Animal Planet TV Guide

TV GUIDE

Saturday, 18 July 2026

Quick jump Tonight's highlights

Browse the full Animal Planet TV guide for today. 28 programmes listed , including 7 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h

Crikey! It's the Irwins

S1 · E10 · Tortoise First Date

Terri helps determine if a rhino is pregnant

Terri helps determine if Caballe the rhino is pregnant, while Robert matchmakes the zoo's Aldabra giant tortoises

01:00 1h

Richard E Grant's Seven Deadly Sins

S1 · E2 · Lust

The actor explores the evolutionary roots of lust

The actor explores the evolutionary roots of lust - the intense, out-of-control craving for sexual interaction. Animals feel lust as well as humans, otherwise species would die out

02:00 1h

Treehouse Masters

S7 · E5 · Treehouse Utopia

Pete Nelson builds an extravagant treehouse B'n'B

Pete Nelson sets out to create a treehouse bed-and-breakfast designed for romance, featuring stained glass, a bedroom and the biggest bathroom Pete has ever built

03:00 1h

Animal Cops Phoenix

S10 · E7 · Happy Endings

Seven dogs are locked in an overheated car

Emergency animal medical technician AJ Meadows battles to save seven dogs locked in an overheated car with no food or water

04:00 1h

Animal Cops Phoenix

S10 · E8 · Kitten Rescue

An officer rescues a trapped kitten

When a kitten is trapped and in desperate need of help, emergency animal medical technician Traci Pepper faces her fears and risks her own life to save it

05:00 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

05:30 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:00 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

06:30 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

07:00 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

07:30 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

08:00 1h

My Cat from Hell

S5 · E11 · Reese the Ripper

Jackson Galaxy turns his attention to a vicious kitty

Jackson Galaxy comes to the aid of George and Beth, who are virtual prisoners in their own home due to their vicious kitty Reese

09:00 1h

Crikey! It's the Irwins

S1 · E3 · Giraffe Road Trip

The family set out to release an endangered sea turtle back to the wild

Terri, Bindi and Robert prepare Croc One, Steve Irwin's research ship, for a special mission to release an endangered sea turtle back into the wild

10:00 1h

Lone Star Law

S5 · E5 · Calm After the Storm

Eddins responds to a downed power line with active wire

Wild weather hits Texas, and Eddins is the first responder to a downed power line with active wires. Richards attempts to serve an arrest warrant

11:00 1h

Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet

S5 · E7 · Tiny Soul Mate

Dr Jeff helps 40 miniature Australian shepherd dogs rescued from a puppy mill

Dr Jeff helps 40 miniature Australian shepherd dogs rescued from a puppy mill. Vet technician Christine needs Dr Jeff's help when her chihuahua struggles to walk

Daytime

12:00 1h

Dr Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet

S5 · E8 · Happy Couple of Camels

Dr Jeff helps a beloved German shepherd walk again

Dr Jeff helps a beloved German shepherd walk again, while Dr Don has to act fast when a cat eats poison and a scared dog runs loose outside the clinic

13:00 1h

Pit Bulls & Parolees

S10 · E12 · Love at First Sight

Kanani and his fiancee M2 prepare for their wedding

Kanani and his fiancee M2 are busy preparing for their wedding. Jammall finds an abandoned dog and he needs Mariah's help to rescue it

14:00 1h

Pit Bulls & Parolees

S10 · E13 · Happy Howl-O-Ween

Villalobos throws a Halloween party to raise money for the rescue

Villalobos throws a Halloween party to raise money for the rescue. An old friend returns and Lizzy struggles to rescue a stray dog in the middle of the night

15:00 1h

My Cat from Hell

S7 · E1 · Crazy Cat Opens Doors

Jackson Galaxy deals with violent cat Sebastian

Jackson Galaxy deals with violent feline Sebastian, who is putting a newborn in jeopardy, and door-opening wildcat Zeus, who keeps threatening to leave his owner

16:00 1h

My Cat from Hell

S7 · E2 · Four Blind Cats

Jackson Galaxy deals with a tantrum-prone feline

Jackson Galaxy deals with a tantrum-prone cat that lives in fear of the other two felines living in the same home. He also tutors a bouncer on how to handle his misbehaving cat

17:00 1h

Treehouse Masters

S6 · E7 · Jeffersonian Honeymoon Suite

Pete Nelson builds a treehouse inspired by Thomas Jefferson in Virginia

Pete Nelson heads to the Bella Rose plantation in Virginia, where he builds a luxurious Thomas Jefferson-inspired treehouse complete with colonial columns

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

Saved by the Barn

S1 · E10 · Reuniting the Herd

The pigs are ready to move into their spacious new home

The Barn Sanctuary pigs are ready to move into their spacious new palace. The staff organise a memorial after Andy the cow passes away

19:00 30m

How Do Animals Do That?

S1 · E5 · Psychic Cats and Fuzzy Otters

How cats can detect an imminent earthquake

New science and demonstrations reveal how cats can detect an earthquake seconds before it happens. Plus, how sea otters manage to keep warm in icy waters

19:30 30m

How Do Animals Do That?

S1 · E6 · Elephant Noses and Ancient Animals

Why elephants have trunks

More fun facts about the animal kingdom, including why some creatures live so long, the reason that cats purr and why elephants have trunks

20:00 1h

Extinct or Alive

S1 · E2 · White Wolf of Newfoundland

In search of the white wolf, which was declared extinct in 1930

Biologist Forrest Galante teams up with an expert in Newfoundland in search of the white wolf, which was declared extinct in 1930. They meet a hunter convinced he shot one

21:00 1h

Alaskan Bush People: Book of Bird

An interview with Bird, the Brown brothers' sharp-shooting sister

An interview with Bird, the Brown brothers' sharp-shooting sister, in which she answers fans' questions and shares her favourite memories of growing up in the wild

22:00 1h

Tanked

S8 · E3 · Brett's Donut Mania Tank

Wayde and the team build a surprise fish tank for the grand opening of a business

Donut Mania is Brett's newest business venture and they are having a grand opening, so Wayde and the team want to congratulate him with a surprise fish tank

23:00 1h

Alaska: The Last Frontier

S8 · E3 · Roll Yuletide Roll

Atz Lee and Jane rush to the aid of a neighbour who has lost access to fresh water

Atz Lee and Jane rush to the aid of a neighbour who has lost access to fresh water on her homestead. Elsewhere, Charlotte takes measures to protect her herd from predators