BBC Two TV Guide — Thursday, 3 September 2026

At the start of the 20th century, the new residents of Calton Hill find themselves wrapped up in bigamy and brutality. Featured are the Marshalls, a family of five occupying just two rooms and sharing the floor and toilet with another family, the Ross family, including head prison warder James, who is brutally attacked by an inmate, and Annie Anthony and her son John, a professional soldier who fought a very different sort of war

The remaining four celebrities have 90 minutes to serve a three-course Mexican-themed meal to judges Grace Dent and Giorgio Locatelli in the Service is Up challenge before Tom Kerridge challenges them to recreate one of his much-loved pub classics

On the day of Megan's funeral, the service is suddenly cancelled as the authorities want to carry out another post-mortem and rumours circulate that the police are now involved. The coroner's inquest concludes Megan died of natural causes and there is no mention of a brain tumour, but some of Megan's closest friends are baffled. If Megan wasn't ill, why did she show symptoms and why was she taking such enormous quantities of medication?

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Chris Hull and Lee Burkhill travel to Coventry to help Amy, Ryan and their family transform their disorganised, outdated garden into a sporty, modern haven for everyone to enjoy. The current space lacks structure, with tired decking, no clear play area for the kids and little visual appeal near the house

At Witley Recycling Centre, Sarah Moore stops three potential money-makers from being crushed. Salvage expert Guy begins with a tricky transformation. Can he turn a bag of battered golf clubs into an item that will make a profit? And woodworker Bruce's skills are tested, repurposing a fireplace fender

As a summer marked by record-breaking heat and prolonged drought comes to a close, Monty Don reflects on how it has tested gardeners across the country. From parched borders to sun-scorched lawns, he looks at the impact of low or no rainfall and offers some solutions for the plants worst hit. Yet amid the challenges, there is reason for optimism. As the gardening year turns towards autumn, he gathers seed, takes cuttings and prepares the ground for seasons to come, proving that gardening is always an act of hope. Joe Swift visits a family-run nursery in Dorset and Rekha Mistry shares the results of her container challenge. In Essex, a grower showcases his agaves and in Cumbria a young couple share tips for a colourful garden

Former winners Rickie Haywood-Williams, Sally Phillips, Vikki Stone and Dan Walker keep their eyes on the prize ahead of Friday's final

Game show, hosted by Gabby Logan, in which four contestants answer questions for the right to roll balls along cash lanes. Round by round they try to usurp their competitors in the tactical stakes of runway selection, and the nearer their balls get to The Edge the more money they bank. However if they go over, they face elimination

Derek Brockway is in Dinas Powys, just outside Cardiff, to walk the five-mile Salmon Leaps circular trail. The route takes him through ancient woodland and across the historical Cwrt yr Ala estate before he returns to Dinas Powys where the Village Show is in full swing. Wildlife expert Lizzie Daly goes in search of night creatures and Onkar Singh Purewal joins a dawn swim at Penarth

Thorn the giraffe is having problems with his hooves, but for the vet to get close enough to fix them he needs to be within kicking distance of the giant animal. Elsewhere in the park, another team of vets prepares to perform a procedure on a pair of male reindeer. Presented by Kate Humble and Ben Fogle

The documentary reveals wild dogs' secrets to success and their incredible strategies for survival, from leaping jackals and sneezing African wild dogs to grey foxes that climb trees. Chris Packham narrates

Michael Aspel and the team visit Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, where they value a James Bond novel bought at a car-boot sale and now thought to be worth £7,000, an art deco doll's house with an unusual feature and a valuable 17th-century spoon which, until recently, was being used to serve up vegetables. First shown in 2003

Antique experts Catherine Southon and David Fletcher scour a crowd at Ushaw in Co Durham to find objects to take to auction. Catherine uncovers a large collection of glassware and stoneware dug up in the north east of England, while David finds an American money box in the shape of a bulldog. Host Paul Martin visits the Oriental Museum at Durham University to find out about the collection of Malcolm McDonald, a British diplomat who was passionate about Asian ceramics