DIY SOS (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Tuesday 6th October 2026)

Ahmed and Rifat’s Fresh Start. Series 35, episode 3. The team are in Southampton where they come to the aid of deaf couple Ahmed and Rifat, whose dream home became a nightmare after a rogue builder abandoned the project. With three young children, no savings left and living on a building site, they need their home to work for their family’s needs – so Nick Knowles and the team call on the local community to transform both the house and the family’s future.

Saving Lives at Sea (BBC 2/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Wednesday 7th October 2026)

Paddleboard 999. Series 11, episode 8. On the Northumberland coast, a 999 call comes in from a distressed woman whose husband is drifting out to sea on a paddleboard – the Seahouses crew race out to locate him. In Moelfre, north Wales, when a crew member at the station spots a kayak capsizing, the lifeboat launches to pluck the fishermen from the water. Out on the English Channel, a French vessel makes a distress call.

All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 8th October 2026) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Doppelganger. Series 7, episode 4. Skeldale buzzes as Helen and the children prepare birthday cards for Mrs Hall, while Dorothy plans a surprise after Edward cancels his visit. Tristan investigates a mysterious dog, and James and Siegfried risk an unfamiliar operation to save Bella and her calf. Elsewhere, Mrs Pumphrey helps Mrs Hall tackle an interloper.

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