TV Guide UK Tonight: Sun 22 Mar 2026 – League Cup Final, The Capture & Gone

Published: 17 March 2026

A Sunday that earns its keep. The League Cup Final is the big event of the day — Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley from 3pm on ITV1, kick-off at 4:30pm. It’s the first major domestic cup final of the season and the first all-top-six Carabao Cup final since 2020. Once the football has settled, the evening delivers two of the strongest dramas currently on British television: The Capture at 9pm on BBC One, with Holliday Grainger closing in on someone very dangerous, and Gone at 9pm on ITV1, where Eve Myles and David Morrissey edge towards a reckoning that has been building all series. Earlier, Celebrity Bake Off launches on Channel 4 at 7:40pm with a comedians-only first episode that should be comfortably the funniest Bake Off of the year.

Quick Picks: Today’s Best

• Football: League Cup Final ⭐ — ITV1, 3pm (k/o 4:30pm) — Arsenal v Man City at Wembley. Biggest match of the weekend
• The Capture — BBC One, 9pm — Series 3. Gripping stuff. One of the best things on TV right now
• Gone — ITV1, 9pm — Penultimate episode. Eve Myles and David Morrissey in a thriller that has earned its climax
• Celebrity Bake Off — Channel 4, 7:40pm — All-comedians lineup. Jon Richardson alone is worth it
• Crookhaven — BBC One, 3:05pm — New family drama. Dougray Scott leads a proper Sunday teatime serial
• Boarders — BBC Three, 10pm — Third series. Still the best British comedy you’re probably not watching

Afternoon

Crookhaven – BBC One, 3:05pm & 3:50pm (New Series)

New family drama launching with a Sunday double bill. Gabriel Avery is a teenage pickpocket, good enough at what he does that he finds himself enrolled at Crookhaven — a secret institution run by Dougray Scott’s Caspian Lockett. The school’s premise is unusual: rather than reform young thieves and send them back into the world, it sharpens their skills and turns them into something more useful. Crookhaven’s graduates use their criminal abilities to outmanoeuvre actual criminals.

Based on JJ Arcanjo’s book series, the show is produced for families — aimed at much the same audience that grew up with Harry Potter or, more recently, Wednesday. The young cast does the heavy lifting, with Lucas Leach as Gabriel and Carmel Laniado as headmaster’s daughter Penelope leading the way. Keith Allen and Claire Forlani also feature. Further episodes on CBBC at 5:25pm and 6:10pm. Full series on BBC iPlayer.

Comic Relief: More Funny for Money – BBC One, 4:35pm

A highlights package from 2026’s Comic Relief night, with La Voz and Jill Scott looking back through some of the better moments. If you missed Friday’s fundraiser this is worth a look; if you watched all of it, probably not. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

Sport: League Cup Final

⭐ Football: League Cup Final – Arsenal v Manchester City – ITV1, 3pm (k/o 4:30pm)

The Carabao Cup Final at Wembley is the sort of fixture that still commands the country’s attention even in an era of endless football. Arsenal against Manchester City — two clubs that have spent the last four seasons trading the Premier League title back and forth, now meeting in a cup final on a Sunday afternoon in March with a proper domestic trophy at stake.

Manchester City won the League Cup four years running between 2018 and 2021 and have lifted the thing eight times in total. Arsenal’s most recent win came in 1993. They’ve been in this final before without winning it, and the weight of that unfinished business will be felt around the red end of Wembley.

City reached the final by knocking out Newcastle 5-1 on aggregate, which is why St James’ Park hosts a Tyne-Wear derby this morning rather than a cup semi-final. Arsenal came through on the other side of the draw. This is a good final — two teams who know exactly how to beat each other, meeting at a neutral venue with no ability to play for next week. Live on ITV1 from 3pm, kick-off at 4:30pm. Also live on Sky Sports Football from 3pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 4:15pm.

Early Evening

Murdoch Mysteries – U&Alibi, 7pm

Journalist Louise has been corresponding with a man she’s rather taken with, building up what seems like a genuine connection through their letters. The man who arrives in person turns out to be significantly different from the one she had pictured, in a way that makes you think you could drop this storyline more or less unchanged into a modern drama about dating apps. Murdoch Mysteries has always been good at finding period settings for thoroughly contemporary anxieties, and this episode is a clean example of that. Catch up via Now.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer – Channel 4, 7:40pm (New Series)

The Celebrity Bake Off reliably produces its best episodes when it fills the tent with comedians, and the lineup for the first episode of the 2026 series is a strong one: Tom Davis, Roisin Conaty, Judi Love, Rose Matafeo, Joe Wilkinson and Jon Richardson. Joe Wilkinson is the reigning champion from a previous year, which means he arrives with something to prove and probably shouldn’t have.

Paul Hollywood is joined at the judging table by Cherish Finden — the internationally acclaimed pastry chef and judge on Bake Off: The Professionals — who turns out to be noticeably less rigorous in the celebrity tent than she is when dealing with actual professionals. Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding host, which means encouragement is plentiful and the atmosphere remains warm even when the baking is not.

Jon Richardson’s response when Paul Hollywood criticises the appearance of his breakfast pastry is an argument for the 21st century that Hollywood is probably not going to accept. Roisin Conaty recounts falling asleep during a bikini wax, a sentence that tells you everything about the register this episode operates in. The programme also contains a film about two-year-old Morgan, who has been diagnosed with a rare cancer — the moment when the show stops being funny and remembers what it is actually for. Catch up via Channel 4 streaming.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? – ITV1, 8pm

Jeremy Clarkson hosts the question-climbing quiz, with contestants navigating the lifelines and trying to decide which of their friends is most likely to know the answer at short notice. Reliable Sunday night television. Catch up via ITVX.

The Other Bennet Sister – BBC One, 8pm & 8:30pm

The series continues with Mary Bennet in Regency London, a long way from the drawing room where she was previously invisible. She’s working as a governess and attempting to carve out an education for herself at the same time. Poetry has turned out to be more interesting than she had previously given it credit for — possibly connected to the arrival of Mr Hayward, a gentleman whose acquaintance she’s just made and who is clearly going to complicate things considerably.

Ruth Jones is excellent as Mrs Bennet, whose casual disregard for Mary carries more weight than open hostility would. Ella Bruccoleri holds everything together in a role that could easily tip into self-pity and consistently doesn’t. Full series on BBC iPlayer.

Prime Time: 9pm

The Capture – BBC One, 9pm

Series three has been building to this kind of episode. CIA officer Frank Napier, played by Ron Perlman with the comfortable menace of someone who has done this many times before, has Noah Pierson — Killian Scott’s new SO15 commander — in a position that is not technically torture and is very definitely not comfortable. The dialogue between them is the most charged writing The Capture has produced this series, and both actors are well matched in their mutual knowledge of exactly what is happening and what it means.

Elsewhere, Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) has been painstaking in her investigation of the Home Secretary’s apparent shooting. The man who seems to appear on CCTV at the scene is elusive, but Rachel’s method of working — methodical, patient, occasionally intuitive in ways she can’t immediately explain — leads her somewhere significant tonight. There are also two other senior officers whose activities are beginning to bother her, on top of everything else.

This is the surveillance thriller at its most assured. Holliday Grainger remains the best thing in it. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

Gone – ITV1, 9pm

The penultimate episode of George Kay’s six-part thriller arrives at the point where everything that has been carefully constructed starts to put real pressure on the structure. Detective Annie Cassidy (Eve Myles) has been investigating the death of Sarah Polly, and the more she learns about how that marriage actually functioned — the control, the atmosphere, the way agency was quietly removed from Sarah’s life — the more it resonates with things she recognises in her own domestic situation.

Whether Michael Polly (David Morrissey) killed his wife is still the formal question, but the more interesting one is what the marriage looked like from the inside. Kay is a careful writer — Lupin, Hijack, The Long Shadow all share a precision about character motivation that stops thrillers from becoming pure mechanics — and Gone has that quality throughout. The finale is tomorrow. Full series on ITVX.

Forensics: the Real CSI – BBC Two, 9pm

In September 2024, a gang raided cash machines in Cumbria using the industrial cutting equipment that firefighters use to extract people from wreckage — the so-called Jaws of Life. They did it twice, within 24 hours of each other, which is either bold or reckless depending on your perspective. Seventy miles away in the West Midlands, a specialist police unit had been building a case against the same group from earlier raids.

This episode follows the joint operation between that team and Cumbria police: the CCTV trawl, the phone record analysis, the forensic work on the equipment itself. There’s something almost comforting about a case where the gang’s own audacity — going back to the same area so quickly — gave investigators the window they needed. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

The Hunt: Prey vs Predator – Channel 4, 9pm (New Series)

Channel 4’s latest reality format drops ten strangers into a substantial piece of woodland and divides them into predators and prey. The prey can accumulate prize money by completing challenges; the predators are at risk of elimination unless they can physically catch one of the prey and force a role swap. The prize pot is up to £100,000.

The group this series includes a 70-year-old retired model, someone with actual professional forestry experience, and two people who have not disclosed their military backgrounds — the kind of casting mix that means the roles don’t play out the way you’d necessarily predict. It’s essentially a large-scale game of tag, which sounds reductive but works as television because being chased through a forest by strangers is properly stressful to watch. Catch up via Channel 4 streaming.

The Read: The Picture of Dorian Gray with Luke Thompson – BBC Four, 9pm

Luke Thompson — best known as Benedict Bridgerton in the Netflix period drama — brings an appropriate ease to Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel in this staged reading, adapted and abridged by Anna Campbell. The production is recorded in an artist’s studio, which is a sensible setting given the Basil Hallward dimension.

Thompson’s reading of Lord Henry Wotton is the standout — Wotton is essentially the novel’s most dangerous character, a man who does his corruption through ideas rather than actions, and Thompson finds the silky persuasiveness of him without making it telegraphed. Basil Hallward’s arc, as he realises too late what he has done, comes off well. The abridgement necessarily compresses Dorian’s decline more than the novel allows — some of the more troubling subplots are cut entirely — but as a performance it holds your attention. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

Late Night

Boarders – BBC Three, 10pm & 10:45pm

Series three returns to St Gilbert’s and the scholarship students who have been navigating its particular social climate since the show launched. Tonight’s double bill addresses the question of the outside world — specifically, what happens when the parents get involved.

The guest casting is well-chosen: Rufus Jones as a politician whose views belong to a decade he refuses to acknowledge has passed, and Patrick Baladi as the estranged husband of headteacher Carol. Neither character is played for simple satire; Jones in particular gives the MP a defensive self-awareness that makes him funnier and more uncomfortable than a flat caricature would be.

The second episode turns to student politics, where Femi discovers that running for something requires a willingness to do things that are not entirely consistent with your stated principles. The show has always been good at this kind of observation — the gap between who you want to be and what winning actually requires. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

In Our Blood: the Forever Chemicals Scandal – ITV1, 10:15pm

An Exposure documentary following residents of Bentham, North Yorkshire, as they give blood samples to find out whether factory chemicals known as PFAS — sometimes called “forever chemicals” because of how long they persist in the body — have entered their systems from a nearby manufacturing site. Not comfortable viewing. Catch up via ITVX.

Sport

Football: League Cup Final – Arsenal v Manchester City — Live on ITV1 from 3pm. Kick-off at Wembley 4:30pm. Also live on Sky Sports Football (3pm) and Sky Sports Main Event (4:15pm).

Football: Premier League – Newcastle v Sunderland — The Tyne-Wear derby at St James’ Park. Live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League from 11am. Kick-off at noon.

Athletics: World Indoor Championships — Final day from Torun, Poland. Live on BBC Two from 9am and 5pm.

Tennis: Miami Open — On Sky Sports Tennis from 3pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 9pm.

The Viewing Schedule

What’s On Streaming

BBC iPlayer: The Capture, The Other Bennet Sister (full series available now), Crookhaven (full series available now), Forensics: the Real CSI, Boarders, The Read: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Athletics World Indoor Championships, Comic Relief: More Funny for Money
ITVX: Gone (full series), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, In Our Blood: the Forever Chemicals Scandal, League Cup Final (after broadcast)
Channel 4 streaming: The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer, The Hunt: Prey vs Predator
Sky Sports: League Cup Final (Sky Sports Football/Main Event), Newcastle v Sunderland, Miami Open tennis
Now: Murdoch Mysteries (U&Alibi)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EastEnders on TV tonight Sunday 22 March 2026?

No — EastEnders doesn’t air on Sundays. The soap runs Monday to Thursday on BBC One at 7:30pm. Catch up on all recent episodes via BBC iPlayer.

What time is the League Cup Final on TV today?

The 2026 Carabao Cup Final between Arsenal and Manchester City is live on ITV1 from 3pm today (Sunday 22 March 2026), with kick-off at Wembley at 4:30pm. It’s also live on Sky Sports Football from 3pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 4:15pm.

What time is The Capture on BBC One tonight?

The Capture is on BBC One at 9pm tonight, Sunday 22 March 2026. Ron Perlman’s CIA agent Frank Napier applies pressure to Noah Pierson (Killian Scott) in deeply uncomfortable fashion, while Holliday Grainger’s Rachel Carey closes in on the man apparently caught on camera at the scene of the Home Secretary shooting. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

What time is Gone on ITV1 tonight?

Gone is on ITV1 at 9pm tonight (Sunday 22 March 2026). This is the penultimate episode of the six-part thriller, with Eve Myles as detective Annie Cassidy and David Morrissey as the increasingly pressured Michael Polly. The finale is tomorrow night. Full series on ITVX.

What time is the Celebrity Bake Off on tonight?

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer is on Channel 4 at 7:40pm tonight (Sunday 22 March 2026). The first episode of the 2026 series features Tom Davis, Roisin Conaty, Judi Love, Rose Matafeo, Joe Wilkinson and Jon Richardson. Paul Hollywood and Cherish Finden judge. Catch up via Channel 4 streaming.

What time is Crookhaven on BBC One?

Crookhaven launches today with episodes at 3:05pm and 3:50pm on BBC One, then continues on CBBC at 5:25pm and 6:10pm. The new family drama stars Dougray Scott heading a school that trains teenage criminals to fight crime. The full series is already on BBC iPlayer.

What’s on BBC One tonight?

BBC One tonight (Sunday 22 March 2026) has The Other Bennet Sister double bill at 8pm and 8:30pm, followed by The Capture at 9pm. Earlier in the afternoon, Crookhaven launches at 3:05pm.

Is there live sport on TV today?

Yes, and it’s a big day. The Carabao Cup Final — Arsenal v Manchester City — is live on ITV1 from 3pm (kick-off 4:30pm at Wembley). The Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle and Sunderland is on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League from 11am (kick-off noon). The World Athletics Indoor Championships final day is on BBC Two from 9am and 5pm. The Miami Open tennis continues on Sky Sports Tennis from 3pm.

Final Verdict

The League Cup Final is the event of the day. Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley — ITV1 from 3pm, kick-off 4:30pm — is exactly the kind of fixture that makes a Sunday feel like a proper occasion. Get the afternoon sorted around it.

In the evening, The Capture on BBC One at 9pm is the best drama currently on British television and tonight’s episode is the series at its sharpest. The Ron Perlman and Killian Scott sequence is the best thing on telly this week. Gone on ITV1 at the same hour has been quietly building to something, and the penultimate episode delivers on that investment — Eve Myles and David Morrissey are both excellent, and George Kay’s writing gives the thriller more psychological weight than the genre usually gets.

Celebrity Bake Off at 7:40pm on Channel 4 is the right note to hit before the serious stuff. A tent full of comedians, a reigning champion who probably shouldn’t be this confident, and Jon Richardson in a stand-off with Paul Hollywood about aesthetics. That’ll do.

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