| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-29) | |||
| RTE One
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20:30 | The Full Irish Hidden Camera Show | Doireann is offering free teeth whitening at a pop-up dentist, but new patients are horrified to hear the goings on in the next room as Dr Donncha gets to work with his drill |
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| 21:00 | RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock and Weather | The latest national and international news | |
| RTE2
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20:00 | Asia | David Attenborough narrates footage of the wildlife of Asia's forests. A Bengal tiger has her work cut out feeding three cubs, while greater one-horned rhinos battle it out in conflicts over territory. The rains of the monsoon prove an obstacle to a purple frog looking for a place to lay eggs, and a female orangutan in Borneo searches for a mate |
| 21:00 | Thirteen Lives | A rescue mission is organised in Thailand when 12 boys from a football team and their coach are trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non system of underground caves that are flooding. Ron Howard's fact-based drama, starring Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell and Joel Edgerton | |
| Virgin Media One
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20:30 | Don't Look Back in Anger | Archive news documentary chronicling the highs and lows of 2022 and all the chaos in between |
| 21:00 | The Forsytes | Jolyon assures Frances and June he has cut ties with Louisa and as Soames and Irene honeymoon in Paris, Frances resumes her efforts to secure Horatio for June. In Paris, Soames begins to realise he doesn't fit in with Irene's friends, while Louisa gives a speech on fallen women at Ellen's charity event | |
| TG4
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20:45 | Cuas in Lorient | The members of the pulsating traditional group Cuas from Corca Dhuibhne, four friends who came together to record an album in 2024. Comprising Niamh Varian Barry, Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich, Nicole Ní Dhubhshláine and Kyle Macaulay the band have performed to great reception at home in Kerry and abroad. This programme features them on stage at the Interceltic Festival in Lorient in August 2025 |
| 21:45 | Beo ón Electric Picnic: Buaicphointí | Highlights from Electric Picnic 2025, featuring music from the Hazelwood Stage from artists such as the Fogues, Lisa Murray and IMLÉ. The programme includes an interview with Khakikid, as well as music from An Puball Gaeilge with Eve Belle, Amano and the Donnys | |
| Virgin Media Two
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20:00 | The Finish Line | Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene host this quiz contest, in which five contestants race in moving podiums across the studio floor to try to win £5,000. Contenders Craig, Priya, Mark, Christine and Deborah battle across a series of fast-paced qualifiers and head-to-head races where the aim of the game is simple - to make it to the finish line before their rivals. The winner then races against the track itself in an attempt to win the cash prize |
| 21:00 | Kate Garraway's Life Stories | Broadcaster Jeremy Kyle talks about the controversy surrounding his daytime TV talk show and the public scrutiny he faced after its cancellation. Kate explores the personal challenges that shaped him including his battles with gambling and testicular cancer | |
| Virgin Media Three
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19:55 | Heartbeat | A trio of Australian sheep-shearers arrive in Aidensfield to help out at Grimedale Farm, but a missing watch puts one of them behind bars. Rosie is surprised by a face from the past and has to choose between two tempting offers for the future. Elsewhere, Peggy plans to start a laundry business, but leaves David doing all the work, and Phil and Gina make a life-changing decision. Former Neighbours actors Blair McDonough and Martin Crewes guest star |
| 21:00 | Poldark | The election results are announced, with Unwin tied for the second seat - but the announcement provokes public fury and he is attacked by an angry mob. Demelza tries to influence the outcome of Ross's trial by appealing directly to Justice Lister, but is stopped by an eavesdropping George. Dwight tries to persuade Francis not to kill himself, and Jud gives a surprising testimony. Clymer gives Ross a speech to make at the conclusion of his trial - but he rejects it, choosing to stick to his principles | |
| BBC One
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20:00 | MasterChef | A quartet of previous winners - Natalie Coleman, Thomas Frake, Chariya Khattiyot and Brin Pirathapan - re-enter the kitchen to compete in a festive culinary showdown. At stake is the golden pan trophy and their reputation. All they need to do is serve up a show-stopping dish fit for royalty, then present two of the best courses they have ever cooked, demonstrating how far they have progressed since they first entered the competition as amateurs. To help them decide the winner, judges Grace Dent and John Torode will be joined by restaurant critic Tom Parker Bowles |
| 21:00 | The Apprentice | Part one of two. AJ Odudu, Angela Scanlon, Charlie Hedges, Eddie Kadi, Jake Wood, JB Gill, Kadeena Cox, Matt Morsia, Rob Rinder, Sarah Hadland, Shazia Mirza and Tom Skinner compete to raise money for Children in Need. Lord Sugar splits the celebrities into two teams, under the watchful eyes of Karren Brady and Mike Soutar, and sends them to Lapland to create their own twist on the classic gingerbread biscuit before producing an advert and jingle, and pitching to retailers. For the first time in Celebrity Apprentice history, the products will be on sale to the public to raise money for Children in Need | |
| Channel 4
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20:00 | Murder on the Orient Express | An American businessman travelling on the Orient Express from Istanbul to Paris tries to hire Hercule Poirot to be his bodyguard as he has had death threats made against him. The sleuth refuses, but wakes up the following morning to learn the man has been stabbed to death while the train was held up by heavy snow - and there is no shortage of suspects among the passengers. Agatha Christie mystery, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Daisy Ridley, Derek Jacobi and Johnny Depp |
| 22:15 | Gangs of New York | An Irishman in 19th-century New York is taken under the wing of the ruthless gang leader who killed his father 15 years before, and rises up the ranks of power - all the while plotting his revenge. Meanwhile, the tension caused by the enforced drafting of the population into the army to fight in the Civil War explodes into bloodshed and riots. Martin Scorsese's epic historical drama, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz and Liam Neeson | |
| E4
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20:30 | The Simpsons | Lisa rekindles her love of jazz when the family end up in New Orleans, where Bart discovers Louisiana's voodoo, and Homer samples its alcohol |
| 21:00 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Denise van Outen and her partner Eddie, Mo Gilligan and Babatunde Aleshe, Nick Grimshaw and his niece Liv, Zoe Ball and her son Woody Cook, Martin Kemp and son Roman, Maureen Lipman and Gyles Brandreth, Johnny Vegas and his PA Bev, Shaun Ryder and Bez, Emilia Fox and Joanna David, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling, Rylan Clark-Neal and his mum Linda, Georgia Taylor and Sunetra Sarker and Susanna Reid and Rob Rinder critique programmes including Blue Planet II, Unsolved Mysteries, It Chapter Two, Antiques Roadshow, Basic Instinct and news reports on the coronavirus | |
| BBC Four
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20:00 | Blue Planet II | An extended special featuring highlights from the second series of David Attenborough's documentary, journeying from the intense heat of the tropics to the planet's frozen poles and through to its unexplored depths to reveal new worlds and extraordinary never-seen-before animal behaviours |
| 21:00 | Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand | Cameras capture the quiz show host and comedian in the summer of 2003 - just months before his death - as he entertains a room full of fellow comics with stand-up, chat and a masterclass in his craft. The night became the stuff of legend among comedians, but was never transmitted in full until recently | |
| More4
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19:55 | Grand Designs | Kevin McCloud meets architect and shed fanatic Micah Jones, who plans to transform an old agricultural building in Co Down. Micah plans an upside-down, four-bedroom shed using new techniques and materials, but the £200,000 budget runs short and Micah is forced to take on some of the building work himself |
| 21:00 | Supercruising: Life at Sea | Dancer Summer from Milton Keynes is one of the newest recruits to the crew sailing the Caribbean, and is acclimatising to performing on a rocky stage while missing family back home. On the ship sailing North Africa and Europe, the chefs are prepping a fine-dining experience fusing Japanese and Western cuisines. In Europe, a Dutch family brave some unseasonal pouring rain on a Tuk Tuk tour around Porto | |