Full ITV1 listings for Wednesday 28 October 2026, with times in London local time.

ITV1 clears its evening for Liverpool v Chelsea

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ITV1 has made a simple decision tonight: one programme, 175 minutes. Carabao Cup: Liverpool v Chelsea takes the whole of primetime from 7.30pm, and the rest of the night is arranged around it. If you want the football, this is the channel. If you do not, the evening is one of the thinnest on the main channels.

The scale of the commitment is the story. A listing of nearly three hours is a lot of room for one tie, and it is why nothing else is scheduled between half past seven and the news. It also puts the channel in a straight fight for the 7.30 slot with EastEnders on BBC One, The Future with Hannah Fry on BBC Two and Brooklyn Nine-Nine on E4. Those are very different offers, and the football will take most of the viewers who care about it. Four stars, and the pick, because a cup tie between these two sides is the one event on the channel tonight.

The cost of a big match is that the news moves. ITV News at Ten does not start at ten: it is listed at 22:25 and runs for 35 minutes, which puts it against BBC London and Newsnight rather than BBC News at Ten. The late start is the match’s doing, and a long tie could push it further. Three stars as a bulletin, with the caveat on timing.

Late on, Peston is at 23:15 for 45 minutes, billed as new. It follows ITV News London at 23:00. ITV1 isn’t saying what the episode covers, but a late slot straight after the news is where a programme like this belongs. Three stars, mostly on the pairing.

Before the football, the early evening is the channel’s regular routine. The Chase is at 17:00 for an hour and ITV News London and ITV Evening News follow from 18:00, which means the whole 5pm to 7.30pm stretch is a lead-in with no surprises. The Chase gets three stars as a reliable hour and nothing more.

Earlier, there is a New: Dickinson’s Real Deal at 14:00, a double helping of Lingo and Deal or No Deal, and a 95-minute ITV News Special at 12:15. The daytime block runs from Good Morning Britain at 6am through Lorraine and This Morning, as it does every weekday in the window, and it is worth noting only because it fills the day around the football.

That is the whole of ITV1’s Wednesday. The match is the reason to turn on; the rest is the table below.


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Frequently asked questions

What’s on ITV1 tonight?

On Wednesday 28 October 2026, ITV1 shows Carabao Cup: Liverpool v Chelsea at 7.30pm and ITV News at Ten at 10.25pm.

Is there a film on ITV1 tonight?

No. ITV1 has no films in its evening schedule on Wednesday 28 October 2026.

What’s on ITV1 late tonight?

After 11pm, ITV1 has ITV News London at 11pm and New: Peston at 11.15pm.

What time does ITV1’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with ITV News London at 6pm.