| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-20) | |||
| RTE One
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00:40 | Swindlers | The stories of some of Ireland's most renowned con artists and white collar criminals, told by their victims, friends and colleagues they deceived, journalists that covered the cases and the law enforcers who brought them to justice. This edition looks at international con artist, bigamist and sweet-talking criminal Julia Holmes from Tyrone |
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| 01:40 | Meat Loaf: From Hell and to Connaught | Documentary about the larger-than-life US rock star's 1990 visit to Ireland, when he performed in some of the country's most unlikely venues | |
| RTE2
[102] |
00:45 | Daddy Issues | When hedonistic 24-year-old Gemma discovers she is pregnant after a one-night stand, she has no choice but to turn to her hapless father, Malcolm, for support. A sweet-but-lost man in a domestic crisis, he must learn to rebuild his relationship with his daughter, though they soon find living together will prove difficult. Sitcom, starring Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey |
| 01:15 | Women Under Hitler's Flag | German women may be perceived as passive witnesses to the horrific crimes committed by the Nazi regime. However, as this documentary reveals many were active participants that were as brutal and merciless as their better-known, male counterparts. The first of two episodes begins with Hitler's arrival in power in 1933 and goes back to the roots of the indoctrination of young German girls within the female branch of the Hitler Youth (BDM) | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
00:00 | Brain Doctors: Inside Neurosurgery | At Beaumont Hospital's neurosurgery department, surgeons race to save a man with brain fluid build-up. Plus, a patient awake surgery takes a risky turn and a woman fights to regain movement after a devastating diagnosis |
| 01:00 | The War of the Worlds | Amy is reunited with Ogilvy and they piece together the events of the invasion hoping to find the clue to the Martians' weakness. But in order to unlock the key to the human fightback, she must face traumatising memories. Coming round from his delerium in a butchery where he has taken shelter, George is lucid enough to realise he needs to save Amy and his unborn child and makes a desperate decision. Adaptation of HG Wells' sci-fi classic, starring Rafe Spall, Eleanor Tomlinson , Rupert Graves and Robert Carlyle | |
| TG4
[104] |
00:40 | Gilmore Girls | Emily offends Lorelai by offering her a loan to help repair the termite damage to her house, while Lane joins the cheerleading squad - even though she has always been scornful of it in the past. Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel star |
| 01:30 | Dáil Éireann | Coverage of today's proceedings in Dáil Éireann | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
23:55 | Below Deck Sailing Yacht | Captain Glenn wants to improve the guest experience by insisting that a steward goes on all excursions, and Daisy is frustrated when she finds out that she's a steward down |
| 00:50 | Genius Game | The eliminated players return to pledge their allegiance, giving their chosen player an advantage in the final game. The finalists face a best-of-three Death Match format that tests the most strategic and lateral thinkers and the first player to win two games will be the winner | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
00:00 | Litvinenko | Watched by the world, the Metropolitan Police follow the radioactive trail of Polonium across London, leading them to their main suspects, Lugovoy and Kovtun. Drama, based on real-life events, starring David Tennant |
| 01:00 | Grace | The detective and his team are called to the site of a fatal crash involving an articulated lorry, a car and a blue pick-up truck. An unexpected discovery found on the victim at the scene soon suggests there could be far more to this particular accident than meets the eye, sparking an unsettling chain of events that leads Grace and Branson on a game of cat and mouse through Brighton to save an innocent life before time runs out | |
| BBC One
[108] |
23:10 | Saving Private Ryan | In the aftermath of the Normandy landings, a group of American soldiers scours the battlefields of France in search of a missing infantryman, who has been given compassionate leave to return home because his brothers have been killed in the conflict. Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning Second World War drama, starring Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper and Vin Diesel. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Director. The film makers also took home a couple of Baftas for Best Sound and Best Special Effects |
| 01:50 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
00:05 | In the Footsteps of Killers | Emilia Fox and Professor David Wilson investigate the 1993 murder of 42-year-old Bulic Forsythe, a manager at Lambeth Council, who was savagely beaten in his own home in Clapham, London, before the property was set ablaze |
| 01:00 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | Gordon Ramsay gives his advice to Paul Bazzini, an award-winning chef from New York who now owns a restaurant in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Paul confesses he has lost his passion for food and is struggling to keep up with the business, a situation that seems evident to other members of staff, his wife and customers | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
00:05 | First Dates | Singletons include political activist Lettie, who is 23 and looking for her intellectual equal, but despite being clued-up on politics, she is clueless on love. Meanwhile, octogenarian Doreen is not ready to give up on love and wants a man to keep her on her toes. Her date is 86-year-old author James |
| 01:10 | Celebs Go Dating | Kerry Katona and her boyfriend Paolo return to the agency to talk about their first year together and their plans for the future. David and Anthony go to a painting workshop for their second date and Stephen and Claira fetch up at a dog cafe | |
| BBC Four
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00:00 | Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics | Documentary exploring the creative process of the screenwriter behind some of TV's most acclaimed adaptations of classic literature, from the 1995 version of Pride and Prejudice to the 2018 dramatisation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. He also discusses how to go about transforming sprawling, lengthy and detailed novels into primetime drama, turning one art form into another altogether different one. With contributions from authors Sarah Waters and Helen Fielding, actors Dominic West and Olivia Colman, and industry figures Jane Tranter and Sue Birtwhistle |
| 01:00 | From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature | Physicist Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. She reveals how life began in a place where hot meets cold, and how every living creature on Earth depends on temperature for its survival. She uncovers the extraordinary natural engineering that animals have evolved to keep their bodies at the right temperature and she witnesses the remarkable surgery that is using temperature to take the human body to the extremes | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
00:10 | Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain | Kevin goes behind the scenes at Chatsworth House, and visits Castell Coch, the Marquess of Bute's Victorian gothic fantasy, complete with painted monkeys and medieval extravagance. Kevin also takes a look at the Palace of Westminster, one of the nation's treasured icons, but now badly in need of repair |
| 01:15 | 24 Hours in A&E | Fifty-one-year-old Mark is brought in after coming off his bike and doctors are concerned he may have suffered life-changing damage to his spine, with wife Karen rushing to be by his side. Ten-year-old Aiden comes to paediatrics with his mum and her girlfriend Lorraine, after hurting his foot on the monkey bars at school | |