| What's on Now & Next (2026-01-24) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
18:35 | Charlotte's Web | Youngster Fern tries to persuade her father to keep the runt of a litter when a sow gives birth to piglets on the family farm. While the little pig still looks destined for the chop, clever spider Charlotte hatches a plan to use her web-spinning talents to save him. Family drama, starring Dakota Fanning and featuring the voices of Julia Roberts, Dominic Scott Kay, Steve Buscemi and John Cleese |
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| 20:20 | Killinaskully | Dan, Timmy and Jimmy are arrested after an over-zealous superintendent finds them helping Sgt Dick liberate some furniture. Theo must use his oratorical skills and Willie his cunning and Lazarus-like star witness in order to make sure they won't end up in prison | |
| RTE2
[102] |
18:30 | Saturday GAA Live | Tipperary v Galway (Throw-in 7.00pm). Damian Lawlor presents coverage of the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A match from FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles, as both teams play their opening match in this season's competition. Tipperary were runners-up to Cork last year, while Galway narrowly missed out on a place in the final after finishing third in the table. With analysis from Joe Canning and Liam Sheedy |
| 21:00 | A Quiet Place Part II | Following the events at home, the Abbott family now faces the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realise the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path. Horror sequel, directed by and starring John Krasinski, with Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Cillian Murphy | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
19:00 | The Masked Singer | Joel Dommett is joined by panellists Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Maya Jama, Mo Gilligan and special guest Perrie Edwards for another edition of the guessing game where celebrities perform undercover in elaborate costumes. All eight remaining incognito stars come together for the first time and perform before there is a double unmasking |
| 20:30 | Ant & Dec's Limitless Win | The duo host as competitive father-and-daughter duo David and Emma take on the challenge that gives contestants a chance to win a limitless jackpot by climbing an endless money ladder. Having already overcome significant personal hurdles and been put in a great place by their competitiveness, can David's risk-taking be balanced by level-headed Emma to help them scale the dizzying heights of the ladder, or will they crash out before they can cash out? | |
| TG4
[104] |
19:15 | Survivor | Castaways begin to gauge how much they can trust their tribemates. Tribes must wind their way to victory in the challenge to earn safety and fishing gear |
| 20:30 | Cyril Cusack: Lár an Stáitse | The life of the actor whose long career began in the early days of Irish silent cinema and saw him conquer stage, screen and television. Cusack appealed to many generations across his 75-year career. To some he was the movie star who popped up in major Hollywood films. To others he was Uncle Peter in Glenroe | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
19:00 | This Time Next Year | Davina McCall gives members of the public 12 months to improve their lives, including a woman who hopes to lose half her body weight in order to begin fertility treatment. A young man dreams of breaking records at the Paralympics and a woman undergoes life-changing surgery to end years of acute pain |
| 20:00 | A Year on Planet Earth | Stephen Fry looks at the impact of summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the south, revealing that wildlife faces feast, famine, fire and torrential rain in different regions around the world. On Marion Island life has frozen to a standstill, with king penguin chicks facing starvation as their parents left months ago, while in northern Australia it's the dry season, and hooded parrots raise their chicks in termite mounds | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
19:30 | Tour de Fred | The penultimate stage of Fred Sirieix's gastronomic tour takes him to the north coast, where he tries golf for the first time and explores the future of regenerative farming |
| 20:30 | Home Fires | The WI members of Great Paxford live under a shadow as the Battle of Britain looms on the horizon. Pat befriends a Czech soldier, but finds her newfound independence less enjoyable than expected. Laura faces the consequences of her affair, while Sarah receives some shocking news. Alison strikes a bargain with the police, and tragedy strikes for Frances | |
| BBC One
[108] |
19:45 | The Weakest Link | Romesh Ranganathan asks general knowledge questions against the clock as celebrity contestants try to avoid being voted off the team. Battling it out for the charity of their choice are Lloyd Griffith, Rav Wilding, Dylan Llewellyn, Lorna Watson, Shereen Cutkelvin, Colin Jackson, Harriet Thorpe and Kiri Pritchard-McLean |
| 20:35 | Casualty | There's a rude awakening for Flynn when a CQC inspector turn up to investigate the ED in light of a recent death, with repercussions for the hospital's trauma and teaching status. Dylan admits that he sent a stolen DNA sample for testing, Jacob teases Teddy about his relationship with Ashley, and Stevie is irritated when Kim seems to be paying more attention to her phone than her patients | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
19:00 | Independence Day | A fleet of huge flying saucers launches a devastating and unprovoked attack on Earth. As survivors try to flee the seemingly unstoppable alien invaders, the courageous US president, an ace pilot and a computer genius come up with a plan to take the fight to the enemy and save the human race. Roland Emmerich's sci-fi adventure, starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia and Harry Connick Jr |
| 21:45 | The Zone of Interest | The wife of the commandant of Auschwitz maintains a normal life for herself and her five children. As her husband focuses on new developments that will drastically increase the death toll, the presence of the genocide taking place beyond her walls presses in on her fragile reality. Director Jonathan Glazer's double Oscar-winning period drama, with Christian Friedel and Sandra Huller. In German, Yiddish and Polish | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
19:30 | The Simpsons | Ratings for Krusty's TV show start to fall, so executives bring in co-star Princess Penelope (voiced by Anne Hathaway) to increase its appeal, and romance soon blossoms between the clown and his new sidekick. Elsewhere, Mr Burns cuts costs at the nuclear plant by taking away the staff's free doughnuts |
| 20:00 | The Simpsons | Homer wins $1million on the lottery, but keeps it a secret from his family, fearing Marge's reaction if she finds out about it. He and Bart set about spending the money, and buy front-row tickets to a Coldplay concert. With the guest voice of Chris Martin | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
19:30 | The Flying Gardener | Chris Beardshaw visits Hampshire to find out the best way to get summer colour into the garden. First broadcast in 2007 |
| 19:50 | The Good Old Days | A 1973 edition of the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds, in which chairman Leonard Sachs welcomes performances by Beryl Reid, Roy Castle, Lorna Dallas, Gino Donati and the Valla Bertini members of the Players Theatre, London | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
19:25 | Four in a Bed | Payment Day promises to be a fiery affair after two sets of B&Bers in particular participated in tit-for-tat marking throughout the week. Eventually, the week's winner is announced |
| 20:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | Fifty-year-old motorcyclist Michelle is rushed to A&E after crashing head first into a lamp-post, with scans revealing that she has broken bones in her neck, arm and shoulder and requires emergency surgery. Timothy, 69, arrives at St George's after riding his bicycle into the back of a parked ambulance, while 33-year-old expectant mother Eleanor is admitted after cutting her thumb on a meat cleaver | |