TV Guide This Week
The Voice UK (BBC1, 6.45 Saturday) gets a daily spin-off series with Zoe Ball (Louder on Two, BBC2, 6.30 weekdays), and we have new Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm Wednesday). We're pleased to welcome another run of Big Star's Little Star (ITV, 8pm Wednesday). Cable viewers will be entertained by series two of 3-2-1 (Challenge, 5.50 Sunday) and Masterchef New Zealand (Watch, 7pm weekdays).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Contents |
Saturday 22 March
| 0825 | CBBC | The Dare Devil | |
| 0900 | CBBC | Ludus | |
| 0930 | ITV | Dinner Date | |
| 1000 | CHAL | Finders Keepers (2) | |
| 1055 | Mor4 | Come Dine with Me Down Under x5 | |
| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | Jonathan Pierce |
| 1200 | ITV | The Chase | |
| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | |
| 1315 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1545 | BBC1 | Reflex | Going on the "B" of "Byeee!!" |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1610 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x4 | North London. |
| 1700 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1700 | CBBS | Swashbuckle | |
| 1800 | CHAL | Treasure Hunt | Into series 2, from Beaune (France). Can they hurry up and invent Wincey Willis? |
| 1845 | BBC1 | BBC The Voice of Holland of UK | "I walk the earth my darling, but I never feel alone." Results at 2050. Also BBC3, 1900 tomorrow. |
| 1900 | ITV | Antan Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Your Money | Scarlett Johansson talks fizzy water. |
| 1915 | CHAL | 3-2-1 | Arabian Knights. Sadly, we don't get to see the Christmas episode... maybe next month? |
| 1930 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Wales only. |
| 1930 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1310 tomorrow. |
| 2025 | ITV | The Cube | Fred and Annette. Also TV3. |
| 2130 | BBC2 | QI XL | Wales 2300. |
| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | |
| 2250 | ITV2 | Crazy Beaches | |
| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain |
Sunday 23
| 0805 | CBBC | Splatalot | |
| 1030 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | |
| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | |
| 1425 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes | Liz McClarnon and Uri Geller. |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1620 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Cardiff. |
| 1635 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1640 | CHAL | Treasure Hunt | Rochester. |
| 1700 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1700 | CBBS | Swashbuckle | |
| 1720 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Jenny Eclair, Lee Dixon, Sian Lloyd. Originally shown on 12/12/12. |
| 1730 | CBBC | The Dog Ate My Homework | Also 0900. |
| 1750 | CHAL | 3-2-1 | The ITV strike is over! What better way to celebrate than the start of series 2, Merrie England. |
| 1800 | CBBC | Ludus | |
| 1830 | RTE1 | RTE The Voice of Ireland | They're up to the live shows. Followed by The Voice Afterparty with Eoghan McDermott. Repeated 1900 Tue on RTE2. |
| 1900 | ITV | Catchphrase | Jane, Ady, and Laura send Mr. Chips an alarm clock. Also TV3. |
| 1900 | MOR4 | The Taste Us | Nigella, Frenchie, Boycott chap, and some bloke in a bow-tie bring blue teaspoons. |
| 2130 | RTE1 | Dragons' Den New! | A new dragon joins Ramona Nicholas, Barry O'Sullivan, Peter Casey, Gavin Duffy. |
| 2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Looks back at royals. Not NI. |
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Weekdays
| 1130 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | Mo-Tu only. |
| 1205 | C4 | Coach Trip | Repeats. |
| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD. |
| 1415 | BBC1 | Perfection | |
| 1440 | C4 | Countdown | Maureen Lipman. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1530 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1600 | ITV | Tipping Point | |
| 1630 | C4 | Four in a Bed | |
| 1700 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Hourlongs. |
| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | |
| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless | |
| 1800 | ITV2 | Dinner Date | |
| 1800 | BBC2 | Revenge of the Egghead | |
| 1830 | BBC2 | The Voice: Louder on Two New! | Zoe Ball hosts the Little Brother show. |
| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef New Zealand New! | |
| 1900 | BBC2 | Antiques Road Trip | Not Wales, NI not Th. |
Monday 24
| 1500 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain | Last semi-final. |
| 1700 | CBBC | Ludus | Today's Earthtwerps are from Rhondda. |
| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Paul Merton, Rebecca Front, Alun Cochrane, Russell Kane. |
| 1835 | ALBA | Gleusta | |
| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | Semi-final 1. |
| 2000 | TV3 | The Lie | |
| 2200 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats |
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Tuesday 25
| 2030 | RTE1 | Masterchef Ireland | |
| 2100 | BBC2 | The Great British Sewing Bee | Antique 1930s machines. Running later for Lambing Live. |
| 2200 | BBC3 | Hair | Mohicans. Running later for Sewing Bee. |
Wednesday 26
| 1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout | |
| 2000 | TV3 | Celebrity Tipping Point | |
| 2000 | ITV | Big Star's Little Star New! | The return of the absolutely ace family quiz, with Ben Cohen, Denise Lewis, Neil Ruddock. |
| 2030 | RTE1 | Masterchef Ireland | |
| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef New! | The signature bake. No, the calling card! |
| 2200 | S4C | Gwefreiddol | Huw Owen and Gethin Robyns. |
| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Chris Froome, Gary Pallister, Annabel Croft, Mark Webber. NI, Wales 2305, Scot 2335. |
Thursday 27
| 0930 | Rd4X | Puzzle Panel | Repeated from 1998. |
| 2000 | LIV | America's Next Top Model | (Alicia) Keys to success. |
| 2000 | BBC1 | Room 101 | Miranda Hart, Reggie Yates, John Craven. Repeat. |
| 2100 | CHAL | Timeline | |
| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | |
| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | Ben Adams, Jade Jones, Andrez Harriot, Easther and Vernie Bennett, Mrs Gogginz, Adam Rickitt, Dane Bowers, Kavana, Kenzie. |
| 2200 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | |
| 2300 | Rad4 | So Wrong It's Right | Repeated from 2010. |
| 2335 | ITV | The Cube | Not UTV, STV. |
Friday 28
| 0905 | BBC2 | The Great Interior Design Challenge | Signed. |
| 1700 | CBBC | The Dog Ate My Homework | Joel Dommett, Victoria Cook, Bec Hill, Romesh Ranganathan. |
| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | Susan Calman. |
| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | But Mastermind is pre-empted yet again, it's lambing this time, completely throwing our plans for the spring. |
| 2000 | Rad2 | BBC Young Brass Award Final Special | Ken Bruce and Frank Renton perform with the Grimethorpe band. |
| 2030 | BBC1 | Masterchef | The first quarter-final. |
| 2200 | Sky1 | Duck Quacks Don't Echo | Series highlights. What follows at 2201? |
| 2235 | BBC1 | Joanna Lumley Meets will.i.am Special | A tie-in for BBC The Voice of UK. |
| 2305 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
| 2335 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? | Not NI. |
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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 |
| 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, Dave, Sky Living, and Sky One are in HD unless specified as SD. Shows on other channels are marked as HD.
