What to Watch Tonight UK · Tuesday 10 November 2026
Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is on Film4 at 11pm tonight, with Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell in the roles that won them both Oscars. On streaming, the mystery comedy Phony reaches episode 5 on Disney+, and Blackadder has just arrived on NOW, the day before Armistice Day. We also have a strange, funny French gem free on Channel 4 and one of the best X-Files episodes ever made.
ON TV TONIGHT: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Film4 at 11pm
- Channel: Film4 at 11pm (until 1.15am)
- Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Age rating: 15
- Written and directed by: Martin McDonagh
- Starring: Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson
- Critics: 90% on Rotten Tomatoes; Oscars for Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell
- UK availability: Free on Film4 tonight; also streaming on Disney+
Months after her daughter’s murder, with nobody charged, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) rents three empty billboards on the road into town and uses them to call out the local police chief by name. The town turns on her, and a hot-headed deputy (Sam Rockwell) makes things far worse. It is furious, very funny and surprisingly kind. Film4 runs a short Wild Horse Nine interview special with McDonagh and his cast at 10.55pm, just before it starts, and you can read our Wild Horse Nine review.
Perfect if you liked In Bruges, The Banshees of Inisherin or Fargo.
NEW EPISODE TODAY: Phony episode 5, Disney+
- Service: Disney+, new episode today
- Episode: Episode 5; episodes 1 to 4 are already streaming
- Runtime: Half-hour episodes
- Created by: Nick Paley
- Starring: Sam Nivola, Connie Britton and Meera Syal
- Critics: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes
- UK availability: Streaming on Disney+ in the UK, with a new episode each Tuesday
After a car accident, a teenage boy (Sam Nivola) wakes up sure that his mother (Connie Britton) has been replaced by an impostor. Nobody else notices anything wrong, which only makes him more certain. It is eerie, offbeat and quietly funny, and the half-hour episodes make it easy to catch up on the first four before tonight’s new one. We first flagged it in our weekly streaming highlights.
Perfect if you liked Severance, Russian Doll or Get Out.
NEWLY ADDED: Blackadder Goes Forth (1989), NOW
- Service: NOW, just added
- Episodes: 6 episodes of about 30 minutes; the whole Blackadder saga is on NOW
- Age rating: 15
- Written by: Richard Curtis and Ben Elton
- Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and Tim McInnerny
- Critics: 85% on Rotten Tomatoes
- UK availability: Streaming on NOW in the UK with a subscription; also on U&Gold
It is 1917, and Captain Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) will try anything to avoid going over the top, helped very little by Baldrick (Tony Robinson) and the hopelessly cheerful Lieutenant George (Hugh Laurie). The jokes are as sharp as ever, but this is the series that turned British comedy towards the real cost of war. Tomorrow is Armistice Day, and the final episode, “Goodbyeee”, is still often voted one of the greatest moments in British television.
Perfect if you liked Dad’s Army, Catch-22 or Ghosts.
HIDDEN GEM: Misericordia (2024), free on Channel 4
- Service: Channel 4 streaming, free
- Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
- Age rating: 15
- Written and directed by: Alain Guiraudie
- Starring: Félix Kysyl and Catherine Frot
- Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes
- UK availability: Streaming free on Channel 4 in the UK; in French with subtitles
Jérémie returns to his old village in rural France for the funeral of the baker he once worked for, and quietly decides to stay on with the widow (Catherine Frot). Her son is not happy about it, a neighbour seems to have plans of his own, and the local priest takes a very close interest. What starts as a slow country drama becomes a murder story, then a black comedy, and it never goes where you expect.
Perfect if you liked Stranger by the Lake, Anatomy of a Fall or The Banshees of Inisherin.
X-FILES CLASSIC: “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose” (1995), Disney+
- Service: Disney+ (also on Prime Video)
- Episode: Season 3, episode 4
- Runtime: About 45 minutes
- Written by: Darin Morgan
- Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and guest star Peter Boyle
- Honours: Emmys for Peter Boyle and for Darin Morgan’s script
- UK availability: All 11 seasons of The X-Files are streaming on Disney+ in the UK
Mulder and Scully are hunting a killer who preys on fortune tellers, and they turn to Clyde Bruckman (Peter Boyle), a gloomy insurance salesman who can see exactly how people are going to die. He does not enjoy the gift one bit. It is funny, sad and unsettling all at once, and many fans still rate it the best episode the show ever made. More classics are in our X-Files watch guide.
Perfect if you liked Twin Peaks, Fargo or The Dead Zone.
Movieversalfilm Takeaway
Stay up for Three Billboards on Film4 at 11pm. If you want something earlier, catch up on Phony on Disney+, or start Blackadder Goes Forth on NOW ahead of Armistice Day.
More dates are in our UK release calendar. More picks: What to Watch.
What are you watching tonight?
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