| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-17) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
15:00 | EastEnders | Kat reels from unexpected news, but is soon horrified to discover that Zoe is trapped in a fire at No.25. Jasmine finds herself in hot water, and Ian attempts to support Lauren |
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| 15:30 | Today | Daily magazine show featuring entertainment and celebrity news, consumer advice, and Ireland's biggest giveaways. Presented by Dáithí Ó Sé and Maura Derrane | |
| RTE2
[102] |
15:05 | Millie Inbetween | Craig brings his cool new friend Justin home, and after one look at him, Lauren is smitten. Millie has seen it all before, but this time it is worse |
| 15:35 | Nova Jones | Nova has to collaborate with a difficult fashion designer to make a dazzling new dress for the Comet Ball | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
15:00 | Loose Women | Another helping of topical studio discussion from a female perspective, featuring celebrity interviews |
| 16:00 | Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs | Paul meets enthusiastic collie greyhound cross Bud, who holds the record as Battersea's most unwanted resident, having been at the kennels for more than two years. He has boundless energy and needs an owner to match, so Paul enters him into a doggie fun run, hoping he will catch the eye of the athletic pet-lovers. He also helps spaniel Willow, who was found tied to a tree outside Battersea's Old Windsor site in a dreadful condition, and acts as masseur to Jenson the staffie, who suffered accidental scarring that has left his back dry and itchy | |
| TG4
[104] |
14:30 | Opry le Daniel ar Thuras | Daniel O'Donnell hosts from Millennium Forum in Derry in a show featuring Dallas, Claudia Buckely, Gina, John Hogan and Marc Roberts |
| 15:30 | Grand Tours of Scotland | Paul Murton travels up the east coast from the shores of the Firth of Tay to Dundee, driving a Morris Minor in a bid to better understand the era when modern tastes in leisure overtook the Victorian pleasures found in his guidebook, Black's. He aims to explore some of the Scottish seaside towns that were the country's most popular destinations, before cheap flights and package holidays made trips to warmer climes more affordable | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
15:00 | The Finish Line | Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene host this quiz contest, in which five contestants race in moving podiums across the studio floor to try and win £5,000. The contenders battle across a series of fast-paced qualifiers and head-to-head races where the aim of the game is simple - to make it to the finish line before their rivals. The winner then races against the track itself in an attempt to win the cash prize |
| 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 | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
14:25 | Yes Chef | Michelin-starred chef Luke Tipping puts four home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make crème anglaise. Hosted by Sheree Murphy |
| 15:25 | Emmerdale | Mary is suspicious, while Rhona plays a risky game and Lydia is feeling guilty. | |
| BBC One
[108] |
14:45 | Escape to the Country | Nicki Chapman helps a first-time buyer from Birmingham to find a home in the Shropshire countryside, and helps out by pulling pints for the locals at a community-owned pub |
| 15:45 | The Bidding Room | Nigel Havers meets five sellers hoping to raise money with an entire church floor's worth of decorative tiles, a vintage metal detector, a pair of Buddhist statues, a medicine ball and an architectural antique with a royal connection | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
15:00 | A Place in the Sun | Ben Hillman helps Paula and Phil from south Wales, who have travelled all over the world in the past 22 years, but the one place they keep returning to is Spain. Now, with Phil close to retirement, they can't wait to buy their very own holiday home by the sea around La Duquesa, on Spain's Costa del Sol, a pretty coastal resort and marina nestled between two fantastic beaches, retaining tonnes of traditional charm. Ben shows them what their budget of £200,000 can buy, from a duplex built into the hills to a house that feels like home |
| 16:00 | Kirstie's Handmade Christmas | Joining Kirstie for the ride on the Christmas sleigh and to judge best in show this time is TV presenter and sustainability guru Sabrina Grant. The fight for a place in the grand final is tougher than ever with four hearty handmade hampers for Sabrina to choose from. All four hampers contain a mix of hand-crafted items and homemade food and drink - from lino-printed stationery and terrazzo decorations, to stuffed dates and shaker biscuits, washed down with Christmassy cocktails and warming winter drinks. Away from the competition, Sabrina and Kirstie have fun recycling old Christmas decorations and creating maximalist trees. Behind the scenes, Christmas preparations at Festive HQ are gathering pace in the gardens, where it's time to harvest food for the big day. Kirstie's in harvest heaven with the garden produce when she meets the head chef and finds out how to prepare a dish fit for a king | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
15:00 | The Big Bang Theory | Sheldon misses an opportunity to meet Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee when he has to go to court for driving through a red light, and his anger leads to his imprisonment. Penny finds out the address of the comic-book writer and takes Sheldon there - but his troubles with the law have yet to reach their conclusion and the visit does not go as expected |
| 15:30 | The Big Bang Theory | The friends fight over a ring they believe was used in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Leonard hopes to return the item to its rightful owner - but Raj wishes to sell it so he can buy a jet ski, and Sheldon develops a Gollum-like obsession with the precious object | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:40 | Lucy Worsley's Christmas Carol Odyssey | Lucy explores the tradition of festive hymns, revealing that there is much more to the best-loved carols than meets the eye, and how they reveal the history of Christmas itself. In the ancient past, pagan fertility ritual the wassail gave rise to door-to-door singing, and was also an integral part of an older midwinter festival adopted by Christianity when it came to Britain, and was rebranded as Christmas |
| 19:00 | The Food And Drink: Christmas Quiz | Chris Kelly, Jilly Goolden and Oz Clarke present a festive edition of the classic food programme from 1993, with guests Patrick Barlow and Helen Atkinson-Wood. Featuring ideas for Christmas appetizers, and Jilly and Oz challenge each other to blind taste and identify different white wines. First broadcast 14 December 1993 | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
15:10 | Come Dine with Me | Retired mental-health nurse Ronnie Imlah hosts the second dinner party in Lichfield, Staffordshire, hoping her menu inspired by dishes she has eaten at friends' events will win her the £1,000. A revelation by the host leaves her companions in shock, and two guests fail to see eye-to-eye on plastic surgery |
| 15:40 | Come Dine with Me | JP Goodyear-Martinez hosts the third dinner party in Lichfield, Staffordshire, where he treats his guests to a mix of Jamaican food, tight Lycra outfits and a drag queen. However, James Herbert's rendition of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody does not go down too well with fellow diner Ronnie | |