| What's on Now & Next (2026-04-26) | |||
| RTE One
[101] [HD:135] |
06:00 | EuroNews | European and international headlines live via satellite |
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| 07:30 | Teleshopping | Buying goods from the comfort of home | |
| RTE2
[102] |
06:00 | EuroNews | European and international headlines live via satellite |
| 08:05 | Flix | Animated series based on the work of children's author Tomi Ungerer. Flix is a pug dog born to cat parents living in Cat Town | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
06:45 | Impossible Engineering | The spacecraft designed for the first manned mission to Mars, planned to launch by 2035, which requires the most powerful rocket ever built and a specially designed crew module |
| 07:35 | Mountain Vets | As winter morphs into spring, lambing and calving keeps the team busy out on the farms. However, their small animal clinic is also packed with pets and Martin Fitzpatrick - the man who founded the practice 35 years ago - faces a difficult case concerning a Highland terrier. Young vet Darren is called out on an emergency to a farm where a prize cow is struggling to deliver a calf. An examination reveals it's simply too big to come out naturally. Darren decides the safest option, for both the cow and the calf, is to perform an emergency Caesarean section. It's a risky operation, but without it, the cow will die | |
| TG4
[104] |
07:24 | Igam Ogam | The mischievous cave girl's tardiness causes trouble. Animated fun |
| 07:34 | Baile Beag Draíochtúil Pinocchio | Sionnán is the King on Kids' Day | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
06:50 | Unbeatable | Over three rounds, contestants 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 |
| 07:45 | Jann | After months without a manager, Jann realses she needs to take control of both her life and career, and decides to hire a personal assistant, so she sits in on her sister's nanny interviews to poach the best assistant for herself. Comedy, starring singer-songwriter Jann Arden | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
07:10 | Heartbeat | A group of young offenders come to stay at Ashfordly Hall, but soon find themselves under suspicion after a spate of disturbances in the village. Meanwhile, Blaketon and Ventress go on the hunt for a spinster's missing dog, and a £50 reward gives Peggy an idea. Rural drama, starring Rupert Vansittart, William Simons, Derek Fowlds and Gwen Taylor |
| 08:00 | Heartbeat | The police investigate a hit-and-run incident in Ashfordly and discover evidence suggesting it may have been an act of revenge - with the victim's own mother-in-law one of the possible suspects. Meanwhile, Peggy finds herself in trouble again when her latest batch of illegal cigarettes turn out to contain an unexpected ingredient | |
| BBC One
[108] |
07:10 | Match of the Day | Action from Manchester City v Southampton at Wembley Stadium in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, and Premier League matches, including Arsenal v Newcastle United at Emirates Stadium. The Saints were looking for a second successive major scalp in the competition after overcoming Arsenal in the previous round. Meanwhile, the Gunners continued their title challenge against an inconsistent Newcastle side. Plus, Fulham v Aston Villa, Liverpool v Crystal Palace, West Ham United v Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur |
| 08:30 | London Marathon | Gabby Logan presents live coverage of the 46th staging of the 26.2-mile race, as approximately 59,000 competitors of all abilities take to the streets of the capital. Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa and Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the respective women's and men's elite races last year and the wheelchair races were won by Swiss athletes Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner. With commentary by Andrew Cotter, Steve Cram, Paula Radcliffe and Tanni Grey-Thompson, and reports from JJ Chalmers, Abby Cook, Tim Warwood and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
07:15 | The King of Queens | Doug and Carrie travel to the Caribbean, but their holiday in the sun is interrupted by a phone call from Arthur, who has a serious problem on his hands in the basement. Sitcom, starring Kevin James |
| 07:40 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Marie is angry to learn Ray threw a party in her house 20 years previously, and responds by spurning him in favour of Robert. Comedy, starring Ray Romano, Doris Roberts and Brad Garrett | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
07:05 | Modern Family | Pilot episode of the American comedy following the lives of three branches of an extended family, featuring Jay, a man who struggles to keep up with his younger wife, and gay couple Mitchell and Cam, who are getting used to parenthood after adopting a Vietnamese baby. Starring Ed O'Neill and Julie Bowen |
| 07:35 | Modern Family | Phil tries to teach his son a lesson in responsibility by stealing his unlocked bike - but ends up taking the wrong one. Elsewhere, Mitchell and Cameron decide to introduce Lily to other children and arrange a play date, while Jay tries to bond with Manny | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
02:10 | The Riviera: A History in Pictures | Richard E Grant concludes his exploration of the French Riviera's artistic legacy by focusing on how art and celebrity became intertwined in the early part of the 20th century. Resident artists such as Picasso and Matisse found the sun-drenched landscape ideal for experimenting with their work, and as the region became a creative hub, the likes of novelist Jean Cocteau and ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev were drawn to the area. This artistic community also liked to party on the Cote d'Azur's beaches - a pastime that proved equally irresistible to the American multimillionaires arriving in the area on board transatlantic liners |
| 19:00 | Snooker: The World Championship | Seema Jaswal presents live coverage of the evening session on day nine at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, featuring the second and penultimate sessions of two second-round matches. Should they have both won their first-round encounters, Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins will continue their long-standing rivalry this evening. The two players have won this competition 11 times between them, with seven of those titles going to O'Sullivan. With commentary and analysis from Steve Davis, Ken Doherty, Steven Hallworth, Stephen Hendry, John Parrott, Joe Perry, Dennis Taylor and Lee Walker | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
03:25 | Food Unwrapped | Jimmy Doherty and Briony May Williams embark on an epic journey through the Nordic region. Starting in the Viking fjords of west Norway, they take to the seas to uncover how cod farming could be part of the future. Travelling south through Sweden's ancient landscape, they pay a special visit to a certain furniture store and learn just what makes a meatball so Swedish. They finish their journey in Finland, home to the happiest people in the world apparently, to find out what kind of food is putting a smile on their faces |
| 08:55 | Come Dine with Me | Shop manager Nicola Steele hosts the first dinner party in Cardiff, and hopes that her dog-themed surprises and unusual entertainment will impress her guests - army wife Rachael Smith, casting agency owner Jerry Lockett, childminder Andrea Grainger and chatterbox Sam Clark - and win her the £1,000 cash prize | |