| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-16) | |||
| RTE One
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15:30 | Today | Daily magazine show featuring entertainment and celebrity news, consumer advice, and Ireland's biggest giveaways. Presented by Dáithí Ó Sé and Sinéad Kennedy |
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| 17:40 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines | |
| RTE2
[102] |
17:30 | New Wave: Ireland's Young Surfers | Final preparations at Strandhill push Team Ireland to their limits. Then it's off to Portugal, where a parade welcomes Europe's best, but Ireland is briefly forgotten |
| 18:00 | The Simpsons | Duff beer's mascot Duffman injures himself after one too many pelvic thrusts, so a nationwide reality contest is launched - So You Think You Can Duff - to find his replacement. Homer wins hands down, only to learn that the main job requirement is that he has to stay sober at all times. But what at first sounds like an impossible task soon proves to be an enlightening lifestyle change as Homer realises alcohol isn't necessary to have a good time. With the guest voices of Cat Deeley, Stacy Keach and R Lee Ermey | |
| 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 | A lively mix of celebrity chat with national and international guests, fabulous food from the country's top chefs, expert advice and all the unmissable stories making the headlines | |
| TG4
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17:30 | Seal le Dáithí | Dáithí Ó Sé talks to actress, writer, and producer Fionnuala Gygax, who works on both English and Irish-language platforms. She is an important voice in contemporary Irish cultural production |
| 18:00 | The Golden Girls | Part one of two. The gang is delighted to learn the American president is planning a visit to the local senior citizens' centre | |
| 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 Valentine, Chris, Wasim and Victoria 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] |
16:50 | The Royal | Suspicion falls on Adam over missing hospital funds and Mike attends a meeting to assess the mental welfare of a 50-year-old man (guest Andrew Dunn) who still lives with his mother. Elsewhere, Gordon's former father-in-law pays an unexpected visit with sobering news and Ken makes a confession to his colleagues. Guest starring Michael Jayston |
| 17:55 | Endeavour | Shaun Evans steps into the shoes of John Thaw in this 1965-set prequel to Inspector Morse, playing a younger version of the cerebral detective involved in the hunt for a missing schoolgirl. Soon deep in a full-blown murder investigation, Endeavour is sidelined, discredited and at a dead end - so he risks all to begin his own quest for justice. Roger Allam and Charlie Creed-Miles co-star in the mystery | |
| BBC One
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17:15 | The Finish Line | Tim Vine, Cheryl Baker, Kéllé Bryan, Will Best and Tia Kofi take part in a celebrity edition of the game show, sitting in pods that move when they answer questions correctly and stop dead in their tracks when they are wrong |
| 18:00 | BBC News at Six; Weather | The latest headlines | |
| Channel 4
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17:00 | Chateau DIY | Jon and Carmen rush to get a bedroom ready for a Christmas bash at Château de Cézérac, while a carol concert at Château de la Fare is jeopardised by a blocked chimney. Over at Château de la Grillère, Tim and Sharon are having trouble fitting their 12-metre tree beneath their three-metre ceiling |
| 18:00 | A Place in the Sun | Patricia and Mark from East Sussex are keen to move to a country that Mark has lots of connections with. They have set their sights on Lazio in Italy, so Laura Hamilton showcases the best of what their £330,000 budget can get them in that region | |
| E4
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17:30 | The Big Bang Theory | Leonard and Raj take a heartbroken Howard to Las Vegas, where they pay a prostitute to spend time with him. Meanwhile, Sheldon finds himself locked out of his apartment and forced to stay the night at Penny's. With guest star Jodi Lynn O'Keefe |
| 18:00 | The Big Bang Theory | Stuart takes Penny out for a second date, during which she drunkenly reveals her true feelings. Meanwhile, Howard uncovers a flaw in the toilet he designed for a Nasa space shuttle, and asks his friends to help him correct it before the launch. Kaley Cuoco, Kevin Sussman and Simon Helberg star | |
| BBC Four
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01:45 | Sorry! | Timothy gives his parents and girlfriend a tour of his new home, but it is not long before mother interferes in her son's love life. First broadcast 3 October 1988 |
| 19:00 | Tomorrow's World | Raymond Baxter, William Woollard, Michael Rood and Judith Hann invite a party of children to their workshop, where they can enjoy magic moment of science, in a Christmas special of the science magazine programme from 1975 | |
| More4
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17:15 | Four in a Bed | The owners of the musically themed Harmony B&B in Torquay, Devon, begin the competition, trying to prove their establishment offers the best value for money. Dutch hosts Hans MacDaniel and Monica van der Meij try to impress their guests, but it remains to be seen what they will make of wheelchair badminton, saxophones at breakfast and a controversial sausage |
| 17:50 | Four in a Bed | The contest continues at Chimneys B&B in North Walsham, Norfolk, where owners Jenny and Richard Harmer's decision to use a flag as a tablecloth angers Hans MacDaniel and Monica Van Der Meij. The argument seems to abate during an afternoon canoeing session - only to resurface at breakfast the following day | |