TV Guide 2020-04-18
Joe Lycett gets everywhere these days. A consumer advice show on Channel 4, now The Great Sewing Bee on BBC1 (Wed). It's also the University Challenge final (BBC2, Mon).
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Saturday 18 April
- Eurovision Insight (Podcast Radio, 10.30am and 3pm) On DAB in Surrey and south London.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Bake Off (RTE1, 11.50) From 2015.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 12.40) Five episodes.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15; not Wales).
- A Question of Sport The Podcast (Radio 5, 2pm).
Primetime
- Blankety Blank (Challenge, 5pm) The first three episodes, with Terry Wogan and the 1979 panels.
- The Talk Sport Quiz (Talk Sport, 5pm) Lyndsey Hipgrave and Darren Bent.
- This Territory's Got Talent NBC (VM3, 5pm) Two episodes.
- Pointless The Good The Bad and the Bloopers (BBC1, 5.40) Repeat.
- Survivor (TG4, 5.55) A group of new survivors try to "reverse the curse" of bad decisions in past games. Only available on Ireland.
- Dress to Impress (VM2, 6pm).
- Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 6.25) Ana Matronic and co.
- Ninja Warrior (ITV, 6.30) Repeat.
- Catchpoint (BBC1, 6.55).
- Stephen Mulhern's In for a Penny (VM1 and ITV, 7.30) Swansea.
- This Territory's Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm)
- Fferm Ffactor Selebs (S4C, 8pm; rpt 3.05 Wed).
- Eurovision Again (EBU on youtube, 8pm) Last week was Vienna 2015. Where this time?
- Through the Keyhole (ITV, 9.20) A classic episode from about 2015.
- Dit Was Het Nieuws (bvn.tv, 10.25) Have I Got News for You in Dutch.
- Celebrity Juice (VM2, 11.05) Ten days after it aired on ITV2.
Weekend repeats
Saturday
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30) From Friday.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 12 noon) From Wednesday and Thursday.
- The News Quiz (Radio 4, 12.30) From Friday.
- Celebrity Bake Off (E4, 3.55) From Channel 4 on Tuesday.
- Radio 4 Brain (R4, 11pm) From Monday.
Sunday
- Home of the Year (RTE1, 10.35).
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 11.30) From Friday.
- Got Talent (ITV, 12.30; VM1, 3.10).
- In for a Penny (ITV, 6pm).
Sunday 19 April
- The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC, 8.30) Repeats of the recent series.
- Y Siambr (S4C, 9am) Repeats.
- Gloryhunters with Charlie Baker (Talk Sport, 9.30am).
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1 Scotland 11am, elsewhere 12 noon).
Primetime
- The Family Chase (ITV, 7pm) The Telfers from Milton Keynes.
- Tipping Point Lucky Stars (VM1, 7pm) Seen elsewhere last autumn.
- Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7.05).
- Twee tot de zesde macht (bvn.tv, 7.35) A family quiz.
- Race Across the World (BBC2, 8pm; Wales, 8.50) 7: Mendoza.
- Take Me Out (VM2, 8pm).
- Sunday Night at the London Palladium (Talking Pictures, 9pm) 14 April 1974: Ted Rogers hosts, with Sacha Distel, The Drifters, Nine Frediani, and no animatronic dustbins.
- Die NDR Quizshow (ndr.de, 9.05) Local German quiz.
Bonus feature
- Iarth ar Daith (S4C, 8pm) Carol Vorderman tries to learn Welsh. Hijinks ensue.
Weekday Daytimes
- Come Dine with Me (C4, 9.30) Five episodes.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1 Wales, 11.45; elsewhere 12.15).
- Curiosity (BBC2, 1pm).
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Nicki Chapman.
- Tenable, Tipping Point, The Chase (ITV, from 3pm) Repeats.
- Eggheads (BBC2, 4pm) Repeats.
- Blokken (bvn.tv, 4.20).
- Pointless (BBC2, 5.15, repeated BBC2 7.15am) They've decided to go back to repeats.
- House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats.
Monday 20 April
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) From 2016.
- BBC Brain (Radio 4, 3pm) Heat 3.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 8pm) Semi-final 5: Trans-Siberian railway, Dusty Springfield, Monty Python films, Grayson Perry.
- Caru Siopa (S4C, 8pm) Manon and Megan in the Vale of Glamorgan.
- Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 8.30; not Wales) Tomasz Schafernaker.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) It's the grand final.
- The News Quiz Extra (Radio 4 Extra, 11pm); Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 11.10; NI, Scot 11.40) Expanded repeats from last Friday.
Bonus feature
- Big Buck World Championships (ESPN Ocho on BT Sport // ESPN, 1.30) Highlights from the world arcade championships. And no whammy!
Tuesday 21 April
- Jest a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 4pm) From 2009.
- De Smerige Quiz (bvn.tv, 4.05).
- Un Cwestiwn (S4C, 5.30).
- Race Across the World (BBC2, 7pm) Repeat from Sunday.
- Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Another chance to see James Acaster, Russell Tovey, Rylan Clark-Neal, Michelle Keegan.
- I'll Get This Extra Helping (BBC2, 10pm) Kelly Osbourne, Ade Edmondson, Sara Pascoe, Jermaine Jenas, Nicola Coughlan.
Wednesday 22 April
- Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) The 2009 series.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) This week's cooks come from Westward.
- Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm) Joe Lycett welcomes twelve more contestants to the amateur sewing contest. They do sewing, they are not "sewers", that's where the drains go!
- Catchpoint (BBC1, 11.45) Repeat from Saturday.
Thursday 23 April - World Book Day
- It's Your Round (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Beste Vrienden Quiz (bvn.tv, 3.55).
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Paddington Bear's e-sandwich.
- Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm) Johnny Vegas, Kimberly Wyatt, Ashley Roberts, Joey Essex, Kimberley Walsh, Jay McGuinness.
Bonus feature
- The Big Night In (BBC1, from 7pm) Lenny Henry and Matt Maker host a fund-raising entertainment special.
Friday 24 April
- The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 2pm) Classic episodes from 2019.
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30) Maisie Adam, Susie McCabe, Marc Jennings, Jim Smith.
- Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 5.30 and 10pm) A classic episode from 2012.
- The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
- A Question of Sport (BBC1, 7.30; not Wales) Jazz Carlin, Rob Green, Jordanne Whiley, Jeanette Kwakye.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) With guest judge Nina Wadia.
- Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 8.30) Alexander Armstrong's annual appearance, with Janey Godley.
Sign language interpretation
- Babushka (ITV, 3am Sun)
- Masterchef (BBC2, 8am Mon, Wed, 12am Fri)
- 1000 Heartbeats (ITV, 3am Tue).
- Dragons' Den (BBC2, 12.30am Wed).
- Race Across the World (BBC2, 12.30am Thu).
