What to watch on TV this week: 22 – 31 October

Ready for another jam-packed week of telly treats? Get into the Halloween spirit with Daisy May And Charlie Cooper’s Nightwatch and the return of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, while lighter fare includes new Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel and the last-ever episode of Brassic. Happy viewing!

With all this plus our usual sport and movie picks of the week, there’s something for all tastes across the service. And don’t forget, with Virgin TV Go, you can take your TV with you on the move.

There’s so much good stuff on this week that we’ve compiled a list of the best TV shows to watch. Bookmark this page to keep up to date with the latest changes.

Pick of the day: The Hunting Party
9pm, U&Alibi HD (CH 114)

After becoming a breakout hit across the pond, this twisty thriller is coming to the UK and we are seated. When some of the most notorious killers in history escape from a top-secret prison, a team of investigators including soldiers, spies and special agents are tasked with tracking them down before they can wreak more havoc. Eek. Melissa Roxburgh (Manifest), Nick Wechsler (The Boys), Josh McKenzie (The Twelve) and Patrick Sabongui (The Flash) star.

What else to watch:

• Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – 8pm, U&Alibi HD (CH 114)

• The Celebrity Traitors – 9pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• The Hack – 9pm, ITV1 HD (CH 103)

• Perfect Pub Walks With Alexander Armstrong – 9pm, More4 HD (CH 147)

• New Zealand’s Best Homes With Phil Spencer – 10pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

Pick of the day: The Pride Of Britain Awards
8pm, ITV1 HD (CH 103)

It’s that time of year again. Settle in for an evening of heartwarming stories that’ll have you reaching for the tissues as Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo present the prestigious Pride Of Britain Awards, celebrating the nation’s greatest heroes including lifesaving emergency workers, inspirational fundraisers and courageous kids. Tune in for magical moments, star-studded surprises and remarkable accounts of bravery.

What else to watch:

• The Celebrity Traitors – 9pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• The Ridge – 9pm, BBC Two HD (CH 102)

• Taskmaster – 9pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

• The Iris Affair – 9pm, Sky Showcase HD (CH 109)

• Life After People – 9pm, Sky HISTORY HD (CH 131)

Pick of the day: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
9pm, Sky Showcase HD (CH 109) + Sky Max HD (CH 111)

The wait is over. After a thrilling second season which saw titular hero Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) finally reunite with his right-hand woman Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride), the two are back and facing their most dangerous mission yet. Expect more heart-racing, flesh-chomping action than ever before as the pair journey home together, all while dealing with the devastating Walker apocalypse. Stephen Merchant (The Outlaws) joins the series as a guest star.

What else to watch:

• Gogglebox – 9pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

• Sister Boniface Mysteries – 9pm, U&Drama HD (CH 116)

• How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) – 9.30pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• QI – 10pm, BBC Two HD (CH 102)

• The Last Leg – 10pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

Pick of the day: Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
8.20pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

Funnyman Michael McIntyre and his colossal spinning wheel are back for another round of big laughs in this hit quiz show. The aim of the game is simple – celebrities use their expert knowledge to help contestants win life-changing amounts of cash. Opening the sixth series are Susan Wokoma, Roman Kemp, Layton Williams, Katherine Ryan, Jill Scott and Joe Marler, while Inside No.9’s Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith are in the Double Chair.

What else to watch:

• The Celebrity Inner Circle – 5.35pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• Strictly Come Dancing – 6.20pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• Great British Train Journeys From Above – 8pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

• Nine Bodies In A Mexican Morgue – 9.20pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• Romesh Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening – 9.20pm, ITV1 HD (CH 103)

Pick of the day: Daisy May And Charlie Cooper’s Nightwatch
9.30pm, BBC Two HD (CH 102)

Halloween is nearly here and to mark the scary occasion, TV delights Daisy May and Charlie Cooper are sleeping over at some of the most haunted places in Britain. Find out whether the self-declared supernatural enthusiasts can survive a terrifying night at spooky venues including centuries-old castles, pubs, cinemas and beyond. In the first episode, the siblings head to their hometown for a stay at the abandoned HM Prison Gloucester. Rather them than us…

What else to watch:

• Guy Martin: The British Train That Changed The World – 7.30pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

• Riot Women – 9pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing – 9pm, BBC Two HD (CH 102)

• Trigger Point – 9pm, ITV1 HD (CH 103)

• State Of War: Fighting The Narcos – 10.20pm, ITV1 HD (CH 103)

Pick of the day: Leonard And Hungry Paul
10pm, BBC Two HD (CH 102)

Laurie Kynaston reunites with his Derry Girls co-star Jamie-Lee O’Donnell in this oddball comedy drama inspired by Rónán Hession’s novel and narrated by Hollywood royalty Julia Roberts. Leonard (Alex Lawther, Alien: Earth) is a 30-something oddball trying to find his way in the world after losing his doting mother, and bonds with Hungry Paul (Kynaston) over board games. If you missed last week’s episode or simply fancy bingeing the lot, you can find the series in Apps > BBC iPlayer now.

What else to watch:

• Once Upon A Time In Space – 9pm, BBC Two HD (CH 102)

• Trigger Point – 9pm, ITV1 HD (CH 103)

• The Forsytes – 9pm, 5 HD (CH 105)

• Pete Wicks: For Dogs’ Sake – 9pm, U&W HD (CH 125)

• Behind Bars: Sex, Bribes And Murder – 10pm + 11pm, BBC Three HD (CH 107/113)

Pick of the day: The Good Life: Inside Out
9pm, U&GOLD HD (CH 124)

Time flies when you’re watching brilliant telly. And it’s been 50 years since Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal first burst onto our screens in classic British sitcom The Good Life. Now, their co-star Dame Penelope Keith is walking down memory lane to revisit the show’s filming locations, assisted by original scripts, production notes and rare archival interviews with co-stars Briers, Kendal, Paul Eddington and director John Howard Davies. Essential viewing for any fan.

What else to watch:

• The Great British Bake Off – 8pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

• Murder Before Evensong – 9pm, 5 HD (CH 105)

• Never Mind The Buzzcocks – 9pm, Sky Max HD (CH 111)

• Witches Of Essex – 9pm, Sky HISTORY HD (CH 131)

• Worlds Apart – 9.15pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

Pick of the day: BBC New Comedy Awards 2025

9pm, BBC Three HD (CH 107/113)

If you’re in need of a midweek laugh then look no further than the BBC New Comedy Awards. With previous competition winners including Alan Carr, Lucy Beaumont, Tom Allen and Rhod Gilbert, it’s one of the biggest events in the comedy calendar and one that’s guaranteed to have you in stitches. Sara Pascoe hosts the London heat where newcomer comics Blank Peng, Fab Goualin, Sharifa Butterfly, Sydney May and Evaldas Karosas hope that their sets will impress judges Catherine Bohart, Michael Odewale and Fatiha El-Ghorri.

What else to watch:

• Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – 8pm, U&Alibi HD (CH 114)

• Portrait Artist Of The Year – 8pm, Sky Arts HD (CH 123)

• The Celebrity Traitors – 9pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• The Hunting Party – 9pm, U&Alibi HD (CH 114)

• New Zealand’s Best Homes With Phil Spencer – 10pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

Pick of the day: Brassic
10pm, Sky Showcase HD (CH 109) + Sky Max HD (CH 111)

Trust us when we say that you won’t want to miss the last ever episode of Joe Gilgun and Danny Brocklehurst’s award-winning comedy. After a rollercoaster seventh series, a blizzard traps Vinnie and the gang at an all-you-can-eat carvery where events quickly descend into chaos as a shoot-out ensues. Eek. But if we know Vinnie and co, they’ve always got a trick or two up their sleeves. You can relive all the misadventures of these Hawley ne’er-do-wells with series 1-7 of Brassic available in Sky Max on demand now. 

What else to watch:

• The Celebrity Traitors – 9pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• The Ridge – 9pm, BBC Two HD (CH 102)

• Taskmaster – 9pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

• The Iris Affair – 9pm, Sky Showcase HD (CH 109)

• Life After People – 9pm, Sky HISTORY HD (CH 131)

Pick of the day: Return To Paradise
8pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

After one of the biggest TV cliffhangers ever, fans of this Death In Paradise spin-off can finally get the closure they’ve been desperately waiting for. The second series reunites viewers with DS Mack Clarke (Anna Samson), who was left stunned when her ex-fiancé told her he still had feelings for her. But there’s hardly time to dwell on matters of the heart, as more perplexing cases need to be solved in Dolphin Cove. Consider us seated.

What else to watch:

• Gogglebox – 9pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – 9pm, Sky Showcase HD (CH 109) + Sky Max HD (CH 111)

• Sister Boniface Mysteries – 9pm, U&Drama HD (CH 116)

• How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) – 9.30pm, BBC One HD (CH 101)

• The Last Leg – 10pm, Channel 4 HD (CH 104)

Football: EFL Championship – Coventry City v Watford
Saturday 25 October, 12.25pm, Sky Sports+/HD (CH 518/508)

Despite Coventry’s poor start to last season, fans were shocked by the dismissal of Mark Robins, the long-serving manager who’d overseen two promotions, an EFL Trophy win and a Championship play-off final defeat. However, Frank Lampard has proved a popular replacement: in 2024/25 he took City from 17th into the play-offs, and his team have started 2025/26 with gusto, unbeaten in 11 games and comfortably the top scorers in all four divisions.

Watford fans, meanwhile, have long since stopped trying to understand the club owners’ methodology when it comes to coaches. We think – we think – that in the past 10 years they’ve had 14 full-time managers, and the current one is on his second spell. In fact, Javi Gracia is the longest-lasting and among the most successful of those bosses, having taken charge of 66 games and led Watford to the 2019 FA Cup final. Could his reappointment signal a new era of stability at Vicarage Road?

Perhaps. The second match of Gracia’s return takes the Hornets to the CBS Arena to face a Coventry side whose forwards – including USA international Haji Wright and Ghana’s Brandon Thomas-Asante – are in red-hot form. We’re not suggesting Gracia’s reign will be cut super-short if they lose. But stranger things have happened… Either way, the Sky Blues are among the country’s most exciting teams right now, so tune in to Sky Sports for what’s bound to be an entertaining match.

Dog Man
Available in October in Sky Cinema on demand from Friday 24 October. Cert U

Kids at home? Keep them entertained with this anarchic, brilliantly animated movie based on the popular books by Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey. When a faithful police dog and his brave handler are both injured on the job, there’s only one way to save them – a surgery that fuses the two together. The result: Dog Man, a brave and resourceful mutt who’s sworn to protect and serve. His first task? To thwart the nefarious plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat (Pete Davidson, The Pickup).

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