| What's on Now & Next (2025-04-20) | |||
| RTE One
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14:40 | Women's Six Nations | Wales v Ireland (Kick-off 3.00pm). Daire O'Brien presents all the action from both teams' penultimate match of the championship, held at Rodney Parade. Ireland raced into a 21-0 half-time lead and went on to claim a convincing 36-5 victory when the teams met in Cork last year, but Wales will expect to fare better this time around in front of their own fans. With analysis from Darren Cave, Hannah Tyrrell and Lindsay Peat |
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| 17:40 | Nuacht | The latest news headlines | |
| RTE2
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13:30 | The Sunday Game Live | Clare v Cork and Galway v Roscommon (Throw-ins 2.00pm and 4.00pm). Joanne Cantwell presents coverage of the match in the first round of fixtures in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, followed by the Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final at Pearse Stadium. Clare were runners-up in this competition last year and ended the season as All-Ireland champions, while Cork just missed out on the final. Galway are the reigning Connacht champions and Roscommon lost to Mayo at this stage in 2024 |
| 18:25 | From Russia with Love | James Bond is sent to steal a top-secret Soviet decoding machine and ends up helping its operator defect to the West. However, he discovers the mission is really a trap set by international crime syndicate Spectre, and struggles to evade his would-be assassins. Spy thriller, starring Sean Connery, Robert Shaw and Lotte Lenya | |
| Virgin Media One
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16:25 | Britain's Got Talent | Ant and Dec host the nationwide talent search, which sees a wide variety of acts, from comedians to contortionists, singers to spoon players, compete for the chance to win a huge cash prize and a coveted slot at the Royal Variety Performance |
| 17:30 | News at 5.30 | The latest national and international news stories from the Virgin Media News team | |
| TG4
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16:50 | Shrek 2 | The grouchy ogre and his new wife Princess Fiona set out on a journey to meet her parents. However, the king and queen are less than impressed with their daughter's choice of husband, while a conniving fairy godmother is determined to make sure her own son gets to marry the princess. Animated adventure sequel, with the voices of Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Jennifer Saunders and Rupert Everett |
| 18:25 | Scéalta na gCorn | Gráinne McElwain arrives in Armagh, starting her visit at the county's home ground, where she meets GAA president Jarlath Burns to hear about the McKillop Cup. She also learns about two former county footballers - Marie Hoye and Caitríona McKeag - and the annual competition that is named in their honour | |
| Virgin Media Two
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17:00 | Who's Doing the Dishes? | TOWIE star Gemma Collins cooks up an Essex-style feast and offers cryptic clues to help the diners guess her identity, win a cash prize, and avoid having to do the dishes. Hosted by Brian McFadden |
| 18:00 | Who's Doing the Dishes? | Chef Antony Worrall Thompson hosts a dinner party for four guests, who will win a cash prize if they can guess his identity from cryptic culinary clues. Presented by Brian McFadden | |
| Virgin Media Three
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16:30 | Britain's Spending Secrets | Anne Robinson concludes her two-part investigation into Britain's spending habits, asking whether it is possible for a person to spend their way to happiness. She meets billionaire John Caudwell, one of the UK's richest men with a home worth £90million, who explains why his extraordinary personal wealth has not been able to negate the sadness in his life. Anne discovers how an inability to spend can also cause intense distress when she encounters Brian, who has fallen on hard times, and depends on a local food bank to survive. Also featured are Katie, a working mother who campaigned to have a branch of Waitrose opened near her home, and Rosie, the wife of an affluent City banker, who claims to be an 'ethical shopper' for whom every purchase must conform to strict moral guidelines |
| 17:45 | The Deal Makers | Following the biggest characters from the world of pawn broking as they uncover the stories behind the most amazing objects being bought, sold and loaned against | |
| BBC One
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17:15 | Countryfile | John Craven and Vick Hope celebrate new life on the Wembury coast, joining a hunt for egg cases of rays, skates and sharks on the beach and meeting a clifftop farming family in the midst of calving. They also discover a local conservation initiative creating habitats for rare Mining bees. In Norfolk, Adam Henson visits the only outdoor commercial tulip grower in the UK |
| 18:15 | The Americas | This episode focuses on the behaviour of animals living in the Caribbean, including sailfish, purple-throated Carib hummingbirds and capuchin monkeys. Off the coast of Dominica, a family of sperm whales dive deep to hunt squid, while on Cuba's Zapata Peninsula, millions of red land crabs undertake a massive migration to lay their eggs in the sea | |
| BBC Two
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13:00 | Snooker: The World Championship | Hazel Irvine presents live coverage of the afternoon session on day two at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, featuring the start of one first-round match and the conclusion of another. Third seed Judd Trump was in good form at this stage last year, prevailing 10-5 against Hossein Vafaei. However, his bid to emulate his 2019 triumph in this event came to an end when he was defeated by Jak Jones in the quarter-finals. With commentary and analysis from Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, Shaun Murphy, John Parrott, Dennis Taylor and John Virgo |
| 17:40 | Flog It! | Antiques experts Mark Stacey and Philip Serrell head to Stockport Town Hall in Greater Manchester to value the collectibles of members of the public, including a pair of charcoal drawings by artist Trevor Grimshaw and some gold European coins. Plus, presenter Paul Martin visits Manchester Art Gallery, where he admires the work of pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown | |
| Channel 4
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15:40 | Oliver! | Oscar-winning musical version of the stage play based on Charles Dickens' classic tale about a lonely workhouse orphan who ends up on the cold streets of London, where he falls under the wing of petty crook Fagin and his gang of young backstreet thieves. Featuring the iconic songs Food, Glorious Food, Consider Yourself, As Long as He Needs Me and You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two. Starring Ron Moody, Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Jack Wild, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis and Leonard Rossiter |
| 18:30 | Channel 4 News | Including sport and weather | |
| E4
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16:25 | The Devil Wears Prada | A woman with dreams of becoming a journalist takes a job as assistant to the editor of a prestigious fashion magazine - a position that should guarantee a bright future if she succeeds. Unfortunately, she has just signed up to work for the boss from hell, whose cruel personality and outrageous demands make her life a nightmare. Comedy drama, with Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt |
| 18:35 | The Simpsons | Lisa is thrilled to learn she has been moved up a grade at school - until she discovers Bart's poor performance has caused him to be demoted to the same class. Tensions inevitably develop between the pair, but a crisis during a field trip teaches them the value of working together. With the guest voice of Tony Bennett | |
| BBC Four
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02:15 | BBC Proms | A concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in which the multi award-winning star of stage and screen is backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra as she pays tribute to the female vocalists who inspired her, including Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday and Gladys Knight. Andi Oliver presents, and is joined by guests Clarke Peters and Ayanna Witter-Johnson |
| 19:00 | Snooker: The World Championship | Seema Jaswal presents coverage of the evening session on day two from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, featuring the conclusion of two first-round matches. Two-time semi-finalist Stephen Maguire claimed a 10-7 victory over Ali Carter in last year's corresponding session, and Tom Ford was a 10-6 victor over Ricky Walden to progress beyond the opening round for the first time in his career. Judd Trump started the tournament as favourite but, despite having been near the top of the sport for many years now, Trump's record in the World Championship is relatively underwhelming, with just one triumph to his name, along with two runners-up accolades. With commentary and analysis from Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, Shaun Murphy, John Parrott, Dennis Taylor and John Virgo | |
| More4
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17:15 | Come Dine with Me | In Edinburgh, American-born Gerald takes his guests Stateside with a menu of diner classics, but he soon finds himself on the back foot when finicky foodie Anthony gives his grub a grilling. Later there's Presidential name dropping, dubious doppelgangers and as the evening draws to a close, preening and pouting when the diners take part in a bizarre beauty pageant |
| 17:45 | Come Dine with Me | On the final night in Edinburgh, geography teacher Ashley hopes her magical evening of enchanted food will send her to the top of the leaderboard to secure the £1,000 prize. The soirée begins well with American Gerald, whose fear of mushed up peas is banished over the pea soup starter and even Anthony has his tastes changed when it comes to curried scallops. Fussy-eater Sharon, however has a few harsh words to share over her main of wild-caught trout, while museum worker Carmen enjoys a front row seat to the continued bickering between Anthony and Sharon | |