What's on BBC Three Tonight

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Tonight's highlights

7:00 PM The Catch Up A round-up of the day's news.

7:05 PM Horrible Histories Historical sketch show. The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, and a caveman goes on a TV cookery show. Plus, discover the bizarre causes of World War I.

7:30 PM Horrible Histories Historical sketch show. A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.

8:00 PM Sort Your Life Out Stacey Solomon and her crack team help single mum Rachel and her two daughters transform their family home through a life-changing declutter.

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Dates

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BBC Three Schedule — Today

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The first program is at 12:55 AM (12:55 AM UK Time )

12:55 AM

Small Town, Big Riot — 00:55

Episode 1

Mobeen Azhar investigates how a protest outside an asylum seeker hotel turned into a riot, uncovering a blueprint for a national wave of violence that eight months later would affect us all.

Runtime: 1 hr i Available on iPlayer

1:55 AM

Small Town, Big Riot — 01:55

Episode 2

Mobeen Azhar investigates how online rumours and disinformation combined with extremist agitation led to real-world consequences for the people of Kirkby.

Runtime: 1 hr i Available on iPlayer

2:55 AM

Sort Your Life Out — 02:55

Stacey Solomon and her crack team help Nila and Nat transform their family home through a life-changing declutter.

Runtime: 1 hr

7:00 PM

The Catch Up — 19:00

A round-up of the day's news.

Runtime: 5 min

7:05 PM

Horrible Histories — 19:05

Episode 8

Historical sketch show. The Saxons exchange disgusting Christmas presents, and a caveman goes on a TV cookery show. Plus, discover the bizarre causes of World War I.

Runtime: 25 min

7:30 PM

Horrible Histories — 19:30

Episode 9

Historical sketch show. A Victorian inspector checks that school is suitably cruel, HHTV News reports live from the Great Plague, and Thumbelina drowns unpleasantly.

Runtime: 30 min

8:00 PM

Sort Your Life Out — 20:00

Dancing Around the Clutter

Stacey Solomon and her crack team help single mum Rachel and her two daughters transform their family home through a life-changing declutter.

Runtime: 1 hr

9:00 PM

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over — 21:00

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA

Stacey Dooley spends the weekend at Nevada’s oldest legal brothel and meets the people in charge. She questions if legal brothels can act as a solution to the dangers sex workers face.

Runtime: 45 min

9:45 PM

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over — 21:45

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA

Stacey Dooley finds out if three parents are better than two as she stays over at the home of a progressive, modern family in Florida made up of two mums, one dad and their three joint kids.

Runtime: 45 min

10:30 PM

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over — 22:30

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA

Stacey Dooley stays with a family of polygamist Mormons who live off-grid in the Black Hills of South Dakota and discovers that father Jeff is on the hunt for a third wife.

Runtime: 40 min

11:10 PM

I Give It a Year — 23:10

Love, marriage... divorce?

Raucous romantic comedy that starts where most others end. The marriage of mismatched Nat and Josh suffers when each is attracted to someone else.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 min

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Coming up tomorrow

Tomorrow on BBC Three — 7 October 2026

12:45 AM

Pramface

Comedy series about teenagers coming to terms with parenthood. Jamie and Laura are struggling with christening arrangements, bickering relatives and each other.
1:45 AM

Pramface

Comedy series about two teenagers coming to terms with parenthood. A lonely Laura struggles to make friends with other mums. Beth is attracted to a posh boy.
2:15 AM

Pramface

Comedy series about two teenagers coming to terms with parenthood. Jamie is forced to leave Emily with his last-resort babysitters, Mike and Beth.
2:45 AM

BBC Comedy Short Films

Animation. It’s 1995 and self-proclaimed legend Dave prides himself on being the only - albeit crumbling - video game shop in town. Until a rival opens, unveiling the PlayStation…
3:00 AM

Sort Your Life Out

Stacey Solomon and her crack team help single mum Rachel and her two daughters transform their family home through a life-changing declutter.
7:00 PM

The Catch Up

A round-up of the day's news.

See full BBC Three schedule for tomorrow →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is on BBC Three tonight?

Tonight (Tuesday 06 October) on BBC Three, you can watch The Catch Up, Horrible Histories, Sort Your Life Out, and Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. Check the full schedule for more details.

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When does programming end on BBC Three today?

Today's programming on BBC Three ends at 00:45 with I Give It a Year.

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