BBC First
Canada
BBC First is a television channel available in Canada that primarily airs drama series and selected comedies originally produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The channel’s programming typically includes crime dramas, period pieces, and character-driven serials, often drawn from recent British productions. Viewers in Canada can access BBC First through participating cable and satellite providers, with content presented in English. The channel does not broadcast news, sports, or children’s shows, focusing instead on scripted entertainment for an adult audience. Its schedule generally features a mix of ongoing series and limited-run dramas, without live event coverage or reality programming.
Programme
00:00 - 00:30
Twenty Twenty Six
Heat
Series, Comedy
A new environmental report on global heating causes temperatures to rise in the Oversight Team as they try to find ways to combat not only the report but global heating itself.
00:30 - 01:00
Here We Go
Our Holiday in Scotland
Series, Comedy, Sitcom
A disastrous Jessop family holiday is rescued by a run-in with the local police.
01:00 - 01:30
Ghosts
He Came!
Series, Holiday, Sitcom
When they discover a man living in a tent on their grounds, Alison and Mike, with the ghosts' help, learn that they have more to offer this Christmas than they realized.
01:30 - 02:00
Two Doors Down
2017 Christmas Special
Series, Holiday, Drama, Sitcom
Christine and Cathy reveal their own particular take on the spirit of Christmas.
02:00 - 03:00
Return to Paradise
R.I.P. Tide
Series, Crime drama
When Dolphin Cove local royalty Stuart Granger washes ashore with a knife in his back in the middle of a surf carnival, recently returned expat DI Mackenzie Clarke is thrust onto the case.
03:00 - 04:00
Death in Paradise
The Early Bird
Series, Crime drama, Crime, Drama
Goodman and the team investigate the murder of a bird-watcher in the Saint-Marie jungle.
04:00 - 04:30
Twenty Twenty Six
Heat
Series, Comedy
A new environmental report on global heating causes temperatures to rise in the Oversight Team as they try to find ways to combat not only the report but global heating itself.
04:30 - 05:00
Here We Go
Our Holiday in Scotland
Series, Comedy, Sitcom
A disastrous Jessop family holiday is rescued by a run-in with the local police.
05:00 - 06:00
The Graham Norton Show
Series, Talk, Entertainment, Comedy, Interview
Featuring Graham trading quips with Bruce Springsteen, Jeremy Allen White, Jennifer Lawrence, Tessa Thompson; there's live music from Florence.
06:00 - 07:00
Return to Paradise
R.I.P. Tide
Series, Crime drama
When Dolphin Cove local royalty Stuart Granger washes ashore with a knife in his back in the middle of a surf carnival, recently returned expat DI Mackenzie Clarke is thrust onto the case.
07:00 - 08:00
Death in Paradise
The Early Bird
Series, Crime drama, Crime, Drama
Goodman and the team investigate the murder of a bird-watcher in the Saint-Marie jungle.
08:00 - 09:00
The Graham Norton Show
Series, Talk, Entertainment, Comedy, Interview
Featuring Graham trading quips with Bruce Springsteen, Jeremy Allen White, Jennifer Lawrence, Tessa Thompson; there's live music from Florence.
09:00 - 10:00
Impossible
Series, Game show
Pick through a dizzying array of questions and answers as Rick tries to separate the winners from the rest of the pack; cheer as one lucky contestant gets a chance to unleash a spectacular torrent of 10,000 one-pound coins.
10:00 - 11:00
Impossible
Series, Game show
Contestants compete across the series, scoring points by answering questions correctly; they must avoid the impossible answers, otherwise they will be eliminated until the next day.
11:00 - 12:00
Impossible
Series, Game show
Rick reveals the right, wrong, and totally impossible answers to the contestants; discovering if any of these bright competitors have what it takes to weed out the wrong info and take a crack at the 10,000-pound jackpot.
12:00 - 13:00
Ice Vikings
Fire & Ice
Series, Documentary, Fishing
With less than a month left in the fishing season, all crews are desperate to catch their remaining quota, and failing to do so means leaving money on the table; Justin and Mike are fighting to hit their target.
13:00 - 14:00
Weather Files: Total Impact
Sinkholes
Series, Documentary
A growing danger around the world.
14:00 - 15:00
Griff's Canadian Adventure
Sasakatchewan; Alberta Richness; Emptiness
Series, Travel
Griff explores the prairies and vast plains of Saskatchewan and Alberta provinces; he discovers that they hide a diversity of riches, from ancient buffalo herds to dinosaur fossils and acres of cultivated farmland.
15:00 - 16:00
Ice Vikings
Fire & Ice
Series, Documentary, Fishing
With less than a month left in the fishing season, all crews are desperate to catch their remaining quota, and failing to do so means leaving money on the table; Justin and Mike are fighting to hit their target.
16:00 - 17:00
History by the Numbers
The Great Migration
Series, Documentary, History
Six million African Americans leave the southern states in the Great Migration to seek freedom and opportunity in the north and west.
17:00 - 18:00
Mysteries From Above
Out of Place
Series, Documentary
Strange aquatic mammals populating a river in Columbia; a ship marooned in a sea of sand along Namibia's notorious Skeleton Coast; a Boeing 727 jetliner hidden in a pine forest; an unusual pattern is discovered in the Nevada desert.
18:00 - 18:30
QI
Unsavoury
Series, Game show, Comedy
Gyles Brandreth, Judi Love and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
18:30 - 19:00
QI
Uncle Sam
Series, Game show, Comedy
Sandi Toksvig puts the UK-US special relationship under the microscope with Kemah Bob, Alex Edelman, David Mitchell, and Alan Davies.
19:00 - 19:30
QI
Ultras
Series, Game show, Comedy
Jordan Gray, Jason Manford, Sara Pascoe and Alan Davies to find the links between ugly feet, empty crisp packets, a Vermeer masterpiece and Countess Mountbatten's lingerie.
19:30 - 20:00
QI
Ufology
Series, Game show, Comedy
Sandi Toksvig dusts off her tinfoil hat for a look at ufology with Cally Beaton, Nish Kumar, Tom Ward, and Alan Davies.
20:00 - 20:30
QI
'U' Animals
Series, Game show, Comedy
Sandi and Alan look at some 'U' animals with Rhod Gilbert, Lara Ricote and Ahir Shah.
20:30 - 21:00
QI
Unrelated
Series, Game show, Comedy
Tom Allen, Chris McCausland and Lou Sanders look at a range of unrelated 'U' topics.
21:00 - 21:30
QI
Upsadaisy
Series, Game show, Comedy
Justin Moorhouse, Emmanuel Sonubi and Holly Walsh join.
21:30 - 22:00
QI
Underthings
Series, Game show, Comedy
Sandi Toksvig is joined by Maisie Adam, Daliso Chaponda, Jack Dee and Alan Davies for a look at some underthings.
22:00 - 22:30
QI
University
Series, Game show, Comedy
Sandi Toksvig goes to university with Guz Khan, Joe Lycett, Morgana Robinson and Alan Davies.
22:30 - 23:00
QI
Upbringing
Series, Game show, Comedy
Sandi Toksvig takes a look at upbringing with Sally Phillips, Josh Pugh, Aaron Simmonds and Alan Davies.
23:00 - 00:00
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Queen of the Kitchen
Series, Crime drama, Comedy
Celebrity housewife Prunella Gladwell arrives in Great Slaughter to film a feisty baking competition, and one of the contestants is about to hit her expiration date.