TV Guide 2024-02-10

Bill Bailey tries to Bring the Drama on BBC2 (Wed) in an acting contest, darlings. Great news for all viewers! It's the last week of Love Island Is This Still On (VM2 and ITV2, ends Friday). A new run of Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, Fri), and a new build on Lego Masters Aotearoa (E4, Sun).

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Contents 1 Saturday 10 February 1.1 Primetime 2 Sunday 11 February 2.1 Primetime 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 12 February 5 Tuesday 13 February 6 Wednesday 14 February 7 Thursday 15 February 8 Friday 16 February 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday-Friday

Saturday 10 February

• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am)
• The Great Chocolate Showdown (ITVBe, 12 noon) Two episodes.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 2.40) Five episodes.
• House of Games (BBC2, 5.20) Double Points Friday is on a Saturday this week. Wheel of Fortune rolls off, thanks to ITV's "commitment" to broadcasting "sport".

Primetime

• Gladiators (BBC1, 5.50) Repeated on BBC3 at 7pm Monday.
• The Masked Singer (VM1 and ITV, 7.15) Guest judge: Lorraine Kelly, and it's a double elimination. Repeated on ITV2 at 12.40 tomorrow.
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.50) News and current affairs, with Louise Minchin, Nina Nannar, Michael Buerk, John Sergeant, Romilly Weeks, Jenni Murray, Calum Leslie, and Shanequa Paris.
• The Traitors Australia (BBC3, 8pm) An unexpected finale.
• Limitless Win (ITV, 8.45). Repeat at 1.10 tomorrow.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.35) Nihal Arthanayake, Dermot Murnaghan, Richie Anderson, Donna Preston, Faye Brookes, Bethannie Hare, Kemah Bob, Tiff Stevenson. Repeated in the early hours on Wednesday.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Highlights from the week. Followed at 9.01 by Love Island All Stars Some More Bits From The Week.

Sunday 11 February

• The Law Game (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Shaw Taylor asks a celebrity panel to be the jury.
• Style It Out (CBBC, 9.30am) Two episodes.
• Young Masterchef (BBC2, 11.15am) Repeat from BBC3.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• The Great Chocolate Showdown (ITVBe, 5pm, two eps) End of series 4.

Primetime

• Lego Masters Aotearoa (E4, 5.35) A new series begins.
• Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, 6.20) It's musicals week.
• Dancing With the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30).
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) Tea time.
• Am Dro! (S4C, 8pm) This week: Llanuwchillyn, Moelfre, Pembrey, Llyn Tecwyn Isaf..
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Final week, at last.

Weekday Daytimes

• My Kitchen Rules South Africa (W, 7am) New.
• Survivor Down Under (Dave, 10am) Series 9.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot not Thu).
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm; not Wales); The Tournament (BBC2, 1.45; not Wales) The Welsh Open snooker takes precedence in Wales (and on the red button nationally).
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Tim Rice. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
• Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 3.15) A repeated series.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm; not Wed) Champions Week with Kaye Adams, Alex Brooker, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Isy Suttie.
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 6pm) New episodes from Bolton.
• Masterchef Down Under (W, 6pm) New.

Monday 12 February

• Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Counterpoint (Radio 4, 3pm) Semi-final 1. Repeated next Saturday at 11pm.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Tony Hawks, Eleanor Tiernan, Heidi Regan, Paul Merton. Repeated next Sunday at 12.04pm.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30; Wales 10pm Wednesday) Specialist subjects: human digestive system, AA Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh, Chemical Brothers, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels. Is the snooker that important to warrant a two-night postponment, we wonder.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) A classic special: Part-time Poets vs Romantics.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) QF5: Manchester vs Imperial London.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
• Quizzy Mondays (9.15, youtube.com/allthingsquiz) Post-match chat about the shows we've just watched.
• Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You (BBC1, 10.40; Wales 11.10, NI 12 midnight, Scotland 12.25am) Richard Ayoade, Roisin Conaty, Andy Hamilton.

Tuesday 13 February

• Quote... Unquote (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Don't forget to miss it.
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Scotland.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Ufology, with Cally Beaton, Nish Kumar, and Tom Ward.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
• Outsiders (BBC2, 9.45) Today, the squirrels earn their Survivor badge: whose time at the camp is over? Originally shown on Dave in 2021.

Wednesday 14 February

• Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm).
• Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Hever Castle.
• Bring the Drama (BBC2, 9pm) The billing says this is a game show. Bill Bailey works with eight aspiring actors and guests - this week, Sonia Cassidy from The Eastenders.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
• Survivor (TG4, 11.35) "The Third Telford". Repeated on Saturday. Ireland only.

Thursday 15 February

• Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Twenty Questions revived, from 1998.
• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) Edible gift cards.
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Finals day.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).

Friday 16 February

• The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) From summer 2022.
• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30) Des Clarke is back.
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Zoe Lyons, Rachel Parris, Danny Finkelstein. Repeated 12.30 tomorrow lunchtime, or available as a podcast in about two years' time.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.30) Michelle Heaton (Disney princesses), Nihal Arthanayake (Public Enemy), Aaron from The Traitors (cephalopods), and Maisie Adam (This Is England). Postponed from last week.
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 9pm) Babatunde Aléshé, Mike Bubbins, Jessica Knappett, Claudia Winkleman.
• RuPaul's Drag Race: Uk Versus The World (BBC3, 9pm) Richard E Grant is this week's guest judge.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Jon Richardson and Asim Chaudhry play Joe Wilkinson and Roisin Conaty.
• Beat the Chasers (ITV, 9pm) Omid Djalili, Richard Whitehead, Jenny Eclair, Clive Mantle, repeated.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). The grand final

Sign language interpretation

• Gladiators (BBC2, 12.50am Sat).
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.30am Sat).
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 3am Sat).
• Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 2.15am Sun, 1.30am Tue).
• Limitless Win (ITV, 3am Sun).
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 1.30am and 2.30am Wed, 1.30am Thu) Last week's episodes
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 3.55am Wed).
• The Money List (RTÉ1, 1.35am Thu).

Challenge

Bridge of Lies comes to the channel, a surprisingly quick acquisition as the show only premiered on BBC1 in 2022.

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm Tenable 6pm 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 Cash Trapped 5pm Tenable 7pm The Chase

Monday-Friday

7am The Crystal Maze 8am The Chase 10am Cash Trapped 11am Bridge of Lies (Mon: Family Fortunes) 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1pm Tenable 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Strike it Lucky 4pm Bullseye 6pm The Crystal Maze 7pm Bridge of Lies 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Bridge of Lies 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye