| What's on Now & Next (2026-01-11) | |||
| RTE One
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14:40 | The Guns of Navarone | An elite group of Allied soldiers is dispatched to sabotage vital German artillery emplacements, despite the seemingly insurmountable odds and the suspicion there is a traitor in their midst. Oscar-winning Second World War adventure, based on Alistair MacLean's novel, starring Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle and Irene Papas |
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| 17:40 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines | |
| RTE2
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16:00 | Wild France | Part two of two. The unique ecosystem of the Marais Poitevin, where seawater and freshwater come together. Dragonfly larvae gestate in the region's waters, and swim to the surface and fly away once their development is over |
| 17:00 | Big Little Journeys | In Taiwan, a Formosan pangolin travels through a land of giants in a protected forest and must prove himself worthy of a mate. In Brazil's Atlantic forest, golden-headed lion tamarins travel to the edge of their world and find a strange land of plenty. Will the family find a new home where they can live peacefully alongside humans? | |
| Virgin Media One
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16:00 | The Masked Singer | The musical guessing game continues with a Sports Day special, as Joel Dommett welcomes five of the incognito celebrities back to the stage. Former cricketer Freddie Flintoff joins regular panellists Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Maya Jama and Mo Gilligan to try to guess who they are before the identity of one of the famous faces is revealed |
| 17:30 | News at 5.30 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team | |
| TG4
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15:15 | GAA Beo | Live coverage of the All-Ireland Intermediate Football Final in the AIB Club Championship. Presented by Micheál Ó Domhnaill |
| 17:20 | Laochra Gael | The career of Gaelic footballer Jack O'Shea, including his seven All-Ireland wins, his captaincy of the Ireland compromise rules team and his time as manager of Mayo. With contributions from Brian Mullens, Mick O'Dwyer, Mick O'Connell and Séamus Mac Gearailt | |
| Virgin Media Two
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16:00 | Dress to Impress | Three singletons try to win the affections of Dom, with the buyer of the clothing picked out by the former goth going on a date with him |
| 17:00 | Think Tank | Bill Turnbull hosts as three more contestants compete to win a cash prize, aided or hindered by the answers of the regular cast of contributors known as the Think Tank | |
| Virgin Media Three
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16:40 | Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans | The comedian begins another tour of Zambia, Namibia and South Africa helping to hand-rear orphaned animals and prepare them for release back into their natural habitats. His first stop is the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, where he meets an eight-month-old rhino which lost its mother when she was killed by poachers. Next, he teaches a young aardvark how to hunt for termites, before providing some much-needed company for a lion cub which was raised as a pet until she got too big to handle |
| 17:45 | How to Lose Weight Well | Lauren and Robyn from Watford have 12 days to slim down before a 30th birthday party, with one eating half a grapefruit before each calorie-controlled meal and the other going on the apple cider vinegar diet. Two mums from north London want to lose weight for a friend's daughter's bat mitzvah in six weeks' time, so Emma goes on a regimen to balance her gut bacteria, while Elisa takes on the blood-focused `Eat Right for Your Type" diet, and Carl and Paul in Wigan go on raw and fast food diets. Xand also sheds light on some of the latest dieting trends and diet obsessions, including DIY enemas | |
| BBC One
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16:35 | Frozen Planet II | Highlights from the series, journeying from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Polar bears meet on the frozen Arctic Ocean, while pack ice in Greenland provides a nursery for baby harp seals. Wolves hunts for bison, a pallas cat struggles to hunt in heavy snow, and golden eagles take on prey much larger than themselves. Weddell seals haul themselves onto the Antarctic ice, while a pod of killer whales develops a strategy for hunting them |
| 17:35 | BBC News | A round-up of the latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
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16:45 | 2025: The Year from Space | In 2025, satellites captured wildfires devastating the hills of Hollywood, battlefronts being redrawn in Ukraine, and 600 million people gathering for a sacred festival on the River Ganges. From space, images revealed the scale of the millions displaced in Gaza, spy satellites tracked the clandestine movements of arms from North Korea to Russia, and scientists have counted wildebeest and walrus to keep tabs on the health of the planet. News archive, witness testimony, user-generated material and expert analysis supplement the unseen story of 2025, as illustrated by satellites above |
| 18:15 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather | |
| E4
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16:25 | The Simpsons | Marge is convinced Bart is lying when he denies any responsibility for a bulldozer crash, so she doggedly follows her mischief-making son's every step in the hope he will eventually crumble and confess. Meanwhile, it's a case of out with the old and in with the new when Homer gives Santa's Little Helper the cold shoulder in favour of Flanders' new pooch |
| 16:50 | The Simpsons | A trip down memory lane is on the cards when Homer finds an old film strip, leading to family flashbacks telling the story of Bart and Lisa's troublesome toddler years - and how they got into their first fight | |
| BBC Four
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02:40 | Timeshift | Mankind's fascination with the frozen continent of Antarctica, from the early 20th-century race to be the first to reach the South Pole to modern scientific research into the region's geological properties. The programme reveals the story behind the photographs taken by Herbert Ponting on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1912 polar expedition, explores the South Pole's role in famous literature by HP Lovecraft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and examines the continent's complicated political history. With contributions by Ranulph Fiennes, Sara Wheeler and Francis Spufford |
| 19:00 | Live Snooker: The Masters | Mark Selby v Xiao Guodong. Coverage of the second first-round match from Alexandra Palace in London, played over the best of 11 frames. Selby has won this title on three occasions, but the last of those triumphs came in 2013 and he was eliminated by Mark Allen in the quarter-finals last year. Xiao is making his Masters debut and his two ranking tournament victories were back-to-back victories in the 2024 and 2025 Wuhan Opens. Seema Jaswal presents, with commentary and analysis from Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, John Parrott and John Virgo | |
| More4
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16:10 | George Clarke's Remarkable Renovations | George meets young couple Abi and Morveth, who have sunk their life savings into a disused electrical substation tower in Cornwall. Built on a hilltop in 1910, it was nothing more than a shell, having been left abandoned and exposed to the elements for 70 years. But after two and a half years, two extensions, an extra floor and hundreds of hours of work, the result is a unique home for the newlyweds |
| 17:10 | Four in a Bed | Married couple Roy and Brian kick this competition off at the Plough Inn in Ripple in Kent. They're hoping their breakfast, which is 'somewhere between Little Chef and The Ritz', will have them onto a winner. However, their chances take an immediate dent when guests Simone and Anke find an old bathmat. Can a wet and wild afternoon of seal spotting on the River Stour help the hosts turn things around? | |