| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-30) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
07:25 | The Drew Barrymore Show | The actress hosts a talk show featuring human-interest stories, celebrity guests, lifestyle segments and reports |
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| 07:50 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Chat and entertainment show, hosted by the American singer | |
| RTE2
[102] |
06:00 | EuroNews | European and international headlines live via satellite |
| 07:50 | news2day | Domestic and international news items of interest to younger viewers | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
07:00 | Animal Emergency | Clare native Vincent is attending the animal hospital with Porsche, his once speedy greyhound that he fears is on her last legs. Meanwhile, making the trip from Wicklow is Kealan Doyle and his pet Kunekune pigs Hank and Joey, who are lined up for a badly needed operation. Sapphire, a Shibu Inu dog is brought to the Vet Hospital after a sudden decline in her health, but her medical needs come at a huge financial cost for owner Bernadette |
| 08:00 | Cooking with the Stars | Emma Willis and Tom Allen host the celebrity cooking contest as Kelly Holmes, Anne Hegerty, Ranj Singh and Maura Higgins take to the kitchen in head-to-head cooking battles as they each attempt to create the perfect Spanish dish and avoid elimination in the Cook Off. There is panic over tapas, an unfortunate meat burn, some dramatic croquettas and a wobble over a paella - will they manage to finish their Spanish dishes before the time runs out? | |
| TG4
[104] |
07:30 | DinoCity | Ricky and his friends have a great time playing hide-and-seek |
| 07:35 | Vegesaurs | Ginger helps a short Broccoliosaurus reach high flowers with a clever solution | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
07:05 | Puzzling with Lucy Worsley | Six contestants from around the UK have made it to the play-off and will take on five rounds of fiendish puzzles as they attempt to qualify for the series' grand final. Lucy Worsley asks the questions |
| 08:00 | 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 | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
07:15 | Heartbeat | The police investigate the murder of an ex-army recluse and archaeological enthusiast and suspect a building dispute could provide a motive, while Dennis asks Liz for advice when he begins to notice a change in Jenny's behaviour. Vernon decides to play Cupid on behalf of his relative Gareth and sets him up on a blind date with Rosie, but does not count on the mechanic having another admirer. Rural drama starring Duncan Bell, Aislin McGuckin and Vanessa Hehir |
| 08:05 | The Salvage Squad | Brian Dowling and his fashion-forward design team continue their mission to prove to the nation that it is possible achieve a dream home renovation at little cost. Each family involved has a tired room in need of renovation and re-imagining containing a potential treasure trove of up-cycling gems | |
| BBC One
[108] |
06:00 | Breakfast | A round-up of national and international news, plus current affairs, arts and entertainment, and weather |
| 09:00 | Tabby McTat | Animated adaptation of the Julia Donaldson book. Tabby McTat the singing cat and his busker friend Fred entertain the crowds of London, but become separated when Fred breaks his leg while pursuing a thief. Lost and alone, Tabby is taken in by a friendly fellow cat and finds a whole new life for herself with a kindly family - leaving him torn between two very different homes. Narrated by Jodie Whittaker, with the voices of Rob Brydon and Sopé Dirísu | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
07:10 | Cheers | Diane and Sam go flying with a daredevil pilot famed for his high-altitude exploits - but unfortunately he dies at 20,000ft, leaving them well and truly in the lurch. Comedy, starring Ted Danson and Shelley Long |
| 07:35 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Marie starts wearing glasses and begins to see the family in a new light, while Robert gets back together with Amy and invites her to a Thanksgiving dinner. Doris Roberts, Ray Romano and Brad Garrett star | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
07:00 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | Gordon Ramsay visits California, where his job is to help the owner of Lido Di Manhattan. Lisa Marie Hemmat, an ambitious business school graduate, has been running the restaurant for the past five years, but has failed to exert any control over the kitchen and the menu. The chef tries to teach her the basics of cooking and venue management, but trouble brews when her staff threaten to walk out on relaunch night |
| 08:00 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | The chef travels to Newbury Park in southern California to help Mexican restaurant Mama Rita's. The owner previously ran a successful catering company but has struggled to adapt her skills to meet the demands of a new business - and with a year's worth of food stored in the freezer Gordon realises he has a tough job ahead | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:50 | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures | Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes her audience beyond the Earth's solar system, deep into the Milky Way galaxy, and yet further out into the universe, where the chances of finding life out there somewhere seem greater than ever before. She is joined by British astronaut Tim Peake to demonstrate the challenges of launching the James Webb Space Telescope into space, and he recalls his own experiences of travelling into space 10 years ago and reveals the impact on his perspective about what might be out there beyond Earth |
| 19:00 | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures | Maggie Aderin-Pocock takes her audience beyond the Earth's solar system, deep into the Milky Way galaxy, and yet further out into the universe, where the chances of finding life out there somewhere seem greater than ever before. She is joined by British astronaut Tim Peake to demonstrate the challenges of launching the James Webb Space Telescope into space, and he recalls his own experiences of travelling into space 10 years ago and reveals the impact on his perspective about what might be out there beyond Earth | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
03:20 | Food Unwrapped | Jimmy Doherty and Briony May Williams embark on an epic journey through the Nordic region. Starting in the Viking fjords of west Norway, they take to the seas to uncover how cod farming could be part of the future. Travelling south through Sweden's ancient landscape, they pay a special visit to a certain furniture store and learn just what makes a meatball so Swedish. They finish their journey in Finland, home to the happiest people in the world apparently, to find out what kind of food is putting a smile on their faces |
| 08:55 | A Place in the Sun | Mel and Steve want to buy a holiday home in south Queensland, Australia that will become their permanent home once they retire. The property also has to suit their daughter Vikki, who has relocated to Oz and plans to move in. It's a big challenge for Ben Hillman as he sets out to find a property that gives Mel, Steve and Vikki everything they want from their wish-list, on their budget of £220,000 | |