| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-01) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
12:15 | Keys to My Life | Brendan Courtney is joined by immunologist and science writer Luke O'Neill, who revisits important places from his life to reveal how they have shaped him. He reflects on his childhood years in a Bray terraced house with a shellshocked war-veteran father and a mother who fostered his love of science, and revisits his postgraduate days as a young political radical and his exposure to extreme poverty on the 14th floor of an east London tower block |
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| 12:45 | Telly Bingo | Lottery game show, presented by Declan Buckley | |
| RTE2
[102] |
12:30 | Horrible Histories | A look at some of history's daftest dads in honour of Father's day, featuring Henry VIII, Charles Dickens, William the Conqueror and Joseph Stalin |
| 13:00 | Holt | The gang discovers a mysterious signal box from Éire but must brave a crater guarded by a bizarre creature to recharge it | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
12:30 | News at 12:30 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team, followed by sport and weather |
| 13:00 | Don't Look Back in Anger | Archive news documentary chronicling the highs and lows of 2022 and all the chaos in between | |
| TG4
[104] |
12:10 | The Golden Girls | Part two of two. Dorothy and Miles are caught kissing under a full moon during Blanche's party |
| 12:35 | The Golden Girls | Rose surprises everyone when she poses nude for a portrait | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
12:00 | Unbeatable | Over three rounds, contestants Robyn, Joey, Lynne and KD battle to find the single 'unbeatable' answer and streak ahead of the rest to make the final where they can win a cash prize. General knowledge quiz, hosted by Jason Manford |
| 13:00 | Dress to Impress | Undergraduate fashion student Fabian is hoping to find love, choosing from beauty therapist Wade, flight attendant Charlie and beauty retail worker Jake | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
11:30 | Hospital | It is mid-summer and the Royal Free London NHS Hospital Foundation Trust faces the long-lasting effects of Covid-19, with departments across the trust battling for scarce theatre slots while trying to prioritise their volume of cases. At Barnet Hospital, a large team meeting is underway when a clinician is informed he has tested positive for coronavirus and must leave the site immediately, while the infection control team springs into action to identify who has had 'significant contact' with him and must therefore also go home and isolate for 14 days |
| 12:45 | Heartbeat | Nick investigates graffiti at a battery egg farm, and discovers there is more to the case than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Greengrass attracts suspicion by selling free-range eggs. Police drama, starring Nick Berry and Niamh Cusack | |
| BBC One
[108] |
12:15 | Bargain Hunt | At a bustling antiques fair in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, two teams look for lucrative items at an antiques fair. In red are sisters Sharon and Hayley, with their expert Charles Hanson. On the blue team, brothers Harley and Joe are paired with expert Philip Serrell. Danny Sebastian hosts |
| 13:00 | BBC News at One; Weather | A round-up of the latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
12:10 | Find It, Fix It, Flog It | Simon O'Brien and Henry Cole are in north Wales, where Simon attempts his craziest restoration yet, turning the carcass of an old Land Rover into a garden seat |
| 13:10 | Matt Baker's Travels in the Country: USA | The journey concludes along the west coast of California where Matt learns about the unique growing conditions that make Castroville the 'artichoke capital of the world'. He tries his hand at a different form of farming on America's only ocean-based abalone farm. Further north in Salinas Valley, Matt helps with milking at the last family dairy farm on the coast that produces Monterey Jack cheese. He takes to the water to see a pod of grey whales before paying a visit to the tallest living things on earth, coastal redwood trees, which can grow to 380 feet tall and 29 feet wide | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
12:30 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | A look at what happened after Gordon Ramsay headed to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he met husband-and-wife bistro owners Samy and Amy Bouzaglo, who revealed a shocking contempt for customer feedback. The chef faced the biggest challenge of the series to save Amy's Baking Company - and a media furore unfolded after the episode was broadcast |
| 13:30 | The Simpsons | A tattooed man at a mysterious night circus transports Lisa into three strange stories from the innocent 1950s, the chilling retro-present, and a brutalist future where prestige TV rules the world | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
03:15 | Top of the Pops | Gary Davies and Nicky Campbell introduce the edition from April 24, featuring Pat and Mick, James Brown, Fairground Attraction, Brenda Russell, the Primitives, Luther Vandross, Joyce Sims, Bananarama, Will Downing, S'Express and Scott Fitzgerald |
| 19:00 | Top of the Pops | Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on September 24, 1999. Featuring Vengaboys, Sting, Everything but the Girl, Paul Johnson, Wyclef Jean & Bono, David Bowie, Tom Jones & The Cardigans and Eiffel 65 | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
12:30 | Four in a Bed | David and Elvira Barratt welcome the contestants to Barratt's at Ty'n Rhyl, Denbighshire, but the group has an unpleasant experience on arrival. The guests take part in an activity at a local cookery school where they are taught the art of preparing and cooking sheep's testicles. However, come feedback time, the hosts are left feeling distraught |
| 13:00 | Four in a Bed | The owners meet to find out who earned the most and have it out with their rivals. Jane and Amy kick off proceedings with a gripe over David and Elvira's coffee criticism, yet are confronted themselves by Zak, who has a score to settle. Mike and Charlie of the Valley Hotel want to get to the bottom of an unwanted intruder during their stay at Wisteria House, and the ladies are challenged again regarding their cleanliness comments. Emotions run high as the cash is counted and the winner is revealed | |