| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-08) | |||
| RTE One
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21:35 | President Connolly: How The Race Was Won | A documentary featuring unprecedented access to the 2025 presidential election, with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and fresh insight from figures inside and outside the campaign |
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| 22:35 | Hooked | Brian Pennie meets podcasters Calvin O'Brien and Terence Power to talk about the peer pressure around drugs that men can feel | |
| RTE2
[102] |
21:30 | Storyland: The Ick | When an image-obsessed dater contracts a mysterious condition, she must confront her own superficiality before the 'ick' consumes her - or someone else |
| 22:00 | Derry Girls | It's July 12 and the Quinns are rushing to get out of town before the Orange Parades start. They are packed and nearly ready to go when James, Michelle and Clare arrive as unexpected members of the escape party. To make matters worse, Aunt Sarah has recently started reading tarot cards and is predicting disaster for this trip - and it seems that for once, she might just be right. The only question is, when and how will things go wrong? Comedy, starring Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Dylan Llewellyn and Nicola Coughlan | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
21:00 | The Forsytes | Ten years after Jolyon Forsyte's marriage to high-society favourite Frances, he prepares to celebrate his daughter June's 18th birthday and entrance into society. Meanwhile, the question of the succession of family firm Forsyte & Co hangs heavily in the air with brothers - and rivals - Jolyon Sr and James battling for their own sons to take over as chairman. Period drama adapted from The Forsyte Saga novels by John Galsworthy, starring Millie Gibson and Joshua Orpin |
| 22:15 | My Boyfriend Made Me Do It | A woman who faced two years in a Dubai jail after her boyfriend ripped her off and the story of two teenagers who were sentenced to 43 years in a notorious Bangkok prison | |
| TG4
[104] |
21:30 | Little Miss Sunshine | A struggling motivational speaker and his long-suffering wife embark on a disastrous journey across America when their seven-year-old daughter Olive gets the chance to fulfil her dream of competing in a beauty pageant. Along for the ride are her foul-mouthed, drug-taking grandfather, a suicidal uncle, and her sullen teenage brother, who has taken a vow of silence. Comedy drama, with Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin and an Oscar-winning Alan Arkin |
| 23:23 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
21:00 | I Kissed a Boy | A cowboy-themed party appears to be the perfect opportunity for the men to let off some steam. But when thoughts turn to the final kiss-off, one couple find themselves in a stand-off as their future outside of the complex raises doubts. Dating show, hosted by Dannii Minogue |
| 22:00 | The Graham Norton Show | Jodie Foster discusses her role in the latest season of TV drama True Detective: Night Country, Oscar-winner Olivia Colman talks about her new mystery comedy Wicked Little Letters, while US comedy great Wanda Sykes reflects on her Netflix special I'm an Entertainer. Plus, doyenne of daytime TV Lorraine Kelly discusses her debut novel The Island Swimmer and Austin Butler and Josh Brolin discuss new sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two. Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man deliver a world exclusive performance of their new single Lovers in a Past Life | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
21:00 | Poldark | Ross is struggling to keep the smelting company afloat - not helped by George's determination to crush it. Not only is his enemy outbidding him for vital copper at every turn, but he is also looking for ways of getting to his secret shareholders. And when Francis falls out with his cousin over Verity's romance with Captain Blamey, it seems that George has finally found the ally he needs. Meanwhile, Mark returns home early to find Keren isn't there - and when he finally catches up with her, he gets the shock of his life |
| 22:15 | Coronation Street | As Maggie celebrates a milestone birthday, a glimpse of her earlier life reveals some complicated family history, and indicates that Eva would be well advised not to underestimate her nemesis | |
| BBC One
[108] |
21:00 | Celebrity MasterChef | The contestants head back to medieval times in the semi-finals, preparing a banquet for 80 guests at Coombe Abbey, a former 12th-century monastery in rural Warwickshire. On their return to the MasterChef kitchen, they are challenged to impress the judges with a pie of their choice, before two are chosen to leave the contest |
| 22:00 | BBC News at Ten | A round-up of today's headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
21:00 | 24 Hours in Police Custody: A Family Vendetta | Part one of two. Documentary series that captures real-life drama at its most intense, following the work of Bedfordshire Police around the clock as they investigate major crimes |
| 22:00 | Stand Up to Cancer | Dermot Murnaghan launches the nightly update for Stand Up to Cancer 2025's week of fundraising action. Expect headline-grabbing celebrity stunts, powerful stories already grabbing the headlines and a look at what's still to come | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
21:00 | Gogglebox | The armchair critics share their opinions on Wild Isles, Rise and Fall, Challenge Anneka, Race Across the World, The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer, This Morning and BBC News bulletins. From March 2023 |
| 22:00 | Dating Naked UK | Hopeful singletons shed their inhibitions at a private villa in Colombia in the hope of finding their soulmate. Reality dating show hosted by Rylan Clark | |
| BBC Four
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21:00 | Leonardo | Alan Yentob tells the story of how Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa became the most famous painting in the world. Admired by six million tourists every year, surrounded by bodyguards and encased in a humidified, air-conditioned box protected by bullet-proof glass, the enigmatic masterpiece has been stolen, vandalised and exploited over the centuries. With the help of leading scholars and original research, the subject of the portrait is finally revealed - along with the reason behind her inscrutable smile |
| 22:00 | Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time | Professor Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Cambridgeshire Fens that burned to the ground and was preserved in peat. Archaeologists also investigate the cause of the fire. Was it just a terrible accident, or did the villagers' wealth provoke an attack? | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
21:00 | Supercruising: Life at Sea | Documentary following life on the Holland America Line's luxury cruise ships MS Rotterdam and MS Nieuw Statendam as they take passengers on trips around the world. In this opening episode, security officer Rich Fontaine oversees nearly 3,000 passengers passing through his stringent security checks prior to exploring North Africa and Europe. Across in Florida, the sister ship is prepared to set sail around the Americas. First stop is a private island in the Bahamas, complete with a meticulously planned beach barbecue for thousands |
| 22:00 | Night Coppers | Annie and Chris rush to the aid of a lone officer who has been violently attacked in the centre of town. Self-confessed geek Joe has his hands full with a custody regular who is determined to leave his mark on the officers and their car and Zoe and Jodie deal with a disoriented drunk who has tried to smash his way into a stranger's house | |