| What's on Now & Next (2026-04-19) | |||
| RTE One
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22:30 | Leonard and Hungry Paul | Leonard gets positive feedback on his new children's book proposal. Encouraged, he asks Shelley to go on another date, which doesn't go to plan. Meanwhile, Hungry Paul attends an unusual job interview, hoping to become the new spokesperson for the National Mime Association. Comedy, narrated by Julia Roberts and starring Alex Lawther and Laurie Kynaston |
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| 23:05 | The Week in Politics | Reflections on the political week, including contributions from journalists, senators and TDs. Hosted by Áine Lawlor | |
| RTE2
[102] |
21:30 | The Sunday Game | Jacqui Hurley is joined by Anthony Daly, Ciaran Whelan, Patrick Horgan and Peter Canavan for highlights and analysis of the weekend's Championship action. Among the contests taking place were Clare v Waterford at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosó and Tipperary v Cork at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, both in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| 23:05 | The Responder | Desperate to get a day job, Chris agrees to help Franny find someone he's looking for. Drama, starring Martin Freeman | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
22:00 | Danny Dyer: How to Be a Man | Danny looks at what the future for men might look like. He meets stay-at-home dads in Newcastle, a sex therapist in Brighton, and goes alternative shopping with young DJ Woody Cook. He meets with psychologists at Sunderland University to try to understand the male mental health crisis, before observing a very different approach to therapy for men. Danny's journey ends with an emotional day at a Jungian male retreat, where like-minded men are trying to figure out how men can evolve their masculinity, rather than abandon it, in the search for a happy future for men |
| 23:00 | Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening | Robbie Savage and his son Charlie, Helen Flanagan and her mum Julia, and Tayce and her dad Qariem Radix compete in the comedy game show. The parents choose which questions their children will answer and gamble on how many they can get right. If the contestants meet expectations they will get the money, but fall short and the cash is split between the other teams | |
| TG4
[104] |
22:30 | Heartlands | Sharon Shannon and her niece Caoilinn are coming to the end of their journey on the River Shannon, but before they part ways the girls enjoy some paddleboarding at Derg Isle and visit the historical site of Holy Island. They also meet and perform with musical guests Gerry O'Connor, Susan O'Neill and Aindrias de Staic |
| 23:02 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
22:00 | The Claudia Winkleman Show | Claudia is joined by actor Phil Dunster, who rose to fame in hit show Ted Lasso, to talk about his new comedy Rooster. Actress Cush Jumbo chats about the second season of crime thriller Criminal Record, and comedian Josh Widdicombe discusses his podcast The Museum of Pop Culture, while Dan Levy, creator, writer and star of the multi-award winning show Schitt's Creek, discusses the series |
| 23:00 | The Graham Norton Show | The host is joined by double Oscar nominee Keira Knightley, now turned children's author with I Love You Just the Same. Plus, female education activist Malala Yousafzai talks about her new memoir Finding My Way, Aimee Lou Wood reflects on her role in BBC comedy series Daddy Issues and comedian Chris McCausland recounts his journey from comic to Strictly winner in Keep Laughing.There's music from Mumford & Sons with Hozier, who perform their new single Rubber Band Man | |
| Virgin Media Three
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22:15 | Anne | A new panel is created to re-examine Hillsborough, and Anne and the other families hope this means they will finally get the truth after 23 years of searching. Conclusion of the fact-based drama, starring Maxine Peake |
| 23:20 | Coronation Street | Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street | |
| BBC One
[108] |
22:30 | Match of the Day | Highlights of the latest Premier League matches, including Manchester City v Arsenal at Etihad Stadium and Everton v Liverpool at Hill Dickinson Stadium. The match between City and the Gunners was likely to have a major bearing on the title race, with the hosts looking to close the gap on the long-time leaders. Everton hosted their Merseyside rivals for the first time in their new stadium and a victory would have enhanced their chances of finishing above their neighbours in the table. Plus, Aston Villa v Sunderland and Nottingham Forest v Burnley |
| 23:45 | The Claudia Winkleman Show | Claudia is joined by actor Phil Dunster, who rose to fame in hit show Ted Lasso, to talk about his new comedy Rooster. Actress Cush Jumbo chats about the second season of crime thriller Criminal Record, and comedian Josh Widdicombe discusses his podcast The Museum of Pop Culture, while Dan Levy, creator, writer and star of the multi-award winning show Schitt's Creek, discusses the series | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
22:00 | Gogglebox | The armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week, with cameras capturing their instant reactions |
| 23:00 | First Dates | A 50-year-old hairstylist meets a well-travelled nutritionist, a conspiracy theorist is matched with a science teacher and an opera singer serenades his date. A high-energy spin instructor meets a passionate PE teacher. Will sparks fly, or does fate have other plans? | |
| E4
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21:00 | Rocketman | Elton John enters an addiction rehabilitation session, and recounts his life in a flashback, covering his days as young Reginald Dwight growing up in 1950s Britain. He takes piano lessons, makes his way into the Royal Academy of Music, and hones his craft in local pubs before becoming one of the world's biggest pop stars. Golden Globe-winning biopic, starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell and Richard Madden |
| 23:25 | 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 | |
| BBC Four
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22:00 | Northern Soul at the Proms | Andi Oliver presents a 2023 concert from the Royal Albert Hall in which Edwin Outwater conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in a celebration of Northern Soul club culture, which took English towns across the industrial north and the Midlands by storm in the 1960s and 1970s. Curated by Stuart Maconie and Joe Duddell, the show features singers Vula Malinga, Frida Touray, Natalie Palmer, Brendan Reilly Nick Shirm and Darrell Smith. Recorded on July 15 |
| 23:30 | The Riviera: A History in Pictures | Part one of two. Actor Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who lived and painted on France's Cote d'Azur, renowned for its sunny climate. The first edition focuses on the relationship between modern art and the location's development as an international tourist haven. Cezanne, Monet and Renoir were captivated by the light and colour of the landscape in the 19th century and their resultant work advertised the region's beauty. Meanwhile, the area's vivid hues inspired Henri Matisse to adopt a new palette that set modern art on the route to abstraction | |
| More4
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22:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | The documentary detailing the daily work of staff at St George's Hospital in south-west London continues, this time highlighting the stories of patients who received support from loved ones when life became tough. Gerald, a 66-year-old lifeguard and polo club official is rushed into A&E, having sustained a serious head wound after a 10-foot fall. The friends and family of 55-year-old Beverly gather at the hospital when she is admitted with a broken leg after being hit by a car near her home, and Paul, a 39-year-old father-of-three, arrives in resus with a nasty cut to his right arm. Paul complains that he is unable to move his fingers, leading staff to believe be may have significant tendon or nerve damage that could leave him permanently unable to use his hand |
| 23:05 | 24 Hours in A&E | The 100th episode of the series focuses on the love between patients and their nearest and dearest. Sir John Cockburn, who's 89, arrives at St George's with acute abdominal pain and medics think it could be an abdominal aortic aneurysm and he faces emergency surgery. Meanwhile, 68-year-old Mick and his wife Linda have been involved in a head-on car crash. Mick took the brunt of the impact and has multiple injuries from top to toe that could be life-changing. The couple fell in love after leaving previous relationships, making a happy life together in their mobile home. And 10-year-old Niall is brought to A&E after falling 8ft from a tree on a family picnic. He's broken his arm so badly it looks like a banana, and orthopaedic doctors need to work out how to get it back in place | |