TV Guide 2025-03-01
This week, a new series of Smart TV on The Satellite Channel (Wed). There's a new series of One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, Mon), don't forget to miss it.
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Contents |
Saturday 1 March
- In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) A classic* episode.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4pm)
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) Karim Zeroual, Christopher Biggins, Ellie Leach, Des Clarke, Mark Labbett.
Primetime
- Gladiators (BBC1, 5.45) Quarter-finals, and a new Gladiator arrives. Repeated BBC1 2.35 Sunday.
- Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 6pm).
- Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) KSI is tonight's guest judge. Repeated on ITV Breakfast Broadcasting at 6.25am tomorrow, ITV2 at 3.30, and VM1 at 4.10.
- The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.45) Gok Wan, Sunetra Sarker, Kate Humble, Asim Chaudhry, Katie Piper, Dermot Murnaghan, Andy Day, Susie McCabe.
- The 1% Club (VM1, 9.15) No edition on ITV, they'd rather show Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood meet The Four Tops.
Sunday 2 March
- In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) A classic* episode.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
- Four in a Bed (Channel 4, 2.30) Five episodes.
- Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4.25) but not if the football goes long.
- Counterpoint (Radio 4, 4.30) Semi-final 1.
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) Scott Mills, Gareth Malone, Louise Minchin, Glenn Hoddle, Shaun Wallace, from 2021.
Primetime
- Dancing With the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30).
- Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, 6.30) Four play a solo round.
- Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
- Y Llais (S4C, 7.30) The last audition. Repeated 10pm Thursday.
- The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) Hellmouth fireplaces.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2 Wales, 8pm) Seen elsewhere last Wednesday.
- Réalta Agua Gaolta (TG4, 8.30) The talented family contest.
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Lingfield) and Friday (Ilkeston). Repeats elsewhere.
- !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm;); Bridge of Lies (BBC2, 1.45); The Tournament (BBC2, 2.30) Repeats.
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Jenny Powell, no limits. Repeat around 6am next day.
- Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
- Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes, Tahmina Ghaffar and David Harper are in Lancashire.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Back to repeats.
- Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) New episodes from Belfast.
- House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm; also 6.30 Wed but not Thu) Champions' week 2: Jimi Famurewa, Harriet Kemsley, Colin Murray, Sara Pascoe.
- Eggheads (C5, 6pm) Repeats; two episodes.
- Masterchef Usa (Watch, 7pm) New episodes.
Monday 3 March
- Gladiators: Epic Pranks (CBBC, 6.30) Viper gets wet.
- One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30) Laura Smyth, Sunil Patel, Simon Evans, Kyrah Gray.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Seamus Heaney, Steve Earle, Mad Men, Battle of Arnhem.
- Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) The Closing Ceremony, and the final.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group phase 4.
- QI (BBC2, 10pm; not NI) Victory, an edited version of last week's show.
Tuesday 4 March
- Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Literary silliness from 1997.
- Gladiators: Epic Pranks (CBBC, 6.30) Hammer's confused.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Central and Anglia.
- Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 8.30).
- QI XL (BBC2, 9pm; not Wales) United, with Nabil Abdulrashid, Bill Bailey, Victoria Coren Mitchell.
- Popmaster tv (More4, 9pm) Last of the heats.
- A Cut Above (Blaze, 9pm) "Wearable wood".
- Outsiders (BBC2, 9.45; not Wales) Shown on UKTV G2 in 2021.
Wednesday 5 March
- Smart TV (Sky Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and Sky Maximillian, 9pm) Rob Beckett hosts another round of the silly telly quiz. This week's guests are Richard Osman, Danny Dyer, Motsi Mabuse, Richard Ayoade.
- It's Your Round (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Improvised games.
- Gladiators: Epic Pranks (CBBC, 6.30) Bionic dresses as a rabbit.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) "Evolutionary pork".
- Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Portsmouth.
Thursday 6 March
- Who Goes There (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz, first heard in 2000.
- Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) Fixing sticks.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm; Wales 8.30) This week's guest judge is Denise Lewis.
Friday 7 March
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) From spring 2022.
- Pointless repeats (Eden, 7pm) Normal people episodes from 2021. Top of the Pops in this slot for the rest of the week.
- Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm) Sara Davies, Michelle de Swarte, Bob Mortimer, Chris Ramsey. No One Question, replaced by Crufts which we don't class as a game show.
- The Yankee Traitors (BBC3, 9pm) Episode 11, the final.
Bonus feature
- The Big Eurovision Party (BBC1, 11.40; Scotland 1.10am) Highlights from last year's event in Amsterdam, hosted by Edsilia Rombley and Tia Kofi. Expect the likes of Nemo, Loreen, Käärijä, Baby Lasagna, Bambie Thug, and - for the older viewers - Katrina from Top of the Pops and Johnny Logan from Wogan.
Sign language interpretation
- Dress the Nation (ITV, 5.05am Sat).
- Deal or No Deal (ITV2, 10.25am Sat) Two episodes (ITV2, 10.20am Sun) Three episodes.
- Gladiators (BBC2, 1am Tue).
- Parents' Evening (ITV, 3am Tue).
- Dragons' Den (BBC2, 1am Wed).
- The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 3.30am Wed) From Sunday.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed) Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace from The Chase. From the 2023-4 series.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 12.35am Thu, 12.05am Fri, 1.25am Sat) Last week's episodes
- The Money List (RTÉ1, 3.25am Thu) Last year's series.
- Limitless Win (ITV, 5.05am Fri) This year's series.
Challenge
The Bidding Room makes its channel debut.
Saturday
7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm Bullseye 4pm 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 Bidding Room 11am Cash in the Attic 12 noon Tenable 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm The Bidding Room 7pm Tenable 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Tenable 5am Bullseye
