PICKS OF THE WEEK: 23rd FEBRUARY-01st MARCH 2026, WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK

Our picks of what to watch during the week ahead.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR PLACE?

Monday, BBC Two

Vernon Kay hosts this quiz celebrating the UK and all its quirks. Alongside him, Traitors star Paul Gorton acts as an unreliable guide, leading a daily tour packed with fun, facts and fibs.

 CELEBRITY PUZZLING

Monday, 5

Following a successful first series, Celebrity Puzzling returns with more fiendishly clever brainteasers, including a host of new games. Each episode sees Jeremy joined once again by team captains Sally Lindsay and Carol Vorderman, who welcome a fresh line-up of celebrity guests to tackle a range of tricky puzzles, testing logic, lateral thinking and problem-solving. With all the celebrities competing for the ultimate prize: bragging rights as the best puzzle-solvers in showbiz.

 DIRTY BUSINESS

Monday, Channel 4

Based on a decade-long investigation into England’s water companies, and telling the real stories of whistleblowers and victims who believe their lives have been destroyed after encountering sewage polluted water, Dirty Business is a major new factual drama investigating one of the biggest potential corporate scandals in British history.

Dirty Business follows the story of two unlikely detectives, who notice that the fish in the river running through their idyllic Oxfordshire hamlet are dying. They contact their water company to find out why, and the company’s strange and evasive reply sparks an investigation that remains ongoing to this day.

 GREAT BRITISH MENU

Tuesday, BBC Two

It’s the launch of 2026’s Great British Menu, and four chefs compete for north west England with blockbuster canapes, starters and fish dishes celebrating the British film industry. The dishes are judged by this week's veteran judge, Michelin-starred chef Lisa Goodwin Allen, and include a spicy squash noodle broth in honour of Grow Your Own, a film set on allotments in Merseyside, as well as a Wensleydale rarebit in honour of Wallace and Gromit.

 THE DYERS' CARAVAN PARK

Tuesday, Sky One

In this new series, Danny Dyer and daughter Dani try their hand at investing in and running a holiday caravan park in the UK. With childhood nostalgia in his heart and business ambition in his sights, Danny and Dani are diving headfirst into the £7 billion holiday park industry. They’ll stop at nothing in their quest to transform a caravan park into a place that lives up to Danny’s misty-eyed memories of the best holidays he’s ever had in his life. 

 CELEBRITY LINGO

Wednesday, ITV1

Celebrity Lingo will see Adil referee two teams of celebrities as they go head-to-head in the same gripping wordplay. Across the fast paced 30-minute episodes the well-known teams will race to fill in the blanks in the hope of raising money for their chosen charities. Packed with humour from our star-studded line up, Celebrity Lingo will bring the star treatment to the fan-favourite game.

 WE MIGHT REGRET THIS

Wednesday, ITV1

Freya is struggling with her modelling career. Her dreams of relaunching herself as an artist in London seem to be slowly fading away. Attempting to quit and regain some sense of control over her life and ambitions, she has met with more than a little hysteria from her agents, the Olivias - who also spot, to their shock, an engagement ring on her finger!

 THE BRIT AWARDS

Saturday, ITV1

The BRIT Awards 2026 with Mastercard announce that award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and writer Jack Whitehall will host this year’s ceremony, taking place in Manchester on Saturday 28th February at the Co-op Live and broadcast exclusively on ITV1 and ITVX. After five years hosting the show in London, 2026 will see Jack lead the charge for the BRITs in Manchester, as the show moves north for the first time in its nearly 50 year history.