| What's on Now & Next (2026-09-09) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
15:45 | Frankie Drake Mysteries | Frankie and Trudy investigate a trio of flappers as they search for a stolen, priceless bottle of wine |
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| 16:40 | Cheap European Homes | Maggie Molloy and Kevin McGahern help Carmel from East Cork and her daughter Caoimhe, who are finally turning a long-held dream into reality by searching for a home in Spain's Murcia region | |
| RTE2
[102] |
15:50 | The Big Pet Project | This edition features axolotls, sphynx cats and a clever rat. In Belfast, Demi and Adam also meet a sheep that thinks it's a dog, while Dr Bobby treats a metal-munching parrot |
| 16:20 | news2day | Domestic and international news items of interest to younger viewers | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
15:30 | Loose Women | Another helping of topical studio discussion from a female perspective, featuring celebrity interviews |
| 16:30 | Judge Judy | Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin | |
| TG4
[104] |
16:00 | Ceol Tíre Ón nGrianán | Dominic Kirwan presents favourite songs and tunes, including Save the Last Dance for Me and The Rare Auld Times, from the An Grianan Theatre in Letterkenny |
| 16:30 | Gilmore Girls | Author Norman Mailer shows up in the dining room of the Dragonfly Inn, accompanied by a reporter - leaving Lorelai and Sookie lost for words. Comedy drama, starring Lauren Graham and Melissa McCarthy | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
16:00 | 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 |
| 17:00 | Britain's Brightest Family | Anne Hegerty hosts a quiz show in which 16 families take part in a knock out tournament as they attempt to win the holiday of a lifetime and the title of Britain's Brightest Family. In the sixth episode, the Goodman family from Nottinghamshire and the Ali family from Manchester battle for a place in the quarter-finals | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
15:40 | Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport | Focusing on the connecting passengers travelling through Heathrow, and the challenges of transferring in the five-square-mile airport, with 200 gates and four terminals. Passenger experience manager Jawad battles a language barrier to get 72 Chinese tourists on their connection to Lisbon, but trouble arises when the group gets split into two. Elsewhere, the Metropolitan Police's dedicated sniffer dogs Buster and Paddy are put to the test on a training exercise, and water service engineers Jon, Vic and Scott have to clean a sewage tank under the airport |
| 16:45 | Wycliffe | Charles investigates the fatal stabbing of a businessman in a pub car park - and gradually discovers the victim was not the upstanding pillar of the community he appeared to be. Jack Shepherd and Sharon Duce star | |
| BBC One
[108] |
15:45 | Garden Rescue | The team travel to Cambridge to help full-time working mother Louise and her student children Jacob and Maisie transform their tired, lifeless garden into a space that brings them back together. The family want a low-maintenance sanctuary, a thriving space for wildlife and plenty of space for their cats to explore but cannot decide how to tie all these ideas together - and that's where Chris Hull and Flo Headlam come in |
| 16:30 | The Answer Run | Jason Manford hosts the fast-paced quiz show in which three couples face a series of 50/50 questions which hurtle down the Answer Run towards them | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
16:00 | Help! We Bought a Village | As storms continue to batter Portugal, Steve and Sarah pick up the pieces to prevent further damage. In Normandy, Paul and Yip feel the pressure as they prepare for their first double booking. And elsewhere in France, Adrian and Rachel learn new skills to shore up their hamlet's collapsing barns |
| 17:00 | Four in a Bed | The rivals arrive in Suffolk, where Onur and Yann are keen that their hotel, the Great House, lives up to its name. It certainly looks the part with period features and historic opulence - until the guests pick up on things like broken coffee machines, windows that don't open and freezing cold showers | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
16:00 | Modern Family | Phil convinces Jay to spice things up for Gloria on Valentine's Day by trying out role play, while Mitch and Cam are forced to make amends when they accidentally ruin Luke's date |
| 16:30 | Modern Family | Hayley and family go to her new boss's country house for a wine-tasting trip, but there is a rather bizarre rule, while Gloria and Mitch are invited to a party at Oprah's house | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:10 | Villages by the Sea | Archaeologist Ben Robinson unearths the ancient past of Greyabbey, a small village on Northern Ireland's beautiful Strangford Lough. This is a story of life from the sea - of the money-making kelp industry, and ingenious methods of catching fish |
| 19:00 | Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain | Turning his attentions to timber structures from the Middle Ages the former steeplejack visits England's oldest fortified building with a moat, Stokesay Castle. He also journeys to Harvington Hall near Kidderminster, Worcestershire, to see how bricks became an important part of timber-framed houses | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
15:50 | Four in a Bed | The week's final hosts in Spain are Alastair Smith and Martyn Watson, owners of the gay and naturist-friendly Almond Tree Villa in Murcia. The day's activity is olive picking, but the mood turns sour when Jed admits he gave Julia's hotel low marks, while a disaster in the bathroom and a sugar-rich continental breakfast reflect badly on Alastair and Martyn's feedback scores |
| 16:20 | Four in a Bed | The contestants of the Spanish special meet one last time to learn how much they have been paid by their fellow hoteliers before discovering who has won the week's competition. Old tensions resurface as the results are announced, and there are heated exchanges around the table | |