| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-23) | |||
| RTE One
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18:01 | RTÉ News: Six One and Weather | The latest national and international headlines |
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| 18:30 | Today | Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé look back at Christmas past, exploring the real meaning of Christmas with trips to Rome and Limerick and wrapping it all up in some musical performances. Folklorist Shane Lehane sets the mood with his nostalgic look back at Christmas past. Chef Kevin Dundon is in the studio with a veritable feast of food, giving the TODAY show viewers the hints and tips they need for a terrific turkey and the perfect ham | |
| RTE2
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18:00 | Destination Wild: Unknown Europe | The Iberian Peninsula is the focus of this documentary exploring countries of outstanding natural beauty and a wealth of fascinating wildlife |
| 19:00 | Son of a Critch | Ritche bails on his plans to see the circus, and Mark and Fox toy with the idea of having a date | |
| Virgin Media One
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18:05 | The Six O'Clock Show | A festive mix of celebrity chat with national and international guests, fabulous food from the country's top chefs, expert advice and unmissable stories making the headlines |
| 19:00 | News at 7 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team, followed by sport and weather | |
| TG4
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17:10 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul | Youngster Greg Heffley hatches a plot to re-route a family road trip towards a videogame convention. Comedy sequel, starring Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone and Tom Everett Scott |
| 18:57 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
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18:00 | The Chase | Bradley Walsh presents as four contestants pit their wits against one of the ruthless Chasers in the hope of winning a potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds. They work as a team and play strategically to answer general knowledge questions against the clock and race down the game board to the exit without being caught |
| 18:55 | The Chase Celebrity Special | Colin Jackson, Anne Diamond, Josie Long and Nicky Campbell answer general knowledge questions and work as a team to take on all five of the ruthless Chasers and secure a charity prize. Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett, Jenny Ryan, Paul Sinha and Shaun Wallace have donned their glam rags for the show, but will the celebs outshine the Chasers? Bradley Walsh presents | |
| Virgin Media Three
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17:55 | Endeavour | Shaun Evans returns as the young Inspector Morse in the first of four feature-length episodes. A baffling suicide, an anguished father searching for his missing daughter and the smash-and-grab robbery of medieval artefacts throw the detective in at the deep end as he resumes his role with Oxford City Police following a four-month absence from duty. As the locals go to the polls in a closely fought by-election and a beauty contest builds to its conclusion, Endeavour must navigate the choppy waters of both worlds as his investigation shakes the highest pillars of Oxford society. Co-starring Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw, Jack Laskey and Sean Rigby |
| 19:55 | Heartbeat | A gang of bikers wreaks havoc in Aidensfield, prompting the locals to demand a new bobby. When young recruit PC Joe Mason (Joe McFadden) arrives he is not quite what they expected, with his tactics for crime fighting making his reception a mixed one between both residents and fellow police officers | |
| BBC One
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18:00 | BBC News at Six; Weather | The latest headlines |
| 18:20 | BBC Newsline; Weather | ||
| Channel 4
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18:00 | A Place in the Sun | Jean Johansson helps Andrea and Gary from Grimsby and Northumberland find their perfect holiday home in St Lucia with a budget of £205,000 |
| 18:30 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather | |
| E4
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18:00 | The Big Bang Theory | Sheldon discovers a surprise screening of The Avengers is scheduled at a local cinema, complete with a Q&A session with the film's director, Joss Whedon. However, the event just happens to clash with time he'd planned to spend with Amy, so he decides to pay Stuart to be his subtitute for the afternoon while he and the other boys immerse themselves in Marvel superheroics. Meanwhile, Leonard's mother Beverly arrives in town for an extended visit, and Penny takes the opportunity to bond with her new mother-in-law - and to make up for not inviting her to the wedding. Comedy, guest starring Christine Baranski |
| 18:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Conflict arises when Leonard's newly divorced parents and Sheldon's devoutly religious mother are all in town at the same time. And when Howard and Raj are contacted about the guidance system they've developed, they assume that the government is out to get them. Laurie Metcalf, Christine Baranski and Judd Hirsch guest star | |
| BBC Four
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03:35 | Doctor Who | The Tardis arrives on Earth in the midst of a new ice age, where a base is fighting a battle to force back the glaciers, then a huge warrior is found frozen in the ice. First episode of the serial, starring Patrick Troughton. First broadcast in 1967 |
| 19:00 | Top of the Pops | Mark Franklin and Tony Dortie host an edition first shown on Christmas Day 1992, featuring performances by Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Arrested Development, Rage, Boyz II Men, Madonna, Tasmin Archer, the Shamen, Dr Alban, Undercover, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Snap, Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson, Guns N' Roses, Jimmy Nail, Erasure and Nick Berry | |
| More4
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17:50 | Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It | Matt and Lucia's house in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, is bulging at the seams, as it is home to not only them but three grown-up children from previous relationships. Matt loves it but Lucia does not, so while Kirstie Allsopp tries to change the layout, Phil Spencer finds some alternative properties. But will the family choose to up sticks or stay where they are? |
| 18:55 | Grand Designs | Kevin McCloud meets Harry and Briony Anscombe, who have decided to move from London to Cornwall with their three young children and begin building work on an ambitious house, inspired by American modernist properties. With a budget of just £400,000, Harry opts to project manage himself, paying local builders by the hour, but his lack of experience in construction proves to be problematic | |