TV Guide 2020-06-27

New episodes of Pointless have crept up on us (BBC1, from Fri 26 June). We've a welcome return for The 3rd Degree (R4, Mon), and a new series of Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, Wed).

Over on ITV2, they have imported a companion for their daily chat show. Ellen's Game of Games (ITV2, weekdays) features fun and undemanding games with oversized pay-offs.

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

Contents 1 Saturday 27 June 1.1 Primetime 2 Weekend repeats 2.1 Saturday 2.2 Sunday 3 Sunday 28 June 3.1 Primetime 3.2 Bonus features 4 Weekday Daytimes 5 Monday 29 June 6 Tuesday 30 June 7 Wednesday 1 July 8 Thursday 2 July 9 Friday 3 July 10 Sign language interpretation

Saturday 27 June

• Come Dine with Me (C4, 12.20).
• Four in a Bed (C4, 1.20) Five episodes.

Primetime

• The Yankee Masked Singer (ITV, 5.30).
• Dress to Impress (VM2, 6pm); Yankee Love Island (VM3, 6pm); Survivor (TG4, 6.05) Only available on Ireland.
• Ninja Warrior (ITV, 6.30) Celebrities, repeat.
• Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow (sic) (ITV, 7.30; VM1, 8.30) Civilian Play Your Cards Right.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.35) 1990s, repeat, and not if the men's football goes to extra time.
• Eurovision Again (EBU on youtube, 8pm) Last week: the tepid show in Belgrade 2008. This week: the season finale!

Weekend repeats

Saturday

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30) From Friday.
• Gêm Gartre (S4C, 5.45) From Friday.
• My Generation (R4, 11pm) From Monday.

Sunday

• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 12 noon) From last Monday.
• Brightest Celebrity Family (ITV, 12.30) From Thursday.
• The Yankee Masked Singer (ITV, 1pm) From last night.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 4.05) From Friday.
• Epic Gameshow (ITV, 5pm) From last night.

Sunday 28 June

• Double Dare; Takeshi's Castle (Nickelodeon, from 10am).
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.25; not Scotland).
• Celebrity Deal or No Deal (C4, 4.55) Louis Walsh.

Primetime

• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.25) Christian Jessen and others, repeated.
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7.05).

Bonus features

• Watching Us (Radio 4, 2.45) The exploration of reality telly continues.

Weekday Daytimes

• Come Dine with Me (C4, 10.30) Five episodes.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1 Wales, 11.45; elsewhere 12.15; Scot not Wed).
• Top Class (BBC Red Button, 12.40) Series 4.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) We move ahead to the 2016 Championship of Champions, we reckon the peak of quality and fun and friendship.
• !mpossible (BBC1, 2.15; RTE1, 4.45).
• Tenable, Tipping Point, The Chase (ITV, from 3pm) Repeats.
• Blokken (bvn.tv, 4.20).
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45 4.30).
• Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
• Ellen's Game of Games (ITV2, 5pm) Silly stunts and challenges with Ellen DeGeneres.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes.
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Brighton.
• Eggheads (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats.
• Love Island Down Under (ITV2, 9pm).
• Bromans (ITV2, 10.10-ish) Straight after, another chance to miss the ancient world.

Monday 29 June

• The 3rd Degree (Radio 4, 3pm) The new series starts in Bournemouth.
• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders, Sindhu Vee, Neil Delamere.

Tuesday 30 June

• A Question of Sport (BBC1, 12 midnight; NI 12.30am, not Wales) Repeat from Friday.
• Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ITV, 8pm) From 2018.
• Bake Off The Professionals (C4, 8pm) Chocolate skylines.
• The Challenge Total Madness (MTV, 11pm) End of the alliance.

Wednesday 1 July

• Dinner Date (ITVBe, 8pm) Jon from Liverpool.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) This week's five to follow are Myles Stephenson, Thomas Skinner, Judi Love, John Barnes, and Shyko Amos.

Thursday 2 July

• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 2pm).
• Glow Up (BBC3 online, 7pm).
• Brightest Celebrity Family (ITV, 8pm) Semi-final 2.
• Bake Off (RTÉ2, 8.10) Last year's Channel 4 series.
• QI (BBC2, 9pm) Ridiculous, with Tom Allen, Susan Calman, and Zoe Lyons.

Friday 3 July

• Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 2pm).
• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 7.30 and 8.30).
• Gêm Gartre (S4C, 8pm).

Sign language interpretation

• Caru Siopa (S4C, 4.30pm Sat).
• Babushka (ITV, 3am Sun).
• Don't Ask Me Ask The Viewers (ITV, 3am Mon) The live show with the topics from (er) May 2017.
• Culinary Genius (ITV, 3am Tue, Wed).
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 12.35am Wed).
• Dragons' Den Best Ever Pitches (BBC2, 1.05am Fri).