| What's on Now & Next (2026-08-22) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
09:15 | Nationwide | In this edition, cameras visit Donegal and Kildare to explore how historic and underused buildings are being given new life. Presented by Richard Downes |
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| 09:45 | Fair City Omnibus | The past week's events in the soap | |
| RTE2
[102] |
09:05 | Horrible Science | Rapping science teacher Matt Green becomes the first human being ever to visit Quark as he joins Pipette on her home planet to help host this special episode about Earth and space. |
| 09:35 | High Hoops | Aoife is determined to reinvent herself at her new school - will she join the lame basketball team, even if it crushes her plans to be popular? | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
09:00 | Ireland AM | Ireland AM is the longest running daytime show in Ireland. Blending a mixture of lifestyle interviews and news content, with gardening, health, food and fashion seven days a week |
| 12:00 | John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen | John Torode and Lisa Faulkner demonstrate dishes for a festive season table menu, including smoked salmon and seeded soda bread, chicken vol au vent, a Christmas stuffing cauliflower, and gravy carrots. Plus, a festive chocolate cake that is a twist on a Black Forest gateau | |
| TG4
[104] |
09:26 | Polly Pocket | Polly, Pierce, and Jake discover a new pocket dimension - Skatesville |
| 09:37 | Polly Pocket | Dulce acts out when Dana starts moving her things around to make room in their house for Nic's boxes | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
09:05 | In for a Penny | Stephen Mulhern heads to Derby for the game show in which he travels around the UK setting members of the public unusual challenges, giving them the chance to win anything from the price of their petrol to £1,000 in the final game. |
| 09:35 | 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] |
08:45 | Heartbeat | A London policeman and his doctor wife encounter hostility and suspicion when they move to a close-knit Yorkshire community, but feuding mods and rockers, a mysterious prowler and a budgie-killer mean the couple soon find themselves in the thick of village life. First-ever episode of the popular Sixties-set drama, starring Nick Berry, Niamh Cusack, Derek Fowlds and Bill Maynard |
| 09:50 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Part one of two. Poirot meets a woman who has seemingly become unaccountably accident-prone - but soon starts to suspect she is actually a victim of foul play | |
| BBC One
[108] |
06:00 | Breakfast | A round-up of national and international news, plus sports reports, weather forecasts and arts and entertainment features |
| 10:00 | Saturday Kitchen | Matt Tebbutt is joined by chefs Elliott Grover, Roberta D'Elia and Jack Stein, and by special guest Dermot O'Leary. Helen McGinn picks the drinks to go with the studio dishes | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
09:25 | Frasier | The Seattle shrink takes a dislike to KACL's newest presenter, sharp-tongued radio psychiatrist Dr Nora. Award-winning episode of the comedy series, guest starring Christine Baranski and Piper Laurie |
| 09:55 | Frasier | Cassandra Stone, the woman Frasier dated on Valentine's Day, agrees to go out with him again - but the appearance of his former girlfriend Faye, who has been out of the country for a while, complicates matters. Comedy, guest starring Virginia Madsen and Amy Brenneman | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
08:35 | Below Deck Down Under | The dynamic within the crew irreversibly shifts following an intense evening. Tzarina and Lara clash once more |
| 09:35 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | Part two of two. The chef continues his quest to transform the fortunes of the Burger Kitchen in Los Angeles, where tensions were running high because owner Alan Saffron had spent his son's entire inheritance on the struggling restaurant. Alan gets a wake-up call from internet critics, who he believes are trying to shut him down | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:40 | Deep, Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil | Gardening expert Chris Beardshaw explores where soil comes from, and what it is made of. It is an often misunderstood substance, with people sometimes dismissing it as dirt, so he reveals it as it has never been seen before using specialist microphotography, and highlights what makes it so essential to life. Research shows that humans are pushing this precious resource to its limit, and scientists are battling to find ways of preserving it for the future |
| 19:00 | Planet Earth Live | Cameras follow elephant calf Maya and mother Zadie as they face numerous threats and challenges in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve. In order to survive, the two must reunite with their herd to have the best chance of avoiding predators and poachers. Julia Bradbury narrates | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
08:55 | Four in a Bed | The latest competition starts at Martyn and Elaine Flint's lovingly decorated, adults-only B&B, the Hillcroft in Torquay. Guests Tony and Lisa find fault with their en suite, while Jorge demonstrates a keen eye for dust. The B&Bers share a lively game of bowls and at dinner, youngsters Sam and Henry's age and experience are subjected to scrutiny. Elaine faces a tough time in the kitchen and the feedback turns up the heat |
| 09:30 | Four in a Bed | The competition moves to the Bear and Swan in Chew Magna in Somerset, where Sam Wilkins and Henry Russell hope to impress with the five-star rooms above their country pub | |