| What's on Now & Next (2025-12-12) | |||
| RTE One
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19:30 | Fair City | Hayley returns to Carrigstown with a surprising request for James, Cass coaches Darren for his school play audition, and Jacinta and Nora are on the hunt for a replacement Santa Claus. Paul plots a new scheme to get himself out of debt |
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| 20:00 | High Road, Low Road | The return of the show in which two celebrities are sent on holiday - but while one enjoys a luxury break, the other has to travel economy. The Polish city of Wroclaw is the destination for friends and comedians Neil Delamere and Colin Murphy. They get to experience treats such as Hydropolis, an ultra-modern centre dedicated to water, and the joys of a luxury river trip on the Oder River. The pair also compete against each other in the city's famous gnome hunt and take part in some Polish beer tasting | |
| RTE2
[102] |
19:30 | Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy | The American actor visits Sardinia, famous for its rugged landscape and passionately preserved traditions, learning that its food culture varies wildly throughout the island. He experiences the culinary delights of its coastal cities, influenced by previous civilisations, and ventures inland to explore its rural heart, which remains largely untouched from outside influences |
| 20:25 | Great Coastal Railway Journeys | Michael Portillo's journey has brought him to Lee on the Solent in Hampshire and the training centre for the coastguard. He also visits the great maritime city of Portsmouth, and then travels eastwards to Chichester's vast, natural harbour | |
| Virgin Media One
[103] |
19:30 | Emmerdale | Kim is helpless, while Bob is still sore after being upstaged by Jason Donovan, and Vinny tries to hide his jealousy |
| 20:00 | Coronation Street | Kit begins to connect the dots in his investigation and Debbie angers Kevin by inviting Carl and Abi to her wedding. David disapproves of Shona having a baby shower and Tim fears Sally is setting up Joanie and Shanice for a disappointment | |
| TG4
[104] |
19:30 | Junior Eurovision | This edition catches up with all nine of the young singers who have represented Ireland over the past decade. As the 2025 contest in Tbilisi, Georgia, fast approaches, cameras follow Lottie O'Driscoll Murray from Cork as she prepares to take the stage in the world's biggest song competition for young musicians |
| 20:30 | Grace Kelly: Banphrionsa Mhaigh Eo | The granddaughter of an Irish immigrant, fashion and film icon Grace Kelly was connected deeply to her Irish roots and her visits to Ireland captivated the world's media and touched all those she met. This documentary featuring exclusive interviews with her son, Prince Albert II, and rare archive from her private collection, reveals why this exceptional woman returned home to embrace her ancestral roots | |
| Virgin Media Two
[105] |
19:00 | The Chase | Harry from Lincoln, Alex from Leicester, Patricia from Hitchin and Rachel from Wellingborough work together as a team to face one of the country's finest quiz brains - watch as Bradley Walsh hosts and they try to take a Chaser down for thousands of pounds |
| 20:00 | Moneyball | Ian Wright hosts as three more teams of two try to bank money by dropping a ball from the Launcher onto an amount of cash. Twins Claire and Racheal want to win enough to send their parents off for their dream holiday, Patricia and her son Ciaran hope to pay for a road trip around America, and Debs and her husband Hong wish for enough to treat their friends and family | |
| Virgin Media Three
[106] |
17:55 | Lewis | A college dean is found bludgeoned to death in local woodland, following a heated pub debate. When an alchemic image is discovered by the body, denoting the first of four stages of a process called `The Magnum Opus", the detectives realise that there are three more murders to follow. Before any more crimes are committed, the team must uncover the guilty secret that the victims share in order to learn the identity of the killer and the potential victims |
| 19:55 | Heartbeat | Rosie is viciously attacked while attending a broken-down vehicle stranded on the moors. When the body of the driver is discovered nearby, Rob and Rachel are determined to solve the mystery. Their investigation leads to a chilling discovery linking the case to a religious cult near Aidensfield | |
| BBC One
[108] |
19:30 | Farm 999 | In Co Durham, reporter Paul Colgan investigates the enduring crime of livestock rustling. He meets a farmer whose stolen animals cost him thousands and observes officers trialling a bold new operation to stop thieves in their tracks. In East Yorkshire, metal detectorists are suspected of stealing historic treasures under the cover of darkness, while in Hertfordshire, farmers and police fight back against illegal fly-tipping on farmland - a problem reaching epidemic proportions, choking the countryside and leaving landowners to foot the bill |
| 20:00 | Return to Paradise | Mack is forced to interrupt Glenn and Daisy's wedding when a guest collapses and dies, apparently poisoned by a fast-acting toxin present on the surface of a programme for the event. The happy couple are distinctly unhappy when the proceedings are halted and it may be that Mack has finally pushed Glenn too far. Detective drama, starring Anna Samson, Lloyd Griffith and Andrea Demetriades | |
| Channel 4
[111] [HD:142] |
19:30 | Live: Su2C | Adam Hills and Hannah Fry are joined by a roster of special guests for an evening of comedy, entertainment and fundraising. With moving tributes and a look at the new Screening Checker tool, they showcase a week of celebrity stunts and heartfelt moments and preview what's still to come |
| 20:00 | Live: Su2C | Davina McCall presents this groundbreaking documentary, live from inside a one-off cancer clinic at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, offering unprecedented access to the world of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Cameras follow patients and their families through pivotal moments, from the shock of diagnosis to the challenges of treatment and life-changing test results, revealing both the medical and deeply human experience of facing cancer. The programme also explores the UK's screening services and the crucial role that they play in saving lives | |
| E4
[112] [HD:162] |
19:30 | The Simpsons | Principal Skinner takes the school's underachieving pupils on a trip to ensure they miss a standard test and unexpectedly finds himself rediscovering his enthusiasm for teaching. Paranoia stalks Homer after he forgets to pay the family's insurance bill and leaves him trying to prevent a host of imaginary catastrophes |
| 20:00 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer | Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding present the charity version of the baking show, as TV presenter Emma Willis, radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo, Taskmaster co-host Alex Horne and Inbetweeners actor Blake Harrison make their way to the tent. They take on three challenges - decorated biscuits, madeleines in the technical and a showstopping choux sculpture embodying their secret talent, with Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith passing judgement | |
| BBC Four
[117] |
19:00 | Top of the Pops | Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 November 1998. Featuring East 17, Steps, James, Aerosmith, Pras, Robbie Williams, Madonna, Stereophonics and Cher |
| 19:35 | Top of the Pops | Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 November 1998. Featuring Steps, The Corrs, Vengaboys, Sash! featuring Shannon, Ruff Driverz, Five and Cher | |
| More4
[118] [HD:168] |
19:25 | Four in a Bed | The contestants meet one last time to learn how much they have been paid by their fellow hoteliers before discovering who has won the week's competition. Old tensions resurface as the results are announced, and there are heated exchanges around the table |
| 19:55 | Grand Designs | Kevin McCloud meets neurologists Penny Talelli and Mark Edwards, who plan to combine their love of old and contemporary architecture as they transform a derelict Victorian gatehouse in north London. However, the pair soon find themselves struggling to balance their busy working lives alongside project managing the build | |