{"id":741777,"date":"2026-06-17T06:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/741777\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T06:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:23:14","slug":"tv-tonight-its-england-v-croatia-bring-on-the-football-fever-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/741777\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: it\u2019s England v Croatia! Bring on the football fever | Television"},"content":{"rendered":"

Location, Location, Location<\/p>\n

8pm, Channel 4
With England playing Croatia<\/a> on ITV1, it\u2019s slim pickings across the rest of the channels, but anyone immune to football fever can always count on Kirstie and Phil. This week, they are in London to revisit two couples: in the east, Molly and Sam have finally bought in Walthamstow; down south, Alan and Rachel have spent three years doing up their Victorian terrace in Crystal Palace. Hollie Richardson<\/p>\n

Inside the Tower of London: The Mystery of the Mary Rose<\/p>\n

8pm, Channel 5
This week, the Tudor expert Tracy Borman is investigating the great mystery of what made Henry VIII\u2019s flagship, the Mary Rose, sink. Elsewhere in the Tower of London, the team are making plans to mark VJ Day on 15 August. HR<\/p>\n

Saint-Pierre<\/p>\n

9pm, U&Alibi
Fitz already considers Premier Robert O\u2019Brien (Eric Johnson) his nemesis. So when Arch and Fitz are hastily summoned to his bachelor party gone terribly wrong (is there any other kind?) to find O\u2019Brien standing over a dead body with a murder weapon in his hand, can Fitz keep his personal feelings in check lest they compromise the integrity of the case? Ali Catterall<\/p>\n

W Stephen Gilbert Remembers: Only Connect<\/p>\n

10pm, BBC Four<\/p>\n

W Stephen Gilbert Remembers \u2026 producing a groundbreaking BBC play about a gay rights activist. Photograph: BBC<\/p>\n

In 1979, the TV play Only Connect told the story of the socialist pioneer and gay rights activist Edward Carpenter. Today, it is considered a landmark moment in television. To mark Pride month, it airs again at 10.15pm after this reflection from its producer. HR<\/p>\n

Best of Iris: Cardiff Charm 2026<\/p>\n

1am, Channel 4
It has been 20 years of the Iris prize festival celebrating LGBTQ+ short films; this is a compilation of three that have been produced through it. A lively night at a kebab shop, a zany black-and-white romcom and a drama about always expecting the worst when love comes along \u2013 complete with a talking lobster \u2013 are all here. HR<\/p>\n

From<\/p>\n

2am, Sky One
The horror drama<\/a> that offers convoluted mythology with a side order of gory special effects continues. For four seasons, the residents of Fromville have fantasised about being able to leave their purgatorial town. Now, the lawman Boyd (Harold Perrineau) thinks he may have found a way out. But at what cost? Graeme Virtue<\/p>\n

Film choice<\/p>\n

Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, 2022), Netflix<\/p>\n

Delicately heartbreaking \u2026 Paul Mescal with Frankie Corio in Aftersun. Photograph: TCD\/Prod.DB\/Alamy<\/p>\n

What an utterly lovely, delicately heartbreaking film Charlotte Wells has made. The mysteries of adulthood and the loss of innocence are all wrapped up in a summer holiday in Turkey taken by 11-year-old Sophie (a cheeky, adorable Frankie Corio) and her dad, Calum (a superbly layered performance by Paul Mescal). Amid lazy days by the hotel pool, buffets, boat trips and excursions to ancient ruins, Calum\u2019s hidden melancholy surfaces. It\u2019s mitigated by the tenderness and comfort of his relationship with his daughter, but there\u2019s something gnawing at him that we struggle to fathom. Simon Wardell<\/p>\n

Live sport<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Test cricket: England v New Zealand 10am, Sky Sports Main Event. The second Test starts at the Oval.<\/p>\n

World Cup football: England v Croatia 8pm, ITV1. Harry Kane leads England in their first match, in Dallas. Ghana v Panama, from Toronto, is at 11.40pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Location, Location, Location 8pm, Channel 4With England playing Croatia on ITV1, it\u2019s slim pickings across the rest of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-741777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}