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Overview of the events of 2026 in British television

This is a list of events in 2026 relating to television in the United Kingdom.

Date Event
1 BBC One airs Ronan Keating & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party to welcome in 2026.[1]
BBC One airs a flashforward episode of EastEnders set on New Year’s Day 2027 and involving the character Max Branning (played by Jake Wood).[2] Libby Fox (Belinda Owusu) also appears in the episode, suggesting she will make a return to EastEnders during 2026.[3] It also features the return of Mark Fowler Jr, with the role recast to Stephen Aaron-Sipple.[4]
2 ITV has announced that the 2026 edition of Celebrity Big Brother will not air in the spring slot until 2027 due to the scheduling issues with the rival reality shows as it moves from ITV1 to ITV2. The twenty-third civilian version will continue as normal later this autumn.
5 A UK-wide exclusion on junk food advertising on television before the 9pm watershed, and at anytime online, comes into force in an attempt to tackle childhood obesity.[5]
Good Morning Britain begins airing from Studio 1 of ITN as it takes over production of the programme from ITV Studios. On the same day, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women are relocated to The H Club Studio in Covent Garden.
ITV airs Corriedale, a crossover episode featuring characters from both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.[6]
Channel 5 launches a new weekday daytime schedule of six hours of continuous live talk-focused programming.[7]
6 It is announced that former Brookside actors Philip Olivier and Suzanne Collins will join Hollyoaks, where they will reprise their roles as Timothy O’Leary and Nikki Shadwick.[8]
7 The identity of the “secret traitor”, a new feature of the latest series of The Traitors, is revealed.[9]
During the evening’s edition of Match of the Day, presenter Gabby Logan is replaced by Mark Chapman midway through the programme after Logan is called away because of a family emergency.[10]
10 Canadian TV series Heated Rivalry makes its UK television debut on Sky Atlantic.[11]
14 John Alford is jailed for eight and a half years following his conviction for sexually assaulting two teenage girls in April 2022.
ITV confirms that filming for Love Island: All Stars has been suspended for a number of days or for a number of weeks after the villa used for the series is evacuated due to wildfires. The Number of episodes may therefore decrease to 28, 29 or 30.[12]
17 Ant & Dec apologise over an advert for their new podcast was criticised for evoking suicide and as triggering because it showed a pair of feet dangling above the ground.[13]
21 The BBC announces a landmark deal with YouTube that will see it produce content for the platform.[14]
Prue Leith announces she will leave her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off after a decade with the show.[15]
23 Rachel Duffy and Stephen Libby win Series 4 of The Traitors, and share £95,750.[16]
25 The final edition of Sky News at Ten is transmitted. The programme ends after more than 25 years on air.
26 The first edition of a new two-hourly late evening programme on Sky News, The Wrap, is broadcast. The programme, which focuses on storytelling and debate rather than being a traditional news bulletin, includes a look at the next day’s newspapers.[17]
Nigella Lawson is to replace Prue Leith as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, it is announced.[18]
27 Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood announces that she has decided to leave the BBC after 28 years with the corporation. She will present her final weather forecast on BBC Breakfast in April.[19]
Author and GB News presenter Matt Goodwin is announced as the Reform UK candidate in the 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election.[20]
29 Publication of an independent review into the BBC in which the broadcaster commits to strengthening how it measures the ways audiences from different socio-economic and geographical backgrounds are portrayed and represented in its output.[21]

Channels and streaming services

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Defunct channels/streaming services

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Date Channel
1 January
Pop (Linear only)
Tiny Pop (Linear only)
13 January HGTV

Rebranding channels/streaming services

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Television programmes

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Changes of network affiliation

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Returning this year after a break of one year or longer

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Continuing television programmes

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Programme Date
BBC Wimbledon 1927–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present
Programme Date
Trooping the Colour 1937–1939, 1946–2019, 2023–present
Boat Race 1938–1939, 1946–2019, 2021–present
BBC Cricket 1939, 1946–1999, 2020–present
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