| What's on Now & Next (2026-09-22) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
15:30 | Today | Daily magazine show featuring entertainment and celebrity news, consumer advice, and Ireland's biggest giveaways. Presented by Dáithí Ó Sé and Sinéad Kennedy |
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| 17:40 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines | |
| RTE2
[102] |
17:00 | Young Sheldon | The youngster becomes inspired by his hero Albert Einstein and tries to play the violin. Mary thinks that she may be pregnant and goes to buy a pregnancy test with Meemaw |
| 17:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Penny is left in a difficult professional situation when a doctor (guest star Billy Bob Thornton) turns up at her door following her flirtatious sales technique, so the guys try to help her out. Meanwhile, Amy and Bernadette have a dispute over whether female scientists should flaunt their sexuality to try to get ahead at work. Comedy, starring Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
17:00 | Judge Judy | Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin |
| 17:30 | News at 5.30 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team | |
| TG4
[104] |
14:10 | Rasaí Lios Tuathail | Live horse racing from the Harvest Festival in Listowel. Presented by Seán Bán Breathnach, with Mánus Ó Conghaile, Sarah Lynam, Daragh Ó Conchúir and Meghann Scully |
| 17:47 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
17:00 | The Chase | Bradley Walsh presents as Emma from Kettering, Joe from Sheffield, Jasmine originally from Crawley and Tom from Leeds pit their wits against one of the ruthless Chasers in the hope of winning a potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds |
| 18:00 | Tipping Point | Ben Shephard hosts the quiz in which contestants answer questions to win turns on an arcade-style machine. Dropping tokens down a choice of four chutes, they hope to knock piles of them off a moving shelf - and the more they collect, the greater the prize fund. The player who has won the least amount is then eliminated, and the last one standing competes for a £10,000 jackpot | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
16:50 | Wycliffe | Sophie, the wife of one of Kersey's friends, goes missing after an evening class and soon her tutor is found murdered. The detectives step in to investigate but the clues lead to standing stones linked to the entrance to hell in local superstition. Jack Shepherd and Helen Masters star |
| 17:55 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | The sleuth finds himself in interesting company as English socialites and American millionaires rub shoulders on board a train bound for the French Riviera. Passengers include oil magnate Rufus Van Aldin (Elliott Gould) and his daughter Ruth (Jaime Murray) - to whom he has given a magnificent ruby known as the Heart of Fire. With members of the aristocracy crammed into a confined space with their husbands, lovers and a renowned gemstone, murder cannot be far away. With Lindsay Duncan, Roger Lloyd Pack and James D'Arcy | |
| BBC One
[108] |
17:15 | Pointless | Michael Ball swaps the West End for the Pointless desk as Alexander Armstrong's latest co-host on the quiz in which the trick is to give the least obvious correct answers |
| 18:00 | BBC News at Six; Weather | The latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
17:00 | Four in a Bed | Violet and her best friend Pati host at Violet's trio of ultra-modern self-catering apartments, Escape Town in Boston. But it turns out there's such a thing as too much technology when the smart toilets leave some B&Bers searching for a quick getaway |
| 17:30 | Come Dine with Me | The second host in Manchester is plumber and adult merchandise director Richard, who is cooking a rich and indulgent menu and making everything from scratch in the hope of a few extra points. However, Danny gets more than he bargained for when he and Vanessa find some of Richard's underwear samples from work | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
17:00 | The Simpsons | Homer finds himself caught in the throes of a midlife crisis, so he takes up bass guitar and forms a band with some of the other dads in Springfield. However, things get awkward when their singer - none other than Apu - proves so successful that he quickly outgrows the rest of the group, leading to jealousy and resentment |
| 17:30 | The Simpsons | Homer gets into the spirit of the season during a Christmas Eve session at Moe's, and after getting a tad too merry he is told not to come home by an angry Marge. Wandering around Springfield all on his own, the lovable oaf is left to think about his actions - but will he see the error of his ways? | |
| BBC Four
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02:50 | Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics | Part two of two. Helen Czerski explores the extraordinary messages carried by sound waves, and how they can help humans gain a better understanding of the world around them |
| 19:00 | Canals: The Making of a Nation | Liz McIvor examines the Manchester Ship Canal, hailed as the greatest engineering feat of the Victorian age. Widely regarded as troublesome outsiders who led a drunken life of ungodly debauchery, the navvies who built it toiled in a time of rising trade unionism, prompting Liz to consider how well they managed to organise themselves in campaigning for the best possible deal | |
| More4
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16:50 | Car S.O.S. | When Brian started suffering from health problems, the project of restoring his XR2 to show-winning condition ground to a halt - so in step Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend |
| 17:50 | Car S.O.S. | Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw aim to help refrigeration engineer Tim, whose life has been blighted by a cruel genetic condition, as they take on their first ever Honda | |