Browse the full BBC World Service TV guide for Tuesday, 19 May 2026. 47 programmes listed , including 14 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
6m
00:06
54m
Memories of historical reporting told by the people who were there
01:00
30m
01:30
30m
The story of America and the world
02:00
30m
02:30
30m
BBC correspondents report
03:00
6m
03:06
44m
Perspectives on important issues
03:50
10m
How a newspaper set up in 1982 played a role in the fall of communism in Poland
04:00
30m
04:30
30m
The creative process of author Thomas Keneally on his latest book
05:00
3h
The latest headlines
Morning
08:00
6m
08:06
24m
How home and work can be adapted to improve life for people with ADHD
08:30
20m
Business and finance news, interviews and reports
08:50
10m
A teenager's debut book that caused a royal scandal in Belgium in 1999
09:00
30m
09:30
30m
BBC correspondents report
10:00
6m
10:06
54m
11:00
30m
11:30
30m
The story of America and the world
Daytime
12:00
6m
12:06
44m
Perspectives on important issues
12:50
10m
A teenager's debut book that caused a royal scandal in Belgium in 1999
13:00
30m
13:30
30m
The creative process of author Thomas Keneally on his latest book
14:00
1h
15:00
6m
15:06
24m
How home and work can be adapted to improve life for people with ADHD
15:30
20m
Business and finance news, interviews and reports
15:50
10m
16:00
2h
Tonight's Highlights
18:00
6m
18:06
44m
Perspectives on important issues
18:50
10m
A teenager's debut book that caused a royal scandal in Belgium in 1999
19:00
30m
19:30
30m
20:00
6m
20:06
24m
BBC correspondents report
20:30
30m
The ways in which technology is changing lives
21:00
1h
22:00
6m
22:06
24m
How home and work can be adapted to improve life for people with ADHD
22:30
30m
The creative process of author Thomas Keneally on his latest book
23:00
30m
23:30
30m
Finance and business news