What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Tuesday

March 11, 2025
What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Tuesday

School Swap: UK to USA sees students from London and Arkansas swap places, Kathy Bates returns as Matlock, Home of the Year and Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon continue, and the Cheltenham Festival begins . . .

Pick of the Day

School Swap: UK to USA, 8.00pm, Channel 4

Two groups of teenagers swap schools and exchange lives between multicultural south London and the town of Mena, Arkansas, in America's bible belt.

In the first episode, the American students confront some difficult truths in their debut week in a diverse south London school.

But for one of the group the big question is whether they would rather be riding a bull or a bus?

Over in rural Arkansas, the host families battle culture shock. Homesickness kicks in for some of the UK students.

Later on they learn about Mena's racist past the hard way, which leaves the group questioning their physical safety.

New or Returning Shows

Matlock, 9.00pm, Sky Witness

Streaming on NOW

Kathy Bates returns as the super-smart septuagenarian lawyer following a midseason hiatus in the show's debut run.

As we return to the offices of Jacobson Moore, Matty helps Olympia take on a wrongful termination case that hits close to home.

Meanwhile, Matty's husband Edwin worries that the longer she remains at the firm, the more she puts herself in danger of being caught.

Don’t Miss

Judges Hugh Wallace, Amanda Bone and Siobhan Lam visit three more homes.

Amy & Eoin live in Limerick with their two sons.

The home is a passion project for Amy, an interior designer, who loves having the space to unleash her creativity and is always in the middle of a project in the house!

Rachel and Tristan live in Dublin with their young son.

They completed a renovation to their home, adding an extension and achieving an effective reconfiguration of the bottom floor to create a bright and airy house for their young family.

Finally, Fionnan built a wonderful contemporary home on family land for himself and his son in Waterford.

He describes the house as a complete sanctuary and that waking up to the views and the sound of the sea is a dream come true for him.

Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon, 8.00pm, BBC One

The Bowens, a family of five, call on Stacey (below) and her team to transform their home in Wales.

Mam-of-four Katrina recently moved her family from the West Midlands to start a new chapter in the countryside as a single parent.

But for a truly fresh start, they need to do some serious decluttering first.

Storyville: Eternal Spring - The Heist of China’s Airwaves, 10.00pm, BBC Four

A look at the spiritual group Falun Gong's attempt to counter the government narrative about their practice in 2002 by hacking into state TV stations in China.

Celebrated comic book artist Daxiong revisits the audacious plot he took part in and reflects on the aftermath of the event.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, 8.00pm, BBC Four

The first episode of the classic – and anarchic – 1970's comedy, starring the late, great Leonard Rossiter (below) as a middle-aged executive stuck in a rut and eager to learn the real meaning of life.

When Reginald Perrin set out for work on Tuesday morning, he had no intention of calling his mother-in-law a hippopotamus.

But he did, and from then on everything began to change. Originally broadcast in 1976.

In episode two at 8.30pm, Reggie takes his family to a safari park and finds the atmosphere in the car so oppressive that he steps outside to take his chances with the lions.

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein, 9.00pm, Sky Arts

Streaming on NOW

The second performance of director Danny Boyle's take on Mary Shelley's classic gothic horror story sees the roles reversed, as Jonny Lee Miller takes on the part of Vitor Frankenstein, and Benedict Cumberbatch becomes his abominable creation.

Ending Today

The Bay, 9.00pm, UTV

When crucial evidence in the case is found, Jenn and the team discover that someone close to Hannah has been withholding vital information from them all along.

As they finally fill in the blanks in Hannah's life and piece together her last movements on the night she died, a message from Hannah leads them to her killer.

Meanwhile, Steve and Julie look to move past their traumatic history and Jenn faces up to the fallout from her actions.

Sport

Live Racing, 12.45pm, Virgin Media One

It's that time of the year again, when thousands of Irish descend on Cheltenham and huge numbers spend the next few days throwing money at horses with varying degrees of success and failure.

Here, Ed Chamberlin presents coverage of day one of Cheltenham Festival, including feature the 4.00 Unibet Champion Hurdle, plus races at 1.20, 2.00, 2.40, 3.20 and 4.40.

With analysis from AP McCoy, Ruby Walsh, Megan Nicholls and Mick Fitzgerald, reports by Luke Harvey, Alice Plunkett, Oli Bell, Rishi Persad and Matt Chapman, betting news by Brian Gleeson and commentary from Richard Hoiles.

Live UEFA Champions League, 7.45pm, Virgin Media Two
Coverage of the all-German last-16 second-leg tie at BayArena as Bayer Leverkusen host Bayern Munich (KO 8pm).

A brace by Harry Kane (above) and a Jamal Musiala strike gave Bayern a 3-0 first-leg lead and their first victory over Bayer in six attempts in all competitions, putting them in a commanding position as they look to become champions of Europe for the seventh time in their history.

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