| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-20) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
15:00 | EastEnders | Vicki and Grant stage an intervention. Mark grows desperate. Josh makes Oscar jealous |
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| 15:30 | Today | Daily magazine show featuring entertainment and celebrity news, consumer advice, and Ireland's biggest giveaways. Presented by Dáithí Ó Sé and Maura Derrane | |
| RTE2
[102] |
14:50 | Life with Boys | Sam is publicly humiliated, so Allie agrees to pretend to go out with him so he can rebuild his reputation |
| 15:15 | Storybud | Deirdre O'Kane tells us that writing what you know proved more difficult than you'd imagine for Lisa McGee | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
15:00 | Lorraine | Early morning chat show presented by Lorraine Kelly, with celebrity interviews, entertainment news, cooking tips, fashion features and musical guests. |
| 15:30 | Loose Women | Another helping of topical studio discussion from a female perspective, featuring celebrity interviews | |
| TG4
[104] |
14:55 | Slé Anois go Cúramach | Maynooth Post Primary School take on De La Salle College Dundalk in the Irish language teen quiz show hosted by Síomha Ní Ruairc |
| 15:25 | Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands | Paul Murton crosses the great natural harbour of Scapa Flow to the island of Flotta, before heading round the main Island of Orkney to Stronsay and on to the stunning beaches of Sanday. Along the way, he hears stories of the First World War, a mysterious beast and Orkney's selkies | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
15:00 | Paddington Station 24/7 | Services are disrupted when the rear of a departing train derails at Paddington Station. The British Transport Police investigate reports that a passenger is carrying a knife onboard a train |
| 16:00 | 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 | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
14:55 | The Hotel Inspector | Ruth Watson helps sisters Sharon and Joy with their struggling country house hotel in Worlington, Suffolk. While the Grade-II listed building is in good repair, the operating systems are chaotic and the menu too extensive for the solitary chef to handle. Ruth organises a revamp of the dated-looking function room - prompting the delighted owners to plan a wedding fair in their new-look space |
| 15:55 | Emmerdale | Dawn is in a downward spiral, while Sam wants a secret word with Ross, and Aaron makes it clear that he suspects Joe is the arsonist | |
| BBC One
[108] |
15:00 | Escape to the Country | Briony May Williams helps a sporty couple who claim to have viewed over a thousand properties online in the search for their dream home in rural Suffolk |
| 15:45 | The Repair Shop on the Road | Dominic Chinea and Will Kirk help Sussex Fire and Rescue Service repair their soapbox racer, Babie, and Kirsten Ramsay restores a collectable gnome. Dom tries his hand at glass blowing and a father-and-daughter duo blend science and art in their colourful neon creations | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
15:00 | A Place in the Sun | Mark, from Kent, has a lifelong love of Italy. Having recently retired, he's set his sights on finding a holiday bolthole in its Puglia region to escape to at various times of the year. With best friend John also on hand to lend his support, Mark would love to find a three-bedroom townhouse. Property expert Laura Hamilton also helps him deliver his dream on an £80,000 budget |
| 16:00 | Escape to Florida | Seán gets into deep water with his Apollo Beach fishing charter sideline. Charmaine runs a multimillion-pound business from her Miami bedroom while homeschooling her daughter, and outside Orlando, Gary and Maria are expecting more grandchildren | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
15:00 | Modern Family | Claire thinks Luke is up to no good with his friends, so she persuades a reluctant Phil into helping her spy on their son. Gloria is suspicious of Jay when he starts moaning amorously in his sleep and Mitch struggles to keep a secret from Cam |
| 15:30 | Modern Family | Phil, Jay and Luke wage war against three generations of Thorpes, including Phil's arch- rival Gil. Mitch and Cam ask Claire to collect Lily from school - but forget to mention the outbreak of head lice - and Gloria chaperones a field trip, giving her cause to worry about Manny's lack of self-confidence | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:00 | The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story | Gillian Pachter focuses on the three weeks leading up to Ruth Ellis's execution, and the last-minute attempts to save her life even though Ruth herself was determined to die. The killer finally admitted she had an accomplice, prompting her solicitor to race to the Home Office in a bid to stop the execution. But it was all in vain and Ruth was hanged. Gillian goes on to explore the role of her case in the introduction of the defence of diminished responsibility in England and its place in the eventual abolition of capital punishment in 1965 |
| 19:00 | University Challenge | Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as Balliol College, Oxford takes on the University of Southampton, with both teams hoping to secure themselves a place in the second round | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
14:35 | Come Dine with Me | For the third party from Perth, Lorea is on a mission to showcase the culinary delights of her native home in northern Spain, and her fiesta commences with a pink cocktail and an exotic quartet flown over from the Basque country especially to impress. She reveals that she used to model in the nude, which perplexes her guests, and there are tensions at bay between Daniel and Jenna, which threaten to spoil the evening |
| 15:10 | Come Dine with Me | Procurement officer Jenna hosts the fourth night of the competition in Perth, and tries to deliver the perfect evening. However, she struggles to hide her feelings toward aspiring actor Daniel after they have bickered all week, despite first aid manager Jacqui's attempts at reconciliation | |