| What's on Now & Next (2026-01-02) | |||
| RTE One
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21:00 | RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock and Weather | The latest national and international news |
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| 21:30 | Ticket to Paradise | Divorced couple David and Georgia fake civility for the sake of their daughter, Lily. During a post-graduation trip to Bali, Lily falls in love with a handsome local called Gede, and the young couple hastily decide to marry. With four days until the nuptials, David and Georgia secretly agree a truce to carry out an underhand plan to break up the couple so Lily doesn't make the same mistake as them. Director Ol Parker's comedy romance, starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Kaitlyn Dever | |
| RTE2
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20:30 | Michael Portillo in Andalucia | Michael Portillo visits Malaga in time for August's feria, one the biggest street parties in Spain, meeting a street band most of whose members are called Portillo. He then travels 40 miles inland to the hilltop town of Ronda, stopping off at a vineyard along the way, ending his journey at a convent dating back to the 16th century, where he meets the mother superior and discovers they hold one of the Catholic church's most important relics in the form of the hand of St Teresa |
| 21:25 | Independence Day: Resurgence | Two decades have passed since Earth was saved from an extraterrestrial invasion, and in the years since, the aliens' salvaged technology has been used to transform the world. However, it may not be enough to save the human race when a second, even deadlier attack begins. Sci-fi adventure, starring Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth and Bill Pullman | |
| Virgin Media One
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21:00 | Ludwig | When his identical twin goes missing, puzzle setter John 'Ludwig' Taylor assumes his identity as Detective James Taylor in the Cambridge police authority in the hopes of finding clues to his brother's whereabouts. John must infiltrate the Major Investigations Team to gather information and ends up investigating a completely unconnected murder whilst remaining in character as his brother. Comedy drama starring David Mitchell, with Anna Maxwell Martin |
| 22:15 | The Darkness | Gritty Nordic crime noir. A year after her daughter's death, a veteran detective becomes consumed by a chilling cold case. Can she find the killer without crumbling under the weight of her own demons? | |
| TG4
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20:50 | Bláth na hÓige Ar Stáitse in Lorient | In August 2025 Bláth na hÓige were invited to perform at the biggest Celtic Festival in the world, the Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany. The festival celebrates Celtic culture and music and is attended by almost one million people annually. This programme, observes their involvement and also features Megan Nic Ruairí, Máire Ní Churraoin, Caoimhe Ní Fhlatharta, Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich, Piaras Ó Lorcáin, Cathal Ó Curráin, Colm Mac an Iomaire and Síle Denvir |
| 21:48 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
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21:00 | Murder By Mushroom | The case that gripped Australians and many people around the world, after Erin Patterson invited dinner guests into her home and poisoned them with toxic death cap mushrooms slipped into individual beef Wellingtons. Three guests died, while another was seriously injured |
| 22:10 | I Married the Waiter: Love in the Sun | As summer tans lines start to fade, this documentary meets British women of all ages and backgrounds whose holiday romances endured long after they came home to the UK. Anne, Dawn and Jean all found love on the Greek island of Symi, Maddison, Fleur and Ruth fell for men they met in Turkey, and 70-year-old Dorothy married a 21-year-old Tunisian man. The programme looks at the culture clashes that have sometimes arisen in these relationships, and discovers that even though not all of the love stories have a happy ending, none of the women involved have any regrets about following their hearts. In fact, one of them was even able to use her experiences to launch a new career as a successful novelist | |
| Virgin Media Three
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21:00 | C*A*U*G*H*T | Dim-witted Australian soldiers Phil Choi, Dylan Fox, Rowdy Gaines and Albhanis Mouawad undertake a covert mission on behalf of the minister of defence. The luckless quartet are captured by freedom fighters on the small island nation and make a hostage video that they hope will go viral. The soldiers unexpectedly become global celebrities and the captives wonder if their dire predicament could be the best thing that ever happened to them. Comedy, starring Ben O'Toole, Kick Gurry and Lincoln Younes |
| 21:40 | C*A*U*G*H*T | The boys' story starts to gain traction online, raising the ire of the officials who sent them there, but attracting disgraced journalist Josie Justice to rebuild her career on the back of their growing fame | |
| BBC One
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21:05 | The Traitors: Uncloaked | Ed Gamble discusses all the latest treachery from the castle with Joe Marler and Tom and Alex from series one, plus any murdered or banished players from the preceding episode |
| 21:30 | Amanda & Alan's Greek Job | Amanda Holden and Alan Carr renovate a derelict property on the Greek island of Corfu, intending the finished home to be sold with the proceeds going to charity. With ivy growing through the windows, hay and mud as a floor, a sewage pipe running through the downstairs plus a roof on the verge of caving in, their new project resembles a stable more than a house. While working on the project, the duo embrace the indigenous culture, make new friends and throw themselves into local life | |
| Channel 4
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21:00 | Taskmaster | Greg Davies sets tasks to a series of celebrity guests, ultimately deciding who wins. Alex Horne helps coax the contestants |
| 22:00 | Gogglebox | The opinionated viewers share their sharp, insightful, passionate, and sometimes emotional critiques of 2025's Christmas TV programmes | |
| E4
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21:00 | Gogglebox | Celebrities join the Gogglebox regulars to react to the week's television shows in this special episode in support of Stand Up to Cancer. Shows being appraised include Rivals, First Dates, Only Connect, Will & Ralf Should Know Better, Tom Kerridge's Secrets of the Pub Kitchen and Kaiden and Glenn's moving Stand Up to Cancer stories |
| 22:00 | Free Guy | Guy lives a fairly monotonous life as a bank employee. That is until he meets the girl of his dreams and realises he's a non-player character within a massive open world video game. Does he deviate from the life he's always lived or does he follow his dream girl into the unknown future? Adventure comedy, starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi and Lil Rel Howery | |
| BBC Four
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21:00 | Top of the Pops | Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 8 January 1976. Featuring Osibisa, Sailor, R&J Stone, Tony Christie, Sheer Elegance, Electric Light Orchestra, Barbara Dickson, Queen and Crispy & Company |
| 21:30 | Top of the Pops | David Hamilton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 January 1976. Featuring Sailor, Barbara Dickson, Osibisa, Slik, Electric Light Orchestra, David Ruffin, Smokie, R&J Stone and Queen, and Pan's People dance to Paul Davidson | |
| More4
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21:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | Rich, 35, is airlifted to the hospital after being involved in a high-speed collision on the M25, and doctors are concerned when they discover he has lost feeling below his chest and can't move his legs. Meanwhile, 36-year-old Justin has had a life-threatening accident while playing football and he is put into an induced coma while a CT scan is carried out, which reveals a potentially life-threatening bleed on his brain |
| 22:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | Thirty-year-old Chris is admitted after sustaining a potentially life-threatening wound during a game with his friend Jack, who fired the inside shaft of a ballpoint pen into his abdomen using an air rifle. College student Lennon has injured his head after jumping into a door frame while kicking a balloon, while 74-year-old Stafford arrives at A&E because his internal cardiac defibrillator keeps shocking him | |