A special edition of University Challenge pits Manchester against Magdalen Oxford (BBC2, 9pm Saturday). We've got All About Two (BBC2, 9pm Monday), a quiz about the BBC's second television channel, and the grand final of Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30 Friday). On other channels, we're looking forward to Treasure Hunt (Challenge, 7pm Saturday), the Cornwall edition.
Schedules subject to change.
Saturday 19 April
| 0730 | BBC2 | Great British Menu x5 | The last is a new transmission in Scotland.
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| 0825 | CBBC | The Dare Devil
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| 0900 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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| 0900 | CHAL | Takeshi's Castle Day | To 1700.
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| 1025 | Mor4 | Come Dine with Me Down Under x5
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | Christian O'Connell.
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| 1115 | ITV | Dinner Date
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| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard
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| 1600 | BBC2 | Mastermind | NI only.
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| 1610 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x2 | Reading.
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| 1700 | CBBS | Swashbuckle
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| 1705 | CBBC | Trade Your Way to the USA
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| 1730 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes
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| 1735 | CBBC | Celebrity Driving Academy
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| 1815 | TV3 | Catchphrase
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| 1820 | 3e | Pop Idle Us
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| 1900 | CHAL | Treasure Hunt | Cornwall, from 1 March 1984. Quite possibly the best Treasure Hunt ever.
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| 1900 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Celeb medics: Ian Bleasdale and Sunetra Sarker, Duncan Preston and Nichola McAuliffe, Ian Kelsey and Paul Bradley, Sarah Jarvis and George Layton.
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| 1900 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | More Talent follows on SM:TV2 at 8.20. Also TV3.
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| 1950 | BBC1 | In It to Win It
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge The Story So Far Old! | Repeated from 2009. Scotland 2100, delayed by The Art of Fly Fishing. We are not making this up!
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| 2015 | CHAL | 3-2-1 | Victoria, from 7 December 1979. Jack Smethurst and Sheila Steafel.
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| 2020 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1310 tomorrow.
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| 2020 | ITV | Amazing Greys | Angela Rippon and Paddy McGuinness pit youngsters against seventysomethings.
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| 2030 | TV3 | The Cube
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| 2100 | BBC2 | University Challenge Special | A Champion of Champions match, featuring representatives from all the Manchester and Magdalen Oxford sides recognised by the producers as series champions. Scotland 2200.
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| 2130 | BBC1 | The Guess List | Rob Brydon is joined by Larry Lamb, Deborah Meaden, Julian Clary, Melanie C, David Haye.
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice
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| 2250 | ITV2 | Crazy Beaches
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| 2300 | Rad4 | The 3rd Degree
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| 2330 | ITV | Through the Keyhole
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Sunday 20
| 0600 | LIV2 | Four Weddings Day | To 2100.
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| 0835 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 0905 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall
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| 0930 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | Not STV.
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| 1000 | CHAL | Takeshi's Castle Day | To 1630.
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| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth
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| 1240 | MOR4 | The Taste Us | Sandwiches.
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| 1315 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD.
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| 1340 | ITV | Big Star's Little Star
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| 1440 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Last night's episode. TV3 1210.
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| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard
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| 1630 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1700 | CBBS | Swashbuckle
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| 1720 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Dundee.
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| 1730 | CHAL | Treasure Hunt | Malta, from 8 March 1984.
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| 1745 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Television cooks. First seen on 31 August.
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| 1830 | RTE1 | RTE The Voice of Ireland | Followed by The Voice Afterparty with Eoghan McDermott on RTE2. Repeated 1900 Tue on RTE2.
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| 1845 | CHAL | 3-2-1 | Schooldays, from 14 December 1979. Charlie Drake and Patsy Rowlands.
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| 1845 | ITV | Catchphrase | TV3 1915.
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| 2000 | TV3 | Famous Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr
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| 2100 | BBC2 | All About Two Special | Dara O'Briain and Richard Osman ask questions about the BBC's least-loved channel.
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| 2130 | RTE1 | Dragons' Den
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| 2240 | BBC2 | The Making of QI | Wales 2310, not NI.
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Weekdays
| 0745 | BBC2 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | Signed. Not Mo.
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| 0915 | CBBC | The Slammer Returns
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| 1100 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1200 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD. Mo 1200.
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| 1345 | BBC1 | Perfection | Not Mo.
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| 1440 | C4 | Countdown | Louise Minchin (Mo), then Arlene Phillips. Not Fr.
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| 1500 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | Mo 1355.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1530 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1600 | ITV | Tipping Point | Not Mo.
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| 1630 | CBBC | Celebrity Driving Academy
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| 1630 | C4 | Fifteen-to-One
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| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | Mo 1735.
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| 1700 | FOOD | Masterchef The Professionals | Not Mo.
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| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless
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| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Dumfries and Galloway.
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| 1800 | ITV2 | Dinner Date | Not Mo.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads
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| 1930 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | South West. Fr 1900.
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| 2000 | CHAL | The Chase
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Monday 21
| 1155 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes | Antony Costa and Liz Dawn.
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| 1200 | CHAL | Catchphrase Day | To 2000.
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| 1500 | Rad4 | The 3rd Degree | Bedfordshire.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | Alex Horne, Lucy Beaumont, John Finnemore, Jack Dee.
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| 2000 | STV | The Lie
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| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Europhiles v Relatives.
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| 2100 | MOR4 | Monty Don's Real Craft | Wood.
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| 2105 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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| 2220 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News For You | Jeremy Clarkson, Henning Wehn, Shirley Williams. Wales 2320, not NI.
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| 2230 | BBC2 | All About Two | Scotland 2330, not NI.
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Tuesday 22
| 2000 | BBC2 | The Big Allotment Challenge | Runner beans and roses.
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| 2000 | ITV4 | The Chase With Celebrities
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| 2030 | RTE1 | Masterchef Ireland
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice
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| 2200 | BBC3 | Sweat the Small Stuff | Clancey Abbey, James Vamp, Brad Vamp, Holly Walsh, Lloyd Griffith.
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| 2200 | DAVE | School of Hard Sums | Kevin Bridges and Sally Phillips.
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Wednesday 23
| 1700 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 1830 | ALBA | Gleusta
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| 2000 | TV3 | The Chase With Celebrities
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| 2000 | ITV | Big Star's Little Star
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| 2000 | BBC1 | Masterchef | Heats week five.
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| 2030 | RTE1 | Masterchef Ireland
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| 2030 | ALBA | Aibisidh
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| 2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Through the Keyhole
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| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Michael Carberry, Keri-Anne Payne, Dietmar Hamann, David Murdoch. Wales, Scot 2305.
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Thursday 24
| 0930 | Rd4X | Puzzle Panel | Repeated from 1998.
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| 0850 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 2000 | LIV | America's Next Top Model | Off to the Caribbean! Jamaica? She won't win if she doesn't.
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| 2000 | BBC1 | Masterchef
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| 2100 | CHAL | Timeline
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | With Matthew Wright and Antony Cotton.
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Friday 25
| 0850 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Not Wales, Scotland.
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| 1930 | BBC4 | BBC Young Musician of the Year | Percussion.
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| 1930 | BBC2 | Mastermind | The grand final. Subjects: Scottish lighthouses, Richard Wagner, Italian Front, Philip Larkin, French cinema to 1945, Salem witch trials.
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| 2000 | TV3 | Crossfire
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| 2030 | BBC1 | Masterchef | The fifth quarter-final.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | Martin Clunes, Camilla Long, Johnny Vegas.
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Channel abbreviations
| 4MUS | 4 Music
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| ALBA | BBC Alba
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| BBC1 | BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| BBC2 | BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| BBC3 | BBC3
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| BBC4 | BBC4
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| C4 | Channel 4
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| C5 | Channel 5
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| CBBC | CBBC Channel
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| CBBS | Cbeebies
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| CHAL | Challenge
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| DAVE | Dave
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| ESPT | Eurosport
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| ESP2 | Eurosport 2
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| HTV | HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
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| ITV | ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| ITV2 | ITV2
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| ITV3 | ITV3
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| ITV4 | ITV4
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| LIV | Sky Living
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| LIV2 | Sky Living It
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| MOR4 | More 4
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| PICK | Pick TV
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| Rad1 | BBC Radio 1
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| Rad2 | BBC Radio 2
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| Rad3 | BBC Radio 3
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| Rad4 | BBC Radio 4
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| Rad5 | BBC Radio 5
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| Rd4X | BBC Radio 4Xtra
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| RCym | BBC Radio Cymru
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| RSco | BBC Radio Scotland
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| RUls | BBC Radio Ulster
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| RWal | BBC Radio Wales
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| RTE1 | RTE1 (Irish)
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| RTE2 | RTE2 (Irish)
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| RTR1 | RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
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| S4C | S4C
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| SKY1 | Sky 1
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| SKYA | Sky Atlantic
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| STV | STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland)
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| TV3 | TV3 (Irish)
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| TV5 | TV5 Monde (Europe)
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| TG4 | TG 4 (Irish)
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| UTV | Ulster Television (ITV1 in Northern Ireland)
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| WTCH | Watch
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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.
See also
TV Guide This Week
