rockets hosting Southern Brave on Sky Sports from 3pm and 6pm, and there’s a League Cup tie between Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City kicking off at 8pm, shown on Sky Sports Football and Main Event from 7pm.

The Viewing Schedule

What’s On Streaming

• BBC iPlayer: EastEnders, Only Connect, University Challenge, Evolution, The Sky at Night
• ITVX: Emmerdale, Long Lost Family: Born without Trace
• Channel 4 streaming: Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip, Celebrity Hunted
• Now: House of the Dragon, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EastEnders on tonight (Monday 10 August 2026)?

Yes. EastEnders airs on BBC One at 7:30pm tonight. Gray keeps working on Ian, Denzel is clearly hiding something, and Jean’s money troubles get worse. Catch up on BBC iPlayer.

What time is the House of the Dragon season finale on?

House of the Dragon’s season three finale airs on Sky Atlantic at 9pm, also streaming on Now.

What channel is Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip on?

Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip is a new series starting on Channel 4 at 8pm, following Martin and Roman Kemp round Ireland’s myths, folklore and countryside.

Why isn’t BBC One showing its usual evening lineup tonight?

BBC One is carrying live European Athletics Championships coverage from 8pm to 10pm, from Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium, which pushes the usual entertainment slot aside for the evening.

What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Monday 10 August 2026)?

Long Lost Family: Born without Trace on ITV1 at 9pm is the pick of the night, following two strikingly different foundling cases. House of the Dragon’s finale and Evolution’s last episode are the other highlights.

Final Verdict

Monday 10 August belongs to Long Lost Family: Born without Trace ⭐ at 9pm, pairing a 1996 cardboard-box case with a 1949 station-platform one. House of the Dragon finally gets its Battle of Tumbleton on Sky Atlantic the same hour, and Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip kicks off nicely on Channel 4 at 8pm. EastEnders keeps its usual slot despite the athletics takeover, and BBC Two and BBC Four cover quizzes and archive telly either side of 9pm for anyone after something calmer.

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