| What's on Now & Next (2026-08-17) | |||
| RTE One
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20:00 | The Rose of Tralee International Festival | Dáithí Ó Sé and Kathryn Thomas interview the Roses live on night one from The Festival Dome in Tralee |
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| 21:00 | RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock and Weather | The latest national and international news | |
| RTE2
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20:00 | Come to Your Census | Part one of two. Cameras follow six well-known faces as they step back in time to explore Ireland's past in deeply personal ways. Trade Unionist Mick Lynch, Raidió na Gaeltachta presenter Gormfhlaith Ní Thuairisg and architect Dermot Bannon explore their history through the 1926 Census |
| 21:00 | How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) | Finding himself back where he began, Alan is forced to wonder if he has come full circle or gone nowhere, before a tragic death leads to a moment of quite staggering catharsis. Comedy, starring Steve Coogan, with Felicity Montagu and Dan Tetsell | |
| Virgin Media One
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20:00 | Emmerdale | Long-running soap following the ups and downs of village life amid the rolling scenery of the Yorkshire Dales |
| 20:30 | Coronation Street | Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street | |
| TG4
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20:00 | Bloody Sunday 1920 | Archive material and interviews with historians help recount the the events on the November 21 1920, when women, children and footballers lay dead on the pitch after 90 seconds of shooting in Croke Park that interwove sports and politics in Ireland |
| 21:00 | Cheers | Part two of two. Sam takes on the role of peacemaker to ensure nothing goes wrong on Carla's wedding day. Starring Ted Danson and Rhea Perlman | |
| Virgin Media Two
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20:00 | The Floor | The competition is heating up with just 33 players left as Rob Brydon hosts another tense round of quick-fire quiz duels, with each win expanding a player's territory, while each loss sends another home. With a £5,000 Floor bonus on the line and a £50,000 jackpot up for grabs at the end of the series, it's all to play for as friends turn to foes and challenge one another |
| 21:00 | Trauma Room One | The work of staff at the Walton Centre in Liverpool. A man is taken into theatre with agonising back pain and doctors suspect a cancerous tumour is compressing his spinal cord. He needs an operation using a hi-tech robot to remove it | |
| Virgin Media Three
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19:55 | Heartbeat | The kidnapping of a girl leads the police to uncover a secret obsession, while Greengrass takes on more than he can handle in the form of a furry house guest. Rural police drama, starring Jason Durr, Derek Fowlds and Bill Maynard |
| 21:00 | Cold Feet | Pete's mother arrives and soon drives him mad with her incessant fussing _ and it's clear she intends to stay long-term. David and Karen debate sending Josh to public school when it emerges their marital difficulties have been detrimental to his progress, while Adam and Rachel receive exciting news from the adoption agency. Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Robert Bathurst and Hermione Norris star | |
| BBC One
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20:00 | Panorama | The Child Maintenance Service is meant to make sure that parents who live apart from their children make regular payments to support them. But it stands accused of doing too little to enforce payments in some cases, leaving parents missing out on money they are legally entitled to. Meanwhile, parents who make payments say calculations done by the CMS can sometimes be wrong or unaffordable, and that mistakes can affect their mental health. Reporter Krupa Padhy meets parents on both sides to ask whether the system is failing both them and their children |
| 20:30 | Scam Interceptors | Ethical hacker Jim Browning breaks into the CCTV system of a group of Pakistan-based scammers who are conning their way into a man's mobile phone account. As the team watch an office full of scammers hard at work, one fraudster reels in a man in London who thinks he is about to get a discounted mobile phone deal. In fact, he is on the hook for hundreds of pounds - unless the team can get to him first | |
| Channel 4
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20:00 | Martin & Roman's Irish Road Trip | Martin and Roman Kemp continue their travels in the counties of Meath and Dublin. In the Boyne Valley they come face to face with an ancient tomb, where they encounter what might be the earliest depiction of a human face. At the Hill of Tara they meet an arch druid and have a profound sound bath, then explore a spooky ruin reputed to have once been the meeting place of Dublin's infamous Hellfire Club. Martin is also reunited with the owner of Slane Castle, who was a child when Martin last saw him in his Spandau Ballet days |
| 21:00 | Celebrity Hunted | Two of the celebrities drop in at a show bar in Leeds, but it seems they may have been tracked. A social media post from two of the runners provokes the hunters, leading to a raid on a retirement home. BBC One's Morning Live has a couple of surprise guests - but will an elaborate escape plan keep them a step ahead of the hunters? | |
| E4
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20:00 | Vanderpump Rules | Angelica's back at SUR with a new look - and a new relationship. Shayne makes yet another move on Natalie. And Audrey learns the hard way that not everyone enjoys being the butt of a joke |
| 21:00 | Below Deck Down Under | Tensions run high on the Katina, with questionable leadership and messy personal relationships dominating everyone's attention - and it doesn't help that one member of the crew is causing extra chaos | |
| BBC Four
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19:55 | The Art of Spain | Andrew Graham-Dixon concludes his journey in northern Spain, where modern art by masters such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Salvador Dali flourished in the 20th century. These visionaries produced work that pushed the boundaries of the discipline, while also reflecting the tumultuous social and political events of the century, culminating in the rise and fall of fascism under General Franco |
| 21:00 | Mastermind | Magnus Magnusson hosts the second heat of the 1977 series of the quiz, with specialist subjects PG Wodehouse, Vincent van Gogh, science fiction and John Buchan | |
| More4
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19:55 | Grand Designs | Stuart and Rosie Treasurer from the Wirral plan to transform a small bungalow from a 1960s dormer into a slick piece of 21st-century architecture. The couple decapitate the building and balance a new floating timber box on top to create five bedrooms, spending as little as possible on plumbing, electrics and insulation, but stress levels spiral when neighbours grumble at the ultra-modern creation |
| 21:00 | PopMaster TV | As a curtain-raiser to the new series, which begins tomorrow, Ken Bruce invites music stars past and present Carol Decker, Dougie Vipond, Patsy Kensit, Kéllé Bryan and Shaun Ryder to test their pop knowledge in the hope of winning the prestigious PopMaster gold disc | |