Sunday night's got a properly strong lineup in our TV guide for tonight. BBC One builds from MasterChef through Call the Midwife to the second episode of Lord of the Flies, ITV counters with its new spy drama Betrayal, and there's a huge afternoon of sport with Six Nations rugby and the FA Cup. Whether you're browsing the Freeview TV guide or flicking through Sky, there's no shortage of quality across the TV listings tonight. If you've got nothing planned, the sofa is calling.
What's On TV Tonight: Quick Picks
- Lord of the Flies -- BBC One, 9pm -- Episode 2 of the gripping new drama adaptation
- Call the Midwife -- BBC One, 8pm -- Trixie goes to the wrestling
- Betrayal -- ITV1, 9pm -- Shaun Evans stars in taut espionage thriller
- The Great Pottery Throw Down -- Channel 4, 7:50pm -- Floral ceramics and Keith's tears
- Yellowjackets -- ITV1, 10:15pm -- Christina Ricci in the acclaimed US thriller
- Gisele Pelicot: The Newsnight Interview -- BBC Two, 10pm -- A powerful and important interview
Is EastEnders on tonight?
No. EastEnders doesn't air on Sundays -- the soap runs Monday to Thursday on BBC One. If you've fallen behind during the week, everything's on BBC iPlayer ready to go.
TV Guide: Early Evening
MasterChef The Professionals -- BBC One, 7pm
The quarter-finals are underway, and this opening round sees the first batch of professional chefs thrown into the deep end with an invention test built around king prawns. After that, they'll need to pull together a two-course meal for the critics' table, where Tom Parker Bowles, Leyla Kazim and Jimi Famurewa will be waiting with sharpened pencils. Guest tester tonight is 2020 finalist Philli Armitage-Mattin. It's early days in the competition, but the quarter-final stage is where you start to see who's got genuine ambition and who's just been cooking nicely.
Weight Loss Scams: Don't Get Caught Out -- Channel 5, 7pm
Alexis Conran is one of those presenters who genuinely seems furious about what he's uncovering, which makes these consumer investigation shows far more watchable than they've any right to be. Tonight he's tackling the murky world of quick-fix weight loss products -- the kind of scams that don't just empty your wallet but can genuinely put your health at risk. There's a segment on fraudsters selling fake cancer treatments that's particularly grim viewing.
The Great Pottery Throw Down -- Channel 4, 7:50pm
The remaining potters are tasked with creating floral posies and vases this week, which sounds gentle enough until the surprise embellishment round arrives and throws everyone off. Guest judge Jo Taylor joins Keith Brymer Jones at the judging table, and her skill with embellishment techniques is genuinely mesmerising to watch. And yes, Keith will cry. He always cries. That's why we love him.
TV Tonight: Prime Time (8pm onwards)
Call the Midwife -- BBC One, 8pm
Episode six of eight, and there's a lot packed in here. The team are helping a young father come to terms with a life-threatening diagnosis, which is the kind of storyline Call the Midwife handles with devastating tenderness. Meanwhile, Trixie ventures into the world of women's wrestling -- not a sentence you'd expect from a period drama set in 1960s Poplar, but Helen George pulls it off. She uncovers a mystery illness in one of the wrestlers, and as you'd expect from this show, it becomes about far more than just the medical issue. The spectre of Nonnatus House shutting its doors hangs over everything, and the anxiety about what happens to the staff if it closes is palpable.
Eurovision Classical Concerts: Cologne -- BBC Four, 8pm
If you're after something a bit different tonight, BBC Four has this rather lovely offering -- a concert from the Cologne Philharmonic featuring the WDR Symphony Orchestra. British conductor Nicholas Collon takes the podium alongside Marie Jacquot, who made history as the first female conductor to lead this orchestra. The programme includes Lyadov's The Enchanted Lake, which is gorgeous, ethereal stuff, followed by Stravinsky's Petrushka -- the revolutionary 1911 ballet score that still sounds like nothing else. Proper Sunday evening culture.
Lord of the Flies -- BBC One, 9pm ⭐
This is the one tonight. Jack Thorne's adaptation of William Golding's novel continues with its second episode, and the cracks between the boys are widening fast. Jack, played with a compelling mix of swagger and insecurity by Lox Pratt, becomes fixated on killing a pig, and in doing so neglects other duties -- most critically, he lets the signal fire go out just as potential rescue comes into view. It's a sickening moment. Flashbacks fill in the pain behind Jack's bravado, particularly around his father's indifference, and the boys return to camp bloodied and wearing contents of a suitcase salvaged from the wreckage. David McKenna's Piggy and Winston Sawyers' Ralph hold the moral centre, but you can feel the gravitational pull towards chaos. All four episodes are on iPlayer if you'd rather binge.
Betrayal -- ITV1, 9pm
Shaun Evans -- best known as the young Morse in Endeavour -- stars as spy John Hughes in ITV's new espionage drama. Tonight, John's pursuit of an elusive Iranian general draws him deeper into a world where professional duty and personal life can't coexist. Zahra Ahmadi plays Mehreen, and Romola Garai brings considerable weight as Claire, his wife who's starting to question everything. The full series is already sitting on ITVX for the impatient, but it benefits from weekly viewing. The tension around whether John's career or his marriage can survive only ratchets up from here.
Secret Genius -- Channel 4, 9pm
Alan Carr and Susie Dent host the final heat of this quiz show built around the premise that brilliance hides in ordinary people. Twelve more contestants face a dizzying anagram challenge and a clever twist on Guess Who. It's the sort of show that makes you feel both incredibly clever and profoundly stupid in the space of about ten minutes, and Carr's energy keeps it bouncing along nicely.
TV Guide UK: Late Night
Gisele Pelicot: The Newsnight Interview -- BBC Two, 10pm
An exclusive UK interview that demands your attention. Victoria Derbyshire sits down with Gisele Pelicot in Paris to discuss the mass rape case that horrified France and sent shockwaves around the world. Pelicot's decision to waive her anonymity and insist on an open trial turned her into a symbol of courage for millions. She's spoken about being "crushed by horror" at discovering what her husband had done, and revealed that Queen Camilla sent her a personal letter of support. It's not easy viewing, but it's profoundly important television.
Yellowjackets -- ITV1, 10:15pm
If you missed this on streaming, here's your chance. The acclaimed US drama about a girls' football team whose plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness in 1996 finally lands on free-to-air telly, with ITV showing the first two episodes tonight (the second follows at 11:20pm). All three existing seasons are available on ITV. Christina Ricci is brilliantly unhinged as the adult version of Misty, and the dual-timeline structure -- teenage survival horror meets middle-aged suburban secrets -- works far better than it has any right to. Often described as a female Lord of the Flies, which makes tonight's scheduling rather fitting.
Sport
Six Nations Rugby: Wales v France, kick-off 3:10pm on BBC One (coverage from 2:30pm). France are the defending champions.
FA Cup Fourth Round: Arsenal v Wigan Athletic, kick-off 4:30pm on TNT Sports 1 (coverage from 4pm). Arsenal chasing a 15th FA Cup as 2013 winners Wigan visit the Emirates.
Winter Olympics 2026: Day 9 of the Milano Cortina Games across BBC Two (from 8am) and BBC One (from 6pm), featuring monobob and snowboard cross.
Cricket: ICC Men's T20 World Cup -- India v Pakistan from Colombo at 1pm on Sky Sports Cricket.
MOTD: FA Cup Highlights: 10:30pm on BBC One.
Tonight's TV Listings: Full Schedule
| Time | Channel | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | BBC Two | Winter Olympics 2026 Day 9 |
| 12:40pm | ITV1 | Julia Bradbury's Wonders of the Frozen South (new series) |
| 1:00pm | Sky Sports Cricket | Cricket: T20 World Cup -- India v Pakistan |
| 1:00pm | BBC Two | Winter Olympics 2026 |
| 2:30pm | BBC One | Six Nations: Wales v France (KO 3:10pm) |
| 4:00pm | TNT Sports 1 | FA Cup: Arsenal v Wigan Athletic (KO 4:30pm) |
| 6:00pm | BBC One | Winter Olympics 2026 |
| 7:00pm | BBC One | MasterChef The Professionals |
| 7:00pm | Channel 5 | Weight Loss Scams: Don't Get Caught Out |
| 7:00pm | Alibi | Murdoch Mysteries |
| 7:50pm | Channel 4 | The Great Pottery Throw Down |
| 8:00pm | BBC One | Call the Midwife |
| 8:00pm | BBC Four | Eurovision Classical Concerts: Cologne |
| 9:00pm | BBC One | Lord of the Flies |
| 9:00pm | ITV1 | Betrayal |
| 9:00pm | Channel 4 | Secret Genius |
| 9:00pm | TLC | Mock the Week |
| 10:00pm | BBC Two | Gisele Pelicot: The Newsnight Interview |
| 10:15pm | ITV1 | Yellowjackets (ep 1) |
| 10:30pm | BBC One | MOTD: FA Cup Highlights |
| 11:20pm | ITV1 | Yellowjackets (ep 2) |
Freeview TV Guide: What's On Streaming
BBC iPlayer: Lord of the Flies (all four episodes), Call the Midwife, MasterChef The Professionals, Eurovision Classical Concerts, Winter Olympics (full coverage), Gisele Pelicot interview ITVX: Betrayal (full series), Yellowjackets (all three seasons), Six Nations highlights Channel 4 streaming: The Great Pottery Throw Down, Secret Genius Channel 5 streaming: Weight Loss Scams: Don't Get Caught Out
Frequently Asked Questions
What time is Lord of the Flies on TV tonight?
Lord of the Flies episode 2 is on BBC One at 9pm tonight (Sunday 15th February 2026). All four episodes are available on BBC iPlayer. The series stars Lox Pratt as Jack and David McKenna as Piggy.
What time is Call the Midwife on tonight?
Call the Midwife is on BBC One at 8pm tonight (Sunday 15th February 2026). This is episode 6 of 8, featuring a young father facing a life-threatening diagnosis and Trixie uncovering a mystery illness in the world of women's wrestling.
Is EastEnders on TV tonight?
No, EastEnders is not on tonight. The soap airs Monday to Thursday on BBC One and is not scheduled on Sundays. Catch up on recent episodes via BBC iPlayer.
What's the best thing to watch on TV tonight?
Our top pick is Lord of the Flies on BBC One at 9pm -- the gripping new BBC drama adaptation of William Golding's novel. Call the Midwife at 8pm and Betrayal on ITV1 at 9pm are also excellent choices.
What sport is on TV tonight?
Six Nations rugby with Wales v France at 3:10pm on BBC One. FA Cup fourth round with Arsenal v Wigan at 4:30pm on TNT Sports. Winter Olympics Day 9 across BBC Two and BBC One. Cricket T20 World Cup India v Pakistan at 1pm on Sky Sports.
What time is Yellowjackets on ITV tonight?
Yellowjackets starts on ITV1 at 10:15pm tonight with the first episode, followed by episode 2 at 11:20pm. All three seasons are available on ITV. Christina Ricci stars as adult Misty.
TV Guide UK: Final Verdict
Lord of the Flies at 9pm on BBC One is the standout tonight -- Jack Thorne's adaptation is building something genuinely powerful, and Lox Pratt's Jack is a character you won't be able to look away from. Before that, Call the Midwife at 8pm delivers its usual blend of warmth and worry, while over on ITV, Betrayal offers a slow-burn spy thriller for those who prefer their Sunday nights with a bit of tension. Late-night viewers should make time for the Gisele Pelicot interview on BBC Two at 10pm -- courageous, important television -- and Yellowjackets on ITV at 10:15pm is an absolute treat if you haven't seen it before. A properly packed Sunday.