| What's on Now & Next (2026-07-29) | |||
| RTE One
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20:30 | Donal's Festival Kitchen | Donal Skehan celebrates and explores the festival of Vaisakhi. He is joined by chef Rajan Singh Chandri from Tadka House, who shares his recipe for a palak paneer - spinach and paneer curry. Master of Indian sweets Jarnail Singh makes a crispy, sugar-dipped traditional treat - jalebi. Donal's guests are Ravinder Singh Oberoi, Ireland's first Sikh member of the Garda Reserve and Gurpreet Channa Hayes, who share their Vaisakhi traditions and the significance of the festival |
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| 21:00 | RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock and Weather | The latest national and international news | |
| RTE2
[102] |
20:00 | Highclere: Behind Closed Doors | The castle marks the release of the second Downton Abbey film with an interview on the Lorraine breakfast show and a trip to London's Leicester Square for the premiere |
| 21:00 | In Flight | Jo rushes to Sofia when Sonny is stabbed in prison. While keeping vigil at his bedside, she gets caught up in a second attempt on Sonny's life and struggles to accept Cormac's claims of non-involvement. Having enlisted the help of his former police partner, Shana, Dom is told that the Met have zero intel on Cormac. Dom deduces that he must be a small-time bully with no real connections, but then witnesses Cormac murdering a man on the street. Meanwhile, Jo returns home to a surprise visitor who delivers some shocking news. Thriller, starring Katherine Kelly, Stuart Martin and Ashley Thomas | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
20:30 | Coronation Street | A family celebration for Ross's birthday proves too much for Cassie to bear, Idris is furious with Adam for taking Abi's side, Jodie steps in to protect Lily, and Asha has a date with Sienna |
| 21:00 | Noel Edmonds' Kiwi Adventure | A bout of bad weather is putting increasing pressure on the viability of Noel and Liz's River Haven business as numbers are down due to the rain, and their boutique vineyard is in danger of severe frost damage. As the weather improves, Noel is determined to turn things round. Could raft tours and New Zealand's first energy garden help their business survive? | |
| TG4
[104] |
20:30 | Réabhlóid ar Chúl an Tí | How some of Ireland's suburban neighbourhoods change by adding pockets of native plants and a close look at the individual elements of Mary Reynolds' philosophy in practice |
| 21:00 | Cheers | Sam and Diane go to dinner with Frasier and his new live-in girlfriend Lilith, but the evening proves far from successful. Comedy, starring Ted Danson and Bebe Neuwirth | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
20:00 | Storage Hoarders | Aggie MacKenzie helps a man whose mansion is full owing to his passion for collecting, and encounters another who hoards spare items, in case he needs them in the future |
| 21:00 | 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 | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
19:55 | Heartbeat | Nick, Jo and Katie prepare to leave Aidensfield, while mysterious bumps in the night make Greengrass wonder if his house is haunted. Rural police drama, starring Nick Berry |
| 21:00 | The Cuckoo | Jessica and Nick and their 14-year-old daughter Alice relocate to the countryside, hoping to leave financial struggles and family conflicts behind. The couple decide to take in artist Sian as a lodger to ease their money worries, but Nick begins to have his suspicions about her motives. Psychological thriller, starring Jill Halfpenny, Lee Ingleby and Claire Goose | |
| BBC One
[108] |
20:00 | The Repair Shop | Luthier Julyan Wallis works on a damaged mandriola - a 12-string variation of the mandolin - that once belonged to folk musician Vin Garbutt. Weaver Sarah Hatton restores two child-size rattan chairs from Tanzania, Geoff Harvey restores a retro US-style neon pinball machine and master hatter Jayesh Vaghela is presented with a cap worn by a pilot who clocked up thousands of miles at the vanguard of domestic aviation, including 11 years as the captain of a Boeing 747 |
| 21:00 | Murder 24/7 | The fatal stabbing of Cheryl McKenna in Worcestershire in 2024 - reported to the police by her ex-partner Chris Hemming, who admitted in the call that he was the one responsible. Detectives had to investigate further to determine exactly what had happened and why, as this would be critical to the charge he would face and, ultimately, the sentence he would receive | |
| Channel 4
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20:00 | Extraordinary Extensions | Tinie Tempah follows British homeowners as they realise their dreams by embarking on ambitious home extensions. Here he joins a couple of art deco obsessives as they try to transform their typical west London terraced home into a Great Gatsby-inspired 1920s palace. And on the Norfolk Broads, he meets a family risking the picture-perfect look of their thatched cottage by adding an experimental eco-extension inspired by their love of sailing |
| 21:00 | The Undeclared War | Barbara tracks down Nicky, but her erratic behaviour worries Danny. The Chinese malware continues to cause havoc in British government departments. Thriller, starring Simon Pegg, Siân Brooke and Jason Tobin | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
20:00 | Below Deck Down Under | Harry makes a move on Brianna but just as sparks start to fly, he picks up an injury. Meanwhile, Anthony's so sick of Tzarina that he considers his future on the boat |
| 21:00 | Gogglebox | The armchair critics share their opinions on shows being aired during September 2022, with critiques of The Masked Dancer, Married at First Sight UK, Nadiya's Everyday Baking, Bad Sisters, This Is MY House, Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory and ITV News | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
20:00 | The Treasures of Ancient Rome | Alastair Sooke explores the artistic achievements of the Romans, tracing their progression from thieves and copycats to pioneers of the use of unflinching realism. Portraits from the Republic reveal how they captured lifelike images and immortalised figures such as Julius Caesar and Cicero using marble, bronze and paint. Alastair also looks at how Rome's first emperor, Augustus, used art as a tool to forge his dominion |
| 21:00 | Caligula with Mary Beard | Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus - better known as Caligula - was said to have made his horse a consul, proclaimed himself a living God and indulged in scandalous orgies. In this documentary, classical scholar Mary Beard attempts to peel away some of the myths surrounding him, sifting through surviving evidence to paint a portrait of the real Caligula | |
| More4
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19:55 | Grand Designs | Kevin McCloud follows the progress of Stephen Yeoman and Anita Findlay, who want to build a cutting-edge, post-industrial house covered in rusty metal. However, their prominent riverside plot in the traditional and architecturally conservative area of South Downs means everyone will be watching. The project proves to be a real rollercoaster when the fitting of the rusty steel cladding goes wrong, cash flow problems threaten to bring work to a halt, and the couple announce that a baby is on the way |
| 21:00 | My Floating Home | Mark Evans meets Nigel and Tina Powell and their dog Stich, who are planning to live full time on a narrowboat. Stich needs a quiet engine. To keep him calm, the couple have commissioned a fully electric narrowboat. They've also requested a bespoke heart-shaped window at the bow of the boat. Can the boat maker deliver everything,within Nigel and Tina's £230,000 budget? | |