| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-05) | |||
| RTE One
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20:00 | Reeling in the Years | News and music from 1975, the year that saw the IRA kidnap industrialist Tiede Herrema, leading to an armed siege at a house in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, before the Dutchman's eventual release. Other events included the death of Eamon de Valera and the election of Margaret Thatcher as the leader of Britain's Conservative Party. Featuring music by Queen, Abba, and KC and the Sunshine Band |
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| 20:30 | Home Grown | A look at Ireland's Plant Health strategy, turning food waste into green gold at Dromoland Castlem and chasing gold at the Singapore Garden Festival | |
| RTE2
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20:10 | Scotland's Home of the Year | Judges Anna Campbell-Jones, Banjo Beale and Michael Angus head to the Highlands and Islands, where they must choose between a Finnish log house in Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis, and two properties in Skye - a self-build orientated to maximise the solar gain and an historic croft house |
| 20:45 | Scotland's Home of the Year | Judges Anna Campbell Jones, Banjo Beale and Michael Angus visit three would-be finalists from the West. The properties featured are an Edwardian renovation in Glasgow's West End which was originally three separate townhouses, a 1950s extended property in Kirkintilloch with colourful interiors, and a converted Victorian villa in Greenock | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
20:00 | Emmerdale | The court case continues with Bear giving his testimony, while Paddy is apprehensive |
| 20:30 | Coronation Street | Lisa's questioning leads to a public arrest, David makes a difficult confession to Shona, Melanie demands to whisk Will away, and Kit delivers the forensic results on the blood found at Number 8 | |
| TG4
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20:00 | 7 Lá | Politics and the economy, regional, national and international affairs. Live debate on the major issues of the day with a panel of analysts, experts and political pundits |
| 20:30 | Ros na Rún | Although Ferdia got exposed publicly, his main concern is Noreen and John Joe's relationship. Can he manage to convince Conall that John Joe hasn't changed? Penny is worried about losing followers since she has been out sick | |
| Virgin Media Two
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20:00 | Cooking with the Stars | Emma Willis and Tom Allen host as Natalie Cassidy, Jack Osbourne, Jordan North, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Hugh Dennis and Kelly Hoppen take on one another in the show's first-ever six-way cooking battle. The contestants have to deliver a British classic using only air fryers in just 30 minutes, with the bottom two having to cook more speedy dishes in a bid to secure a place in the quarter-final |
| 21:00 | Beat the Chasers | Bradley Walsh hosts as Neil Delamere, Michelle Ackerley, Charlie Stayt, Danny Sebastian and Rick Edwards take on quiz experts Mark Labbett, Anne Hegerty, Shaun Wallace, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan and Darragh Ennis, hoping to win big money for their chosen charities | |
| Virgin Media Three
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19:55 | Heartbeat | Kate meets a couple trying to raise the money to send their eight-year-old son to a Swiss sanatorium to cure his TB, Greengrass is persuaded to play Santa, and a spate of Christmas tree thefts hits Aidensfield. Sixties police drama, starring Nick Berry and Niamh Cusack |
| 21:00 | Vera | The detective reopens an unsolved case when a skeleton is discovered beneath the burned-out remains of a Whitley Bay nightclub. She suspects the bones belong to a notorious criminal who was once a friend of her father and has been missing for more than 20 years. When another murder occurs nearby, she investigates the possibility that a local crime family may be involved with both deaths, while the original owners of the club also have secrets to hide. Brenda Blethyn stars in an adaptation of Ann Cleeves' 2017 Vera Stanhope novel The Seagull | |
| BBC One
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20:00 | Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr | The designers pair up to create uplifting spaces for a homelessness charity in London, tackling an arts and crafts room, a group workshop room, a wellness area and an employment suite. The charity's ambassador, Dara Ó Briain, joins Alan to check in on the designers, before Michelle Ogundehin and guest judge Sophie Robinson critique the spaces |
| 21:00 | MasterChef | Six more home cooks put themselves in the culinary spotlight in the second heat of the week, ready to show judges Anna Haugh and Grace Dent that they have what it takes. The Signature Dish round sees global influences in abundance, with Polish, Mexican and Brazilian flavours making for an exciting tasting, while Grace and Anna set a daunting Classic Recipe test, which requires the cooks to follow a recipe for an egg yolk and ricotta-filled raviolo, served with a sage and mushroom burnt butter | |
| Channel 4
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20:00 | Jamie's Ultimate BBQ | Jamie Oliver presents tips on improving people's grilling skills. He starts with a juicy sirloin steak cooked three ways, accompanied by chargrilled salad, with smoky flavours and textures only a barbecue can deliver. He also cooks up a chicken Caesar salad with charred vegetable and bacon, turns Italian-inspired lamb chops into sizzling lamb lollipops, and has a few tips for grilling a whole fish |
| 21:00 | Virgin Island | The nudity phase begins, giving the group members a chance to confront body insecurities and become more familiar with their anatomy. Katie faces painful memories of bullying, Bertie is keen to have his first kiss and Tegan takes a major step towards intimacy with Risdon, experiencing connection through touch like never before | |
| E4
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19:30 | Married at First Sight Australia | In the ultimate 'here's what you could've won', the participants meet their alternate matches, and it turns out to be pretty interesting |
| 21:00 | Celebs Go Dating | Gabby Allen tries to overcome her initial reservations as she sets out on her first date. Professor Green and Coleen Nolan have heartfelt moments with the agents. And will Lucinda Light's date with golfer Neil be a hole in one? | |
| BBC Four
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20:00 | Keeping Up Appearances | Hyacinth is thrown into dismay when her beloved father goes to the register office to be married, and things go from bad to worse when her neighbour Emmett comes face to face with her uncouth relatives, Daisy, Onslow and Rose |
| 20:30 | Sorry! | Timothy escapes his mother's attentions for the first time in his life, but becomes unaccountably jealous when cousin Brinsley wins her favour. Ronnie Corbett stars | |
| More4
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19:55 | Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It | Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer meet a couple Jamie Lea and Curtis in Albrighton in Shropshire who are unsure whether they should renovate their current home or sell up and move into another. Jamie Lea wants to settle down and enjoy family life in their three-bed terrace, but Curtis wants a bigger house with a better garden in the countryside for their growing family |
| 21:00 | Bill Bailey's Australian Adventure | In Perth, Bill delves into a culturally rich West Australian tapestry - jamming with a heavy metal prog rock band, who won the hearts and minds of Eurovision fans, and exploring the tunnels of a convicts' gaol. In the renowned Margaret River region, he mixes gnomes, truffles and a special Bill Bailey Shiraz into a comedic cocktail of mischief | |