| What's on Now & Next (2026-10-22) | |||
| 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 | The boys want to become more sporty, so Barry Kripke leads them in a fencing lesson, while Penny, Amy and Bernadette help Stuart, who wants to attract more female customers to the comic-book store |
| 18:00 | Shortland Street | Marty's left in limbo and Viliami has a vendetta | |
| 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 | Ireland's daily destination for celebrity chat, fun entertainment and feel-good television, bringing you closer to the stars and stories everyone is talking about | |
| TG4
[104] |
17:25 | Cheers | Sam tries to get a date with a psychiatrist who is a colleague of Frasier and Lilith, but she will not give him the time of day, so he makes an appointment to see her in her office |
| 17:50 | Nuacht Cúla4 | News programme for young people covering local, national and international news | |
| 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 Ness, Chloe, Carey and Fergus 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] |
16:45 | The Royal | A group of drunken mods arrive at the hospital in a shocking state, and Ken Hopkirk soon makes the grim discovery that they have been drinking industrial alcohol supplied by their friend, theatre technician Alun Morris. Meanwhile, a fourth member of the boozing group is brought in and has his stomach pumped immediately - but it soon emerges that the illicit hooch has blinded him. Elsewhere, Mr Rose and his surgical team treat a widow with a gangrenous toe at her farmhouse, and student nurse Samantha Beaumont receives a telling-off for laying out operating instruments in an incorrect order. Andy Wear, Michael Starke and Robert Daws star, with a guest appearance by Thelma Barlow |
| 17:50 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | The detective is ordered to take a holiday for the benefit of his health, and with Hastings and Miss Lemon in tow, reluctantly heads for the tranquillity of Devon's coast, where his relaxation is soon ruined by the discovery of a socialite's murdered body on the beach. Several people had reason for wishing Arlena Stuart dead, but high on the list of suspects are her husband, teenage son and a troubled vicar. David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson and Pauline Moran star | |
| BBC One
[108] |
17:15 | Pointless | 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. Presented by Alexander Armstrong and Andi Oliver |
| 18:00 | BBC News at Six; Weather | The latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
17:30 | Come Dine with Me | On the fourth day in and around Norwich, chatty mobile hairdresser Sarah is confident that her menu of family favourites will be a cut above the rest. With an evening full of bedroom surprises, hair-raising ghostly conversations and extravagant singing and dancing, she hopes to have done enough to bag the £1,000 prize |
| 18:00 | A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? | Anthony and Ian have swapped their B&B in France for a building site in Spain and motorcycle tour operator Cliff tries to keep the business going as a lone rider. In France, gite owners Lyndsey and Richard are living the rural lifestyle, but is it enough for this pair of city slickers? | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
17:30 | The Simpsons | Mr Burns throws a party to celebrate Independence Day, but uses the event to exploit his employees. Homer and his colleagues fight back, and when the police arrive they discover a set of stolen masterpiece paintings in the mansion, the owner of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is promptly sent to prison, where he makes a friend who tries to change his cruel ways |
| 18:00 | The Simpsons | Homer is sentenced to community service following an incident involving a bank and a toffee apple. Chief Wiggum oversees his punishment and it is not long before the pair strike up an unlikely friendship, but the honeymoon period is brought to an abrupt end during a showdown with Mob boss Fat Tony | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:45 | Asteroids: Spark of Life? | Exploring if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on the planet. Scientists examine the deep past embedded in South African and Australian rocks, the surface of the moon, and asteroid dust taken from space and ancient impact craters to develop this revolutionary theory |
| 19:00 | Where Eagles Dare | An American general is held captive by the Nazis in a heavily defended fortress in the Alps. A crack team of British soldiers and an American lieutenant are dispatched to free him, but they soon realise there is a traitor in their ranks. Second World War adventure, starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern and Mary Ure | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
16:50 | Car S.O.S. | Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw head to Stockport to take on a 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo owned by Darren, who is unable to move from the neck down after an accident. With the car gathering dust on the drive, Darren's friends are hoping Fuzz and Tim can convert it to allow him to be a passenger and satisfy his need for speed again |
| 17:50 | American Pickers | Mike Wolfe takes a gamble on a 1935 classic car that's either a diamond in the rough or a total waste of money. Dave Ohrt unveils a project one year in the making | |