TV Guide 2024-10-26

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Current revision as of 17:29, 24 October 2024

Great news for the red box club: Stephen Mulhern's Deal or No Deal is back (ITV, weekdays). There's a new series of Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains (Comedy Central, Mon), and Unspeakable moves to a full series (Radio 4, Thu). The grand final of BBC The Voice of This Territory (VM1 and ITV, Sat). Drag Race Down Under appears on BBC3 (Fri).

Bad news for cookery fans: Masterchef The Professionals is back (BBC1, Tue, Wed, Fri), with the first episode head-to-head against Bake Off (C4). We'll have to pick a side: Team Bald Bloke Who's A Bit Shouty, Team Irritating Hairy Bloke Who Isn't As Funny As He Thinks He Is, or Team Stuff This We'll Watch The Football On The Other Side.

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

Contents 1 Saturday 26 October 1.1 Primetime 1.2 Bonus feature 2 Sunday 27 October - The Longest Day 2.1 Primetime 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 28 October 4.1 Bonus feature 5 Tuesday 29 October 6 Wednesday 30 October 7 Thursday 31 October - Hallowe'en 8 Friday 1 November 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 26 October

• Game on, Grandparents! (BBC2, 7.25am) Switch Sports Tennis.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Four in a Bed (C4, 12.35). Repeats.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
• Bake Off (C4, 3.10) Repeat from last week.
• Ninja Warrior (ITV, 4pm); Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 5pm) Great news for the Ben Shephard Fan Club.

Primetime

• Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, 5.30) Repeat with Richard Arnold, Danny Miller, Rachel Stevens.
• Alan Carr's Picture Slam (BBC1, 5.40).
• House of Games (3) (BBC2 Wales, 5.45) Seen elsewhere on Friday.
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.25) The annual Hallowe'en Special. Signed on the Red Button.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 7.05; not HTV Wales) Repeat with Danny John-Jules, Yinka Bokinni, Tom Bosworth, Eamonn Holmes.
• House of the Year (BBC2 NI, 7.40) Repeat from last week.
• The Wheel (BBC1, 8.10) Tonight's stars are Leigh Francis, Susan Wokoma, Richard Madeley, Laura Whitmore, Ade Adepitan, Ayda Field, Jamie Laing, and Sophie Habboo. Eight stars, seven seats: how does that work? Repeated early Tuesday morning.
• BBC The Voice of Holland (VM1 and ITV, 8.10) The grand final. Last in the present series.

Bonus feature

• My TV Rewind (Rewind TV, 7pm) An hour reminiscing with Michael Aspel.

Sunday 27 October - The Longest Day

Clocks go back an hour overnight, so an extra hour's sleep, but it's dark by 5pm.

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 9.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 5.25) Secrets, Mysteries, and Conspiracies.

Primetime

• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm) Jennie McAlpine, Owain Wyn Evans, Claire Richards.
• Strictly Come Dancing The Results (BBC1, 7.20) With a performance from Lady Blackbird. Signed on the Red Button.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Layton Live follows at 10pm.
• QI (BBC2, 9.30; NI, 10pm) Voyaging, a revised repeat from Tuesday.

Weekday Daytimes

• That's My Dog (Rewind TV, 10am) Repeats of the mutt-and-man show.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Monday (Down), Wednesday (Shepton Mallett), and Friday (Oswestry). Repeats Tuesday and Thursday.
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm; Wed 3pm); The Tournament (BBC2, 1.45; not Wed); The Boss (BBC2, 2.30; not Wed) Repeats.
• Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow (sic) (ITV, 2pm) Selected episodes from the ill-starred revivals series. Look, don't bother, just watch Countdown instead.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Neil Delamere runs laps around everyone. Repeat at 6am next day.
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 3pm) Selected classic episodes.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) A new run of Stephen Mulhern and the Big Box Game.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats with Andi Oliver.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Jordan Banjo, Sian Lloyd, Nick Pickard, Ellie White.
• Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30; Wales 6.45 Fri).
• Masterchef Down Under: Dessert Masters (W, 7pm) The winner's named on Friday.
• Whose Line Is It Anyway Usa (Comedy Central, 8pm) New episodes.

Monday 28 October

• We've Been Here Before (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Clive Anderson's history panel game, from 2004.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Subjects: John Keats, PJ Harvey, Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire, David Fincher.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Second chance round: Uisge Beathas vs Third Agers.
• House of the Year (BBC1 NI, 8pm) The grand final.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Leeds vs Edinburgh.
• Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm) A classic episode.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
• Growing Pains (Comedy Central, 9pm) Rhod Gilbert's gentle nostalgia, with Dara Ó Briain, Susie Dent, and Layton Williams.
• Face the Music (BBC4, 9.30) A celebrity panel.
• Have I Got A Bit More News for You (BBC1 England, 10.40; Scotland 12.05am, Wales, 12.40am, NI 10.40 Tue) Charlie Brooker, Grayson Perry, Angela Barnes.

Bonus feature

• Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul goes to Bradford, with a range of facts and jokes. Not a competition programme, certainly worth space in your ears.

Tuesday 29 October

• Act Your Age (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) From 2008.
• Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 8pm; Wales, it's on BBC2) Oh de schone carrot schnitzel.
• Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Autumn week, celebrating seasonal vegetables, which is no way to talk about the lettuce. Sign language interpretation on 4Seven.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm; not Wales) Vocal, with Ed Byrne (comedian), Jimmy Carr, and Judi Love.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
• Unforgivable (BBC2, 9.45) Mel Giedroyc and Lou Sanders address more moral quandaries from 2021. With Jimmy Carr, Judi Love, and Richard Bacon (producer).
• Have I Got News For You America (BBC2, 11.05) With guests Kerry Berry and Lesley Presley.

Wednesday 30 October

• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (KYTV Maximillian 2am; repeated KYTV Maximillian and The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Mel B, Alex James, Julian Clary, Sister Bliss. The mystery year is 1996.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Repeats from 2013.
• Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Sitting: Rosie Jones, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Andy Cole.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm; VM2, 10pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
• BBC New Comedy Award 2024 (BBC3, 10pm) The search continues.
• Survivor (TG4, 11.50) "Following a dead horse to water". Repeated next Saturday.

Thursday 31 October - Hallowe'en

• Unspeakable (Radio 4, 6.30) One in, one out for the dictionary: Jack Dee, Miles Jupp, and Ria Lina offer new words and try to remove hated ones. Phil Wang and Susie Dent host the new series.
• Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 8pm) Popcorn clams and cheeseburgers.
• Bake Off an Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Carol Vorderman and The Fabulous Iain Stirling.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "The Nexus of Truth".
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Jon Lee and Rachel Stevens play Blankety Blank. Repeated BBC1 late Friday.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.

Friday 1 November

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32; BBC Scotland tv 11.30).
• All the Way from Memphis (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Music quiz, chaired by James Walton.
• Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 8pm) The weekly final, with a stout dish.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Jo Brand hosts, with Nabil Abdulrashid and Tom Peck.
• RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (BBC3, 9pm) A fresh set, with Michelle Visage hosting.
• Beat the Chasers (ITV, 9pm; not UTV, HTV Wales, Border) Repeat.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Eviction night. Layton Live follows at 10.15.

Sign language interpretation

• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.25pm Sat, 7.15pm Sun).
• Bake Off (E4, 12.10 pm Sun); Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 12.05am Tue). Last week's shows.
• Scotland's Greatest Escape (BBC Scotland, 3pm Mon) This year's series.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Tue-Sat) Shown earlier in the day.
• Bake Off (4Seven, 8pm Tue; C4, 12.05am Thu) This week's show.
• Taskmaster (12.25am Wed) Last week's show.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 12.40am Wed).
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.45am Fri) Shown earlier in the night.

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 Through the Keyhole 4pm Cash Trapped 5pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am The Weakest Link 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon The Chase 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 7pm Cash Trapped 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