Really TV Guide — Today’s Listings

Full Really listings for Tuesday 27 October 2026, with times in London local time.

Really spends two hours on the price of old things, then turns to family

The evening’s best hour is at 9pm, when Who Do You Think You Are? arrives with Reggie Yates as the subject. It is the 8th episode of its 11th series on this channel, and the show has a long record behind it: 16 series and 125 episodes, with a run on BBC Two before Really picked it up. A format that has lasted that long does so because the research does the work, which is a good enough reason to give it the slot.

Before it comes a stretch that rewards the already converted. The Yorkshire Auction House has 7pm, and Antiques Road Trip follows at 8pm, a Day 2 pairing of Natasha Raskin Sharp and Raj Bisram from the show’s 20th series. Neither is a mistake, and the Road Trip is the better of the two as a companion piece to what follows: it has the pace of a car journey, which suits a weeknight. Against it, 4seven is showing The Great British Bake Off and BBC One has DIY SOS, so this is a quieter choice than most.

At 10pm Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace begins, listed as episode one of its fifth series. The title has been on this channel on ten days in the window, so it is a familiar presence, and putting a series opener straight after the genealogy hour is sound scheduling: the audience for one is the audience for the other. Gogglebox on E4 and the news on BBC One are the competition, and neither is aimed at the same viewer.

Outside primetime, the day is mostly strands. Salvage Hunters fills much of the morning and afternoon, and Help! My House is Haunted takes the midnight hour and returns at 11pm. If you only have one hour, make it the 9pm.

Also on TV tonight at 9pm

• BBC One: Blue Lights
• BBC Two: Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
• ITV1: New: Unbelievable Moments:…
• Channel 4: The Great British Bake Off (from 8pm)
• Channel 5: Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild
• BBC Four: The Normans
• ITV2: Big Brother
• ITV3: Vera (from 8pm)
• ITV4: Junk and Disorderly
• E4: Gogglebox

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on Really tonight?

On Tuesday 27 October 2026, Really shows The Yorkshire Auction House at 7pm, Antiques Road Trip at 8pm, Who Do You Think You Are? at 9pm and Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace at 10pm.

Is there a film on Really tonight?

No. Really has no films in its evening schedule on Tuesday 27 October 2026.

What’s on Really late tonight?

After 11pm, Really has Help! My House is Haunted at 11pm.

What time does Really’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with The Repair Shop at 6pm.

A factual channel that runs on a loop

Really is a British channel that launched in 2009, in the place UKTV Gardens used to occupy, and it is now a near-perfect loop of factual entertainment. Of all the airtime we tracked across 34 days, 99% went to titles that came back on three or more days. That is as close to a closed rotation as any channel in this guide gets, and it tells you most of what you need to know: Really is not trying to surprise anyone.

What it rotates is a mix of property, restoration, auction rooms, family history and haunted houses. Reality is the biggest single genre at 36% of the day, home and garden takes 13%, DIY 12% and collectibles 11%. The evening tilts towards documentary, which rises to 27% of the hours between 7pm and 11pm.

What its day looks like

The early morning is property. Fantasy Homes by the Sea and Celebrity Fantasy Homes share the 6am slot, Cruise TV with LoveitBookit sells holidays at 7am on every day we tracked, and Escape to the Country takes 8am on most days.

Then comes Salvage Hunters, Really’s backbone. It aired on all 34 days, 131 times, usually starting around 9am and often running in long blocks. My Lottery Dream Home fills late mornings on some days with around six episodes on each of those days, and The Derbyshire Auction House sometimes takes midday.

The Repair Shop holds the early afternoon, usually from 2pm, with 91 airings over 29 days. Salvage Hunters: The Restorers comes round again at about 4pm, and 5pm is the emotional hour: Long Lost Family, Long Lost Family: What Happened Next and Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace share it, with A Place in the Sun on some days.

The evening, 6pm to 10.30pm, has a fixed front half and a rotating back half. The Yorkshire Auction House held 7pm on 21 days, and Antiques Road Trip took 8pm on 25, never once moving. At 9pm the channel changes mood night to night: Long Lost Family, The Repair Shop, The Bad Foot Clinic and The 6000 Lb Diaries With Dr. Now all took turns. At 10pm, Who Do You Think You Are? appeared on 15 evenings, alternating with medical series such as The Bad Skin Clinic, Take My Tumor and The Face Doctors.

Late night is where the ghosts live. Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted often starts around 11pm, and Help! My House is Haunted, on 26 of the 34 days, typically runs from 1am. Teleshopping has a single slot at 2am.

Popular shows on Really

Salvage Hunters is a British reality series that began in 2011 and has run to 18 series. Really shows it more than anything else: 131 airings in five weeks, every single day.

The Repair Shop is a British documentary and reality series about restoration, with Jay Blades and Will Kirk among its regulars. It is Really’s afternoon anchor and turns up at 9pm on some evenings too.

Antiques Road Trip is a factual series first shown on BBC Two in 2010. It is the channel’s most dependable evening fixture, always at 8pm.

Who Do You Think You Are? is the documentary series that began on BBC Two in 2004, with 16 series and 125 episodes. David Morrissey, Mark Strong, Sue Johnston and Meera Syal are among those who have appeared. Really uses it as a late-evening programme, usually at 10pm.

Long Lost Family is a British documentary series first shown on ITV1, adapted from the Dutch format Spoorloos, with 49 episodes on record. Its 2017 follow-up series, Long Lost Family: What Happened Next, shares the 5pm slot.

Help! My House is Haunted is the overnight paranormal reality series, with a celebrity version that often airs around 11pm. Paranormal programmes are 8% of Really’s airtime, nearly all of it after dark.

How to watch Really

Really is free to air on Freeview channel 44. It is on Sky 142, Sky Glass 153, Virgin Media 165, Freesat 149 and Freely 40. Its programmes stream on discovery+, which needs a subscription (it is included with Sky TV plans). As with any live channel, a TV Licence is required to watch or record it as it is broadcast.

Really and its sister channels

Really shares a family with Quest, Quest Red, DMAX, TLC, Food Network and Discovery. Quest is the closest relative by a distance: it shares Salvage Hunters, The Repair Shop, Antiques Road Trip and The Yorkshire Auction House, but leans towards sheds, classic cars and Australian mining series where Really leans towards homes and family history.

Outside the family, Yesterday is the nearest neighbour for antiques and restoration, and Blaze for auctions, with its pawn shops and storage units.

Who it’s for

Really is for someone who wants the television on while doing something else, and who enjoys houses, antiques and the occasional reunion. Weekends change the balance a little: home and garden more than doubles its share, from 9% to 22%, while collectibles almost disappears. It is no place for drama, comedy or films, and anyone hoping for something fresh will find the rotation unforgiving.

What channel is Really on Freeview?

Really is on Freeview channel 44.

Can I watch Really online?

Its programmes are available on discovery+, a subscription service. There is no free streaming home for the channel.

What’s on Really most evenings?

The Yorkshire Auction House at 7pm, Antiques Road Trip at 8pm, then a documentary or medical series at 9pm and Who Do You Think You Are? on many nights at 10pm.

Is Really mostly repeats?

Almost entirely. Over five weeks, 99% of its airtime went to programmes shown on three or more days.