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Thriller on UK TV tonight

Thursday, 21 May 2026 · 12 things to watch

What's on tonight in thriller across BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky, Netflix, Prime Video & Apple TV+. Updated daily.

Streaming today

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S1·E4 — TBA

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.

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The Boroughs poster

S1·E1 — TBA

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.

Sci-FiThrillerWatch on Netflix UK
The Boroughs poster

S1·E2 — TBA

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.

Sci-FiThrillerWatch on Netflix UK
The Boroughs poster

S1·E3 — TBA

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.

Sci-FiThrillerWatch on Netflix UK
The Boroughs poster

S1·E5 — TBA

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.

Sci-FiThrillerWatch on Netflix UK
The Boroughs poster

S1·E6 — TBA

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.

Sci-FiThrillerWatch on Netflix UK
The Boroughs poster

S1·E7 — TBA

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.

Sci-FiThrillerWatch on Netflix UK
The Boroughs poster

S1·E8 — TBA

In a seemingly picturesque retirement community in the New Mexico desert, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have... time.

Sci-FiThrillerWatch on Netflix UK

On TV today

14:30
E4
S1·E8

Old School: Peralta is overjoyed when his hero, crime reporter Jimmy Brogan, visits the precinct, but things soon go awry. Jeffords and Boyle prepare Diaz for a day in court.

ThrillerAired Wed 14:30 on E4Repeats Fri 14:00 on E4
17:00
E4
S14·E8

The Dad Who Knew Too Little: Homer hires a detective to spy on Lisa so he can get to know her better. But when Homer doesn't pay him, the detective frames Lisa for a crime.

ThrillerAired Wed 19:30 on E4Repeats Fri 03:10 on E4
14:25
Film4

(1943) Hitchcock thriller starring Joseph Cotten as a serial killer fleeing the law. Teresa Wright is his adoring niece who, initially, refuses to believe her uncle is a murderer.

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18:40
Film4

(2004) Tense sci-fi thriller starring Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal. Can a scientist save his son from a sudden climatic catastrophe?

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