Drama TV Guide — Saturday, 5 September 2026

Eric gets involved with an Irish rock band, while Lovejoy takes to the water with Lady Jane's friend Victoria Cavero and bravely pops the question - only to receive an unexpected response. Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton and Chris Jury star with guests Joanna Lumley and the members of Hothouse Flowers

Sister Reginald's incorrigible brother Alfie Lynch, a habitual thief, turns up at the nunnery seeking help. He is put up at Mrs Clams's guest house. At an art exhibition in the local gallery, egocentric artist Gerry Ardwell features himself as the main exhibit. The next morning, Ardwell is found dead, bludgeoned by a brass statue, while a valuable painting has been stolen. Alfie Lynch is missing and DI Gillespie's main suspect. Sister Reginald pleads with Sister Boniface to find the real culprit, a task made harder when the painting is found in Lynch's room and other suspects have alibis

David ends his affair with Elaine, but it is too late to stop the truth coming out. Meanwhile, Virginia plots revenge on Megan

Jack Felton, the charming young owner of a fruit and vegetable delivery company, is found brutally stabbed in his own home

Sharon gets a passion for democracy - and decides to buy Darryl's vote from Tracey for the local by-election. Robert Llewellyn guests stars, with Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson

Tracey argues with Darryl about the lack of trust in their relationship, and visits a therapist for advice on how to resolve the issue. Comedy, starring Linda Robson

Darryl plots to spend a night with Tracey by escaping from hospital, while Sharon makes her own plans for the evening's entertainment. Comedy, starring Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson

Tracey invites an old school friend to stay for a few days, leaving Sharon out in the cold. Comedy, starring Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson

Feature-length Christmas special from 2001. A veteran actress is shot through the heart during the filming of a darkly surreal love story, but the bullet appears to have passed through a plate-glass window without breaking it. With Maddy out of the country, Jonathan is lumbered with a pushy theatrical agent who has a nose for mystery. Offbeat detective drama, starring Alan Davies, Julia Sawalha, Steven Berkoff, Mary Tamm and Jay Benedict

Alan Davies stars in a feature-length episode of the offbeat crime drama. Master of illusion Jonathan is called upon to solve several disappearances inside the gloomy attic of a vast Gothic house, but is completely baffled by the mystery, which for 70 years has been attributed to the ghost of a madman said to prey upon human flesh. When two women shelter from a thunderstorm there one night, the ominous presence claims another victim, leaving her friend - Joey Ross - determined to get to the truth of what happened. Jonathan finds himself working alongside Joey, and it seems his formidable powers of deduction are in danger of being eclipsed by her raw intuition. With Sheridan Smith as Joey

A skeleton uncovered in the foundations of a swimming pool is identified as a young lottery winner named Cheryl, who was reported missing 17 years ago. The prime suspects are her fellow quiz team-mates, who won their lucky windfall as part of a syndicate, and while some have put their money to good use, the victim's boyfriend has fallen on hard times and the media remain convinced he is the key to her murder. As allegations of affairs, fights and betrayal begin to surface, the team is left to ponder whether money really is the root of all evil

The penultimate episode sees the retired detectives investigating possibly their most difficult cold case yet. A bloodstained bust is uncovered during construction work in a cemetery and the evidence points to the murder of an alternative-medicine practitioner seven years earlier. Further clues lead to the controversial world of cryopreservation - the practice of keeping clinically dead patients frozen to extend their life cycle. Sasha is determined they don't put a foot wrong - but with the sobering possibility that two perpetrators are still at large, the detectives are forced to go out on a limb

Jack and Joan's search for a missing boy is complicated by the sudden arrival of Joan's daughter Rebecca