| What's on Now & Next (2026-01-22) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
14:00 | 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. |
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| 14:30 | Bog Amach | Emer Mhic an Fhailí gives advice to first-time buyer Emma Devlin, who has also enlisted the help of her mum Cora in her search for the perfect home in Belfast. In Irish | |
| RTE2
[102] |
13:30 | Racing from Gowran Park | Ruby Walsh presents live coverage of Thyestes Chase Day. Paul Townend rode the Willie Mullins-trained Nick Rockett to victory in last year's feature race |
| 16:00 | Storybud | Amy Huberman recounts a tale of Irish sports star Katie McCabe's meeting with a peculiar little man at a car-boot sale | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
14:00 | The Chase | Richard from Frome, Ali from London, Dany from Spalding and Lesley from Liverpool take on a Chaser. Bradley Walsh guides the contestants through a battle of wits in the hope that they'll go home with thousands of pounds |
| 15:00 | Loose Women | The women put the world to rights once more, discussing everything from politics to parenting, and invite a celebrity guest to chat about what they are up to - or anything else that takes their fancy | |
| TG4
[104] |
14:10 | Domhan an Dúlra | Young animals struggle to overcome challenges on the African savannah |
| 15:10 | Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands | Paul Murton continues his island-hopping odyssey, setting sail on an island pilgrimage in the footsteps of saints, visiting Lismore, Colonsay and Oronsay. He hears the story of Saint Moluag, who established a monastery on Lismore, joins writer Alexander McCall Smith on his yacht, and uncovers the secrets revealed by a Viking ship burial on Colonsay | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
14:00 | River Monsters | Extreme angler Jeremy Wade visits the Parana River in Argentina to investigate the death of a girl thought to have been killed by a creature the locals call the 'river dog'. Armed with a razor-sharp blade tipped with tissue-destroying venom, the species lives 500 miles from the sea and proves to be the largest totally freshwater river monster Jeremy has ever caught |
| 15:00 | Inside Sydney Airport | The imminent arrival of the Prime Minister of Singapore has security on high alert, while Duty Manager Mel is excited to escort his favourite pop star | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
14:05 | The Hotel Inspector | Ruth Watson meets novice hoteliers Elly Koopman and Rob Farrow and assesses their nine-bedroom Haven Hotel in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Bought only four months prior to Ruth's arrival, the establishment has left the pair out of their depth and desperately in need of a crash course in running a hotel |
| 15:05 | Marcus Wareing's Tales from a Kitchen Garden | The chef keen to master charcuterie, a method of preserving meat products, so he invites neighbour Phil Beale over for a masterclass in curing meat. He also plants some winter veg | |
| BBC One
[108] |
14:00 | Lost and Found in the Lakes | The detectorist team embarks on a search for a cherished wedding ring that was lost to the mole holes of Blencathra 14 years ago. Crafter Sally takes on one of our old finds and creates an incredible ceramic story, while the chance find of a phone in Ullswater tasks our social media detective Mui to find the owner. Presented by Helen Skelton |
| 14:30 | Animal Park | Huge male lion Klaus' dominance has been in question after he sustained an injury. To see if he is back to full strength the keepers set up an enrichment test - a rope toy attached to a digital gauge and a truck. The day has finally arrived for the first new hippos in decades to arrive at Longleat. After a 700-mile journey from the Czech Republic, sisters Matilda and Manon are due at their new, state-of-the-art home. Meanwhile, the donkeys have a tea party | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
14:10 | Countdown | Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host the words-and-numbers game where contestants pit their wits against the clock. Broadcaster Jo Good joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner |
| 15:00 | A Place in the Sun | Leah Charles-King helps Claire and her daughter Judy find their dream holiday home in Chania, Crete - the Island of the Gods - famed for its 650 miles of beautiful coastline and Blue Flag beaches, fascinating historical sights, and an array of shops, bars and restaurants. Leah shows them five fabulous options for their budget of £160,000, from apartments with pools to a 19th-century traditional house oozing with character | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
14:00 | The Simpsons | Apu has the bright idea of turning the Kwik-E-Mart into a novel money-spinning tourist attraction, while Lisa is struck by the awful thought that her genetic make-up means she will follow in her family's footsteps and end up stupid |
| 14:30 | The Simpsons | Bart is horrified at Marge's attempts to make him befriend Ralph Wiggum - until he learns his police chief dad has a master key to every shop in Springfield. In a bid to impress Nelson and his bully buddies, Bart and Ralph break into an abandoned prison, where they find an electric chair | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:20 | The Stuarts in Exile | Part two of two. Dr Clare Jackson reveals how the Jacobite campaign took place on a European-wide stage, rather than purely Scottish, and inspired a nexus of international intrigue and covert plots. Jackson explores why so many law-abiding Scots and English were prepared to support the Catholic Stuarts and how the new Protestant Hanoverian regime hung by a thread, as George I and II struggled to impose their authority on frequently hostile and anti-European subjects |
| 19:00 | Great British Railway Journeys | Michael Portillo travels by tram to the former cotton town of Oldham on the edge of the Peak District. Here he visits Oldham Coliseum, the town's Victorian repertory theatre, and hears about the lifting of censorship by the Lord Chamberlain's Office in the late 1960s. He then goes hiking before a visit to Sheffield, where he attends a knife-making workshop. He ends this part of his journey admiring the striking post-war sculptures of Barbara Hepworth at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Wakefield | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
14:10 | Four in a Bed | The competition kicks off in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, at The Abertay Guest House, where hosts Kate and Karlos Victor hope that their home-from-home approach will win the day. On arrival, Bob Calder and his sister-in-law Kirsty Laird, who run the Registry Guest House near Aberdeen, immediately want to leave. The group get to try their hand at the sport of curling, but despite the ice, the competition heats up for Jules Tagger and his partner Jan Latimer, from the Wellwood in Amble. At dinner, the disagreements continue as Pauline and Mike Hirst from the Albert in Scarborough get political over Kate's views on Scotland |
| 14:40 | Four in a Bed | The competitors visit the Registry Guest House in Peterculter, near Aberdeen. Here, owner Bob Calder and his sister-in-law Kirsty Laird hope to impress their fellow hoteliers | |