TV Guide 2025-01-18

Awooga! Gladiators is back (BBC1, Sat). Phweep! Just a Minute returns (Radio 4, Mon). Paint! Landscape Artist of the Year starts (Artsworld, Wed).

Friday gives us the finals of Junior Bake Off (C4) and The Traitors (BBC1).

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

Contents 1 Saturday 18 January 1.1 Primetime 2 Sunday 19 January 2.1 Primetime 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 20 January 4.1 Bonus feature 5 Tuesday 21 January 6 Wednesday 22 January 7 Thursday 23 January 8 Friday 24 January 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 18 January

• Dancing on Ice (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am; VM1, 4pm) Last Sunday's edition.
• Survivor South Africa (Dave, 7.10am) Another chance to see series 6, previously shown on this channel in 2023. Continues daily at or around this time.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4pm).
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 4.15) Repeat from last week.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) Repeat with Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom, Carl Fogarty, Louis Smith, Bonnie Langford, Anne Hegerty.

Primetime

• Gladiators (BBC1, 5.50) Enter the Atlaspheres. Repeated 3.35 Sunday (not Scotland), and 7pm Monday on BBC3.
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 6pm) New episode. Repeated 4.05 Sunday.
• The Masked Singer (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) Tom Daley joins the panel for a special knitting edition, where they're singing superhero songs. Repeated on ITV Breakfast Broadcasting at 6am tomorrow, ITV2 at 12.05, and VM1 at 3.30.
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.50) With Aisling Bea, La Voix, Ben Bailey Smith, Anna Richardson, Samantha Kinghorn, Will Best, Jason Byrne, Jacqui Joseph. Repeated late Wednesday night.
• Limitless Win (ITV, 8.30) The big prize show continues. Repeated on ITV2 at 11am tomorrow. Last week's episode on VM1 at this time.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.35) Curtis Pritchard, AJ Pritchard, Tom Malone, Karim Zeroual, Shanaze Reade, Oli Bell, Fern Brady, and Alison Spittle. Repeated late Thursday night.
• Love Island All Stars (VM1 and ITV2, 9pm) Highlights from the week.
• The Traitors (BBC3, 9pm) Repeat from Wednesday; Uncloaked follows at 10.
• The 1% Club (VM1, 9.30) Last year's series comes to Ireland.

Sunday 19 January

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
• Counterpoint (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 4.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5.05) Ortis Deley, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Graeme Hall, Sarah Millican, Shaun Wallace.

Primetime

• Dancing With the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30).
• Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, 6.30).
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) A miniature ark.
• Limitless Win (ITV, 8pm) The big prize show continues.
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 9pm) There's someone famous near Tower Bridge.
• Love Island All Stars (VM1 and ITV2, 9pm) The show continues.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot not Thu) New on Monday (Wolsingham) and Friday (an Around the Globe special). Repeats elsewhere. No BBC2 trivia treble, because it's bowls week.
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 2pm) Selected classic episodes.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Nicki Chapman is the guest. Repeat around 6am next day.
• Pictionary (ITV, 2.30) Draw something.
• Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Word-u-like.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45; not Mon) New episodes.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm; Mon 3pm) New episodes.
• Junior Bake Off (C4, 5pm) Final week.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm; not Mon) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15; Mon BBC2) New episodes with Rob Rinder and Ellie Taylor.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) New, with Eniola Aluko, Phil Daniels, Nikita Kanda, Danny Miller.
• Pointless repeats (Eden, 7pm) Normal people episodes from series 26, first shown in 2021.

Monday 20 January

Changes to the afternoon schedule on BBC1 and the ITV network because of scheduled reports from the news teams. If you're at a loose end, ITV2 has a good ep of Gilmore Girls and a repeat of Dinner Date.

• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul Merton, Laura Smyth, Julian Clary, Desiree Burch as we start a new series.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) With Guy Mowbray (Viking York), Kirsten O'Brien (Daphne du Maurier), Tyger Drew-Honey (The It Crowd), Justine Greening (John Bradshaw).
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Quarter-final 2: Al Frescans vs Four Opinions
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Second round 6: teams tbc.
• Love Island All Stars (VM1 and ITV2, 9pm) The show continues.
• The Traitors (BBC3, 9.05) Repeat from Thursday; Uncloaked follows at 10.05.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) Vices and Vitrues, cut-down version of last week's show.
• Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You (BBC1, 10.40) Alexander Armstrong, Miles Jupp, Olivia Utley, from autumn 2023.

Bonus feature

• The Michelle Mone Scandal (Channel 5, 9pm) Why the underwear tycoon hasn't been seen on Dragons' Den lately.

Tuesday 21 January

• Act Your Age (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Simon Mayo tests the comedy generations, from 2010.
• Popmaster tv (More4, 8pm) More civilian poppage.
• Dubhlain DIY (BBC Alba, 8.30).
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm; not Wales) V-something-or-other, with Jason Manford, Ahir Shah, and Holly Walsh.
• Love Island All Stars (VM3 and ITV2, 9pm) The show continues.
• A Cut Above (Blaze, 9pm) "Bird abodes and big bugs".
• The Traitors (BBC3, 10pm) Repeat from Friday; Uncloaked follows at 11pm.

Wednesday 22 January

• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Leslie Ash and Phil Daniels, with Phil Serrell and Serhat Ahmet, in Lincolnshire.
• Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Hampton Court Palace hosts the first heat. Stephen Mangan hosts, with the judging panel Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano, and Kate Bryan.
• Síorstil (TG4, 8.30) This week: the first elimination.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Will the mission see Traitors make the wrong moves? Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
• Amour a Mynydd (S4C, 9pm) The gang climb an ice tower; who is that a metaphor for?
• Love Island All Stars (VM1 and ITV2, 9pm) The show continues.
• Last Bite Hotel (Food Network, 10pm) "A steak through the heart".

Thursday 23 January

• A League of Their Own (KYTV Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and KYTV Maxmillian, 9pm) Jorginho and Danny Dyer.
• The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) University quiz, first heard in summer 2023.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm; not Wales) Megan McKenna and James Argent, repeat.
• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) An all-in-one bathroom invention.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) A huge shift in power might change everything. Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
• Beat the Chasers (ITV, 9pm) New members of the public face the sensational six.
• Love Island All Stars (VM1 and ITV2, 9pm) The show continues.

Friday 24 January

• The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Phil Hammond debates with Brian Sewell and Simon Fanshawe. From 1998.
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 7.30) Kadeena Cox, Ivo Graham, Harriet Kemsley, Eddie Marsan.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 8.30) The final. Uncloaked follows on BBC1 at 9.40, and the News at Ten is at 10.10.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) One for catch-up: Jon Richardson and Big Zuu play Danny Dyer and Helen Bauer, with Mat Ewins.
• Love Island All Stars (VM1 and ITV2, 9pm) The show continues.

Sign language interpretation

• Lingo (ITV, 3am Sat, Tue-Fri) Yesterday's show.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.10am Sat, Tue-Fri) Yesterday's show.
• Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 3.15pm Sat, Sun).
• The Traitors (BBC2, 11.55pm Sun (NI 1.55am), 12.05am Wed, 12.30am Thu) Last week's shows.
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Mon).
• Junior Bake Off (E4, 7am Mon-Fri) Yesterday's show.
• Dragons' Den (BBC2, 1.05am Wed).
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 1.30am Wed) From Sunday.
• Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ2m 3.35am Wed) Two episodes.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed) From the 2023-4 series.
• The Money List (RTÉ1, 3.35am Thu) Last year's series.
• Gladiators (BBC2, 2.05am Fri).

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 4.15am 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 11am Through the Keyhole 12 noon Tenable 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm Through the Keyhole 7pm Tenable 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Bridge of Lies 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Tenable 5am Bullseye