Tonight: Season 27
Season 27 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Tonight Season 26.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 27 Progress Shield
Keep, Chuck or Cash In? The Big Clear-Out
Jan 9, 2025
Professional organiser Dilly Carter finds out what the best way to tackle our clutter is and how we can make cash from unwanted items that are lying around.
Going Sober: Can We Ditch the Booze?
Jan 16, 2025 · 26 min
Journalist and recovering alcoholic Toby Winson investigates why a growing number of people are giving up alcohol and how to change our relationship with it.
Older Drivers: Danger at the Wheel?
Jan 23, 2025 · 25 min
Ginny Buckley finds out if the UK's current licence renewal requirements for drivers over 70 are enough to stop those who should no longer be behind the wheel.
Prisons: On the Brink?
Jan 30, 2025 · 30 min
Jacob Dunne - an advocate of restorative justice and a former prisoner - investigates what can be done about the UK's high imprisonment rates and increasingly dilapidated prisons.
Supermarkets: How to Save on Your Shop
Feb 4, 2025 · 30 min
Kate Quilton reports on how supermarkets dominate the groceries market and tempt the consumer to spend with their deals, loyalty schemes and offers. She investigates different ways
Forced Adoption: Britain's Silent Scandal
Feb 20, 2025 · 30 min
Sarah Corker investigates the generational trauma caused by forced adoption practices run by church and state in the four decades after World War II.
War: Would Britain Be Ready?
Feb 27, 2025 · 30 min
Former British soldier Adnan Sarwar reports on an assessment of the UK's defence strategy and if the right level of funding is in place to meet any future challenges.
My Life. My Choice?
Mar 6, 2025 · 60 min
As British lawmakers consider making assisted dying legal in England and Wales, the debate over how the law might - or might not - work is becoming more heated.
Celebrity Scams: Are You at Risk?
Mar 13, 2025 · 30 min
Alex Beresford - whose identity has been used by scammers - investigates how criminals are using famous faces to deceive the public and how to protect ourselves.
Weight Loss Jabs: Getting To The Right People?
Mar 20, 2025 · 30 min
With demand for weight loss injections soaring, Ranvir Singh investigates who gets them and if tighter restrictions on online prescribing will work.
Battle of the Bins: End of Weekly Collections?
Mar 27, 2025 · 30 min
Joe Crowley investigates fears that restrictions on weekly bin collections have contributed to increasing problems with littering and fly-tipping.
Cancer Under 50: Searching for Answers
Apr 3, 2025 · 30 min
ITV Health Correspondent Rebecca Barry delves into the causes behind an alarming rise in cancer diagnoses among adults under the age of 50 in the UK.
High Streets: Are Takeaways Taking Over?
Apr 10, 2025 · 30 min
Paul Connolly reports on how takeaways are bucking trends on high streets, their effects on UK waistlines, and if this is the start of a takeaway takeover.
Holiday Homes: Mis-sold and Misled?
Apr 17, 2025 · 30 min
Michelle Ackerley investigates how people across the country who have purchased caravans on holiday parks are reporting losses of significant amounts of money.
Rising Bills and Pension Fears: How to Save Money
Apr 24, 2025 · 30 min
Paul Brand reports on the impact of a wave of increasing bills and what UK households stretched by a cost of living crisis can do to soften the blow.
After the Inferno: LA from the Ashes
May 1, 2025 · 30 min
Romilly Weeks returns to Los Angeles to revisit the people and places she met in the immediate aftermath of one of the most devastating wildfires in its history.
How to Get Healthy at Home
May 8, 2025 · 30 min
It can be a struggle to see our GPs - with preventable illnesses impacting the quality of our lives, Dr Amir Khan investigates what we can do to look after ourselves.
Undercover: Skinny Jabs Exposed
May 15, 2025 · 30 min
ITV News Health Correspondent Rebecca Barry goes undercover to expose social media sellers purportedly selling syringes of weight-loss drugs that prove to be illegal.
Air Fryers: The Healthy Option?
May 22, 2025 · 30 min
Lara Lewington investigates the rise of air fryers - the third-most used UK kitchen appliance - their effects on how we eat, and what they could mean for our health.
Street Racing: Caught on Camera
May 29, 2025 · 30 min
Lewis Warner heads out into the night with car cruisers in the West Midlands and finds out how real car enthusiasts can choose legal off-road racing as a safer option.
How to Keep Your Money Safe?
Sep 4, 2025 · 30 min
ITV weather reporter Ruth Dodsworth - who has experienced devastating financial loss herself - finds out what we can do to protect ourselves and keep our money safe.
Toxic Legacy: Our Hidden Drug Scandal
Sep 11, 2025 · 30 min
ITV Social Affairs Correspondent Sarah Corker investigates the legacy of DES, a drug that caused life-altering health problems for children across the UK.
Parking Problems: The True Cost
Sep 18, 2025 · 24 min
Motoring journalist Ginny Buckley investigates parking pricing and whether charge penalties are fair or not while also finding out about the latest in parking scams.
Inside Britain's Asylum Crisis
Sep 25, 2025 · 30 min
Paul Brand investigates how the number of small boat crossings in the first half of 2025 reached its highest-ever number and the controversies surrounding asylum seekers.
All in Order: Time to Sort Your Affairs?
Oct 2, 2025 · 30 min
Getting our affairs in order can be a daunting task - Paul Brand investigates some of the important things to sort and finds out what can happen when we don't.
Price Rises: Cutting the Cost of Your Weekly Shop
Oct 16, 2025 · 30 min
Food prices are on the rise again - Kate Quilton finds out what is driving the price hikes and if we can bring down the cost of our weekly shop.
Air Fryers: Do You Know the Dangers?
Nov 6, 2025 · 30 min
ITV's Consumer Editor Chris Choi asks what we might be doing wrong when it comes to the hazards of using air fryers and how best to use them safely.
Shoplifting: Who's Paying the Price?
Nov 20, 2025 · 30 min
As shoplifting rates hit the highest ever recorded in the UK, Paul Brand speaks to those affected and investigates what is being done to tackle the problem.
Insulating Your Home: How to Beat the Scammers
Dec 4, 2025 · 30 min
Government green energy grants offering home insulation seemed like a lifeline - Charlotte Hawkins finds out how they became a nationwide nightmare.
Super-Agers: Wisdom at 90+
Dec 11, 2025 · 30 min
Britain today has a record number of people aged 90 and over - this film meets five remarkable men and women proving that life in our nineties can be anything but quiet.