| What's on Now & Next (2026-10-21) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
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 |
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| 17:40 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines | |
| RTE2
[102] |
17:00 | Young Sheldon | Georgie and Sheldon go mining for platinum in roadside gravel. Mary is concerned when Missy misuses religion to help improve her baseball playing |
| 17:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Penny and Leonard announce that they are moving in together, prompting Sheldon to revisit 2003, a much simpler time before he had met either of them. Howard and Raj form a band to play at the comic-book store, only to fall out over musical differences | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
17:00 | Judge Judy | Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin |
| 17:30 | News at 5.30 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team | |
| TG4
[104] |
16:30 | Gilmore Girls | Rory gets a job and re-enrols in Yale, and Luke's lecture on honesty comes back to haunt him when he learns he has a daughter |
| 17:22 | 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 Como v Manchester United at - Djarum Stadio - Giuseppe Sinigaglia or Lille v Galatasaray at Stade Pierre-Mauroy |
| 19:45 | Live UEFA Champions League | All the action from a matchday three league phase fixture (Kick-off 8.00pm), as two teams continue their bids to reach the knockout rounds. Among the matches taking place are Bayern Munich v Arsenal at Allianz Arena, Real Madrid v RB Leipzig at the Bernabéu, and Aston Villa v Viking at Villa Park | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
16:45 | The Royal | The residents are pleased when a fair comes to Elsinby, but Jeffrey and Samantha have their work cut out when the waltzer operator becomes trapped in the ride's mechanism. He's rushed to the hospital, where Mr Rose operates, and reveals his father has been suffering dizzy spells recently. A concerned Jeffrey heads back to the fairground, but he's too late to prevent disaster. Meanwhile, Ken hatches a dubious money-making scheme and Jill is forced to confront a patient's wife. Paul Fox, Anna Madeley and Amy Robbins star |
| 17:45 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Japp and Poirot investigate the murder of an actress's estranged husband, only to find in the theatrical world, where deception and play-acting are a way of life, nothing is quite what it seems. In time-honoured fashion, it initially looks as though the butler did it - but subsequent inquiries throw up a veritable rogues' gallery of equally likely suspects. Philip Jackson, David Suchet and Hugh Fraser star | |
| BBC One
[108] |
17:15 | Pointless | Quiz show in which four pairs of contestants have to score the fewest points possible by giving the least obvious answers to questions posed to 100 people before the show. At the end of each round, the team with the most points is eliminated until the final two pairs battle for a cash prize. Presented by Alexander Armstrong and Andi Oliver |
| 18:00 | BBC News at Six; Weather | The latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
17:00 | Four in a Bed | The B&Bers go off-grid at Dale2Swale Glamping in Richmond, North Yorkshire, but some guests are worried about how they'll survive the night without their creature comforts |
| 17:30 | Come Dine with Me | Service manager Jess hosts, on the third day in and around Norwich. She plans a menu of nutritious nosh and asks everyone to come as their favourite singer, so they can give their own rendition of their most-loved songs during the evening | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
17:00 | The Simpsons | Homer wins $1million on the lottery, but keeps it a secret from his family, fearing Marge's reaction if she finds out about it. He and Bart set about spending the money, and buy front-row tickets to a Coldplay concert. With the guest voice of Chris Martin |
| 17:30 | The Simpsons | A romantic evening at the ice-rink leads to Homer and Marge heading for the Winter Olympics to play for a curling team, while Lisa becomes hopelessly addicted to collecting sporting memorabilia and Bart befriends Canada's equivalent of Milhouse | |
| BBC Four
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02:30 | The Planets | Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. Today, Mars is an arid desert world that long ago had the same potential as Earth. Which begs a big question - did life get a start on both worlds? |
| 19:00 | Secrets of Skin | Biologist Ben Garrod examines the evolution of skin - the largest organ in any creature's body - across all species of the animal kingdom, beginning by looking at how that of vertebrates has allowed them to conquer the planet. | |
| More4
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16:50 | Car S.O.S. | Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend head to Manchester to rescue a Citroen HY van, which 19-year-old Darcie and her mother Alison bought so that they could start a mobile catering business. Sadly, the dream was shattered when Alison was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017. Former England footballers Bryan Robson and Wes Brown join in to help restore the fortunes of a family torn apart by tragic events |
| 17:50 | American Pickers | Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz meet a motorcycle dirt-track racer ready to clear out his stock, while Danielle Colby and Robbie Wolfe butt heads with a dealer over a rare Coke machine | |