| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-14) | |||
| RTE One
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12:00 | The Week in Politics | Reflections on the political week, including contributions from journalists, senators and TDs. Hosted by Áine Lawlor |
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| 13:00 | RTÉ News: One O'Clock and Weather | ||
| RTE2
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10:45 | European Cross Country Athletics | Live coverage of the annual competition, held this year in Lagoa, Portugal. Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen won his third senior gold in the event 12 months ago in Turkey, and Nadia Battocletti of Italy took the honours in the senior women's race. Great Britain topped the overall medal table with six golds, three silvers and three bronzes. and Ireland's sole medal was Nicholas Griggs' silver in the under-23 men's race. With commentary from Greg Allen |
| 13:30 | Saving Lives at Sea | On Ireland's south-east coast, the three RNLI crews at Dunmore East, Kilmore Quay and Rosslare battle to save a cargo ship that has lost all power and is drifting towards rocks. In Hoylake, on the Wirral, a vast multi-agency effort is required to rescue a mother and daughter who have got stuck in the mud and, 65 miles to the west, in the coastal village of Porthdinllaen, the crew respond to a mayday call from a yacht five miles out in the Irish Sea that is requesting an immediate medical evacuation | |
| Virgin Media One
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12:00 | John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen | John Torode and Lisa Faulkner serve up homemade granola with stewed fruit, miso-baked aubergines with a side of green beans and chilli, and mushroom burgers with blue cheese and sweet potato wedges. Plus, an apple and blackberry crumble cake |
| 13:00 | Help Me Buy a Home | Buyers agent Liz O'Kane records the unfiltered realities Irish people face in the search for a home, taking a raw and honest look at the emotional rollercoaster, challenges and hard-won joys of buying a property | |
| TG4
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12:30 | The Golden Girls | Dorothy receives a phone call from a married man she dated four years ago and agrees to go out with him |
| 13:00 | Ó Cuisine | Stiofán Mac Donnchadha prepares an alternative Christmas dinner of salmon gravlax, breast of guinea fowl with celeriac puree, and mince and apple pie with Irish liqueur custard. Veronica Ní Ghríofa presents | |
| Virgin Media Two
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12:00 | Animal Emergency | A French bulldog arrives at the vet's for specialist spinal surgery to help him walk properly. Staff in the large animal department have to decide if a wild seal's eye is able to be saved, and nurse Clodagh and vet Myles have to look long and hard to find a magnet in a parrot's gizzard |
| 13:00 | Animal Emergency | Clare native Vincent is attending the animal hospital with Porsche, his once speedy greyhound that he fears is on her last legs. Meanwhile, making the trip from Wicklow is Kealan Doyle and his pet Kunekune pigs Hank and Joey, who are lined up for a badly needed operation. Sapphire, a Shibu Inu dog is brought to the Vet Hospital after a sudden decline in her health, but her medical needs come at a huge financial cost for owner Bernadette | |
| Virgin Media Three
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12:10 | Coronation Street | As Maggie celebrates a milestone birthday, a glimpse of her earlier life reveals some complicated family history, and indicates that Eva would be well advised not to underestimate her nemesis |
| 12:40 | Coronation Street | The Metcalfes prepare to welcome Joanie's friends to number four, Kit voices his suspicions of Becky and Costello. Lauren clocks Will and Megan's furtive meeting and Debbie makes a catastrophic error with her wedding venue | |
| BBC One
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12:00 | Bargain Hunt | Kate Bliss and Tim Weeks lead teams round the Royal Welsh Showground in Powys, while Charlie heads off to visit a grand hall built in the 1880s that was once the local courtroom |
| 13:00 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
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10:00 | Sunday Brunch | Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer host the food and chat show. Mark Gatiss talks about this year's A Ghost Story for Christmas, Paul Forman chats about the fifth series of Netflix hit Emily in Paris, Angela Scanlon talks about taking part in The Celebrity Apprentice, and there's music by Henry Moodie |
| 13:00 | The Simpsons | Bart and Lisa seek legal help for a down-and-out man who claims to have devised the Itchy and Scratchy Show, only to have his idea stolen. The case is settled and justice done - but the outcome has an unforeseen effect on the programme's future. Featuring the guest voice of Kirk Douglas | |
| E4
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12:05 | The Snowman | Raymond Briggs' festive favourite, a wordless animated fantasy telling the story of a small boy whose snowman magically comes to life and whisks him off on the journey of a lifetime to the North Pole. Howard Blake's score includes the award-winning song Walking in the Air, which was taken to number five in the charts by a young Aled Jones, but is here sung by Peter Auty |
| 12:40 | The Snowman and the Snowdog | Animated sequel to Raymond Briggs' classic festive tale The Snowman, telling the story of another youngster's magical Christmas. A boy's snowman and snowdog come to life at the stroke of midnight and take him on an adventure to the North Pole, where he and his new companions meet an assortment of colourful characters, including Santa himself, before returning home - where a wonderful surprise awaits | |
| BBC Four
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02:50 | What We Were Watching | Grace Dent embarks on a trip back in time to examine the TV schedules for Christmas 1995, serving up an irreverent look back at the festive viewing options that faced the nation. Highlights include Arthur Fowler behind bars in EastEnders, the morally questionable sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Rik Mayall reading a story for the young ones on Jackanory |
| 19:00 | Antiques Roadshow | An edition from 2008 in which Michael Aspel bade farewell to the antiques show with a special programme dedicated to highlights from the 200 episodes he hosted. Items featured include a watch that once belonged to Lawrence of Arabia - found on Michael's first edition. With contributions from fellow antiques enthusiasts Eric Knowles and Hilary Kay | |
| More4
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11:30 | A Place in the Sun | Single mother Lesley Ward and daughter Claire wish to buy a holiday home on the Costa del Sol that the whole family can enjoy and where Lesley can start enjoying more down time now that she's reduced her hours as a clinical nurse. With a budget of £115,000 Danni Menzies gives them a real dilemma, as they have to decide between not just one but three strong contenders |
| 12:35 | A Place in the Sun | Childhood sweethearts Thomas and Doreen from Sunderland have been dreaming of owning a holiday home in Spain since their first anniversary there 39 years ago. Scarlette Douglas searches far and wide to find them the perfect property in eastern Andalucía for their £55,000 budget. But will it be a modern apartment near the sea or a traditional cave house in the countryside that wins their hearts? | |