| What's on Now & Next (2026-09-01) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
17:40 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines |
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| 17:55 | RTÉ News | National and international news. | |
| RTE2
[102] |
17:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Sheldon receives a nasty surprise when he visits his mother in Houston, while Raj's murder mystery party causes conflict for the rest of the gang members. Comedy, starring Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco |
| 18:00 | Shortland Street | Long-running hospital drama set in a New Zealand accident and emergency ward, following the complicated personal and professional lives of its staff and their families and friends. | |
| 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 | Hal catches Dewey smoking a cigarette from his old stash in the garage, and promises to give up caffeine if the boy quits his new habit. Stevie injures Reese after goading him into a fight, and is dumped from a research project as a result |
| 18:00 | Sloinne | John Gallagher returns to his home in Dublin to begin the journey of searching for the history of his surname. He meets Adrian Gallagher and learns that the Gallagher clan have a mention in the Guinness Book of Records. He meets Dr Pádraig Ó Liatháin who tells him about The Gallagher Family Commonplace Book, which is in the Burns library in Boston, and he learns about the famous Rory Gallagher now celebrated at Ballyshannon Museum | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
17:00 | 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 |
| 18:00 | The Chase | Bradley Walsh presents as contestants Wendy, Jack, Susheel and Neil 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 | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
16:40 | Wycliffe | A psychiatrist's wife is murdered in a seemingly unprovoked attack, and establishing a motive proves harder than catching the killer. Meanwhile, Lane and Kersey disagree at every turn of the investigation. Jack Shepherd stars as the dour detective |
| 17:50 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | The dapper Belgian sleuth receives several anonymous letters outlining a killer's intention to murder a succession of people in alphabetical order, prompting him to try to unmask the culprit before the body-count mounts. Crime drama based on the Agatha Christie novel, starring David Suchet, with Pippa Guard, Donald Sumpter and Miranda Forbes | |
| BBC One
[108] |
17:15 | Pointless | Alexander Armstrong and Susan Wokoma host the quiz show 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 | Stephanie is running out of time to build her gazebo at Chateau de Lalande and disaster strikes for Janet and Philip as the plaster in the salon comes unstuck |
| 18:00 | A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? | In Spain, tea shop owners Lesley-Ann and Paul try something new in their garden. In France, Ali and Huard say adieu to their holiday gîte. Kevin and Laura host their first event in Italy | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
17:30 | The Simpsons | Homer offers to play matchmaker for Smithers and introduces him to jetsetting fashion designer mogul Michael de Graaf |
| 18:00 | The Simpsons | A teenage Homer embarks on a road trip in the company of Grampa to look for his mother | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:20 | How the Celts Saved Britain | Conclusion. Dan Snow examines the ways in which the Celts saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages. He follows in the footsteps of Ireland's earliest missionaries as they ventured through treacherous barbarian territory, bringing literacy and technology to the future nations of Scotland and England |
| 19:00 | The Architecture the Railways Built | Tim Dunn explores the former HQ of London Underground, 55 Broadway, which was the capital's first skyscraper, and sees the timber-framed Barmouth Bridge in north Wales | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
17:20 | Four in a Bed | The contestants meet one last time to discover how much they have been paid by their fellow hoteliers and to air their grievances. Simon White of Old Hall Country House is surprised by an overpayment and Eileen Finn from the four-star Thornley receives tough criticism, before the winner is announced |
| 17:55 | Car S.O.S. | Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend travel to Northern Ireland to rescue Noel's Japanese gem - a 1972 Toyota Celica - a super chilled coupe that creates a bit of a bang. However, the car is now so rare, spare parts are almost impossible to find | |