TV Guide This Week
Live episodes of Britain's Got Talent (ITV and TV3, from Monday), a new run of Gory Games (CBBC, 5pm weekdays), Roy Walker is on Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30 Monday), and Richard Osman turns up absolutely everywhere.
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Contents |
Saturday 25 May
0925 | CBBC | Horrible Histories | |
1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | It's the Champions' League final! Richard Osman, Martin Kelner, Jim White, and Justin Moorhouse. |
1130 | BBC2 | Just a Minute | Paul is joined by Josie Lawrence, John Sergeant, and Jason Manford. |
1200 | TV5 | A Table! | |
1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | |
1225 | ITV | Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr | A repeat from Wednesday. |
1425 | ITV | The Chase | Vintage episodes. |
1610 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x5 | |
1615 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | |
1645 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | With Paul Daniels. |
1655 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
1700 | DAVE | QI XL Night | |
1910 | BBC1 | BBC The Voice of Holland of UK | The battle rounds. Repeated BBC3 at 2300. |
2000 | TV3 | The Cube | |
2015 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1310 tomorrow. |
2020 | TG4 | Survivor | |
2050 | BBC2 | QI XL | Hypothetical. Not Wales, NI. |
2130 | S4C | Sion a Siân | |
2300 | Rad4 | Counterpoint | |
2320 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice |
Sunday 26
0620 | WTCH | Total Wipe Out Down Under | US editions at 0905 and Dave at 1100. |
0825 | CBBC | Splatalot | |
0855 | CBBC | Ye Olde Dragons' Den Special | Evan Davis is joined by four familiar faces. |
1035 | CBBC | Trade Your Way to the USA | |
1105 | CBBC | Ultimate Sports Day | |
1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | |
1300 | DAVE | QI day | To 2000. |
1340 | Mor4 | Four in a Bed x5 | |
1430 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Not Scotland, where it's Cup Final day, meaning that BBC1 and BBC2 show football. |
1430 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
1620 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me Ireland x5 | |
1655 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
1800 | SCIF | Robot Combat League | The Sci-Fi Channel's show. |
1900 | STRP | Masterchef India | Star Plus's big show. |
1900 | ITV | Celebrity Catchphrase | Kym Lomas, Steve Pemberton, Rosemary Shrager. Who are these people? |
1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | |
1915 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes | |
1915 | Rad4 | The Write Stuff | Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes on Greek tragedy. Alcohol is free! |
2000 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Also TV3. Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2 at 2100 and TV3 at 2130. |
2200 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
1155 | CBBC | My Genius Idea | |
1205 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Repeats. |
1205 | CBBC | Total Wipeout | |
1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Some episodes SD. Mon 1200. |
1235 | C4 | 1001 Things You Should Know | |
1305 | CBBC | The Slammer | |
1330 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | SD. Not Mo, Tu; Scot We 1530, Th 1230. |
1350 | CBBC | School of Silence | |
1400 | ITV | May the Best House Win | Not Mo. |
1430 | BBC2 | Classic Mastermind | SD. Not Mo, Scot 1315 We. |
1440 | CBBC | Splatalot | |
1500 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | Some episodes SD. Not Mo. |
1500 | BBC1 | Perfection | Not Mo. |
1510 | C4 | Countdown | Jo Brand. Not Fri. |
1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
1600 | ITV | Tipping Point | Not Mo. |
1630 | BBC1 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | Not Mo. |
1700 | ITV | The Chase | Not Mo. |
1700 | CBBC | Gory Games New! | |
1715 | BBC1 | Pointless | |
1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Winchester. |
1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | |
1900 | BBC2 | Antiques Road Trip | |
1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | |
1930 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Live semi-finals. Also TV3. Not Fr; results at 2130. Britain's Got More Talent follows on ITV2 and TV3 at 2200. |
2000 | STRP | Masterchef India | Airing on Star Plus (subscription on some platforms.) |
2000 | CHAL | Family Fortunes | Les Dennis's first series. |
Monday 27
0830 | CHAL | Catchphrase Day | To 1600. |
1425 | BBC1 | Bargain hunt | Scotland only. |
1500 | Rad4 | Counterpoint | |
1730 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Repeat from last night. |
1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks, Fred MacAulay, and - crikes! - Roy Walker! |
1900 | DAVE | QI | |
2000 | C5 | Motor Morphers | Green Goddess. |
2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Francophiles -v- Festival Fans |
2220 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | A Armstrong, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Josie Long. Wales 0000, NI 0035 Thursday morning. |
2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week |
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Tuesday 28
1800 | S4C | Cog1nio | |
1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout | |
1900 | DAVE | QI XL | Also 2100. |
2100 | BBC1 | The Apprentice | Scavenger hunting in Dubai. Repeated on BBC3 at 1900 Wed. |
2100 | 5STR | Fear Factor | |
2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week | |
2200 | BBC3 | Sweat the Small Stuff | |
2230 | E4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
2240 | DAVE | QI x2 |
Wednesday 29
0115 | BBC2 | The Apprentice | Signed. Originally shown last Wednesday. |
0900 | BBC2 | The Great British Sewing Bee | Signed. |
1332 | RSco | The Guessing Game | Lucy Porter and Rob Rouse. |
1700 | CITV | Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge | |
1725 | TG4 | Bog Stop | |
1900 | S4C | 100 O Blant | |
2000 | DAVE | School of Hard Sums | Andrew Maxwell and Marcus Brigstocke. |
2050 | DAVE | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | |
2150 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You? | |
2200 | 4Mus | 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
2225 | DAVE | QI XL | |
2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Rory Best, Steve Harmison, Asmir Begovic, and Annabel Croft in what we hope will be another exciting episode. Scotland 2305, NI 2335. |
2305 | BBC1 | Room 101 | NI 0005, not Scotland. |
Thursday 30
2000 | SCIF | Robot Combat League |
2100 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You |
2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week |
Friday 31
2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Cumbria. |
2000 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | As Wednesday. Not Wales. |
2030 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? | Susan Calman, Richard Osman, Carol Kirkwood, David O'Doherty. |
2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | Matt Forde and Miles Jupp. |
2100 | DAVE | QI XL | Also 1900. |
2200 | CHAL | Fun House | |
2200 | BBC2 | QI | House and Home: Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard, Danny Baker. |
2230 | CHAL | Knightmare |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
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, BBC2, 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.