ITV3 TV Guide — Saturday, 25 April 2026

Early Morning

01:45 30m

S5 · E2 · Stan's Room

Stan decides to leave home

Stan believes living at home is cramping his style and resolves to find his own place. Vintage comedy with Reg Varney and Bob Grant

02:15 15m

Unwind with ITV

Daily escape designed to calm the mind and encourage relaxation and reflection

02:30 3h 30m

Teleshopping

Home shopping

Buying goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:00 35m

On the Buses

S7 · E11 · The Allowance

Jack gets a new clippie

Inspector Blake gives Jack a new clippie, knowing her incessant chatter will drive him barmy. Seventies comedy, starring Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis

06:35 1h 35m

Wycliffe

The Cycle of Death

Pilot episode of the detective drama

Pilot episode of the detective drama, starring Jack Shepherd as the Cornish copper. When a bookshop owner is murdered in Penzance, the detective discovers all is not harmonious between the members of one of the area's most prominent families. With Kevin Quarmby and Carla Mendonca

08:10 2h

Lewis

S5 · E2 · Wild Justice

An American female bishop visiting St Gerard's College is poisoned

An American female bishop visiting St Gerard's College is found dead after drinking poisoned wine, and when another two killings occur, both mirroring macabre murders from Jacobean revenge tragedy, it appears the culprit is targeting candidates in the election to become vice-regent. However, when Innocent learns one of the suspects is hiding a dark secret, Lewis and Hathaway realise the motive is much more twisted. Guest starring Sian Phillips and Ronald Pickup, with Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox

10:10 1h 55m

Lewis

S5 · E3 · The Mind Has Mountains

A student dies during a clinical trial

Hathaway and Lewis struggle to determine whether a death during a college-based clinical trial for a new antidepressant was murder or suicide, and receive little assistance from the institution's evasive psychiatric professor. A second student's demise then leads to the revelation that the trial's participants are all operating under the influence of a mind-altering drug, and that the lines between love, obsession and madness have become dangerously blurred. Guest starring Douglas Henshall (Primeval), Lucy Liemann (Rev) and Thomas Brodie Sangster (Love Actually)

Daytime

12:05 2h

Agatha Christie's Marple

S2 · E1 · Sleeping Murder

Mystery, starring Geraldine McEwan

Feature-length mystery, starring Geraldine McEwan as the genteel sleuth. A woman experiences an unsettling vision after moving into the home of her dreams - and it transpires she lived in the house as a child. Miss Marple investigates the history of the property and discovers it was connected with a baffling disappearance years before - which has never been solved. With Dawn French, Russ Abbot, Geraldine Chaplin, Phil Davis and Sarah Parish

14:05 1h 55m

Midsomer Murders

S12 · E3 · Secrets and Spies

Barnaby's secret past as a spy is revealed

Barnaby's secret past as a spy is revealed when a former agent is killed after a cricket match between the villagers and the gentry. The dead man's wounds appear to have been inflicted by a giant claw, triggering rumours of a 'beast of Midsomer', and before long, another body turns up with similar injuries. Barnaby then realises the incidents are linked to the time the local network of spies spent in Cold War Berlin. John Nettles and Jason Hughes star, with guest appearances by Anna Massey, Peter Davison and Neil Stuke

16:00 2h

Midsomer Murders

S12 · E2 · The Black Book

Barnaby investigates art forgery

A masterpiece by landscape artist Henry Hogson causes a stir when it is auctioned for £400,000 after a fierce bidding war - and hours later, its former owner is tortured and killed. When a Hogson work is then stolen, Barnaby and Jones research the Midsomer painter with the help of art teacher Matilda Simms. They soon uncover evidence of forgery - but the killer is still at large. Guest starring David Bamber and Susannah Harker, with John Nettles and Jason Hughes

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 2h

Midsomer Murders

S12 · E4 · The Glitch

A schoolteacher is killed in a hit-and-run

Midsomer University science fellow George Jeffers threatens to make public a problem with his state-of-the-art invention Kernel Logic, which he believes is potentially lethal, but American software boss Clinton Finn fears he will lose millions if the truth comes out. When a schoolteacher is killed in a hit-and-run, Barnaby suspects Jeffers was the intended target. Detective drama, guest starring David Haig and Nigel Whitmey, with John Nettles and Jason Hughes

20:00 2h

Midsomer Murders

S12 · E5 · Small Mercies

A man's body is found tied down in a miniature village

The peace of the sleepy hamlet of Little Worthy is disturbed when a man's body is found tied down in a miniature village - just like the hero in classic tale Gulliver's Travels. As the investigation begins, Barnaby has no shortage of suspects, including the victim's recently jilted partner - a teacher whose classroom is full of paintings of the story - his teenage lover, a caretaker and a hotel owner. But the case takes a twist when the killer strikes again amid the chaos of the annual fancy-dress boat race. Detective drama, guest starring Jesse Birdsall and Olivia Colman, with John Nettles and Jason Hughes

22:00 1h 50m

Grace

S5 · E2 · Dead at First Sight

The team investigate when a man is found dead in a hotel room

When a man is found dead in his hotel, the scene reads like a crime of passion - the room was paid for in cash and booked in the name Travis Simmons. Travis has no ID and no bank cards - when Grace discovers a burner phone, he suspects that his victim was meeting someone in secret. When things don't quite add up and Grace realises that something in this case isn't what it seems, the team is thrown into a world where a tangled web of mistaken identity leads to a painful secret

23:50 1h 55m

A Touch of Frost

S15 · E2 · If Dogs Run Free - Part Two

Part two of two. Mullett becomes convinced Frost's life is in danger

Part two of two. The past catches up with Frost as he investigates a series of murders that appear to mirror crimes he failed to solve more than 16 years ago. As the case progresses, Mullett becomes convinced the detective's life is in danger, and with Jack now trying to bring two killers to justice - the copycat and the assailant at the dogfight - tragedy cannot be far ahead. David Jason stars, with Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Phyllis Logan, Niamh Cusack, Adrian Dunbar, Leah Bracknell and Simon Shepherd

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