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From gripping crime dramas to comedy shows, fascinating documentaries and much more, there’s no end of brilliant TV to watch live and on demand with Freeview Play. If you’re stuck on what to watch next, we’ve put together a round-up of some of the best shows on TV in the coming week to help you decide.

Friday 21st June

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh investigates when a young doctor is set on fire in the grounds of his family museum. Everyone who works there comes under suspicion - including his own siblings.

8pm on Channel 5

Beat the Chasers

Bradley Walsh hosts as peop

le from across the country look to win big money, but they have got what it takes to beat six of the best in the Sinnerman, the Beast, the Super Nerd, the Menace, the Vixen and the Dark Destroyer?

9pm on ITV1

The Nevermets

As Leah figures out what she wants from Chad, a call from a love interest in the UK leaves her confused. Matt experiences a physical relationship for the very first time with Maria. 

10pm on Channel 4

Saturday 22nd June

Doctor Who

The Doctor has lost, his ageless enemy reigns supreme, and a shadow is falling over creation. Nothing can stop the devastation... except, perhaps, one woman.

6.40pm on BBC One

Love Island: Unseen Bits

Strap yourselves in because it's time for another rollercoaster edition of exclusive unseen moments - from gossip to fighting - from the nation's favourite villa right here. 

9pm on ITV2

Armageddon

Michael Bay's star-studded disaster movie starring Bruce Willis. The world's greatest drillers are sent into space to nuke a huge asteroid that's hurtling towards the Earth.

9pm on Channel 4

Sunday 23rd June

Queen's Tennis

Clare Balding presents live coverage of the final from the prestigious Queen’s Club tournament in west London. With Wimbledon just a week away, this is the perfect grass court warm-up, and its roll call of winners is littered with some of the greatest players in history. 

1.50pm on BBC One

Midsomer Murders

The worlds of miniature dollhouses and real houses collide when prolific real estate agent Alexander Beauvoisin is murdered in front of a crowd at the unveiling of a new dollhouse collection at Midsomer Museum.

8pm on ITV1

Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials

Suranne examines history's most infamous witch trials - from Pendle, Lancs, where she grew up, to Germany 400 years ago. What is their legacy today?

9pm on Channel 4

Monday 24th June

Bake Off: The Professionals

The teams make sticky toffee puddings and charlotte à la russe, before channelling their inner fashionistas in haute couture showpieces dressed with aperitif-flavoured desserts. 

8pm on Channel 4

The Hospital: Life on the Line

Robert, 79, is airlifted to the heart hospital after suffering a heart attack. Dr Stuart Hood and a specialist team must quickly find and release the blockage in Robert's narrowed artery that is starving his heart of blood and oxygen.  

9pm on Channel 5

Love Island

We're into week four and the drama shows no sign of letting up - our cast of hot young things are enjoying the summer of 2024 and it's one that none of them will ever forget.

9pm on ITV2

Tuesday 25th June

France v Poland

Group D draws to its conclusion as France and Poland meet in Dortmund, with places in the knockout stage still to play for.

4.30pm on BBC One

England v Slovenia

Mark Pougatch is joined by Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Ange Postecoglou and Ian Wright as Gareth Southgate's England side take on Slovenia in Cologne in their final Group C game. 

6.45pm on ITV1

Super Surgeons: A Chance At Life

Ex-navy pilot Rich has a massive 16cm tumour from his jaw to his heart. Meanwhile, nearly all the organs in Tracy's pelvis need removal due to her stage 4 bowel cancer.

9pm on Channel 4

Wednesday 26th June

Election 2024

Mishal Husain chairs the BBC's head-to-head debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, live from Nottingham.

8.15pm on BBC One

Suspects

Fly-on-the-wall-style crime drama series. The team go after an unscrupulous property developer following an arson attack that leaves a teenager fighting for his life.

8pm on Channel 5

G'Wed

Comedy series providing an honest, uplifting and heart-warming portrayal of the lives of working-class teenagers from Liverpool while tackling issues with a refreshing humour. 

10.05pm on ITV2

Thursday 27th June

The Outlaws

The outlaws must race against time to prove their innocence and keep the Dean behind bars. Will they finally be able to free themselves from a life of crime?

9pm on BBC One

Douglas is Cancelled

TV news legend Douglas Bellowes faces a career crisis when he's overheard making a sexist joke at a wedding and the situation escalates when his co-anchor Madeline Crow retweets a comment about the incident to her large following.

9pm on ITV1

Outrageous Homes

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen enjoys a heavenly Venetian palazzo, delights his senses at a kawaii home with ice cream lights and cotton candy walls, and gets tickled pink at a shrine.

10pm on Channel 4

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