U&W TV Guide — Saturday, 16 May 2026

Browse the full U&W TV guide for Saturday, 16 May 2026. 24 programmes listed , including 8 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:15 40m

Ghosts

S1 · E3 · Happy Death Day

Pat's family make their annual pilgrimage to the site of his death

Pat's family make their annual pilgrimage to the site of his death and he begs Alison to pass on a message from the other side - a plan complicated when he realises a shocking truth about his marriage. Meanwhile, Mike struggles to come to terms with his bathroom-based paranoia, and Kitty tries to find out where babies come from. Comedy, starring Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Simon Farnaby

00:55 1h 5m

Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon

S2 · E5 · The Smith Family

Stacey coaches the Smith family through a mammoth declutter

Stacey coaches the Smith family through a mammoth declutter as their possessions are laid out in a warehouse as though it were an art installation they discover 207 loose nappies, 145 Punjabi suits and 24 old toothbrushes amongst other things. Things get emotional as Raaj lets go of some of her late sister's belongings whom she lost to Covid. Carpenter Rob works hard to make their three-bedroom house accommodate six people and Dilly creates a brand-new larder while reorganising the kitchen

02:00 1h

DIY SOS: The Bigger Build Ireland

S3 · E6 · Coolaney

Baz Ashmawy and his team head to Coolaney

Baz Ashmawy and his team head to Coolaney in Country Sligo to adapt the home of Claire Carpenter to her needs so she can return from hospital after suffering a stroke

03:00 3h 10m

Teleshopping

A chance to buy goods from the comfort of home

Morning

06:10 50m

The Bill

S25 · E48 · Absolute Power

Depression turns a mild-mannered man into a potential killer

Stevie questions a man arrested for launching an unprovoked attack on a fellow drinker in a pub and becomes emotionally involved when she discovers the suspect is deeply depressed after losing his job and learning his wife has been having an affair with her boss. Newly promoted Inspector Smith urges caution, but Stevie puts herself in danger after the downtrodden husband sets out for revenge - carrying a gun. Danielle Brent guest stars

07:00 1h

The Bill

S25 · E49 · Psychiatric Help

Part one of two. A child's nanny is badly beaten

Part one of two. A child abandoned in a busy market alerts police to the fact his nanny has been abducted and badly beaten in what turns out to be a case of mistaken identity. Neil recognises the intended target as a psychiatrist he worked with on a previous case in which a mental health patient in her care was shot dead on his orders - so their reunion is less than cordial. Ruth Gemmell guest stars

08:00 1h

The Bill

S25 · E50 · Reaching Out

Part two of two. Neil investigates a vendetta against a psychiatrist

Part two of two. When psychiatrist Julia Bickham's partner is injured in a hit-and-run incident and her nanny is attacked in what turns out to be a case of mistaken identity, Neil investigates the possibility somebody holds a grudge against her. Among the suspects is a man whose wife died two years previously from an overdose. On the strength of Julia's professional testimony that it was a case of suicide, the man lost his life assurance claim and subsequently custody of his daughter

09:00 1h

The Bill

S25 · E51 · Lost Soul

A newsagent is beaten to death

Banksy renews acquaintance with the Sissoulu family after a telephone used to tip off the police about a murder is traced back to grieving father Joseph, whose son Danny was recently killed in a similar manner. The dead teenager's friends are reluctant to say much, but suspicion falls on Mo Campbell when his prints are found in the newsagent's shop

10:00 1h

The Bill

S25 · E52 · Powerless

A teenager is shot dead

Neil and Max investigate the murder of a 17-year-old girl who had recently left foster care to live alone. Relations between the detectives are strained when Max makes a disparaging remark about kids placed in care at the children's home, and the case takes an unexpected twist when the prime suspect for the shooting turns out to be the partner of the victim's drug-using mother

11:00 1h

The Bill

S25 · E53 · Innocence Betrayed

Indecent images of a four-year-old girl are discovered on a laptop

After a raid, Paul Brewer is arrested for having indecent images of a four-year-old girl on his laptop. He claims to have lent his computer to convicted paedophile George Fielding, who Brewer met in prison. When questioned, Fielding admits to downloading the pictures, but tests prove they were taken by camera and were not from the internet. Banksy and Max are left to sort out which of the pair is covering for the other. Jeff Rawle guest stars

Daytime

12:00 1h

The Bill

S25 · E54 · Trust Me

Part one of two. A drugs raid draws a blank

Part one of two. Jo persuades a former prostitute she once knew to help her catch a big-time drug dealer. After days of surveillance, a raid is mounted but draws a blank when the £40,000 consignment of drugs disappears along with one of the suspects. A second ex-prostitute connected to the case admits to knowing what happened, but refuses to help in the inquiries because she is terrified of the 'Mr Big' behind it all

13:00 1h

999 Rescue Squad

S4 · E9

Yorkshire's HART paramedics race to help a man who has been stabbed in the back with a screwdriver

Yorkshire's HART paramedics race to help a man who has been stabbed in the back with a screwdriver, and there's a fire in a hotel resulting in a desperate search for those inside

14:00 1h

999 Rescue Squad

S4 · E10

A construction worker is impaled with a metal spike

A man is left with a metal spike impaled in his face after a traumatic incident on a construction site, sparking a huge rescue operation. Medics help a man who was hit by a car

15:00 1h

999 Rescue Squad

S5 · E1

A woman plunges 10ft through the floorboards of her Sheffield home

A woman plunges 10ft through the floorboards of her Sheffield home in a freak accident, and the HART team launch a major rescue operation to save her

16:00 1h

999 Rescue Squad

S5 · E2

A car towing a caravan on the M1 rolls over and hits a lamp post

There's a major rescue operation on the M1 after a car towing a caravan rolls over and hits a lamp post - trapping the driver. A teacher on his mountain bike suffers a brain injury

17:00 1h

999 Rescue Squad

S5 · E3

The team helps a biker critically injured in a crash

The team helps a biker critically injured in a crash. In Brontë country, a man vanishes after going for a swim in a Pennines lake, sparking a major rescue operation

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

999 Rescue Squad

S5 · E4

A dangerous driver in a pick-up truck causes carnage when his vehicle rolls over

A dangerous driver in a pick-up truck causes carnage when his vehicle rolls over and the HART team are called to free him and his passenger from the wreckage

19:00 1h

First Responders

S2 · E1

A teenage forestry worker receives a life-threatening injury

Join ambulances, helicopters and boats across New Zealand, transporting critical patients to safety. A teenage forestry worker receives a life-threatening injury, severe asthma endangers a mum's life and police help young divers safely to shore

20:00 1h

First Responders

S2 · E2

A woman gets caught on the wrong end of a fishing spear

A woman gets caught on the wrong end of a fishing spear, there's a daring rescue at sea and a chopper crew welcomes a new life mid-flight

21:00 40m

My Family

S10 · E1 · Wheelie Ben

Ben pretends to be disabled

The local council insists that Ben is disabled so he happily plays along with the mistake - until he comes to regret his actions. Comedy, guest starring Penelope Wilton

21:40 40m

Ghosts

S1 · E1 · Who Do You Think You Are?

First episode of the comedy, starring Charlotte Ritchie

Cash-strapped Alison and Mike think all their problems have been solved when they inherit a grand country house, unaware that it is falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants. The spooks must act immediately to halt the new owners' plans to turn the house into a hotel, but their attempts to scare them away fail miserably. Comedy, starring Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond

22:20 40m

Ghosts

S1 · E2 · Gorilla War

Mike's attempts to turn the house into a home leads to a DIY disaster

Alison finds herself hounded by the ghosts, who now realise she can both see and hear them, and tries to ignore their existence - a tactic which only exacerbates the problem when the Captain puts the ghosts onto a war footing. Meanwhile, Mike's attempts to turn the house into a home leads to a DIY disaster, saddling Lady Button with an ill-suited roommate, and Julian learns about his questionable legacy when the spooks discover the internet. Comedy, starring Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Simon Farnaby

23:00 35m

Ghosts

S1 · E3 · Happy Death Day

Pat's family make their annual pilgrimage to the site of his death

23:35 35m

The Catherine Tate Show

S1 · E1

First episode of the comedy sketch show

First edition of the comedy sketch show, featuring the comedian as an assortment of quirky and oddball characters, including a woman frightened of her own shadow, the wife of a cannibal on death row, a couple with a unique approach to parenting, an Irish nurse who will not let patients come between her and her twin passions, and a teenager who would rather be right than happy. From February 2004

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