TV Guide UK Tonight: Sat 11 Jul 2026 – Wimbledon Women’s Final, The Sentinels & Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

Updated: 11 July 2026

Saturday 11 July 2026. It’s the biggest sporting Saturday of the summer so far. The Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final closes out the Championships on BBC One at 4pm, with BBC Two carrying the day’s earlier tennis from 11am. World Cup quarter-final football keeps going too, with ITV1 picking up tonight’s tie from a 10pm kick-off and a second match following into the small hours. Away from the sport, BBC Four launches a striking new subtitled drama, Channel 4 has an early-evening film, and Channel 5 sends Alexander Armstrong across the American West. One thing that’s definitely not happening tonight: EastEnders, which has never had a Saturday slot.

Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best

• Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final BBC One, 4pm. The grass-court season reaches its finish line.
• FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-finals ITV1, 10pm & 2am. Knockout football deep into the night.
• The Sentinels BBC Four, 9pm. New subtitled French wartime drama.
• Mrs Harris Goes to Paris Channel 4, 6:45pm. Lesley Manville’s Dior fairytale.
• Pointless Celebrities BBC One, 7:15pm. Comedians take on the quiz.
• EastEnders is not on tonight — it doesn’t air Saturdays; back Monday.

Sport

Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final – BBC One, 4pm ⭐

This is the one the whole fortnight has been building towards. BBC Two opens the day’s coverage from 11am, taking in the men’s doubles final at 12:20pm, before BBC One takes over for the women’s singles showpiece, not before 4pm. I don’t much care who’s lifting the trophy. Finals day has its own gravity: the ceremony, the crowd noise dropping to nothing between points, the walk out onto Centre Court. Free on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

FIFA World Cup 2026: Quarter-Finals – ITV1, 10pm & 2am

The tournament’s third quarter-final builds from 8:45pm ahead of a 10pm kick-off in Miami. The broadcaster hadn’t been locked down at the time of writing. Best guess is ITV1, though BBC One is also pencilled in depending on which teams get there, so check listings again closer to kick-off. A fourth quarter-final follows overnight from Kansas City, with coverage building from 1:15am for a 2am start on ITV1. Set an alarm or a recording if you’re not planning to stay up for that one. Earlier in the day, the Rugby Union Nations Championship gets going on ITV1 from 6am, with Japan hosting Ireland, Fiji facing England and Africa taking on Scotland.

Early Evening

Daytime viewing has a nature fix and a broad sitcom on offer before the evening schedule proper gets going: Yesterday continues its run of The Green Planet from 2pm, David Attenborough’s look at how plants compete and survive, while US import Animal Control, starring Joel McHale, plays out on Sky One from 4:30pm.

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris – Channel 4, 6:45pm

Lesley Manville plays a widowed cleaner in 1950s London who sets her heart on a couture Dior gown and, against every practical instinct, saves up and travels to Paris to buy one in person. It’s a slight, old-fashioned sort of story: a woman out of her depth in a glamorous world, charming everyone she meets along the way. Manville sells every beat of it anyway. PG-rated and thoroughly undemanding, which on a Saturday evening is no bad thing. Channel 4 streaming.

Pointless Celebrities – BBC One, 7:15pm

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman are joined by comedians Larry Dean and Holly Walsh, along with Ashleigh Nelson and Beatie Edney, all hunting for the obscure answers the studio audience wouldn’t think of. This edition was recorded back in 2024, but the format doesn’t really date. It’s still one of the more relaxed hours of celebrity game show around, helped enormously by how little either host seems to care about winning. BBC iPlayer.

Prime Time

Casualty – BBC One, 8:10pm

Holby’s emergency department carries on with Dylan (William Beck) central to tonight’s storyline. Worth noting the slot isn’t nailed on. If today’s football coverage overruns, BBC One will likely push this back to 8:50pm, so don’t set your evening entirely around it. BBC iPlayer.

Alexander Armstrong across America – Channel 5, 8pm

Armstrong’s other job tonight sees him crossing Nevada, from the neon glow of Las Vegas out to the sheer scale of the Hoover Dam. It’s a fairly familiar travelogue format by now, but Armstrong’s easy, slightly bemused presenting style keeps it from ever feeling like a rehash of shows you’ve seen before. My5.

Dad’s Army – BBC Two, 8:20pm

A repeat of a 1973 episode, and one of the sharper ones: the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard find themselves face to face with a stranded German U-boat crew, and Captain Mainwaring’s bluster gets a proper workout. Fifty years on, the writing still holds up better than most sitcoms half its age. BBC iPlayer.

Top of the Pops: Big Hits 2000 – BBC Two, 8:50pm

An archive compilation pulling the year’s biggest chart moments together, followed straight after at 9:50pm by Top of the Pops: the Story of 2000, which digs into how that year’s biggest names actually got there. Pure nostalgia programming, and all the more enjoyable for not pretending to be anything else. BBC iPlayer.

The Sentinels – BBC Four, 9pm

BBC Four’s big import for the summer, and it’s a strange one. A subtitled French drama, adapted from a graphic novel, that bolts a science-fiction premise onto the First World War. Louis Peres plays Gabriel Ferraud, a soldier left for dead who’s secretly enrolled in a military programme injecting recruits with an experimental serum that turns them into something closer to super-soldiers. Olivia Ross plays his wife Irène, left behind not knowing what’s happened to him. Two episodes air back to back tonight. I’m not sure the tone entirely holds together, war drama and pulp fantasy pulling in different directions, but it’s the sort of thing terrestrial TV almost never risks, and I’d rather watch a swing like this than another safe procedural. The full run is on BBC iPlayer for anyone who wants to binge rather than wait week to week.

BBC Three, meanwhile, has three back-to-back episodes of Schitt’s Creek from 9:30pm for anyone after something lighter.

Late Night

The Black Forest Murders – BBC Four, 10:30pm

BBC Four’s other subtitled import this week: a four-part German crime drama with Nina Kunzendorf as detective Barbara Kramer, investigating a double murder near the small town of Buchingen. This isn’t a twisty thriller. It’s closer to watching real police work, unglamorous and patient, and two episodes run back to back tonight. If the football’s already kept you up, it’s a decent way to fill the gap before the second quarter-final gets going. BBC iPlayer.

The Viewing Schedule

What’s On Streaming

• BBC iPlayer: Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final, Pointless Celebrities, Casualty, Dad’s Army, Top of the Pops: Big Hits 2000, The Sentinels, The Black Forest Murders
• ITVX: FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-finals (ITV1 coverage)
• Channel 4 streaming: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
• My5: Alexander Armstrong across America

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EastEnders on tonight (Saturday 11 July 2026)?

No. EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday on BBC One at around 7:30pm and has never had a regular Saturday slot, so there’s no episode tonight. It returns on Monday. Catch up on any missed episodes via BBC iPlayer.

What time is the Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final today?

The women’s singles final is not before 4pm on BBC One, bringing the Championships to a close. BBC Two has earlier coverage from 11am, including the men’s doubles final at 12:20pm. Free on BBC iPlayer.

What time does the World Cup quarter-final kick off tonight?

Tonight’s earlier quarter-final builds from 8:45pm for a 10pm kick-off in Miami, shown on ITV1 or BBC One depending on the fixture. A second quarter-final follows overnight, building from 1:15am for a 2am kick-off on ITV1, live from Kansas City.

What time is Pointless Celebrities on tonight?

Pointless Celebrities is on BBC One at 7:15pm, hosted by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, with guests including comedians Larry Dean and Holly Walsh.

What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Saturday 11 July 2026)?

The Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final on BBC One at 4pm is the day’s unmissable event. If you want a change of pace once the tennis and football wind down, The Sentinels on BBC Four at 9pm is the night’s strongest new drama.

Final Verdict

A proper sporting Saturday, front-loaded with tennis and back-loaded with football. The Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final at 4pm is the day’s genuine unmissable moment, and everything else is really just filling the gaps around it. Catch The Sentinels on BBC Four at 9pm before the football takes over at 10pm; it’s an odd watch, but one of the more interesting things BBC Four has picked up in a while. Mrs Harris Goes to Paris earlier on Channel 4 is the gentle option if the sport isn’t for you. And no, EastEnders isn’t on tonight. Saturdays have never been its night, so don’t go looking for it.

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