| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-05) | |||
| RTE One
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19:00 | Cheap Irish Homes | Maggie Molloy and Tadhg Casey help recently retired Deirdre Ní Shuibhne from Wexford search for a property where she can set up home and start a business. Deirdre dreams of running a bakery and coffee shop alongside her daughter Siobhan who lives in Cavan |
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| 19:30 | EastEnders | Nicola is forced to come clean to George, Ian makes a rash decision after being humiliated by Oscar, and Grant gives Linda food for thought with Johnny after Elaine tells her he has money problems | |
| RTE2
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19:00 | The Great British Bake Off | Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas host dessert week, which sees the amateur bakers attempting a trio of sticky challenges. They get all steamed up in the signature, tackle a classic lemon meringue in the technical and for the showstopper are tasked with creating a sponge cake with a surprise inside. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood are on hand to taste the results - and decide who will be leaving this week |
| 20:10 | Scotland's Home of the Year | Judges Anna Campbell-Jones, Banjo Beale and Michael Angus head to the Highlands and Islands, where they must choose between a Finnish log house in Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis, and two properties in Skye - a self-build orientated to maximise the solar gain and an historic croft house | |
| Virgin Media One
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19:00 | News at 7 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team |
| 19:30 | Friends | Ross makes the mistake of agreeing to a game of rugby with Emily's tough English friends. Meanwhile, one of Chandler's old flames turns up out of the blue - and it seems it is not just a flying visit | |
| TG4
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19:00 | Nuacht TG4 | The day's main news stories from a regional, national and international perspective |
| 19:30 | Slé Anois go Cúramach | Síomha Ní Ruairc hosts as St Brendan's College, Kerry go head-to-head against Holy Faith Secondary School, Clontarf in the Irish language quiz | |
| Virgin Media Two
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19:00 | The Chase | All that stands between Steve from Leicestershire, Meg from Doncaster, Debs from Norfolk, Tom from London and thousands of pounds is the matter of one of the country's finest quiz brains. Bradley Walsh asks the questions, but do they have the answers? |
| 20:00 | Cooking with the Stars | Emma Willis and Tom Allen host as Natalie Cassidy, Jack Osbourne, Jordan North, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Hugh Dennis and Kelly Hoppen take on one another in the show's first-ever six-way cooking battle. The contestants have to deliver a British classic using only air fryers in just 30 minutes, with the bottom two having to cook more speedy dishes in a bid to secure a place in the quarter-final | |
| Virgin Media Three
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17:55 | A Touch of Frost | Part two of two. The past catches up with Frost as he investigates a series of murders that appear to mirror crimes he failed to solve more than 16 years ago. As the case progresses, Mullett becomes convinced the detective's life is in danger, and with Jack now trying to bring two killers to justice - the copycat and the assailant at the dogfight - tragedy cannot be far ahead. David Jason stars, with Bruce Alexander, John Lyons, Phyllis Logan, Niamh Cusack, Adrian Dunbar, Leah Bracknell and Simon Shepherd |
| 19:55 | Heartbeat | Kate meets a couple trying to raise the money to send their eight-year-old son to a Swiss sanatorium to cure his TB, Greengrass is persuaded to play Santa, and a spate of Christmas tree thefts hits Aidensfield. Sixties police drama, starring Nick Berry and Niamh Cusack | |
| BBC One
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19:00 | The One Show | Alex Jones and Roman Kemp present another mix of nationwide reports and live studio-based chat |
| 19:30 | EastEnders | Nicola is forced to come clean to George, Ian makes a rash decision after being humiliated by Oscar, and Grant gives Linda food for thought with Johnny after Elaine tells her he has money problems | |
| Channel 4
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19:00 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather |
| 20:00 | Jamie's Ultimate BBQ | Jamie Oliver presents tips on improving people's grilling skills. He starts with a juicy sirloin steak cooked three ways, accompanied by chargrilled salad, with smoky flavours and textures only a barbecue can deliver. He also cooks up a chicken Caesar salad with charred vegetable and bacon, turns Italian-inspired lamb chops into sizzling lamb lollipops, and has a few tips for grilling a whole fish | |
| E4
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19:00 | Hollyoaks | Things take a shocking turn at the allotment as tensions rise between Sienna and Cleo, Diane tries to enjoy every moment with her family, and a resident faces a tough choice between their family and their career |
| 19:30 | Married at First Sight Australia | In the ultimate 'here's what you could've won', the participants meet their alternate matches, and it turns out to be pretty interesting | |
| BBC Four
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19:00 | University Challenge | In the second of the academic quiz's first-round matches, four students from the Open University pit their wits against a team from Newcastle University in a bid to reach the second stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions |
| 19:30 | Only Connect | Victoria Coren Mitchell presents a quiz show of patience and lateral thinking, where successful contestants make connections between things which at first do not appear to be linked. This episode, it's a battle between the Corssworders and Birkbeck Alumni | |
| More4
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18:50 | Location, Location, Location | Kirstie and Phil catch up with former house-hunters who were looking for a new start. In 2012, Kirsten and Scott moved from Kirkcaldy after Scott was made redundant and secured a new job in Aberdeen. Kirstie managed to find them a rural cottage close to Scott's work. Nine years, several moves and a few job changes later, the pair are back in Kirkcaldy where Kirstie catches up with them. In 2020, Digi had a big budget and even bigger expectations. She was looking for a country pile near London with outbuildings for both her businesses that was close to daughter Emily's school and full of character. Having a medical condition meant her new home also had to be fully accessible. Kirstie rose to the challenge but Digi realised if she wanted to find the perfect property she would have to expand her search. Two years later, Phil visits Digi in her new home in Abingdon to see if she managed to find her dream place |
| 19:55 | Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It | Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer meet a couple Jamie Lea and Curtis in Albrighton in Shropshire who are unsure whether they should renovate their current home or sell up and move into another. Jamie Lea wants to settle down and enjoy family life in their three-bed terrace, but Curtis wants a bigger house with a better garden in the countryside for their growing family | |