| What's on Now & Next (2026-11-03) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
19:00 | Reeling in the Years | A dip into the news and music archives from 2007, the year of Padraig Harrington's British Open victory and the Irish cricket team's shock World Cup triumph over Pakistan. In politics, the Progressive Democrats suffered humiliating losses in the general election, while the Green Party joined Fianna Fail in coalition government. Featuring music by Girls Aloud, Mika, Klaxons, Duke Special, Robyn and Fergie |
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| 19:30 | EastEnders | Denise sees out a plan for the sake of her family, Linda worries about her children, and Ian helps out a friend | |
| RTE2
[102] |
19:00 | Ireland's Wild Islands | Eoin Warner explores the wildlife of the country's Atlantic islands in a 140-year-old Galway hooker fishing boat. He starts his voyage at Rathlin, where he witnesses flightless chicks jumping 300ft from cliff ledges down to the ocean, then heads west for Malin Head and Inishtrahull, encountering basking sharks and dolphins en route |
| 20:00 | Exploring Northern Ireland with Siobhan McSweeney | The Derry Girls actress abandons her electric bike for a hydrobike to explore the island town of Enniskillen. She descends underground to experience the caves of a National Geopark, steps closer to heaven on the Cuilcagh Mountain Boardwalk, goes native at the Beaghmore Stone Circles, discovers the ancient monuments of Lough Erne, and meets a man about a sheepdog in the spectacular Sperrins | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
19:00 | News at 7 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team |
| 19:30 | Friends | Ross tries to put on a brave face and invites Joey and Rachel to dinner with him and Charlie, but gets drunk and makes an embarrassing scene. Frank Jr tries to talk Phoebe into taking care of one of the triplets, while Chandler and Monica learn more about adoption | |
| TG4
[104] |
19:00 | Nuacht TG4 | The day's main news stories from a regional, national and international perspective |
| 19:30 | Comhrá | Máirtín Tom Sheáinin chats with Fr Seán Ó Conaola from Doire Choill in Conamara on the show. He has a strong connection to the community of Ros an Mhíl, where his priestly life was recently celebrated | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
17:00 | Live UEFA Champions League | Coverage of one of the opening matchday four league phase fixtures (Kick-off 5.45pm), featuring either Galatasaray v VfB Stuttgart or Shakhtar Donetsk v Sporting Lisbon |
| 19:45 | Live UEFA Champions League | Coverage of a matchday four league phase fixture (Kick-off 8.00pm), as the teams continue their bids to reach the knockout rounds. Among the contests taking place are Barcelona v Aston Villa at Spotify Camp Nou, Manchester United v AS Roma at Old Trafford and Villarreal v Paris Saint-Germain at Estadio de la Cerámica | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
17:55 | Agatha Christie's Marple | The sleuthing spinster is invited to the wedding of her former housemaid Gwenda, only to be caught up in a murder mystery involving the groom's family. Geraldine McEwan stars, with Juliet Stevenson, Denis Lawson and Alison Steadman |
| 19:55 | Heartbeat | An elderly farmer's widow seems to be the victim of a hate campaign, and the police race to uncover the culprit as events take a more serious turn. Vernon Scripps burns rubber to win a bet, enlisting Bernie's help in creating a hot-rod to rival the competition, and Ventress wonders if he should inform Bellamy after seeing Gina leaving the maternity ward. Drama, starring Jean Alexander and Geoffrey Hughes | |
| BBC One
[108] |
19:00 | The One Show | Alex Jones and Roman Kemp present another mix of nationwide reports and live studio-based chat |
| 19:30 | EastEnders | Denise sees out a plan for the sake of her family, Linda worries about her children, and Ian helps out a friend | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
19:00 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather |
| 20:00 | The Great British Bake Off | Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond present as the bakers serve up gluten-free, dairy-free or vegan delicacies, doing their best to prove that different foods can still be full of flavour. Nigella Lawson and Paul Hollywood taste their efforts - and decide who will make it through to next week's quarter-final | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
19:00 | Hollyoaks | As shockwaves ripple through the village, this may be the end of Cindy and Imran's tragic love story. And a phone call leads a resident to make a bold decision |
| 19:30 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Will takes the shine off Uncle Phil's Urban Spirit award by leaking stories of his poor background and pet pig to the Press. Comedy, starring Will Smith, James Avery and Janet Hubert | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
19:00 | Secrets of Skin | Biologist Ben Garrod examines how animals use their skin to send out messages to their own species, and warning signals to others, from vibrant displays of colour to skin pouches to amplify sounds |
| 19:30 | Weatherman Walking | In the first of two special programmes originally shown to celebrate the centenary of Dylan Thomas's birth, Derek Brockway strolls around the poet's home town of Swansea. Accompanied by actor Adrian Metcalfe, Derek sets off from Dylan's childhood home on Cwmdonkin Drive and walks through the city's parks and down to the seafront, before visiting some of the writer's haunts in later life. He then heads west to the Llansteffan peninsula where his guide, artist Osi Rhys Osmond, leads him through the countryside that was home to many of Dylan's relatives. They include his aunt's farm, which would provide the inspiration for the poem Fernhill | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
18:50 | The Dog House | A Liverpool family face a difficult decision choosing which one of a litter of 10 German shepherd puppies to take home with them. The Woodgreen staff also hope a Staffordshire bull terrier, brought in by social services after an incident in its previous home, will be able to find a more understanding owner, and a Yorkshire terrier with a big attitude tries to win over a couple |
| 19:55 | The Secret Life of the Zoo | The Rothschild's giraffes are expecting a new addition as 12-year-old matriarch Dagmar, whose last calf died after a few days, goes into labour after a 15-month pregnancy. Orang-utan sisters Tuti and Siska, and their baby cousin Kesuma, rebuild their relationship after the trauma of the fire that engulfed their habitat in December 2018, while the keepers set off in pursuit when a blue-throated macaw goes on the run | |