| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-04) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
13:40 | Shortland Street | Desi blows up, TK faces backlash, and Drew seeks escape |
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| 14:10 | Fair City | Fergal gains the upper hand over Melanie, Ger wields power over JJ, Orla flaunts an ill advised lover at Rafferty, and Lily fears Georgie will shop her to Dolores | |
| RTE2
[102] |
14:00 | Holly Hobbie | |
| 14:30 | JourneyCam International | JourneyCam reporter Abu Bakar heads to Karachi in Pakistan. The 10-year-old reunites with his granny and cousins and visits one of Asia's largest cow markets to buy a cow | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
14:00 | The Chase | Bradley Walsh presents as contestants Colin, Talya, Joey and Elaine 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 |
| 15:00 | Lorraine | Early morning chat show presented by Lorraine Kelly, with celebrity interviews, entertainment news, cooking tips, fashion features and musical guests. | |
| TG4
[104] |
13:30 | Murder, She Wrote | Jessica travels to Wyoming to attend the funeral of an old friend, but instead finds herself investigating the mysterious death of a man everyone despised. Noah Beery Jr (The Rockford Files) and Stella Stevens (Flamingo Road) guest star |
| 14:25 | Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh | Pádraig Ó Sé showcases some of the best acts from the 20th year of the festival, including the new local ensemble Cuas, legends Seán Ryan on whistle and Colm Murphy on bodhrán, sean-nós singer Páidí Mhárthain Mac Gearailt, young fiddlers Aisling Ní Chléirigh from Clare and Méabh Ní Chonaill from Cork and a rare taste of Estonian folk music with Kairi Leivo and Karoliina Kreintaal | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
14:00 | Friends | Phoebe learns the result of her pregnancy test and the friends' competitive spirit gets the better of them in a battle of the sexes arising from an apparently simple challenge. Comedy, starring Lisa Kudrow |
| 14:30 | In for a Penny | Stephen Mulhern introduces previously unseen games from three of the cities he visited in this series, and another game of In for a Penny from Essex | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
13:50 | This Time Next Year | Davina McCall meets an 11-year-old meningitis survivor hoping to finally have hands, and a young couple with fertility complications who dream of starting a family. Also taking part are parents whose only wish is for their young son to take his first steps, and a man who, having shed half his body weight, is left with an unsightly physical reminder of his former self |
| 14:55 | The Hotel Inspector | Alex Polizzi comes to the aid of John and Ilona, who bought the 10-bedroom Yeoldon House Hotel in Bideford, Devon as a retirement project. Despite having no industry experience, they ploughed their savings into the project. However, the reality has been far from the good life, with out-of-season occupancy below 10 per cent and the pair unable to afford a salary | |
| BBC One
[108] |
14:00 | Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough | Palaeontologist Robert DePalma has made an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard - fossilised creatures, astonishingly well preserved, that could help change man's understanding of the last days of the dinosaurs. Evidence from his site records the day when an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest struck the planet causing the dinosaurs' extinction. In light of these findings, the veteran naturalist reveals exactly what happened, employing CGI to recreate the late Cretaceous period from which he documents, minute-by-minute, the events of that cataclysmic day some 66 million years ago |
| 15:30 | Escape to the Country | Sonali Shah helps a couple from Dorset to start a new life in Devon, and learns the importance of local newspapers in keeping rural communities connected and informed | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
11:55 | The Kid Who Would Be King | Alex is a 12-year-old lad who is starting a new term at school and trying to adapt to his new surroundings. While hiding from bullies in a construction site, he finds a mysterious sword and discovers it's King Arthur's Excalibur. Eventually Alex meets legendary wizard Merlin and faces up to a tense battle with the evil Morgana. Joe Cornish's fantasy action adventure, starring Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Rebecca Ferguson and Tom Taylor. |
| 14:10 | Countdown | Colin Murray, Rachel Riley and Susie Dent host, with actress and comedian Nina Wadia in Dictionary Corner, as contestants pit their wits against words and numbers | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
14:00 | The Simpsons | The new and improved Pin Pals travel to Capital City for their first ever state bowling championship |
| 14:30 | Modern Family | The friends pitch in for a yard sale to help raise money for the school but problems arise when Manny comes across an old trunk containing a secret of Gloria's. Phil finds himself in a bit of a pickle, feeling pressured to sell and buy something, while Alex's new boyfriend is subjected to Claire's thorough interrogation. Will she approve of him or will it turn out that she preferred Dylan? | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:00 | Art That Made Us | The story of Britain in the 18th century, which saw an explosion of creativity and a country with enough money, from trade and conquest, to pay for it. Sculptor Thomas J Price visits Harewood House to see the elaborate Robert Adam-designed interiors, Joshua Reynolds portraits and Thomas Chippendale furniture that the slave trade paid for. This was also the great age of mockery, and artist Lubaina Himid reflects on William Hogarth's scabrous exposure of upper-class hypocrisies, while Stewart Lee analyses the cutting humour of A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift's bitter satire about the treatment of the Irish poor, with passages performed by Jason Isaacs |
| 19:00 | University Challenge | Jeremy Paxman presides as the academic quiz starts its 29th series since the revival of the show in 1994, with the opening match of the first round seeing the University of Bristol take on Durham University | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
13:35 | Come Dine with Me | Hotel consultant Oli Delaunoy kicks off the week of dinner parties in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and hopes that his scallop starter and a meaty main course will impress his guests - events-company director Zak Roby, administrator Kim Thomas, house husband Paddy Castledine and nurse Jan Blomer - and win him the £1,000 cash prize |
| 14:05 | Come Dine with Me | Nurse Jan Blomer hosts the second dinner party in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, hoping her menu of chicken with sun-dried tomatoes and home-made ice-cream will win her the £1,000 cash prize. Paddy and Zak's rivalry keeps the evening lively and loud, but the host reclaims the spotlight with a surprising revelation | |