What to Watch Tonight UK · Wednesday 11 November 2026
The first four episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3 arrive on Prime Video today, Rivals returns on Disney+ with the second half of season 2, and Owen Wilson’s golf comedy Stick reaches season 2, episode 3 on Apple TV. On TV, David Baddiel and Peter Bradshaw’s thriller Hunting Alice Bell starts on Channel 4 at 9pm. For Armistice Day there is a free wartime classic on BBC iPlayer, plus a BAFTA-winning British drama on Netflix and a Doctor Who story with the perfect title for today.
Tonight’s two streamers: Prime Video and Apple TV
PRIME VIDEO: The Rings of Power season 3, episodes 1 to 4
- Service: Prime Video, from 8am today
- Episodes: Episodes 1 to 4 of 8; episodes 5 and 6 follow on 18 November, and 7 and 8 on 25 November
- Age rating: 15
- Starring: Charlie Vickers and Robert Aramayo, with Jamie Campbell Bower joining as Celeborn
- UK availability: Streaming on Prime Video in the UK with a subscription, on the same day as the US
The new season jumps forward five years, with Sauron’s armies now rampaging across Middle-earth and the elves, dwarves and men running out of places to hide. Instead of a weekly rollout, Prime Video is releasing the eight episodes in three batches this month, so tonight you can watch half the season in one go. The trailer, with its dragons and a Balrog, led our Trailer Radar, and the season was top of our weekly streaming highlights.
Perfect if you liked House of the Dragon, The Wheel of Time or Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films.
APPLE TV: Stick season 2, episode 3
- Service: Apple TV, new episode today
- Episode: Season 2, episode 3; episodes 1 and 2 are already streaming, with a new episode every Wednesday until 30 December
- Age rating: 15
- Starring: Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño and Lilli Kay, with Rhea Seehorn new this season
- Critics: 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
- UK availability: Streaming on Apple TV in the UK with a subscription
Owen Wilson plays Pryce Cahill, a former golf pro who never quite made it, now coaching a gifted teenager, Santi (Peter Dager). In tonight’s episode Santi finally makes his professional debut, while Pryce heads off on a road trip to visit his old mentor. It is warm, low-key and very funny, and the half-hour episodes make it easy to catch up. We picked the season 2 premiere last week.
Perfect if you liked Ted Lasso, Tin Cup or Shrinking.
ALSO DROPPING TODAY: Rivals Returns on Disney+ and The Body on Netflix
- Rivals season 2, episode 7, Disney+: The second half of the season starts today, picking up after that shock deadly twist; from 8am
- The Body, Netflix: A new series about Catholic schoolgirls whose prophetic visions after a dance-team initiation spark mass hysteria in their town; from 8am
ON TV TONIGHT: Hunting Alice Bell, Channel 4 at 9pm
- Channel: Channel 4 at 9pm
- Episode: Episode 1, the series opener
- Created by: David Baddiel and Peter Bradshaw
- Starring: Alexandra Roach, Amanda Abbington and Simon Pegg
- UK availability: Free on Channel 4 tonight, then on the Channel 4 streaming service
Fran (Alexandra Roach) works at a leisure centre, and a harmless video she makes for work goes viral for all the wrong reasons. Online trolls decide she is really Alice Bell, a former nurse who helped her serial killer boyfriend (Simon Pegg) and then vanished under a new name. Fran soon finds she is not the only woman being hunted. It is a sharp, nasty thriller about what the internet does to ordinary people. We covered the first trailer last month.
Perfect if you liked Adolescence, The Capture or Inside No. 9.
NEWLY ADDED FOR ARMISTICE DAY: In Which We Serve (1942), free on BBC iPlayer
- Service: BBC iPlayer, free
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Age rating: U
- Directed by: Noël Coward and David Lean
- Starring: Noël Coward, John Mills, Celia Johnson and Bernard Miles
- Critics: 89% on Rotten Tomatoes
- UK availability: Streaming free on BBC iPlayer in the UK
The story of the destroyer HMS Torrin, from the day it is built to the day it sinks, told through the memories of the survivors clinging to a life raft. Noël Coward wrote it, co-directed it with a young David Lean and plays the captain. Made in the middle of the war, it is restrained, moving and very British, and on Armistice Day it is a fitting way to remember the ordinary people who served.
Perfect if you liked Dunkirk, Brief Encounter or The Cruel Sea.
CATCH IT BEFORE IT GOES: I Swear (2025), Netflix
- Service: Netflix, leaving on 10 December
- Runtime: 2 hours 1 minute
- Age rating: 15
- Written and directed by: Kirk Jones
- Starring: Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan
- Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes; BAFTA for Robert Aramayo
- UK availability: Streaming on Netflix in the UK until 10 December
The true story of John Davidson, diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at 15 in a Scottish town where nobody understood it, who went on to become one of Britain’s best-known campaigners. Robert Aramayo, who also plays Elrond in The Rings of Power, won a BAFTA for the lead role, and Maxine Peake is lovely as the nurse who changes his life. It is funny, angry and deeply kind, and it has just a month left on Netflix.
Perfect if you liked The Full Monty, My Left Foot or The Theory of Everything.
DOCTOR WHO CLASSIC: Remembrance of the Daleks (1988), BBC iPlayer
- Service: BBC iPlayer, free
- Episodes: 4 parts of about 25 minutes
- Age rating: PG
- Written by: Ben Aaronovitch
- Starring: Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred
- UK availability: Classic Doctor Who is streaming free on BBC iPlayer in the UK
The Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) arrive in London in 1963, right where the show began, to find two rival Dalek factions fighting over a deadly Time Lord device. Ace takes on a Dalek with a baseball bat, Coal Hill School is back, and a Dalek finally climbs the stairs. It made the show’s 25th anniversary one to remember, and it has the right title for today. McCoy’s Doctor returns this Christmas, as we reported in our Doctor Who news, and there is more in our Doctor Who watch guide.
Perfect if you liked The Day of the Doctor, Genesis of the Daleks or Dalek (2005).
Movieversalfilm Takeaway
Start the first four episodes of The Rings of Power on Prime Video, or settle in for Hunting Alice Bell on Channel 4 at 9pm. For something shorter, Stick episode 3 on Apple TV takes just half an hour.
More dates are in our UK release calendar. More picks: What to Watch.
What are you watching tonight?
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