TV Guide 2024-12-28

Current revision as of 18:53, 18 December 2024

Saturday has specials of Wheel of Fortune (ITV) and The Weakest Link (BBC1). Sunday brings us Taskmaster's Bit Between Christmas And New Year's Treat (C4), and a new series of Counterpoint (Radio 4).

New Year's Day brings us Gladiators Celebrity Special (BBC1), and the first The Traitors (BBC1, continues Thu and Fri). The final for World's Strongest Man (Channel 5). S4C brings us Am Dro! Selebs and dating show Amour a Mynydd. Thursday has The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (C4).

Friday brings us a new series of The News Quiz (Radio 4), Have I Got Sport for You (BBC1), The Great New Year Bake Off (Channel 4), and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4). It's the final of Christmas University Challenge (BBC2).

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Schedules are accurate at the time of publication; check against EPG for late changes.

Saturday 28 December

• Four in a Bed (C4, 10.20am) Repeats.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15) Eurovision 2023, repeated.

Primetime

• Celebrity Deal or No Deal (ITV, 6pm; STV 7.40) Katarina Johnson-Thompson.
• Popmaster tv (Channel 4, 6pm) Shown on More4 a couple of weeks ago.
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 7pm; STV 8.45) Christmas special, with Richard E Grant, Joanna Page, and Tyler West.
• World's Strongest Man 2024 (C5, 7pm) Finals night 2.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 7.20) A Christmas special
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.30) Party special. Scarlett Moffatt, Richie Anderson, Christine McGuinness, Louisa Lytton, David Potts, Babatunde Aleshe, Seann Walsh, Janette Manrara.
• The Wheel (BBC1, 8.15) Repeat from last year.
• Wing It! (Radio 4, 11pm) Monica Gaga, Steen Raskopoulos, Amy Hoggart, Thomas Mayo.

Sunday 29 December

• Junior Bake Off (C4, 8am) Highlights from 2022.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 1.25); Pottery Throw Down (C4, 5.35) Repeats.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4, 4.30) Searching for a new music brain.

Primetime

• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) Double points "Friday", with Jim Howick from Ghosts, Legend from Gladiators, Rebecca Lucy Taylor from Self Esteem, and Susan Wokoma.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 7pm) Another chance to see the Boxing Day special.
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7pm) The finals, night 3.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 7.25) A Christmas special
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) With Jake Wood (Caligula), Sindhu Vee (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis), Val Garland (Vivienne Westwood), Jammed Animashaun (The Office Us).
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Special repeat: Relatives vs Muppets.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Southampton (Justine Greening) vs Churchill Cambrige (Helen Czerski).
• Taskmaster's Between Christmas and New Year Treat (C4, 9pm) David James, Hannah Fru, Melanie Blatt, Martin Lewis, and Sue Johnston are given strange things to do.
• Have I Got a Bit More 2024 For You (BBC1, 11.50; Scotland 1.20am) Revised repeat from Friday.

Monday 30 December

• Junior Bake Off (C4, 7.55am) More highlights from 2022.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 11.50am) A classic episode.
• New Year Bake Off (C4, 1.30) Repeat from new year 2023.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Classic episodes from 2010.
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 3.25); Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4.25) Repeats.
• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.20) Repeat from the start of the year, with Sam Quek, Dion Dublin, Joanna Page, Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.10) Repeat with Ben Cohen, Kristina Rihanoff, Jane Moore, Carole Malone, Ivo Graham, Ahir Shah, Mehreen Baig, Sean Fletcher.

Primetime

• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30) From the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke, with Marchs Brigstocke, Henning Wehn, Miles Jupp, and Rachel Parris.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.30) Classic episode with Ortis Deley, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Graeme Hall, Sarah Millican.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) New festive week, with Desiree Burch, Gareth Malone, Jennie McAlpine, Jon Richardson.
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7pm) The finals, night 4. Subject to delay if the snooker over-runs.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) With Kelly Somers (Melanie C), Adam James (Pope Lando Norris), Thanyia Moore (Jamaican cuisine), Steve Brown (owls).
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 7.30) Another Christmas special
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Special 5: Cinephiles vs Harlequins.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Emmanuel Cambridge (Stig Abell) vs Queens' Cambridge (Jenny Kleeman) - and they can both lose!

Tuesday 31 December - New Year's Eve

• Junior Bake Off (C4, 8.10am) Even more highlights from 2022.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1 11.45am) A classic episode.
• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Lit crit from 1997.
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 3.30); The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4pm) Maisie Smith and Owain Wyn-Evans in the repeats.
• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1 Scotland 3.25, elsewhere 4.30) Danielle Harold, Lucy-Jo Hudson, Simon Gregson, Chris Bisson, repeat.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1 Scotland 4.10, elsewhere 5.15) Repeat with Gavin Ramjaun, Sally Magnusson, Pete Wicks, Vicky Pattison, Jay Rayner, Thomasina Miers, Remel London, London Hughes

Primetime

• Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 7pm; not Scotland, Wales) Unseen bits, repeated.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) Day two..
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7pm) Finals night five.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) With Eddie Kadi (Alex Ferguson), Kate Butch (Shrek films), Sammy Winward (Anne Boleyn), Olga Koch (American Pie films).
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Special 6: Brews vs Irregulars, a singles special.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) St Andrews (Abigail Thorn) vs LSE (Jessica Fostekew) in the last heat.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Vulgar, with Neil Delamere, Cariad Lloyd, Chris McCausland.

Wednesday 1 January 2025 - New Year's Day

• In For a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am); Pictionary (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6.45am) Start your new year wrong.
• The Chase The Bloopers (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 7.10am) Well, it's more professional and competent than the stuff they usually put out...
• Bargain Hunt (BBC2, 12.45; not Wales) Subject to delay if the New Year's Day Concert goes to extra time or violas from twelve yards.

Primetime

• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 5.50) Repeat.
• Gladiators Celebrity Special (BBC1, 6pm) Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett, Ellie Taylor, and Louise Minchin take on the invincible champions.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) Day three..
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) With Bill Fellows (Ziggy Stardust), Ruby Bhogal (Claude Monet), Tori Allen-Martin (Destinys Child), Matt Forde (Nottingham Forest: The Clough Years)
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7.30) The grand final.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 8pm) Series three starts here. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 9pm.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Special 7: Record Collectors vs Jukeboxers.
• Am Dro! Selebs (S4C, 8pm) Guto Harri, Dom James, Sian Thomas, and Tara Bethan.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Semi-final 1.
• Amour a Mynydd (S4C, 9pm) Dating in the French Alps.
• Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2024 (Channel 4, 10.30) Repeat from last year.

Thursday 2 January

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) This feels like something approximating normal service.
• The Edge (BBC2, 1pm) Roll and bowl a ball; The Boss (BBC2, 1.45) Repeats.
• Who Goes There? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz from 1998.
• New Year Bake Off (C4, 2.05) Repeat from 2023; Four in a Bed (C4, 3.20) Five repeats.
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 2pm); Lingo (ITV, 3pm); Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) Repeats.
• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1 Scotland 3.30, elsewhere 4.30) Olly Smith, Chizzy Akudolu, Jayde Adams, Rav Wilding, repeat.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episode.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15) Iwan Thomas (sprinter), Perri Shakes-Drayton, Christian Malcolm, Dwain Chambers, Aatif Nawaz, Chris Hughes, Lucy Spraggan, Katie Piper, repeat.

Primetime

• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) Single points Thursday.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) With Ore Oduba (Pete Sampras), John O'Farrell (Profumo affair), Jeanette Kwakye (Ian Wright), Lloyd Griffith (Anglican cathedrals).
• The Traitors (BBC1, 8pm) A high-stakes, high-reward mission. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 9pm.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Special 8: Strigiformes vs Thrifters, a Champion of Champions' special.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Semi-final 2.
• The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (C4, 9pm) Harry Hill, David Mitchell, Roisin Conaty, Sophie Willan, Josh Pugh, Fatiha El-Ghorri answer about anything.

Friday 3 January

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky Maximillian, 12.30) All nine episodes.
• The Edge (BBC2, 1pm); The Boss (BBC2, 1.45) Repeats.
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
• Festive Pottery Throw Down (C4, 2.10) Repeat from 2023; Four in a Bed (C4, 3.25) Five repeats.
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 2pm); Lingo (ITV, 3pm); Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) Repeats.
• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1 4.30) Gethin Jones, Briony May Williams, Dr Ranj Singh, Anna Haugh, repeat.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episode.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15) Rosie Holt, Nabil Abdulrashid, Shaparak Khorsandi, Mark Steel, Lou Sanders, Luke McQueen, Amy Gledhill, Chris Cantrill, repeat.

Primetime

• The News Quiz of 2024 (Radio 4, 6.30) That compilation is so last year.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) Double points Friday is on a Friday this week.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) With Athena from Gladiators (Gladiator), Kieran Hodgson (Gustav Mahler), Lindsay Armaou From B*Witched (Martin McDonagh), Kae Kurd (David Beckham).
• The Great New Year Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Seven experienced contestants make shortbread.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Repeat: Dicers vs Data Wizards.
• Have I Got Sport for You (BBC1, 8.30) Jason Manford reflects on a year in sport with Maisie Adam, Jon Richardson, Eddie Hearn, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Kadeena Cox, Stuart Broad
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) The final.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) New questions at breakfast. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Sarah Millican and Josh Widdicombe play Alan Carr and Thanyia Moore, with The Delightful Sausage. New ep.

Sign language interpretation

• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 2.10am Sat) The festive episode.
• Bake Off (E4, 4.05pm Sun) The festive episde.
• Game On, Grandparents! (CBBC, 2pm Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri).
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Tue).
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7.30am Tue, 7.05am Thu).
• You Bet! (ITV, 1.55am Wed).
• Pottery Throw Down (C4, 3.05am Thu).
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Fri).

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Bob's Full House 1.40 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 3pm The Chase 6pm Bob's Full House 6.40 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 8pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm Bob's Full House 4.40 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 6pm Bob's Full House 6.40 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 8pm The Chase

Monday

7am The Chase 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Bob's Full House 11.40am Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm Bob's Full House 6.40 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Who Wants to be a Millionaire 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye

Tuesday

7am The Chase 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Bob's Full House 11.40am Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm Bob's Full House 6.40 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye

Wednesday

7am The Crystal Maze 8am The Chase 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Bob's Full House 11.40am Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm Bob's Full House 6.40 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Bridge of Lies 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Tenable 5am Bullseye

Thursday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Bob's Full House 11.40am Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm Bob's Full House 6.40 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Bridge of Lies 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Tenable 5am Bullseye