TV tonight: our highlights for Friday, June 11

Jeremy Clarkson outside his new farm shop in Clarkson's Farm on TV tonight.
Jeremy Clarkson outside his new farm shop in Clarkson's Farm on TV tonight. (Image credit: Amazon Prime Video)

On TV tonight Jeremy Clarkson turns farmer, Gregg Wallace has a Big Weekend Away in Amsterdam and the UEFA Euro 2020 finally kicks off. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight. 

  • Our hand selected recommendations for what's on TV tonight include three TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set 
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What's on TV tonight 

Our expert TV journalists have picked the best things on TV tonight... 

Best TV shows on TV tonight

Clarkson's Farm, Amazon Prime Video

Clarkson's Farm sees Jeremy Clarkson running his own farm

Anyone know how to drive this thing? Jeremy Clarkson gets to grip with his new mode of transport.  (Image credit: Amazon Prime)

Jeremy Clarkson stays true to his acerbic, bolshie TV persona as this entertaining new eight part documentary follows his progress getting to grips, (or not as seems to be the case tonight), with the 1,000-acre Cotswold farm where he lives. Tonight’s opener sees him purchase a ludicrously huge Lamborghini tractor that he is clueless about operating, make a hash of ploughing some fields and get a severe telling off from his new right hand man, young farmer Kaleb who brings fun and youth to proceedings. Fans of Clarkson will enjoy it. Farmers will be rolling their eyes in despair! 

★★★★ TL  

Gregg Wallace's Big Weekend Away, 8pm, Channel 5

Gregg Wallace enjoys a weekend in Amsterdam

Gregg Wallace enjoys a guided boat tour in Amsterdam. (Image credit: C5)

‘I don’t even know what Dutch food is,’ says Gregg as he embarks on a mini-break in Amsterdam. But as well as filling his belly with the best local food he can find, he also wants to enrich his mind and learn more about this tolerant and liberal city. He visits the Rijksmuseum to check out the paintings of the Dutch masters and goes on a guided boat tour to discover more about the city’s rich history. He also has fun at the biggest flower market in the world and ends his trip at a floral festival where the blooms are as big as dinosaurs. 

★★★ JL

UEFA Euro 2020, 7pm, BBC1

Gary Lineker and his fellow presenters for the start of the UEFA EURO 2020

It's been a long time coming but finally, Gary Lineker and co. kick off UEFA Euro 2020. (Image credit: BBC)

It's a year late, but Euro 2020 has finally arrived! It begins when Italy take on Turkey in Rome this evening (k-o 8pm), following what promises to be a colourful opening ceremony. Around 17,000 fans are due to be inside the Stadio Olimpico when the teams take to the field. Wales also feature in Group A (they play Switzerland tomorrow, k-o 2pm, BBC1/S4C) so their supporters may want to keep an eye on the game tonight! Later, Peter Crouch presents a new entertainment series looking at all the Euro action, plus music, celebs and football stars (10.55, BBC1, times vary). 

★★★★ SMA

Best box set to watch on TV tonight

Before We Die, seasons one and two, All 4

Not the new UK version on C4, but the original Swedish series. When her colleague disappears, detective Hanna (Marie Richardson) takes over his text-message contact with the undercover operative he has placed inside a crime syndicate.

Best film to watch on TV tonight

What's Love Got to Do With It? 9pm 5Star

Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne star in the Tina Turner biopic

Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne star in the Tina Turner biopic. (Image credit: 5Star)

Live sport

  • UEFA Euro 2020, Turkey vs Italy (k-o 8pm), BBC1
  • French Open Tennis: Roland-Garros, 1.30pm - 9pm, ITV4

Soaps on TV tonight

  • Emmerdale, 7pm
  • Coronation Street, 7.30pm
  • Hollyoaks, 6.30pm

If you watch just one thing on TV tonight… 

Don't miss Clarkson's Farm on TV tonight – he swaps cars for tractors with hilarious results.

Not found anything you want to watch on TV tonight? Check out our TV Guide

Happy viewing!

Joanne Lowles
Freelance writer and editor

Joanne Lowles has been writing about TV since 2002. After graduating from Cardiff University with a Postgraduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism, she worked for All About Soap magazine covering the ups and downs of life on the cobbles, the square and the Dales. 


Next came nearly 10 years at TV Times magazine as a writer and then deputy features editor. Here she spent many happy days interviewing the biggest names in entertainment and visiting the sets of some of our most popular shows including Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife and Strictly Come Dancing


With a love of nature and wildlife she’s also interviewed the leading experts in this area including David Attenborough, Chris Packham and Steve Backshall. She’s also travelled the world visiting Mongolia, Canada and South Africa to see how the best in the business make the most brilliant natural history documentaries. 


Freelance since 2013, she is now is a digital writer and editor for What to Watch, previews the best on the box for TV Times mag each week and loves being constantly surprised, entertained and informed by the amazing TV that she is lucky enough to watch.