TV Guide UK Tonight: Sat 13 Jun 2026 – World Cup: Scotland v Haiti, Trooping the Colour & Casualty

Saturday 13 June 2026. Set your alarm — Scotland are back at the World Cup for the first time since 1998, and they kick off against Haiti on BBC One at 2am (coverage from 1:10am). Before that, the day starts in style with Trooping the Colour from 10:30am, Qatar v Switzerland on ITV1 at 7pm, Casualty at 8:35pm and Two Weeks in August rounding off BBC One’s prime time. A proper Saturday. Oh, and EastEnders isn’t on — never is at weekends; it’s back Monday.

Quick Picks: Tonight’s Best

• FIFA World Cup 2026: Haiti v Scotland ⭐ BBC One, 1:10am (kick-off 2am). Twenty-eight years. Worth every lost hour of sleep.
• Trooping the Colour BBC One, 10:30am. The King’s Birthday Parade — the full spectacle, live.
• Two Weeks in August BBC One, 9:25pm. Jessica Raine and Leila Farzad in a quietly gripping Greek-summer drama.
• Casualty BBC One, 8:35pm. A stag boat, a propeller and the best emergency department on television.
• The Boy That Never Was U&Drama, 10pm. Colin Morgan in a tight, unsettling RTÉ thriller.
• Heatwave Night BBC Four, from 7pm. The summer of 1976, revisited. Bernard Hill narrates.

Sport

Women’s Tennis: Queen’s (HSBC Championships) – BBC One, 1:25pm

Semi-finals day at the west London grass-court event, a fortnight before Wimbledon opens. Free on the BBC and on iPlayer.

Cricket: Women’s T20 World Cup – Ireland v Scotland – Sky Sports Main Event, 10am

Ireland take on Scotland at Old Trafford. A Scotland double-header of sorts today, then. Subscription required. (Also in the schedule table below.)

Daytime & Early Evening

Trooping the Colour – BBC One, 10:30am

The King’s official birthday, marked in the way only Britain can — with well over a thousand soldiers, around 200 horses and hundreds of musicians marching in near-perfect formation from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade and back. The King takes the royal salute around 11am; the RAF flypast closes the official proceedings at 1pm, before the family gathers on the palace balcony.

It’s the kind of occasion that divides opinion — spectacle or anachronism, depending on your mood — but on a bright June morning it’s genuinely hard not to be impressed by the sheer scale of it. Prince Louis has previous form for upstaging everyone on that balcony. Highlights on BBC Two at 7:05pm. BBC iPlayer.

Capital’s Summertime Ball – ITV1, 4:15pm

Wembley fills up for the annual pop event, with Raye, Niall Horan, Calvin Harris and Fatboy Slim among those on the bill. Horan’s been doing the rounds promoting his new album, so expect a proper performance from him. Big, loud, and designed to be watched at moderate volume while sorting out dinner. ITVX.

Celebrity Bridge of Lies – BBC One, 5:40pm

Ross Kemp presides over the bluffing quiz with Scarlett Moffatt, Owain Wyn Evans, Rickie Haywood-Williams and Michaela Strachan as the celebrity contestants. Kemp has quietly become a decent game-show host — he takes it seriously without strangling the fun. BBC iPlayer.

Blankety Blank – BBC One, 6:25pm

Jonathan Ross is back with the revived panel game, joined tonight by Stephen Mangan, Kimberley Walsh, Craig Revel Horwood, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Nella Rose. The format is exactly as daft as it’s always been, which is the whole point. BBC iPlayer.

Prime Time

FIFA World Cup 2026: Qatar v Switzerland – ITV1, 7pm (kick-off 8pm)

Group B gets going as Qatar face Switzerland, with coverage building from 7pm ahead of an 8pm kick-off. Neither side are favourites to go deep, which often makes for a lively group-stage game — both have something to prove early. Catch up via ITVX.

Heatwave Night – BBC Four, from 7pm

BBC Four devotes its evening to the summer of 1976 — the drought that cracked pavements, the standpipes that appeared in suburban streets, the hosepipe bans, the ladybird clouds drifting across the south. A 2005 dramatised documentary narrated by Bernard Hill airs at 8pm; a 1976 archive film follows later. If you were around then it’ll bring it all back; if you weren’t, it’s a fascinating piece of social history. BBC iPlayer.

Casualty – BBC One, 8:35pm

A stag party on a boat ends about as badly as a stag party on a boat can end, and the emergency department takes the fallout. There’s also a young-carer storyline running through it — a girl looking after her mum as her sickle cell condition worsens — which is the kind of quietly devastating character work Casualty does better than it tends to get credit for. The ongoing Stevie (Elinor Lawless) and Matty (Aron Julius) situation inches forward, too. BBC iPlayer.

40 Originals at the BBC Vol 2 – BBC Two, 8:35pm

The original versions of famous songs, in archive form. Mick Jackson’s Blame It on the Boogie before the Jacksons arrived and made everyone forget he’d recorded it first, Bette Midler’s The Rose and Liza Minnelli’s New York, New York. The sort of thing that sounds lightweight but turns into a full two-hour rabbit hole. BBC iPlayer.

Harry and Meghan: Has America Had Enough? – Channel 5, 8:35pm

A documentary taking stock of how the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s California chapter has actually played out — the projects, the reception, the fallout. Draw your own conclusions; Channel 5 will offer some of theirs. 5 streaming.

Two Weeks in August – BBC One, 9:25pm

A sun-baked, slow-build relationship drama set in Greece. Zoe (Jessica Raine) and Dan (Damien Molony) are unravelling; Jon (Khalil Gharbia) and Nat (Leila Farzad) are caught in the middle of it. The writing doesn’t rush, which won’t be for everyone, but Raine and Farzad are both doing their best work here — it’s the kind of drama where the performances carry the whole thing. Full series on BBC iPlayer.

Late Night

The Boy That Never Was – U&Drama, 10pm

Colin Morgan and Toni O’Rourke play Harry and Robin, two artists living in Tangier whose young son Dillon is presumed dead in an earthquake. Then, years later, Harry thinks he sees him. The kind of premise that goes wrong easily, but this one — first aired on RTÉ in 2024 — handles the ambiguity well. Simon Callow co-stars. Full series on U.

FIFA World Cup 2026: Brazil v Morocco – BBC One, 10:30pm (kick-off 11pm)

Scotland’s two Group C rivals face each other before Scotland’s own match kicks off a few hours later. Worth watching just to understand the lay of the land: how Brazil set up, whether Morocco’s defensive structure holds. Immediately relevant scouting, if you want to think of it that way. Free. BBC iPlayer.

The Viewing Schedule

What’s On Streaming

• BBC iPlayer: Trooping the Colour, Casualty, Two Weeks in August, Brazil v Morocco, Haiti v Scotland, Blankety Blank, Celebrity Bridge of Lies, Heatwave Night, 40 Originals at the BBC Vol 2
• ITVX: Qatar v Switzerland, Capital’s Summertime Ball
• 5 streaming: Harry and Meghan: Has America Had Enough?
• U: The Boy That Never Was

Frequently Asked Questions

What time is Scotland in the World Cup on Saturday 13 June 2026?

BBC One coverage of Haiti v Scotland begins at 1:10am (early Sunday morning UK time), with kick-off at 2am. The match is at Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It’s Scotland’s first World Cup game since 1998 — a 28-year wait. Craig Gordon, 43, starts in goal as the oldest player at the tournament. Free on BBC One, available on BBC iPlayer.

Is EastEnders on Saturday 13 June 2026?

No. EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm on BBC One — there’s no Saturday or Sunday episode. It returns on Monday 15 June. All episodes are on BBC iPlayer.

What time is Trooping the Colour on Saturday 13 June 2026?

BBC One coverage begins at 10:30am, with the King taking the royal salute around 11am and the RAF flypast at 1pm to close proceedings. Highlights are on BBC Two at 7:05pm if you miss the live broadcast. Free on the BBC and on iPlayer.

What is Two Weeks in August about on BBC One?

Two Weeks in August is a relationship drama set in the Greek summer heat. Zoe (Jessica Raine) and Dan (Damien Molony) are in the middle of a fraught break-up, with Jon (Khalil Gharbia) and Nat (Leila Farzad) drawn into the tension. It airs on BBC One at 9:25pm and the full series is on BBC iPlayer.

What’s the best thing to watch on TV tonight (Saturday 13 June 2026)?

If you can stay up, Scotland v Haiti on BBC One from 1:10am is the answer — Scotland’s first World Cup match in 28 years, free on the BBC. Earlier, Casualty at 8:35pm is strong and Two Weeks in August at 9:25pm is worth committing to. The Boy That Never Was on U&Drama at 10pm is the under-the-radar pick. Earlier in the day, Trooping the Colour is on BBC One from 10:30am.

Final Verdict

Saturday’s centrepiece is on the other side of midnight. Scotland v Haiti on BBC One from 1:10am is a proper occasion — twenty-eight years in the making, free to watch, Craig Gordon in goal at 43. Set something to record it if staying up isn’t possible, but it’s the kind of match that deserves a live audience. Before then: Trooping the Colour fills the morning beautifully, Casualty is Saturday-night drama at a reliable level, and Two Weeks in August is quietly excellent company at 9:25pm. The Brazil v Morocco warm-up act from 10:30pm is worth at least one eye. And The Boy That Never Was on U&Drama is the hidden gem of the night if you want something gripping and slightly strange. EastEnders, as always at weekends, is away — back Monday.

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