Friday 20th March is Red Nose Day, and tonight's tv guide is built around it. BBC One commits three hours of prime time from 7pm to Comic Relief: Funny for Money, leaving the rest of the schedule to fill the spaces around it. The tv listings across BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are lighter and looser than a typical Friday, which isn't a complaint -- sometimes a quieter alternative evening is exactly what you want. Check the tonight page for what's on right now, or browse this freeview tv guide for the full evening.
What's On TV Tonight: Quick Picks
- Comic Relief: Funny for Money ⭐ -- BBC One, 7pm -- Red Nose Day 2026; three hours live; Catherine Tate as Nan; Alison Hammond; The Traitors; it's the one
- Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing -- BBC Two, 8:30pm -- Series 6 finale; Ep 6/6; Derbyshire Wye; the last one for now
- Beat the Chasers -- ITV1, 9pm -- Bradley Walsh; all six Chasers at once; someone gets destroyed on national television
- Gogglebox -- Channel 4, 9pm -- S27 Ep7; the sofa critics do their thing
- In Camera -- BBC Two, 11:10pm -- 4.5 stars; Nabhaan Rizwan; the late-night discovery of the week
TV Guide: Early Evening (7pm – 8pm)
It'll Be Alright on the Night -- ITV1, 7:30pm (NEW)
Tom Allen takes over presenting duties for a new edition of the long-running ITV bloopers format. Allen is a smart choice -- dry, genuinely funny, and the kind of presenter who doesn't just read out captions but actually comments. Whether the format feels fresh in 2026 is the question. Available on ITVX.
Comic Relief: Funny for Money -- BBC One, 7pm ⭐
It's Red Nose Day 2026. BBC One is doing three hours of live fundraising from 7pm, and the celebrity cast is one of the stronger line-ups in recent memory. Catherine Tate is back as Nan -- twenty years and counting. The Traitors cast appear in new sketches. Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary (apparently on loan from ITV's This Morning) star in something called The Bank Job. Romesh Ranganathan, Nick Mohammed, Davina McCall, Katherine Ryan, Joel Dommett, Stephen Mulhern, Joe Marler, Lucy Punch, Philippa Dunne -- the list keeps going.
Whatever your view of Comic Relief as a format, live television with this many moving parts tends to produce at least one moment that gets talked about the next morning. Something will go wrong on air. Something will go unexpectedly right. Three hours of a Friday night is a reasonable ask for that. Available on BBC iPlayer.
TV Tonight: Prime Time (8pm onwards)
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing -- BBC Two, 8:30pm (SERIES FINALE)
Series 6, Episode 6 of 6, the last in this run. Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse return to the Derbyshire Wye and its neighbour the Derwent -- the place they first fished together -- and make each other laugh in the way that only two people who've been friends for decades can. There's no formula beyond that. It works because both men are genuinely funny and genuinely fond of each other, and because the show doesn't try to be anything more than what it is. This is the series finale -- not necessarily goodbye forever, but the last one for now. Worth watching even if you've never seen it before. Available on BBC iPlayer.
Beat the Chasers -- ITV1, 9pm
All six Chasers simultaneously, with Bradley Walsh watching from the sidelines as contestants attempt to answer more questions correctly than all of them combined. The odds are designed to be punishing, which is why winning feels like a genuine event when it happens. Walsh is excellent company regardless of how it goes. Available on ITVX.
Gogglebox -- Channel 4, 9pm
Series 27, episode 7. The families on their sofas react to another week of television -- including, presumably, whatever happened on Red Nose Day earlier in the evening. Gogglebox covering a big live event is always a solid episode. The Last Leg follows at 10pm with Jack Dee, GK Barry and Sleaford Mods frontman Jason Williamson. Available on Channel 4 streaming.
Gardeners' World -- BBC Two, 9pm
Monty Don at Longmeadow as spring kicks in properly. Mary Keen visits Joe Swift's patch in the Cotswolds. Carol Klein covers fruit and veg. A grower in Kent has over 1,200 apple cultivars, which is more than anyone has a right to possess and absolutely worth a television segment. Available on BBC iPlayer.
Knight and Day -- Film4, 9pm
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in James Mangold's 2010 action-comedy. Underseen on release, better than its reputation, and perfectly calibrated for a Friday night when the brain wants entertainment rather than effort. Available on Channel 4 streaming.
Blanca -- More4, 9pm (NEW -- Walter Presents)
A new Italian crime series from Walter Presents, based on Patrizia Rinaldi's novels. Blanca is a blind criminal profiler working with the police -- a premise that Italian crime fiction does something genuinely different with, rather than just using the disability as a device. If you've exhausted the Scandinavian options, this is the next place to look. Full series on Channel 4 streaming.
TV Guide UK: Late Night
Comic Relief Does The Weakest Link -- BBC Two, 10pm
Romesh Ranganathan hosts six comedians through a charity version of the teatime classic. Comedians are willing to be properly unpleasant to each other in a way that daytime contestants aren't, which makes the format work considerably better in this setting. Available on BBC iPlayer.
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy -- ITV1, 10:45pm (NEW)
The trial episode. This instalment approaches the courtroom as moral theatre rather than procedural documentary, with the most powerful sequences coming not from legal arguments but from the moments when Detective Rafael Tovar has Gacy alone in transit, trying once more to get an admission. Available on ITVX.
In Camera -- BBC Two, 11:10pm
The late-night discovery of the week. Naqqash Khalid's 2023 debut feature follows Aden (Nabhaan Rizwan), an actor trying to get work in an industry that keeps asking him to play terrorists in bad accents. Quiet, specific, and devastating in a way that only works when the filmmaking is controlled enough to let the subject breathe. Rizwan is extraordinary. Four and a half stars. Available on BBC iPlayer.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World -- BBC One, 11:25pm (SERIES FINALE)
The international edition reaches its finale. Available on BBC iPlayer.
Sport
Football: Premier League -- Sky Sports Main Event, from 7:30pm (k/o 8pm). Bournemouth v Manchester United at the Vitality Stadium.
Rugby: Premiership -- TNT Sports 1, from 7pm (k/o 7:45pm). Bath v Saracens at the Recreation Ground.
Tennis: Miami Open -- Sky Sports Main Event / Tennis, 3pm and 10:45pm. Day four in Florida.
Golf: Valspar Championship -- Sky Sports ME / Golf, from 11:30am. Day two in Palm Harbor.
Snooker: World Open -- TNT Sports 1 / 3, from 6am and 11am.
MotoGP: Brazil -- TNT Sports 2. Practice sessions from Sao Paulo.
See our full sport on TV guide for kick-off times and channels.
Tonight's TV Listings: Full Schedule
Here are the complete TV listings for Friday 20th March 2026 across all major Freeview, Sky and streaming channels.
| Time | Channel | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00pm | BBC One | Comic Relief: Funny for Money (Red Nose Day 2026 -- live, 3 hours) |
| 7:00pm | Channel 5 | Celebrity Puzzling (Jeremy Vine) |
| 7:30pm | ITV1 | It'll Be Alright on the Night (NEW -- Tom Allen hosts) |
| 8:00pm | ITV1 | Emmerdale |
| 8:00pm | Channel 5 | Building the Impossible with Rob Bell (NEW -- lighthouses) |
| 8:30pm | ITV1 | Coronation Street |
| 8:30pm | BBC Two | Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (S6 Ep 6/6 -- SERIES FINALE) |
| 9:00pm | BBC Two | Gardeners' World (Monty Don at Longmeadow) |
| 9:00pm | ITV1 | Beat the Chasers (Bradley Walsh; all six Chasers) |
| 9:00pm | Channel 4 | Gogglebox (S27 Ep7) |
| 9:00pm | Channel 5 | Volcano with Dara O Briain |
| 9:00pm | Film4 | Knight and Day (2010 -- Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz) |
| 9:00pm | More4 | Blanca (NEW -- Walter Presents Italian crime drama) |
| 10:00pm | BBC One | BBC News |
| 10:00pm | BBC Two | Comic Relief Does The Weakest Link (Romesh Ranganathan hosts) |
| 10:00pm | Channel 4 | The Last Leg (Jack Dee, GK Barry, Jason Williamson) |
| 10:40pm | BBC One | The Claudia Winkleman Show (Guz Khan, Joanne McNally, Rachel Zegler, Niall Horan) |
| 10:45pm | ITV1 | Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (NEW -- trial episode) |
| 11:10pm | BBC Two | In Camera (2023, 4.5 stars -- Nabhaan Rizwan) |
| 11:10pm | Film4 | Apocalypse Now: Final Cut (1979) |
| 11:25pm | BBC One | RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World (SERIES FINALE) |
| 7:30pm | Sky Sports Main Event | Premier League: Bournemouth v Man United (k/o 8pm) |
| 7:00pm | TNT Sports 1 | Premiership Rugby: Bath v Saracens (k/o 7:45pm) |
| 3:00pm | Sky Sports Main Event | Tennis: Miami Open (Day 4) |
| 11:30am | Sky Sports ME / Golf | Golf: Valspar Championship (Day 2) |
Freeview TV Guide: What's On Streaming
Can't watch live? This freeview tv guide covers streaming options too. Use our now and next guide to see what's on right now, or browse the full channels list for every available station.
BBC iPlayer: Comic Relief: Funny for Money, Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (Series 6 finale), Gardeners' World, Comic Relief Does The Weakest Link, In Camera, The Claudia Winkleman Show, RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs the World (series finale)
ITVX: It'll Be Alright on the Night, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Beat the Chasers, Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (full series)
Channel 4 streaming: Gogglebox, The Last Leg, Knight and Day (Film4), Blanca (More4 / Walter Presents)
My5: Celebrity Puzzling, Building the Impossible with Rob Bell, Volcano with Dara O Briain
Frequently Asked Questions
Is EastEnders on TV tonight, Friday 20th March 2026?
No, EastEnders is not on tonight. BBC One's prime time from 7pm is entirely given over to Comic Relief: Funny for Money for Red Nose Day 2026. EastEnders returns to its normal schedule next week. Recent episodes are available on BBC iPlayer.
What time is Comic Relief on BBC One tonight?
Comic Relief: Funny for Money is on BBC One from 7pm until 10pm -- three hours of live Red Nose Day fundraising. Catherine Tate returns as Nan, with new sketches from The Traitors cast, plus Alison Hammond, Dermot O'Leary, Romesh Ranganathan, Nick Mohammed, Katherine Ryan, Joel Dommett, Stephen Mulhern and many more. Available on BBC iPlayer.
What time is Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing on BBC Two?
The Series 6 finale is on BBC Two at 8:30pm tonight -- episode 6 of 6. Available on BBC iPlayer.
What time is Beat the Chasers on ITV1 tonight?
Beat the Chasers is on ITV1 from 9pm tonight. Bradley Walsh hosts as contestants face all six Chasers simultaneously. Available on ITVX.
What time is Gogglebox on tonight?
Gogglebox is on Channel 4 at 9pm -- series 27, episode 7. The Last Leg follows at 10pm. Both available on Channel 4 streaming.
What's the best thing to watch on TV tonight?
Comic Relief: Funny for Money on BBC One from 7pm is the main event for Red Nose Day 2026 -- strong cast, live energy, something will happen that gets talked about tomorrow. For something quieter, the Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Series 6 finale on BBC Two at 8:30pm is one of the best half-hours on television. Stay up for In Camera on BBC Two at 11:10pm: 4.5 stars, Nabhaan Rizwan, and a film that not enough people have seen.
TV Guide UK: Final Verdict
Red Nose Day shapes everything tonight. BBC One goes live from 7pm with Comic Relief: Funny for Money -- three hours of fundraising with a cast that includes Catherine Tate back as Nan, Alison Hammond, Romesh Ranganathan and a lot more besides. It's the kind of television that produces moments, and that's worth something.
BBC Two runs a perfectly calibrated alternative evening: the Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Series 6 finale at 8:30pm (warm, funny, the best half-hour of the week), Gardeners' World at 9pm (Monty Don; spring has arrived), and then Romesh Ranganathan doing The Weakest Link with comedians at 10pm before In Camera at 11:10pm -- a 4.5-star debut film that is the late-night recommendation of the week.
Browse the full channels list or check what's on now to follow the evening as it unfolds.