TV Guide 2022-03-05

Alan Carr returns with Interior Design Masters (BBC1, Wed). Finals of Pottery Throwdown and Celebrity Hunted on Channel 4 (Sun).

It's a quiet week. Er, Pat Sharp and Philippa Forrester are on Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, Sat). Um, ITV's got another Imported Masked Singer (Sun). Ooh, Janet Ellis skydives into Countdown (C4, from Tue).

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Schedules are accurate at the time of publication; check against EPG for late changes.

Contents 1 Saturday 5 March 1.1 Primetime 2 Weekend repeats 2.1 Saturday 2.2 Sunday 3 Sunday 6 March 3.1 Primetime 3.2 Bonus feature 4 Weekday Daytimes 5 Monday 7 March 6 Tuesday 8 March 7 Wednesday 9 March 7.1 Bonus feature 8 Thursday 10 March 8.1 Bonus feature 9 Friday 11 March 10 Sign language interpretation 11 Challenge 11.1 Saturday 11.2 Sunday 11.3 Weekdays 12 International

Saturday 5 March

• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15; not Wales).
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4pm); The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.30) Repeats.

Primetime

• Great Local Menu (BBC2 Wales, 6pm) Seen elsewhere on Thursday.
• Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 6pm) Alex Brooker, Vicky Pattison, Max Whitlock join Stephen Mulhern.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 6.30) Maria McErlane (bicycles), The Vivienne (Cher), Martine Croxall (Nellie Bly), DJ Ace (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air).
• The Wall Versus Celebrities (BBC1, 7pm) Ellie Taylor and Shaparak Khorsandi.
• Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) Paloma Faith and Craig Revel Horwood.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.45) Children's telly: De'Graft Mensah and Shanequa Paris from Newsround, Pat Sharp and Jayne Middlemiss, Andy Day and Philippa Forrester, Ortis Deley and Rani Price.
• Limitless Win (RTÉ1, 8.25).
• Starstruck (ITV, 8.30).
• Paul Sinha's TV Showdown (ITV, 9.40 10.10) Joanna Page, Jenny Powell, Adam Thomas, David Baddiel. And if they can't make your show fun, there's something wrong with your show.

Weekend repeats

Saturday

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30); The News Quiz (Radio 4, 12.30) From Friday.
• Dancing with the Stars (RTÉ1, 3.45) From last Sunday.
• Gassed Up (BBC3, 9.10) From Wednesday.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.

Sunday

• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 12.04) Gyles Brandreth and his advertisement for Après Ski aftershave. Ask your great-grandpa.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1 NI, 4.35) From Saturday.
• A Question of Sport (BBC1, 12.05am; Scot 1.05am) From Friday.

Sunday 6 March

• Dickinson's Real Deal Winners (ITV, 9.30am).
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• The Masked Singer Us (ITV, 1.40) A preview of series 4, first shown in autumn 2020.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 5.40) "Finale".

Primetime

• Dancing with the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30).
• Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, 6.30) Torvill and Dean Week. With a guest performance by Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson.
• Y Talwrn (R Cymru, 7pm).
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) Garden totems, the final.
• Côr Cymru (S4C, 8pm).
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 9pm) Last in the series.

Bonus feature

• Desert Island Discs (Radio 4, 11am) Oti Mabuse, the Strictly star, discusses her life and career.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu).
• Ready Steady Cook (BBC2, 1pm; not Tu, Fr); Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45; not Fr, Wales 2.35 Tue); Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (BBC2, 2.15; Fr 3.30, Wales not Tu) Repeats.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Nicky Campbell (Mo), then Janet Ellis. Both of whom would be very welcome presenters.
• Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New.
• Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 4.30) Repeats.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm).
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Sheffield, new episodes.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm; Wales not Fr but 5.45 next Sat) Jennie McAlpine, Ugo Monye, Joe Pasquale, Felicity Ward.
• Masterchef Down Under (BBC3, 7pm).

Monday 7 March

• Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Gyles Brandreth's words quiz.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4, 3pm) Semi-final 2.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Dane Baptiste, Stephen Fry, Sheila Hancock, and Paul Merton.
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Black Bird Club.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 8pm) Semi 2: Vincent van Gogh, Bill and Ted films, 1990s drum and bass, Julia Margaret Cameron.
• The Great Cookbook Challenge (C4, 8pm) Live cooking before the judges. What sort of cookery book is this?
• The Big Design Challenge (Artsworld, 8pm) Maggie Aderin-Pocock reinvents the clock.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) The ninth group phase match, between a winner-loser and a loser-winner.
• Quizzy Mondays (youtube.com/allthingsquiz, 9pm) A review of the night's action.
• Guessable (Comedy Central, 9pm) With Fred Sirieix, Rhys James, Jo Brand, Dani Dyer.
• The Wall (BBC1 England, 11.55; Scot 12.25am, Wales 12.55am, not NI) Repeat from the weekend.

Tuesday 8 March

• The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 4pm) From 2018.
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) First 'n' Last.
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Whay aye, 5NO. Whay aye, 5NO. 100 years of broadcasting for the North East. Stretch your cat's whisker to 1.76 Antmcpartlins (750 k/c).
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) The grand finale.
• Unforgivable (Dave, 10pm) Sally Phillips, Alan Davies, Ria Lina.
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 11.20; Scot, 11.35, NI 12.20am) Repeat from Friday.

Wednesday 9 March

• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Strangers on a Train.
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 9pm) An ode to Saturday Night Takeaway.
• Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Best of the series.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 9pm; Wales, 11.05) Alan Carr takes over the contest. This week: flats.
• Gassed Up (BBC3, 9pm) Big Narstie tries to survive the end times.
• The Fast and the Farmer-Ish (BBC3, 10pm; also BBC1 NI, 11.35) The first semi-final.
• Paul Sinha's TV Showdown (ITV, 11.40; not STV, Border) Repeat from Saturday.

Bonus feature

• Itopia (S4C, 5.40) The drama continues.

Thursday 10 March

• The Personality Test (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Greg Dyke, television producer.
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Harmer Hillbillies.
• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) A mystery puzzle game, but never a cross word.
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm; Wales 6pm Sat) This week's guest judge is Si King from the Hairy Bikers.
• Loggerheads (BBC Scotland, 8.30) It's windy at Dunnet.

Bonus feature

• Crufts (C4+1, 9pm) Clare Balding hosts coverage of flyball, freestyle heelwork to music, and dog agility. And the pooches are more sensible and humane than anything up the EPG.

Friday 11 March

• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 12.05am; not NI) Repeat from last weekend.
• Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Scandals with Gyles Brandreth.
• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• Gwrach y Rhibyn (S4C, 5.35) The trek continues.
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Single 1s.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 11.05) A classic episode.

Sign language interpretation

• Winning Combination (ITV, 3am Sat).
• Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh (ITV, 5am Sat, 3am Wed and Fri).
• Alphabetical (ITV, 5.05am Sun).
• Tipping Point (ITV, 5.05am Mon-Fri).
• Dragons' Den (BBC2, 1.20am Wed; not NI)
• Brightest Celebrity Family (ITV, 3.25am Fri) The final from last year.

Challenge

Lineup for the game show specialist channel.

Saturday

• The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Family Fortunes 11.30; All Star Family Fortunes 1.30; Strike it Lucky 3pm; The Cube 4pm; The Chase 5pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 4am.

Sunday

• The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; The Price is Right 11.30am; Blockbusters 12.30; Family Fortunes 2pm; Catchphrase 3pm; The Chase 5pm.

Weekdays

• The Chase 7am; Play Your Cards Right 10am; The Price is Right 11am; Wheel of Fortune 12 noon; Catchphrase 1pm; Family Fortunes 2pm; The Price is Right 3pm; Play Your Cards Right 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Tenable 6pm; Pointless 7pm; The Chase 8pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 10pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 12 midnight; Bullseye 5am.

International

Deutsche: Quiz für Dich (Sat.1, Wed) is a show in two strands. Two celebrity duos play in the studio for their candidate to win as much money as possible - but the winner has no idea they're playing. Only when the winning amount has been decided does quizmaster Jörg Pilawa appear on the screen and surprise the contestant with a windfall.

Saturday has another run at Hirschhausens Quiz des Menchen (ARD) - it's Operation Ouch as a panel game. Lucky Stars - Alles auf die Fünf (Pro7, Tue) is a right Five Star show: one contender picks from five celebrities to complete challenges and win money.

Français. Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez! is the FT selection show (France 2 and TV5 Monde)

Nederlands. It's the final of Wie is de Mol (NPO1 and bvn.tv, Sat). The smart money is on Everon, but everyone has been wrong before. High Tea Challenge (net5, weeknights) is a daily show where competitors make small cakes, scones, fingerbread, heartfood, and a perfect cup of tea. Goes out at 8pm, obvs.