What to Watch Tonight UK · Monday 9 November 2026
David Harewood’s legal drama Pierre reaches its final episode on Channel 4 at 9pm tonight, and BBC Two follows late on with Matthew McConaughey in Jeff Nichols’ Mud at 11pm. On streaming, the Oscar-nominated thriller September 5 has just arrived on Netflix and John Hughes’ Planes, Trains and Automobiles is free on BBC iPlayer. We also have a tough Irish crime gem, free on Channel 4.
FINALE TONIGHT: Pierre episode 6, Channel 4 at 9pm
- Channel: Channel 4 at 9pm
- Episode: Episode 6 of 6, the series finale
- Runtime: 1 hour 5 minutes with adverts
- Starring: David Harewood as duty solicitor Pierre Jeffreys
- UK availability: Channel 4 tonight; earlier episodes are free to stream on Channel 4
David Harewood plays Pierre Jeffreys, a West London duty solicitor who fights to keep his clients out of a system that would chew them up. When a charismatic client, Michael, dies in suspicious circumstances, Pierre refuses to let it go, and the case has cost him dearly since. Tonight it reaches its conclusion as Pierre stops at nothing to uncover the truth. If you have not started, the earlier episodes are waiting on Channel 4, so you could still binge your way to the finale.
Perfect if you liked Showtrial, Criminal Record or Line of Duty.
ON TV TONIGHT: Matthew McConaughey in Mud (2013), BBC Two at 11pm
- Channel: BBC Two at 11pm
- Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Age rating: 12A
- Written and directed by: Jeff Nichols
- Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland and Reese Witherspoon
- Critics: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes
- UK availability: On BBC Two tonight; also streaming on Netflix
Two Arkansas boys, Ellis and Neckbone, find a boat stuck up a tree on a Mississippi River island, and a fugitive called Mud living beside it. He says he is waiting for the woman he loves, and the boys decide to help him. Jeff Nichols’ film is a warm, tense coming-of-age story with a real sense of place, and it caught McConaughey just as his career was taking off again. Set a recording if 11pm is too late.
Perfect if you liked Stand by Me, Hell or High Water or Take Shelter. More dates are in our UK release calendar.
NEWLY ADDED: September 5 (2024), Netflix
- Service: Netflix, added on 7 November
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Age rating: 15
- Directed by: Tim Fehlbaum
- Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro and Leonie Benesch
- Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes; Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay
- UK availability: Streaming on Netflix in the UK; also on NOW Cinema
At the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports television crew suddenly find themselves covering a hostage crisis live, a few hundred metres from their studio. The whole film stays inside that control room as the team argue about what to show, what to say and whether they have the facts right. It is tight, gripping and only about an hour and a half long, which makes it ideal for a Monday night.
Perfect if you liked Spotlight, United 93 or Munich.
NEWLY ADDED, FREE: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), BBC iPlayer
- Service: BBC iPlayer, free, added on 7 November
- Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes on iPlayer
- Age rating: 15
- Written and directed by: John Hughes
- Starring: Steve Martin and John Candy
- Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
- UK availability: Free on BBC iPlayer in the UK; also on Paramount+ and NOW Cinema
Uptight advertising man Neal Page (Steve Martin) just wants to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving. Instead, every flight, train and hire car goes wrong, and he is stuck with Del Griffith (John Candy), a chatty shower-curtain-ring salesman who will not leave him alone. It is one of the funniest road comedies ever made, and Candy’s performance will catch you off guard by the end.
Perfect if you liked Midnight Run, Home Alone or The Odd Couple.
HIDDEN GEM: Calm with Horses (2019), free on Channel 4
- Service: Channel 4 streaming, free
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Age rating: 15
- Directed by: Nick Rowland
- Starring: Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan and Niamh Algar
- Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes
- UK availability: Streaming free on Channel 4 in the UK
In rural west Ireland, former boxer Douglas “Arm” Armstrong (Cosmo Jarvis) works as the muscle for a brutal crime family, while trying to be a good father to his young son. When he is ordered to do something he cannot live with, he has to choose a side. Barry Keoghan is unnerving as his reckless friend. It is violent and sad, but also tender, and few people caught it when it was released.
Perfect if you liked The Banshees of Inisherin, Bullhead or Saltburn.
Movieversalfilm Takeaway
Settle in for the Pierre finale on Channel 4 at 9pm. If you would rather stream, September 5 on Netflix is the tightest watch of the night, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles is free on iPlayer.
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What are you watching tonight?
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