| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-12) | |||
| RTE One
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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 Sinéad Kennedy |
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| 17:40 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines | |
| RTE2
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17:00 | The Goldbergs | Barry seeks fresh inspiration when he loses his standing as a champion athlete at school and attempts to introduce a new sport to his friends. Murray refuses to let Beverly help out at the furniture shop when sales take a nosedive, but she's convinced the latest home furnishing craze holds the answer |
| 17:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Leonard and Penny ask Howard and Bernadette for advice when they argue about money. Meanwhile, Sheldon and Raj try to find out whether they could survive a dark matter research expedition in a salt mine by attempting to simulate the conditions in a steam tunnel beneath the university. Comedy, starring Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco | |
| Virgin Media One
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17:00 | Judge Judy | Real-life small-claims cases on issues affecting family life, presided over by outspoken former New York judge Judy Sheindlin |
| 17:30 | News at 5.30 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team | |
| TG4
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16:30 | Gilmore Girls | Luke's troubled 17-year-old nephew Jess comes to live with him and not only captures Rory's heart without even trying, but also awakens Lorelai's maternal instincts. Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel star |
| 17:22 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
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17:00 | The Chase | Bradley Walsh presents as Mark from Widnes, Cat from Leeds, Elliot from Manchester and Doyin from London 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
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16:55 | The Royal | Continuing the final series of the hospital drama after a two-year break. Susie Dixon's head is turned by a rich playboy, with devastating consequences for Mrs Middleditch when the negligent nurse administers the wrong blood during a transfusion. Ormerod is called out by the coastguard to rescue a grieving widow who has got into difficulty on her yacht, and Jack and Alun find themselves looking after a horse after it tramples its owner. Robert Daws, Sarah Beck Mather, Susan Hampshire and Gareth Hale star |
| 17:55 | 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
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16:30 | Bridge of Lies | Family of four Jan, Mick, Shirl and Dave take part. One by one, they must cross the Bridge, stepping on the truths and avoiding the lies. Ross Kemp hosts |
| 17:15 | Pointless | Alexander Armstrong is joined by co-host Susan Wokoma for the quiz where contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else could think of | |
| Channel 4
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17:00 | Chateau DIY | Nick and Nicole are desperate to transform the front of their Dordogne home from a chaotic building site into an architectural showpiece. Tim and Krys prepare for their first dog show at Château Domaine de la Barde, juggling DIY projects that promise to get tongues and tails wagging |
| 18:00 | Sun, Sea and Selling Houses | Steve and Sharon Garner help Norfolk couple Kay and Nick find a forever home in Almería. In Murcia, Natalie and Darren Brown are on a mission to find brothers Alex and Cyrille a holiday home where they can spend time together away from their hectic lives | |
| E4
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17:00 | First Dates | Italian 'nice guy' Matteo's date is Sam, a 38-year-old marketing consultant, who pursues a rather intense line of questioning - with babies mentioned before they've even ordered dinner. Hoping to turn over a new leaf in love is 28-year-old self-proclaimed tree-hugger Nathan. Entering the restaurant wearing a skirt, Nathan is on the hunt to find someone to share a life on the wild side. In walks 26-year-old Love, a fellow nature lover and Hare Krishna believer, whose spirituality has been a turn-off for dates in the past. A chef and a wedding singer are also among those hoping to meet their match |
| 18:00 | The Simpsons | The family is recruited and brainwashed by a religious cult - except for Marge, who resorts to desperate measures to snap the others out of it | |
| BBC Four
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02:15 | Lost Cities of the Ancients | Profile of the ancient Hittite civilisation, looking at what archaeologists found when they uncovered its lost capital, Hattusha in modern-day Turkey, including temples, palaces and a pyramid-like structure facing Egypt. The historians also discovered a library charting the rise and fall of the empire, which vanished 3,000 years ago. Narrated by Mark Halliley |
| 19:00 | University Challenge | In the sixth of the academic quiz's first-round matches, four students from the University of Glasgow pit their wits against a team from Queen's University Belfast in a bid to reach the second stage of the competition. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions | |
| More4
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16:50 | Four in a Bed | At The Bluebell Woods in Northampton, David and Donna Bletsoe Brown try to bring a touch of class to their woodland B&B, but Fay Lahiani and Ray Cooper are on the warpath and are quick to discover a mucky mattress. Meanwhile, Marc Harris and Wayne Williams reveal their competitive streak during an afternoon of horse riding |
| 17:20 | Four in a Bed | The contestants travel to The Lion Hotel in Pontypool for the third day of the contest, where manager Marc Harris and head chef Wayne Williams aim to deliver a high end service. Although some of the guests are impressed by the rooms, Ray and Fay find it too small for the price, and simmering tensions between some of the competitors leads to a clash over dinner. At breakfast, Wayne's food comes under fire, but it is David and Donna's feedback about finding a nail in their room that really rattles their hosts | |