| What's on Now & Next (2026-10-20) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
18:01 | RTÉ News: Six One and Weather | The latest national and international headlines |
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| 19:00 | Cheap Irish Homes | Maggie Molloy explores Ireland's cheapest homes | |
| RTE2
[102] |
18:30 | Home and Away | Richie makes waves, Amelia helps David summon his courage, and Lacey and Abigail try to repair things |
| 19:00 | Donncha's Away Games | Donncha O'Callagan competes in The International Bathtub Regatta in Belgium with former team-mate Tommy Bowe | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
18:05 | The Six O'Clock Show | Ireland's daily destination for celebrity chat, fun entertainment and feel-good television, bringing you closer to the stars and stories everyone is talking about |
| 19:00 | News at 7 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team | |
| TG4
[104] |
18:25 | Éadaí SOS | Caoimhe Ní Chathail heads to Cobh, Co Cork, to meet Dónall, who has turned online shopping into an expensive habit for himself. To help combat his habits Caoimhe and her helpers confiscate his clothes for further analysis, leaving Dónall with just 15 items of clothing for a fortnight. In Irish |
| 18:57 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
17:00 | Live UEFA Champions League | Coverage of a matchday three league phase fixture (Kick-off 5.45pm), featuring either Fenerbahce v Slavia Prague at Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium or Sabah FK v Borussia Dortmund at Baku Olympic Stadium |
| 19:45 | Live UEFA Champions League | Coverage of a matchday three league phase contest (Kick-off 8.00pm), as the teams continue their bids to reach the knockout rounds. Among the games taking place are Liverpool v Villarreal at Anfield, Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona at Parc des Princes, and Napoli v Bodø / Glimt at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
17:45 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | The sleuth has retired to a charming English village in the hope of finding peace and quiet. However, the murder of a rich industrialist neighbour forces him to leave his new lifestyle behind as he plunges into a sordid world of blackmail and envy, aided by the dogged Chief Inspector Japp. Whodunit, starring David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Malcolm Terris and Oliver Ford Davies |
| 19:55 | Heartbeat | PC Ventress's old commando unit turns up - but the veterans have an old score to settle and a reporter causes emotions to boil over. Rural police drama, starring Nick Berry and Bill Maynard | |
| BBC One
[108] |
18:30 | BBC Newsline; Weather | |
| 19:00 | The One Show | Alex Jones and Roman Kemp present another mix of nationwide reports and live studio-based chat | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
18:00 | A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? | A return visit to James and Annie's craft brewery in Portugal to see whether they have they successfully managed to crack the local market. Plus, cameras head back to Kevin and Lisa's kite surfing school in southern Spain to see if they're still flying high |
| 19:00 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
18:30 | The Simpsons | Ratings for Krusty's TV show start to fall, so executives bring in co-star Princess Penelope (voiced by Anne Hathaway) to increase its appeal, and romance soon blossoms between the clown and his new sidekick. Elsewhere, Mr Burns cuts costs at the nuclear plant by taking away the staff's free doughnuts |
| 19:00 | Hollyoaks | Confessions are made and secret feelings are revealed. Jenson turns sinister as he is faced with rejection, and Frankie's first day at the hospital is off to a distressing start | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:20 | The Normans | Professor Robert Bartlett travels from Britain to Jerusalem via Sicily, examining the expansion and unchecked ambition of the Norman empire, and how its impact still resonates in modern culture and politics. He discovers how, under the leadership of Scandinavian raider Rollo, these descendants of the Vikings first established themselves in northern France and became an unstoppable force of Christian knights and warriors |
| 19:00 | Secrets of Bones | Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores the role skeletons play in aiding reproduction, looking at the ways courtship, competition and copulation have been improved by having bones. On his journey, he meets baseball players and drops a 10kg weight on a sheep's skull | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
17:50 | American Pickers | Mike and Robbie Wolfe, Frank Fritz and Danielle Colby continue to pick their way through Virginia, but they hit a roadblock when a seller will not let go of a one-of-a-kind item |
| 18:50 | The Dog House | Documentary set inside Woodgreen animal charity, following staff who are committed to matching their homeless dogs with prospective owners. Bulldog Commander Rockerfella - aka Rocky - is sporting a new look for his meeting, after a much-needed facelift. Dafne the sausage dog is pining after losing her human soulmate - and is not sold on plucky papillon cross Woody's moves to impress her. Muddy puddle enthusiast Grady the lurcher is always looking for her next thrill, however Woodgreen staff think that adventure seeker Denise could be the perfect match | |