| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-20) | |||
| RTE One
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00:40 | Swindlers | The stories of some of Ireland's most renowned con artists and white collar criminals, told by their victims, friends and colleagues they deceived, journalists that covered the cases and the law enforcers who brought them to justice. This edition looks at international con artist, bigamist and sweet-talking criminal Julia Holmes from Tyrone |
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| 01:40 | Meat Loaf: From Hell and to Connaught | Documentary about the larger-than-life US rock star's 1990 visit to Ireland, when he performed in some of the country's most unlikely venues | |
| RTE2
[102] |
01:15 | Women Under Hitler's Flag | German women may be perceived as passive witnesses to the horrific crimes committed by the Nazi regime. However, as this documentary reveals many were active participants that were as brutal and merciless as their better-known, male counterparts. The first of two episodes begins with Hitler's arrival in power in 1933 and goes back to the roots of the indoctrination of young German girls within the female branch of the Hitler Youth (BDM) |
| 02:15 | EuroNews | European and international headlines live via satellite | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
01:00 | The War of the Worlds | Amy is reunited with Ogilvy and they piece together the events of the invasion hoping to find the clue to the Martians' weakness. But in order to unlock the key to the human fightback, she must face traumatising memories. Coming round from his delerium in a butchery where he has taken shelter, George is lucid enough to realise he needs to save Amy and his unborn child and makes a desperate decision. Adaptation of HG Wells' sci-fi classic, starring Rafe Spall, Eleanor Tomlinson , Rupert Graves and Robert Carlyle |
| 02:05 | Close | ||
| TG4
[104] |
01:30 | Dáil Éireann | Coverage of today's proceedings in Dáil Éireann |
| 02:15 | Nuacht TG4 | The day's main news stories from a regional, national and international perspective | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
00:50 | Genius Game | The eliminated players return to pledge their allegiance, giving their chosen player an advantage in the final game. The finalists face a best-of-three Death Match format that tests the most strategic and lateral thinkers and the first player to win two games will be the winner |
| 07:00 | Unbeatable | Over three rounds, Ruben, Mary Claire, Mark and Liz vie to find the single 'unbeatable' answer and streak ahead of the rest to make the final where they can win a cash prize. General knowledge quiz, hosted by Jason Manford | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
01:00 | Grace | The detective and his team are called to the site of a fatal crash involving an articulated lorry, a car and a blue pick-up truck. An unexpected discovery found on the victim at the scene soon suggests there could be far more to this particular accident than meets the eye, sparking an unsettling chain of events that leads Grace and Branson on a game of cat and mouse through Brighton to save an innocent life before time runs out |
| 07:10 | Heartbeat | Carol is smitten with handsome visitor Major Giles MacLean, but Dawson, Wetherby and Mason suspect he could be involved in a spate of burglaries targeting the wealthiest homes in the district. Meanwhile, Peggy sets David up with an old friend of hers, a former circus performer, and Bernie worries when Rosie fails to return from Australia. Lisa Kay, Clare Wille, Rupert Ward-Lewis and Joe McFadden star | |
| BBC One
[108] |
23:10 | Saving Private Ryan | In the aftermath of the Normandy landings, a group of American soldiers scours the battlefields of France in search of a missing infantryman, who has been given compassionate leave to return home because his brothers have been killed in the conflict. Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning Second World War drama, starring Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper and Vin Diesel. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Director. The film makers also took home a couple of Baftas for Best Sound and Best Special Effects |
| 01:50 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
01:00 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | Gordon Ramsay gives his advice to Paul Bazzini, an award-winning chef from New York who now owns a restaurant in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Paul confesses he has lost his passion for food and is struggling to keep up with the business, a situation that seems evident to other members of staff, his wife and customers |
| 01:50 | The Last Tree | A British boy of Nigerian heritage enjoys a happy childhood with his foster mother in rural Lincolnshire, but his life is thrown into upheaval when he is returned to his biological mother, and uprooted to the unfamiliar world of inner city London. Drama, starring Samuel Adewunmi and Gbemisola Ikumelo | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
01:10 | Celebs Go Dating | Kerry Katona and her boyfriend Paolo return to the agency to talk about their first year together and their plans for the future. David and Anthony go to a painting workshop for their second date and Stephen and Claira fetch up at a dog cafe |
| 02:10 | Married at First Sight USA | Wedding bells ring for the final couple in the experiment, before all five sets of newly-weds jet off to Panama for their honeymoons | |
| BBC Four
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01:00 | From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature | Physicist Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. She reveals how life began in a place where hot meets cold, and how every living creature on Earth depends on temperature for its survival. She uncovers the extraordinary natural engineering that animals have evolved to keep their bodies at the right temperature and she witnesses the remarkable surgery that is using temperature to take the human body to the extremes |
| 02:00 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story | Gillian Pachter focuses on the three weeks leading up to Ruth Ellis's execution, and the last-minute attempts to save her life even though Ruth herself was determined to die. The killer finally admitted she had an accomplice, prompting her solicitor to race to the Home Office in a bid to stop the execution. But it was all in vain and Ruth was hanged. Gillian goes on to explore the role of her case in the introduction of the defence of diminished responsibility in England and its place in the eventual abolition of capital punishment in 1965 | |
| More4
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01:15 | 24 Hours in A&E | Fifty-one-year-old Mark is brought in after coming off his bike and doctors are concerned he may have suffered life-changing damage to his spine, with wife Karen rushing to be by his side. Ten-year-old Aiden comes to paediatrics with his mum and her girlfriend Lorraine, after hurting his foot on the monkey bars at school |
| 02:20 | 24 Hours in A&E | Three boys are admitted for very different reasons, including cyclist Ollie, who arrives with head, neck and facial injuries having been involved in a traffic accident. Cameras also follow Dominic, another 16 year old. He was recovering at home after having his tonsils out when his throat started bleeding and he had to go to hospital | |