| What's on Now & Next (2026-07-11) | |||
| RTE One
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15:45 | Loch Ness | A cynical American scientist is sent to Scotland to prove the Loch Ness monster does not exist, to the outrage of the locals. However, an innkeeper's nine-year-old daughter makes him wonder if there may be some truth to the legend. Family drama, starring Ted Danson, Joely Richardson, Ian Holm, James Frain, Kirsty Graham and Harris Yulin |
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| 17:45 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines | |
| RTE2
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15:15 | The Saturday Game Live | Down v Wicklow (Throw-in 3.30pm). Joanne Cantwell presents cooverage of the Tailteann Cup final, which comes from Croke Park. Down overcame Fermanagh to reach this stage, while Wicklow defeated Offaly in the last four. With analysis from Brian Fenton |
| 17:50 | The Saturday Game Live | Louth v Mayo (Throw-in 6.00pm). Joanne Cantwell presents coverage of the opening All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final, held at Croke Park. Louth defeated Monaghan in the quarter-finals as they continue their bid to win this trophy for the first time since 1957. Mayo were victorious against Cork and their last triumph in this competition was even longer ago, coming back in 1951. With analysis from Brian Fenton | |
| Virgin Media One
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16:20 | Live: Nations Championship | South Africa v Scotland (Kick-off 4.40pm). Coverage of the round-robin match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria. Scotland face a daunting task away to the world champions, who have won the last nine meetings between the sides. The most recent of those contests was a 32-15 victory for the Springboks in a 2024 autumn international at Murrayfield |
| 19:00 | Virgin Media News Update | The latest national and international stories from the Virgin Media News team | |
| TG4
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17:10 | Croí na Féile | Hugh Carr heads to Belfast to Oireachtas na Samhna which is being held in the city for the first time in 28 years. There's plenty to be done as 20,000 Irish speakers descend on the city |
| 17:40 | Survivor | It's trouble when a twist puts pressure on the castaways during the immunity challenge | |
| Virgin Media Two
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17:00 | Week in Review | A look back at the main local, national and international stories of the week |
| 17:30 | Britain's Brightest Family | Anne Hegerty hosts a quiz show in which 16 families take part in a knock out tournament as they attempt to win the holiday of a lifetime and the title of Britain's Brightest Family. In the second episode, the Collier family from Cambridgeshire and the Brolly family from Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, battle for a place in the quarter-finals | |
| Virgin Media Three
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17:15 | Marcus Wareing's Tales from a Kitchen Garden | The chef is keen to expand his livestock collection, so he decides to add 10 new piglets to his family of farm animals. He also gets tips for cooking over an open fire |
| 17:55 | The Secret Life of Our Pets | The second edition looks at the way pets use their intelligence to live in a human world, from a rabbit that can play basketball, to a rat that can learn how to drive and a tortoise that can solve a maze. The episode also demonstrates how the happier and more stimulated pets are, the smarter they become | |
| BBC One
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16:00 | Wimbledon 2026 | Clare Balding presents coverage of day 13 of the tournament from the All England Club, where the ladies' singles final takes centre-stage. Poland's Iga Swiatek won her first Wimbledon title and her sixth Grand Slam trophy overall here last year when she thrashed Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0. It was only the third major final and the second to end in a 'double bagel' scoreline, with the other two coming here in 1911 and in the French Open in 1988, and Swiatek also become the eighth woman in the open era to win Grand Slam singles titles on all three surfaces |
| 19:00 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
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17:15 | Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It | Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help a pair of baptist ministers with their four-bedroom in Alnwick, Northumberland. Having grown up on the same street, Chris is ready for a change of scenery and a bigger, more user-friendly space for combining work and family needs - including fitting up to 14 people round a dining table. Caroline, however, loves their home, and particularly the neighbours who brought her, Chris and their teenagers comfort while she was undergoing cancer treatment |
| 18:15 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather | |
| E4
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17:00 | The Simpsons | Eco-disaster looms in Springfield when Mr Burns launches a controversial fracking operation - and while Homer is more than happy to play accomplice to his boss, an outraged Lisa calls on the services of bigshot politician Maxine Lombard (voiced by two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda) to shut Burns down. Against the odds, however, the opponents end up falling for one another |
| 17:30 | The Simpsons | In a crossover episode with Futurama, the Planet Express crew members travel back in time and turn up in Springfield on a mission to prevent the troublesome family from destroying the future. It's not just a question of asking nicely however - Bender has been programmed to kill Bart, Terminator-style. Can the clan foil the murderous bot? | |
| BBC Four
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03:00 | Great British Railway Journeys | Beginning at London's Marylebone railway terminus, Michael Portillo embarks on a exploration of Britain's southern counties. His first stop is Denham in Buckinghamshire, where engineers are constructing a striking new viaduct that will be the longest railway bridge in the UK, then he alights at High Wycombe, a historic centre of furniture-making thanks to its setting amid an abundance of beechwood forest |
| 19:00 | Today at the Test | England v India. Action from the second day of the one-off women's Test from Lord's, London. England will be hoping to improve on their last Test match performance when they were hammered by an innings and 122 runs by Australia back in early 2025. That loss came at the end of a disastrous Ashes series that saw England lose every game in a multi-format contest that also saw them lose three ODI's and three T20's | |
| More4
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17:20 | Come Dine with Me | The fourth host is the self-proclaimed number one florist in Hull, Jayne, who plans to give her guests a taste of Spain with her trio of tapas, colourful paella and crema catalana. Tony gets into the spirit by dressing as a matador, but will Jayne dance into the lead will her mix of food and flamenco? |
| 17:50 | Come Dine with Me | The last night heads from Hull across to Doncaster to find business manager Tony hosting with some countryside cuisine. Things don't quite go to plan when he has to stomach a large portion of blunt feedback about the authenticity of his locally sourced supper, dirty cutlery and gloopy gravy | |