TV Guide 2024-11-02
New thrills for ITV Saturday nights. Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening invites stars and their offspring (or parent) to play challenges. Earlier, The Chase Celebrity Edition returns.
Hello to Junior Taskmaster (C4, Fri). For weekdays, Antiques Road Trip returns (BBC1), with Celebrity Antiques Road Trip also kicking off (BBC2, Wed). New run of The Rap Game (BBC3, Tue).
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Saturday 2 November
- Game on, Grandparents! (BBC2, 7.35am) Worms; have the researchers been in the BBC canteen again?
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 2.25) Repeats.
- Ninja Warrior (ITV, 3.35); Family Fortunes (ITV, 4.35); Tipping Point (ITV, 5.40) Haven't they a naff movie to repeat?
- Bake Off (C4, 5.30) Repeat from last week.
Primetime
- Alan Carr's Picture Slam (BBC1, 5.45).
- Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.30) The first annual Icons Week. Signed on the Red Button.
- Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, 7.05; not HTV Wales) Repeat with Bonnie Langford, Aston Merrygold, and Liza Tarbuck.
- House of the Year (BBC2 NI, 7.40) Repeat from last week.
- The Wheel (BBC1, 8.10) Tonight's stars are Michael Sheen, Josh Widdicombe, Ellie Simmonds, Anita Rani, Ellie Taylor, Joe Marler, and Tom Skinner. Repeated early Tuesday morning.
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 8.10) New episode with Cherry Healey, Dallas Campbell, Ria Hebden, Robert Peston.
- Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening (ITV, 9.10) Celebrities team up with family members. Alison Hammond and son Aidan, Carol Vorderman and son Cameron, The Fabulous Iain Stirling and his mother, and with Shanthi Ranganathan to upstage her son.
- The Money List (RTÉ1, 9.20) An unfinished list is unfinished business: Baz Ashmawy returns with Ireland's answer to Who Dares Wins.
Sunday 3 November
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30; not Scotland).
- BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 10.
- Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 4.30) Rockets, man.
Primetime
- In for a Penny (ITV, 6pm; not UTV) Stephen goes to Liverpool.
- The Money List (RTÉ1, 6.30) More prize categories.
- Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm) Olly Smith, Jo Brand, Vicky Pattison.
- Strictly Come Dancing The Results (BBC1, 7.20) With a performance from Dear Alice. Signed on the Red Button.
- Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Layton Live follows at 10pm.
- QI (BBC2, 9.30; NI 10.30) Vocal, a revised repeat from Tuesday.
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15 Thu) New on Monday (Shepton Mallet) and Friday (Detling). Repeats elsewhere.
- !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); The Tournament (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.35 Tue); The Boss (BBC2, 2.30; Wales 3.20 Tue) Repeats.
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Carl Frampton is the guest. Repeat at 6am next day.
- Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 3pm) Selected classic episodes.
- The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) Refurbished episodes.
- Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
- Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 4.30) Margie Cooper and Tim Medhurst, starting in Blackpool.
- 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) Deirdre O'Kane, Jay Rayner, Tessa Sanderson, Iwan Thomas (sprinter).
- Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
- Race Across the World (BBC3, 8pm) This year's series, in east Asia.
- Whose Line Is It Anyway Usa (Comedy Central, 8pm) New episodes.
Monday 4 November
- Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Classic episodes with Nicholas and Paul and Gyles, with Graham Norton and Pauline McLynn.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Subjects: Sherlock Holmes stories, Rachmaninov, The West Wing, Red Rum.
- Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Winners round: Al Frescans vs Sprouters.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) LSE vs Leicester.
- Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm) A classic episode.
- Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
- Growing Pains (Comedy Central, 9pm) Emily Atack, Trevor Nelseon, and Sam Campbell bring back their teenage years.
- Face the Music (BBC4, 9.30) Andreej Panufnik joins Grenfell, Ray, Attenborough.
- Have I Got A Bit More News for You (BBC1 England and Scotland, 10.40; Wales, 11.40am, not NI) Jo Brand, Nabil Abdulrashid, Tom Peck
Bonus feature
- Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul goes to Merthyr Tydfil.
Tuesday 5 November - Fireworks night
- Act Your Age (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) From 2008.
- Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Dessert week, with added suet pudding. Sign language interpretation on 4Seven.
- Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 9pm) Mushroom and ricotta ravioli.
- QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Very Varied, with Ross Noble, Sara Pascoe, and Sally Phillips.
- The Rap Game (BBC3, 9pm) "Rip up the rule book".
- 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 Johnny Vegas, Clare Balding, and Josh Widdicombe.
Wednesday 6 November
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (KYTV Maximillian 2am; repeated KYTV Maximillian and The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Sophie Willan, Lucy Beaumont, Naughty Boy, Kate Nash.
- Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Repeats from 2013.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Darren Harriott vs Anthea Turner, from Cambridgeshire.
- Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Sitting: Lucy Worsley, Ricky Hatton, Musa Motha.
- Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm; VM3, 10pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
- Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm) A classic episode from June 2021.
- BBC New Comedy Award 2024 (BBC3, 10pm) The search continues.
- Survivor (TG4, 11.40) "Sword of Damocles". Repeated next Saturday.
Thursday 7 November
- Unspeakable (Radio 4, 6.30) Jo Brand, Lou Sanders, Kiell Smith-Bynoe make new words.
- Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 8pm) Pastry work.
- Bake Off an Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Jack Dee, Amy Gledhill, Eddie Kadi.
- Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "The Cockle Children".
- RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Beverley Knight joins for Pop of the Tops. Repeated BBC1 late Friday.
- Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
Friday 8 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 garlic dish.
- Junior Taskmaster (C4, 8pm) Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak give children aged 9-11 silly things to do.
- Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Roy Wood Jr hosts, with Richard Osman and Roisin Conaty.
- RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (BBC3, 9pm) A tribute to Olivia Newton-John.
- Beat the Chasers (ITV, 9pm; not UTV, HTV Wales) Repeat.
- Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Eviction night. Layton Live follows at 10.15.
Sign language interpretation
- Dress the Nation (ITV, 3am Sat, 5.05am Tue) The recently concluded series.
- Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sat, Tue-Fri) Shown earlier in the day.
- Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.25pm Sat, 7.15pm Sun).
- Bake Off (E4, 1.30 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.
- Masterchef The Professionals (BBC2, 1am Tue, 1am Thu, 12.35am Fri) Shown last week on BBC1.
- Bake Off (4Seven, 8pm Tue; C4, 12.10am Thu) This week's show.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 12.55am Wed) From last year's series.
- RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.50am 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 Crystal Maze (Mon: The Weakest Link) 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon The Chase 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm 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
