Full That’s TV listings for Tuesday 27 October 2026, with times in London local time.

Shameless is the late reason to stay up on That’s TV

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That’s TV spends most of tonight in the 1970s and 80s, and then lets the 21st century in at five to ten. Shameless, the Channel 4 comedy-drama that ran from 2004 to 2013 across 11 series and 139 episodes, arrives at 9.55pm with David Threlfall in the cast. It is the sharpest turn of the evening, and the schedule around it is deliberately mild.

It also has the clearest field to itself. BBC News at Ten and Gogglebox are its opposition, and neither is an obvious rival for someone already settled in with a repeat strand. Shameless airs every day in this window, so tonight is no one-off, but a daily fixture in a late slot still earns a star rating.

The run up to it is solid, not special. Minder opens the main block at 8pm, an ITV series of 10 series and 108 episodes starring George Cole, and it is on twice more today. Benidorm follows at 9pm, ITV1’s sitcom written by Derren Litten, which ran to nine series and 56 episodes. Neither is a surprise. Both are the point of a channel like this one.

Man About the House closes primetime at 10.55pm, the closest thing here to a nightcap.


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 That’s TV tonight?

On Tuesday 27 October 2026, That’s TV shows Some Mothers Do Ave Em at 7.25pm, Minder at 8pm, Benidorm at 9pm, Shameless at 9.55pm and Man About The House at 10.55pm.

Is there a film on That’s TV tonight?

No. That’s TV has no films in its evening schedule on Tuesday 27 October 2026.

What’s on That’s TV late tonight?

After 11pm, That’s TV has Goodnight Sweetheart at 11.30pm.

What time does That’s TV’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with That’s 60s – Best Music Live! at 6pm.

Minder at 7.55pm, Benidorm at 9pm, every single night

That’s TV is the most repetitive channel we track, and it does not pretend otherwise. It is British comedy and drama repeats from end to end, with no films at all, and 91% of its airtime went to titles that recur on three or more days. Seventeen programmes aired on most of the 34 days we tracked. Minder at 7.55pm and Benidorm at 9pm ran on all 34 of them, in exactly the same slots.

The numbers that tell the story best are about Man About The House. The 1970s sitcom has 39 episodes. That’s TV showed it 131 times in five weeks.

What a That’s TV day looks like

The small hours are a rerun of the rerun: Minder, Goodnight Sweetheart and Man About The House again after 1am, the Kenny Everett Video Show around 3am on most nights, then Nearest & Dearest at 4am, on all 34 days. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em also turns up around 2am.

From 6am to 8am it is shopping, four half-hour sales programmes in a row, two of them selling cruises.

Daytime is a long chain of sitcoms and period drama in roughly 35-minute slots. Upstairs Downstairs takes 8am, You Rang, M’Lord? around 9am, then Bread, Steptoe and Son, Oh Doctor Beeching!, Rising Damp and Man About The House across the late morning and lunchtime. When the Boat Comes In, the drama, holds the early afternoon at about 1.40pm. The afternoon brings a second Minder, the Likely Lads, Man About The House at about 4.25pm, Bread and then Birds of a Feather at 5.30pm.

The 6pm to 10.30pm evening is as fixed as television gets. That’s 60s – Best Music Live, a short music strand on 33 of the 34 days, usually lands around 6pm, then more sitcom until Likely Lads: Whatever Happened? at 7.20pm, then Minder at 7.55pm, Benidorm at 9pm and Shameless at 10pm, on 33 of 34 nights. Man About The House follows at 10.55pm and Goodnight Sweetheart closes the day around 11.30pm.

Weekend daytimes switch from a chain to a marathon. One title takes a whole block: seven Rising Damp episodes in a row in the morning, five Birds of a Feather in the afternoon, six Are You Being Served Again running into the early evening. The evening, though, does not budge.

Popular shows on That’s TV

Minder is the ITV series from 1979 starring George Cole, which ran to ten series and 108 episodes. It aired 90 times in the window, two or three times a day, and the 7.55pm showing never moved.

Benidorm is the ITV1 sitcom written by Derren Litten that began in 2007 and ran to nine series and 56 episodes. That’s TV shows it at 9pm, every night.

Shameless is the Channel 4 comedy-drama that began in 2004 and ran to 11 series and 139 episodes, with David Threlfall in the cast. It follows Benidorm at about 10pm.

Man About The House is the ITV sitcom from 1973 with Richard O’Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy, six series and 39 episodes. At 131 airings, it is the channel’s most-shown programme by a distance.

Goodnight Sweetheart is the BBC One time-travel sitcom from 1993 starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, six series and 58 episodes. It aired 93 times, usually closing the day.

Steptoe and Son is the BBC sitcom from 1962 with Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell, eight series and 57 episodes, a 65-airing regular through the day.

Birds of a Feather is the BBC One sitcom from 1989 with Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, 12 series and 126 episodes, usually at 5.30pm.

How to watch That’s TV

That’s TV is on Freeview channel 56 and on Freely as channel 42, which needs an aerial. It is no longer on Sky, Virgin Media or Freesat. Watching any channel live needs a TV Licence.

That’s TV and its sister channels

That’s TV has a sister channel, That’s TV 2, and a set of local That’s TV services on Freeview channel 7 or 8 in some areas. The local services carry the same programmes, with local news added. We do not cover them separately.

Outside the family, GREAT! TV is the closest match. It shows Rising Damp and Man About the House too, but late at night, after a day of American family drama and an evening of MAS*H. Talking Pictures TV covers older British television with far more variety and a lot of films.

Who it’s for

That’s TV is for someone who knows exactly what they want to watch and wants it at exactly the same time every day: Minder before 8pm, Benidorm at 9pm, a Man About The House or two whenever they look in. It is very good at being predictable. Anyone wanting a film, something they have not seen before, or an evening that changes from one night to the next should look elsewhere.

What channel is That’s TV on Freeview?

That’s TV is on Freeview channel 56. It is also on Freely, as channel 42.

Is That’s TV on Sky or Virgin Media?

No. It is no longer on Sky, Virgin Media or Freesat, only on Freeview and Freely.

What’s on That’s TV most evenings?

Likely Lads: Whatever Happened? at 7.20pm, Minder at 7.55pm, Benidorm at 9pm and Shameless at 10pm, almost without exception.

Does That’s TV show films?

No. We did not find a single film in the five weeks we tracked.