| What's on Now & Next (2026-08-18) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
21:35 | The Rose of Tralee International Festival | Dáithí Ó Sé and Kathryn Thomas are live from The Festival Dome as the 2026 Rose of Tralee is crowned |
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| 23:40 | Blue Lights | Mount Eden descends into chaos as Grace tries to get Henry out from under Lee's control, while Happy finally learns the truth | |
| RTE2
[102] |
21:40 | 21 Jump Street | Cops Schmidt and Jenko hated each other when they were at school together, but have grown up to become friends. They are forced to relive the horrors of their adolescence when their captain decides their youthful appearance makes them the perfect undercover agents to crack a high-school drug ring. Comedy inspired by the 1980s TV series, with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum |
| 23:35 | Mandy | Return of the comedy, starring Diane Morgan. Mandy often has her head in the clouds - normally a disadvantage for long-term success. But in her new role, it is absolutely essential | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
23:00 | The 1% Club | Quiz game show hosted by Lee Mack in which the questions have nothing to do with remembering facts, but are all about logic and common sense. A hundred contestants begin every show, but who will make it to the end and answer a question only one per cent of the country can get right - and win up to £100,000? |
| 00:00 | Ana Kriegel: A Young Life Lost | In May 2018, Russian-Irish teenager Ana Kriégel was lured from her home and brutally killed in a derelict house in Lucan. The awful crime was all the more disturbing when her killers were revealed to be two 13-year-old boys - now the youngest convicted murderers in the history of the state. Here, senior journalists, barristers and family friends tell Ana's story, looking at the circumstances around her murder, the extensive Garda investigation and the trial that followed. Featuring a series of new photographs released by Ana's family, the documentary also examines the sentencing in this unprecedented case and explores the lasting impact of Ana's death | |
| TG4
[104] |
22:30 | Carmen Curlers | The factory construction for Carmen Curlers is well underway, and every day it produces a huge amount of noise to the great inconvenience of Poul and Vita, who live just opposite the building site |
| 23:33 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
23:00 | Love Island USA | The American version of the relationship-based reality show, in which singletons compete to pair off while living in a villa |
| 00:10 | The Real Housewives of New Jersey | The ladies of the Garden State reunite for an epic showdown where Danielle and Rachel's feud hits a new tipping point. | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
23:00 | Coronation Street | Kit leaves Sarah to deal with Kacey's threat, Lucy resents being unable to visit her dad, Idris hatches a plan to meet Alya's price, and Adam volunteers to have Harry for the rest of the holidays |
| 23:30 | Emmerdale | Joe has a surprise for everyone regarding his stag night, while Billy is terrified at what Dawn might be capable of as paranoia grips them both | |
| BBC One
[108] |
23:10 | The Untouchables | Incorruptible federal agent Eliot Ness is assigned the task of fighting organised crime in Prohibition-era Chicago and bringing the notorious crime boss Al Capone to justice. Aware crooked police are undermining his investigations, he puts together his own elite squad to take on the Mob. Brian De Palma's crime thriller, with Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia and Sean Connery, who won an Oscar for his performance |
| 01:05 | The Hit List | Marvin and Rochelle Humes present as best friends Sophie and Lauren from Liverpool, married couple Jack and Ashleigh from Swansea, and father and son-in-law Glen and Rob from Pontefract take part in the music-based quiz show in which contestants must name as many hit songs and artists as possible, with a £10,000 jackpot up for grabs | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
23:05 | Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives | The sisters and their families prepare for Christmas. Trewley's first rap song enjoys mixed success, while her plans to surprise her mum with a car misfire. Will taking her to speed dating go any better? |
| 00:05 | Building Monaco's Superhomes | Luxury property developer Guy Phoenix embarks on a rollercoaster journey of buying and renovating a £16million Monaco apartment: the biggest investment and financial risk he has ever taken. As Guy makes the first steps towards finding the perfect Monaco apartment to renovate, things go wrong from day one, he quickly discovers that building in one of the most expensive places to live on the planet is anything but easy, as local planning restrictions and impossibly high building costs threaten to turn his lifelong dream of owning a luxury apartment in Monaco into a nightmare. To make matters worse, his £16million apartment doesn't even include a parking space | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
23:05 | Gogglebox | The armchair critics share their opinions on Britain's Got Talent, Scared of the Dark, Obsession, Family Fortunes, The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer, Love Is Blind, Inside the Factory and BBC news coverage of the nurses' strikes. First shown in April 2023 |
| 00:10 | Naked Attraction | A 23-year-old virgin from Kent picks a partner from six nude candidates - but this proves a nerve-racking experience, since he has never seen a naked woman in his life. Meanwhile, a 27-year-old beauty therapist from London is determined to have a baby before she turns 30, and hopes that one of the men lurking behind the screens will be the perfect father | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
23:00 | The Secret Genius of Plants | The first in a two-part documentary exploring the world of plants and their vital role on Earth. This edition takes a look at studies that have uncovered how plants are able to smell, touch and taste, offering viewers a fresh perspective on the greenery they share the planet with |
| 23:55 | Deep, Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil | Gardening expert Chris Beardshaw explores where soil comes from, and what it is made of. It is an often misunderstood substance, with people sometimes dismissing it as dirt, so he reveals it as it has never been seen before using specialist microphotography, and highlights what makes it so essential to life. Research shows that humans are pushing this precious resource to its limit, and scientists are battling to find ways of preserving it for the future | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
23:05 | 24 Hours in A&E | Nineteen-year-old motorcyclist Sam is airlifted to St George's after crashing into a bus and being thrown under a car. He is placed in an induced coma and CT scans reveal Sam has bruising to his lungs, a ruptured kidney, a broken thigh bone and a fractured spine. The priority of the medics is is to stop his internal bleeding, while Sam's parents are rushed to the hospital by police. Meanwhile, seven-year-old Raheem arrives in A&E with his dad Dennis after cutting his wrist while playing at home, and 59-year-old Therese turns up with a painful lump on her finger |
| 00:05 | 999: On the Front Line | A man involved in a car crash needs to be carefully removed from his vehicle to protect his spine, though a fuel leak means the fire service cannot risk cutting the roof off. A man with chest pains is worried he's having a heart attack, a 19-year-old falls down the stairs and suspects he's fractured his ankle, while an elderly man's vital signs are pointing towards one of the UK's biggest killers | |