TV Guide 2024-12-07

Some new thrills for Saturday evening: You Bet! returns to the ITV network, and improvisation game Wing It gets a full series on Radio 4. Four new episodes of The 1% Club on ITV (Mon-Thu), and more silly things on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, Mon).

Finals of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (VM1 and ITV, Sun) and The Rap Game (BBC3, Tue). Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, Wed) finds its winner, as does Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, Wed), and Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, Thu).

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Saturday 7 December

Junior Taskmaster (C4, 10.20am) Repeat from last night.
Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
Four in a Bed (C4, 12.30) Repeats.
Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 5.10) Repeat with Anton Du Beke, Scarlett Moffatt, and Bobby Norris.

Primetime

The Hit List (BBC1, 5.35) Repeat of a Strictly special: Jamie Laing and Ugo Monye, AJ Odudu and Kai Widdrington, Sara Davies and Amy Dowden.
The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.10; not HTV Wales) A classic episode with Tim Vine, Alice Beer, Ken Bruce, and Sonny Jay.
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.30) Crumbs, is it semi-final week already? Signed on the Red Button.
The Chase The Bloopers (ITV, 7.10) Errors, gaffes, and goofs.
The Wheel (BBC1, 8.15) Tonight's stars are Mel B, Tom Davis, Motsi Mabuse, Gyles Brandreth, Zara McDermott, Richie Anderson, Mark Clattenburg. Repeated late Friday night.
You Bet! (ITV, 8.15) These ordinary people have extraordinary talents, but can they perform under pressure? Rob Beckett, Rosie Ramsey, Alison Hammond, and Harry Redknapp try to predict the future; Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern host. Repeated at 6pm tomorrow.
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (VM1 and ITV, 9.30). Unpacked follows at 10.35 on VM1 and ITV2.
Wing It (Radio 4, 11pm) Aasdair Beckett-King hosts the spontaneous series. This first episode features Cariad Lloyd, Steen Raskopoulos, Alexander Jeremy, Emma Sidi.

Sunday 8 December

Bake Off (C4, 2.40) Last year's Christmas episode.
BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Semi-final 3.
Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 5.35) Cliffhanger: build a dwelling on a sheer cliff face.
The Money List (RTÉ1, 6.30) Last in the present series.
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Another chance to see Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace in the Home Counties.
Deal or No Deal (ITV, 7pm) I'm a Celebrity special, with outgoing champion Sam Thompson.
Strictly Come Dancing The Results (BBC1, 7.20) With a performance from Raye and Becky Hill. Signed on the Red Button.
Am Dro! (S4C, 8pm) New walks at Lyn y Fan Fach, Langrannog, New Quay, and Moel Elio.
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) The grand final. I'm a Celebrity Unpacked follows at 10.35 on VM1 and ITV2.
Sorry, I Didn't Know (ITV, 10.55) This week's guests: Nina Wadia, DJ Target, Eddie Nestor.

Weekday Daytimes

Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Wolsingham in County Durham, seems to be a new venue) and Friday (Oswestry). Repeats elsewhere.
!mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); The Tournament (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.35 Tue); Beat the Pack (BBC2, 2.30; Wales 3.20 Tue); Celebrity Best Home Cook (BBC2, 3.15 Mon-Wed; Wales 4.05 Tue) The trivia trifecta is joined by a blast of star power. All repeats, natch.
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow [sic] (ITV, 2pm) More selected examples of reading rules really poorly.
Countdown (C4, 2.10) Rory Bremner, as we ease into Finals Week on Thursday. Repeat at 6am next day.
Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 3pm) Selected classic episodes.
The Vintage French Farmhouse (BBC1, 3.45) Who wouldn't want to be in sunny France at this time of year.
Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 4.30) Repeat with David Harper and Catherine Southon in Kent.
Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats with Vick Hope.
House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats of festive episodes with Clare Balding, Ivo Graham, Ugo Monye, and Dame Su Pollard.
Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
The Masked Singer Us (ITV2, 7pm) Shown on Fox in 2023.
Love Island Down Under (ITVB, 10pm).

Monday 9 December

Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Classic episodes from 2010.
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30) Lee Mack, Miles Jupp, Tony Hawks, and Caroline Quentin are given silly things to do. From the Great Hall in Exeter, with guest host Jack Dee.
Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Subjects: Mark Cavendish, The Darkness (band), The Day Today (comedy), Sylvia Townsend Warner.
Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Qualification round: Hopsters vs Al Frescans.
University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Second round 2.
Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 9pm) A meal for 24 revered chefs.
The 1% Club (ITV, 9pm). Proof that ITV isn't just about making minor celebrities look like fools: they'll do it for regular people, too.
Growing Pains (Comedy Central, 9pm) Advent special, with Mel B, Jo Brand, and Alex Jones.
QI (BBC2, 10pm) Visionaries, a revised repeat from last week.
Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40; NI, Wales 11.10) Mel Giedroyc, Armando Iannucci, Anushka Asthana.

Tuesday 10 December

Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Lit crit from 1997.
Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 8pm) Ahmet Dede tells how to use Irish and Turkish seasonal produce.
Celeb Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Repeat with David Morrissey, Lucy Beaumont, Tom Daley, Adele Roberts.
QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Viral, with Rhod Gilbert, Ignacio Lopez, Zoe Lyons.
The 1% Club (ITV, 9pm) They don't give fondue sets as prizes here.
The Rap Game (BBC3, 9.45) The final. Repeated on BBC1 early Sunday morning.
Unforgivable (BBC2, 9.45) Rob Rinder, Sophie Duker, David Baddiel. From 2021.

Wednesday 11 December

Never Mind the Buzzcocks (KYTV Maximillian 2am; repeated KYTV Maximillian and The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Sophie Willan, Joel Corry, Self Esteem, Joe Wilkinson.
Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Semi-final from 2013.
GiggleQuiz (Cbeebies, 5.15) Professor Muddles and Ann Teak join for the festive special.
You Heard it Here First (Radio 4, 6.30) Steph McGovern, Jarred Christmas, Hugh Dennis, Thanyia Moore.
Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, 7pm) The final.
Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne sit for the final. Followed by The Winners' Film (Artsworld, 9pm) with a portrait of Lorraine Kelly.
The 1% Club (ITV, 9pm) For people who find GiggleQuiz a bit too confusing.
Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm; NI 11.30).
Survivor (TG4, 11.45) "Living the Survivor dream (part 2)". Series 45 final. Repeated next Saturday.

Thursday 12 December

Who Goes There? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz from 1998.
Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 9pm) The final.
The 1% Club (ITV, 9pm) "Tenpercented": leaving a quiz just too soon to win a prize.

Friday 13 December - Friday the 13th

Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32; BBC Scotland tv 11.30) Felicity Ward, Raymond Mearns, Josie Long, but Geoff Norcott.
The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) David Mitchell's fact-spotting quiz.
Junior Taskmaster (C4, 8pm) "You can't milk a pigeon".
Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Stephen Mangan hosts, with Dawn Butler and Phil Panell.
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (BBC3, 9pm) Roasts.
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Coming Out (VM1 and ITV, 9pm). What happened to the contestants? And who were they?

Sign language interpretation

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.30pm Sat, 7.20pm Sun).
Parents' Evening (ITV, 3am Sun).
Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sun, Tue-Fri) Shown earlier in the day.
Masterchef The Professionals (BBC2, 12 midnight Wed, 12.05am Thu, 12.05am Fri) Shown last week on BBC1.
Junior Taskmaster (C4, 1.05am Wed) Last week's show.
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed) From last year's series.
Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 3am Fri).

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm Cash Trapped 5pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon The Chase 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm Bullseye 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Who Wants to be a Millionaire 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye