TV Guide This Week
After a long gap, Antan Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is back (ITV, 7pm Sat). My Little Princess (E4, 10pm Mon) offers a course in over-controlling fathers-in-law. There's a new run of Big Ask (Dave, 10pm Tue), and Food Glorious Food (ITV, 8pm Wed) is followed by highlights of Masterchef The Professionals (BBC2, 9pm Wed). Celebrity Juice returns (ITV2, 10pm Thu), and it's the UK's premier televised song contest Can i Gymru (S4C, 8.25 Fri). The Countdown Supreme Championship crowns the best Countdown player of forever (C4, 2.45 all week).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Contents |
Saturday 23 February
| 0730 | BBC2 | Great British Menu x5 | The weekly catchup. |
| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | |
| 1125 | ITV | Dinner Date | |
| 1230 | BBC2 | Mastermind | A repeat of last night's edition. Wales 2000. |
| 1300 | BBC2 | University Challenge | A repeat of last Monday's edition. Wales 1230. |
| 1430 | ITV | The Chase With Celebrities | Includes Matt Dawson, Sally Bercow, and Jimmy Carr. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1605 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x5 | |
| 1610 | CITV | Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge | |
| 1635 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1800 | DAVE | Total Wipe Us Out | |
| 1900 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Wales only. |
| 1900 | BBC1 | Let's Dance for Comic Relief | Jon Culshaw, Waterloo Road, Woodburn and Shrager, Antony Cotton. |
| 1900 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | |
| 1900 | ITV | Saturday Night Takeaway Your Money New! | Ant and Dec's mass audience swindle resumes. With Robbie Williams. Also TV3. |
| 2020 | ITV | Take Me Out | Last in the series. The Gossip follows on ITV2 at 2150. |
| 2020 | TV3 | The Cube | |
| 2025 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | |
| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain |
Sunday 24
| 0705 | WTCH | Scream If You Know the Answer! x2 | |
| 0900 | WTCH | Total Wipeout Canada | Tight and bright. |
| 1100 | DAVE | Total Wipe Us Out | |
| 1125 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | SD. |
| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | |
| 1205 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | |
| 1425 | TV3 | Junior Mastermind | A repeat from last autumn. |
| 1610 | CITV | Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge | |
| 1620 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | |
| 1635 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1700 | DAVE | QI | |
| 1720 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1740 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You | |
| 1800 | SKY1 | Got to Dance x2 | The live semi-finals. |
| 1815 | BBC2 | Mastermind | NI only. |
| 1815 | ITV | Dancing on Ice | Continues at 2030. |
| 1820 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | |
| 1830 | RTE1 | The Voice of Holland Ireland | |
| 1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | |
| 1900 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes | Martine McCutcheon v Jermain Defoe. |
| 1945 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes | Nicola Adams v Michael Vaughan. |
| 2000 | CHAL | Bullseye x2 | |
| 2000 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You Night | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | NI only. |
| 2225 | BBC1 | Room 101 Extra Storage | Wales 2255, Scotland 2340. |
| 2325 | BBC1 | The Apprentice Us | Design an office. Wales 0005, Scotland 0020. |
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Weekdays
| 0815 | BBC2 | Show Me the Monet | Signed. |
| 1120 | CBBC | Trapped | |
| 1210 | CBBC | School of Silence | |
| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Some episodes SD. |
| 1335 | CBBC | Copycats | |
| 1400 | RLLY | Celebrity Masterchef | |
| 1400 | ITV | Dinner Date | |
| 1415 | BBC2 | Classic Mastermind | Scotland 1330 We. |
| 1445 | C4 | Countdown | The Second Supreme Championship concludes: Jenny Eclair. |
| 1515 | BBC1 | Perfection | |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1530 | C4 | The Common Denominator | |
| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1600 | ITV | Tipping Point | |
| 1630 | BBC1 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | |
| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | |
| 1700 | C4 | Four in a Bed | |
| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless | |
| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Mansfield. Old episodes at 1205. |
| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Also BBC-HD. Not Fr. |
| 1800 | SKY1 | Got to Dance | Daily updates. |
| 1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | |
| 1930 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Westward. Also BBC-HD. Wales, NI not Fri. |
Monday 25
| 1500 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain | Second semi-final. |
| 1725 | TG4 | Bog Stop | |
| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | |
| 1900 | LIV | The Biggest Loser Us x2 | |
| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | New Oxford v King's Cambridge. |
| 2000 | DAVE | Jo Brand's Big Splash | Another chance to see why the Countdown regular was judging a dull ITV show. |
| 2030 | ALBA | Aibisidh | |
| 2200 | E4 | My Little Princess New! | Daddy-controlled dating. |
| 2305 | BBC1 | Have I Got Old News for You | NI 2335, not Wales. |
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Tuesday 26
| 0020 | BBC1 | The Apprentice Us | On the catwalk. NI 0050. |
| 1840 | ALBA | Gleusta | |
| 1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout | |
| 2000 | ITV2 | Love in the Wild | "Love" being the approximate viewing figure. |
| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL | |
| 2100 | ALBA | Farpaisean Chon-Chaorach | |
| 2200 | DAVE | Big Ask New! | With Tim Vine and Stephen Mangan, but Jo Brand. |
| 2240 | DAVE | Mock the Week |
Wednesday 27
| 1330 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | Scotland 1530. |
| 1700 | CITV | Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge | First of two episodes buried on CITV only during Christmas. |
| 1725 | TG4 | Bog Stop | |
| 1740 | S4C | Y Lifft | |
| 1830 | Rad4 | Dilemma | Josie Long, Clare Grogan, and others. |
| 2000 | ITV | Foot Glorious Food New! | The Midlands heat of Britain's Got the Gas Mark 6 Factor. |
| 2100 | BBC2 | Masterchef The Professionals Uncovered New! | Highlights from the past five years. Also BBC-HD. |
| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week | |
| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | AP McCoy, Colin Jackson, Brad Friedel, Phil Vickery. NI 2345. |
| 2305 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Uncut. |
Thursday 28
| 2000 | DAVE | QI XL | |
| 2100 | 5* | Pop Idol Us | Now without a weekend recap, so don't forget to miss it. |
| 2200 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | |
| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice x3 New! | Kelly Brook takes the spare team captain's chair, Geri Halliwell guests, and this is the 100th episode celebration. |
| 2300 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks |
Friday 1
| 1330 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | |
| 1445 | C4 | Countdown | The Second Supreme Championship final. |
| 1800 | CBBC | Sam and Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up | |
| 1830 | RWal | What's the Story? | |
| 1900 | LIV | The Love Machine | Followed by Love Bites. Last in the series. |
| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | As Wednesday. |
| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Norman Wisdom, Magna Carta, Pembrokeshire coast, William Boyd, French Religious Wars. Not Wales, NI. |
| 2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Chesterfield. |
| 2025 | S4C | Can i Gymru 2013 New! | Elin Fflur and Dafydd Du are at the Coal Exchange in Cardiff for this year's final. Winner goes to the Pan Celtic Festival in Ireland. |
| 2100 | 5* | Pop Idol Us | |
| 2100 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | |
| 2100 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
| 2100 | TV3 | Take Me Out | The Irish version. |
| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Joints: Cal Wilson, Jack Whitehall, Jimmy Carr. Also BBC-HD. Not Wales. |
| 2235 | BBC1 | Monumental | Barry McGuigan. NI only. |
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Channel abbreviations
| 4MUS | 4 Music |
| ALBA | BBC Alba |
| BBC1 | BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| BBC2 | BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| BBC3 | BBC3 |
| BBC4 | BBC4 |
| BBCH | BBC-HD |
| C4 | Channel 4 |
| C5 | Channel 5 |
| CBBC | CBBC Channel |
| CBBS | Cbeebies |
| CHAL | Challenge |
| DAVE | Dave |
| ESPT | Eurosport |
| ESP2 | Eurosport 2 |
| HTV | HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted) |
| ITV | ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| ITV2 | ITV2 |
| ITV3 | ITV3 |
| ITV4 | ITV4 |
| LIV | Sky Living |
| LIV2 | Sky Living It |
| MOR4 | More 4 |
| PICK | Pick TV |
| Rad1 | BBC Radio 1 |
| Rad2 | BBC Radio 2 |
| Rad3 | BBC Radio 3 |
| Rad4 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Rad5 | BBC Radio 5 |
| Rd4X | BBC Radio 4Xtra |
| RCym | BBC Radio Cymru |
| RSco | BBC Radio Scotland |
| RUls | BBC Radio Ulster |
| RWal | BBC Radio Wales |
| RTE1 | RTE1 (Irish) |
| RTE2 | RTE2 (Irish) |
| RTR1 | RTE Radio 1 (Irish) |
| S4C | S4C |
| SKY1 | Sky 1 |
| SKYA | Sky Atlantic |
| STV | STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland) |
| TV3 | TV3 (Irish) |
| TV5 | TV5 Monde (Europe) |
| TG4 | TG 4 (Irish) |
| UTV | Ulster Television (ITV1 in Northern Ireland) |
| WTCH | Watch |
Other stations explained in the programme description.
AudioD - Audio Description for the blind.
Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.
Shows on BBC1, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV2, E4, Sky Living, and Sky One are in HD unless specified as SD. Shows on other channels are marked as HD.
