ITV3 TV Guide — Wednesday, 22 July 2026

A Russian chess champion arrives to compete in an exhibition match, causing a crisis for the constabulary, who also find themselves on the trail of an exceptionally devious burglar. Meanwhile, David and Vernon face problems a little closer to home. Rural police drama, starring David Lonsdale and Geoffrey Hughes

An investigation into a cattle auctioneer puts Mike's career in danger when he finds himself under suspicion of taking bribes. The case also puts his relationship with his wife in jeopardy, culminating in a final, shocking revelation from Jackie. Meanwhile, Vernon attempts to bottle the secret of eternal youth

A mischievous trickster finally gets his comeuppance when his body is found floating below the weir in Midsomer Deverell. The extent of his double life starts to emerge when three family friends and a long-lost niece produce wills claiming his fortune, and his collection of erotic photographs from the 1960s gives Barnaby and Jones the key to the tangled relationships and feuds blighting the family

Sidney takes Geordie to Johnny Johnson's London jazz club, hoping to leave their worries in Grantchester for the night, but the backstage murder of Johnny's sister Claudette puts paid to that. When Archie, the victim's father and owner of the club, calls in a police officer pal to crack the case, Geordie immediately detects the copper is corrupt, while Sidney makes an important discovery about Claudette that she had kept hidden from all but those closest to her. As every lead seems to come back to Archie's violent past, recriminations within the family begin to play out

With Amanda and Guy's wedding fast approaching, and his betrayal of Hildegard still fresh in his mind, Sidney is thrown deep into crisis, and the murder of a local cop doesn't help matters as he allows himself to become drawn into another case with Geordie. However, tragedy strikes as the duo close in on the killer, and with Geordie's life hanging in the balance, the clergyman finds himself cut out of the investigation as the police close ranks. But that doesn't stop him enlisting the help of Mrs Maguire and Leonard in a daring mission to gather information on the man who shot his partner

First of two-part crime drama from the prolific pen of Lynda La Plante. DCI Roisin Connor is called in to investigate the gruesome discovery of a woman's severed hand in the River Thames, and soon finds herself pitted against rival officer Chief Superintendent Mike Walker as they are drawn into a deadly game with a psychotic killer. Victoria Smurfit and David Hayman star