| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-16) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
21:15 | That They May Face the Rising Sun | Joe and Kate Ruttledge, an Irish couple living in London in the early 1980s, decide to return to the lakeside community where Joe grew up. They embrace a simpler form of life and a greater sense of community as sweeping social and technological changes occur across the world. Drama based on John McGahern's novel, starring Barry Ward and Anna Bederke |
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| 23:30 | Finding Graceland | A recently widowed Elvis fan drives to the King's home in the hope of easing his grief, and picks up a drifter who bears more than a passing resemblance to the singer himself. Drama, starring Johnathan Schaech and Harvey Keitel | |
| RTE2
[102] |
21:00 | Father Ted | Dougal and Ted get involved in yet another bout of rivalry with their counterparts over on Rugged Island - this time by writing a song that will allow them the dubious honour of representing Ireland in the Eurovision-style music contest Eurosong. Ardal O'Hanlon and Dermot Morgan star |
| 21:30 | The Saturday Game | Damian Lawlor presents action from the latest GAA matches. The contests taking place included Galway v Dublin, Kilkenny v Kildare and Offaly v Wexford in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, and Tipperary v Clare in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
21:00 | The 1% Club | Quiz game show hosted by Lee Mack in which the questions have nothing to do with remembering facts, but are all about logic and common sense. A hundred contestants begin every show, but who will make it to the end and answer a question only one per cent of the country can get right - and win up to £100,000? |
| 22:00 | 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. Jeremy Clarkson hosts | |
| TG4
[104] |
21:25 | Sideways | Two middle-aged men embark on a wine-tasting tour in California a week before one of them is due to be married. The groom-to-be is determined to persuade his self-hating, embittered friend to loosen up - while also making it clear he intends to cheat on his fiancee before the week is out. Comedy, starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh |
| 23:48 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
21:00 | Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience | After a brutal evaluation from the head of training, Blaise has a crisis of confidence, while a leg injury takes him out of training for three days. The boys bond over traditional Korean sport belt wrestling with Shindong from hit K-pop band Super Junior, and film their first music video at a disused fairground - which will mean mastering the art of lip synching |
| 22:00 | Dark Side of Reality TV | The tantrum-filled pageant show Toddlers & Tiaras. The series was controversial from the start, but were these toddlers and their starstruck mothers organically outrageous - or did producers encourage their behaviour for TV? | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
21:00 | Grace | The team emerges from the ashes of a shocking betrayal and prepares for a major criminal trial - after Grace's team intercepted millions of pounds of cocaine being smuggled into Newhaven port in a case involving an elusive figure known as The Merchant, Roy is determined to see him go down for his crimes as the ruthless drug lord faces trial. Brighton resident Meg Magellan's daughter Laura leaves for a gap year as Meg receives a jury summons that poses a dilemma |
| 23:00 | Have A Little Faith | Writer Mitch Alboms reluctantly agrees to pen the eulogy of his childhood rabbi. Biographical drama, starring Laurence Fishburne, Bradley Whitford and Anika Noni Rose | |
| BBC One
[108] |
20:00 | Eurovision Song Contest | Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski present the 70th song contest from the Wiener Stadthalle arena in Vienna, where the 20 acts that made it through the semi-finals, plus the host nation and the pre-qualified 'big four' - Italy, Germany, France and the UK - will be taking the stage in the hope of winning over the judges and the voters at home. Graham Norton will be providing his usual commentary, and representing the UK is electro act Look Mum No Computer, hoping to avoid nul points with his song Eins, Zwei, Drei |
| 23:50 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
21:00 | The Equalizer 2 | Robert McCall divides his time between cab driving and looking after a young man who is mixing with a bad crowd. When a CIA friend is murdered, the former black ops agent sets out to avenge her death, and winds up fighting for survival in his hurricane-battered home town. Action thriller, starring Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal and Ashton Sanders |
| 23:20 | The Last Duel | In medieval France, squire Jacques Le Gris secures a captaincy destined for knight Jean de Carrouges. To rub salt into fresh wounds, Jacques' promotion includes land intended for his rival. Jean canters off to war and returns to his wife Marguerite, who claims she was sexually assaulted by Jacques. Ridley Scott's epic drama based on a book by Eric Jager, starring Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (who also worked on the screenplay) | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
21:00 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Some of Britain's best-known personalities appraise recent TV shows including Squid Game, Glastonbury, Open House: The Great Sex Experiment, Celebrity Bridge of Lies, Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Millionaire Hoarders and Gary Barlow's Food and Wine Tour: Australia |
| 22:00 | Gogglebox | The armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week, with cameras capturing their instant reactions to Race Across the World, The Last of Us, Married at First Sight Australia, WrestleMania, Chess Masters: The Endgame, Love on the Spectrum, Secrets of the Penguins and This Morning | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
21:00 | The Teachers' Lounge | When one of her students is suspected of theft, a teacher tries to get to the bottom of it. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her. German drama, starring Leonie Benesch, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Rafael Stachowiak and Michael Klammer |
| 22:35 | Keeping Up Appearances | Hyacinth dreads the idea of attending Onslow's birthday celebrations. However, she changes her mind when she learns a limousine will be arriving to take her to the party. Starring Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
21:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | Ex-paratrooper Martin, who's 48, has sustained multiple life-changing injuries to his neck, pelvis and legs after his paraglider was blown into a hillside, and is rushed to hospital by emergency helicopter. Meanwhile, doctors treat 73-year-old Eddie for severe sepsis, and 72-year-old Graham, suffering from a constant nose bleed due to the blood-thinners he is taking, is also treated |
| 22:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | Glyn, 53, is brought in by ambulance after a work-related accident on a building site, and in his hour of need he turns to his lifelong friend Barrie. Eighteen-month-old Zemirah's parents are concerned with her diarrhoea and vomiting and 93-year-old John is admitted after falling at home, but also has a severe case of sepsis | |