What's on TV tonight? Tuesday 12th May 2026 is the night Eurovision arrives for its 70th anniversary opening act, and the schedule has arranged itself accordingly. BBC One clears its 8pm slot -- and hands it to Vienna. BBC Two inherits Interior Design Masters. ITV1 runs its soaps without interruption. And late at night, Richard Gadd brings episode 4 of Half Man to BBC One at approximately 10.55pm, Eurovision permitting. There is also a Championship play-off semi-final at St Mary's, a comedy escape room series launching on U&Dave, Munya Chawawa getting into a wrestling ring on Channel 4, and Boy George performing for San Marino from the Wiener Stadthalle. Tuesday has not played it safe. Check what's on right now for live updates, see tonight's highlights, or browse the full channels list for coverage of BBC One, ITV1, and Channel 4.
What's On TV Tonight: Quick Picks
- Eurovision Song Contest SF1 ⭐ -- BBC One, 8pm -- LIVE from Vienna; 70th anniversary; 15 countries compete; Boy George + Senhit for San Marino ("Superstar"); Rylan Clark + Angela Scanlon; five-nation boycott; 10 qualify for Saturday's Grand Final
- Half Man ⭐ -- BBC One, c.10.55pm (11.25pm NI) -- Ep 4/6; Richard Gadd drama; Alby (Charlie de Melo) refuses to call police at his own wedding; on iPlayer from Fri 15 May
- The Way Out ⭐ -- U&Dave, 9pm -- NEW SERIES Ep 1/4; Mel Giedroyc hosts comedy escape room; Ed Gamble vs Nish Kumar; Chloe Petts, Lou Sanders, Amy Annette, David O'Doherty
- Wrestling with Trump -- Channel 4, 10pm -- Munya Chawawa; 47 mins; WWE meets MAGA; Brutus Beefcake + Sam Nunberg; Chawawa gets in the ring
- "Berlusconi: Condemned to Win" -- BBC Four, 10pm -- PART 2 OF 3 (not the finale); AC Milan's European peak; football becomes a political launchpad
- Southampton v Middlesbrough -- Sky Sports Main Event/Football, k/o 8pm -- Championship play-off SF2 2nd leg at St Mary's; Wembley place at stake
See what's on right now for live updates.
TV Guide: Morning and Afternoon
Giro d'Italia Stage 4 -- TNT Sports 1, 12 noon
Stage 4 goes from Catanzaro to Cosenza -- 138km with a meaningful climb in it, not the flat sprinter's day the first two stages provided. The Cozzo Tunno ascent (14.4km at 5.9%) comes before a long descent into the Crati plain and a slight uphill finish into Cosenza's city centre. Live coverage on TNT Sports 1 from 12 noon. If you need context for where the race stands, Stage 3 will have been the previous day's talking point.
IPL Cricket: Gujarat Titans v Sunrisers Hyderabad -- Sky Sports Cricket, from 2.50pm
Match 56 of 84. Gujarat Titans host Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad -- which, with 132,000 capacity, is the largest cricket ground on the planet. A late-group-stage fixture with play-off qualification calculations running underneath it. Sky Sports Cricket carries the match from 2.50pm BST; Sky Sports Main Event coverage begins at 3pm. (19:30 IST local start.) Check the Sky Sports Cricket schedule for the exact build-up time.
TV Guide: Early Evening (7pm -- 8pm)
EastEnders -- BBC One, 7.30pm
Bea Pollard is running out of road. The credit card fraud she has been conducting in Honey Mitchell's name is unravelling, and two things are now in motion: Ian Beale is anxious that any police involvement could damage his position on the Walford council, and Billy Mitchell has found out what Bea has been doing. The Tuesday episode sits at the heart of the week's arc for this storyline. On BBC One at 7.30pm, available on BBC iPlayer.
TV Tonight: Prime Time (8pm onwards)
Eurovision Song Contest 2026 -- Semi-Final 1 ⭐ -- BBC One, 8pm (LIVE from Vienna)
Seventy years in, and the contest still produces television nobody else would attempt.
Tonight's first semi-final goes out live from the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, with fifteen countries competing for ten places in Saturday's Grand Final. Austria won last year's contest and took the hosting rights; ORF chose the Wiener Stadthalle, a 16,000-capacity venue in the west of the city, and announced Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski as hosts for all three live shows. Swarovski is the Austrian TV presenter and crystal heiress known internationally from Let's Dance; Ostrowski is a Romy Award-winning Austrian actor and host whose combination with Swarovski has been described by ORF as "Vienna wit with European reach," which is roughly what you want.
The BBC's coverage is presented by Rylan Clark and Angela Scanlon on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Clark is the best Eurovision commentator British television has produced in twenty years -- that verdict has solidified across the past three contests and is not up for revision. Scanlon brings a genuine enthusiasm for the contest that the UK has not always matched on screen. Sara Cox is on BBC Radio 2 with live commentary from 8pm if you prefer your Eurovision without pictures.
The running order tonight (15 competing countries, plus Germany and Italy as non-competing automatic qualifiers):
Moldova opens. Sweden, Croatia, Greece, and Portugal follow. Georgia goes sixth. Italy perform seventh -- as an automatic qualifier, they are on stage but not in the vote. Finland, Montenegro, Estonia, and Israel complete the first half. Germany appear in the twelfth slot, also as a non-competing qualifier. Belgium, Lithuania, San Marino, Poland, and Serbia close the show.
San Marino: Senhit feat. Boy George -- "Superstar"
San Marino perform in position fifteen. Senhit -- the Italian-Eritrean singer based in Sweden, who has represented the microstate at Eurovision four times now, including the beloved "Adrenalina" with Flo Rida in 2021 -- returns with a song called "Superstar" and an unexpected collaborator: Boy George, performing alongside her on stage in Vienna. The Eurovision stage team has confirmed a "big prop and big reveal" for the performance. George is British, 64 years old, and the decision to give him to San Marino rather than the UK is the contest in a single sentence.
The boycott
Five countries are not competing tonight, or at all. Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, and the Netherlands have withdrawn from Eurovision 2026 in protest at Israel's continued inclusion. It is the largest Eurovision boycott since 1970. Spain and Ireland will not broadcast the contest at all; Iceland and the Netherlands plan to air it despite not competing. Israel compete tonight in position eleven -- Noam Bettan, song "Michelle."
The UK entry -- Look Mum No Computer, real name Sam Battle, song "Eins, Zwei, Drei" -- does not perform tonight. As a Big Five automatic qualifier, the UK goes straight to the Grand Final. Sam Battle performs in Semi-Final 2 on Thursday 14 May before competing in Saturday's Final.
Ten countries advance from tonight's fifteen. The results are announced at the end of the show, following professional jury votes and public televoting. The Grand Final is Saturday 16 May on BBC One.
On BBC One from 8pm. Also live on BBC iPlayer. BBC Radio 2 from 8pm.
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr -- BBC Two, 8pm
Note the channel this week: Interior Design Masters moves to BBC Two tonight to clear BBC One for Eurovision, and the schedule change is worth stating plainly so you do not spend five minutes looking for it on the wrong service.
Episode 4 of 8, and the brief is a long way from the beach huts and hotel lobbies of earlier series. Six designers are given the mess decks at Royal Navy Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset -- the working spaces where sailors decompress and spend their off-duty hours -- and asked to transform them into something that actually helps morale. The explicit instruction from the sailors themselves: no helicopter motifs, no Top Gun references. They have spent enough time near aircraft. They want somewhere to relax.
Guest judge is Dame Kelly Holmes, whose authority here is more specific than it first appears. Before winning gold in the 800m and 1500m at Athens 2004, Holmes served in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals. She knows what a forces rest space should do. Michelle Ogundehin judges alongside her; Alan Carr hosts. On BBC Two at 8pm, available on BBC iPlayer.
Jamie's Ultimate BBQ -- Channel 4, 8pm
Episode 2 of 3, and Jamie Oliver is back at the coals. Tonight: a butterflied leg of lamb cooked directly on glowing embers rather than over them -- the technique that distinguishes this from most people's actual bank holiday experience -- served with creamy beans and crumb-crusted leeks. Also a spiced chicken kebab with butter sauce (the episode's most achievable recipe for immediate repetition), a tear-and-share veggie pancake, and al fresco grilled fish tacos with smoky fruit salsa.
Three-episode series, no filler. Episode 2 is more technically confident than the opener -- the direct-coal lamb in particular is the recipe most people will write down. On Channel 4 at 8pm, available on Channel 4 streaming.
Tucci in Italy -- Season 2, Episode 1 -- National Geographic, 8pm
Stanley Tucci returns to Italy for a second series, this time beginning in Campania -- Naples, the coast, the volcanic hinterland -- with episodes that will move on to Veneto, Sardinia, Sicily, and (in a series first) Le Marche. Tonight's Campania episode covers pizza origins, Neapolitan street food, and a once-forgotten vine grape that local growers have spent decades reviving.
This is also a streaming event tonight: all five episodes of Tucci in Italy Season 2 drop on Disney+ UK simultaneously, which means you can watch the whole run from this evening if the linear airing produces enough appetite. National Geographic at 8pm is the live broadcast; Disney+ is the binge option. The series is produced by SALT Productions and BBC Studios. Stanley Tucci remains the best food-travel presenter on television when his material matches his register, and Campania matches it.
Emmerdale -- ITV1, 8pm
The Tuesday episode. Thirty minutes on ITV1, available on ITVX.
Southampton v Middlesbrough -- Sky Sports, 7pm coverage (k/o 8pm) ⭐
While Eurovision takes BBC One at eight, Sky Sports is carrying the other major event of the evening: Southampton host Middlesbrough in the Championship Play-Off Semi-Final second leg at St Mary's.
The first leg was at the Riverside on Saturday 9 May. Tonight is the return. The winner advances to the Play-Off Final at Wembley on Saturday 23 May -- a match worth, conservatively, £200m in Premier League revenue and far more in institutional terms for whichever club gets there. Both Southampton and Middlesbrough know what they are playing for. Championship play-off football at St Mary's with promotion stakes tends to generate noise that travels beyond the stadium.
The other semi-final -- Hull City vs Millwall, second leg played on Monday 11 May at The Den -- will have produced its result by tonight, so one finalist is already known. Check the Sky Sports Main Event schedule for build-up coverage from 7pm.
Coronation Street -- ITV1, 8.30pm
The murder mystery running since Tuesday 5 May is now into week two. Gary is a suspect. Sam has found a tracker. Daniel and Jodie are sharing secrets that will create complications. The second week of a Coronation Street murder arc is when the wrong people start looking guilty in compelling ways. Thirty minutes on ITV1 at 8.30pm, available on ITVX.
The Way Out -- U&Dave, 9pm (NEW SERIES) ⭐
New series premiere, and one of the more interesting comedy commissions to land on British television this year.
The format is an adaptation of a Belgian show and it is straightforwardly simple: two rival teams of comedians are locked into a custom-built escape room. The first team to find the way out wins. Mel Giedroyc hosts as a kind of benevolent referee, watching from above. There is no panel, no desk, no celebrity gossip framework to lean on. It is comedians, a room, and a clock.
Ed Gamble captains one team -- with Chloe Petts and Lou Sanders alongside him. Nish Kumar captains the other, with Amy Annette and David O'Doherty. The first room tonight is stranded-at-sea themed: teams must catch enough fish while navigating slippery clues, which is the kind of sentence that means nothing until you watch it and then makes complete sense.
Gamble's competitive instinct and Kumar's more lateral approach to problems make them well-matched opposites for the format. Giedroyc has always been good at controlled chaos, and an escape room hosted by Giedroyc is going to land somewhere between Taskmaster and a children's birthday party -- which is the precise register the show seems to be aiming for. Four episodes. Produced by STV Studios' Tuesday's Child label for UKTV. Series 1, episode 1 on U&Dave at 9pm.
A Deadly Betrayal: True Crime Presents -- ITV1, 9pm
True Crime Presents Season 2 examines the 2014 murder of Faye Williams, a care worker and single mother from Nottinghamshire. Criminologist David Wilson presents. The case involved coercive control, financial deception, and a perpetrator who had moved through multiple systems without detection. Wilson's True Crime Presents series has been among the better factual commissions on ITV1 this year -- it tends to spend longer on the structural failures around a crime than on the crime itself, which makes it more useful than most. Available on ITVX.
Ian Fleming: the Curse of Bond -- Sky Arts, 9pm
A documentary biography of Ian Fleming that takes the thesis that Bond was ultimately his creator's nemesis. The bio-doc features archive footage, including the well-known cigarette-holder interviews, and builds its argument around a line attributed to Fleming late in his life -- asked how it felt to be wealthy and famous, he is said to have replied: "It's just ashes, dear boy, ashes." He died in 1964, aged 56, two years into the Bond films' global success. The documentary's contention is straightforward: Bond gave Fleming everything and then made him impossible to separate from it. On Sky Arts at 9pm, available on Sky and NOW.
Bear Grylls Is Running Wild -- Sky One, 9pm
Tiffany Haddish joins Bear Grylls for a desert survival trek starting at the Colorado River. What follows involves heat, difficult terrain, Grylls's consistent enthusiasm for things that are deeply unpleasant, and Haddish's particular quality of being genuinely herself in situations that would hollow out most people. The show works when the guest can hold their own register under pressure. On Sky One at 9pm.
TV Guide UK: Late Night
Wrestling with Trump -- Channel 4, 10pm
Forty-seven minutes. Worth your time.
Munya Chawawa -- who has been a lifelong WWE fan and whose satirical work positions him exactly right for this subject -- travels to the United States to make the case that Donald Trump's political style was learned, at least in part, from professional wrestling. The argument is not new in academic circles, but Chawawa makes it television rather than a think piece.
He interviews Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, who recalls steak dinners with Trump at WrestleMania events going back to the 1980s. He interviews Marc Copani, the WWE star who played post-9/11 villain character "Muhammad Hassan" -- a character designed specifically to draw maximum heel heat from American crowds -- who talks about what it meant to perform that role and what audiences wanted from it. He interviews Sam Nunberg, former Trump campaign advisor, who explains in specific terms how WWE's theatrical vocabulary -- babyfaces and heels, staged rivalries, crowd-targeted trash talk -- directly shaped the campaign playbook.
Then Chawawa gets in the ring himself. Which he has been wanting to do since childhood. The finale earns the joke it is setting up, and the documentary earns its conclusion rather than arriving at it by assertion.
Channel 4 at 10pm. Available on Channel 4 streaming. Forty-seven minutes well spent on a Tuesday night.
Berlusconi: Condemned to Win -- BBC Four, 10pm (PART 2 OF 3)
Part 2 of the ESPN Films 30 for 30 three-parter directed by Sam Blair -- and the episode where the documentary gets to its actual argument.
Part 1 (last Tuesday) established the story: Milan property developer becomes television mogul becomes AC Milan owner in 1986. Tonight moves to what those Milan years produced. Under Berlusconi, AC Milan won four European Cup and Champions League titles between 1989 and 1994 -- built around the Dutch trio of Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, and Marco van Basten, under first Arrigo Sacchi then Fabio Capello. The football was era-defining. The political reading of it is what this episode is concerned with.
Berlusconi's political party, Forza Italia, was named after a football chant. The connection was not metaphorical -- the party was launched using the infrastructure, the emotional vocabulary, and the crowd-management techniques that the AC Milan project had spent eight years developing. Part 2 is where you watch it happen in real time. Part 3 follows next Tuesday. This is Episode 2 of 3, not the finale.
On BBC Four at approximately 10pm, available on BBC iPlayer. The full series is already on iPlayer for anyone who missed Part 1 last week.
Half Man ⭐ -- BBC One, c.10.55pm (11.25pm Northern Ireland)
Episode 4 of 6, and the series is past the halfway point.
Richard Gadd's follow-up to Baby Reindeer has been moving in a way that rewards attention to what is not being said. Four episodes in, the parallel timeline structure -- younger Ruben and Niall threading through the adult story -- is pulling tighter. The gap between who these people were and who they have become is narrowing. Tonight: Alby, played by Charlie de Melo, refuses to call the police at his own wedding. It is the episode's pivot and it lands with the weight that decision carries in a series about what loyalty costs.
Charlie de Melo (previously in Coronation Street and EastEnders) joins the cast at a significant point in the run. The casting is confirmed from the RT brief.
Episode 4 will be on BBC iPlayer from Friday 15 May. Episodes 1 through 3 are already available to stream. The BBC One linear airing tonight is at approximately 10.55pm -- exact timing depends on when Eurovision coverage concludes and the intervening programmes clear the schedule. Northern Ireland gets the episode at c.11.25pm.
Not a comfortable watch. One of the year's best dramas.
Sport
Southampton v Middlesbrough -- Sky Sports, 7pm (k/o 8pm)
Full detail in the prime time section. Championship Play-Off Semi-Final second leg at St Mary's. Coverage from 7pm on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football. Kick-off 8pm. Wembley final on Saturday 23 May. The Hull City/Millwall second leg result from Monday night will have determined the other finalist; tonight produces the second.
IPL Cricket: Gujarat Titans v Sunrisers Hyderabad -- Sky Sports Cricket, from 2.50pm
Match 56 of 84. Live from the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Sky Sports Cricket from 2.50pm BST; Sky Sports Main Event from 3pm. Late-group-stage fixture with qualification context worth monitoring.
Giro d'Italia Stage 4: Catanzaro to Cosenza -- TNT Sports 1, 12 noon
138km, hilly, with a proper climb at Cozzo Tunno before the descent to Cosenza. The detail of the finish -- a slight uphill drag into the city -- means sprinters will be watching it carefully while climbers decide whether it is worth attacking. Live on TNT Sports 1 from 12 noon.
Tonight's TV Listings: Full Schedule
Here are the full TV listings for Tuesday 12th May 2026 across major Freeview, Sky, and streaming channels.
| Time | Channel | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 12 noon | TNT Sports 1 | Giro d'Italia Stage 4 LIVE (Catanzaro to Cosenza; 138km; hilly) |
| 2.50pm | Sky Sports Cricket | LIVE IPL: Gujarat Titans v Sunrisers Hyderabad (Ahmedabad; Main Event from 3pm) |
| 7pm | Sky Sports Main Event/Football | Championship Play-Off SF2 2nd leg build-up (Southampton v Middlesbrough) |
| 7.30pm | BBC One | EastEnders (Bea's fraud unravels; Ian's council anxiety; Billy learns the truth) |
| 8pm | BBC One | Eurovision Song Contest 2026 -- Semi-Final 1 LIVE from Vienna (15 countries; Boy George/Senhit for San Marino; Rylan + Angela Scanlon; 70th anniversary) ⭐ |
| 8pm | BBC Two | Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (S7 Ep 4 -- RNAS Yeovilton; Dame Kelly Holmes; no Top Gun motifs) |
| 8pm | Channel 4 | Jamie's Ultimate BBQ (Ep 2/3 -- butterflied lamb on coals; spiced kebabs; fish tacos) |
| 8pm | National Geographic | Tucci in Italy Season 2 Ep 1 NEW (Campania/Naples; forgotten vine grape; all 5 eps on Disney+ today) |
| 8pm (k/o) | Sky Sports Main Event/Football | LIVE Southampton v Middlesbrough (Championship PO SF2 -- Wembley place at stake) ⭐ |
| 8pm | ITV1 | Emmerdale (30 mins) |
| 8.30pm | ITV1 | Coronation Street (murder mystery week 2 -- Gary suspect; Sam finds tracker) |
| 9pm | U&Dave | The Way Out NEW SERIES Ep 1/4 (Mel Giedroyc; Ed Gamble vs Nish Kumar; stranded at sea escape room) ⭐ |
| 9pm | ITV1 | "A Deadly Betrayal: True Crime Presents" (David Wilson; Faye Williams 2014 case; Nottinghamshire) |
| 9pm | Sky Arts | "Ian Fleming: the Curse of Bond" (bio-doc; "ashes" quote; Bond devoured Fleming) |
| 9pm | Sky One | Bear Grylls Is Running Wild (Tiffany Haddish; Colorado River desert) |
| 10pm | Channel 4 | Wrestling with Trump (Munya Chawawa; 47 mins; Brutus Beefcake; WWE meets MAGA; Chawawa in the ring) |
| 10pm | BBC Four | "Berlusconi: Condemned to Win" PART 2 OF 3 (AC Milan 1989-94; Dutch trio; Forza Italia launch) |
| c.10.55pm | BBC One | Half Man Ep 4/6 (Richard Gadd + Jamie Bell + Charlie de Melo; Alby refuses to call police at wedding) ⭐ |
Freeview TV Guide: What's On Streaming
Can't watch live tonight? Here is where everything is on Tuesday 12 May 2026:
BBC iPlayer: Eurovision Semi-Final 1 (live stream from 8pm), EastEnders, Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr (BBC Two), Berlusconi: Condemned to Win Part 2, Half Man (Ep 4 available from Fri 15 May; Eps 1-3 already streaming)
ITVX: A Deadly Betrayal: True Crime Presents, Emmerdale, Coronation Street
Channel 4 streaming: Jamie's Ultimate BBQ Ep 2, Wrestling with Trump
Disney+: Tucci in Italy Season 2 (all 5 episodes from today), The Punisher: One Last Kill (Marvel Special Presentation, new today)
Netflix: Devil May Cry Season 2 (all episodes, new today), Marty, Life Is Short (Martin Short documentary, new today), Untold UK: Jamie Vardy (new today)
Sky Go / NOW TV: Bear Grylls Is Running Wild, Ian Fleming: the Curse of Bond, Berlusconi: Condemned to Win (subscription required)
Sky Sports / TNT Sports: Southampton v Middlesbrough (live and on demand), IPL Gujarat Titans v SRH, Giro Stage 4 (subscriptions required)
What's On TV Tonight: Frequently Asked Questions
What time is Eurovision Semi-Final 1 on BBC One tonight?
Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Semi-Final 1 is live on BBC One from 8pm, Tuesday 12 May. Fifteen countries compete for 10 Grand Final places at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna. Rylan Clark and Angela Scanlon present on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski host from Vienna. Sara Cox provides live commentary on BBC Radio 2. San Marino: Senhit feat. Boy George, "Superstar." The Grand Final is Saturday 16 May on BBC One.
Which countries are boycotting Eurovision 2026?
Five countries are not competing: Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, and the Netherlands. All five withdrew in protest at Israel's inclusion in the contest. It is the largest Eurovision boycott since 1970. Spain and Ireland are not broadcasting the contest at all. Iceland and the Netherlands plan to air it without competing.
What time is Half Man episode 4 on BBC One tonight?
Half Man episode 4 of 6 is on BBC One at approximately 10.55pm tonight (11.25pm in Northern Ireland). The exact start time depends on when Eurovision coverage ends and the preceding programmes clear. Richard Gadd's drama stars Gadd alongside Jamie Bell, with Charlie de Melo in tonight's episode. Episode 4 drops on BBC iPlayer on Friday 15 May. Episodes 1-3 are already streaming.
What time is The Way Out on U&Dave tonight?
The Way Out launches on U&Dave at 9pm tonight -- Series 1, Episode 1 of 4. Mel Giedroyc hosts. Ed Gamble captains Chloe Petts and Lou Sanders; Nish Kumar captains Amy Annette and David O'Doherty. Tonight's escape room challenge: stranded at sea.
What channel is Southampton v Middlesbrough on tonight?
Southampton v Middlesbrough is on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football tonight, Tuesday 12 May 2026. Coverage starts at 7pm; kick-off is 8pm at St Mary's. This is the Championship Play-Off Semi-Final second leg -- the winner advances to the Wembley final on Saturday 23 May. The first leg was at the Riverside on Saturday 9 May. Sky Sports or NOW subscription required.
Is the UK in tonight's Eurovision Semi-Final?
No -- the UK is not performing in tonight's Semi-Final 1 (Tuesday 12 May). As a "Big Five" automatic qualifier, the UK goes straight to Saturday's Grand Final. The UK entry, Look Mum No Computer (Sam Battle) with "Eins, Zwei, Drei", appears in Semi-Final 2 on Thursday 14 May as a non-competitive showcase before competing in Saturday 16 May's Grand Final. Boy George is on stage tonight -- but performing for San Marino with Senhit, not for the UK.
What channel is Interior Design Masters on tonight?
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr is on BBC Two tonight (not BBC One) -- it has moved to accommodate Eurovision on BBC One. Episode 4 of 8: six designers transform mess decks at Royal Navy Air Station Yeovilton, with Dame Kelly Holmes as guest judge. BBC Two at 8pm, available on BBC iPlayer.
Is EastEnders on TV tonight, Tuesday 12th May 2026?
Yes, EastEnders is on BBC One at 7.30pm. Bea Pollard's credit card fraud using Honey Mitchell's account is unravelling; Ian Beale is worried about his Walford council position; Billy Mitchell has learned of the deception. Available on BBC iPlayer.
What's on streaming tonight, Tuesday 12 May 2026?
Three significant new drops today: Netflix releases Devil May Cry Season 2 (all episodes), Marty, Life Is Short (Martin Short documentary), and Untold UK: Jamie Vardy. Disney+ UK drops The Punisher: One Last Kill (Marvel Special Presentation, starring Jon Bernthal) and all five episodes of Tucci in Italy Season 2. All from today.
What's the best thing to watch on TV tonight?
Eurovision on BBC One from 8pm is the centrepiece of the evening -- the 70th anniversary contest, the first competitive show, and Boy George performing for San Marino. For football, Southampton v Middlesbrough on Sky Sports (k/o 8pm) carries real promotion stakes. The Way Out on U&Dave at 9pm is the comedy event to watch if you want something new and good. Late night: Half Man episode 4 at c.10.55pm on BBC One is essential for anyone following Richard Gadd's series, and Wrestling with Trump on Channel 4 at 10pm is the sharpest 47 minutes of factual television tonight.
TV Guide UK: Final Verdict
Eurovision at 8pm is the gravitational centre tonight -- everything else orbits it or runs against it deliberately. BBC Two inherits Interior Design Masters for the week and gets a decent episode for its trouble, with Dame Kelly Holmes judging a naval base transformation that is more interesting than most competition briefs produce. ITV1 runs its soaps and follows them with True Crime Presents at 9pm, which has been one of the better factual slots on the channel this year.
The late-night hours are genuinely stacked. Half Man at c.10.55pm is now past the series midpoint and tightening. Wrestling with Trump and Berlusconi: Condemned to Win sit at 10pm on Channel 4 and BBC Four respectively -- two documentaries about political performance arriving at roughly the same moment, from different continents and different eras, and arriving at similar conclusions. That is either a coincidence or a commissioning conversation nobody has written about yet.
The Way Out on U&Dave is the genuine discovery of the evening -- four episodes, simple format, strong casting, and Mel Giedroyc in a role that fits her the way Taskmaster fits Greg Davies: perfectly.
Browse the full channels list, check what's on right now, or see tonight's highlights. On Thursday, Semi-Final 2 brings the UK entry -- Look Mum No Computer, "Eins, Zwei, Drei" -- to the stage. Believe Me episode 3 also continues on ITV1. Tomorrow night is Wednesday 13 May with its own schedule. Tonight, the contest is 70 years old and counting, and Vienna has the floor.