TV Guide 2016-01-02
Welcome to 2016. ITV wastes no time with its Saturday night double-header, with Ninja Warrior UK (also Sunday) and Take Me Out starting this week. Channel 5 kicks off Celebrity Big Brother (from Tuesday, also TV3 in Ireland).
Entertainments include Lip Sync Battle UK (C5, Fri), celebrities mime to popular tunes. The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (C4, Tue) reviews the last 100,000 years of human evolution.
New to primetime comes Insert Name Here (BBC2, Mon), which might not be game. For What It's Worth (BBC1 daytime) is an antiques quiz. Masterchef Us arrives on Watch (weekdays).
CBBC has talent show Got What It Takes? (Wed) and comedy The Dog Ate My Homework (Fri). And if you're missing Pop Idle US, it comes to 4 Music (Sat).
Challenge has new-to-the-channel editions of Blockbusters and Robot Wars: The Sixth Wars (weekdays).
H2 also has new-to-the-channel editions of Robot Wars: The Third Wars (weekdays).
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Saturday 2 January 2016
- Knightmare Breakfast (Challenge, 6am) Six episodes.
- Strike It Lucky Day (Challenge, 10.30am) To 6.50.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) Georgie Ainslie hosts the new year special.
- Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge (CITV, 1.30) Two episodes.
- Catchphrase (ITV, 1.35) Repeat.
- Four in a Bed (More4, 1.35) Five episodes.
- Come Dine with Me (More4, 4.20) Five episodes.
PRIMETIME
- Mastermind (BBC1, 5.10) Chris Hawkins, Kate Williams, Iain Stirling, Nikki Fox.
- Stars In Their Eyes Night (Challenge, 6.50) To 2.40am.
- Ninja Warrior UK (ITV and UTV Ireland, 7pm) Ben, Rochelle, and Chris return with Television's Toughest Challenge Since Challenge Anneka.
- Pop Idol Us (4Music, 7pm) It's been on ITV2, 5*, dropped for one-and-a-half series, and the final run goes out on this faded channel. The series proper begins on 11 January; this is a 30-minute promo show.
- Take Me Out (ITV, 8pm) Fresh from the success of Benchmark, Paddy O'Connell invites the entire viewership round to his pad. Take Me Out The Gossip follows on ITV2.
- Celwydd Noeth (S4C, 10pm) Last week's celebrity special.
- QI XL (BBC2, 10.40; not NI) Messing With Your Mind.
Sunday 3 January
- Fun House Morning (Challenge, 6am) To 1pm.
- Come Dine with Me (More 4, 11.20am) Kent.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
- The Chase Us Day (Challenge, 1pm) To 9pm.
- Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge (CITV, 1.30) Two episodes.
- Catchphrase (ITV, 1.40) Repeat.
- Ninja Warrior UK (ITV, 2.25) Repeated from yesterday.
- Four in a Bed (More4, 2pm) Five episodes.
- Come Dine with Me (More 4, 4.45) Guildford.
PRIMETIME
- The Great History Quiz The Tudors (BBC2, 6pm) Repeat from Christmas Eve.
- Ninja Warrior UK (ITV and UTV Ireland, 6pm) Heat two of what's now "TV's toughest obstacle course".
- RTE The Voice of Holland of Ireland (RTE1, 6.30) A new run of the spinning chairs programme. The British version returns next weekend.
- Dragons' Den (BBC2, 8pm) The series resumes.
- All Star Mr and Mrs (TV3, 8pm) As seen in the UK late in 2015.
- Celebrity Big Brother - Flirts Friends and More (MTV, 10pm).
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 11.30).
- Deal or No Deal (C4, 2.10).
- For What It's Worth (BBC1, 2.30) Antiques quiz show with Fern Britton.
- 1000 Heartbeats (ITV, 3pm).
- Countdown (C4, 3.10) Gloria Hunniford begins the latest Championship of Champions.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm).
- Blockbusters (Challenge, 4pm) New to Challenge.
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm; UTV Ireland, 6pm).
- Come Dine with Me (C4, 5pm).
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15).
- Eggheads (BBC2, 6pm; not Mon).
- Robot Wars (Challenge, 6pm) Extreme action on Mon and Tue, then The Sixth Wars.
- Masterchef Us (Watch, 7pm) Gordon Ramsay hosts.
- Robot Wars (H2, 11pm) The Third Wars, new to this channel.
Monday 4 January
- Quote... Unquote (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) From 2011.
- Round Britain Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) Midlands v Wales, for the championship.
- Pyramid (S4C, 5pm).
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30) From York. With Dame Sandi Toksvig, but guest host Jack Dee.
- Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.30).
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8pm) Second round 7.
- Only Connect (BBC2, 8.30) Semi-final 1.
- A Question of Sport (BBC1, 8.30; not Scotland).
- Insert Name Here (BBC2, 10pm; NI 11.15) The Steve Jones of game shows; each episode looks at people who have shared a particular name. Panels argue for supremacy, and there may be scores kept.
- Rupaul's Drag Race (TruTV, 10pm) Giltter ball; Sissy that walk. Two episodes.
Tuesday 5 January
- The Chase With Celebrities (ITV4, 8pm).
- The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (C4, 9pm) CAUTION Jimmy Carr asks questions from the last 100,000 years of human history. With Jonathan Ross, Chelsea Peretti, Jack Whitehall, Mel Giedroyc, Richard Ayoade, Noel Fielding.
- Celebrity Big Brother (C5 and TV3, 9pm) Another series begins. Bit on the Side follows on C5 and 3e at 11pm, and Live* From the Studio on C5 at midnight and 5* at 1am.
- Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm) A critique of what's going out on C5, recorded last year.
Wednesday 6 January
- Counterpoint 1999 (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Got What it Takes? (CBBC, 4.30) Talent show for young singers and their mothers.
- Celebrity Dinner Date (ITVBe, 8pm) Andy Jordan from Made in Chelsea.
- Celebrity Big Brother (C5 and TV3, 9pm) Bit on the Side follows on 5* and 3e at 11pm, and Live* From the Studio on 5* at midnight.
- A Question of Sport (BBC1, 10.35; NI 11.05, Wales 11.10).
Thursday 7 January
- Celwydd Noeth (S4C, 8.25) A new civilian series.
- Celebrity Big Brother (C5 and TV3, 9pm) Bit on the Side follows on C5 and 3e at 11pm, and Live* From the Studio on 5* at midnight.
- A League of Their Own (The Satellite Channel, 9pm) David Walliams, Andy Carroll, Melanie C.
- The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (C4, 10pm) Another chance to miss it.
Friday 8 January
- Questions Pour un Super Champion (TV5, 4pm) The annual championship for 2015.
- The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC, 4.30) Johnny and Inel, Chris Johnson, Susan Calman.
- Celwydd Noeth (S4C, 6.30) From last night.
- The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
- Mastermind (BBC2, 8pm; Wales 8pm Sat) Pearl Jam, Watergate, Middlesbrough FC, AE Housman.
- Celebrity Big Brother (C5 and TV3, 9pm) Someone must go. Hope it's Big Brother. Continues at 10.30; Bit on the Side follows on C5 and 3e at 11.05, and Live* From the Studio on 5* at midnight.
- The Bachelor (ITVBe, 9pm) Wedding.
- QI (BBC2, 10pm) Making a Meal of It, with Cariad Lloyd, Dermot O'Leary, and Phill Jupitus.
- Lip Sync Battle UK (C5, 10pm) Alesha Dixon and David Walliams try to mime to records.
- Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 11.25).
Sign language interpretation
- Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge (ITV, 6am Sat and Sun).
- Show Me the Telly (STV, 2am Sun).
- The Apprentice (BBC2, 2.05am Tue).
- Ejector Seat (ITV 3am Thu, not STV).
- Great British Menu (BBC2, 8.35am Thu).
- Masterchef The Professionals (BBC2, 8.15am Fri).
