| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-20) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
09:00 | Fair City Omnibus | The past week's events in the soap |
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| 10:30 | Bridge of Lies | Family members Suraj, Nisha, Tina and Rob compete for money by crossing a bridge of stepping stones across the studio floor. Quiz show, hosted by Ross Kemp | |
| RTE2
[102] |
09:10 | Jamie Johnson | Zoe plans a special match to prove the Hawkstone coach wrong |
| 09:40 | Jamie Johnson | The team plays in a relegation decider. Can Boggy get his tactics right and save the day? | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
09:00 | Ireland AM | Magazine programme blending a mixture of lifestyle interviews and news content, with human interest stories, consumer affairs, health, politics, gardening, education, finance, food and fashion |
| 12:00 | John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen | John Torode and Lisa Faulkner share festive recipes that can all be prepared in advance, beginning with a salmon terrine that makes for the ideal starter. Next is a beef Wellington, which can be frozen until needed, as well as a side dish of potato dauphinoise, while dessert is a supersize sticky toffee pudding full of festive flavours | |
| TG4
[104] |
09:26 | Polly Pocket | Polly, Pierce, and Jake discover a new pocket dimension - Skatesville |
| 09:37 | Polly Pocket | Dulce acts out when Dana starts moving her things around to make room in their house for Nic's boxes | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
09:00 | 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 |
| 10:00 | Yes Chef | Pierre Koffmann judges the final dishes as chefs Aiden Byrne, Theo Randall, Matt Gillan and Frances Atkins team up with home cooks in the pro-am competition. Sheree Murphy hosts | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
08:55 | Heartbeat | Sergeant Craddock is smitten by the charms of newcomer Susan Finlay, only to face a quandary when her son is charged with dangerous driving. Elsewhere, PC Bellamy rashly turns to the casino table and Vernon inadvertently causes chaos on a bride's big day. Starring Philip Franks, Mark Jordon and Geoffrey Hughes |
| 10:00 | Endeavour | As the sleuth studies for his forthcoming sergeant's exam, he investigates a hit-and-run that claimed the life of an eminent Oxford professor. The victim had been at odds with his peers over the fate of a potentially lucrative parcel of college-owned land, and the case is complicated by the appearance of DI Thursday's old gangland enemy - whom he must face alone while Endeavour makes a trip back to Lincolnshire to visit his ailing father | |
| BBC One
[108] |
06:00 | Breakfast | A round-up of national and international news, plus sports reports, weather forecasts and arts and entertainment features |
| 09:30 | Saturday Kitchen Live | Matt Tebbutt is joined by Theo Randall, Ravneet Gill, Alex Horne and Maisie Adam. Olly Smith pairs drinks with the studio dishes, and Carmen O'Neal makes festive cocktails | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
09:15 | The Simpsons | A Pulp Fiction-inspired trip through Springfield, containing 22 vignettes about the town's residents, including the sad tale of how Moe was robbed, what happened when Lisa got gum in her hair and the day Smithers was stung by a bee |
| 09:45 | The Simpsons | After a failed Black Friday shopping spree, Marge is determined to fix Christmas, but Homer and the kids surprise Marge with a holiday at a Florida resort | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
09:00 | The Big Bang Theory | Stuart hosts a Halloween party at the comic-book store, and Howard talks incessantly about his work on board the International Space Station, annoying his wife and friends. Penny and Leonard have a steamy encounter at the lab. Guest starring real-life astronaut Buzz Aldrin |
| 09:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Sheldon upsets guest star Stephen Hawking when they play an online game of Words with Friends, until Howard advises him to let the scientist win. Elsewhere, Penny enrols in a college class, but decides to keep it a secret from Leonard. Comedy, starring Jim Parsons and Simon Helberg | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:15 | From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's TV | Nigel Planer narrates the story of the struggle to deliver TV programmes for children, who were an often overlooked audience in the days before everything went digital. Featuring interviews with stars and presenters of classic programmes, including Bernard Cribbins, Derek Griffiths, Janet Ellis, Johnny Ball and John Craven |
| 19:00 | From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's TV | Nigel Planer narrates the story of the struggle to deliver TV programmes for children, who were an often overlooked audience in the days before everything went digital. Featuring interviews with stars and presenters of classic programmes, including Bernard Cribbins, Derek Griffiths, Janet Ellis, Johnny Ball and John Craven | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
08:55 | A Place in the Sun | Dorothy Pinkett wants a bolthole where she can escape to on her favourite island of Menorca. For the past seven years she has been caring for her husband, who is disabled after having a stroke. Owning a holiday home that can provide some respite for herself and his wonderful team of carers is really important, so the pressure is really on for Jasmine Harman to deliver the perfect property for her budget of £135,000 |
| 10:00 | A Place in the Sun | London couple Merwyn and Liesl Lobo are looking for a holiday home in Orihuela Costa in eastern Spain, so Danni Menzies shows them five properties for their £125,000 budget | |