diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-window.controller.spec.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-window.controller.spec.ts
index 3c6d89321..c5702c5a7 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-window.controller.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-window.controller.spec.ts
@@ -252,6 +252,70 @@ describe('EpgTimelineComponent ribbon windowing', () => {
         expect(titles).not.toContain('Slot 96');
     });
 
+    /** Render items overlapping the ribbon's px range at the current scale. */
+    function itemsIn(leftPx: number, widthPx: number): string[] {
+        return component
+            .renderItems()
+            .filter(
+                (entry) =>
+                    entry.leftPx + entry.widthPx >= leftPx &&
+                    entry.leftPx <= leftPx + widthPx
+            )
+            .map((entry) => entry.key);
+    }
+
+    // The anchored scroll lands on a later frame; the window must already
+    // cover what the ribbon will show at the new scale.
+    it('windows the anchored range in the same pass as a wheel zoom', () => {
+        render(mockSchedule());
+        const prevScale = component.scale();
+        const left = ribbon().scrollLeft;
+        // Zoom in to the maximum around the right edge of the ribbon.
+        const anchorPx = ribbonWidth - 20;
+        component.onRibbonWheel(
+            new WheelEvent('wheel', {
+                ctrlKey: true,
+                clientX: anchorPx,
+                deltaY: -1000,
+            })
+        );
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const nextScale = component.scale();
+        expect(nextScale).toBeGreaterThan(prevScale);
+        const anchoredLeft =
+            ((left + anchorPx) / prevScale) * nextScale - anchorPx;
+        const windowed = component.ribbonWindow.items().map((e) => e.key);
+        expect(windowed).toEqual(
+            expect.arrayContaining(itemsIn(anchoredLeft, ribbonWidth))
+        );
+    });
+
+    it('windows an expanded group before the ribbon scrolls to it', () => {
+        render(mockSchedule());
+        const first = component
+            .blocks()
+            .find((block) => block.program.title === 'Slot 200');
+        const last = component
+            .blocks()
+            .find((block) => block.program.title === 'Slot 203');
+        if (!first || !last) throw new Error('missing slots');
+        jest.spyOn(HTMLElement.prototype, 'scrollTo').mockImplementation(
+            () => undefined
+        );
+
+        component.onGroupExpand({
+            startMs: first.startMs,
+            stopMs: last.stopMs,
+        } as Parameters<EpgTimelineComponent['onGroupExpand']>[0]);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        expect(renderedTitles()).toEqual(
+            expect.arrayContaining(['Slot 200', 'Slot 203'])
+        );
+        expect(renderedTitles()).not.toContain('Slot 96');
+    });
+
     it('does not re-render for a scroll within a quarter viewport', () => {
         render(mockSchedule());
         const before = component.ribbonWindow.items();
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-window.controller.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-window.controller.ts
index db33558dc..77c2ff918 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-window.controller.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-window.controller.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,20 @@ export class TimelineWindowController {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Re-centres the window on the ribbon minute a scale change is about to
+     * show, in the same pass as the new scale. The scroll event that would
+     * re-measure arrives only after the anchored `scrollLeft` lands on a
+     * later frame; until then the window would be the previous centre at the
+     * new scale, which can be far from what the ribbon shows.
+     */
+    centreOnMinute(offsetMin: number): void {
+        this.viewport.set({
+            centreMs: this.ctx.axis().startMs + offsetMin * TIMELINE_MINUTE_MS,
+            widthPx: this.viewport().widthPx,
+        });
+    }
+
     /** Follow the scroll position: re-centre once it moved far enough. */
     measure(): void {
         const scroller = this.scroller();
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-zoom.controller.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-zoom.controller.ts
index 498fe2c15..7c6488e36 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-zoom.controller.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline-zoom.controller.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export interface TimelineZoomContext {
     readonly ribbon: () => HTMLElement | undefined;
     readonly scale: () => number;
     readonly setScale: (scale: number) => void;
+    /** The ribbon minute the anchored scroll will centre, set with the scale. */
+    readonly centreOn?: (offsetMin: number) => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -97,6 +99,9 @@ export class TimelineZoomController {
         const currentLeft = this.pendingScrollLeft ?? scroller.scrollLeft;
         const anchorMin = (currentLeft + anchorPx) / prev;
         this.pendingScrollLeft = anchorMin * next - anchorPx;
+        this.ctx.centreOn?.(
+            (this.pendingScrollLeft + scroller.clientWidth / 2) / next
+        );
         if (this.frame === 0) {
             this.frame = requestAnimationFrame(() => this.flushScroll());
         }
diff --git a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline.component.ts b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline.component.ts
index 5c25079c4..26297d043 100644
--- a/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/epg/src/lib/epg-timeline/epg-timeline.component.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export class EpgTimelineComponent {
         ribbon: () => this.ribbon()?.nativeElement,
         scale: () => this.scale(),
         setScale: (scale) => this.scale.set(scale),
+        centreOn: (offsetMin) => this.ribbonWindow.centreOnMinute(offsetMin),
     });
 
     /** Ribbon scrolling + channel-select auto-focus, extracted from the view. */
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ export class EpgTimelineComponent {
         const axis = this.axis();
         const centreMs = (group.startMs + group.stopMs) / 2;
         const offsetMin = (centreMs - axis.startMs) / TIMELINE_MINUTE_MS;
+        this.ribbonWindow.centreOnMinute(offsetMin);
         this.scroll.scrollToOffset(offsetMin, 0.5);
     }