| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-27) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
08:30 | Fair City Omnibus | The past week's events in the soap |
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| 11:00 | Amanda & Alan's Italian Job | Many hands make light work as Amanda Holden and Alan Carr invite local friends Fabrizio, Maria Pia and Carlos over for a plastering party, but things soon get out of hand as a spillage nearly ruins their newly laid terrazzo floor. On a shopping trek in the coastal city of Trapani, Amanda seeks modern soft furnishings for the living room, while Alan hunts for antique knick-knacks in the old town. Both reunite to style the newly designed space and reveal their labour of love, aka Casa Alamanda, to their Sicilian family | |
| RTE2
[102] |
10:50 | The Famous Five | When Uncle Quentin's life's work is stolen from Kirrin Cottage, Julian, Dick, George and Anne take the night train to Scotland and are drawn into a deadly game of espionage, theft and deceit. Adventure, starring Diaana Babnicova |
| 12:35 | JourneyCam International | Twelve-year-old reporter Roland heads to South Africa, reuniting with family and venturing into the African bush in search of the Big Five | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
09:10 | Just Like a Christmas Movie | On the verge of a huge deadline, a cynical workaholic is zapped by faulty Christmas lights while stranded in a small Colorado town and finds herself playing the lead in a holiday movie. She must immerse herself in the Christmas spirit to break the curse and return home. Fantasy comedy, starring Marlie Collins |
| 11:00 | Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments | Victoria Wood narrates the first of a two-part documentary counting down the soap's best storylines over its first half a century, as voted for by fans. The show features interviews with cast members past and present, including William Roache (Ken Barlow), Julie Goodyear (Bet Lynch), Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin), Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald) and Wendi Peters (Cilla Battersby-Brown), and reveals how some of the most explosive, amusing and heartfelt scenes were shot - as well as the tricks of the trade that made them work | |
| TG4
[104] |
10:00 | Guys and Dolls | A gambler accepts a bet that he cannot win the heart of a strait-laced Salvation Army member. Meanwhile, his friend has to find a secret location for an illegal dice game he is organising - while also contending with the police, a mobster and a girlfriend desperate to drag him to the altar. Musical, starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons. Songs include Luck Be a Lady Tonight and Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat |
| 12:50 | Ceol ón gCré | Love and romantic traditions take centre stage, as Nell Ní Chróinín explores customs of romance and relationships, past and present, through song and story. She meets Padraig McGovern, Sabina McCague, and Bacaigh Iarthar an Chláir among others, uncovering the music and rituals that celebrate love in Ireland. With dancers, storytellers and musicians like Jojo Marrinan, Grainne Fennell, Mairéad Uí Lionáird, and Tom and Sham Hyland, this concluding chapter is a moving celebration of the power of traditional music that brings people together | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
10:00 | Yes Chef | Michael O'Hare has his eye on the prize as he puts four home cooks through a series of culinary challenges, including how to make perfect scrambled eggs. Sheree Murphy hosts |
| 11:00 | Who's Doing the Dishes? | Vicki Michelle is the last to take on the diners this week as they try to guess the identity of their mystery celebrity host. The foursome are hoping to make headlines and end their run on a high, but will the actress - still best remembered as 'Allo 'Allo's Yvette - report back with a win or will they pose a problem for her and grab the cash? Hosted by Brian McFadden | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
10:00 | Endeavour | As England and Argentina kick off in the World Cup quarter-final, Oxford's streets are deserted. At an almost empty museum, Adrian Weiss, a specialist in heraldry and genealogy, is found dead - slain by a ceremonial dagger with links to 19th-century India. An entry in the visitors' book leads Morse to a girls' boarding school, where a note reading 'Save Me' is mysteriously slipped into his coat pocket. Digging into the building's troubled history, he finds a connection between Weiss's untimely fate and a series of unsolved murders that occurred on the school's grounds almost 100 years earlier. 1960s-set drama, starring Shaun Evans, with Roger Allam, Anton Lesser, James Bradshaw and Abigail Thaw |
| 12:00 | Emmerdale | Lydia makes an admission, while someone makes a proposal and Ray dares to dream | |
| BBC One
[108] |
10:00 | Saturday Kitchen | Matt Tebbutt is joined by chefs Hasan Semay and Julie Lin, and by special guest Sue Perkins. Helen McGinn pairs drinks with the studio dishes, and Elliott Grover make party canapes |
| 11:30 | The Great Food Guys | Nick Nairn and Dougie Vipond return to their Aberdeenshire country kitchen for the second of two festive specials, making a hearty venison pie with seasonal vegetables. Joining them is international wrestler and TV actor Graeme Stevely - better known as Grado - to chat, taste and raise a glass | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
10:45 | The Simpsons | Homer reluctantly pawns the TV to pay for family counselling sessions - but Dr Marvin Monroe's shocking treatment yields unexpected results |
| 11:15 | The Simpsons | Bart is singled out for punishment by school bully Nelson Muntz and seeks advice on self-defence from Grandpa, who joins forces with the owner of the local war memorabilia store to plot the downfall of his grandson's tormentor | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
10:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Penny makes an important decision after Leonard tries to help her in the aftermath of a failed role on a TV show. Meanwhile, Raj and Stuart practise talking to strangers at a shopping centre, and Sheldon studies to become a comic genius. Comedy, starring Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco |
| 11:00 | Playing with Fire | A straight-laced fire superintendent and his elite team of expert firefighters come to the rescue of three siblings in the path of an encroaching wildfire, but quickly realise that no amount of training could prepare them for their most challenging job yet - as their babysitters. Comedy, starring John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key and John Leguizamo | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
03:15 | To the Manor Born | Living in reduced circumstances does not blind Audrey to her responsibilities as Christmas approaches at the Grantleigh estate, while a falling out with Richard means the local church is still without a nativity crib. A special festive edition from 1979 of the comedy, starring Penelope Keith, Peter Bowles and Angela Thorne |
| 19:00 | All Creatures Great and Small | Tristan decides to take up bell-ringing when he learns it is a favourite pastime of the attractive new schoolmistress. Meanwhile, Siegfried becomes nervous when an enormous wolfhound needs treatment. Peter Davison, Robert Hardy and Christopher Timothy star in a feature-length episode from 1990, marking an end to the rural drama | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
10:25 | A Place in the Sun | Johnny Amobi has fallen in love with the island of Gran Canaria so much that he has now decided to relocate there permanently with his 14-year-old son. With the support of his best friend Deniece, he is helped by Laura Hamilton who delivers five of the very best homes on the island for them to choose between |
| 11:25 | A Place in the Sun | Vicky O'Grady and Simon Stevenson are both passionate about Spain and their greyhounds. Vicky has retired and Simon wants to live and work abroad, so they're ready to make their dream life in the sun a reality, near Alicante. Jasmine Harman helps them find a new home in Alicante on their budget of £70,000 | |