U&Drama TV Guide — Sunday, 19 April 2026

Early Morning

00:00 1h 20m

S8 · E7 · The Gentleman Vanishes

The team probes the mystery of a missing scientist

The team investigates the mystery of a missing scientist, after the man's wife receives a series of emails from someone claiming to know what happened to him. The physics professor was last seen in 2004, on a train to Paris for a conference, and when he disappeared he was working on a potentially lucrative cold fusion project that had attracted attention from many large organisations. However, as the detectives dig deeper, a shadowy Whitehall figure warns Sandra's boss Strickland they should drop the case

01:20 1h

A Small Light

S1 · E5 · Scheissfeld

Jan ignores Miep's plea to abandon a dangerous mission

Miep and Jan's marriage is tested when he ignores her plea to abandon a dangerous mission. Jan goes into hidiing after the Nazis suffer a huge blow at the hands of the Resistance

02:20 30m

Birds of a Feather

S3 · E8 · Poetic Justice

Dorien bumps into Chris

While reseaching her book on prisons, Dorien meets an incarcerated Chris on a visit to the Isle of Wight, and is promptly taken in by his criticisms of Sharon as a bad wife. Comedy, starring Lesley Joseph, Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson

02:50 1h 10m

Queens of Mystery

S2 · E3 · The Modern Art of Murder: First Chapter

A body is discovered at the opening of a new art gallery

A body is discovered at the opening of a new art gallery, and Mattie's interviews of the suspects don't paint a pretty picture

04:00 2h

Teleshopping

Generic

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:00 1h 10m

Teleshopping

Generic

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

07:10 50m

The Bill

S16 · E9 · Beasts

Harker investigates animal liberation activists

Harker finds his principles challenged when he investigates a group of extreme animal liberation activists

08:00 1h 5m

The Bill

S16 · E10 · Trusting the Enemy

Beech calls in a favour

Beech reopens old wounds by trying to pin corruption charges on one of Daly's friends, and calls in a favour from Rickman

09:05 1h

The Bill

S16 · E11 · On the Wagon

Carver claims to have sobered up

Carver claims to be clean and sober, but his colleagues have their doubts

10:05 1h

The Bill

S16 · E12 · The Untouchables

Glaze investigates a puzzling case

Glaze is keen to find the link between a homeless girl, a red baseball cap and a burning man

11:05 1h

The Bill

S16 · E13 · Streetwise

Skase is determined to arrest a local villain

Skase sets his sights on arresting a local villain - but his determination may have blinded him to other dangers

Daytime

12:05 1h 20m

Call the Midwife

S7 · E5

Rumours spread that Poplar may face a smallpox outbreak

Rumours spread around Poplar that a sailor with smallpox is hiding somewhere in town. Nurse Crane and Dr Turner try to track him down before he causes an outbreak. Lucille treats an expectant mother on her own, but soon feels out of her depth when she displays signs of a serious medical condition. Trixie goes to stay with her godmother, Violet and Fred organise a picnic for the parish, and Tom and Barbara return home

13:25 1h 15m

Call the Midwife

S7 · E6

A pregnant widow suffers a further tragedy

Barbara helps a pregnant mother-of-two whose husband has recently died, and is on hand to give her support when a further tragedy drives her and her children from their home. Lucille teaches a health and relationships class at the youth club, only to encounter a furious mother who objects to her daughter attending. Sister Monica Joan goes into hospital for cataract surgery

14:40 3h 10m

Catherine Cookson's A Dinner of Herbs

Part Two of Two

Part two of two. Drama, starring Billie Whitelaw

Conclusion of the two-part drama based on the novel by Catherine Cookson, starring Billie Whitelaw as a herbalist who takes an 11-year-old orphan under her wing. With Tim Healy, Jonathan Kerrigan and Michael Jayston

17:50 1h

Sister Boniface Mysteries

S1 · E6 · Song for the Dead

A member of a band is found dead from a bee sting

To Peggy's delight, teenage heartthrobs the Queenmakers are playing Great Slaughter. However, the band's frontman is found dead from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. This is confirmed to be murder by Sister Boniface when she finds the dead bee and Wallis's shirt collar smeared with glue and pollen. Gillespie and Livingstone investigate the rivalries among the band, their conniving manager and Wallis's pregnant secret wife, who he was planning to divorce

Tonight's Highlights

18:50 1h 10m

Campion

S1 · E3 · Police at the Funeral - Part One

Part one of two. An old friend seeks Campion's assistance

Part one of two. The detective is contacted by an old Cambridge friend whose fiancee's uncle is missing. Mystery drama series based on Margery Allingham's stories, starring Peter Davison and Brian Glover

20:00 1h

Harry Wild

S4 · E3 · Hold Your Horses, We've a Killer to Catch

A fun day at the races for Harry and Fergus ends in tragedy

A fun day at the races for Harry and Fergus ends in tragedy when a racehorse throws a jockey from the saddle

21:00 2h 25m

Silent Witness

S20 · E1 · Identity

A severed finger is brought to the Lyell Centre

A severed finger is brought to the Lyell Centre by DCI Rory Goodchild and immigration enforcement officer Pia Butler, who ask Nikki and Thomas to test for a DNA match with 17 year-old Syrian illegal immigrant Akka Khoury. The teenager was sent the digit by a people-smuggler who claims to have her mother and is demanding money for her safe return. Meanwhile, Akka's 12 year-old cousin Sosa is trying to enter the UK illegally hidden in a van on a cross-channel ferry. Emilia Fox stars

23:25 1h 20m

New Tricks

S6 · E4 · Shadow Show

The squad re-examines the disappearance of an actress

The squad reopens the investigation into an actress's disappearance when clips of her being assaulted in a 1990 movie are posted on the internet. Director Don Maddox features in the footage, but when questioned, he appears to have problems distinguishing fact from fiction. A potential witness is then found dead, and Brian and Jack are seconded to the unit handling the case, only to find Emily Driscoll (Dennis Waterman's daughter Hannah) is heading the operation. Imogen Stubbs and Sandra Dickinson also guest star

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