Tonight: Honey Lands on BBC iPlayer

What to Watch Tonight UK · Saturday 14 November 2026

Saturday night starts early: Honey, Emma Moran’s new darkly comedic Cold War thriller, lands on BBC iPlayer from 6am, with a double bill on BBC One at 9pm. If you would rather have a monster movie, Prey, the prequel to Predator, is on Film4 at the same time, a night after the original played on the same channel. On BBC Four, Akira Kurosawa’s Ran offers a Saturday-night epic, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is free on Apple TV all weekend, and the original Doctor Who two-parter The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit is waiting on iPlayer ahead of a cinema extended cut later this month.

Tonight’s headline picks: BBC iPlayer, Film4 and BBC Four

BBC iPLAYER AND BBC ONE: Honey, episodes 1 and 2

• Service: BBC iPlayer from 6am today, and BBC One at 9pm and 9.50pm
• Episode: Series 1, episodes 1 and 2 of 6
• Runtime: About 46 minutes each
• Starring: Ann Skelly, Nate Mann, Jannis Niewöhner and Rory Kinnear
• Written by: Emma Moran, from Sid Gentle Films
• UK availability: Free on BBC iPlayer with a TV licence; also on BBC One tonight

East Berlin, 1982. Ann Skelly’s Martha (pronounced Marta) is a deep-cover MI6 officer trying to stay invisible, until a bungled mission throws her together with Nate Mann’s reckless CIA agent and under the eye of Jannis Niewöhner’s formidable Stasi officer. It is a slick, dangerous spy thriller with a streak of dark comedy, from Sid Gentle Films, the company behind Slow Horses and Killing Eve. The first two episodes are on iPlayer from this morning, so you can watch before the BBC One double bill at 9pm if you would rather not choose between this and Prey. We first flagged it in our official trailer story and in this week’s streaming highlights.

Perfect if you liked Slow Horses, The Americans or Deutschland 83.

ON TV TONIGHT: Prey (2022), the Predator prequel, Film4 at 9pm

• Channel: Film4 at 9pm until 10.55pm, and on Film4 +1 an hour later
• Age rating: 15
• Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
• Starring: Amber Midthunder
• Critics: 94% on Rotten Tomatoes
• UK availability: Free on Film4; also streaming on Disney+ in the UK with a subscription

A night after Predator played on Film4, the prequel follows. In 1719, on the Northern Great Plains, Amber Midthunder’s Comanche hunter Naru is the first to realise that something far worse than any colonial threat is stalking her people: an alien hunter killing for sport. It is lean, brutal and widely judged the best Predator film in years, and you do not need the earlier films to enjoy it. Cocaine Bear follows on Film4 at 10.55pm if you want to stay with the channel.

Perfect if you liked Predator, The Revenant or The Witch.

ON TV TONIGHT: Ran (1985), BBC Four at 9pm

• Channel: BBC Four at 9pm until 11.35pm
• Runtime: 2 hours 34 minutes
• Age rating: 15
• Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
• Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai
• Critics: 96% on Rotten Tomatoes
• UK availability: Free on BBC Four tonight, then on BBC iPlayer for 10 months, with a TV licence. In Japanese, with English subtitles

Kurosawa’s late masterpiece turns King Lear into a vast, blood-red epic of warlords, betrayed loyalty and a kingdom tearing itself apart. Tatsuya Nakadai’s ageing lord divides his domain among his sons, and the cost is apocalyptic. It is a long, unsparing Saturday-night film, and one of the great achievements in world cinema. The Arena documentary Kurosawa follows immediately afterwards on BBC Four if you want to stay with the director.

Perfect if you liked Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood or The Godfather Part II.

FREE THIS WEEKEND: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973), Apple TV

• Service: Apple TV, free this Saturday and Sunday
• Runtime: About 25 minutes
• UK availability: Free to stream on Apple TV on 14 and 15 November, with no paid subscription needed; subscribers can watch it any day

Thanksgiving is not a British holiday, but this gentle Peanuts special has a pull of its own, and Apple is offering it free for the weekend only. Peppermint Patty invites everyone to Charlie Brown’s house, and a makeshift feast, some improvising and a little kindness follow. It is a short, easy watch if you want something lighter before the 9pm films, or a family pause tomorrow.

Perfect if you liked A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Snowman or Paddington.

ALSO DROPPING TODAY on Disney+: Expedition: Saving Our Seas, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and A Proud Family Wizmas

• National Geographic’s Expedition: Saving Our Seas: explorers travel across all five oceans, mapping hidden ecosystems and looking for ways to protect them. New today.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2026: this year’s induction ceremony, new today.
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — A Proud Family Wizmas: a new Christmas special, also new today.

All three are on Disney+ in the UK with a subscription.

DOCTOR WHO CLASSIC: The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit (2006), BBC iPlayer

• Service: BBC iPlayer, on demand
• Episode: Series 2, episodes 8 and 9; watch The Impossible Planet first
• Runtime: About 45 and 47 minutes
• Starring: David Tennant and Billie Piper
• UK availability: Free on BBC iPlayer with a TV licence

A base on a planet orbiting a black hole, a crew under siege, and the Tenth Doctor face to face with something that calls itself the Beast. It is one of David Tennant’s essential two-parters with Billie Piper’s Rose, and there is a timely reason to revisit it: an extended cut of The Satan Pit reaches UK cinemas on 23 November for Doctor Who Day, as we reported in last night’s Evening News. Watch the original pair on iPlayer tonight, then decide whether you are booking a ticket. There is more in our Doctor Who watch guide.

Perfect if you liked Blink, Alien or The Waters of Mars.

More dates are in our UK release calendar. More picks: What to Watch.

What are you watching tonight?

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