WHAT TO WATCH 26 July - 1 August

C'mon, the Lionesses!

This week's best telly includes an unmissable Women's Euro final between England and Spain, as well the launch of BBC One's new Rob Brydon-fronted Race Across the World meets The Traitors series Destination X.

Elsewhere, Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall return to show us What Happened Next on Long Lost Family, the latest series of Dragons' Den returns after its five-month hiatus and hit Irish and New Zealand drama The Gone, returns for a second series.

Here are 5 TV shows you can't miss this week...

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 SPORTING EVENT

WOMEN'S EURO 2025 FINAL

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Sunday 27th July at 3.40pm (Kick-off 5pm) on BBC One and 3.30pm on ITV1

On Sunday, from 5pm, England will take on Spain in the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 final from St Jakob-Park in Basel, as they look to defend their their title after beating Germany in dramatic circumstances back in 2022.

And for the Lionesses, it's a repeat of last year's World Cup final, in which they faced Spain and lost. Will the same be true this time? Or does this England team have what it takes to be European champions again?

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 BRAND NEW REALITY TV

DESTINATION X

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Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st July at 9pm on BBC One

Rob Brydon returns to our screens this week, hosting BBC One's new Race Across the World meets The Traitors series, Destination X, in which an incredible journey through Europe is played out, but it's a journey where things are not what they seem.

Gamesmaster Rob Brydon, takes 13 contributors onboard the X-bus and asks them one simple question - where the X are they? With blacked out windows all they have to do is try and deduce where in the world they are because at the end of every episode they must place an X on a map.

Whoever puts their X furthest away from the location is immediately thrown off the X-bus and eliminated from the competition. In the end one walks away with a cash prize of £100,000.

Each of the 10 episodes sees Rob take the adventurers on another incredible leg of the journey - a fantastical trek that turns Europe into a board game with twists and turns around every corner. Epic challenges offer clues to those smart enough to figure them out, but players - and viewers! - beware, there are also some red herrings scattered around.

Who will figure out where in the world they really are? And will the players decide to share information or send each other in the wrong direction? And viewers can join in and play along at home. So can you guess where Destination X is?

 10 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER 

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3

 RETURNING FACTUAL

LONG LOST FAMILY:

BORN WITHOUT TRACE -

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

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Wednesday 30th July at 9pm on ITV1

Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall return this week as they catch up with foundlings to find out how their lives have changed since they discovered the truth about their pasts in this series.

This episode of Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace - What Happened Next, reveals what happened to foundling Natasha and her full sister Lee-Ann, who were left as babies less than two years apart in the toilets of two different south London hospitals and Liz Deutsch, a nurse found severely ill in a basket in a hedge.

 STREAM ON ITVX

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 RETURNING FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

DRAGONS' DEN

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Thursday 31st July at 8pm on BBC One

Following a five-month hiatus, the 22nd series of Dragons' Den continues this week as a fresh batch of daring entrepreneurs enter the Den, each hoping to secure a life-changing investment from the formidable five: Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Sara Davies, Steven Bartlett and Touker Suleyman.

A food delivery entrepreneur aims to impress the Dragons with her reusable tins inspired by India. A Derbyshire-based father and son unveil their T-shirts for neurodivergent wearers.

Luxury skincare, without the high price tag, is on offer from a French beauty buff. And two Brighton-based business partners are hoping their virtual gifting app will win over the Dragons.

 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER 

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5

 RETURNING DRAMA

THE GONE

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Thursday 31st July at 9pm on BBC Two

Irish and New Zealand hit drama The Gone, returns to BBC Two this week as Irish detective Theo Richter is poised to board his flight back to Dublin.

Having closed the kidnapping case that brought him to New Zealand, he plans to return to Ireland with Irish journalist Aileen Ryan as he starts to come to terms with a recent devastating diagnosis.

But when Aileen fails to arrive at the airport, Richter again teams up with Māori detective Diana Huia to begin the search. Aileen was following a lead on the identity of the Goat Man, responsible for the unsolved Mountain Murders over a decade earlier.

When Richter and Huia find signs of a violent struggle, they widen the police search and bring in local Māori trackers to help.

 6 EPISODES  CONTINUES WEEKLY

 STREAM ON BBC IPLAYER  ALL EPISODES AVAILABLE