TV Guide 2024-07-20

Current revision as of 18:29, 18 July 2024

A special edition of The Weakest Link (BBC1, Sat) reminds us that it's almost sports day. The series final for Sewing Bee (BBC1, Wed). Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase comes to the Challenge channel, and DIY show The Great House Giveaway returns to Channel 4 (weekdays).

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

Saturday 20 July

• Ainsley's National Trust Cook Off (ITV, 11.40) This week, Ainsley joins Ben Ebbrell and Cyrus Todiwala at Bickling Hall in Norfolk.
• Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 1.20); Four in a Bed (C4, 2.20; five episodes) Repeats.
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 2pm) Repeat from Wednesday.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 5pm; not Wales) Filler.

Primetime

• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 6.50) Repeat: Antony Costa, Megan McKenna, Natasha Raskin Sharp, Danny Sebastian, Ruby Bhogal, Shelina Permailoo, Jan Ravens, Alfie Brown.
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.40) New Olympics special: Greg Rutherford, Sally Gunnell, Sam Quek, Tessa Sanderson, Will Bayley, Jade Jones, Rhona Martin. Repeated late Monday night.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8pm) Repeat from 2022.
• Love Island (ITV2, 9pm) Highlights from the week.
• Canada's Drag Race vs The World (BBC3, 9pm) The first guest judge is Charlotte Cardin.

Sunday 21 July

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• Ready Steady Cook (BBC2, 12.15) Hold on to your hats, it's GAA hurling at 3pm.
• The 3rd Degree (Radio4, 4.30) This week, Steve is in St Andrews, talking English, computer science, and philosophy.

Primetime

• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 6.30), The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 7pm) with AJ Pritchard, Hollie Arnold, Giovanna Fletcher, Russell Watson. Repeats.
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Still on. Followed by Love Island Aftersun.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Wed 12.30) New eps on Monday (Wetherby), Wednesday (Hemswell), and Friday (Olympics).
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Make Me a Dealer (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.45 Tue) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Katharine Merry in the corner. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
• Tenable (ITV, 3pm) Repeat.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Repeat.
• The Great House Giveaway (C4, 4pm) New.
• The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30) Repeat.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeat.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats with Gyles Brandreth.
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 6pm) Repeats from Swansea.
• Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Anthea Turner, Amelia Dimoldenberg, AJ Odudu, Dave Benson Phillips, and Marcel Somerville.
• The Masked Singer Us (ITV2, 7pm Mon, 8pm Tue, 7.05 Wed) Series 10, first seen last autumn.

Monday 22 July

• Just a Minute (Radio4Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Classic episodes. This one's from 2009, with Stephen Fry, Charles Collingwood, Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC3, 7pm) Classic finals week.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Still on.
• QI XS (BBC2, 9.45).

Tuesday 23 July

• Quote... Unquote (Radio4Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Don't forget to miss it.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC3, 7pm) Classic episodes.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Still on.
• Battle in the Box (UKTV G2 (or whatever stupid name it's got this week), 9pm) This week, it's Katherine Ryan and Tom Rosenthal against Fatitha El-Ghorri and Josh Jones.
• Mock the Week (BBC2, 9.30) A classic episode, dropped if the cricket over-runs.

Wednesday 24 July

• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC3, 7pm) Last year's final.
• The Fast and the Farmer-ish (BBC3, 7.30) Another repeat.
• Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm) Opera gloves out for the grand final!
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Still on.
• Battle in the Box (UKTV G2, 9pm) The challenge continues.

Thursday 25 July

• Genius (Radio4Extra, 2pm, 8pm).
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Still on.

Friday 26 July

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
• All the Way from Memphis (Radio4Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Music quiz, from 2004.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Sarah Millican and Tom Allen vs Joe Wilkinson and Rosie Jones, with Mr. Swallow in the corner.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Still on.
• I Literally Just Told You (C4, 10pm) Dean, Yasmin, Rob, and Fanny try to remember where Jimmy got his shirt.

Sign language interpretation

• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sun).
• Ainsley's National Trust Cook Off (ITV, 5.05am Mon).
• Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC Scotland, 2.30pm Mon).
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 3am Tue).
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 8am Tue) One week behind BBC1.
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Thu).

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm 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 The Crystal Maze 4pm Through the Keyhole 4.30 Catchphrase 5pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am The Weakest Link 11am Celebrity Catchphrase 12 noon Play Your Cards Right 1pm Bridge of Lies (Thu-Fri, All Star Family Fortunes) 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 7pm Celebrity Catchphrase 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye