TV Guide 2019-02-23
Two new-ish shows for Wednesday. Your Face or Mine returns (Comedy Central) with Oti Mabuse. Project Z (CITV) translates the Welsh-language hit show into English.
Welsh-language song contest Can i Gymru is 50 this year. There's a documentary about the competition's cultural impact (S4C, Thu) ahead of the 2019 contest (Fri).
We say hello to BBC Scotland, with new games Test Drive (Mon-Thu) and Breaking the News (Fri).
We find the champions of The Greatest Dancer (BBC1, Sat).
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Saturday 23 February
- Top Class; The Dog Ate My Homework (BBC2, 8am) Repeats from CBBC.
- Strongman Champions' League (Spike, 10.05).
- Horrible Histories Gory Games (CBBC, 10.30).
- Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35).
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Double Dare (Nickelodeon, 11am) Mighty Tweens v Super Scouts.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 11.55) Five episodes.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
- Tenable (ITV, 3pm, Leeds University); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm).
Primetime
- The Chase Celebrities (ITV, 6pm) Susie Dent.
- Small Fortune (ITV, 7pm).
- This Territory's Got Talent (VM1, 7.30) Got Mór Talent follows at 8.30.
- Winning Streak (RTE1, 7.30).
- The Greatest Dancer (BBC1, 7.35).
- BBC The Voice of This Territory (ITV, 8pm; VM1, 9pm) The battle rounds start now.
- Wie is de Mol? (BVN.tv, 8.10) Spin-off MolTalk follows afterwards. Repeated at 8.10am Sunday, when the web stream might actually let us on.
- Through the Keyhole (ITV, 9.25) Rob Beckett, Janet Street-Porter, Krishnan Guru-Murphy.
- Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 9.30) Denise Lewis.
Weekend repeats
Saturday
- Dancing on Ice (ITV, 1pm) From last Sunday.
- Sewing Bee (BBC2, 7pm; not NI) From Tuesday.
- Mastermind (BBC2 NI, 7.30) From Friday.
- Round "Britain" Quiz (R4, 11pm) From Monday.
Sunday
- Just a Minute (Radio 4, 12.04) From Monday.
- BBC The Voice of This Territory (ITV, 12.50) From last night.
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 10pm) From Friday.
- Insert Name Here (BBC2, 11.25) From Wednesday.
Sunday 24 February
- The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC, 8.30).
- Spy School (CITV and ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 8.30) Operation Fake News: Goldfist has infiltrated broadcast networks to pump out his lies.
- The Andrew Marr Show (BBC1, 10am).
- Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35).
- Double Dare (Nickelodeon, 11am) Singing Prancers v Strikers.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
- Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 4.45) World champions, with Steve Davis.
Primetime
- Dancing on Ice (ITV and VM1, 6pm) Time tunnel week.
- Dancing With the Stars (RTE1, 6.30).
- Y Talwrn (R Cymru, 7.05).
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Tanni Grey-Thompson (Mo-Tu), Michael Whitehall (We-Fr).
- Tenable (ITV, 3pm; some eps repeated around midnight in England and on UTV) The Dial Tones, We're So Nervous, We Have Clift Off, Finch Perfect, The Acapella Fellas.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm).
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm; some eps repeated around 1am on UTV).
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
- Eggheads (BBC2, 6pm).
- Test Drive (BBC Scotland, 7pm; not Fr) A quiz determines how useful (or otherwise) your satnav is.
- Celebrity Coach Trip (E4, 7.30) The journey continues.
Monday 25 February
- Quote... Unquote (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) From 2017.
- Round "Britain" Quiz (R4, 3pm) Midlands and The South.
- Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Lee Mack, Zoe Lyons.
- Sink or Swim (BBC Scotland, 7.30) The World Stone Skimming championships from Easdale Island, finding the world's top tosser.
- Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Hotpots and Brews.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30; Scotland 7.30 Tue) Group phase match 5.
- Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You (BBC1, 10.45; Scotland 11.15, Wales 11.40) From May 2018.
Tuesday 26 February
- Un Cwestiwn (S4C, 5.40).
- This Time Next Year (ITV, 8pm).
- Portrait Artist of the Year 2019 (Artsworld, 8pm) Jodie Kidd.
- The Great Sewing Bee (BBC2, 9pm) Back to the 1970s.
- Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, 9pm) A rollercoaster ride.
Wednesday 27 February
- The Crystal Maze (C4, 1.50am) The Holmes family.
- Counterpoint 2008 (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Project Z (CITV, 5pm) Oh no! The Zeds have crossed the border and are threatening schools everywhere. This week, a team in Liverpool try to get out.
- Masterchef (BBC1, 7.55) Sea bream and cod fillets.
- Brightest Family (ITV, 8pm; HTV Wales 10.45 Th) Miles from Harrogate and Rahala from Slough.
- Your Face or Mine (Comedy Central, 8pm) Oti Mabuse and her husband.
- Rhannu (S4C, 8.25).
- Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, 9pm) The grand finale.
- Lip Sync Battle (Comedy Central, 9pm) Two new episodes from over the Pond.
- Insert Name Here (BBC2, 10pm) Rob, with Chris Harris, Kate Williams, Lucy Porter, Joe Wilkinson.
- Hypothetical (Dave, 10pm).
Thursday 28 February
- All the Way from Memphis (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) From 2006.
- Think Tank (BBC2, 1pm).
- Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm).
- Can i Gymru Dathlu'r 50 (S4C, 8pm) Ahead of the 50th anniversary competition, a look back at the previous editions, and what it's done for Welsh culture.
- Race Across the World (BBC2, 10.25) A preview of the travel show starting soon.
Friday 1 March - St David's Day
- Foul Play (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Pigo dy Drwyn (S4C, 5.05).
- Sam and Mark's Big Friday Wind Up (CBBC, 6pm).
- Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.30; not Wales) Phil Williams. No civilian Mastermind, they're doing athletics / rugby / football instead.
- A Question of Sport (BBC1, 8pm) A recent repeat.
- Can i Gymru 2019 (S4C, 8pm) The annual competition of Welsh-language song is live from Aberystwyth. Elin Fflur and Trystan Ellis Morris present.
- Can't Stop Dancing (RTE1, 8.30) Preview of this Sunday's Dancing With the Stars.
- Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm; Wales on BBC2) Jay Rayner.
- QI (BBC2, 10pm) P-highlights (part 1).
- Breaking the News (BBC Scotland, 10pm) A television version of Radio Scotland's much-heard quiz about the news. Susan Calman, Rory Bremner, Tiffany Stevenson, and Stuart Mitchell form this week's The Panel.
- Through the Keyhole (ITV, 11.15) Repeat from Saturday.
Sign language interpretation
- Amazing Greys (ITV, 3am Mo; STV, 12.30am We).
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8am Tu, We).
- Celebrity Squares (STV 12.05am Tu).
- Masterchef (BBC2, 1.20am We, 1.15am Th, 12.15am Fr).
- Sewing Bee (BBC2, 8am Th).
- All Star Mr and Mrs (ITV, 3am Sa).
