| What's on Now & Next (2026-07-26) | |||
| RTE One
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18:01 | RTÉ News: Six One and Weather | The latest national and international headlines |
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| 18:30 | Wild London | Having lived in London for 75 years, David Attenborough shares his intimate knowledge of the city's natural history. London is considered the greenest city in the world with a surprising variety of animal dramas playing out in the most unexpected places - whether it's pigeons commuting by the Tube, snakes slithering along Regent's canal, parakeets raiding city parks or beavers building a home next to a busy shopping centre. The veteran naturalist celebrates the extraordinary ways animals adapt to survive in the urban jungle and the inspiring initiatives to encourage nature back into the city | |
| RTE2
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18:00 | Live Athletics | Paul O'Flynn is joined by Derval O'Rourke, Rob Heffernan and Sonia O'Sullivan to presents live coverage of the annual event from Morton Stadium in Santry. With reports by David Gillick |
| 20:05 | The Americas | Wildlife in America's western states, from coyotes in Yellowstone using geothermal heat to survive the winter to bison on the Great Plains facing fierce rivals to win mates as fires renew the grasslands. In Colorado, hundreds of rattlesnakes emerge after winter, while on Nebraska's Platte River, half a million sandhill cranes converge for their courtship dances. Narrated by Tom Hanks | |
| Virgin Media One
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18:00 | Tipping Point: Lucky Stars | Ben Shephard asks the questions as Harry Judd, Patrick Grant and Angela Barnes 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 better their chances of collecting the £20,000 prize for their selected charity |
| 19:00 | Celebrity Catchphrase | Stephen Mulhern hosts another charity edition of the game show, with Mel Blatt, Michelle Visage and Seann Walsh trying to say what they see as they guess well-known phrases for the chance to win a £50,000 jackpot for their chosen good causes | |
| TG4
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15:05 | Tour de France Beo | Coverage from the 21st and final stage of the Grand Tour race, a 133km flat route from Thoiry to Champs Elysees in Paris. Commentary from Páidí Ó Lionáird and Pádraic Ó Cuinn |
| 19:27 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
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17:45 | Inside Monaco: Playground of the Rich | The programme goes behind the scenes as Casino de Monte Carlo holds an exclusive event with a Prohibition theme aimed at high rollers as it seeks to attract new clients, while at the palace Prince Albert II hosts the new French ambassador. In Monaco's only tattoo parlour, Princess Stephanie's daughter Camille Gottlieb is getting a discreet new inking and sharing what life is like for her in the principality, and four billion euros' worth of motor vessels enter the harbour for the annual yacht show |
| 19:00 | Posh Pawn | Managing director James shocks the team by offering free valuations for charity in this festive special. Model and entrepreneur Caprice sells a designer dress for a worthy cause, while a French mother is stunned when she learns more about a diamond-encrusted necklace she wants to sell to raise £20,000 for Christmas. Lawrence gets excited when a grandfather turns up with a signed Manny Pacquiao boxing glove, and the staff get ready for the office party with a surprise visit from a Secret Santa | |
| Virgin Media Three
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17:50 | The Hotel Inspector | Alex Polizzi sets out to improve the fortunes of the Glangrwyney Court guest house in the Black Mountains, Powys. Despite its five-star rating and reasonable occupancy rate, owners Christina and Warrick Jackson reveal they are rapidly losing money. Alex is taken aback by the amount of clutter in the rooms and the low prices being charged, and informs the couple that if they make changes, their salvation could lie in targeting the lucrative corporate market |
| 18:50 | Doc Martin | Martin rubs up against the new herbalist and Penhale, Louisa and James are all interested in Janice's new pedicure fish. Martin's ex-flame invites him to speak as keynote speaker at Imperial College, and Ruth is back from Mexico with more than maracas | |
| BBC One
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18:00 | Celebrity Escape to the Country | Alistair Appleton faces his toughest assignment to date, as he tries to find broadcasting icon and one of TV's most opinionated panellists, Janet Street-Porter, a Suffolk sanctuary - away from the many daily irritations she'd happily banish from existence. Despite Janet's refreshingly short and sweet wishlist, it proves to be a tricky challenge satisfying this exacting house hunter, but Alistair has an ace up his sleeve, which sees the property search take an epic detour to a remote Hebridean island |
| 19:00 | Countryfile | The final stop on Anita Rani's east coast road trip is Orford Ness on the Suffolk coast, where she discovers how an abandoned military complex has been reclaimed by wildlife. She also looks through the Countryfile archives for stories on communities exposed to the sea and how nature can stage a comeback | |
| Channel 4
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18:00 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather |
| 18:30 | Formula 1 | Lee McKenzie is joined by David Coulthard, Alice Powell and Ariana Bravo to present action from the 11th round of the season at Hungaroring in Mogyoród. McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished first and second respectively, while British driver George Russell joined them on the podium after finishing third in his Mercedes | |
| E4
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18:20 | The Great Australian Bake Off | In Italian Week, the five remaining bakers make authentic pizzas, pesche con crema and tiramisu centrepieces under the watchful eye of judges Rachel Khoo and Darren Purchese |
| 19:30 | Battleship | A reckless slacker joins the Navy, hoping to win the respect of his girlfriend's father, a stern admiral. He and his shipmates are put to the ultimate test as part of a force of vessels that must battle an invading fleet of powerful alien spaceships. Sci-fi adventure, starring Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson and Alexander Skarsgard | |
| BBC Four
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02:15 | Timeshift | Antiques Roadshow's Paul Atterbury recalls the heyday of the great ocean liners, travelling round Britain to reveal a story of design, politics and tragedy as he finds out how these great ships captured the public's imagination. Along the way he uncovers a cinema in Scotland built from the interiors of the SS Homeric, and visits a house in Poole, Dorset, where cabins from the Mauretania have been preserved |
| 19:00 | Timeshift | Antiques Roadshow's Paul Atterbury recalls the heyday of the great ocean liners, travelling round Britain to reveal a story of design, politics and tragedy as he finds out how these great ships captured the public's imagination. Along the way he uncovers a cinema in Scotland built from the interiors of the SS Homeric, and visits a house in Poole, Dorset, where cabins from the Mauretania have been preserved | |
| More4
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18:25 | Four in a Bed | The competition kicks off at Blackfriars in Inverness. After an afternoon of crafting, two guests note that quality is lacking in their room, leading to some very strong words |
| 18:55 | Four in a Bed | Singer Marilyn and her mum Agnes host the second visit of the week at Bogenraith House in Aberdeenshire where they're hoping to hit the high notes, but Dean and Chelsie are in an unforgiving mood after their feedback | |