TV Guide 2024-04-20

ITV's springtime Saturday lineup begins: In for a Penny, In With a Shout, and Got Talent all return for their new series. E4 has a Love Triangle (Tue, Wed, Thu). A new run of The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, Fri).

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Contents 1 Saturday 20 April 1.1 Primetime 2 Sunday 21 April 2.1 Primetime 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 22 April 4.1 Bonus feature 5 Tuesday 23 April - World Book Day 6 Wednesday 24 April 7 Thursday 25 April 8 Friday 26 April 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 20 April

• Runaround (Talking Pictures, 8.30am) Repeated from 1980.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am)
• Four in a Bed (C4, 1.45) Five episodes.
• Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 5.15) Repeat from last Sunday.
• Ninja Warrior (ITV, 4.30) A classic episode.

Primetime

• Stephen Mulhern's In for a Penny (ITV, 6pm) A new series of Stephen Mulhern's travels, meeting his fan club and playing silly games. None sillier than the one on BBC1, which involves an inflated spheroid and some old blokes in a field.
• In With a Shout (ITV, 6.30) The return of the better Name That Thing quiz. Repeated on ITV2 at 2.05 tomorrow afternoon.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.30) New ep, with Ben Cohen, Kristina Rihanoff, Jane Moore, Carole Malone, Ivo Graham, Ahir Shah, Mehreen Baig, and Sean Fletcher. Goes for a burton if the sportsball goes to extra frames or a Stupor-over. Repeated late on Tuesday night.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7.30) Another round of the constructed reality show. Repeated on ITV2 at 12.35 tomorrow afternoon.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.55) You take us for mugs? Repeated late on Tuesday evening.
• You Heard It Here First (Radio 4, 11pm) Sound effects with Jessica Knappett, Andy Parsons, Ahir Shah, Desiree Burch.

Sunday 21 April

• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 12.25) Repeat from last week.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1 Wales, 2.15).
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 4.30) Wales play South of England. Repeated next Saturday at 11.30pm.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.50) Another chance to see Simon Gregson's celebrity show. Or another chance for it to be binned off for sportsball.

Primetime

• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• Race Across the World (BBC2, 7pm) Repeat from last week.
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 7.10).
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7.40) Another heat.
• Côr Cymru (S4C, 8pm) Mixed voice choirs: Côr Esceifiog, Cantorion Ger y Lli, Côr Glanaethwy.
• Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Repeat, with AJ Odudu, Gemma Collina, Jessica Hynes, and Tim Key.
• Hunted (C4, 9pm) Going 500m due up.
• The 1% Club (VM1, 9pm) A new channel in Ireland for Lee Mack's brainpower contest. First seen on ITV last year.

Weekday Daytimes

• Masterchef South Africa (W, 7am) New episodes. Last week of the series.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New eps on Monday and Friday.
• Riddiculous (ITV, 2pm; not Mon) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Yes! Les Dennis! Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
• Winning Combination (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) New episodes on Wednesday and Thursday.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Repeats.
• Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30) Repeats from last year's series.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes, with Anita Rani.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats from October 2022 with Radzi Chinyanganya, Janet Ellis, Darren Harriott, Suzi Ruffell.
• Love Island Games (ITVB, 10pm) Also available on the ITV Hub and previously shown on VM2.

Monday 22 April

• Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Classic episodes. This one's from 2008, with Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Sue Perkins, and Tony Hawks.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 8.30; England only) Compilation.
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40) Extended repeat from Friday, with Alexander Armstrong, Jo Brand, and Munya Chawawa.
• Glow Up (BBC1, 11.25; Scotland 12.10am) Repeated from BBC3.

Bonus feature

• The Coversation (World Service, 1.30 and 10.30) Reflecting on reality tv with Alex Duggan from The Traitors Australia and Ludmilla Puldova from Czech-Slovak Survivor.
• Sheepdog Showdown (BBC1 NI, 8pm) Coverage from the triennial (triannual? Every three years) World Sheepdog Trials, held this year at Dromore, County Down. Clare Balding hosts.

Tuesday 23 April - World Book Day

• Hidden Treasures (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) The antiques quiz from 1998.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) Dressing rooms at the Empire Pool.
• Aldi's Next Big Thing (C4, 8pm) Sweets and confectionary.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm; Wales: on BBC2) Prawns.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm; Wales: 9.30 on Friday) Underground and Underwater, with Zoe Lyons, Dan Tiernan, and Josh Widdicombe.
• Love Triangle (E4, 9pm) Blind date, move in, meet the rejected love interest. Remember, it's only a triangle if all three are interested in each other. Repeated on Channel 4 at 10pm.
• Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, 9pm) Fishy business.
• Unforgivable (Dave, 10pm) Alex Jones, The Fabulous Iain Stirling, and Tim Renkow.

Wednesday 24 April

• Say the Word (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Frank Delaney's language quiz from 2001.
• Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) Six The Musical.
• Race Across the World (BBC1, 9pm) After an airlift to pass Communist China, it's off to Hanoi, with a checkpoint at Simon Groom Towers in Phnom Penh.
• Love Triangle (E4, 9pm) How are last night's couples doing, and let's meet tonight's set. Repeated on Channel 4 at 11.05.
• Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, 9pm) A football challenge.

Thursday 25 April

• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm; not London, West Midlands, North West) Repeat.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Butternut squash.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) Snooker cue umbrella chin.
• Love Triangle (E4, 9pm) Two unhappy singles go too far, and turn the triangle into a hendecagon. Repeated on Channel 4 at 11.05.

Friday 26 April

• The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30) New series.
• Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Up-to-the-minute gossip from 2005.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 7.30) Cheese.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Host is Martin Lewis, with guests Ignacio Lopez and Steph McGovern.
• Beat the Chasers (ITV, 9pm) Repeat of a celebrity edition from 2023, with Rory Bremner, Dana Domestic, Carlton Cole, and Claire From Steps.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm; not Wales) Cut-down version of Tuesday's show.

Sign language interpretation

• Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 2.50am Sun).
• Celebrity Bake Off (E4, 10.05am Sun).
• Masterchef (BBC2, 8am Mon, Tue, Wed)
• Next Level Chef (ITV, 3am Tue).
• Taskmaster (C4, 12.10am Wed).
• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 2.05am Wed).
• The Piano (C4, 2.05am Wed) First shown in 2023.
• Love Triangle (E4, 3.05am Wed, 3.10am Thu, 3.15am Fri)
• Hunted (C4, 1.10am Thu).
• Bring the Drama (BBC2, 3.05am Thu) First shown about a month ago.
• Dragons' Den (BBC2, 4.05am Thu).

Challenge

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 Chase 10am Bridge of Lies 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon Cash Trapped 1pm Tenable 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 6pm Bridge of Lies 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Blockbusters 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye