Tag: Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns

UK TV programmes to watch this week : 07/03/2026

Call the Midwife (BBC 1/HD | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Sunday 8th March 2026)

Sister Veronica must decide her future now she is not currently a nun, but not fully part of the world either. The Maternity Home prepares to close its doors, but Dr Turner is determined to preserve equipment and resources for his patients until the last possible moment. The Mullucks fight for the rights of all Thalidomide victims, while Cyril and Rosalind prepare for their wedding.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Monday 9th March 2026) ** PICK OF THE WEEK **

Mervin stumbles across a crime scene when he goes in search of his brother Solomon on Antigua. In a remote cabin, a local businessman has been shot. But Solomon and his associate Cheech both swear the other is responsible, and they’re not letting Mervin go until each one has convinced him of their account.

Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns (BBC 2/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Thursday 12th March 2026)

On March 13, 1996, Thomas Hamilton walked into the gym hall in Dunblane Primary School in Stirlingshire and shot dead 16 pupils and their teacher Gwen Mayor, seriously injuring 14 other pupils and two teachers. This documentary follows the campaign to ban private handgun ownership in the UK in the wake of the massacre, revealing how a group of ordinary people forced the government to ensure the tragedy could not happen again.

Death in Paradise (BBC 1/HD | 9:00pm to 10:00pm | Friday 13th March 2026)

The team investigate the murder of a local newspaper’s notorious agony aunt, poisoned the morning after her retirement party while reading her final advice column. Mervin resists the counselling sessions the Commissioner has imposed after the case in Antigua and gets a rude awakening from an unexpected figure.

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