| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-16) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
12:00 | The Repair Shop on the Road | Dominic Chinea and Will Kirk arrive at Aberfeldy's Crannog Centre, where visitors experience recreations of 5,000 year-old traditional dwellings. The duo discover how a devastating fire put a 5,000 year-old craft in jeopardy, Chris Shaw repairs a Gaelic pipe music book and Dom has the chance to make his own sporran |
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| 12:55 | RTÉ News: One O'Clock and Weather | National and international news | |
| RTE2
[102] |
12:45 | Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure | A lost orphan boy and a giant elephant team up to take down a poaching syndicdate. Drama, starring Sam Ashe Arnold, Elizabeth Hurley and Richard Lukunku |
| 14:25 | Bridge of Lies | Colleagues from Colchester Zoo Lizzie, Kez, Mo and Sue compete for money by crossing a bridge of stepping stones across the studio floor. Quiz show, hosted by Ross Kemp | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
12:00 | John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen | John Torode and Lisa Faulkner make four mouth-watering dishes with only five main ingredients, starting with a garlic and rosemary focaccia, followed by John's pink spaghetti. Following that are chicken and peanut butter scissor-cut noodles and moreish and fuss-free banana doughnuts. |
| 13:00 | Long Lost Family | Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell follows the stories of two women looking for siblings given up for adoption, but for very different reasons. Jeanette Woodyatt wants to find the brother she has never met and who was turned away from the family by her grandmother, while Karen Turnbull yearns to let her twin siblings know that their mother gave them up for adoption so they would have a better life | |
| TG4
[104] |
12:30 | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica investigates the murder of a crooked deputy, and she soon has not one but three suspects - the owner of an illegal casino, her own accountant and his daughter's jilted lover. Whodunit, starring Angela Lansbury, Ron Masak and William Windom |
| 13:25 | Domhan an Dúlra | Journeying from Canada's Arctic to the boreal forest and discover how polar bears, coastal wolves, lynx and more survive | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
12:00 | Live Athletics: Diamond League | Coverage of the opening meeting of the campaign from China Textile City Sports Center in Shaoxing, China. Six meeting records fell here last year, including a clearance of 6.11m by dominant Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis and an American sprint hurdles double courtesy of Cordell Tinch and Grace Stark |
| 14:00 | Winning Combination | Omid Djalili hosts the quiz in which nine contestants - Byron, Melanie, Harry, Sarah, Louise, Eddie, Simon, Naoise and James - are each assigned a number between one and nine, with the four that make the final trying to win the jackpot defined by those numbers. Each player's number is also the total of questions they must answer correctly in the final game against the clock | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
12:30 | Emmerdale | Robert investigates a noise in the barn while working on the farm and is attacked from behind and knocked unconscious, while Manpreet lets some news slip |
| 13:00 | Live: Formula E | Race one of the Monaco E-Prix (Start-time 2.05pm). Coverage of the ninth race of the season, held at Circuit de Monaco. Pascal Wehrlein goes into this race on top of the standings, but Mitch Evans and Edoardo Mortara are within touching distance | |
| BBC One
[108] |
12:00 | Football Focus | Alex Scott and guests look ahead to the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester City, plus previews of tomorrow and Monday's Premier League matches |
| 13:00 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
12:35 | The Simpsons | Bart wins a competition and becomes the lucky owner of a fully grown elephant, which proceeds to eat his hard-up family out of house and home |
| 13:05 | 10 Things I Hate About You | Lively teenager Bianca is not allowed to start dating until her man-hating sister Kat does first - but no boy is brave enough to ask her out. However, Bianca's would-be boyfriend thinks he has found the perfect man for the job in the shape of a quirky loner with a mysterious past. Comedy, based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa Oleynik | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
12:20 | Married at First Sight Australia | Part one. The experiment is over, and the couples reunite for one last meeting, with one bride furious that her groom has been texting one of the other women |
| 14:20 | Titanic | A party of explorers studying the sunken remains of the famous liner meets an elderly woman who was a passenger on the ill-fated maiden voyage. She recounts how she boarded the ship while on the brink of being forced into marriage by her family, and was stopped from killing herself by a penniless artist. She fell in love with her saviour, but the disaster on the horizon meant their time together was doomed to be short. James Cameron's Oscar-winning romantic drama, starring Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates and Bill Paxton | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:40 | Ian Hislop Goes Off the Rails | The story behind the 1963 Beeching Report, commissioned under Harold Macmillan's government, which led to the closure of a third of Britain's rail network. With contributions from experts, campaigners, railwaymen and passengers, Private Eye editor Ian Hislop outlines the historical background to the proposals, along with the social and economic impact that followed their implementation |
| 19:00 | Wild Scotland | Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan explores his native Mull and some of the nearby islands, filming otters, deer, puffins, seals and a minke whale | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
12:35 | A Place in the Sun | Steve and Aniko want to escape the rat race and move to the peace and quiet of the French countryside in west Brittany. Steve is a music composer and Aniko a singer, so their dream would be to be able to create their own recording studio at home. With a budget of £90,000, property expert Jonnie Irwin lines up five options that he hopes could be just the ticket for the pair |
| 13:40 | A Place in the Sun | Sean and Ian would love a holiday home on Gran Canaria near their favourite town of Vecindario. Laura Hamilton lines up five properties within their budget of £125,000 | |