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TV guide: 13 shows to watch this week

TV guide: 13 shows to watch this week

Brendan Gleeson stars in Mr Mercedes, Sue Cox plays matchmaker in Love in the Countryside, and Ben Kingsley pops up on TG4 in new series Perpetual Grace LTD

Sun Sept 15 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch

Vicky Phelan and Maeve Higgins on The Late Late, evil Barry O’Hanlon back being menacing for Fair City’s 30th anniversary, Strictly’s professionals and the return of Ray D’Arcy

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 16 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 16 of the best shows to watch this week

Another baby boom at The Rotunda, plus Mary Black and De Valera i Meiriceá, and the return of Neven’s Spanish Trails

Sun Sept 08 2019 - 00:00
Weekend TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch

Sinéad O’Connor leads returning Late Late line-up, plus Chris O’Dowd and Rosamund Pike in a new marital comedy, Monty Python 50 years on, Strictly launches and Jamali Maddix on virtual sex

Fri Sept 06 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 27 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 27 of the best shows to watch this week

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly and his alter ego profiled, plus Martin Freeman in true-life police drama, the return of QI and Grand Designs, and meatless meals from Jamie Oliver

Sun Sept 01 2019 - 00:00
Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

BBC premieres scathing Harvey Weinstein exposé, plus Junior Eurovision’s Irish search on TG4, the movies and the Troubles, and the return of Antiques Roadshow

Fri Aug 30 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 14 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 14 of the best shows to watch this week

The Roses in bloom once more, plus the return of the Bake Off and Love Your Garden

Sun Aug 25 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Peaky Blinders returns, plus Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Jane Austen’s Sanditon

Fri Aug 23 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 18 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 18 of the best shows to watch this week

Nationwide at the Fleadh Cheoil, plus Olivia O’Leary on the great Emancipator, Ireland’s first exorcist movie, surfing life in Lahinch, and how to train your baby . . . like a dog?

Sun Aug 18 2019 - 00:00
Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

Uber-diva Cher profiled, plus Woodstock and royal princeses documentaries, an Irish-languge short on TG4, and new French thriller on Walter Presents

Fri Aug 16 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 17 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 17 of the best shows to watch this week

New drama Deep Water, a history of rugby, Kathy Burke on women today, and Woodstock revisited

Sun Aug 11 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 8 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 8 of the best shows to watch

John Creedon searches for the places behind the names, plus the dragons are back in their den with a new fire breather and WWII by the (horrendous) numbers

Fri Aug 09 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 16 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 16 of the best shows to watch this week

Michael O’Brien inspires his Wexford hurling heroes, the legacy of Jade Goody 10 years on, plus Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan reteam and new Italian thriller on More4

Sun Aug 04 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 7 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 7 of the best shows to watch

The big business of Blarney Castle, plus acclaimed Fosse/Verdon miniseries, John Cleese in Hold the Sunset and the return of Danish thriller Below the Surface

Fri Aug 02 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 18 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 18 of the best shows to watch this week

Powerhouse Fosse/Verdon series begins, plus John Cleese back in Hold the Sunset, Ella McSweeney on How Animals Work, and the bizarre world of million-pound hand models

Sun Jul 28 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch

Freddie Mercury the greatest showman? Plus Fab 5 Freddy in the Renaissance

Fri Jul 26 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 20 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 20 of the best shows to watch this week

Daniel Radcliffe and Lulu get blasts from their passt, Keeping Faith and Lethal Weapon return, awfully cute critters, and Irish documentary The Man Who Wanted to Fly

Sun Jul 21 2019 - 00:00
Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

‘Shocking’ telly, return of the Bros, the death of Amy, and the late Judith Kerr celebrated

Fri Jul 19 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 23 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 23 of the best shows to watch this week

A new run of Roisin Conaty’s GameFace, plus plenty of moon walking, the Bros are back, art in Leinster House, male circumcision . . . and Boris Johnson in word and deed

Sun Jul 14 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

From gazing at the moon to gazing at Aidan Turner, back as Poldark one last time

Fri Jul 12 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch this week

BBC gets personal inside the Apollo 11 capsule, Ardal O’Hanlon revisits the showband era

Sun Jul 07 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Profiles of two national icons – Edna O’Brien and Twink – plus BBC documentary on what might be a ground-breaking cancer treatment

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 16 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 16 of the best shows to watch this week

Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid and when Donald Trump came to Doonbeg are the RTÉ picks, while BBC goes Inside the Bank of England

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 06:00
No disposing of Garbage

No disposing of Garbage

As they celebrate 25 years together, the band’s lead singer Shirley Manson explains why they’re as relevant today as they were in the ’90s

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 00:00
I make a little list for you: Kevin Courtney’s top 10 Burt Bacharach songs

I make a little list for you: Kevin Courtney’s top 10 Burt Bacharach songs

The legendary songwriter has given us so many magic moments it’s hard to pick just 10, but here goes . . .

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 00:00
Five things to know about Iveagh Gardens’ gigs

Five things to know about Iveagh Gardens’ gigs

Another year, another bunch of legendary concerts guaranteed to thrill

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 00:00
Weekend TV guide: 6 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 6 of the best shows to watch

Kylie & company at Glastonbury, plus ’70s-set US sitcom The Kids Are Alright, Auschwitz survivors 70 years on, and former tennis brat McEnroe at 60

Fri Jun 28 2019 - 11:00
Work-life balance – the impossible dream!

Work-life balance – the impossible dream!

Is it possible to have happy and fulfilling work and personal lives without bending the laws of physics?

Wed Jun 26 2019 - 00:00
Free movement: handy travel gadgets for global citizens

Free movement: handy travel gadgets for global citizens

Don’t even think about going on holidays without these super-cool gadgets

Wed Jun 26 2019 - 00:00
TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch this week

The Magdalenes have their day in moving documentary, while Martina Navratilova continues debate on transgender athletes and Glastonbury gets off to a roaring start

Sun Jun 23 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch

‘Poldark in the Punjab’ – UTV’s Sunday night epic Beecham House, plus Goop’s Gwyneth on Graham Norton and Glastonbury’s greatest from the BBC archives

Fri Jun 21 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 14 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 14 of the best shows to watch this week

George Clooney and Hugh Laurie in a new version of anti-war classic Catch-22, the ultimate DIY challenge on RTÉ, plus the return of supervet Noel Fitzpatrick

Sun Jun 16 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch

New motorheads join the Top Gear team, plus Soccer Aid for Unicef, profiles of Michael Jackson and Tyson Fury, and the smoove grooves of yacht rock

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 11:00
Metallica at Slane: ‘We’re blessed to be here after 38 years. Thank you Ireland’

Metallica at Slane: ‘We’re blessed to be here after 38 years. Thank you Ireland’

Review: Powerhouse show proved age has not withered the warrior spirit of the fearsome foursome

Sun Jun 09 2019 - 00:01
Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Andrew Scott of Fleabag and Black Mirror on Graham Norton, plus D-Day for surviving veterans and Jennifer Saunders with clips of comedy way way way beyond the pale

Fri Jun 07 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch this week

A new Love Island washes up, gay animals explained (possibly), the Ireland-Overlord connection, spooked Victorians and landmark contraception case on Scannal

Sun Jun 02 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

Late HPV campaigner Laura Brennan is profiled, Good Omens stars on Graham Norton, Britain’s Got Talent reaches the finale, and D-Day documentaries begin

Fri May 31 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 19 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 19 of the best shows to watch this week

The legacy of Laura Brennan, Bloom and Springwatch calling, recalling the Garth Brooks concert fiasco, and Peter Crouch previews the weekend's epic football clashes

Sun May 26 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch

Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner joins fellow X-Men on Graham Norton and Mel B tells all to Piers Morgan, plus Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus and The 1975 on the Big Weekend

Fri May 24 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 21 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 21 of the best shows to watch this week

The Big Bang Theory goes poof! Plus the Irish football split, Alistair Campbell on depression, snoopy singletons in Hot Property, and white-knuckle high climber Free Solo

Sun May 19 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch

Game of Throne’s Brienne of Tarth on Graham Norton, plus the Eurovision, Suranne Jones as the BBC’s Gentleman Jack, and more Durrells with Keeley Hawes

Fri May 17 2019 - 11:00
The Manhattan cafe: where U2, Bibi Baskin and Bon Jovi dropped in for egg and chips

The Manhattan cafe: where U2, Bibi Baskin and Bon Jovi dropped in for egg and chips

Cafe was an oasis for night owls looking to make the night last just a little bit longer

Thu May 16 2019 - 16:14
TV guide: 18 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 18 of the best shows to watch this week

Emma Thompson stars in new drama by Very English Scandal writer Russell T Davies, plus Ireland in the Eurovision semi-final and new Shane Meadows series The Virtues

Sun May 12 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 10 of the best shows to watch

Tubridy meets the children of Bobby Ryan, The Zoo hosts the cutest critters imaginable, Adele is profiled pre-break up, the Chelsea Flower Show kicks off, and Gotham returns for a final series

Fri May 10 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 11 of the best shows to watch this week

Space is the place Thursday on TG4. Plus the Full Monty for men and women in a good cause, and profiles of Adele and late cancer warrior Emma Hannigan

Sun May 05 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 9 of the best shows to watch

The Late Late goes country while Tommy Tiernan returns with unknown knowns

Fri May 03 2019 - 11:00
TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch this week

TV guide: 15 of the best shows to watch this week

The GAA and Ireland today, Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure and her dementia choir, and what we talk about when we talk about the weather

Sun Apr 28 2019 - 06:00
Weekend TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch

Weekend TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch

Choosing Ireland’s folkie fave, plus sex talk on Channel 4, Dani & mammy at Mrs Brown’s, Baz Ashmawi winging it, and Sylvia Hoeks heating up The Adulterer

Fri Apr 26 2019 - 11:00
Why does Irish music on the radio seem to begin and end with Hozier?

Why does Irish music on the radio seem to begin and end with Hozier?

PlayIrish, a new digital radio station, aims to get small Irish acts the recognition they deserve

Thu Apr 25 2019 - 05:00
The tech colours of spring

The tech colours of spring

These dazzling new gadgets will brighten up even the dullest days

Wed Apr 24 2019 - 00:00
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