Everything worth watching on Saturday 31 October 2026, across 31 channels.

Halloween night: the schedule has clearly noticed

See also: Sunday's TV guide

Saturday 31 October is a night of ghost titles stacked into one hour, and the only real decision is which of them gets nine o’clock. My answer is Channel 5’s Ghostwatch: The Night That Terrified Britain at 21:15. It is the one programme on the page whose title tells you exactly what it is for. The price is Marble Hall Murders on BBC One, which starts at the same minute with episode six.

Nine o’clock is the contested hour

Look at what starts at 21:00. Sky Arts has The Fog, the 1979 film with Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Atkins, straight after The Directors: John Carpenter at 20:00. Legend has Elysium (2013), with Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley and Alice Braga. Channel 4 has The F Ward, E4 has Celebrity Gogglebox, Blaze has Witches of Essex, and More4 has episode six of 24 Hours in A&E. ITV2 has Suicide Squad.

Two programmes stand out against that field. The Fog is the better film choice, and Sky Arts has built a proper evening around it, with The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee following at 22:45 for anyone who stays. If you can only commit to one channel’s whole night, that is it. Ghostwatch gets my pick over it because it fits the night better: a programme that plays on Halloween’s own terms beats a film that merely happens to be on. Elysium is the one to skip if the choice is close. It sits in the same slot as The Fog and has less going for it on a night like this.

The earlier hours and the late ones

Before nine, the night belongs to ITV1 and the football. The Voice UK starts at 20:30 and runs 110 minutes, which is a long commitment, and it lands directly against Wisdom of the Crowd on BBC One, Miss Marple on BBC Four and Four in a Bed on More4. Football fans have a proper choice too: BBC Two shows AC Milan v Internazionale live from 19:40 for 130 minutes, while ITV Racing Live from the Breeders’ Cup runs on ITV4 from 20:00 for 165 minutes.

For a film at teatime, Film4 has the clear option: I, Robot (2004) with Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood and James Cromwell, on at 19:45 for 135 minutes. It’s a solid early start rather than a night-definer.

Late on, Film4 follows it with Talk to Me (2022), starring Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird and Otis Dhanji, at 22:00. That puts it against Gogglebox and Vera, which returns to ITV3 for the first episode of series 13. At 22:25 BBC One has Match of the Day for 90 minutes, and BBC Two closes with Oasis: Live at the City of Manchester Stadium at 22:50. It starts late and is easy to miss.

If you read nothing else

Watch Ghostwatch on Channel 5 at 21:15. If you would rather have a film, The Fog on Sky Arts at 21:00 is the better one, and Talk to Me on Film4 at 22:00 keeps the evening going.


What’s on tonight — Saturday 31 October 2026

Time Channel Programme
19:00 4seven A Place in the Sun: La Cala de Mijas, Spain
19:00 5Star Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders: Episode 1
19:00 5USA NCIS: Los Angeles: Under Siege
19:00 Blaze Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo: Mysterious Structures
19:00 GREAT! TV MAS*H: Strange Bedfellows
19:00 Really The Repair Shop: Episode 9
19:00 Sky Arts Classic Albums: Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell
19:00 Talking Pictures TV Maigret: The Lost Sailor
19:00 BBC Four Fungi: The Web of Life
19:00 Channel 4 Ottoman Empire by Train with…
19:00 Dave Ghosts
19:00 Drama The Brokenwood Mysteries
19:00 Quest Richard Hammond’s Workshop
19:00 Yesterday Bangers & Cash
19:05 5Action Valdez Is Coming: Episode 1
19:05 That’s TV Birds of a Feather Xmas 2014
19:10 GREAT! Movies Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Prescription for Murder: Episode 1
19:25 More4 Four in a Bed: The Terrace
19:30 GREAT! TV MAS*H: Say No More
19:30 ITV1 New: Win Win with Postcode Lottery
19:35 Dave Ghosts
19:35 That’s TV Birds of a Feather
19:40 BBC Two Live: Serie A Football: AC Milan v Internazionale
19:40 GREAT! Romance It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Episode 1
19:40 BBC Four Full Circle with Michael Palin
19:45 Channel 5 Britain’s Killer Hurricane of 1990
19:45 Film4 I, Robot
19:55 ITV2 FYI Daily
19:55 More4 Four in a Bed: Tall John’s House
20:00 4seven Location, Location, Location: Episode 6
20:00 5Star Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders: Episode 2
20:00 5USA NCIS: Los Angeles: Payback
20:00 Blaze Mysteries Unearthed With Danny Trejo: Hidden Treasures
20:00 GREAT! Action Water Park Shark: Episode 1
20:00 GREAT! TV Blackbeard: Night 2
20:00 ITV2 Edward Scissorhands: Episode 2
20:00 ITV3 Midsomer Murders: Talking to the Dead
20:00 ITV4 Live: ITV Racing Live: Breeders’ Cup
20:00 Legend The Twilight Zone: The Bard
20:00 Really The Repair Shop: Episode 10
20:00 Sky Arts The Directors: John Carpenter
20:00 Channel 4 New: Griff Across the Alps
20:00 Quest Sam Lovegrove: Race Mechanic
20:00 That’s TV Benidorm: 10 years
20:00 Yesterday Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics
20:05 5Action Entertainment News On 5: Episode 220
20:05 Talking Pictures TV Lillie: Mrs. Langtry
20:06 GREAT! Movies Good News from GREAT!
20:10 5Action Valdez Is Coming: Episode 2
20:11 GREAT! Movies Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Prescription for Murder: Episode 2
20:15 Dave Not Going Out
20:30 BBC One Wisdom of the Crowd: Episode 7
20:30 More4 Four in a Bed: Payment Day
20:30 BBC Four Miss Marple
20:30 ITV1 The Voice UK
20:35 GREAT! Romance Good News from GREAT!
20:40 GREAT! Romance It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Episode 2
20:52 GREAT! TV Good News from GREAT!
20:55 Dave Not Going Out
20:56 GREAT! Action This Week Back Then
20:57 GREAT! TV Blackbeard: Night 2
21:00 4seven Grand Designs: Bedfordshire 2025
21:00 5Action The Quick and the Dead: Episode 1
21:00 5Star Split: Episode 1
21:00 5USA NCIS: Los Angeles: Old Tricks
21:00 Blaze Witches of Essex: Hatfield Peverel (1566)
21:00 E4 Celebrity Gogglebox: 2020
21:00 GREAT! Movies Hailey Dean Mysteries: Killer Sentence: Episode 1
21:00 ITV2 Suicide Squad: Episode 1
21:00 Legend Elysium
21:00 More4 24 Hours in A&E: Episode 6
21:00 Really Paranormal Lockdown: The Yorkshire Haunting
21:00 Sky Arts The Fog
21:00 Channel 4 New: The F Ward
21:00 Drama Gunpowder
21:00 Quest The Repair Shop
21:00 That’s TV Benidorm Finale
21:00 Yesterday Classic Car Kings
21:01 GREAT! Action Water Park Shark: Episode 2
21:10 Talking Pictures TV Tales of Manhattan
21:15 BBC One Marble Hall Murders: Episode 6
21:15 Channel 5 Ghostwatch: The Night That Terrified Britain
21:20 BBC Four Fanny and Alexander
21:35 GREAT! Romance Finding Father Christmas: Episode 1
21:35 Dave Not Going Out
21:50 BBC Two Top of the Pops: Biggest Hits 1996
21:56 GREAT! Movies Good News from GREAT!
22:00 4seven 999: On the Front Line: Episode 4
22:00 5Action Entertainment News On 5: Episode 220
22:00 5Star Entertainment News On 5: Episode 220
22:00 5USA Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Bad Blood
22:00 Blaze Paranormal Caught on Camera: Robert The Doll And More!
22:00 CBBC To Be Announced
22:00 E4 Gogglebox: Episode 13
22:00 Film4 Talk to Me
22:00 GREAT! Action Venom: Episode 1
22:00 GREAT! TV MAS*H: Friends and Enemies
22:00 ITV3 Vera: Fast Love
22:00 More4 24 Hours in A&E: Episode 8
22:00 Channel 4 New: The F Ward
22:00 Quest The Repair Shop
22:00 That’s TV Shameless
22:00 Yesterday Bangers & Cash
22:01 GREAT! Movies Hailey Dean Mysteries: Killer Sentence: Episode 2
22:05 5Action The Quick and the Dead: Episode 2
22:05 5Star Split: Episode 2
22:05 BBC One BBC Weekend News
22:05 ITV2 FYI Daily
22:10 ITV2 Suicide Squad: Episode 2
22:15 Dave Would I Lie To You?
22:20 BBC One BBC Weather
22:20 Drama Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
22:20 ITV1 ITV News
22:25 BBC One Match of the Day
22:30 GREAT! Romance Good News from GREAT!
22:30 GREAT! TV Rising Damp: Clunk Click
22:35 GREAT! Romance Finding Father Christmas: Episode 2
22:35 ITV1 Romesh Ranganathan’s Parents’ Evening
22:40 Channel 5 TVs 30 Most Controversial Moments
22:45 ITV4 English Football League Highlights
22:45 Sky Arts The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
22:50 BBC Two Oasis: Live at the City of Manchester Stadium
22:50 GREAT! Movies Garage Sale Mysteries: Murder in D Minor: Episode 1
22:55 Dave Would I Lie To You?
22:56 GREAT! Action This Week Back Then