| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-10) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
21:35 | Bombing Brighton: The Plot to Kill Thatcher | An exploration of one of the IRA's most significant attacks on mainland Britain during the Troubles, which killed five people and seriously injured 34 others. Directly targeting Margaret Thatcher, the bomb was planted three weeks before the Conservative Party conference, hidden beneath a bathtub in room 629 of Brighton's Grand Hotel. This programme features new testimony from many of those affected and an interview Patrick Magee gave in 2022 about his role in the bombing |
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| 23:00 | The Last Irish Missionaries | Part one of two. At its peak in the 1960's, over 6,000 Irish Catholic missionaries were dispersed over 80 countries. In the modern day there are fewer than 500, marking the end of an era. Bryan Dobson and Dearbhail McDonald trace the beginning of the modern Irish missionary movement, meeting those who have returned to a changed Ireland after a life of service overseas and those who are still on the frontline in some of the world's toughest environments | |
| TG4
[104] |
22:30 | Finky | Musician and puppeteer Finky determines to escape his troubled past, so steals an envelope full of cash and runs off to Scotland with his childhood friend. On their first night in Glasgow, Finky suffers a horrible car accident and is left paralysed from the waist down. The showman hits rock bottom but is given a chance at redemption when recruited by violent, avant-garde circus Carnival Chaotica. Dara Devaney, Ned Dennehy and Diarmuid de Faoite star |
| 00:08 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| BBC One
[108] |
22:40 | Boys from County Hell | A bickering father and son must survive the night when their crew of road workers awakens an ancient Irish vampire. Comedy horror, starring Jack Rowan and Nigel O'Neill |
| 00:05 | MOTD: UEFA Champions League | Action from the matchday six fixtures, including Real Madrid v Manchester City at the Bernabéu and Inter Milan v Liverpool at the San Siro. The Citizens were looking to avenge a defeat at the hands of Real in last season's play-off round. Inter and the Reds met for the first time since Liverpool eliminated the Italian outfit at the last-16 stage of the 2021/22 competition | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
22:05 | 24 Hours in A&E | Sixty six-year-old Carol is rushed to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham after a lighter ignited her oxygen-breathing tank, causing flash burn injuries to her face. Though chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart and lung failure mean she doesn't have long to live, Carol is determined to be there for her daughter's wedding. After a full life and a career in the RAF, Trevor woke one morning to find that he was blind. He seeks help after falling down a flight of stairs at home. Plus, 71-year-old Grace is assisted after tripping and injuring her knee |
| 23:10 | Saving Mum: Our Family Secret | Deeply personal documentary from British South Asian film-maker Maleena Pone, following her as she tries to repair her complicated relationship with her mother Jasbir and confront the legacy of silence, grief and alcoholism that has shaped their family. Filmed across the UK and Costa Rica, and told through years of personal footage, photos and diaries, the documentary captures a side of British Punjabi family life rarely seen on screen as it unpacks how trauma passes through generations, and what it means to break the cycle | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
22:00 | Dating Naked UK | The singletons are left questioning their existing connections after the first dumping and a game of 'Dare or Bare' ends in floods of tears |
| 23:05 | Naked Attraction | Edinburgh musician Jamie says he is fed up of attracting groupies and wants more than a brief fling. Twenty-year-old musical theatre student Jasmin from Bognor Regis has been diagnosed with the chronic fatigue illness ME and wants to meet someone who will accept her for who she is. Anna Richardson invites them both to choose a date from a selection of six naked people, whose bodies are revealed one section at a time | |