What's on TV tonight? Wednesday 13th May 2026 ends the working week's best run of television with a trio of scripted comedies that each have genuine stakes. BBC One has two back-to-back sitcoms from 9pm. BBC Two opens a new documentary series at 7.30pm, runs a surgical documentary at 9pm, then closes with the series finale of Twenty Twenty Six at 10pm. Manchester City have a rearranged Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace at the Etihad. Netflix drops the full account of France's 2010 World Cup implosion. There is a murder mystery party on ITV1 where the host ends up actually dead. It is, as Wednesdays go, well stocked.
Browse what's on right now for live updates, check tonight's highlights, or head to the full channels list including pages for BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4, and Sky Sports. The Freeview TV guide runs from early evening straight through to past midnight.
What's On TV Tonight: Quick Picks
- Twenty Twenty Six ⭐ -- BBC Two, 10pm (11pm NI) -- SERIES FINALE Ep 6/6 "Opening Ceremony"; Hugh Bonneville as Ian Fletcher; Mexican creative director; Ian and Sarah (Chelsey Crisp) resolution; John Morton
- The Future with Hannah Fry ⭐ -- BBC Two, 7.30pm -- NEW SERIES Ep 1/6 "The 150 Year Life"; longevity; biohackers in California; Okinawa; parabiosis; originally Bloomberg 2023
- Manchester City vs Crystal Palace ⭐ -- Sky Sports Main Event, k/o 8pm -- PL Matchweek 37; rearranged from March; Etihad; City missing Rodri, Dias, Gvardiol
- Amandaland -- BBC One, 9pm -- S2 Ep 2; Lucy Punch; South Harlesden "SoHa"; Anne's accidental followers; Joanna Lumley
- Only Child -- BBC One, 9.30pm -- S2 Ep 2; Greg McHugh; Richard's 40th dread; Gregor Fisher's Ken on a first date
- Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain -- More4, 9pm -- NEW SERIES; Tower Bridge control room; "a cathedral to engineering"; 5 parts
- "Surgeons: At the Edge of Life" -- BBC Two, 9pm -- S8 Ep 2 "Life on the Line"; Joyce the livestock farmer; bile duct tumour; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- The Bus: A French Football Mutiny -- Netflix -- NEW; 2010 France World Cup squad strike documentary; Knysna; Anelka; Domenech
See what's on right now for live updates.
TV Guide: Early Evening (7pm -- 8pm)
The Future with Hannah Fry ⭐ -- BBC Two, 7.30pm (NEW SERIES)
A new series arrives on BBC Two tonight, and it earns its slot simply by having an honest title. The Future with Hannah Fry is exactly what it says: Hannah Fry, the mathematician and science communicator best known in the UK for AI Confidential and various BBC Two specials, acting as a guide to where various scientific frontiers are heading.
The series was originally made by Bloomberg Originals in 2023 and has been licensed to BBC Two for its UK premiere. Six 30-minute episodes run through the spring; tonight's opener is titled "The 150 Year Life" and concerns longevity -- the research ecosystem that has formed around the question of whether human lifespan can be significantly extended.
Fry joins biohackers in California who are already treating their bodies as personal clinical trials: vitamins, sprouts, rigorous sleep protocols, mouth tape at night to force nasal breathing. In Tokyo, she meets a neuroscientist working on cognitive longevity. The island of Okinawa provides the episode's most grounded data point -- some of the world's longest-lived and healthiest older women, and an examination of what factors are actually replicable.
An epigenetics pioneer makes the case that biological age -- distinct from chronological age -- can be measured and, to a degree, controlled. The episode also touches on parabiosis: the research area (real, active, deeply contested) that has explored whether infusing young blood can produce biological rejuvenation in older subjects. It is among the stranger corners of longevity science, and the programme gives it a fair hearing without endorsing it.
Reviews of the Bloomberg original have noted the series is accessible rather than specialist. Fry herself has said she went in sceptical and came out uncertain, which is probably the right tone for a subject this scientifically unsettled. On BBC Two at 7.30pm; also on BBC iPlayer.
EastEnders -- BBC One, 7.30pm
Grant has made a situation worse. This is, historically, a reliable outcome whenever Grant Mitchell becomes involved in someone else's problem in Walford -- and the Wednesday instalment of the week's storyline confirms it. Bea is panicking about her actions as the credit card fraud she has been running in Honey Mitchell's name continues to unravel, and Nicola finds herself out of options. The episode feels like a Wednesday pivot point: enough movement to pull viewers into Thursday without resolving anything that should resolve later in the week. On BBC One at 7.30pm, available on BBC iPlayer.
TV Tonight: Prime Time (8pm onwards)
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace ⭐ -- Sky Sports, k/o 8pm
This fixture was supposed to happen on Saturday 21 March 2026. Manchester City were at Wembley that weekend for the EFL Cup Final, so the Premier League rearranged it for tonight -- Matchweek 37, the penultimate round of the season. Final day is Sunday 24 May, with all ten remaining matches kicking off simultaneously.
City go into tonight without three significant figures. Rodri has been absent long-term with the knee injury that has defined Manchester City's season in terms of what they have and have not been able to sustain without him. Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol are both out injured, which means the back line has been reshuffled for this fixture. Crystal Palace, mid-table but not without threat on the counter, arrive at the Etihad with nothing particular to lose and everything to gain from any dropped points.
The match is the only Premier League fixture tonight. Coverage on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, and Sky Sports Ultra HDR from around 7pm; kick-off 8pm. A Sky Sports or NOW subscription is required.
Location, Location, Location -- Channel 4, 8pm
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are in Leeds tonight for Series 45 of the long-running property programme. Two couples are searching for homes -- Emily and Lucy, and Sarah and Tom -- in and around a city that has seen enough property market commentary over the past decade to make the average Location episode feel like a document of shifting affordability as much as a house-hunting show. The Leeds episode tends to throw up a specific version of the compromise: the couple who want to be near the centre and the couple who are willing to move north of the city for the same money. It is the question the programme has been asking since 2000. On Channel 4 at 8pm, available on Channel 4 streaming.
Emmerdale -- ITV1, 8pm
Wednesday's 30-minute instalment on ITV1, available on ITVX. The village drama continues; if the trial of Bear, Paddy, and Dylan wrapped in the first week of May as scheduled, the storyline consequences will be running through this week.
Coronation Street -- ITV1, 8.30pm
Week two of the Theo Silverton murder investigation. The case has accumulated a credible set of suspects -- Todd Grimshaw, Gary Windass, Summer Spellow -- and the investigation is working through the standard procedural stages of building a case against people who all have reasons to be lying. Wednesday's 30-minute episode sits mid-week in what tends to be a longer-arc structure: not the reveal night, but the night things tighten. On ITV1 at 8.30pm, available on ITVX.
BBC One's Comedy Double Bill -- 9pm
Amandaland -- BBC One, 9pm
Episode 2 of Series 2, and the South Harlesden project is still underway.
For anyone who missed last week: Amanda (Lucy Punch) is living in a neighbourhood she has decided to rebrand as "SoHa" -- South Harlesden -- following a house move that was not entirely on her terms. Her survival strategy is cultural gentrification, one oat milk latte at a time: she has identified that her favourite Chiswick coffee shop has opened a branch nearby, which she considers vindication rather than a coincidence. Her Senuous micro-influencer brand is still technically operational. She remains in the micro-influencer tier, which she regards as provisional.
Tonight's complication is domestic and digital. Anne -- Philippa Dunne's sidekick character, ostensibly supportive and increasingly adjacent to Amanda's every public presentation -- has accumulated followers. Not intentionally, not through any visible strategy, but because that is how the internet occasionally rewards the genuinely unambitious. Amanda's response to being quietly outpaced by her own sidekick is the episode's engine. Joanna Lumley is back as Felicity, Amanda's mother, and the clash that the episode builds toward is described with a justifiable lack of subtlety as "selfie sticks at dawn."
The comedy in Amandaland has always worked by taking Amanda's self-delusion at full face value rather than mocking it from outside. That approach is why Lucy Punch makes the role feel specific instead of generic -- Amanda is not a satirical target so much as a full character, and the series is funnier for that choice. All 6 episodes of Series 2 are already on BBC iPlayer if the weekly schedule is not your preference. On BBC One at 9pm.
Only Child -- BBC One, 9.30pm
Episode 2 of Series 2, and Richard is in the grip of two specific anxieties that the episode holds in parallel.
The first is the imminent arrival of his 40th birthday, which Richard is treating not as a personal milestone but as a formal diagnosis. He has accordingly launched a fitness regime -- uncertain in design, inconsistent in execution, and described by those around him with the restraint that comes from caring about someone while watching them do something questionable. Greg McHugh plays the whole thing with the particular quality he has brought to Richard since series one: a man who takes himself entirely seriously and is almost entirely wrong about the situation he is in.
The second anxiety belongs to Ken. Gregor Fisher's Ken is preparing for his first date in almost 60 years. The episode does not play this for easy pathos -- it is more interested in the specific practical uncertainty of someone who has not navigated this particular social protocol in six decades and is approaching it with a mixture of resolve and genuine bewilderment. The father-son dynamic that sits at the show's centre is at its best when these two parallel anxieties are running simultaneously, each making the other more absurd.
Written by Bryce Hart, directed this series by Al Campbell and Holly Walsh. On BBC One at 9.30pm, available on BBC iPlayer.
The Other 9pm Programmes
Surgeons: At the Edge of Life ⭐ -- BBC Two, 9pm
Series 8, Episode 2, titled "Life on the Line." The programme is at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh tonight, where consultant surgeons Anya Adair and Professor Steve Wigmore are operating on Joyce -- a livestock farmer with a rare tumour in her bile duct.
The bile duct sits in a position that makes surgery on it inherently demanding: the anatomy of the surrounding structures means that even accessing the tumour requires precision before the procedure itself begins. The episode's drama turns on a dilemma that emerges mid-operation with "huge consequences" -- the programme's language, which in the context of this series is not hyperbole. Surgeons: At the Edge of Life has built its reputation on access to cases that most documentary filmmakers would not be granted, and the Edinburgh team's willingness to be filmed in the moment of a genuine surgical decision is what makes the series worth the discomfort it sometimes produces.
A second case runs alongside Joyce's: surgeon Malcolm Will is working on a tumour that has invaded a patient's chest wall -- a different kind of anatomical complexity, with its own set of risks and its own moments of visible consequence.
Episode 1 last Wednesday featured Alastair, a 48-year-old with penile cancer, and the series has opened with two cases that between them illustrate the range of the surgical work happening in NHS Lothian. Episode 1 is on BBC iPlayer if you missed it. Episode 2 on BBC Two at 9pm.
A Taste for Murder -- ITV1, 9pm
Episode 3 of 6, and this is the one where the format earns its premise.
DCI Joe Mottram (Warren Brown) is attending a murder mystery party in Italy -- as a guest, notionally off-duty, notionally not investigating anything. The host of the party is then found dead. Not as a game. Actually dead. Mottram transitions from civilian attendee to the person who has just become a witness and an investigator simultaneously, and the episode mines this situation for both plot momentum and the specific awkwardness of a detective who cannot switch off even when the body is real and the setting was meant to be theatrical.
A fishing trip with Gennaro proves decisive -- the series has a pleasing habit of solving its cases through moments that feel incidental until they do not. Angelica (Beau Gadsdon), Mottram's daughter, is continuing to test her boundaries: the RT brief describes her as exhibiting "transgressive traits," which covers a lot of ground in a sun-drenched Italian location drama but is delivered with enough specificity here to feel like character development rather than filler.
The series is doing the Death in Paradise formula on Italian soil -- a British detective, a foreign setting, cuisine that outclasses the local crime rate, a procedural framework that allows for warmth. Warren Brown makes it work because he plays Joe as a man who is genuinely trying to be somewhere else rather than performing displacement. Weekly Wednesdays on ITV1 until mid-June. Full series on ITVX now.
Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain ⭐ -- More4, 9pm (NEW SERIES)
Kevin McCloud has spent two decades asking what buildings are being built for on Grand Designs. Tonight, on More4, he turns the question toward buildings that already exist and cannot be touched without permission.
Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain is a new five-part series in which he explores Grade I and Category A listed landmarks across England, Scotland, and Wales -- structures that are considered so significant they require the highest level of protection. The premise is well-suited to McCloud: he is a person whose professional instinct is architectural scrutiny, and listed buildings tend to reward scrutiny because they have survived through combinations of engineering excellence, historical accident, and the slow consensus that something is worth keeping.
Episode 1 takes him to Tower Bridge. He participates in the opening of the bridge -- the mechanism itself, not a ceremonial version -- and gains access to the control room, which he describes as being "like Thunderbirds." He calls the structure "a cathedral to engineering," which is the right register for a Victorian bascule bridge that 135 years in is still doing the job it was built to do. The episode also visits Crystal Palace Park, where a Victorian dinosaur sculpture needs repair, and McCloud is required to engage with the specific version of listed building conservation that involves maintaining Victorian errors: these statues were based on incorrect scientific understanding of what dinosaurs looked like, but the mistakes are themselves historically significant.
The series is produced by Plum Pictures in Bristol. If Episode 1 is representative of what the rest of the run has, this should be among the better factual series of the spring. On More4 at 9pm, available on Channel 4 streaming after broadcast.
TV Guide UK: Late Night
Twenty Twenty Six ⭐ -- BBC Two, 10pm (SERIES FINALE, 11pm Northern Ireland)
And here we are. Six episodes in, and John Morton's World Cup mockumentary has reached Miami's Opening Ceremony.
The premise of Twenty Twenty Six, for anyone arriving late: Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville), the BBC management bureaucrat of Twenty Twelve and W1A, has reappeared as the Director of Integrity for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Oversight Team. He is based in Miami. He is surrounded by underlings whose competence varies. He has been quietly developing feelings for Sarah, played by Chelsey Crisp, in the halting, oblique way that Ian Fletcher develops anything that might involve actually saying what he thinks.
Tonight's finale, titled "Opening Ceremony," has the week-before-the-tournament problem to solve: the Mexican creative director responsible for the opening ceremony has had a creative rethink. His new vision, it emerges, contains no reference to America. Or soccer. The lead events producer -- who has been managing this, among several other things -- may or may not be close to a breakdown. This is precisely the institutional crisis Twenty Twelve made its name on: a problem that is both obviously fixable and somehow impossible to fix without first having a meeting about whether a meeting is necessary.
The Ian-and-Sarah thread reaches its conclusion in the finale. Morton has handled this with the restraint that distinguishes his work from more conventionally structured comedy -- he has not used their dynamic as the main event but as the thing running underneath everything else, which means when it does resolve it carries the weight of five episodes of careful setup. Whether it resolves towards a beginning or an ending is the question the finale will answer.
Hugh Bonneville has said in interviews that returning to the Ian Fletcher character in a different context felt like the right moment rather than a nostalgia exercise. Twenty Twenty Six supports that claim. Morton's satirical ear for institutional language has not faded -- the series has identified something specific about how 2026 actually works (the conspiracy content in Episode 5, the procedural paralysis in Episode 3, the ambassador's requirements in Episode 4) and applied the Twenty Twelve framework to it without simply repeating Twenty Twelve.
All 6 episodes dropped on BBC iPlayer on 8 April; if you want to rewatch the run before tonight, it is all there. On BBC Two at 10pm (11pm Northern Ireland).
Matlock -- Sky Witness, 10pm
Season 2, Episode 10, titled "The Greater Good." The Sky Witness Wednesday run is now into its second week of Season 2 Part 2. Hunter (Henry Haber), who arrived last week as a floater-pool associate filling the gap left by Billy Martinez's departure, continues to find his footing in the firm.
The Hunter casting has been one of the more discussed elements of Season 2 Part 2 in the US. Henry Haber brings a Californian energy -- fist-bumps, hoops in the break room, a casual bro register -- that sits at a noticeable angle to the rest of Olympia's operation. The show has been careful to signal that Hunter is more perceptive than his surface presentation suggests, which is the standard handling for this type of addition: the new team member who looks like a liability and turns out not to be. Kathy Bates brought Haber to the Critics Choice Awards in January 2026, which told you something about how committed the production is to the character's longevity.
Tonight's case carries broader community welfare implications. Available on NOW streaming for subscribers. On Sky Witness at 10pm.
Do You Know This Man? -- Channel 4, 10pm
A Channel 4 documentary following the criminal case against Martin Butler, a family-connected adult who in the 1990s targeted two schoolgirls -- Laura and Lauren -- who knew his daughter. Both were groomed, plied with alcohol and drugs, and abused over a period of time. They reported as adults; the case collapsed on a procedural error.
In 2018, Laura made a Facebook appeal asking whether any other women had experienced something similar. Mary responded. The documentary follows the question that the appeal raised: whether three women's evidence, presented together, could finally produce a conviction that two could not.
The Channel 4 10pm Wednesday documentary slot has covered individual abuse cases in this format with consistency over the past few years -- the approach prioritises the survivors' account over the criminal procedural, and tends to treat the collapse of the original case as part of the story rather than a preamble to it. On Channel 4 at 10pm, available on Channel 4 streaming after broadcast.
Roy Clarke Remembers... A Foreign Field -- BBC Four, 10pm
A 2024 BBC Four special in which Roy Clarke -- creator of Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours, and Keeping Up Appearances, one of British sitcom's most prolific writers -- reflects on making A Foreign Field, the 1993 BBC drama about elderly World War Two veterans returning to Normandy.
The drama starred Sir Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Lauren Bacall, Jeanne Moreau, Edward Hermann, and John Randolph -- an assembled cast that Guinness himself was instrumental in securing, using the leverage that comes from being Alec Guinness to persuade people that the project was worth doing. Clarke talks about Guinness's investment in the project, the filming, and what it meant to write something for that generation of performers.
A Foreign Field airs after the documentary on BBC Four, so you can watch both as a double bill if the late-night schedule permits. This is a repeat of the 2024 special. On BBC Four at approximately 10pm, available on BBC iPlayer.
Sport
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace -- Sky Sports, k/o 8pm
Full detail in the prime time section. Etihad Stadium, Manchester. Premier League Matchweek 37. Rearranged fixture from 21 March. City missing Rodri, Dias, and Gvardiol. Palace with nothing to lose. The only Premier League match tonight; all other Matchweek 37 fixtures are on different dates. Coverage on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. A Sky Sports or NOW subscription is required.
Giro d'Italia Stage 5 -- TNT Sports 1, from 10.30am
Stage 5 is the longest stage of the 2026 Giro: 203km from Praia a Mare on the Calabrian coast north to Potenza in Basilicata, crossing into the Apennines for the race's first proper mountain day. The key ascent is the Montagna Grande di Viggiano -- 6.6km at 9.2% average, a second-category climb that will split the peloton and begin establishing which teams have the climbers to contest the overall classification.
Stage 4 (Catanzaro to Cosenza, 138km, Tuesday) was more restrained. Stage 5 is where the tactical landscape starts to shift. If you have been following the Giro and watching the overall standings, this is the morning worth clearing time for. Live on TNT Sports 1 from 10.30am BST.
Italian Open Tennis -- Sky Sports Tennis, day of quarterfinals
WTA and ATP quarterfinals at the Foro Italico in Rome. The Internazionali BNL d'Italia runs until 17 May; Wednesday 13 May is a quarterfinal day for both draws. On the women's side, Amanda Anisimova, Mirra Andreeva, Aryna Sabalenka, and Coco Gauff are all in the draw; the men's quarterfinals involve Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, and Novak Djokovic. Rome clay at the quarterfinal stage is among the year's more compelling tennis days. Live throughout the afternoon on Sky Sports Tennis and NOW.
IPL Cricket: RCB vs KKR -- Sky Sports Cricket, from approximately 2.30pm
Match 57 of 84. Royal Challengers Bengaluru host Kolkata Knight Riders at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. Local start 19:30 IST, which is approximately 3pm BST. Build-up from around 2.30pm BST on Sky Sports Cricket. The group stage is in its final stretch; late-table qualification calculations will be running in the background of this fixture for both sets of supporters. Check the Sky Sports Cricket schedule for confirmed UK build-up times.
Streaming: What's Available Today
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny -- Netflix
The documentary account of what happened to France at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is one of sport's more complete records of collective failure.
The squad's training strike at Knysna -- Nicolas Anelka's expulsion following an altercation with coach Raymond Domenech during a half-time team talk; the players' subsequent refusal to train; the reading of a statement on the bus by William Gallas; Domenech himself, in a scene of historic awkwardness, reading that statement aloud to waiting journalists -- constituted a public breakdown of a national team at a major tournament that has not been matched since. France went out in the group stage, losing to Mexico and drawing with Uruguay.
The documentary covers the dynamics that built toward the mutiny: the squad's internal factions, the management's fractured relationship with the players, and the structural decisions that placed Domenech in charge of an operation he was not equipped to hold together. It is a story that French football has spent fifteen years processing. Available on Netflix from today.
Perfect Match Season 4 -- Netflix
Season 4 of the Netflix dating competition, in which contestants from across Netflix's reality dating programmes are brought together to form compatible pairings. The franchise continues its established format. Available from today.
The Punisher: One Last Kill -- Disney+
A Marvel Television Special Presentation in which Jon Bernthal returns as Frank Castle, following his appearance in Daredevil: Born Again. The special is described as a standalone presentation in which Frank attempts to step back from violence before circumstances pull him back. Co-written by Bernthal. Available on Disney+ UK today. A Disney+ subscription is required.
The Testaments -- Disney+ (new episode)
The weekly episode of The Testaments, the Handmaid's Tale universe drama following young Agnes Mackenzie and Daisy through Gilead's preparatory school system. Available on Disney+ UK today.
Off Campus Season 1 -- Prime Video
The full first season of Off Campus arrives on Amazon Prime Video UK today. A college drama centred on an elite ice hockey team and the people around them, based on a bestselling book series. Available with a Prime Video subscription.
Tonight's TV Listings: Full Schedule
Full TV listings for Wednesday 13th May 2026 across major Freeview, Sky, and streaming channels.
| Time | Channel | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| 10.30am | TNT Sports 1 | Giro d'Italia Stage 5 LIVE (Praia a Mare to Potenza; 203km; longest stage) |
| 2.30pm | Sky Sports Cricket | IPL 2026 Match 57 LIVE: RCB vs KKR (Raipur; build-up; k/o ~3pm BST) |
| 7.30pm | BBC Two | The Future with Hannah Fry (NEW SERIES Ep 1/6 -- "The 150 Year Life"; longevity; biohacking; Okinawa) ⭐ |
| 7.30pm | BBC One | EastEnders (Grant makes it worse; Bea panics; Nicola out of options) |
| 8pm | Channel 4 | Location, Location, Location (S45 -- Leeds; Emily & Lucy + Sarah & Tom) |
| 8pm | ITV1 | Emmerdale (30 mins) |
| 8pm | Sky Sports Main Event/PL | Manchester City vs Crystal Palace LIVE (PL MW37; rearranged; k/o 8pm; Etihad) ⭐ |
| 8pm | True Crime Channel | "UK Crime Files: Murderous Carer" (Donal MacIntyre; DI Shuttleworth; Shaun Cummins; Leicester) |
| 8.30pm | ITV1 | Coronation Street (Theo Silverton murder investigation week 2) |
| 9pm | BBC One | Amandaland (S2 Ep 2 -- Lucy Punch; SoHa coffee shop; Anne's accidental followers; selfie sticks at dawn) |
| 9pm | BBC Two | "Surgeons: At the Edge of Life" (S8 Ep 2 "Life on the Line" -- Joyce; bile duct; Royal Infirmary Edinburgh) ⭐ |
| 9pm | ITV1 | A Taste for Murder (S1 Ep 3/6 -- Warren Brown; murder mystery party; host found dead; fishing trip) |
| 9pm | More4 | Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain (NEW SERIES Ep 1/5 -- Tower Bridge; "cathedral to engineering"; control room) ⭐ |
| 9pm | BBC Three | Kidnapped by My Mum (Alex Batty documentary) |
| 9.30pm | BBC One | Only Child (S2 Ep 2 -- Greg McHugh; Richard's 40th dread; Gregor Fisher's Ken; first date in 60 years) |
| 10pm | BBC Two | Twenty Twenty Six (S1 Ep 6 "Opening Ceremony" -- SERIES FINALE; Hugh Bonneville; Chelsey Crisp; John Morton) ⭐ |
| 10pm | Sky Witness | Matlock (S2 Ep 10 "The Greater Good" -- Hunter/Henry Haber; Kathy Bates) |
| 10pm | Channel 4 | Do You Know This Man? (Martin Butler grooming case; Laura, Lauren, Mary) |
| 10pm | BBC Four | Roy Clarke Remembers... A Foreign Field (2024 repeat; Sir Alec Guinness; WW2 veterans) |
| From today | Netflix | "The Bus: A French Football Mutiny" (2010 France World Cup strike) |
| From today | Netflix | Perfect Match Season 4 |
| From today | Disney+ | "The Punisher: One Last Kill" (Jon Bernthal; Marvel Special Presentation) |
| From today | Disney+ | The Testaments (new episode) |
| From today | Prime Video | Off Campus Season 1 |
Freeview TV Guide: What's On Streaming
Can't watch live tonight? Here is where everything is on Wednesday 13 May 2026:
BBC iPlayer: All 6 episodes of Twenty Twenty Six are already available (batch drop since 8 April). Amandaland Series 2 (all 6 episodes) and Only Child Series 2 are both fully accessible. The Future with Hannah Fry, Surgeons: At the Edge of Life, EastEnders, and the BBC Four Roy Clarke special are all on BBC iPlayer after broadcast. Free with a BBC account.
ITVX: A Taste for Murder (full 6-episode series available to binge now), Emmerdale, Coronation Street. Free at itv.com/watch.
Channel 4 streaming: Location, Location, Location; Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain; Do You Know This Man? (after broadcast). Free at channel4.com.
Netflix: The Bus: A French Football Mutiny (new today), Perfect Match Season 4 (new today). Subscription required.
Disney+: The Punisher: One Last Kill (new today), The Testaments new episode (new today). Subscription required.
Amazon Prime Video: Off Campus Season 1 (new today). Subscription required.
Sky Go / NOW TV: Matlock Season 2 Episode 10 (Sky Witness 10pm; stream on NOW), Manchester City vs Crystal Palace (Sky Sports live; Sky or NOW subscription required), Italian Open tennis quarterfinals, IPL RCB vs KKR.
TNT Sports / HBO Max: Giro d'Italia Stage 5 live from 10.30am. TNT Sports or NOW subscription required.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's on TV tonight, Wednesday 13 May 2026?
The main events on Wednesday 13 May 2026: Twenty Twenty Six series finale on BBC Two at 10pm (Hugh Bonneville, John Morton, six-episode conclusion). The Future with Hannah Fry opens a new series on BBC Two at 7.30pm (longevity episode, originally Bloomberg 2023). Amandaland Series 2 Episode 2 at 9pm and Only Child Series 2 Episode 2 at 9.30pm form BBC One's back-to-back comedy hour. Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain launches on More4 at 9pm. Manchester City vs Crystal Palace is live on Sky Sports (k/o 8pm). Surgeons: At the Edge of Life continues on BBC Two at 9pm. Netflix drops The Bus: A French Football Mutiny today.
What time is the Twenty Twenty Six finale on tonight?
Twenty Twenty Six's series finale -- Episode 6, "Opening Ceremony" -- is on BBC Two at 10pm tonight (11pm in Northern Ireland). Hugh Bonneville stars as Ian Fletcher; John Morton wrote and directed all six episodes. The finale involves a creative crisis over the World Cup opening ceremony and resolves the Ian and Sarah (Chelsey Crisp) storyline that has run across the series. All six episodes are currently on BBC iPlayer.
What time is The Future with Hannah Fry on BBC Two tonight?
The Future with Hannah Fry launches on BBC Two at 7.30pm tonight -- Episode 1 of 6, titled "The 150 Year Life." The series was originally produced by Bloomberg Originals in 2023 and has been licensed to BBC Two for its UK premiere. Episode 1 focuses on longevity science: biohacking in California, neuroscience in Tokyo, Okinawa, and parabiosis research. Also on BBC iPlayer.
What channel is Manchester City vs Crystal Palace on tonight?
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace is live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League tonight, Wednesday 13 May 2026. Kick-off is 8pm at the Etihad Stadium. This is a rearranged Premier League Matchweek 37 fixture originally scheduled for 21 March. City are missing Rodri, Ruben Dias, and Josko Gvardiol. A Sky Sports or NOW subscription is required to watch live.
What time is Amandaland on BBC One tonight?
Amandaland Series 2 Episode 2 is on BBC One at 9pm tonight. Lucy Punch returns as Amanda, with Philippa Dunne's Anne accidentally gaining more followers than her in South Harlesden ("SoHa"). Joanna Lumley is back as Felicity. All six episodes of Series 2 are on BBC iPlayer now.
What time is Only Child on BBC One tonight?
Only Child Series 2 Episode 2 is on BBC One at 9.30pm tonight, immediately after Amandaland. Greg McHugh's Richard is approaching 40 with dread and a dubious fitness plan. Gregor Fisher's Ken is preparing for his first date in nearly 60 years. Written by Bryce Hart. Available on BBC iPlayer.
What time is Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain on More4 tonight?
Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain -- Series 1, Episode 1 of 5 -- is on More4 at 9pm tonight. McCloud visits Tower Bridge, participates in the bridge opening, accesses the control room, and calls it "a cathedral to engineering." A five-part series looking at Grade I and Category A listed landmarks. Available on Channel 4 streaming after broadcast.
Is Race Across the World on BBC One tonight?
No -- Race Across the World is not on BBC One on Wednesday 13 May 2026. The series airs on Thursdays at 8pm on BBC One. Episode 7 of Series 6 -- the Mongolia leg -- airs on Thursday 14 May. The RT listings brief placed it on Wednesday in error; multiple sources confirm it is a Thursday series. Do not miss it tomorrow evening.
What's the best thing to watch on TV tonight, Wednesday 13 May 2026?
If you watch one thing, make it the back-to-back BBC block from 9pm to 10.30pm: Amandaland at 9pm, Only Child at 9.30pm, then Twenty Twenty Six's series finale on BBC Two at 10pm. That is 90 minutes of scripted British comedy, each programme knowing exactly what it is doing. For sport, Manchester City vs Crystal Palace on Sky Sports (k/o 8pm) is the night's only Premier League fixture. For documentaries, Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain on More4 at 9pm is the best new series starting tonight, and Surgeons: At the Edge of Life on BBC Two at 9pm is as reliable as it gets. Streaming: The Bus: A French Football Mutiny on Netflix is essential if the 2010 World Cup is any part of your football memory.
TV Guide UK: Final Verdict
Three scripted comedies in 90 minutes is not something BBC Two and BBC One assemble often. The fact that the third of them is a series finale -- and a finale by John Morton, who has form for getting these endings right -- lifts tonight's BBC evening above what a standard Wednesday can usually claim.
Twenty Twenty Six has been the best new British comedy series of the spring. Six episodes, no episode that didn't earn its slot, and a consistent satirical intelligence that found something specific to say about the 2026 moment rather than just recycling the Twenty Twelve format. "Opening Ceremony" has the task of resolving that, and the preview material suggests Morton has handled it with the same restraint that made the series work. The Ian and Sarah question has run underneath five episodes of institutional comedy without becoming sentimental; how the finale handles it matters.
Before you get there: The Future with Hannah Fry at 7.30pm on BBC Two is a good early-evening commitment for anyone interested in where longevity science is actually heading rather than where wellness marketing claims it is. Then Manchester City vs Crystal Palace at 8pm if you care about how the Premier League season ends. Then two sitcoms. Then the finale. That is a full evening.
The streaming picture is also strong today. The Bus: A French Football Mutiny on Netflix is the documentary a certain type of football supporter has been waiting for -- the full account, properly told, of how a team fell apart. The Punisher: One Last Kill on Disney+ is the Marvel release of the week for anyone who followed Jon Bernthal through Daredevil: Born Again.
For the surgical and architectural documentary audience: Surgeons on BBC Two and Kevin McCloud on More4 share the 9pm slot, both in good form, both with cases and locations worth the hour.
Browse the full channels list, check what's on right now, or see tonight's highlights. Tomorrow is Thursday 14 May -- Race Across the World Series 6 Episode 7 is on BBC One at 8pm (the Mongolia leg the RT brief had misscheduled for tonight), and Eurovision Semi-Final 2 goes live from Vienna on BBC One with the UK entry performing. Tonight, though, has the better final hour.