TV Guide 2023-05-27

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New thrills on ITV: Sitting on a Fortune with that nice Gary Lineker (ITV, Sun), and Got Talent Live Shows (VM1 and ITV, Mon-Fri) to decide who makes next weekend's final.

Radio 4's got a new series of everyone's fave fib-based panel show, and that's The Unbelievable Truth (Mon). Finals night for Masterchef (BBC1, Tue-Thu) and Taskmaster (C4, Thu).

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

Saturday 27 May

Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) Still at it.
The News Quiz (Radio 4, 12.30) Repeat from Friday.
Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1, 12.55) Repeat from last Sunday.
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15) A classic episode.
In for a Penny (ITV, 1.50) Repeat from last Saturday.
Four in a Bed (C4, 2.10) Five episodes.
A Question of Sport (BBC1 Wales, 5.10) Seen elsewhere on Friday.

Primetime

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 5.35) Jennie Bond and Simon McCoy, repeat.
The Wheel (BBC1, 6pm) Repeat.
Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, 6.30) Joining Stephen Mulhern tonight are Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Lesley Joseph, and Nathan Bryon.
Pen/Campwyr (S4C, 6.45) Repeat.
Blankety Blank (BBC1, 7pm) Repeat.
Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.30) Annie Wallace, Devon Anderson, Graziano Di Prima, John Thomson, Nathan Bryon from Catchphrase, Andrew Hunter Murray, Cariad Lloyd, Alex Murphy.
In for a Penny (ITV, 7.30) Stephen Mulhern makes another visit to Cardiff. Repeated 3.40 tomorrow.
Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Repeated ITV2 1pm tomorrow.
The 1% Club (ITV, 9.05) We joke about stars turning up on this show, and then they only go and get Matt Hancock! Who can we manifest for this week's episode? Let's have a Rickroll. Repeated 10.25 Monday (not HTV Wales).
Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 11pm) Repeat from last Monday.

Sunday 28 May

Just a Minute (Radio 4, 12.04) Repeat from last Monday.
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
Sitting on a Fortune (ITV, 7pm) Pass the crisps, it's a new run of Gary Linker's chair show.
Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1, 7.30).
Taskmaster (E4 Extra, 9pm) Repeat from Channel 4 on Thursday.

Weekday Daytimes

Survivor Australia (Dave, 10am; not Mon) Series 9, with twelve pairs playing the game.
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scotland 11.15am Thu).
!mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.45 Tue) Repeats.
Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm; not Mon, Fri) Repeats.
Countdown (C4, 2.10) Cally Beaton (Jon Culshaw on Fri). Repeated about 6am two-and-a-half working days later.
Tenable (ITV, 3pm; Mon 3.45, not Fri) Repeats from series 5.
Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; Mon 4.50, not Fri) New episodes.
The Great Auction Showdown (C5, 4pm) Paul Martin is in and around Lancashire with Paul Hayes.
The Chase (ITV, 5pm; Mon 5.50) New episodes.
Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Back to new episodes, still with Ria Lina.
House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats, with Edith Bowman, Fern Brady, Will Kirk, Martin Lewis.
Eggheads (C5, 6pm and 6.30) Repeats.
Masterchef Down Under (W, 6pm) The 2021 series.

Monday 29 May

Bank holiday for GB and Northern Ireland

The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) Scotland against North of England.
The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Celebrity husband David Mitchell challenges Alan Davies, Holly Walsh, Angela Barnes, and Henning Wehn to smuggle truths in a blanket of lies.
Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 7.30).
Got Talent The Live Semi-Finals (VM1 and ITV, 8pm). It's a semi-final. It's live. Unless you're watching the repeat at 12 noon on ITV2.
University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) The grand final, Durham against last week's winners.
QI XS (BBC2, 10.15) Quite Intrepid, clips on travel.
Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1 England, 10.30; Scotland and Wales 11pm, NI 11.30) Extended repeat from last Friday.

Tuesday 30 May

Who Goes There (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
The Greatest Auction (C4, 8pm) What are the 1%ers buying this week?
Got Talent The Live Semi-Finals (VM1 and ITV, 8pm).
Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Finals week begins in Istanbul. The scheduling this year is all sorts of Byzantine.

Wednesday 31 May

Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Back to London to work at Core Fresh Restaurant.
Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) It's metaverse fashion week, apparently.
Got Talent The Live Semi-Finals (VM1 and ITV, 8pm).
Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm) Travel wardrobes this week.

Bonus feature

Room 101 (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul Merton invites Desiree Burch to get rid of the worst things in the world.

Thursday 1 June

Jest a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) The grand final.
Got Talent The Live Semi-Finals (VM1 and ITV, 8pm).
Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "A yardstick for failure". Last in the present series.

Friday 2 June

The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Lucy Porter and Andy Hamilton.
A Question of Sport (BBC1 England, 8pm; Scotland 8.30, not NI, Wales).
The Big Interiors Battle (C4, 8pm) Apparently, it's semi-finals week.
Got Talent The Live Semi-Finals (VM1 and ITV, 8pm).
Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 8.30) Repeat, with Chizzy Akudolu, Simon Gregson, Michelle Visage, Henning Wehn.
Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Naga Munchetty hosts, with Ruth Davidson and Phil Panel.

Sign language interpretation

Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 2.35am Sat) Episode 7.
Yn y Ffram (S4C, 12.30pm Sat).
Sewing Bee (BBC2, 1.15am Tue) Episode 1, shown two weeks ago.
Masterchef (BBC2, 1.40am and 2.40am Wed, 3.10am Thu) Knockout Week, shown in the third week of May.
Taskmaster (C4, 12.05am Thu) From last Thursday.
Future Food Stars (BBC2, 2.10am Thu).
Family Fortunes (ITV, 5.05am Fri) From Sunday.

Challenge

Dickinson's Real Deal comes off the weekday schedules for a bit, replaced by more Pointless and Bullseye.

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Wheel of Fortune 11am Family Fortunes 1pm Famous Family Fortunes 2.30 Strike it Lucky 4pm Tenable 5pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am The Chase 12 noon Family Fortunes 1pm Dickinson's Real Deal 2pm Play Your Cards Right 3pm Blankety Blank 5pm Tenable 6pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am Pointless 11am Dale's Supermarket Sweep 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1pm Bruce's Price is Right 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 3pm Strike it Lucky 4pm Bullseye 6pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 7pm Pointless 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Tenable