TV Guide UK Tonight: Tue 7 Jul 2026 – Bake Off: The Professionals, Grand Designs & EastEnders

Updated: 6 July 2026

Tuesday 7 July 2026. EastEnders loses its usual address tonight, shunted to BBC Two at 7:30pm (and simulcast on BBC Three) while Wimbledon occupies BBC One. Channel 4 counters with Bake Off: The Professionals at 8pm and a 25th-anniversary Grand Designs at 9pm. BBC One has two World Cup Round of 16 ties either side of the evening.

Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best

• ⭐ Grand Designs Channel 4, 9pm. A trip back to the very first build the show ever covered.
• Bake Off: The Professionals Channel 4, 8pm. Apple desserts, then a Willy Wonka sugar showpiece.
• EastEnders BBC Two, 7:30pm. Tonight only, also on BBC Three — Wimbledon’s claimed BBC One.
• FIFA World Cup: Round of 16 BBC One, 5pm & 9pm. Two knockout ties, same channel.
• Wimbledon 2026 quarter-finals BBC Two & BBC One, from 11am. The final eight take shape.
• The Assembly ITV1, 11:35pm. Stephen Fry faces an unconventional panel.

Early Evening

EastEnders – BBC Two, 7:30pm

Walford doesn’t pause for tennis. Tonight’s episode airs in its temporary BBC Two home, simulcast on BBC Three for anyone who’d rather not hunt through the channel list. BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC iPlayer.

Celebrity Escape to the Country – BBC One, 7:30pm

With EastEnders gone and a gap opening up between tonight’s two World Cup ties, BBC One slots in this house-hunting favourite. Alistair Appleton guides Linford Christie and his daughter around the Chilterns as they weigh a slower pace of life against a generous budget. Comfortable, undemanding viewing. BBC iPlayer.

Prime Time

Bake Off: The Professionals – Channel 4, 8pm

Series 11 keeps rolling, with Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden setting the bar and Will Torrent — senior development chef at Waitrose — brought in as guest judge. The opening test asks for posh autumnal apple desserts, restrained until you remember this show’s idea of restraint still involves spun sugar and gold leaf. Then it gets sillier: a Willy Wonka “World of Candy” showpiece round that’s basically an invitation to go fully over the top. Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles keep the pace brisk. Channel 4 streaming.

Grand Designs – Channel 4, 9pm ⭐

Twenty-five years is a long time to keep making the same programme and still have it land fresh, but that’s the trick Grand Designs pulls off again tonight. Kevin McCloud heads back to the clifftop above Newhaven, East Sussex, where Tim and Jules built the timber-framed kit home that started this whole format off in 1999. What makes the revisit worth your evening isn’t the architecture — it’s watching how a family and a building have aged together over a quarter of a century. A repeat rather than new material, but it earns the rerun.

Elsewhere at 9pm, BBC Four repeats The Last Battle of the Vikings, a history documentary covering the last major Viking confrontation fought on British ground. Sky Atlantic also launches Faithless at 9pm, a new drama directed by Tomas Alfredson.

Late Night

The American Revolution – BBC Four, 10pm

The sixth and final part of Ken Burns’s history of the war wraps up at Yorktown, where the British surrender ends the fighting and hands Washington the victory that defines the rest of his life. A fitting capstone to a series that’s taken its time getting here. BBC iPlayer.

The Assembly – ITV1, 11:35pm

A repeat outing in which Stephen Fry sits across from a panel of autistic and learning-disabled interviewers and answers whatever they choose to ask. The appeal isn’t Fry’s usual polish — it’s watching him occasionally lose his footing. ITVX.

Channel 5 runs Britain’s Most Dangerous Prisoners at the same time, examining Joanna Dennehy’s case. BBC One closes its night with The Lady in the Van around midnight, pushed back by football — Maggie Smith’s prickly turn as the van-dwelling Mary Shepherd is worth staying up for.

Sport

FIFA World Cup 2026: Round of 16 – BBC One, 5pm & 9pm

BBC One has sole charge of tonight’s football, with two Round of 16 ties kicking off at 5pm and 9pm. Losing tonight means going home, which sharpens everyone’s focus considerably. Free on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Wimbledon 2026 – BBC Two & BBC One, from 11am

Quarter-finals day at the All England Club, with BBC Two carrying the morning’s play before BBC One takes over from 2pm. This is where the draw stops being a list of names and starts looking like a path to the trophy. Free on BBC Two, BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Elsewhere, England’s T20 against India is live on Sky Sports Main Event from 5pm, and the Tour de France continues on TNT Sports 1 from midday.

The Viewing Schedule

What’s On Streaming

• BBC iPlayer: EastEnders, Celebrity Escape to the Country, The Last Battle of the Vikings, The American Revolution, The Lady in the Van, Wimbledon 2026, FIFA World Cup Round of 16
• ITVX: The Assembly
• Channel 4 streaming: Bake Off: The Professionals, Grand Designs
• My5: Britain’s Most Dangerous Prisoners

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EastEnders on tonight (Tuesday 7 July 2026)?

Yes, just not in its usual home — Wimbledon has taken over BBC One, so tonight’s episode airs on BBC Two at 7:30pm, simulcast on BBC Three. It’s on BBC iPlayer afterwards as normal.

What time does the World Cup kick off on BBC One tonight?

BBC One has two FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 ties tonight, kicking off at 5pm and 9pm UK time. Both are free on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

What time is Bake Off: The Professionals on Channel 4 tonight?

Bake Off: The Professionals is on Channel 4 at 8pm. This series 11 episode sets an autumnal apple dessert challenge followed by a Willy Wonka-themed sugar showpiece, judged by Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden with guest judge Will Torrent.

What time is Grand Designs on Channel 4 tonight?

Grand Designs is on Channel 4 at 9pm, a 25th-anniversary repeat in which Kevin McCloud returns to Tim and Jules’ clifftop home above Newhaven, East Sussex — the first build the show ever featured, back in 1999.

What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Tuesday 7 July 2026)?

Grand Designs at 9pm is the night’s strongest pick, helped by the occasion of revisiting where the show began. Bake Off: The Professionals at 8pm is a solid lead-in, and the World Cup Round of 16 on BBC One gives football fans two live matches either side of the evening.

Final Verdict

A night split neatly between sport and proper appointment television. Grand Designs at 9pm is the one to build your evening around — there’s a genuine sense of occasion to revisiting the show’s first build that a standard episode can’t match. Bake Off: The Professionals at 8pm is a dependable lead-in, and EastEnders still delivers its usual drama from its temporary BBC Two address. Football fans get two live World Cup ties on BBC One, while The American Revolution rounds off its run with real weight behind it. Remember: EastEnders is on BBC Two tonight, not BBC One, simulcast on BBC Three.

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