| What's on Now & Next (2026-09-26) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
20:25 | Aistear an Amhráin | The second half of the first episode delves deeper into the origins of The Auld Triangle, investigating who wrote it if not Brendan Behan. There is also a look at Dublin busker Mick McLoughlin's viral version sung on the empty streets of Dublin during Covid. The busker performs the song beside the original triangle at Mountjoy Prison |
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| 21:00 | RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock and Weather | The latest national and international news | |
| RTE2
[102] |
20:00 | Untold Arctic Wars | The scale of the Second World War grows as the United States joins the conflict, and Allied commando troops raid the Norwegian coast |
| 21:05 | The 355 | When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wildcard CIA agent joins forces with three international agents on a lethal mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who is tracking their every move. Action thriller, starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger and Lupita Nyong'o | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
20:00 | Celebrity Catchphrase | Stephen Mulhern hosts another charity edition of the game show, with Stephen Mangan, Kemi Rodgers and Tom Allen all trying to say what they see, as they guess well-known phrases for the chance to win a £50,000 jackpot for their chosen good causes |
| 21:00 | The Graham Norton Show | The host welcomes Tom Cruise, discussing his transformation in apocalyptic satire Digger. Florence Pugh promotes a new TV version of East of Eden, and Lolly Adefope talks about her stage role in Oh, Mary! Plus, John Bishop on his new entertainment quiz, Wisdom of the Crowd, and Emeli Sandé performs Read All About It, Pt. III before her anniversary tour | |
| TG4
[104] |
19:15 | GAA Beo | Live coverage of the GAA Club Championships. Presented by Micheál Ó Domhnaill |
| 21:15 | Mamó agus Mise | Ten-year-old Fionn skips school to spend one last day with his grandmother, on an adventure in the Irish countryside. A short family film exploring life and grief | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
19:00 | Live UEFA Nations League | England v Spain (Kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of both teams' opening Group A3 match, held at Wembley Stadium. England won promotion to the top division in the 2024/25 campaign by topping a group containing Greece, Republic of Ireland and Finland, and go into this match on the back of finishing third in the summer's World Cup. However, they face a stern test against the Spaniards, who were crowned world champions in the summer, and reached the final of this competition last time out, only losing to Portugal on penalties. The last time these teams met was in the Euro 2024 final, when Spain claimed a 2-1 win courtesy of Mikel Oyarzabal's late strike |
| 22:30 | Gogglebox Ireland | Deirdre O'Kane provides the voiceover as a selection of telly addicts comment on the week's programmes from the comfort of their living rooms | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
19:50 | Waterloo Road | Tom blames Jack for Izzie's death and is struggling to come to terms with being a single dad to Chlo and Mika. His family crisis worsens when he learns that Chlo and Donte have taken off to get married and faces a race against time to get to the register office. Meanwhile, the staff place bets on how long newly qualified teacher Jasmine Koreshi will last. Drama, with Jason Done and Neil Morrissey |
| 21:00 | Life Begins | Maggie confronts Becca's unsavoury new boyfriend and succeeds in scaring him off, while Brenda is reunited with an old friend who still carries a torch for her. On the professional front, Phil antagonises his employers by accusing them of wrongful dismissal, and ends up losing all his redundancy benefits - but can't bring himself to tell anyone what's happened. Drama, starring Caroline Quentin | |
| BBC One
[108] |
20:45 | Wisdom of the Crowd | Quiz show hosted by John Bishop in which contestants take on the collective knowledge of the studio audience in a bid to win a potential jackpot of £30,000. According to science, the audience should win and share the money between them. Can any of the hopefuls prove otherwise? |
| 21:35 | Marble Hall Murders | Lesley Manville stars as sleuthing publisher Susan Ryeland in this adaptation of the third book in Anthony Horowitz's mystery trilogy. The grandson of a hugely successful writer has been commissioned to write a new Atticus Pünd detective story, and Susan is asked to mentor this troubled young man. But the identity of a real killer is hidden in the text, and once again Susan is going to find herself in grave danger | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
20:00 | The Space Race in Colour | A two-part examination of the unprecedented surge in space exploration during the 1950s and 1960s, led by the rival superpowers of the United States and the USSR. The first episode explores the origins of the space race with the fearsome V2 German rocket from the Second World War. Its creator Wernher von Braun gave his secrets to the Americans and became a key part of NASA's space programmes |
| 21:00 | The Space Race in Colour | This concluding episode examines how the space dreamers defied the odds and reached the moon. On 25 May 1961, President John F Kennedy publicly committed the US to putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade, giving NASA a major challenge to rise to. Colour footage reveals the triumphs and tragedies of those years, culminating in Apollo 11 and Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the moon | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
19:15 | Daddy's Home | A mild-mannered man hopes for his wife's two children to view him as their father. His dreams of perfect family life are threatened by the return of their biological father, a charismatic, motorcycle-riding tough guy, and he pulls out all the stops to prove to his stepchildren that he can be just as cool. Comedy, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg |
| 21:00 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Denise Van Outen and her partner Eddie, Nick Grimshaw and his niece Liv, Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon, Zoe Ball and her son Woody Cook, Nicola Adams and her partner Ella, and Harry Redknapp and his wife Sandra offer critiques of programmes including Countdown, Sex in Lockdown: Keep Sh*gging and Carry On, Big Brother: Best Shows Ever, Scarface, Us, First Dates and BBC News. From June 2020 | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
20:00 | Natural World | Meet the big birds, a feathered family who've never flown a day in their lives. From ostriches to kiwis, these bizarre birds appear to be nature's greatest novelty act. How they came to be and how they continue to survive is a fascinating tale that has long captivated David Attenborough. In this programme, he tells a story of dedicated dads, enormous eggs and a serious need for speed. And far from being the court jesters of the animal world, these flightless curiosities once nearly ruled the planet |
| 21:00 | Paris Police 1910 | As Jouin quietly continues his investigation into Julien Fiersi, Labruyere teaches Hutin some golden rules about journalism, and Meg Steinheil is warned that there is a thief in her household. Weidmann is both incredulous and furious that Jeanne Chauvin has agreed to take on the notorious Madame Stenheil as a client. In French | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
20:25 | Four in a Bed | Payment day arrives, as the guests gather to find out who has won and to thrash out their differences - from some fishy findings to a reminder of why sorry can be the hardest word. Later on, a heated exchange about cleaning ends in tears |
| 21:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | A carpenter is rushed to St George's after partially severing his hand with a power saw, a farmer is kept under observation after puncturing his lung in a quad-bike accident, and a man suffers an unexpected electric shock from a heart implant that was installed after he survived a stab wound. He and his girlfriend recall the attack, and how it changed both their lives | |