Drama TV Guide — Sunday, 17 May 2026

Browse the full Drama TV guide for Sunday, 17 May 2026. 17 programmes listed , including 4 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

01:00 1h

Sister Boniface Mysteries

S1 · E8 · Queen of the Kitchen

Sister Boniface investigates when a bakery show contestant is poisoned by her own cake

TV host Prunella Gladwell comes to St Vincent's Convent to present an episode of her top-rated cookery show involving six contestants, including Sister Boniface, competing for a cash prize. Contestant Gladys Tibbs dies during the recording and Sister Boniface determines she was poisoned by belladonna berries added to her own cake - a cake that should have been tasted by Gladwell

02:00 2h

The Brokenwood Mysteries

S9 · E6 · Motorcycle Mamas

A murder casts suspicion among the ranks of an all-women motorcycle club

Members of an all-women motorcycle club arrive in Brokenwood for the wedding of one of their number, but a murder casts suspicion among their ranks and throws the town into chaos. Detective drama set in a New Zealand town, starring Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Pana Hema Taylor and Nic Sampson

04:00 2h

Teleshopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:00 1h

Teleshopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

07:00 50m

The Bill

S16 · E27 · Wheels

Hagen takes the wheel in the new crime car

Stamp is driven to distraction by news that Hagen has been chosen to take the wheel in the new crime car. Graham Cole stars

07:50 1h

The Bill

S16 · E28 · Warm Bodies - Part One

Part one. Boulton and Stanton join forces

Part one. Boulton and Stanton join forces in a bid to discover the link between two separate assaults

08:50 1h

The Bill

S16 · E29 · Warm Bodies - Part Two

Part two. Boulton and Stanton's investigation continues

Part two. Boulton continues his investigation, but Stanton's involvement with a mystery man jeopardises their case

09:50 1h

The Bill

S16 · E30 · Blurred Around the Edges

Smith suffers from divided loyalties

Smith has to decide where his loyalties lie - with his police colleagues or his old army friends

10:50 1h 5m

The Bill

S16 · E31 · Catch a Falling Star

Conway meets a pop idol from his youth

Conway is thrilled to meet a pop idol from his youth, but fails to anticipate the trouble heading his way

11:55 1h

Call the Midwife

S8 · E4

Sister Julienne is drawn into a conflict between an estranged mother and daughter

Sister Julienne is drawn into a conflict between an estranged mother and daughter, both of whom are pregnant. Nurse Crane visits a photographic gallery in Soho with Sgt Woolf, but the trip does not go to plan, and Sister Frances' shyness causes concern. Trixie's keep fit class is chosen to host a special event, but her star pupil is devastated to learn that she is pregnant

Daytime

12:55 1h 20m

Call the Midwife

S8 · E5

Dr Turner opens a new screening clinic

Dr Turner opens a new screening clinic for cervical cancer, and one of the first patients is a woman who is about to be married and has never had a period. Trixie supports her as she discovers she has a rare condition, but the diagnosis could have far more devastating repercussions than either of them could have imagine. Sister Frances confronts her fear of public speaking, Lucille has a new romance in her life, and a father-to-be experiences strange pains similar to his wife's pregnancy symptoms

14:15 3h 15m

Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life

Feature-length period drama, starring Gillian Kearney

Gillian Kearney stars in the feature-length period drama following the fortunes of housekeeper Emily Kennedy and her relationships with three very different men. At first she is content working for the McGilby family while her father is away at sea, but finds her life thrown into turmoil by the death of one of her employers. With John Bowler and Ray Stevenson

17:30 1h

Sister Boniface Mysteries

S1 · E10 · Crimes and Miss Demeanours

A contestant in a beauty pageant meets an untimely end

The United Britain beauty contest comes to Slaughter Abbey, and Miss Northern Ireland - one of the three favourites - is found dead in the swimming pool. Sister Boniface deduces murder from a blow to the back of the head. Drama, starring Lorna Watson

Tonight's Highlights

18:30 1h 30m

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

S1 · E1 · The Bearded Lady

The sleuth investigates the death of an old lady

Patricia Routledge stars as Lancashire housewife Hetty Wainthropp, a part-time Post Office worker with a sideline in sleuthing. In this first episode, the mysterious death of a pensioner leaves a few unanswered questions, but Hetty smells a rat and with her young assistant Geoffrey, sets about solving the mystery the police have little interest in. Drama, also starring Dominic Monaghan and David Benfield. First broadcast in 1996

20:00 1h

Harry Wild

S4 · E7 · You Are Cordially Invited to an Assassination: Part 1

Harry encounters a dangerous adversary

Harry encounters her most dangerous adversary yet. Crime drama, starring Jane Seymour

21:00 2h 30m

Silent Witness

S20 · E5 · Awakenings

Feature-length episode. Nikki travels to Mexico to attend the funeral

Feature-length episode. Nikki travels to Mexico to attend the funeral of Luisa, a former intern at the Lyell Centre who was murdered in a carjacking in her native country. She soon stumbles across the post-mortem report and realises that the body is not that of her ex-colleague. Assisted by Dr Eva Vasquez and fired up with the idea that Luisa might still be alive, Nikki and Jack trace her last-known movements and are led to a farm where a cartel massacre was carried out. Crime drama, starring Emilia Fox

23:30 1h 25m

New Tricks

S8 · E6 · Objects of Desire

Sandra is reunited with an old flame

Sandra is reunited with an old flame when DCI Larson of the Met's arts and antiques squad asks her to look into the murder of an antiques dealer who was not quite as legitimate as everyone thought. Brian is puzzled by Esther's odd behaviour and her new-found interest in the internet, leading him to think the unthinkable - she must be having an affair. Paul McGann and Jesse Birdsall guest star, with Amanda Redman and Alun Armstrong

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