| What's on Now & Next (2026-08-06) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
16:45 | Build Your Own Home | Builder Harrison Gardner helps obstetrician Joan Lennon and her German partner Andrea Kowarschik, who are currently living in a campervan beside Joan's home town of Belturbet, Co Cavan, while they renovate two adjoining stone cottages, adding a timber frame extension to the rear for office space |
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| 17:45 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines | |
| RTE2
[102] |
17:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Sheldon re-evaluates the time he spends with Amy when she takes a job at the university. Meanwhile, Howard is forced to sleep on his friend's sofa after he gets into an argument with Bernadette. Comedy, starring Jim Parsons, Simon Helberg and Mayim Bialik |
| 18:00 | Shortland Street | Maeve fears she is losing everything, Drew and Harper think big, and Madonna goes all in with Marc | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
17:30 | News at 5.30 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team |
| 18:05 | The Six O'Clock Show | Chat show featuring celebrity interviews, food from leading chefs and guidance on a wide range of topics, from consumer affairs to the latest trends, with viewers invited to contribute with pictures, comments, stories and gossip | |
| TG4
[104] |
17:25 | Malcolm in the Middle | Dewey is moved to tears by an opera on TV, and decides to write his own masterpiece based on his parents' arguments over their new bed. Family comedy, starring Frankie Muniz and Erik Per Sullivan |
| 17:55 | Campa Fiáin | This week on Campa Fiáin Colm and his friends Ava, Rebecca and Laragh learn how to use a compass. | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
17:00 | The Chase | Bradley Walsh presents as Tony from Chester, Jolyon from Leicester, Katy from Whitby and David from York pit their wits against one of the ruthless Chasers in the hope of winning a potential prize pot worth thousands of pounds. They work as a team and play strategically to answer general knowledge questions against the clock and race down the game board to the exit without being caught |
| 18:00 | 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] |
16:35 | Wycliffe | The apparent suicide of an amateur flautist and the disappearance of a maid on a secluded country estate soon have Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe unravelling a mystery involving family feuds and illicit relationships. Police drama, starring Jack Shepherd, Helen Masters and Jimmy Yuill |
| 17:45 | Inspector Morse | The peace of an Oxfordshire village is shattered by the apparently motiveless shooting of a woman through her kitchen window. Twenty-four hours later, her next-door neighbour suffers a similar fate. As Morse searches for a link between the victims, he becomes embroiled in an increasingly bitter election contest at an Oxford college. Starring John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Richard Briers, Maggie Steed and John Shrapnel | |
| BBC One
[108] |
17:15 | Pointless | Konnie Huq joins Alexander Armstrong to co-host the quiz in which four pairs of contestants have to score the fewest points possible by giving the least obvious answers to questions posed to 100 people before the show. At the end of each round, the team with the most points is eliminated until the final two pairs battle for a cash prize |
| 18:00 | BBC News at Six; Weather | The latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
17:00 | Chateau DIY | At the Château de Brives, Sarah and George are getting the party started, as they transform two enormous barns into a nightclub and a lounge for their wedding business. In Normandy, Terry and Ashley battle with nature, as they try to get their garden - which has been abandoned for 100 years - under control. Narrated by Adjoa Andoh |
| 18:00 | American Pickers | Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz come across a huge 200,000-square-foot factory-turned-private collection by Woody, its dumpster diving owner | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
17:30 | The Simpsons | Bart discovers a previously unknown comet while carrying out a punishment for Principal Skinner. Unfortunately, to the horror of all concerned, it is on a direct collision course with Springfield - and Flanders owns the only bomb shelter in town |
| 18:00 | The Simpsons | Homer enrols in clown college and begins impersonating Krusty, but trouble looms on the horizon as the showbiz prankster's underworld creditors come looking for the money he owes them. Featuring the guest voices of Joe Mantegna, Dick Cavett and Johnny Unitas | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:40 | Great British Railway Journeys | Michael Portillo travels from Northallerton and confronts a menacing detachment of knife-wielding Gurkhas. He also produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker, which is key to making plastic, before ending his post-war journey from Merseyside to Teesside in a recreated 1950s street |
| 19:00 | Great British Railway Journeys | Michael Portillo travels from Northallerton and confronts a menacing detachment of knife-wielding Gurkhas. He also produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker, which is key to making plastic, before ending his post-war journey from Merseyside to Teesside in a recreated 1950s street | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
17:20 | Four in a Bed | On the final day of the competition, Churchill's Hotel's Jeff Brown and Vicky O'Loughlin are first to face the feedback and Jeff's keen to turn down the heating woes. Plus, Snehal from the Ladbrooke Hotel has a bone to pick with all of the B&Bers. After some frank discussions, the payments are revealed and the winner is announced |
| 17:50 | Car S.O.S. | Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend head to Dorset to pick up a Ford Escort MK2 RS2000, which belongs to carpenter Mike. After his son was involved in a horrific road accident, Mike gave up work and supported him through a four-year recovery. Now, Mike's family want to give something back to offer thanks to such a devoted father by presenting him with his fully restored RS2000 | |