| What's on Now & Next (2026-10-17) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
20:15 | Aistear an Amhráin | Exploring the mystery behind beloved sean-nós song Amhrán Mhaínse, which tells the story of a dying woman whose final wish was to be buried on her native island in Conamara. The programme traces the origin of the song through local history, folklore and tradition, and asks whether its heroine, Máire Ní Chlochartaigh, really existed and whether her final wish was ever fulfilled |
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| 20:50 | RTÉ News: Nine O'Clock and Weather | The latest national and international news | |
| RTE2
[102] |
20:20 | Red Shadow Over the White House | Documentary exploring claims of Russian interference in American political life, especially surrounding the 2024 US elections |
| 21:25 | The Fugitive | A doctor is convicted of his wife's murder and forced to go on the run to prove his innocence - but his efforts to find the mysterious one-armed man he believes is the real killer are hampered by a tenacious US marshal. Thriller, starring Harrison Ford, an Oscar-winning Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore and Joe Pantoliano | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
20:35 | The Voice UK | Emma Willis hosts as the battle rounds begin, with coaches Tom Jones, Will.i.am, Kelly Rowland, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones putting their teams through more challenges Joined by special guest mentors, the coaches prepare their artists for a series of head-to-head performances before making the difficult decision of which three singers from each team will progress to the semi-final |
| 21:50 | The Graham Norton Show | Graham is joined by film-maker Quentin Tarantino, talking about his new stage play The Popinjay Cavalier, US comedian and one-time chat-show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Gemma Chan, starring in the thriller Josephine. There's also an appearance from Colin Farrell talking about new documentary The Slightest Touch, about skin-disease campaigner Emma Fogarty. Suede provide the music with a song from their Mercury-nominated album Antidepressants | |
| TG4
[104] |
19:15 | Sacar na mBan Beo | Shelbourne v Athlone Town (Kick-off 7.35pm). Coverage of the SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division match at Tolka Park |
| 21:48 | An Aimsir Láithreach | National and international weather forecast | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
20:00 | Beat the Chasers | Contestants from across the UK take on Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan, Anne 'The Governess' Hegerty, Shaun 'The Dark Destroyer' Wallace, Mark 'The Beast' Labbett and Paul 'The Sinnerman' Sinha, hoping to win big money. Bradley Walsh hosts |
| 21:00 | Live Greyhound Racing | The BAR 1 Bwetting Irish Greyhound Laurels. Coverage of the meeting from Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium, Cork, which sees Ireland's best greyhounds competing for a top prize of €30,000 | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
19:50 | Waterloo Road | Lorna tries out a sexy new image in a bid to catch Tom's attention, while Head of English Grantly Budgen suspects one of his students may be taking drugs and approaches Andrew for help. Chlo takes drastic action to convince everyone she was driving on the night of the crash, and Steph stages a break-in to get rid of the suspicious coursework and avoid losing her job |
| 21:00 | Life Begins | Maggie charitably offers to let dad Eric come to stay with her for a few days, giving mum Brenda the chance to get away from it all and take a much-needed break - which she decides to spend cosying up to old flame Frank. Drama, starring Caroline Quentin | |
| BBC One
[108] |
20:35 | Wisdom of the Crowd | Quiz show, hosted by John Bishop, in which contestants take on the collective knowledge of the studio audience in a bid to win big cash prizes |
| 21:20 | Marble Hall Murders | Susan is woken by the arrival of a police inspector bringing the dreadful news that Eliot has been critically and deliberately injured by a car. But she becomes incredulous when he informs her that she is the main suspect. With Eliot unconscious in hospital, Atticus and Achilles find themselves in limbo | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
18:55 | Knight and Day | A woman has a chance encounter with a rogue secret agent, who has been framed as a traitor and is on the run from his own superiors. Realising she has been mistaken for his accomplice and is in danger for knowing too much, the fugitive kidnaps her and drags her on a dangerous journey around the world, as he sets out to clear his name and protect a vitally important invention. Comedy adventure, with Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Viola Davis |
| 21:00 | The Equalizer | A retired secret agent applies his talents to the task of helping victims of injustice. When he witnesses a prostitute being beaten up by a pimp, he kills the man, an act that draws him into a battle to the death with a Russian crime syndicate. Action thriller based on the 1980s TV series, starring Denzel Washington and Chloe Grace Moretz | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
20:00 | Gogglebox | Compilation of highlights from series 27, in which the Goggleboxers check out more of the biggest and best TV |
| 21:00 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Denise Van Outen and her partner Eddie, Nick Grimshaw and his niece Liv, Zoe Ball and her son Woody Cook, Martin Kemp and son Roman Kemp, Maureen Lipman and Gyles Brandreth, Johnny Vegas and his PA Bev, Emilia Fox and Joanna David, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford and Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling offer sharp, insightful, funny and sometimes emotional critiques of Bake Off: The Professionals, Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Celebrity MasterChef, The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick, Grease and Thelma & Louise | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
20:10 | Full Circle with Michael Palin | The globetrotting presenter arrives in Japan, where he meets a dedicated Monty Python fan, receives a beating in a Zen monastery, before visiting Nagasaki - where the second atom bomb was dropped in 1945. He then heads to the South Korean capital Seoul, where he attends a wedding ceremony, before briefly crossing the border into North Korea at the Joint Security Area in Panmunjeom |
| 21:00 | Talking Pictures | Celia Imrie narrates a selection of interviews and key moments from the BBC archives featuring directors Akira Kurosawa, Agnès Varda, François Truffaut, Luis Buñuel and Ingmar Bergman. The programme shows how they and their groundbreaking films changed the language of world cinema, and showed those who came after them exactly what the movie camera was capable of achieving | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
20:25 | Four in a Bed | The B&B owners meet up to find out what they have been paid. Shelley and Linda from The Five Bells want to know why their feedback for breakfast doesn't add up, while Gez from the Thomas Paine Hotel wants to find out why Shelley and Linda scored him so low. Chris and Sarah from The Rose and Crown want to question Gez, and Steve and Lesley from Woodlands Guest House try to get to the naked truth |
| 21:00 | 24 Hours in A&E | Katie is rushed to St George's by helicopter after a riding accident. The 46-year-old's horse has fallen on top of her, resulting in multiple broken bones and internal injuries. Amy has a deep laceration to her ankle after a party with her flatmates ended with her falling onto a gin glass, and Pamela has suffered a sudden bout of back pain, leaving her in agony | |