TV Guide 2022-02-26

A great week for culture in Wales, as Côr Cymru (S4C, Sun) and Can i Gymru (S4C, Fri) both return.

And a great week to ask 500 More Questions, Ash the Bash will do what Richard Quest didn't and Giles Coren couldn't be bothered (twitch.tv/at_bash, Sat)

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Contents 1 Saturday 26 February 1.1 Bonus feature 2 Weekend repeats 2.1 Saturday 2.2 Sunday 3 Sunday 27 February 3.1 Primetime 4 Weekday Daytimes 5 Monday 28 February 6 Tuesday 1 March - Dydd Dwei Sant 7 Wednesday 2 March 7.1 Bonus feature 8 Thursday 3 March 8.1 Bonus feature 9 Friday 4 March 10 Sign language interpretation 11 Challenge 11.1 Saturday 11.2 Sunday 11.3 Weekdays 12 International

Saturday 26 February

• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am). Cancelled due to world events.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 6.30) Roger Black (The Princess Bride), Snoochie Shy (rapper Giggs), Anna Soubry (Fawlty Towers), Natalie Anderson (Coco Chanel).
• The Wall (BBC1, 7pm) Sammie and Lauren.
• Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) Adam Lambert and Mary Poppins.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.50) Food: Alex Hollywood, Nancy Lam, Suzie Lee, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Liam Charles, Shivi Ramoutar, Rahul Mandal, Ellis Barrie.
• Starstruck (ITV, 8.30).
• Limitless Win (RTÉ1, 8.40).
• Paul Sinha's TV Showdown (ITV, 10.10 9.40) Georgia Toffolo, Sindhu Vee, Chris McCausland, Jonathan Ross. Delayed because the news is more important this weekend.

Bonus feature

• 500 More Questions (twitch.tv/at_bash, 12 noon) Ash the Bash and friends try to get through another 500 questions in the style of 500 Questions. When they did it about a year ago, the quizzing lasted into the early hours. It's a fund-raiser for the Mind mental health charity.

Weekend repeats

Saturday

• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 12.30) From Friday.
• Dancing with the Stars (RTÉ1, 3.45) From last Sunday.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.

Sunday

• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 12.04) You swines!.

Sunday 27 February

• Dickinson's Real Deal Winners (ITV, 9.30am).
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• A Question of Sport (BBC1 Wales, 4.35) Shown elsewhere on Friday.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 4.50) "Smash and Grab/Day and Night".
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 5.30) A bit of filler.

Primetime

• Dancing with the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30).
• Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, 6.30) Skating with props.
• Y Talwrn (R Cymru, 7pm).
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) Bathroom fittings.
• Côr Cymru (S4C, 8pm) The choir competition is back!
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 9pm) Iwan Thomas goes cross-country.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu).
• Ready Steady Cook (BBC2, 1pm; not Tu, Fr); Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45; not Fr); Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (BBC2, 2.15; Fr 2.45) Repeats. None of this airs in Wales, where they've got snooker all week.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Lemn Sissay (Mo), then Nicky Campbell.
• Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New.
• The Masked Singer Us (ITV2, 4pm) Series 6, which originally aired last autumn. Results are on Thursday, followed by another repeat of series 3 (shown on ITV2 in 2020).
• Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 4.30) Repeats.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm).
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Swansea, new episodes.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Another champions week: Sara Barron, Sanjeev Kohli, Josie Long, Gregg Wallace.
• Masterchef Down Under (BBC3, 7pm; not Wed, two eps Fri).

Monday 28 February

• Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Gyles Brandreth's words quiz.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4, 3pm) Semi-final 1.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Dane Baptiste, Stephen Fry, Sheila Hancock, and Paul Merton.
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) A Leicester-based book club.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 8pm) Into the semi-finals with Daphne du Maurier, Studio Ghibli, Scott Pilgrim, Formula One.
• The Great Cookbook Challenge (C4, 8pm) Looks are everything. In a show featuring Jamie Oliver, nobody's surprised.
• The Big Design Challenge (Artsworld, 8pm) A home dining experience giving publicity to Mourad Mazouz.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) The eighth group phase match, between two winners, one of which is Edinburgh.
• Quizzy Mondays (youtube.com/allthingsquiz, 9pm) A review of the night's action.
• Guessable (Comedy Central, 9pm) With Alex Horne, Lou Sanders, Roman Kemp, Janet Street-Porter.
• The Wall (BBC1 England, 11.40; Wales 12.10am, Scot 12.40am, NI 12.50am); A Question of Sport (BBC1 England 12.25am, Scot 1.25am, Wales 12.05am Thu-into-Fri, not NI) Repeats from the weekend.

Tuesday 1 March - Dydd Dwei Sant

• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Once Upon a Team in the West
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm; Wales 9.30 Wed) This is 5SC. This is 5SC. Contestants mark 99 years of broadcasting from Scotland. An aerial of 85.5 feet (723 k/c) is recommended, and one contender will be sent out of the kitchen by the end of the show.
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Singing and dancing, with Jade Thirlwall.
• Glór Tíre (TG4, 9.30) The end-of-series concert.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm; not Wales) Quirky, a repeat.
• Unforgivable (Dave, 10pm) Rob Beckett, Scarlett Moffatt, Paul Chowdhry.
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 11pm; NI 12 midnight, Scot, 12.15am, not Wales) Repeat from Friday. Subject to cancellation if the football over-runs.
• Paul Sinha's TV Showdown (ITV, 11.45) Repeat from Saturday. Subject to cancellation if the football over-runs.

Wednesday 2 March

• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Sandy Shores.
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 9pm; Wales 8pm Thu) What dish would be inspired by Andy Murray? A mint cake?!
• Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) The winner's film.
• Gassed Up (BBC3, 9.30) It's game enough. Nicola Adams plays hide-and-seek at a nuclear bunker.
• The Fast and the Farmer-Ish (BBC3, 10.30pm; also BBC1 NI, 11.35) In this heat, Teutchers play Black Reek Pipers.

Bonus feature

• Itopia (S4C, 5.40) The most anticipated piece of tech - a device implanted in the ear. What can possibly go wrong? This drama series forms a prequel to Prosiect Z.

Thursday 3 March

• The Personality Test (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) John Sergeant, dancer.
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Smokies and Wine.
• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) Sparkling botanical wine.
• Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm; Wales 6pm Sat) This week's guest judge is Rory Bremner.
• Loggerheads (BBC Scotland, 8.30) Feats of engineering on Skye.

Bonus feature

• The King's Speech (BBC4, 9pm) No other speaking challenge is worth watching at this hour.

Friday 4 March

• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 12.05am; NI 1.15am, not Wales) Repeats from last weekend.
• Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Scandals with Gyles Brandreth.
• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30) Amy Matthews, Stuart Mitchell, Rachael Jackson, and the politically-correct and desperately unfunny Geoff Norcott.
• Gwrach y Rhibyn (S4C, 5.35) The trek continues.
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Last in the series.
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Marooned Five.
• A Question of Sport (BBC1, 7.30; Scot 9pm) Johanna Konta, James Haskell, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Anyika Onuora.
• Can i Gymru (S4C, 8pm) The annual festival of Welsh-language songwriting.
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 9pm) Jo Brand, Sam Quek, Bobby Seagull, Joe Thomas.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Shady and Shaky, with Eshaan Akbar, John Barrowman, Victoria Coren Mitchell.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 11.05) A classic episode.

Sign language interpretation

• Winning Combination (ITV, 3am Sat).
• Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh (ITV, 5am Sat, 3am Wed and Fri).
• Sitting on a Fortune (ITV, 3am Sun).
• Alphabetical (ITV, 5.05am Sun).
• Tipping Point (ITV, 5.05am Mon-Fri).
• Dragons' Den (BBC2, 1.55am Wed; not NI)
• Brightest Celebrity Family (ITV, 3.50am Fri) From last year.

Challenge

Lineup for the game show specialist channel.

Saturday

• The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Family Fortunes 11.30; All Star Family Fortunes 1.30; Strike it Lucky 3pm; The Cube 4pm; The Chase 5pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 4am.

Sunday

• The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; The Price is Right 11.30am; Blockbusters 12.30; Family Fortunes 2pm; Catchphrase 3pm; The Chase 5pm.

Weekdays

• The Chase 7am; Play Your Cards Right 10am; The Price is Right 11am; Wheel of Fortune 12 noon; Catchphrase 1pm; Family Fortunes 2pm; The Price is Right 3pm; Play Your Cards Right 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Tenable 6pm; Pointless 7pm; The Chase 8pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 10pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 12 midnight; Bullseye 5am.

International

Français: Saturday night has a celebrity special of Chacun son tour, which came onto the schedules as a daily show last summer and they're desperately trying to make a hit. On Tuesday, France 5 has Petite histoire du macaron, surely coming soon to BBC4. L'escape show comes to Tipik on Wednesday, Belgium's equivalent to BBC3, it's celebrities trying to come out of a room.

Deutsche: A quiet week, though Der klügste Norddeutsche offers 10 000€ to the smartest person in the NDR area (Monday). A new run of The Voice Kids brightens up Friday on Sat.1. The ARD selects its entry to finish 24th in Milan in Germany 12 Points - der deutsche ESC Vorentscheid, that's Friday on NDR, WDR, MDR, BR, SWR/SR, HR, RBB, and ARD ONE, but not the main ARD channel.

Nederlands: Verkiezingsquiz is new on NPO3, the Dutch equivalent to BBC3, it's a sharp and entertaining panel show. Another series of Beat the Champions on RTL4, replacing "Chasers". Another series of Dit was het nieuws on NPO1 and bvn.tv, Peter Pannenkoek returns from his one-series sabbatical.