| What's on Now & Next (2026-01-01) | |||
| RTE One
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20:30 | Fair City | JJ learns the truth about Steo, while Paul is shocked at JJ's demand. The Collins and Rafferty families celebrate baby Anthony |
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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 | Asia | The series concludes with a look at the work of people striving to protect Asia's endangered wildlife, and what routes conservation could take in the future. In Japan, scientists take pregnant sharks, killed accidentally in fishing nets, and rescue their unborn young in an incubating system that simulates a womb. The programme also visits a village that used to be a hotbed of poaching and is now a centre for bird tourism |
| 21:00 | The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | A therapist convinces suspended bodyguard Michael Bryce to take a sabbatical from the protection business on a recuperative break in sun-kissed Capri. Naturally though, things don't quite go to plan, and Bryce ends up joining forces with hitman Darius Kincaid and his wife, Sonia, to prevent a terror attack on European soil. Crime comedy sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson and Salma Hayek | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
20:30 | Coronation Street | Becky resorts to extreme measures to finally achieve her goal, Todd flees after Theo unleashes his temper, and Debbie's friends surprise her with a pre-wedding pamper party |
| 21:00 | The Snapper | A 20-year-old woman from a large family announces she is pregnant, but refuses to reveal the identity of the father. Her protective dad is determined to stand by her through thick and thin, but over the next nine months, small-town gossip starts to take its toll on him. Stephen Frears' comedy drama, based on Roddy Doyle's novel, starring Tina Kellegher and Colm Meaney | |
| TG4
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20:45 | Bláth na hÓige An Turas go Lorient | Documentary following Bláth na hÓige as they embark on their first ever overseas concert at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany. During their travels they get a taste of the Celtic culture of Brittany. They meet with local Breton musicians, and they spend time rehearsing new songs as they prepare to perform at the largest Celtic gathering in the world |
| 21:45 | Date Night | A married couple stuck in a rut try to liven up their relationship with a romantic evening at a popular New York restaurant. They manage to sneak in by claiming someone else's reservation - but the people whose table they take are in debt to gangsters, and hitmen are soon on their trail. Comedy, starring Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Mark Wahlberg | |
| Virgin Media Two
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20:00 | Beat the Chasers | The Sinnerman, the Beast, the Governess, the Menace, the Vixen and the Dark Destroyer are one of TV's greatest quiz teams, but can anyone beat the Chasers for big money? Bradley Walsh hosts as Stephen Mangan, Grace Dent, Sam Quek and Nile Wilson hope to win big for their chosen charities |
| 21:00 | The Graham Norton Show | The host rings in the new year in the company of Tom Hiddleston, who is set to return as spy Jonathan Pine in the second series of The Night Manager. Also appearing are Oscar-winner Laura Dern and comic actor Will Arnett, who are starring together in Is This Thing On?, inspired by the life of comedian John Bishop. Owen Cooper, the young star of TV phenomenon Adolescence, also joins the host, while triple Oscar-nominee Carey Mulligan and comedian Tim Key discuss their part in feelgood British hit The Ballad of Wallis Island. Plus, Alison Limerick performs her classic dance hit Where Love Lives | |
| Virgin Media Three
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19:55 | Heartbeat | Gina struggles to cope with Phil's death and refuses Carol's offer to prescribe her sleeping pills, determined to deal with things on her own. However, with the funeral scheduled for the next day, an emotional service that sees the whole of Aidensfield turning out to say their farewells to the much-loved bobby, it seems the grieving landlady is expecting too much of herself. Over at the station, Don is racked with guilt over the shooting of his colleague, convinced he should have taken the bullet. Despite George's reassurances, the bobby believes the villagers will blame him for the death of a close friend and decides to pack his bags - until the sergeant makes him a proposition. Meanwhile, the officers investigate the suspected suicide of a local teacher and Carol fails to report an elderly motorist involved in a hit-and-run with a cyclist, which proves particularly embarrassing when the victim turns out to be the hospital's new doctor. Leon Ockenden joins the cast |
| 21:00 | After the Party | A woman accuses her husband of a sex crime against her daughter's teenage friend and no one believes her. Five years later, when her now ex-husband returns to town, her daughter pressures her to let go of her accusations and move on. Thriller set in New Zealand, starring Robyn Malcolm and Peter Mullan | |
| BBC One
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20:00 | The Traitors | Twenty-two people from across the UK descend on a Scottish castle in a bid to win up to £120,000, some to be assigned by host Claudia Winkleman as traitors, while the majority are faithful. Suspicions, secrets and lies echo around the castle, as under the cover of darkness, the Traitors must pick off the residual players one by one, eliminating them from the game. The faithful must try to work out who the traitors are in their midst, banishing them from the game before becoming their next victim. Those who make it to the final have a chance of winning the life-changing cash prize |
| 21:05 | The Night Manager | Tom Hiddleston reprises his role as soldier-turned-hotel night manager Jonathan Pine in the long-awaited return of the acclaimed drama. The story picks up after nine years with Jonathan living as Alex Goodwin, a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London. His life is comfortingly uneventful until the chance sighting of former mercenary connected with arms dealer Richard Roper prompts a call to action and leads him to a violent encounter with a new player - Colombian businessman Teddy Dos Santos. Once in Colombia, Pine is plunged deep into a deadly plot to destabilise the country. With Olivia Colman, Diego Calva and Douglas Hodge | |
| Channel 4
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20:00 | Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me | The actress investigates a story from her family's past, delving into the archives to discover if one of her ancestors really did meet Shakespeare. The encounter is said to have occurred in 1606, a tumultuous year for both the Bard, who wrote three of his greatest plays, and England, with an outbreak of plague and the Gunpowder Plot. Judi's journey takes her from Denmark's Kronberg castle, the inspiration for Shakespeare's Elsinore in Hamlet, to some of England's finest buildings, including the Old Naval College at Greenwich, the Tower of London, Eltham Palace and Hampton Court Palace |
| 21:05 | Gogglebox | The opinionated viewers share their sharp, insightful, passionate, and sometimes emotional critiques of 2025's Christmas TV programmes | |
| E4
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19:15 | The Simpsons Movie | Homer unwittingly pollutes Lake Springfield, so the US government decides to isolate the city underneath a giant dome. The Simpsons manage to escape and plan to start a new life in Alaska - but learn Springfield is about to be destroyed, and return to save their friends. With the voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith |
| 21:00 | The Inbetweeners 2 | Awkward teenagers Will, Simon and Neil find university life does not live up to their expectations, and are insanely jealous of Jay's stories of his gap year in Australia. Heading Down Under to meet their friend, they inevitably discover he has exaggerated his escapades - so decide to go in search of a real adventure. Damon Beesley and Iain Morris's blockbusting comedy sequel spun off from the hit sitcom, starring Simon Bird, James Buckley, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison | |
| BBC Four
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19:00 | New Year's Day Concert: Highlights from Vienna 2026 | Classical music concert celebrating the New Year, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and broadcast live from the Musikverein concert hall in Vienna. Petroc Trelawny guides viewers through the 2026 programme, which will feature a selection of works from the family of Johann Strauss, as well music by Joseph Lanner, Franz von Suppè and Florence B Price amongst others |
| 21:00 | The Great Escape | The most rebellious Allied prisoners of war are sent to a supposedly escape-proof maximum-security detention camp during the Second World War. They plan an ingenious mass breakout by digging a tunnel, but even when free of the camp, making it across occupied Europe proves a dangerous journey. Drama, starring Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Donald Pleasence, James Garner, Charles Bronson and Richard Attenborough | |
| More4
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19:55 | Grand Designs | Physical therapist Ara and researcher Tony set out to create a home focused on health and wellbeing on a woodland clearing near Henley-on-Thames. The pair plan to live on site to cut costs with Tony taking on the task of project managing to save Ara any stress that could compromise her already fragile health but as problems arise both Ara and Tony end up labouring onsite and what was meant to be a house of healing is in danger of becoming the opposite |
| 21:00 | George Clarke's Building Home | Architect George Clarke meets people who are taking on challenging huge builds for powerful emotional reasons, from being drawn back to an area that they've always loved or a place with strong family memories to taking on a house that's close to their heart. Young married couple Chris and Ellie have returned to where Chris grew up, in Lancashire's Ribble Valley, to build a home together. After months of struggling to find the perfect property, they ended up buying a run-down bungalow from Chris's grandparents - but when it turned out the house wasn't suitable to live in, they began the months-long process of building a new house from scratch | |