| What's on Now & Next (2026-06-29) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
20:30 | BackStory | Twenty-three-year-old medical student Mindulee Seneviratne and her father Ramesh, who are from Wexford, return to Sri Lanka. They explore the vibrant street markets of Colombo, the Sacred City of Kandy, and the lush landscapes of the tropical island. Mindulee is hoping to learn more about her father's family, as well as trying out traditional dance and cooking practices |
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| 21:00 | RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock and Weather | The latest national and international news | |
| RTE2
[102] |
20:30 | Father Ted | Dougal and Ted visit the mainland, where they bump into actor Richard Wilson - and discover the hard way that he does not take kindly to being confused with his comic alter ego Victor Meldrew. Dermot Morgan and Ardal O'Hanlon star |
| 21:00 | FIFA World Cup 26 Live | Germany v Group A/B/C/D/F third-placed team (Kick-off 9.30pm). Coverage of the round-of-32 match at Boston Stadium in the USA. Germany thrashed Curaçao 7-1 and then came from behind to edge out Ivory Coast to secure their place as Group E winners. It might be expected for the third-placed qualifiers to struggle in this round, but the last two times the format allowed some of the teams finishing in third to reach the knockout stage were in the 24-team tournaments of 1990 and 1994, and on those occasions, Argentina and Italy respectively made it all the way to the final after progressing from outside the top two. Tony O'Donoghue presents, with analysis from Kevin Doyle anad Didi Hamann | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
20:30 | Coronation Street | Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street |
| 21:00 | Gone | After headmaster Michael Polly sees his school's first XV rugby team snatch a victory from the jaws of defeat, he arrives home with daughter Alana to find no sign of his wife Sarah, a music teacher at the school. The next day sees an inscrutable Michael report Sarah missing to DS Annie Cassidy, who begins to investigate. As Annie observes the curious headmaster, Sarah's disappearance takes a sinister turn. Psychological thriller, starring Eve Myles and David Morrissey | |
| TG4
[104] |
20:00 | GAA 2026 | GAA championship highlights, including football and hurling action |
| 21:00 | Cheers | Diane has a change of heart and rushes to Cape Cod to tell Sam - who has also had second thoughts and wants to go back to playing the field. Starring Ted Danson | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
20:00 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Another line-up of contestants answer questions that could change their lives - with lifelines, including Ask the Audience, Phone a Friend and 50-50 available to them if they get stuck |
| 21:00 | Love Island | Relationship-based reality show in which singletons seeking a romance compete in the hope of finding love - and winning a £50,000 prize | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
19:55 | Heartbeat | Nick and Jo buy an engagement ring, but receive a hostile response to their news from her mother. Greengrass angers Blaketon by standing bail for a burglar. Rural drama, starring Nick Berry, Juliette Gruber and Bill Maynard |
| 21:00 | Cold Feet | Pete learns the perils of seeking love over the Internet when the 'teacher' he arranges a date with turns out to be a 14-year-old schoolgirl. Scepticism greets Adam and Rachel's announcement of their engagement, and Jenny and Karen fall out while organising an exhibition of Brodie's photographs. James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale star | |
| BBC One
[108] |
20:50 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines |
| 21:00 | MOTD Live: FIFA World Cup 2026 | Germany v Group A/B/C/D/F third-placed team (Kick-off 9.30pm). Coverage of the round-of-32 match at Boston Stadium in the USA. Germany thrashed Curaçao 7-1 and then came from behind to edge out Ivory Coast to secure their place as Group E winners. It might be expected for the third-placed qualifiers to struggle in this round, but the last two times the format allowed some of the teams finishing in third to reach the knockout stage were in the 24-team tournaments of 1990 and 1994, and on those occasions, Argentina and Italy respectively made it all the way to the final after progressing from outside the top two | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
20:00 | Dover 24/7: Britain's Busiest Port | At the ferry terminal, police officers chase a man who has been spotted jumping out of a lorry. Border Force bust a cigarette-smuggling operation, and port crews try to dock an unwieldy Spanish galleon |
| 21:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | A painter and decorator ends up at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, one of the busiest A&E departments in Europe, after falling 12 feet from a ladder onto concrete. A motorcyclist falls off while travelling at 100mph, with severe damage to a large proportion of his skin, and a three-year-old has a pulled elbow after playing with his mum | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
20:00 | Below Deck: Mediterranean | An argument over a jet ski causes a major rift in the deck team, a long-held bromance is threatened, and a heart-to-heart about commitment is interrupted and tempers flare in multiple directions |
| 21:00 | Gogglebox | The armchair critics share their opinions on shows including Britain's Got Talent, I Kissed a Girl, Beat the Chasers Celebrity Special, MILF Manor, Marcus Wareing Simply Provence, Countdown and The Yorkshire Vet. They also cast an eye over BBC News coverage of the local elections | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
20:00 | Today at the Test | England v New Zealand. Action from the fifth day of the Third and final Test in the series from Trent Bridge, Nottingham. England have won their last three Tests at this venue, defeating today's opponents in 2022, before overcoming West Indies two years later and beating Zimbabwe in 2025 |
| 21:00 | Hockney | Documentary exploring the career of acclaimed artist David Hockney. The film uses previously unseen home movies and photographs taken from his personal archive to create a visual diary of Hockney's life, and examines his upbringing in working-class Bradford, his relocation to America, the influences on his work and his desire to escape categorisation | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
19:55 | PopMaster TV | Contestants from Cleethorpes, West Lothian, Shrewsbury, Bedford and Cardiff take on pop's toughest test to prove they know their Spice Girls from their Beach Boys |
| 21:00 | Bill Bailey's Vietnam | The comedian travels across the country on the 50th anniversary of the withdrawal of US forces from Saigon. Bill meets a chef who was an asylum seeker during the war, who prepares a meal of produce from the famous Hoi An markets. However, fancy cuisine requires fancy attire, and with the world-renowned tailors of Hoi An close by, will Bill find a suit that sparkles like the lights of the lantern festival? | |