| What's on Now & Next (2026-05-04) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
07:15 | Teleshopping | Buying goods from the comfort of home |
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| 07:50 | Today | Daily magazine show featuring entertainment and celebrity news, consumer advice, and Ireland's biggest giveaways. Presented by Dáithí Ó Sé and Maura Derrane | |
| RTE2
[102] |
06:00 | EuroNews | European and international headlines live via satellite |
| 07:50 | Shaun the Sheep | The Farmer is rendered incapable of working and is replaced by a farmhand who is more interested in his mobile phone than getting the task done | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
06:35 | The Six O'Clock Show | A lively mix of celebrity chat with national and international guests, fabulous food from the country’s top Chefs, expert advice and all the unmissable stories making the headlines |
| 07:20 | This Time Next Year | Davina McCall meets with people wanting to change the course of their life over the space of a year, first meeting a 16-year-old boy who has been unable to speak for six years. She also talks to a man hoping to change his life by pledging to shed seven stones in weight, and a couple who are turning to surrogacy after struggling to conceive their second child | |
| TG4
[104] |
07:12 | Wussywat the Clumsy Cat | The feline helps Ortus plant his cabbages, but they end up running out of compost |
| 07:17 | Clifford Óg | Emily Elizabeth and Clifford go on a trip to bring biscuits to Bailey, who is ill, but have difficulties along the way | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
07:00 | Unbeatable | Over three rounds, contestants Graham, Julie, Cheryl and Khush vie to find the single 'unbeatable' answer and streak ahead of the rest to make the final where they can win a cash prize. General knowledge quiz, hosted by Jason Manford |
| 08:00 | Tipping Point | Ben Shephard hosts the quiz in which contestants answer questions to win turns on an arcade-style machine. Dropping tokens down a choice of four chutes, they hope to knock piles of them off a moving shelf - and the more they collect, the greater the prize fund. The player who has won the least amount is then eliminated, and the last one standing competes for a £10,000 jackpot | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
07:15 | Heartbeat | Oscar suspects fishy goings-on after veteran music manager Stan Sparrow chooses to hold his wedding reception at the Aidensfield Arms. When Stan is found dead the next day, investigations reveal his demise may not have been through natural causes. Meanwhile, Geoff is baffled by a boy reporting a crime that has yet to happen, and Peggy's conscience starts to trouble her when she hears the lad has gone missing. Guest starring Sue Jenkins |
| 08:05 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Part two of two. Poirot starts to suspect the woman he has encountered is not accident prone at all, but a victim of foul play. He thinks someone in her inner circle is intent on killing her. David Suchet and Hugh Fraser star | |
| BBC One
[108] |
06:00 | Breakfast | A round-up of national and international news, plus current affairs, arts and entertainment, and weather |
| 09:30 | Morning Live | Weekday magazine show featuring a mixture of topical discussion and expert advice for viewers | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
07:00 | Cheers | A quiet, unnerving customer begins frequenting the bar, driving everyone crazy as they try to work out what he wants. Guesses range from a paternity suit against Sam, an Inland Revenue audit of Norm, and a postal investigation of Cliff, but the truth turns out to be far more mundane |
| 07:25 | Cheers | Diane and Sam try to help a dejected Frasier rebuild his self-confidence by giving him an intriguing relationship to study - their own. Bar-room comedy, starring Ted Danson | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
07:00 | Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA | A look at what happened after Gordon Ramsay headed to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he met husband-and-wife bistro owners Samy and Amy Bouzaglo, who revealed a shocking contempt for customer feedback. The chef faced the biggest challenge of the series to save Amy's Baking Company - and a media furore unfolded after the episode was broadcast |
| 08:00 | The Goldbergs | Beverly steps in as PE coach at William Penn Academy, Brea tries to show Adam his mother's good intentions, and Barry and Geoff find themselves up for the same medical internship | |
| 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] |
03:25 | Food Unwrapped | Another selection of favourite investigations from the team. Jimmy Doherty hears about a threat to British juniper berries that could mark the end of gin's recent resurgence in popularity, while Kate Quilton delves into the contents of herbal bedtime teas to establish if they really can help people get to sleep more easily. Big oyster fan Matt Tebbutt wonders why he never finds pearls in his seafood platters so sets off for China, where he discovers that pearl production is full of surprises |
| 08:55 | Find It, Fix It, Flog It | Henry Cole and Simon O'Brien travel around Britain to find items to fix up and flog on to make a profit for their owners. In the Cotswolds, the duo compete to see who can create the most profit on two old lamps and take a spin in a Devonshire fire engine | |