| What's on Now & Next (2026-08-22) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
12:20 | The Repair Shop | Furniture experts, horologists, metal workers, ceramicists and upholsterers try to restore family heirlooms and treasured possessions to their former glory |
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| 13:15 | RTÉ News: One O'Clock and Weather | National and international news | |
| RTE2
[102] |
12:05 | One Euro, One Love | Liara goes to Italy and impulsively buys the villa where her parents met. However, she soon learns she is in way over her head, and must ask a lawyer-turned-handyman to help her renovate. Romantic drama, starring Eloise Mumford and Jonathan Dylan King |
| 13:45 | The Great British Sewing Bee | The remaining sewers face three technically taxing challenges from the world of lingerie in the hope of securing a place in the quarter-final. In the pattern challenge, they make a pyjama blouse with intricate piping covering the cuffs and front of the garment, before they take on shapewear and lace in the transformation challenge, using their unique structure and form to create new outfits. In the made-to-measure challenge, the sewers make bustier dresses for their models | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
12:00 | John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen | John Torode and Lisa Faulkner demonstrate dishes for a festive season table menu, including smoked salmon and seeded soda bread, chicken vol au vent, a Christmas stuffing cauliflower, and gravy carrots. Plus, a festive chocolate cake that is a twist on a Black Forest gateau |
| 13:15 | Live Racing | Francesca Cumani and Ed Chamberlin present coverage of the fourth and final day of the Ebor Meeting from York, including feature race the Skybet Ebor. Analysis comes from Jason Weaver, Adele Mulrennan and Ruby Walsh, with reporting by Matt Chapman, Oli Bell and Mick Fitzgerald, and commentary from Richard Hoiles | |
| TG4
[104] |
12:15 | Domhan an Dúlra | Part one of two. The Pacific Ocean covers one third of the planet. The wildest and most bizarre creatures have evolved to thrive here, often surviving nowhere else on the planet |
| 13:10 | AFL Aussie Rules na mBan | Full deferred coverage of a match from round two of the AFLW season | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
12:40 | Who's Doing the Dishes? | One-time Grange Hill star Lee MacDonald puts on a dinner party for four strangers, who have to work out the identity of their mystery celebrity host with the help of a few cryptic clues - otherwise they will be doing the washing up. Hosted by Brian McFadden |
| 13:40 | Winning Combination | Omid Djalili hosts the quiz in which nine contestants are each assigned a number between one and nine, with the four that make the final trying to win the jackpot defined by those numbers. Each player's number is also the total of questions they must answer correctly in the final game against the clock | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
13:00 | Emmerdale | Joe has a surprise for everyone regarding his stag night, while Billy is terrified at what Dawn might be capable of as paranoia grips them both |
| 13:30 | Emmerdale | Kev makes a confession that leaves Billy stunned and later he smashes Caleb's laptop, destroying any evidence of his crimes | |
| BBC One
[108] |
13:00 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines |
| 13:10 | Weather | The latest forecast | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
12:50 | The Simpsons | Homer reminisces about how he gave up his dreams of being a musician so that Marge could go to Springfield University. After she became attracted to one of her professors, Homer started channelling his emotions into music and formed America's first grunge band, Sadgasm |
| 13:20 | Four in a Bed | The week begins at the Dog Inn in Longridge, Lancashire, where married couple Stu and Ali hope to impress their guests with a trip to a farm to see some baby lambs. However, an unwelcome discovery during breakfast could throw a spanner in the works | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
12:30 | Mr Popper's Penguins | A workaholic businessman always puts his job before his family until he receives an unexpected inheritance from his explorer father - six penguins. He abandons his plan to offload the birds to a zoo when he finds his kids love them, and sets about turning his New York apartment into a suitable habitat. Family comedy, starring Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino and Angela Lansbury |
| 14:25 | The Simpsons | Lisa takes up ice hockey and proves so good at the game that she completely transforms her ailing team's fortunes. Dismayed at being outshone by a girl, Bart tries to compensate by becoming a teacher's pet - only to be beaten up by bullies | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:40 | Deep, Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil | Gardening expert Chris Beardshaw explores where soil comes from, and what it is made of. It is an often misunderstood substance, with people sometimes dismissing it as dirt, so he reveals it as it has never been seen before using specialist microphotography, and highlights what makes it so essential to life. Research shows that humans are pushing this precious resource to its limit, and scientists are battling to find ways of preserving it for the future |
| 19:00 | Planet Earth Live | Cameras follow elephant calf Maya and mother Zadie as they face numerous threats and challenges in Kenya's Samburu National Reserve. In order to survive, the two must reunite with their herd to have the best chance of avoiding predators and poachers. Julia Bradbury narrates | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
12:35 | A Place in the Sun | Jean Johansson helps couple Vicky and Carl, who always planned to move to Spain for their retirement, to find the perfect holiday home on the southern Costa Blanca |
| 13:40 | A Place in the Sun | Craig Rowe helps photographer and videographer Geoff to find a holiday home on the Caribbean island of Barbados, with Geoff's friend Alan on board to size up potential properties | |