Full Drama listings for Friday 30 October 2026, with times in London local time.

Two hours of Miss Marple is the whole case for Drama tonight

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Drama’s Friday has one big idea: give Miss Marple the full 8pm to 10pm slot and let everything else queue up around it. It is the right call. Two hours is long enough for a whodunnit to take its time, and it is the only thing on the channel tonight that asks for your undivided attention.

It starts at 8pm against The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One, which is the real competition, with Gardeners’ World on BBC Two and First Dates on E4 also in the mix. If you are a Traitors household, this is a recording decision. If you are not, Joan Hickson’s Marple is a calm alternative, and the length means you can start late-ish and still catch a proper ending. Hickson is the name attached to this version. Four stars: not because we know what happens tonight, but because the format earns the double-length slot.

What follows, and what leads in

New Tricks takes over at 10pm for 80 minutes, and it is a comfortable landing after the Marple. The series ran for 12 series and 107 episodes, and a cast that included Dennis Waterman, Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite and James Bolam. It is also a daily fixture on Drama, so there is nothing scarce about it. Worth staying up for if the Marple has put you in the mood; not worth rearranging the evening around. Three stars.

Before the main event, Last Of The Summer Wine fills the lead-in. It occupies three slots between 6pm and 8pm, at 6, 6.40 and 7.20, which is a lot of Yorkshire hillside for one early evening. The sitcom ran to 31 series and 295 episodes, with Peter Sallis, Bill Owen and Kathy Staff in the cast, so there is plenty of stock to draw on. It has also been on Drama every day for ten days running. Treat it as background and you will not be disappointed. At 7.20 it is up against Have I Got News for You on BBC One and Top of the Pops on BBC Four.

The rest

The rest of the day is the usual Drama rota of soaps and procedurals: Classic EastEnders and Neighbours in the afternoon, Father Brown at 4.20pm, Shakespeare And Hathaway – Private Investigators at 3.20pm and again at 11.20pm. Judge John Deed is back at 20 past midnight for 125 minutes, for anyone who needs a very late courtroom.


Also on TV tonight at 9pm

  • BBC One: The Celebrity Traitors (from 8pm)
  • BBC Two: Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
  • ITV1: Beat the Chasers
  • Channel 4: New: Gogglebox
  • Channel 5: Harrods: The Rise & Fall of a British Institution
  • BBC Four: Top of the Pops (from 8.30pm)
  • ITV2: Big Brother
  • ITV3: Doc Martin
  • ITV4: Live: ITV Racing Live (from 6.30pm)
  • E4: M3GAN

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on Drama tonight?

On Friday 30 October 2026, Drama shows Last Of The Summer Wine at 7.20pm, Miss Marple at 8pm and New Tricks at 10pm.

Is there a film on Drama tonight?

No. Drama has no films in its evening schedule on Friday 30 October 2026.

What’s on Drama late tonight?

After 11pm, Drama has Shakespeare And Hathaway – Private Investigators at 11.20pm.

What time does Drama’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with Last Of The Summer Wine at 6pm.