Drama TV Guide — Thursday, 14 May 2026

Browse the full Drama TV guide for Thursday, 14 May 2026. 23 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

01:40 55m

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

S4 · E6 · For Love Nor Money

Robert's brother comes to stay in the final episode of the drama

Robert's brother Frank comes to stay - and presents the private detective with another intriguing case in the final episode of the light-hearted drama. The daughter of Frank's old flame has gone missing from her new job in a Victorian heritage museum and early investigations indicate that Marianne was last seen running out of the museum in her school mistress costume, following a row with the manager

02:35 1h 25m

This Is Not a Murder Mystery

S1 · E2 · The Glass Gun

As the artists begin to suspect one another, Scotland Yard's investigation starts to focus on a single guest

As the artists begin to suspect one another, Scotland Yard's investigation starts to focus on a single guest. Paranoia spreads, secrets unravel and new facts come to light

04:00 2h

Teleshopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:00 1h 20m

Teleshopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

07:20 55m

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

08:15 40m

Doctors

S10 · E98 · Seeing Red

A girl develops a rash on her scalp

A girl being taunted at school develops a mysterious rash on her scalp, leaving Mike and her mother to suspect physical abuse. Nick tells Vivien he feels Caroline should see another doctor, while Melody and Archie end up locked in a cupboard, forcing them to communicate

08:55 35m

Doctors

S10 · E99 · Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Eva searches for the body of a serial killer's final victim

Eva is sent out with a jailed serial killer to find the final body she buried in the woods. She and a retired Detective Inspector discover a corpse - but end up wondering whether it really is the murderer's last victim. Meanwhile, with the trial date set, Vivien plucks up the courage to make an announcement to her colleagues

09:30 1h 25m

Classic Holby City

S7 · E21 · Awakenings

Mark decides to leave

Mark decides to leave when he realises neither Tricia nor Chrissie want him around - but an encounter with a patient could change their minds. Donna applies for a bar job, and persuades Mickie to lie to the manager about her experience. Mubbs gets a wake-up call when Owen decides not to let him be best man, and Sean offers to stand by Jess

10:55 1h

Classic Casualty

S26 · E1 · Partners

Jordan worries the symptoms of his brain tumour are returning

Jeff and Dixie face stiff competition from new paramedics Tamzin and Omar (Gemma Atkinson and Dhafer L'Abidine), and their day worsens when they are called to a remote farmhouse that appears to be inhabited by a drug baron and a pack of ferocious dogs. Meanwhile, Jordan worries his brain tumour may be returning. Guest starring Eva Pope (Waterloo Road)

11:55 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

Daytime

12:55 40m

Classic EastEnders

S27 · E66

Lucas begins to unravel when his congregation questions him on the nature of good and evil

Lucas begins to unravel when his congregation questions him on the nature of good and evil, while Zainab steps up to help Denise's family with their grief

13:35 40m

Classic EastEnders

S27 · E67

Lucas finds solace from an unlikely source, and Phil receives a shock

Lucas finds solace from an unlikely source, and Phil receives a shock. Meanwhile, Fat Boy's blagging gets him into strife with Dot, and Abi realises she is in love

14:15 1h 5m

Harry Wild

S1 · E7 · The Mystery of Granny Susan's Fun Time Wig

The matriarch of a wealthy Dublin family is killed

The matriarch of a wealthy Dublin family is strangled to death during a video call in front of her horrified relatives, and her daughter employs the services of the newly formed Wild/Reid Detective Agency. It quickly becomes apparent that the motive for the murder was a sizeable inheritance, but everyone who stood to benefit was on the call at the time of the murder

15:20 1h

The Doctor Blake Mysteries

S2 · E6 · Mortal Coil

A coffin is dropped - revealing not one but two bodies

Jean attends a local funeral where the coffin is dropped - revealing not one but two bodies. Blake's investigations lead him to a previously unsuspected criminal underworld in Ballarat. Australian detective drama set in 1959, starring Craig McLachlan as maverick country town doctor Lucien Blake

16:20 1h

Lovejoy

S1 · E1 · The Firefly Cage

A Japanese antique intrigues Lovejoy

Tinker and Lovejoy set out to unravel the meaning behind a strange carving of a Japanese firefly cage, helped by Lady Jane Felsham. Drama, starring Ian McShane

17:20 40m

Birds of a Feather

S5 · E4 · Absent Friends

The sisters are suspected of burglary

Sharon and Tracey are suspected of carrying out a spate of burglaries in Chigwell and snooty man-eater Dorien sees her chance to get rid of the neighbourhood's low-life element once and for all by not speaking up in their defence. With Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 40m

Last of the Summer Wine

S14 · E3 · The Phantom of the Graveyard

The trio attend a friend's funeral

The trio prepare to attend a friend's funeral, and Foggy decides they should all smarten up for the occasion. However, Compo's Maurice Chevalier outfit is not what he had in mind

18:40 40m

Last of the Summer Wine

S14 · E4 · The Self-Propelled Salad Strainer

Compo enlists Wesley's aid in winning over Nora Batty

Wesley adapts a ride-on lawnmower for the purpose of cleaning windows. Nora Batty pays a visit to someone unknown, so an uneasy Compo enlists the aid of Wesley's invention to declare his love for her. Bill Owen and Kathy Staff star

19:20 40m

Last of the Summer Wine

S14 · E5 · Ordeal by Trousers

Compo accuses Foggy of lying

Suspicious about the validity of Foggy's war stories, Compo and Clegg use an old school challenge to establish the truth. Brian Wilde, Peter Sallis and Bill Owen star

20:00 1h

Father Brown

S7 · E5 · The Darkest Noon

Mallory and Father Brown go missing

Mallory and Father Brown go missing, and it is up to the gang to save them from a man hell-bent on revenge. Mark Williams and Jack Deam star in the crime drama

21:00 1h

Bergerac

S2 · E5 · Our Man in Bermuda

Bergerac is left with his career on the line

Still reeling from the revelation about Alun and with Monica exonerated, the spotlight of suspicion falls upon Nicola. Bergerac is left with his career on the line

22:00 1h 20m

New Tricks

S8 · E4 · Setting Out Your Stall

A market trader's death is linked to a series of drug rapes

New information links the unexplained death of a market trader to a series of drug rapes in east London - but with that case still ongoing, Ucos officers are unable to question the chief suspect, so they have to look into their victim's past in their search for clues. Gerry finds a likely culprit in the shape of the market inspector who clamped his car, while Sandra has problems of a more personal nature when her hated mother arrives for a visit. Sheila Hancock guest stars

23:20 1h 55m

Dalziel & Pascoe

S7 · E2 · Mens Sana

Feature-length episode. A woman dies at a private health spa

Feature-length episode. When a woman is found dead at a health spa, a convalescing Dalziel decides to mix business with pleasure and books himself in - but finds more than he bargained for. Meanwhile, Pascoe is bitten by the love bug and runs the risk of making a real fool of himself. Norman Wisdom guest stars, with Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan

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