Monday night is absolutely stacked, and our TV guide for tonight reflects one of those rare evenings where every channel has brought something worth watching. The soaps are in fine form, there's a genuinely intriguing new thriller launching on Channel 5, a spy drama wrapping up on ITV, and Death in Paradise has been bumped from its usual Friday slot to tonight's schedule. Browse the TV listings below or check your Freeview TV guide -- you're going to need more than one screen to get through this lot.
What's On TV Tonight: Quick Picks
- The Curfew -- Channel 5, 9pm -- Brand new dystopian thriller with Sarah Parish
- Betrayal -- ITV1, 9pm -- Series finale of the Shaun Evans spy drama
- Death in Paradise -- BBC One, 9pm -- Mervin Wilson and a missing Dickens novel
- EastEnders -- BBC One, 7.30pm -- Anthony Trueman's funeral in Walford
- Would I Lie to You? -- BBC One, 8.30pm -- Jason Isaacs and Richard Osman join the panel
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms -- Sky Atlantic, 9pm -- Dunk's Trial of Seven kicks off
Is EastEnders on tonight?
Yes. EastEnders is on BBC One at 7.30pm tonight. It's a significant episode -- Albert Square gathers for the funeral of Anthony Trueman, who was violently killed on Christmas Day. His daughter Jasmine has been identified as the person responsible and is tracked down and returned to Walford, where she'll have to face Chrissie, the manipulative figure who was initially the prime suspect. There are plenty of unanswered questions about what drove Jasmine to do it and what Anthony had become in those final months. Expect a tense half-hour.
TV Guide: Early Evening (7.30pm -- 8.30pm)
EastEnders -- BBC One, 7.30pm
The Square says goodbye to Anthony Trueman tonight, though the man being buried bore little resemblance to the softly spoken doctor viewers knew in earlier years. Anthony underwent such a dramatic personality shift that some in the community still struggle to reconcile the two versions of him. His killer -- his own daughter Jasmine -- has been on the run since the Christmas Day incident, but she's been found and brought back to face the music. Specifically, she's brought back to face Chrissie, who spent weeks under suspicion herself. This is an episode about consequences and confrontation, and given the number of secrets still circling this storyline, it feels like the start of something rather than the end.
Framed for Murder? -- Panorama -- BBC One, 8pm
Panorama examines the deeply troubling case of a man who has now spent 23 years behind bars on what the programme argues is doubtful evidence. These wrongful conviction investigations are some of Panorama's strongest work, and this one sounds particularly grim. Regional scheduling note: it's on at 8.30pm in Northern Ireland and 10.40pm in Wales.
TV Tonight: Prime Time (8.30pm onwards)
Would I Lie to You? -- BBC One, 8.30pm
This one was supposed to air last week but got shunted aside by sport scheduling, so we're getting two episodes this week to make up for it. And what an episode to come back with. Jason Isaacs joins the panel and immediately starts dropping outrageously entertaining showbiz anecdotes -- at one point he interrupts what might be a lie with a completely separate story about a sleazy military figure, which is the sort of chaotic energy this show thrives on. David Mitchell, meanwhile, gets handed the results of a Beano personality quiz that apparently declared him "Captain Boring," and his response is the kind of indignant, beautifully articulated rant that reminds you why he's one of the funniest people on television. Richard Osman rounds out the guest lineup, and the sparring between him and Isaacs gets properly competitive. Gbemisola Ikumelo and Hannah Cockroft complete the panel.
Coronation Street -- ITV1, 8.30pm
The soaps have been in a real arms race lately when it comes to experimental storytelling, and tonight Corrie throws its hat in the ring with a flashforward episode. We jump ahead several weeks to April, where a visibly shaken Betsy is sitting in a police interview room being grilled about discovering a dead body. Then we snap back to the present day, and the show plants the seeds for five different characters who could plausibly end up as the victim. The usual suspects are in the frame -- Theo with his abusive behaviour, Megan and her predatory streak, Carl and his web of lies -- but the show also cheekily floats the possibility that someone's had enough of Tracy's endless barbs. It's a bold structural gamble for a soap that usually plays things more conventionally, and it works.
The Curfew -- Channel 5, 9pm ⭐
This is the one to watch tonight. Channel 5 launches a genuinely ambitious six-part thriller adapted from Jayne Cowie's novel After Dark. The setup is provocative: in this version of Britain, all men are fitted with electronic tags and must remain indoors during nighttime hours. So when a woman's brutally beaten body turns up outside a Women's Safety Centre, investigating officer Pamela Green -- played with steely authority by Sarah Parish -- has an immediate problem. If every man in the country was accounted for during curfew, then who did this? The cast is stacked with recognisable faces. Mandip Gill is in there, as is former EastEnders regular Lucy Benjamin, Alexandra Burke in what's being billed as her first proper television acting role, and Anita Dobson running a refuge-style house for women who choose to live separately from men. The whole series dropped on Channel 5's streaming service today, and episode two follows tomorrow night at 10pm. Whether the central concept holds up across six episodes is the big question, but this opening hour is properly gripping.
Betrayal -- ITV1, 9pm
The finale of ITV's four-part spy thriller, and it's been building to this. Shaun Evans has been terrific throughout as John, a man whose professional life in espionage has slowly poisoned everything personal. The whole series has circled around the impossibility of keeping work at arm's length when you're married, and tonight those walls come tumbling down for good. His wife Claire, played by Romola Garai with a mixture of fury and bewilderment, finds herself dragged into situations she never anticipated. When loved ones start being used as bargaining chips, the stakes stop being abstract and become painfully human. The full series is already sitting on ITVX for anyone who wants to go back and catch the whole thing.
Death in Paradise -- BBC One, 9pm
Moved from its regular Friday evening slot this week -- so don't go looking for it at the end of the working week -- Death in Paradise turns up on Monday instead. Don Gilet's wonderfully reluctant DI Mervin Wilson is having a characteristically difficult time. The Commissioner wants a community outreach scheme and team photo. Mervin wants neither. Instead of posing for pictures, he'd rather scowl his way through a murder investigation involving a British expat and a mysteriously vanished copy of Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities. There's another case coming on Friday too, so this is a double-dose week for the show. All the sunshine and charm you'd expect, with Mervin's perpetual grumpiness providing the perfect counterbalance.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms -- Sky Atlantic, 9pm
The Game of Thrones prequel based on George R.R. Martin's Dunk and Egg stories reaches its most action-packed episode yet. Ser Duncan the Tall's Trial of Seven gets underway, and it's a messy, vicious affair -- less noble jousting, more desperate brawling in the dirt as Dunk fights to survive against Prince Aerion. The series has been a slower burn than some Thrones fans might have wanted, but this episode delivers the kind of gritty spectacle that made the original show such a phenomenon. Between the combat sequences, there are flashbacks to Dunk's harsh upbringing that give emotional weight to what could have been a straightforward fight scene. Also available from 3am on Sky and NOW if you can't wait.
TV Guide UK: Late Night
Small Prophets -- BBC Two, 10pm
Mackenzie Crook's new sitcom is one of those shows that creeps up on you. Nothing about it shouts for your attention, and that's precisely why it works. Pearce Quigley is wonderful as Michael Sleep, a man pottering through life at his own gentle pace while wrestling with something far stranger beneath the surface -- specifically, his father's tale about tiny prophetic creatures. Tonight, Michael and his mates have a conversation about a fictional reality show called Celebrity Barrel Scrapers, which is the kind of beautifully observed absurdity that Crook specialises in. The full series is on iPlayer.
Industry -- BBC One, 10.40pm
If you've been following Industry this season and have resisted the temptation to binge ahead on iPlayer, tonight is your reward. This feels like the episode everything has been building towards. Harper finally decides to blow the lid off the Tender scandal -- the dodgy payment app whose share price she's shorted -- and every storyline simultaneously reaches boiling point. Max Minghella brings a quiet menace to the tech boss at the centre of it all, playing him with just enough restraint that he feels genuinely dangerous rather than cartoonishly evil. Ken Leung matches him beat for beat as the veteran financier Eric, who's been one of the show's most compelling characters since the beginning. A proper television event masquerading as a late-night slot.
What We Do in the Shadows -- BBC Two, 11pm
A double bill to close out the evening, and if you're a fan, this is a big one. The penultimate episode sees the vampires attending an office party, which is exactly the sort of mundane setting this show excels at making absurd. And then the series finale arrives at 11.25pm, in which the documentary crew that has been following these ridiculous vampires around finally packs up and goes home. It's the end of an era for one of the most consistently funny comedies of recent years.
Sport
Winter Olympics 2026: Day 10 of the Milano Cortina Games from 8am on BBC One, then BBC Two from 1pm (also on TNT Sports). Medal events today include women's freeski big air, men's alpine slalom, pairs figure skating and women's monobob.
Cricket: Men's T20 World Cup: England v Italy, 9am on Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket. Group C game from Kolkata.
FA Cup Fourth Round: Macclesfield FC v Brentford, coverage from 6.30pm with kick-off at 7.30pm on TNT Sports 1. The magic of the cup as non-league Macclesfield host Premier League Brentford.
Championship Football: Coventry v Middlesbrough, coverage from 7pm with kick-off at 8pm on Sky Sports Main Event/Football. A potentially pivotal clash between two promotion contenders.
Tonight's TV Listings: Full Schedule
| Time | Channel | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | BBC One | Winter Olympics 2026 Day 10 |
| 9:00am | Sky Sports Cricket | Cricket: T20 World Cup -- England v Italy |
| 1:00pm | BBC Two | Winter Olympics 2026 |
| 6:30pm | TNT Sports 1 | FA Cup: Macclesfield FC v Brentford (KO 7:30pm) |
| 7:00pm | Sky Sports Football | Championship: Coventry v Middlesbrough (KO 8pm) |
| 7:30pm | BBC One | EastEnders |
| 8:00pm | BBC One | Framed for Murder? -- Panorama |
| 8:30pm | BBC One | Would I Lie to You? |
| 8:30pm | ITV1 | Coronation Street |
| 9:00pm | ITV1 | Betrayal (series finale) |
| 9:00pm | Channel 5 | The Curfew (new series) |
| 9:00pm | BBC One | Death in Paradise |
| 9:00pm | Sky Atlantic | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms |
| 9:00pm | BBC Four | Space Season: The End of the Solar System |
| 9:00pm | BBC Three | The Traitors Ireland |
| 10:00pm | BBC Two | Small Prophets |
| 10:00pm | BBC Four | The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey |
| 10:40pm | BBC One | Industry |
| 11:00pm | BBC Two | What We Do in the Shadows |
| 11:25pm | BBC Two | What We Do in the Shadows (series finale) |
Freeview TV Guide: What's On Streaming
BBC iPlayer: Death in Paradise, EastEnders, Would I Lie to You, Industry, Small Prophets (full series), What We Do in the Shadows, The Traitors Ireland, Winter Olympics (full coverage), Space Season documentaries ITVX: Betrayal (full series), Coronation Street Channel 5 streaming: The Curfew (full series boxset) NOW/Sky: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (from 3am Mondays)
Frequently Asked Questions
What time is EastEnders on TV tonight?
EastEnders is on BBC One at 7.30pm tonight (Monday 16th February 2026). Tonight's episode covers Anthony Trueman's funeral, with Jasmine brought back to Walford to face questions about his Christmas Day murder.
What time is Betrayal on ITV tonight?
Betrayal airs its series finale on ITV1 at 9pm tonight (Monday 16th February 2026). Shaun Evans and Romola Garai star in the four-part spy thriller. The full series is available on ITVX.
What's the best thing to watch on TV tonight?
Our top pick is The Curfew on Channel 5 at 9pm -- a gripping new six-part thriller starring Sarah Parish in a dystopian Britain where men are electronically tagged. Death in Paradise on BBC One at 9pm and the Betrayal finale on ITV1 at 9pm are also strong choices.
What time is Death in Paradise on tonight?
Death in Paradise is on BBC One at 9pm tonight (Monday 16th February 2026), moved from its usual Friday slot this week due to scheduling changes. Don Gilet stars as DI Mervin Wilson investigating a murder involving a missing copy of Dickens.
What's on BBC One tonight?
BBC One's highlights tonight include EastEnders at 7.30pm, Panorama at 8pm, Would I Lie to You at 8.30pm with Jason Isaacs and Richard Osman, Death in Paradise at 9pm and Industry at 10.40pm.
Is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms on tonight?
Yes, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is on Sky Atlantic at 9pm tonight. It is also available early from 3am on Sky and NOW. This episode features Ser Duncan the Tall's Trial of Seven.
TV Guide UK: Final Verdict
The Curfew on Channel 5 at 9pm is our pick of the night -- a bold, provocative new thriller with a terrific cast led by Sarah Parish. It's the kind of show that grabs you with its premise and then has to prove it can back it up, and on tonight's evidence, it can. At the same time on ITV, Betrayal wraps up its four-part run with a finale that delivers real emotional punch, as Shaun Evans's spy finally runs out of compartments to hide in. Death in Paradise at 9pm on BBC One is reliably entertaining viewing, especially with Mervin's aversion to community outreach providing plenty of laughs alongside the murder mystery.
Earlier in the evening, EastEnders at 7.30pm delivers one of those pivotal episodes that sets up months of storyline, and Would I Lie to You? at 8.30pm is a proper treat with Jason Isaacs and Richard Osman on cracking form. For the night owls, Industry at 10.40pm on BBC One is unmissable if you've been keeping up with the season -- it's the big one. A seriously strong Monday.