| What's on Now & Next (2026-02-28) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
18:35 | Despicable Me 2 | A reformed criminal mastermind who has abandoned his wicked ways for a life of fatherhood and jam-making helps a secret agent to bring one of his fellow evil geniuses to justice. The villain in question has stolen a dangerous experimental serum with the power to turn harmless animals into ravening monsters. Animated comedy sequel, with the voices of Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig |
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| 20:25 | Pat Shortt's Entertainment from D'Telly | The comedian and actor presents more entertainment highlights from the RTÉ archives, featuring comedy, musical performances, and hidden-camera pranks. Each edition also features an appearance from one of Pat's popular comic creations | |
| RTE2
[102] |
18:30 | Saturday GAA Live | Kildare v Meath (Throw-in 7.00pm). Joanne Cantwell presents coverage of the Allianz Football League Division Two match at Cedral St Conleth's Newbridge. Kildare were crowned Division Three champions last season, while Meath narrowly missed out on a place in the second tier final. With analysis from Cora Staunton and Peter Canavan |
| 21:00 | Taken | An American teenager travelling through Europe is abducted by a gang of sex traffickers. However, what the kidnappers do not realise is that the girl's father is a former CIA agent, who employs all his old skills as he searches for the criminals and tries to rescue his daughter. Thriller, starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
19:00 | Britain's Got Talent | Ant and Dec host as more performers take to the stage at the auditions in Blackpool, trying to impress judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and KSI and secure their place in the live semi-finals |
| 20:15 | The Chase Celebrity Special | Bradley Walsh presents as celebrity contestants Mark Chapman, Gillian Joseph, Ryan Sidebottom and Fred MacAulay pit their wits against one of the ruthless Chasers in the hope of winning a potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds. They must work as a team and play strategically to answer general knowledge questions against the clock and race down the game board to the exit without being caught | |
| TG4
[104] |
19:00 | Nuacht TG4 | The day's main news stories from a regional, national and international perspective |
| 19:15 | Peil na mBan Beo | Cork v Waterford (Throw-in 7.35pm). Coverage of the Lidl NFL Division One match at Cedral St Conleth's Park in Newbridge. Presented by Máire Ní Bhraonáin. | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
19:00 | This Time Next Year | Davina McCall meets a lady who wants to be able to smile for the first time in 30 years, and a music teacher who would love to become a published author. Plus, a schoolboy with dreams of becoming a professional footballer, and a young father desperate to thank the kind stranger who saved his life |
| 20:00 | You Are What You Wear | Rylan Clark hosts a fashion makeover show, with five stylists advising a diverse range of people in need of a significant style overhaul. In the first edition they help Chris, a 6ft 5in personal hygiene salesman who only wears black, and 5ft 3in Manny, who has been wearing children's clothes for years and is looking for a grown-up style with sass. PE teacher Rachel wants to swap gym wear for glamour, while warehouse employee Karen is worried that her work wardrobe is creeping into her weekend | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
19:00 | Hotel Benidorm: Fun-Loving Brits in the Sun | Staff at Hotel Benidorm Plaza are trying to keep their cool as the reception air conditioning has a temporary malfunction, while guest experience manager Rosanna sweeps Holly and Dan off to one of Benidorm's best-kept secrets. Owner Fede and his wife are turning 40 and have challenged hotel manager Angel to throw them a party at the hotel for the great and the good of Benidorm. |
| 20:00 | Home Fires | The village prepares for Nick and Teresa's wedding as the Battle of Britain draws to an end. Pat faces a big decision as Marek prepares to leave, but Bob intends to ruin her plans. Frances fights to clear her name following the closure of the factory, Alison wrestles with her conscience, and a chance encounter leaves Joyce with some unanswered questions | |
| BBC One
[108] |
18:45 | Michael McIntyre's Big Show | Jade Thirlwall bravely hands over her phone for an ambitious Send to All with a twist, and Love island star Tasha Ghouri helps surprise an inspirational Unexpected Star of the Show as the theatre is transformed into a train station. With music from Jack Savoretti |
| 19:45 | The Weakest Link | Romesh Ranganathan asks the questions as eight of his fellow comedians, Angela Barnes, Phil Wang, Josh Pugh, Laura Smyth, Ria Lina, Maisie Adam, Iain Stirling and Geoff Norcott, compete to be the strongest link. They must initially work together to bank as much money as possible for charity, before voting off round by round | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
18:15 | Fukushima: Days That Shocked The World | On March 11, 2011, Japan was rocked by a devastating tsunami, killing 20,000 and triggering a nuclear meltdown. In the first of a two-part documentary, survivors and witnesses tell their extraordinary stories of the disaster |
| 19:15 | Fukushima: Days That Shocked The World | Concluding the two-part documentary about the 2011 earthquake in Japan which triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Here, nuclear experts explain what went wrong at the power plant. Among the many contributing factors, two of the most critical were also the most shockingly simple | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
19:00 | The Simpsons | Professor Frink plays matchmaker when he creates an algorithm to make the lonely people of Springfield fall in love. When Marge, Bart, and Lisa visit Grampa for Valentine's Day, they find the old folks in a drug-induced hallucination that lets them relive happy memories |
| 19:30 | The Simpsons | Bart and Lisa get to know a homeless folk singer named Hettie, after Bart accidentally loses the shopping trolley containing her possessions and invites her to stay in his bedroom wardrobe. Meanwhile, Homer's attempt at DIY traps the cat in the walls of the house, so he launches a rescue bid | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
19:00 | Wildlife on One | David Attenborough narrates this look at the life of the ostrich, revealing there is much more to the bird's survival strategy than merely burying its head in the sand at the first sign of trouble. Its ancestors ran with the dinosaurs and this weird and wonderful flightless creature has managed to survive and evolve ever since |
| 19:15 | Meet the Ancestors | Julian Richards investigates the discovery of a human jawbone in a farmer's field in Cheshire, which led to the unearthing of a 12th-century chapel and the remains of medieval landowners. As archaeologists piece together the clues, Julian is able to present a Hampshire teacher with an image of his ancestors | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
18:55 | Four in a Bed | The final visit of the week is to No 64 at The Joiners in West Malling, Kent. Host Ollie hopes that his French-styled B&B will have that 'je-ne-sais-quoi' to win the competition. The guests monkey around at a zoo in the afternoon before things get heated in the kitchen the next morning. The heat rises even further when Ollie sees his breakfast scores |
| 19:25 | Four in a Bed | It's payment day, and after an epic battle all week, the contenders meet up one final time to find out which boutique B&B has triumphed | |