| What's on Now & Next (2026-08-29) | |||
| RTE One
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17:45 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines |
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| 17:55 | RTÉ News | National and international news. | |
| RTE2
[102] |
17:05 | Blenheim: Britain's Greatest Palace | Friday breakfast is a weekly tradition which brings all the Blenheim staff together, and with each department taking their turn to serve the others |
| 18:00 | Pompeii: The New Dig | The archaeologists complete the excavations of a villa, a bakery, and a laundry and discover evidence of what people were doing in the city during its final hours before Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Team leader Gennaro Iovino reflects on modern Neapolitans' connection to the ancient Pompeiians and how Vesuvius, which still looms large over the area, is an ever-present reminder and threat of impending disaster | |
| Virgin Media One
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17:30 | News at 5.30 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team |
| 17:55 | Weather at 5.30 | ||
| TG4
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16:40 | Aer Lingus College Football Classic 2026 | TCU Horned Frogs v North Carolina Tar Heels (Kick-off 5.00pm). Coverage of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic from Aviva Stadium |
| 18:45 | Nuacht TG4 | The day's main news stories from a regional, national and international perspective | |
| Virgin Media Two
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17:45 | Rookie Nurses | Wales' youngest nurses continue to deal with all kinds of medical challenges thrown their way. In Carmarthen, there's no easing in for very newly qualified Caitlin who has to learn fast in her first week in A&E. Across the ward, her friend and colleague 22-year-old Mikey battles to keep a patient with severe hypothermia alive. On the Stroke Unit in Aberystwyth, a visit from Nelly the pet therapy dog lifts not just the patients' spirits, but the nurses too, while nurse Gina helps keeps moral high on the ward with her funny banter |
| 18:20 | Hot Cakes | Pride Week in Cardiff and a last-minute cake causes chaos for the busy team. Meanwhile, Gareth is caught off-guard by an order for a cake to celebrate part of a customer's body | |
| Virgin Media Three
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17:40 | The Instant Gardener | Helen Skelton and Danny Clarke help a 200m para-athlete transform his boring but private Fareham back garden into a beautiful sanctuary |
| 18:45 | The Hotel Inspector | Renowned hotelier Alex Polizzi helps a couple turn around the fortunes of their B&B in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, which has a disjointed feel after being subjected to a string of unsuccessful DIY experiments | |
| BBC One
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17:35 | The Hit List | Marvin and Rochelle Humes present the music quiz, which sees colleagues Sharon and Stevie from Northern Ireland and Liverpool, best friends Kemi and Beckee from London, and father and daughter Martin and Ellie from Birmingham competing to name as many hit songs and artists as possible, with the aim of getting into the jackpot final |
| 18:20 | Alan Carr's Picture Slam | Alan Carr hosts a special edition of the game show in which three teams of famous faces try to identify a board full of images, with a chance of winning up to £10,000 for charity if they know them all. The contestants are soap stars Sue Cleaver and Charlie Brooks, Radio 2's Richie Anderson and Jason Mohammad, and singers Lee Latchford-Evans and Kelle Bryan | |
| Channel 4
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17:30 | Grand Designs | Kevin McCloud follows a couple who face a race against time to realise their dream. Two years ago, corporate accountant Pep was diagnosed with terminal cancer. But rather than rest and avoid stress, Pep and partner Malene focused their attention on a long-held ambition to build a new house on their land in the Surrey Hills. The plan is to construct a modern take on a Viking hall, inspired by their love of all things Scandinavian and Malene's Danish heritage. But they must build quickly so Pep can enjoy what time she has left in the finished home |
| 18:30 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather | |
| E4
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16:35 | Home Alone | A boy has to fend for himself when he is accidentally left behind after his family jets off to Paris for Christmas. The youngster initially enjoys his freedom, but is soon forced to resort to ingenious booby traps to defend the family home from two dim-witted burglars. Comedy, starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara and John Candy |
| 18:45 | The Devil Wears Prada | A woman with dreams of becoming a journalist takes a job as assistant to the editor of a prestigious fashion magazine - a position that should guarantee a bright future if she succeeds. Unfortunately, she has just signed up to work for the boss from hell, whose cruel personality and outrageous demands make her life a nightmare. Comedy drama, with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt | |
| BBC Four
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02:25 | Timeshift | A celebration of the British seaside holiday experience, from its Victorian origins and heyday in the 1950s, through its slow decline and attempts at modern-day reinvention. Interviewees include Jonathan Meades, Martin Parr and Bill Pertwee |
| 19:00 | Today at the Test | England v Pakistan. Action from the third day of the Second Test in the three-match series, held at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. The hosts will be aiming to improve on their last performance against the visitors in this format after a 2-1 series defeat in Pakistan in 2024 | |
| More4
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17:20 | Four in a Bed | Brigitte Tee, who runs four-star B&B Gorse Meadow in the New Forest, hosts the first round of the competition. Her guests are initially charmed by her eccentric personality, but the discovery of a bathroom window in need of repair and another room containing ladybirds, cobwebs and dust soon takes the shine off their stay |
| 17:55 | Four in a Bed | The contestants head to Lynton in north Devon, where they stay at Alistair and Emma Mundell's four-star Castle Hill Guesthouse. The pair only opened the B&B three months prior to the competition, and hope to impress with their recently renovated rooms, but Brigitte Tee proves hard to win over. Two of their guests are also forced to overcome their fears during a trip on a Victorian cliff railway | |