TV Guide UK Tonight: Weds 29 Apr 2026 – A Taste for Murder, Salisbury Poisonings & Atlético v Arsenal

Published: 23 April 2026

Wednesday 29 April 2026. A Taste for Murder, ITV1’s new crime drama series with Phyllis Logan and Warren Brown, lands at 9pm and is firmly the magazine cover of the week. Alongside it: the first episode of Salisbury Poisonings: the Untold Story on Channel 4, Atlético Madrid v Arsenal in the Champions League semi-final on TNT Sports, and MasterChef continuing on BBC One. The Repair Shop holds its customary Wednesday slot at 8pm. There’s a lot on.

Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best

• A Taste for Murder ⭐ — ITV1, 9pm — New series. Warren Brown, Phyllis Logan, Capri. Comfort-crime at its best
• Salisbury Poisonings: the Untold Story — Channel 4, 9pm — New three-part documentary on the 2018 Novichok attack. Serious and necessary
• Football: Champions League — TNT Sports 1, 7pm (k/o 8pm) — Atlético Madrid v Arsenal, semi-final. The big one tonight
• MasterChef — BBC One, 9pm — Veda bread, granita, and the sticky toffee pudding that gave everyone trouble
• The Repair Shop — BBC One, 8pm — Steve Fletcher builds a miniature water mill from scratch. Not his usual territory
• This Is Not a Murder Mystery — U&Drama, 9pm — René Magritte wakes up next to a dead body. New series, very odd, worth a look
• EastEnders — BBC One, 7:30pm — Mitchell family storyline continues from Monday and Tuesday

Early Evening

EastEnders – BBC One, 7:30pm

The Mitchell week runs on. Ross Kemp’s return as Grant has been the talking point of the early part of the week, and tonight’s episode continues the family fallout with Grant, Phil, Sam and Paul Bradley’s Nigel Bates all still in the mix. Specific Wednesday plot points weren’t confirmed before broadcast, but the broader arc carries through to the end of the week. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

For the Love of Dogs with Alison Hammond – ITV1, 7:30pm

Alison Hammond at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, which remains one of the more reliably good-natured things on early-evening television. Tonight she spends time with Milky, a premature French bulldog; Elsie, a 10-year-old Yorkie-Pom cross whose breath is apparently quite something; and Penny, a retriever who is far too anxious to go anywhere near the planned therapy session with a group of Chelsea Pensioners. Alison works with Penny throughout the episode. Catch up via ITVX. (10:45pm Wales.)

Prime Time

The Repair Shop – BBC One, 8pm

Steve Fletcher usually works on watches and clocks — small mechanisms, precision work, decades of institutional knowledge about where the spring tension should sit. Tonight he’s doing something different: a miniature working water mill built by Dawn’s father in 1996, now arrived at the barn in pieces. “It’s a long time since I’ve done any building work,” Steve says, which is the kind of understatement the show does well. His son Fred Fletcher takes on an ornate clock that hasn’t worked in years, adding a generational strand to the episode. Also in the barn: a carnival headdress and a pair of skates. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

Help! I Bought It at Auction with Sarah Beeny – Channel 4, 8pm

Two property stories tonight. Christy and Matt paid upwards of a million pounds for a south London house that needs substantial restoration work, which is either very brave or a very expensive lesson about auctions. Heather and Dave went one step further and bought a property without viewing it at all beforehand. Sarah Beeny surveys both situations with the calm of someone who has seen this particular category of decision many times. Catch up via C4 streaming.

Making a Maestro – Sky Arts, 8pm

The conducting competition continues. Kingsley Lin and his fellow junior conductors move into modern repertoire as the competition for the LSO post tightens. If you’ve not seen earlier episodes, this is the series tracking the Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition — twenty young conductors, a jury chaired by Sir Antonio Pappano, and a one-year position with the London Symphony Orchestra as the prize. Catch up via NOW.

Emmerdale – ITV1, 8pm

Tonight is dominated by Cain Dingle’s surgery decision. He’s facing a radical prostatectomy and has been trying to get there mentally since the diagnosis. Tonight he visits his late father Zak’s grave, which tells you where his head is at. Moira, recently released from prison, confides in Chas that the strain between her and Cain is worse than she’s been letting on. Cain decides to cancel the operation. Eric Pollard intervenes. Catch up via ITVX.

9pm: The Big Choices

A Taste for Murder ⭐ – ITV1, 9pm (NEW SERIES)

This is the one this week’s Radio Times leads with, and the cover slot is earned.

DCI Joe Mottram (Warren Brown) is a Met officer dealing with the loss of his wife, and the more pressing, quieter problem of having drifted away from his teenage daughter Angelica in the aftermath. The solution he lands on — taking Angelica to stay with his late wife’s mother Elena (Phyllis Logan) on the island of Capri — has the shape of a good idea before it all goes sideways.

Elena runs a restaurant on Capri with her husband Gennaro, who is the head chef and whose understanding of the local food scene turns out to be unexpectedly useful when a murder investigation begins. A restaurant employee is arrested, the local Capri inspector Lara Sarrancino is drawn in, and Joe finds himself working a case on an island that has no particular interest in making things easy for a visiting British detective.

The setting does exactly what it should. Capri’s limestone terrain and sheltered coves give the show a look that most British crime dramas can’t get near. Logan is, as always, several moves ahead of everyone else on screen. Brown plays Mottram as someone trying to be present for his daughter while his professional instincts keep pulling him sideways, which is the right tension for a six-part series. The chemistry between Mottram and Inspector Sarrancino is established early. Catch up via ITVX.

Salisbury Poisonings: the Untold Story – Channel 4, 9pm (NEW SERIES)

The first of three parts, and it opens with scope. In March 2018, Sergei Skripal — a former Russian military intelligence officer who had been working as a British double agent — and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with Novichok in the city of Salisbury. Local woman Dawn Sturgess was poisoned later. The case triggered a serious diplomatic rupture between the UK and Russia.

Tonight’s episode focuses on the earliest stages: the intensive-care doctor who treated the Skripals describes her disbelief at what she was dealing with, and the head of UK counter-terrorism characterises the investigation as “very John le Carré”. The framing that makes this series worth watching is the specific predicament of Wiltshire Police — the smallest force in the country — beginning to take seriously the possibility of a Russian state-sponsored assassination attempt on British soil.

That’s an extraordinary situation to be in, and the documentary takes its time with how it came to be understood. Three parts is the right length for this. Catch up via C4 streaming.

MasterChef – BBC One, 9pm

A new round of home cooks, and tonight the signatures are more interesting than usual. A contestant from Northern Ireland incorporates Belfast’s traditional Veda bread — a dark, malt-flavoured loaf that doesn’t get much television airtime — into their dish, which prompts the kind of judging-desk conversation that suggests Anna Haugh has opinions about this. The granita issue arises. Anna Haugh’s feelings about granita are well-documented enough that including one in your dish is either a bold choice or an uninformed one. The sticky toffee pudding challenge in the later round proves harder than it looks — it usually does. The final four cook for a trio of former MasterChef winners. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

This Is Not a Murder Mystery – U&Drama, 9pm (NEW SERIES)

The title is the joke and also the entire premise. René Magritte — the Belgian surrealist whose 1929 painting of a pipe with the caption “This is not a pipe” remains one of the more useful things an artist has ever said about representation — wakes up at an English country estate with a dead body in the bed beside him. He summons DCI Thistlethwaite of Scotland Yard. The setup is Agatha Christie arranged by someone who has thought seriously about what surrealism means. It should not hold together as well as it does. Worth your time. Full series on U.

Saint-Pierre – U&Alibi, 9pm (Episode 2)

The dead man in episode two turns out to have been running under several aliases. One of them is John Steed. Fitz’s reference to the man in the bowler hat from The Avengers gets a completely blank look from Arch, who is French and has no frame of reference for 1960s British television, which becomes its own small running joke. The pair are racing to identify the target of an assassin who plans to strike on Bastille Day, and there’s a rooftop chase that gives the episode its physical momentum. Catch up via NOW.

The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn: Inside the Tower of London Special – Channel 5, 9pm

Anne Boleyn was executed at the Tower of London on 19 May 1536, found guilty of adultery, incest and treason. The broad historical consensus — and this documentary’s starting point — is that the charges were almost certainly fabricated. Actor Jason Watkins and historian Tracy Borman work through the likely architects: her uncle the Duke of Norfolk; Lady Jane Rochford, wife of Anne’s brother George, who is alleged to have provided testimony about incest; and Henry’s chief minister Thomas Cromwell. Borman has written extensively on this period and brings genuine authority to the investigation. Catch up via 5 streaming.

Sport

Football: Champions League – Atlético Madrid v Arsenal – TNT Sports 1, 7pm (k/o 8pm)

The second of the two Champions League semi-finals this week. PSG met Bayern Munich in Paris last night; tonight it’s Atlético Madrid hosting Arsenal at the Metropolitano. Coverage from 7pm on TNT Sports 1, kick-off 8pm. A TNT Sports subscription is required.

Football: Women’s Super League – Arsenal v Leicester City – Sky Sports, 6:30pm (k/o 7pm)

Arsenal host Leicester City in the WSL, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football from 6:30pm, kick-off 7pm.

Snooker: World Championship – BBC Two, from 10am

Quarter-finals continue at the Crucible in Sheffield. BBC Two from 10am, 1pm and 7pm. TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports 3 carry additional sessions. Every frame on BBC iPlayer.

Late Night

Twenty Twenty Six – BBC Two, 10pm

The podcast episode has gone badly enough that everyone at the organisation has a view on what Sarah (Chelsey Crisp) should do next. The nickname that came out of the appearance — circulating at national-news scale — has given her team the idea that the right response is more media exposure rather than less. Hugh Bonneville’s Ian is not sure. There’s also a decision to make about whether to support a story about a professional footballer coming out as gay — potentially a genuine turning point for the sport if handled with care, which this organisation’s track record on “handled with care” is mixed at best. The episode ends with Sarah holding together a live-TV sequence. Full series on BBC iPlayer.

Play for Today: Edna, the Inebriate Woman – BBC Four, 10pm

Jeremy Sandford, who wrote Cathy Come Home, returned to the territory of homelessness and social invisibility with this 1971 BBC drama. Patricia Hayes plays Edna, an older woman navigating the edges of society with a combination of practicality and bewilderment. Hayes won a BAFTA for the performance and the play itself won one too, which places it comfortably among the great achievements of British television drama. If you’ve never seen it, tonight is the occasion. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

The Viewing Schedule

What’s On Streaming

BBC iPlayer: EastEnders, The Repair Shop, MasterChef, Twenty Twenty Six (full series), Play for Today: Edna, the Inebriate Woman, Snooker
ITVX: A Taste for Murder, For the Love of Dogs with Alison Hammond, Emmerdale
Channel 4 streaming: Salisbury Poisonings: the Untold Story, Help! I Bought It at Auction with Sarah Beeny
5 streaming: The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn: Inside the Tower of London Special
TNT Sports: Atlético Madrid v Arsenal (live, subscription required)
NOW: Saint-Pierre (U&Alibi), Making a Maestro (Sky Arts), This Is Not a Murder Mystery (U, full series)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EastEnders on tonight (Wednesday 29 April 2026)?

Yes, EastEnders is on BBC One at 7:30pm tonight. The Mitchell family storyline continues following Ross Kemp’s return as Grant Mitchell on Monday and Paul Bradley’s Nigel Bates exit arc. Phil, Sam and the wider family fallout runs through the week. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

What time is A Taste for Murder on ITV1 tonight?

A Taste for Murder starts at 9pm on ITV1 tonight (Wednesday 29 April 2026). It’s the first episode of a new ITV crime drama series set on the island of Capri, starring Warren Brown as DCI Joe Mottram and Phyllis Logan as his late wife’s mother Elena. Catch up via ITVX.

What time is Atlético Madrid v Arsenal on TV tonight?

Coverage starts at 7pm on TNT Sports 1, with kick-off at 8pm. It’s the Champions League semi-final — the other half of the week’s semi-finals alongside last night’s PSG v Bayern Munich. A TNT Sports subscription is required to watch.

What time is Salisbury Poisonings on Channel 4 tonight?

Salisbury Poisonings: the Untold Story starts at 9pm on Channel 4 tonight (Wednesday 29 April 2026). It’s the first of three parts, covering the 2018 Novichok attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, and the later poisoning of Dawn Sturgess. Catch up via C4 streaming.

What time is MasterChef on BBC One tonight?

MasterChef is on BBC One at 9pm tonight (Wednesday 29 April 2026). Grace Dent and Anna Haugh judge a new round of cooks including a Northern Ireland contestant using Veda bread. A sticky toffee pudding challenge also features. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

What time is The Repair Shop on BBC One tonight?

The Repair Shop is on BBC One at 8pm tonight (Wednesday 29 April 2026). Steve Fletcher takes on a miniature water mill built by a viewer’s father in 1996, now in pieces. His son Fred Fletcher works on an ornate clock. Catch up via BBC iPlayer.

What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Wednesday 29 April 2026)?

A Taste for Murder on ITV1 at 9pm is tonight’s standout: a new crime drama with Warren Brown and Phyllis Logan, set on Capri. Salisbury Poisonings: the Untold Story begins its three-part run on Channel 4 at 9pm and is essential documentary viewing. Atlético v Arsenal kicks off at 8pm on TNT Sports 1 for football fans. MasterChef continues on BBC One at 9pm.

Is there any comedy on TV tonight (Wednesday 29 April 2026)?

Twenty Twenty Six is on BBC Two at 10pm tonight. John Morton’s W1A follow-up — starring Hugh Bonneville as Ian Fletcher — deals tonight with a podcast disaster and a potentially landmark story about a footballer coming out. The full series is on BBC iPlayer.

Final Verdict

A Taste for Murder gets the star tonight. ITV crime drama has had a strong spring and this is a confident addition: Warren Brown and Phyllis Logan, Capri as a location that earns its place, and a show that knows the difference between comfort viewing and lazy viewing. It’s the former.

Salisbury Poisonings: the Untold Story is the documentary of the week. Three parts on the 2018 Novichok attack in Salisbury, starting tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm. The angle on Wiltshire Police — a small county force suddenly dealing with a potential state-sponsored assassination — gives the series a compelling human scale.

Atlético Madrid v Arsenal is the football occasion of the week. The Champions League semi-final kicks off at 8pm on TNT Sports 1. MasterChef at 9pm on BBC One and The Repair Shop at 8pm give BBC One a solid Wednesday, and Play for Today: Edna, the Inebriate Woman on BBC Four at 10pm is a genuine piece of television history worth staying up for.

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