TV Guide UK Tonight: Wed 8 Jul 2026 – Death in Paradise, Wimbledon Quarter-Finals & The Office Reunion

Updated: 7 July 2026

Wednesday 8 July 2026. Wimbledon’s quarter-finals take up most of the daytime schedule on BBC One and BBC Two, so EastEnders has been bumped to BBC Two at 7:30pm tonight rather than its usual slot — still on, just not where you’d expect. Once the tennis settles, Death in Paradise returns to the Caribbean on BBC One at 9pm, and Martin Freeman and Mackenzie Crook sit down together on BBC Two to mark 25 years of The Office. Something here for the sports fans, the soap regulars and the comedy nostalgics alike.

Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best

• ⭐ Wimbledon 2026: Quarter-Finals BBC One from 11:15am, BBC Two from 1pm. Live tennis with semi-final places up for grabs — tonight’s must-watch.
• Death in Paradise BBC One, 9pm. A 2022 repeat with DI Neville Parker — comfortable evening viewing.
• Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember… The Office BBC Two, 10pm. The 25th-anniversary reunion.
• War of the Worlds BBC One, 10:40pm. Spielberg, Cruise and an alien invasion.
• Red Rooms Film4, 11pm. A properly unnerving French thriller.
• EastEnders is on tonight — moved to BBC Two at 7:30pm because of the Wimbledon coverage.

Early Evening

EastEnders – BBC Two, 7:30pm

EastEnders hasn’t been cancelled. It’s simply shifted across from BBC One to make way for the Wimbledon coverage running into the evening, so don’t go looking for it in the usual spot. BBC Two, 7:30pm. BBC iPlayer as normal afterwards.

Deal or No Deal: Banker’s Best Battles – ITV1, 7:30pm

Stephen Mulhern hosts a look back at some of the boldest, most nerve-shredding standoffs against the Banker. The tension of someone deciding whether to gamble everything never really dates, whatever the format around it. Not shown on UTV tonight, and Welsh viewers get it later, at 11:45pm. ITVX.

The Repair Shop – BBC Two, 8pm

Three items in tonight: a 175-year-old oil painting needing delicate cleaning rather than a full restoration, a patchwork hippo that’s clearly been loved half to bits, and a pair of baby shoes carrying more weight than their size suggests. The format shouldn’t still work this well after so many series, yet it does. BBC iPlayer.

Emmerdale – ITV1, 8pm

Kev Townsend’s evening gets complicated as his half-brother Ross makes his presence felt in the village. Family secrets resurfacing isn’t new territory for a soap, but Emmerdale tends to let things simmer rather than explode immediately, and that usually pays off. ITVX.

Channel 5 has Ambulance Code Red at 8pm too, following the Thames Valley Critical Care team if you fancy something a bit more high-stakes than a soap.

Prime Time

Death in Paradise – BBC One, 9pm

Tonight’s is a repeat from 2022, back when Ralf Little’s DI Neville Parker was running the Honoré station, and it sends him to a rehab clinic where a pop star has turned up dead. The appeal here was never really about surprise twists; it’s the ritual of watching a clever outsider work out who in a small group of suspects is lying, and that holds up fine on a second showing. Not the must-watch it would be if it were new, but easy, sunny company for a Wednesday night.

How to Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson – Channel 4, 9pm

A 90-minute documentary from former trader Gary Stevenson, who’s spent the years since leaving the City arguing that Britain’s wealth gap has a fairly simple fix: tax the very richest properly. Tonight he travels the country talking to people who feel the sharp end of that gap day to day, building his case for an annual wealth tax piece by piece rather than just stating it. Argued with more clarity and less shouting than most television on the subject manages. Channel 4 streaming.

Late Night

Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember… The Office – BBC Two, 10pm

Twenty-five years since The Office first turned up on BBC Two and rewrote what a British sitcom could look like, Tim and Gareth themselves sit down together for the first time in well over a decade. Freeman and Crook clearly still have an easy rapport, and the best moments are the small, specific memories rather than the well-worn anecdotes you might already know.

Our Friends in the North – BBC Four, 10pm

Two episodes of the 1996 drama tonight, with Christopher Eccleston’s story now reaching 1979. This remains one of the great British television dramas, the sort that gets name-checked constantly but is genuinely worth revisiting rather than just admiring from a distance. BBC iPlayer.

War of the Worlds – BBC One, 10:40pm

Steven Spielberg’s 2005 take on H.G. Wells sends Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning running from towering alien machines that vaporise anyone unlucky enough to be nearby. Pure spectacle, and the early scenes where the invasion first arrives are still some of the best disaster sequences Spielberg’s shot. Cert 12. Later starts in Northern Ireland (11:20pm) and Wales (11:40pm).

Red Rooms – Film4, 11pm

A French-language thriller that’s quietly become one of the most talked-about horror-adjacent films in years. Juliette Gariépy plays Kelly-Anne, a model who starts attending the trial of an accused dark-web killer and finds herself drawn far deeper into the case than is remotely healthy. Cert 18 and not for the faint-hearted, but controlled, patient film-making rather than cheap shock value.

Sport

Wimbledon 2026: Quarter-Finals – BBC One & BBC Two, from 11:15am ⭐

The reason EastEnders has moved house tonight: the singles quarter-finals are the headline sporting event of the day, with BBC One’s coverage starting at 11:15am and BBC Two picking up from 1pm. This is the stage of the tournament where the draw stops being predictable and the remaining names look like genuine champions. Free on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

Elsewhere, the Tour de France continues at noon on TNT Sports 1, and there’s T20 cricket on Sky Sports Cricket — women’s Surrey v Warwickshire Bears from 1:55pm, then men’s Surrey v Sussex Sharks from 6:25pm. Both subscription-only. No football tonight.

The Viewing Schedule

What’s On Streaming

• BBC iPlayer: Wimbledon 2026: Quarter-Finals, EastEnders, The Repair Shop, Death in Paradise, Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember… The Office, Our Friends in the North, War of the Worlds
• ITVX: Deal or No Deal: Banker’s Best Battles, Emmerdale
• Channel 4 streaming: How to Get Filthy Rich with Gary Stevenson, Red Rooms
• My5: Ambulance Code Red

Frequently Asked Questions

Is EastEnders on tonight (Wednesday 8 July 2026)?

Yes. Wimbledon’s quarter-finals have taken over BBC One’s evening schedule, so the episode has moved to BBC Two at 7:30pm instead of its usual home. Same episode, different channel.

What time is Death in Paradise on tonight?

Death in Paradise is on BBC One at 9pm — a 2022 repeat from series 11. DI Neville Parker, played by Ralf Little, investigates a murder at a rehab clinic on the fictional island of Saint Marie.

What channel are the Wimbledon quarter-finals on?

Today’s quarter-finals are split across two channels: BBC One has coverage from 11:15am, and BBC Two takes over from 1pm. Both are also free on BBC iPlayer.

What time is the Office reunion show on tonight?

Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember… The Office is on BBC Two at 10pm, marking 25 years since The Office first aired and the pair’s first joint appearance in over 15 years.

What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Wednesday 8 July 2026)?

Death in Paradise on BBC One at 9pm is the strongest all-round pick. If nostalgia appeals more than a murder mystery, the Office reunion on BBC Two at 10pm is the one to stay in for instead.

Final Verdict

A schedule shuffled around by the tennis, and the tennis is the highlight: the Wimbledon quarter-finals across BBC One and BBC Two are the day’s must-watch. In the evening, Death in Paradise at 9pm is a comfortable 2022 repeat, and Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember… The Office at 10pm is a genuinely warm way to close things out. Film fans are well served too, with War of the Worlds and Red Rooms both worth staying up for. And don’t worry — EastEnders hasn’t disappeared, it’s just moved to BBC Two at 7:30pm for one night only.

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