Wondering what's on tv tonight? Good Friday's tv guide has a proper Bank Holiday feel to it. The schedules are reshuffled, a new series drops without warning, and suddenly there's something worth watching at 9:30pm that wasn't there last week. Check the tv listings below for the full picture -- or browse the freeview tv guide to see what's available across all channels tonight.
What's On TV Tonight: Quick Picks
- The Young Offenders ★ -- BBC One, 9:30pm -- NEW SERIES; Cork's finest are back for series 5
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms -- Sky Atlantic, 8:20pm -- SERIES FINALE; Game of Thrones prequel closes out
- Vera: The Dark Wives -- ITV1, 8:30pm -- two-hour special with ancient stones and a missing girl
- Beyond Paradise -- BBC One, 8pm -- series 4 episode 2; the cleaning burglar case
- The Green Mile -- Film4, 9pm -- Tom Hanks, nearly four hours, absolutely worth it
See what's on right now for live updates across all channels.
TV Guide: Early Evening (6:30pm – 8pm)
The Chase Celebrity Special – ITV1, 6:30pm
Good Friday gets the celebrities-on-a-quiz-show treatment before the soaps arrive. ITV1 fills the pre-watershed hours competently. The Chase format works well enough with famous faces -- the jeopardy is identical, the Chasers are equally terrifying, and there's usually one celebrity who takes it far more seriously than the rest. Emmerdale follows at 7:30pm, Coronation Street at 8pm. Available on ITVX.
Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey – BBC One, 7:30pm
The arts series continues with its second episode. Tonight the subject is 82-year-old Eddie Brocklesby, who holds the record as the UK's oldest female Ironman triathlete. Getting the measure of someone that quietly extraordinary is the kind of challenge where portrait painting can actually do something a photograph can't. Bill Bailey guides the process and manages not to make it about himself, which is half the battle. Available on BBC iPlayer.
Great British Menu – BBC Two, 7pm
Northern Ireland judging day for episode 18 of 29. It is judging day, and only one chef can go through to represent Northern Ireland. Tom Kerridge, Lorna McNee and Phil Wang are on judging duties. If you've been following the series, this is a routine but satisfying instalment. If you haven't, the judging episodes are easy to drop into. Available on BBC iPlayer.
A Few Good Men – Film4, 6:20pm
The 1992 courtroom drama gets a Bank Holiday early evening slot, which feels about right. Tom Cruise as the naval lawyer who probably wasn't planning to work this hard, Jack Nicholson as the Marine commander with a gift for self-incrimination. You know the line. You've always known the line. Still a very watchable film regardless.
TV Tonight: Prime Time (8pm onwards)
Beyond Paradise – BBC One, 8pm
Episode 2 of 6. The series 4 run continues with a case that's more psychologically interesting than the usual Devon crime fare: a burglar who breaks into houses and then cleans up after himself. Methodical, considerate, baffling. The twist involves dissociative identity disorder, which pushes Humphrey and Esther into territory that requires more careful handling than a straightforward theft. Kris Marshall and Zahra Ahmadi continue to work well together, and the series is building nicely. Available on BBC iPlayer.
Vera: The Dark Wives – ITV1, 8:30pm
A two-hour Vera special tonight on ITV1, which is a Bank Holiday gift for anyone who finds the series reliably comforting. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates a missing girl whose disappearance is connected to a cluster of ancient standing stones -- which is exactly the sort of setting where Vera's particular brand of dogged, slightly dishevelled detective work feels most at home. Brenda Blethyn brings the same combination of exasperation and warmth she always does. Two hours of it on Good Friday is a reasonable deal. Available on ITVX.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms – Sky Atlantic, 8:20pm (SERIES FINALE)
The Game of Thrones prequel wraps up its first run tonight with episode 6. The series has followed Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg across a Westeros that feels recognisable but not quite the same as the one fans spent years watching. Whether the finale sticks the landing or leaves threads dangling for a second series -- who knows. If you've been following along, tonight's the one to make time for. Available on Now.
Have I Got News for You – BBC One, 9pm
Roy Wood Jr hosts, episode 1 of 10, with Paul Merton and Ian Hislop doing what they always do, which is be effortlessly good at this. Guests are Armando Iannucci -- who probably knows more about how satire works than anyone else in the building -- and journalist Anushka Asthana. Wood Jr and Iannucci in the same episode is the sort of thing HIGNFY gets right when it's bothered. Good Friday news cycle should provide ample material. Available on BBC iPlayer.
The Young Offenders – BBC One, 9:30pm ★
This is the one. The fifth series of the Cork comedy returns tonight on BBC One with Alex Murphy and Chris Walley as Conor and Jock, reunited after Jock's escape from a Colombian prison -- a sentence that will either make complete sense to existing fans or tell you everything you need to know about how far the show has gone. The Young Offenders sits in a very specific tradition of warm, chaotic, technically-criminal Irish comedy, and it has remained consistently funny across its run. Series five is long overdue, and the return of Hilary Rose as Mairead alongside the two leads means the core dynamic is intact. The Irish cultural renaissance argument -- the one that puts this alongside Normal People and The Bear on the shelf of important recent telly -- is a stretch, but it's not entirely wrong either. Just watch it. Available on BBC iPlayer.
Gogglebox – Channel 4, 9pm
Series 27, episode 9. The regulars on their sofas, reacting to the week. Good Friday gives them a slightly unusual week to pick through, but the format is built for exactly this -- the more varied and strange the week, the better the reactions. The Last Leg follows live at 10pm with Josh Pugh, Lorraine Kelly and Steve Bracknall. Available on Channel 4 streaming.
The Green Mile – Film4, 9pm
Frank Darabont's 1999 adaptation of Stephen King's serial novel runs until nearly 1am, which is quite the commitment. Tom Hanks plays a death row prison guard in 1935 Louisiana who encounters a convicted murderer with gifts that don't fit easily into any category available at the time. Nearly four hours long. Never drags. If you're going to stay up past midnight on a Bank Holiday, this is the film to do it for. Rated 15.
TV Guide UK: Late Night
The Claudia Winkleman Show – BBC One, 10:30pm
Claudia Winkleman's late-night talk show tonight has James McAvoy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Rita Wilson and Russell Howard. That's a guest list with enough range to produce at least one interesting conversation. McAvoy in particular tends to be worth listening to on long-running projects and what comes next. Available on BBC iPlayer.
The Wolf of Wall Street – BBC Two, 10pm
Scorsese's three-hour black comedy about Jordan Belfort's rise and spectacular disintegration runs until nearly 1am on BBC Two. Leonardo DiCaprio doing the most acting he's ever done in a single film, Margot Robbie stealing every scene she's in, Jonah Hill chewing scenery like it owes him money. If you haven't seen it, Bank Holiday weekend is the time. If you have, some films genuinely do hold up to a second viewing and this is one of them. Rated 18. Available on BBC iPlayer.
The Cure at the BBC – BBC Four, 9:10pm
A documentary celebrating The Cure's long relationship with the BBC, followed at 10:10pm by The Cure: Radio 2 in Concert featuring Songs of a Lost World. For anyone who considers themselves a Cure fan, this is a properly good BBC Four double bill. The concert recording particularly -- the Songs of a Lost World album has been the band's most significant work in decades.
Sport
Snooker: Tour Championship Semi Finals -- Channel 5, from 6:45pm until 10pm. Live from Manchester Central. Good Friday snooker is a Bank Holiday institution.
Football: Coventry City v Derby County -- Sky Sports Main Event, 7:30pm. Championship fixture.
Football: Middlesbrough v Millwall -- Sky Sports Football, 12pm. Championship.
Football: Oxford v Hull -- Sky Sports Football, 2:45pm. Championship.
Rugby League: St Helens v Wigan Warriors -- Sky Sports Main Event, 2:45pm. Super League.
Golf: Valero Texas Open -- Sky Sports Golf, from 1:15pm.
Tonight's TV Listings: Full Schedule
Here are the complete tv listings for Good Friday 3rd April 2026 across all major Freeview, Sky and streaming channels.
| Time | Channel | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 6:20pm | Film4 | A Few Good Men (1992 film) |
| 6:30pm | ITV1 | The Chase Celebrity Special |
| 6:45pm | Channel 5 | Live Snooker: Tour Championship Semi Finals |
| 7:00pm | BBC Two | Great British Menu (ep 18) |
| 7:00pm | Channel 4 | Channel 4 News |
| 7:00pm | BBC One | The One Show |
| 7:30pm | ITV1 | Emmerdale |
| 7:30pm | BBC One | Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey |
| 7:35pm | Sky Atlantic | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (ep 5) |
| 8:00pm | BBC One | Beyond Paradise (ep 2) |
| 8:00pm | BBC Two | Gardeners' World |
| 8:00pm | Channel 4 | Inside Cadbury: Chocolate Secrets Unwrapped |
| 8:00pm | ITV1 | Coronation Street |
| 8:20pm | Sky Atlantic | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (SERIES FINALE, ep 6) |
| 8:30pm | ITV1 | Vera: The Dark Wives (2-hour special) |
| 9:00pm | BBC One | Have I Got News for You (ep 1) |
| 9:00pm | BBC Two | Big Cats 24/7 (ep 5) |
| 9:00pm | Channel 4 | Gogglebox (S27 ep 9) |
| 9:00pm | Film4 | The Green Mile (1999 film, until 00:45) |
| 9:00pm | Sky Max | Rob Beckett: Giraffe (NEW) |
| 9:00pm | More4 | Blanca (NEW SERIES) |
| 9:00pm | Dave | QI XL (University) |
| 9:10pm | BBC Four | The Cure at the BBC (documentary) |
| 9:30pm | BBC One | The Young Offenders (NEW SERIES, ep 1) ★ |
| 10:00pm | BBC Two | The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film, until 00:50) |
| 10:00pm | Channel 4 | The Last Leg (S34 ep 10, live) |
| 10:10pm | BBC Four | The Cure: Radio 2 in Concert |
| 10:30pm | BBC One | The Claudia Winkleman Show |
| 11:30pm | BBC Four | 6 Music Festival (Bloc Party, Courtney Barnett, Yard Act) |
Freeview TV Guide: What's On Streaming
Can't watch live? The freeview tv guide has catch-up covered across all the major platforms. Browse the now and next guide for what's on right this moment, or check the channels list for everything available.
BBC iPlayer: The Young Offenders (new series), Beyond Paradise, Have I Got News for You, Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey, Gardeners' World, Big Cats 24/7, The Claudia Winkleman Show, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Cure at the BBC
ITVX: Vera: The Dark Wives, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, The Chase Celebrity Special
Channel 4 streaming: Inside Cadbury: Chocolate Secrets Unwrapped, Gogglebox, The Last Leg, Blanca (More4)
Now: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms finale (Sky Atlantic), Rob Beckett: Giraffe (Sky Max)
Frequently Asked Questions
Is EastEnders on TV tonight, Good Friday 3rd April 2026?
EastEnders is not on tonight. Good Friday scheduling has displaced the soap from its usual BBC One slot, with Beyond Paradise and The Young Offenders taking the prime-time hours. You can catch up on recent episodes via BBC iPlayer.
What time is The Young Offenders on BBC One tonight?
The Young Offenders returns for its fifth series tonight on BBC One at 9:30pm. Episode 1 follows Conor and Jock's reunion after Jock's escape from a Colombian prison. Available to stream on BBC iPlayer immediately after broadcast.
What time is Vera on ITV1 tonight?
Vera: The Dark Wives is a two-hour special on ITV1 tonight from 8:30pm. It runs until approximately 10:30pm. Available on ITVX.
What time is the A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms finale on Sky Atlantic?
The series finale of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms airs on Sky Atlantic at 8:20pm tonight. It is episode 6 and concludes the first series of the Game of Thrones prequel. Available via Now.
What time is Gogglebox on Channel 4 tonight?
Gogglebox is on Channel 4 at 9pm tonight -- series 27, episode 9. The Last Leg follows live at 10pm with Josh Pugh, Lorraine Kelly and Steve Bracknall.
What's the best thing to watch on TV tonight?
The Young Offenders returning for a fifth series at 9:30pm on BBC One is the standout pick of Good Friday night. Before that, Beyond Paradise at 8pm and Have I Got News for You at 9pm keep BBC One strong all evening. On ITV1, Vera's two-hour special from 8:30pm is the drama pick. And if you want a film, The Green Mile on Film4 from 9pm is nearly four hours of genuine quality.
TV Guide UK: Final Verdict
Good Friday's tv guide is better than Bank Holidays usually manage. BBC One has stacked its evening well: Beyond Paradise at 8pm, Have I Got News for You with an excellent guest lineup at 9pm, and The Young Offenders arriving at 9:30pm for a fifth series that fans have been waiting for. That's a solid four-hour run without leaving the sofa or touching the remote.
ITV1 counters with Vera doing what Vera does across two hours from 8:30pm. Sky Atlantic closes out the A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms first series. And if you want to stay up very late, The Wolf of Wall Street on BBC Two from 10pm and The Green Mile on Film4 from 9pm are both films that reward the effort.
Browse the full channels list, check what's on right now, or see the tonight highlights for a live summary of the evening.