TV Guide UK Tonight: Tues 16 Jun 2026 – EastEnders Returns, France v Senegal & Scamanda

Updated: 10 June 2026

Tuesday 16 June 2026. EastEnders is back tonight — but not on BBC One. France v Senegal has taken the usual 7:30pm slot, so the soap shifts to BBC Two, and it’s a big episode: Libby Fox comes home to Walford. The World Cup keeps rolling, Royal Ascot opens, and the 9pm line-up is one of the best of the week.

Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best

• EastEnders ⭐ BBC Two, 7:30pm. Libby Fox returns to Walford — the Fox women face Denise’s leukaemia. Don’t miss it.
• France v Senegal BBC One, 7:30pm (kick-off 8pm). World Cup Group I. France are favourites. Free on the BBC.
• Scamanda BBC Two, 9pm. New four-part doc on the woman who faked cancer and took thousands. Unsettling.
• The Light in the Hall: Still Waters Channel 4, 9pm. Series two of the bilingual Welsh thriller. Siân Reese-Williams, back and excellent.
• Bake Off: the Professionals Channel 4, 8pm. Two dozen identical lemon meringue pies. Ellie Taylor. Reliable.
• Rosa Elettrica Sky Atlantic, 9pm. New Italian crime thriller — Naples, mafia, undercover cop with shaky nerves. Now.

Sport

Racing: Royal Ascot – ITV1, 1:30pm

The Royal meeting opens today. The Procession at 2pm, two Group 1 races on the card — the Queen Anne Stakes and the King’s Stand Stakes. Free on ITV1. ITVX.

FIFA World Cup 2026: France v Senegal – BBC One, 7:30pm (kick-off 8pm)

The reason BBC One’s evening looks so different tonight. France are among the tournament favourites and Group I pits them against Senegal in a fixture that deserves the prime-time slot. Coverage from 7:30pm, kick-off 8pm UK. Free on BBC iPlayer.

Early Evening

EastEnders – BBC Two, 7:30pm ⭐

EastEnders has moved to BBC Two tonight because France v Senegal has taken BBC One’s evening — find the channel, it’s worth it. Libby Fox (Belinda Owusu) is back in Walford after learning her mother Denise (Diane Parish) has an aggressive leukaemia diagnosis; a return set up in a flash-forward earlier in the year. Libby and sister Chelsea (Zaraah Abrahams) push Denise towards treatment, pulling the three original Fox women together at the worst possible moment, with Gray Atkins’s shadow still hanging over Chelsea. Catch up on BBC iPlayer.

Changing Ends – ITV1, 7:30pm

Third series of Alan Carr’s autobiographical 1980s sitcom — it’s 1989 and romance is on the cards for the young Alan. Gentle, and genuinely funny when it lands. ITVX.

Prime Time

Bake Off: the Professionals – Channel 4, 8pm

Ellie Taylor hosts. The opening challenge: two dozen identical lemon meringue pies, each finished with a sugar bow tie, judged by Benoît Blin and Cherish Finden, then a showpiece round with a dessert hidden inside. It’s exacting stuff, and good fun watching someone else sweat over the piping. Channel 4 streaming.

Reuben Owen: Life in the Dales – Channel 5, 8pm

Reuben Owen (son of Amanda and Clive) clears a path to a hillside monastery with a digger, while he and mates Capper and Sonny restore a vintage motorbike for charity after a difficult loss. 5 streaming.

The Light in the Hall: Still Waters – Channel 4, 9pm

Series two of the bilingual Welsh thriller, set in the fictional west-Wales town of Llanemlyn and made in English and Welsh for S4C and Channel 4. Siân Reese-Williams returns as Caryl — now retraining as a journalist, fixated on a 1990s reservoir death and recently paroled Rhys Owen (Mark Lewis Jones). Nia Roberts joins as Eve. Slow-burn and properly gripping. Channel 4 streaming.

Scamanda – BBC Two, 9pm (NEW)

The hit podcast becomes a four-part documentary. Amanda Riley claimed Hodgkin’s lymphoma — building a devoted blog readership, drawing in her church community, accepting years of money and support — until the story collapsed. The doc asks how it was possible, methodically and without mercy. BBC iPlayer.

Little Disasters – Channel 5, 9pm

Suspicion is settling on Jess (Diane Kruger), but every other couple from that antenatal group has cracks — so could someone else have hurt baby Betsey? The drama is careful not to make it easy. 5 streaming.

Rosa Elettrica – Sky Atlantic, 9pm (NEW)

New Italian crime thriller. Maria Chiara Giannetta plays Rosa, an undercover cop who keeps freezing at the critical moment, tasked with protecting young mobster Cociss (Francesco Di Napoli) — who has upset two Naples mafia families at once. Their cover: a monastery’s drug-rehabilitation programme. Giannetta carries it, and the mood does the rest. Now.

Late Night

The American Revolution – BBC Four, 10pm (NEW)

Ken Burns applies his archive-and-narration treatment to the eight-year war that broke the colonies from British rule. Kenneth Branagh, Claire Danes and Tom Hanks voice historical figures; Peter Coyote narrates. Wider than most — takes in consequences for indigenous peoples too. Full series on BBC iPlayer.

The Viewing Schedule

What’s On Streaming

• BBC iPlayer: EastEnders, France v Senegal, Iraq v Norway, Scamanda, The American Revolution, Austria v Jordan
• ITVX: Changing Ends, Racing: Royal Ascot, Argentina v Algeria
• Channel 4 streaming: Bake Off: the Professionals, The Light in the Hall: Still Waters
• 5 streaming: Reuben Owen: Life in the Dales, Little Disasters
• Now: Rosa Elettrica

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EastEnders on Tuesday 16 June 2026?

Yes — on BBC Two at 7:30pm, not BBC One. The World Cup (France v Senegal) has taken BBC One all evening. Tonight Libby Fox (Belinda Owusu) comes home to Walford after learning her mother Denise (Diane Parish) has an aggressive leukaemia diagnosis, reuniting the three Fox women. BBC iPlayer.

What time is France v Senegal on and where can I watch it?

BBC One from 7:30pm, kick-off 8pm UK time. Group I, FIFA World Cup 2026. Free to watch live and on BBC iPlayer.

What is Scamanda about and what time is it on?

BBC Two, 9pm. A four-part documentary on Amanda Riley — a Californian who faked Hodgkin’s lymphoma, built a devoted following through a blog and evangelical church, and accepted years of money and support before it unravelled. BBC iPlayer.

What is The Light in the Hall: Still Waters about on Channel 4?

Series two of the bilingual west-Wales thriller, Channel 4 at 9pm. Siân Reese-Williams returns as Caryl, retraining as a journalist, fixated on a 1990s reservoir death and recently paroled Rhys Owen (Mark Lewis Jones). Nia Roberts joins as Eve. Channel 4 streaming.

What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Tuesday 16 June 2026)?

EastEnders on BBC Two at 7:30pm — Libby Fox’s return is a proper payoff and Diane Parish is outstanding. France v Senegal on BBC One from 7:30pm is the World Cup pick. Scamanda on BBC Two at 9pm is essential new documentary TV. The Light in the Hall: Still Waters on Channel 4 at 9pm is the drama choice.

Final Verdict

EastEnders on BBC Two at 7:30pm — find the channel. France v Senegal on BBC One is the World Cup pick. At 9pm: Scamanda on BBC Two, The Light in the Hall: Still Waters on Channel 4, and Rosa Elettrica on Sky Atlantic are all worth your time. The American Revolution on BBC Four at 10pm is the late reward.

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