| What's on Now & Next (2026-01-19) | |||
| RTE2
[102] |
06:00 | EuroNews | European and international headlines live via satellite |
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| 07:50 | Shaun the Sheep | Shaun takes charge of the flock when the farmer and Bitzer go for a day out, but soon discovers the job is not as easy as he first thought | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
07:00 | Ireland AM | Magazine programme blending a mixture of lifestyle interviews and news content, with human interest stories, consumer affairs, health, politics, gardening, education, finance, food and fashion |
| 10:00 | This Morning | A mix of celebrity chat, lifestyle features, advice and competitions | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
07:00 | Impossible Engineering | Experts analyse the work of engineers including Sir Nigel Gresley, who engineered the world's fastest steam train in 1938 and Eric Laithwaite, whose linear motor made frictionless travel a possibility. These innovators influenced the engineering of the Shanghai Maglev, the fastest passenger train in operation on Earth, which broke numerous engineering boundaries in its construction. Held in place by a series of electromagnets, it levitates on an air gap of 10mm and is able to reach a top speed of 431kms per hour |
| 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 | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
07:20 | Cheers | Frasier and Lilith go on holiday, while Woody begins dating an elderly woman who finds him irresistible, but only as long as he dresses as celebrated author Mark Twain. American comedy, starring Woody Harrelson and Kelsey Grammer |
| 07:50 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Ray gives the eulogy at a family funeral, but his Aunt Alda spoils the solemnity of the event by rekindling a seven-year-old feud with his mother. American comedy, starring Ray Romano and Jean Stapleton | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
07:00 | Junior Bake Off | It's Pastry Day and in their last chance to win a place in Finals Week, the bakers create their own 'Dream Team Religieuse' |
| 08:00 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | The chef travels to Los Angeles to help La Frite, an outdated French restaurant that is failing to make any profits. His first step is to try to reconcile the feuding family members who run the business, and so devises a plan to bring them together by using secret filming | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:40 | Art of Persia | Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed takes viewers on a remarkable journey to places rarely seen as she travels through Iran to tell the story of its complex and fascinating people, culture and history. She begins by visiting places rarely seen by Western audiences to reveal how the Persian empire was born, the mysterious writing of its early people and how its powerful kings built a vast realm that became the envy of the ancient world |
| 19:00 | Wild China | The country's diverse wildlife, beginning by exploring how rural Chinese peasants in the south have developed a relationship with the region's animal inhabitants - including how water buffalo are used in agriculture, and tamed cormorants help their owners to fish | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
03:20 | Food Unwrapped | Kate Quilton learns about a potentially life-saving property of discarded shrimp shells and Matt Tebbutt investigates why people cannot seem to get enough of salted caramel. Plus, Jimmy Doherty explores the price differences between fresh and frozen pizzas in supermarkets |
| 08:55 | Food Unwrapped | Matt Tebbutt unbottles the mystery of wine sulphites and hangovers, Amanda Byram explores how peas could solve the plastic pollution problem, and Andi Oliver wonders how shop-bought grated cheese doesn't stick together | |