| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-17) | |||
| RTE One
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11:00 | Mass | From the Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Balally, Dublin. Celebrated by Father Jim Caffrey and Father Laurence Freeman OSB, with music by the parish choir |
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| 12:00 | The Week in Politics | Reflections on the political week, including contributions from journalists, senators and TDs. Hosted by Áine Lawlor | |
| RTE2
[102] |
11:30 | Home and Away | Jo's conflicted about continuing a relationship with Tane, and Mackenzie's notified that there's a River Boy coming to Salt who will have the details to track down Kerrie |
| 12:00 | Home and Away | Eden and Abigail try to find out what's going on between Levi and Mackenzie. Brax fixes a broken baby monitor, which displays footage of a woman placing drugs beneath Archie's cot | |
| 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 | Britain's Got Talent | Ant and Dec host the fourth live semi-final as more acts that made it through the auditions perform in front of the judges and a live audience for a chance at a place in the final. Viewers hold the power to vote for their favourite acts of the night to send through to the ultimate stage of the competition, and one judge has the Golden Buzzer that can reward one outstanding performer with a ticket straight through | |
| TG4
[104] |
11:30 | Gilmore Girls | Emily asks Rory to pose for an oil painting to hang in Richard's study, while Lorelai and Sookie decide to open their own inn - but find the place they want to buy is not available |
| 12:20 | Contractors | As the sun sets on another contracting season, it's time for contributors to look back and see how it all worked out for better or for worse. It's September and Shane is out ploughing and planning to do some seeding. With the kids back to school Traolach is out on his own cutting some second cut silage in Glencolmcille and planning to bale when they are free on Saturday. Kieran in Waterford is pushing on to third cut silage, but feeling the loss of Liam one of his top men who is heading to Australia | |
| Virgin Media Two
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11:15 | 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 |
| 12:15 | Unbeatable | Jason Manford presents the general knowledge quiz in which four contestants compete over three rounds to find a single 'unbeatable' answer and streak ahead of the rest to make the final where they can win a cash prize | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
10:55 | Wycliffe | Called to investigate the attempted theft of a headless skeleton from an archaeological dig, Wycliffe finds himself forced to deal with landowners whose archaic values are jarringly at odds with the modern world. Detective drama, starring Jack Shepherd |
| 12:00 | Coronation Street | Will keeps his family in the dark as he gets ready to leave, Hope refuses to accompany Sam on a stargazing outing, Sally voices concerns to Steve, and Gary's alibi is called into question | |
| BBC One
[108] |
11:55 | Zog | Keen but accident-prone dragon Zog gets himself into mischief while learning how to fly, roar, breathe fire and fight knights in his first four years at Dragon School. Each year he meets a kindly young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises, but can she help him with his trickiest challenge yet? It's year five and he has to capture a princess. Animated adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's book, featuring the voices of Lenny Henry, Tracey Ullman, Hugh Skinner, Patsy Ferran and Kit Harington |
| 12:20 | Zog | Animated series based on Julia Donaldson's book about an accident-prone dragon. Zog and the doctors find a friend for Fergus | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
10:00 | Sunday Brunch | Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer are joined by guests Jamie Laing, Victoria Smurfit and Bonnie Langford. With live music from James Smith |
| 13:00 | The Simpsons | The family celebrates Maggie's birthday. Bart steals Homer's wallet to pay for an Itchy and Scratchy souvenir, and Grandma Bouvier is swept off her feet by Grampa - but Mr Burns provides romantic competition, convinced she is the woman for him | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
11:05 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | The chef heads to Babylon in New York, where the peace of Long Island is regularly shattered by the volatile Pellegrino family, proprietors of Peter's Italian Restaurant. Gordon finds owner Tina's work to save the eatery from oblivion is frequently ruined by the behaviour of her brother, a tyrannical front-of-house manager whose violent temper constantly undermines staff morale |
| 12:05 | 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 | |
| BBC Four
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02:15 | A Wild Year | An exploration of the upland area of North Yorkshire, where heather-clad uplands and sheltered dales have been shaped both by the elements and by its people. Hardy Swaledale sheep roam the high moors all year round only coming down to the lowlands for lambing and shearing. Red grouse feed and breed amongst the heather alongside curlews and other ground nesting birds and billions of purple heather blooms provide nectar for the bees, brought to the moors by beekeepers in the summer. Toby Jones narrates, as time-lapse camera techniques bring fresh insight into the restless rhythms of the region |
| 19:00 | The Classical Collection | The natural world has always been a powerful inspiration to composers. From vast forests and tiny fish to wild storms and epic seascapes, this programme takes viewers on an evocative journey through some of the best-loved musical responses to the living planet. Including works by Vivaldi, Reiner, Vaughan Williams and Debussy | |
| More4
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11:35 | A Place in the Sun | Jasmine Harman helps house-hunters Jo and Graham find their dream holiday home in Mar Menor, Europe's largest coastal lagoon, on Spain's Costa Blanca |
| 12:05 | A Place in the Sun | Jasmine Harman helps Claire and Gary find their dream property in the north of Fuerteventura around the buzzing town of Corralejo. Over the years, they've enjoyed many happy family holidays on the island with their twin daughters, who although now grown up will be joining them in their winter bolthole, where the couple are looking forward to creating new fond memories. Working to their budget of £200,000, Jasmine sets out to find them the perfect abode | |