Friday evening brings a fresh selection of entertainment across the channels, from Joe Lycett's lively pub venture to cosy crime drama and legal intrigue. Here's what deserves your attention tonight.
Live From the Lycett Arms
At 10pm on , Joe Lycett's new live entertainment series returns to his working pub in Hoxton, east London. The show operates from a real venue that opens to the public for just one hour each week, creating an authentic backdrop for celebrity guests and regular patrons. The format pairs a celebrity pub manager with the actual establishment to spotlight the role of pubs in their communities. Tonight's edition welcomes comedian Lenny Henry, who takes on temporary bar manager duties and brings Birmingham solidarity to the proceedings, alongside comic Joanne McNally as an engaging patron. The paisley-carpeted interior remains genuine, the drinks are real, and the atmosphere aims for convivial chaos. The series launched on 4 September 2026, with Lycett describing the project as a way to celebrate and save pubs by setting the show inside his own working boozer rather than a conventional studio.
New World Symphony at the Proms
At 8pm on BBC Four, a concert explores how outsiders often capture the essence of cultures not their own. Antonín Dvořák, a homesick Bohemian composer working in New York, drew musical inspiration from what he called the
tender and passionateAfrican American spirituals, believing they represented
all that is needed for a great and noble school of music. Conductor Sakari Oramo leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra through this significant work, demonstrating how cross-cultural artistic exchange can produce enduring compositions.
Our Great Yorkshire Life
Channel 5 presents another instalment at 8pm of a series that hovers between genuine documentary and extended tourism promotion, yet delivers gentle escapism regardless. Presenter Gaynor Faye confronts a lifelong fear of horses with the help of an animal named Toffee, while the programme also documents restoration efforts at the historic Castle Howard estate. The episode balances personal challenge with regional heritage preservation.
You're Killing Me
At 8pm on U&Drama, Brooke Shields stars in a mystery-comedy-drama that prioritises entertainment over demanding narrative attention. The series, set in Founders' Cove, Maine, features Shields as a bestselling novelist investigating a friend's death. Tonight's episode, titled The Front Window, reimagines Alfred Hitchcock's themes of voyeurism and murder through a deliberately absurd, poison-centred narrative. The show functions as ideal background viewing for multitasking audiences.
The six-episode first season premiered on Acorn TV on 18 May 2026, and the series has been renewed for a second season with filming scheduled from 14 September through November 2026 in Toronto.
The Rainmaker
At 9pm on ITV1, the legal drama continues its run with another instalment of the binge-friendly, if implausible, adaptation of John Grisham's novel. Young lawyer Rudy, played by Milo Callaghan, finds himself drawn deeper into the troubled domestic circumstances of his neighbours. The episode also reveals significant details about the memorably named litigator Jocelyn
BruiserStone, portrayed by Lana Parrilla, and her father's involvement in a scandal that threatens her career.
Marvin Flute: Boy Detective
At 11:40pm on Sky One, Jon Hamm provides the voice for Marvin Flute, an old-fashioned detective character in an animated sitcom devoted to deconstructing police procedural conventions. Tonight's triple-episode block opens with Flute creating mayhem at Grimsburg's annual true-crime convention when he discovers that devoted fans care far more about notorious killers than about him and his expanding waistline. The series mines comedy from the gap between detective self-importance and public indifference.
Live Sport
Golf coverage begins with the Solheim Cup at an unspecified time, broadcasting day one of the Europe versus United States competition from Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. England's Charley Hull competes as part of the home team.
What Happens Next
Live From The Lycett Arms is scheduled to continue on Friday nights, with broadcasts planned through at least October 2026. The Lycett Arms format represents an ongoing commitment to celebrating British pub culture through live entertainment rather than a limited special engagement.
