What's On TV Tonight: Monday 10th November 2025

Monday nights don't have to be grim. While the rest of the country's nursing their weekend hangovers and dreading tomorrow's Teams meetings, there's actually some cracking telly to sink into. Tonight's lineup swings from Welsh mining towns to killer clowns in Maine, with a dash of ridiculous office comedy thrown in for good measure.

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Quick Picks: Tonight's Best

• ⭐ Mr Burton (BBC One, 8pm) - How a miner's son became Richard Burton
• Once Upon a Time in Space (BBC Two, 9pm) - The messy politics behind the International Space Station
• It: Welcome to Derry (Sky Atlantic, 9pm) - Stephen King's killer clown prequel cranks up the terror
• The Chair Company (Sky Comedy, 9.45pm) - Tim Robinson's wonderfully weird office conspiracy

Early Evening: Settling In (7pm - 8pm)

The One Show - BBC One, 7pm

The sofa staple does what it does best - a bit of light chat, probably someone flogging a book, maybe a cooking segment. It's TV comfort food, and sometimes that's exactly what Monday needs.

Mastermind - BBC Two, 7.30pm

If you fancy feeling thick as mince while someone rattles off obscure facts about 18th-century pottery or Victorian railway timetables, this is your moment. The black chair awaits.

Prime Time: The Main Event (8pm - 10pm)

⭐ Mr Burton - BBC One, 8pm

Watch Mr Burton

Marc Evans' drama is less about Richard Burton the Hollywood legend and more about Rich Jenkins, the Port Talbot lad who could've ended up down the mines. Harry Lawtey (yes, from Industry) takes on that impossible voice, and he's actually not bad at it. But the real heart here is Toby Jones as Philip Burton, the teacher who saw something special and basically adopted the kid - giving him his surname and a way out.

It's a father-and-son story that's refreshingly complicated. Philip's not some saint, and young Richard's already wrestling with the demons that'll follow him to Hollywood. The Welsh valleys look bleak as hell, which is sort of the point - this isn't a twee period drama, it's about class and talent and what you sacrifice when you leave.

Does get a bit heavy-handed with the "doomed genius" stuff, but Jones anchors it brilliantly. Plus, if you're Welsh or have any connection to industrial Britain, this'll hit differently.

Perfect for: Anyone who loved Coal House but wished it had more Shakespearean angst.

Emmerdale - ITV1, 7.30pm

The Dales continue to implode spectacularly. Someone's having an affair, someone else has committed light fraud, and there's probably a tractor involved somehow. Classic Monday Emmerdale.

Once Upon a Time in Space - BBC Two, 9pm

This space-race documentary series gets to the International Space Station, and it turns out building a massive science lab in orbit is politically messy. Who knew! In 1996, NASA unveiled the 44 people tasked with this bonkers project - several of them are interviewed here, and they're refreshingly candid about how it nearly fell apart.

The ISS was meant to symbolize global unity (lol), but the astronomical costs strained US-Russian relations something chronic. It's fascinating stuff if you're into Cold War politics meeting actual rocket science. Plus the archive footage is properly cool - watching them build this thing piece by piece while hurtling round Earth at 17,000 mph.

Third episode in the series, so you can jump in here without being totally lost.

The Forsytes - Channel 5, 9pm

John Galsworthy's saga about posh Edwardian families continues. Soames Forsyte is on honeymoon in Paris with his wildly unsuitable wife Irene, but he's intimidated by her bohemian mates and absolutely horrified by a ballet (clutches pearls). So naturally he drags her back to London to reassert his Victorian values.

If you're into period dramas where everyone's repressed and nobody says what they mean, this scratches that itch. It's all corsets and societal expectations and love being utterly crushed by propriety. Cheerful stuff.

It: Welcome to Derry - Sky Atlantic, 9pm

The 1960s-set prequel to Stephen King's horror doorstopper gets darker. Another gang of kids in Derry are getting terrorised by genuinely nightmarish visions - and it's properly unsettling. No sign yet of Bill Skarsgård in full Pennywise mode, but he's lurking somewhere as the military ramps up its search for a "fear-emitting weapon" (because that's a sensible thing to look for).

If you've read the book or seen the films, you know where this is headed. But the show's doing a decent job of building dread without relying on jump scares every five minutes. The period setting works well - Derry in the '60s feels suffocatingly small, which is exactly what you want for a story about an ancient evil preying on a town.

Warning: Not for the squeamish. Or anyone planning to sleep tonight.

The Chair Company - Sky Comedy, 9.45pm

Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin's office comedy is getting freakier and somehow more touching at the same time. Ron (Robinson) is deep into his conspiracy theory about the Tecca chair company and tracks down CFO Ken Tucker. Of course, when he finds him, things get even more wildly confusing. Meanwhile, Douglas is back in a wheelchair - because nothing in this show makes conventional sense.

If you've never seen Robinson's stuff (I Think You Should Leave), imagine The Office but everyone's slightly unhinged and reality keeps bending. It's absurdist and awkward and weirdly brilliant. You'll either love it or be utterly baffled - there's no middle ground.

Pete Wicks: For Dogs' Sake - U&W, 9pm

The tattooed reality star helps out at a dog shelter in the final episode of this surprisingly heartwarming series. Flower the border collie needs to trust strangers again, and Marvin the spaniel's got a painful ear infection they're hoping to treat without surgery.

Look, it's Pete Wicks being gentle with dogs. If that doesn't warm your cold Monday heart, nothing will.

Late Night: For Night Owls (10pm onwards)

Leonard and Hungry Paul - BBC Two, 10pm

Julia Roberts narrates this quirky adaptation about Leonard (Alex Lawther) finding his footing after his mum dies. He's buzzing after a first date with colleague Shelley (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell), but she's being shifty about a second one. Meanwhile, Hungry Paul (Laurie Kynaston) has made the shortlist for an email sign-off phrase competition, which is exactly as low-stakes as it sounds.

It's gentle, odd, and kind of lovely. Perfect late-night viewing when your brain's too fried for anything demanding.

Newsnight - BBC Two, 10.30pm

If you want to ruin your ability to sleep by learning about everything that's gone wrong today, crack on.

If You're Not Into Drama/Horror

Fancy a quiz instead? University Challenge (BBC Two, 8.30pm) - students being impossibly clever Need a laugh? Have I Got News for You (BBC One, 10.40pm) - the week's news gets a kicking True crime mood? Trigger Point (ITV1, 9pm) - bomb disposal drama returns

What's on Streaming

Netflix: Arcane Season 2 just dropped if you're into animated League of Legends adaptations (it's better than that sounds) iPlayer: The whole Ghosts series if you want comfort comedy Disney+: Andor Season 2 for your Star Wars fix minus the Skywalker baggage

The Viewing Schedule Table

Final Verdict

If you only watch one thing tonight, make it Mr Burton - it's thoughtful British drama done right, with proper performances and something to say about class and ambition. But honestly, the real winner might be The Chair Company if you want something completely different that'll leave you equal parts laughing and questioning what you just watched. And if you're feeling brave, It: Welcome to Derry will scare the bejesus out of you.

Monday nights eh? Not so bad after all.

What are you watching tonight? Let us know in the comments below.