TV Guide 2022-04-30

A quiet week for landmark shows. Finals week on Masterchef (BBC1, Tue, Wed, Thu) and The Drop (BBC3, Mon). And, er, that's it.

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Contents 1 Saturday 30 April 1.1 Primetime 2 Weekend repeats 2.1 Saturday 2.2 Sunday 3 Sunday 1 May - May Day 3.1 Primetime 4 Weekday Daytimes 5 Monday 2 May 6 Tuesday 3 May 7 Wednesday 4 May - Star Wars day 8 Thursday 5 May 8.1 Bonus feature 9 Friday 6 May 10 Sign language interpretation 11 Challenge 11.1 Saturday 11.2 Sunday 11.3 Weekdays 12 International

Saturday 30 April

• Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am) Seaweed's Scrub Rap.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 4pm); The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm).
• A Question of Sport (BBC1 Wales, 5.15) Seen elsewhere on Friday.

Primetime

• The Hit List (BBC1, 6.05) A repeat from the aughts.
• Stephen Mulhern's In for a Penny (ITV, 6.30) This week, Stephen is in one of the Newports - but is it Isle of Wight, Gwent, Shropshire, or another? VM1 has an episode from two weeks ago.
• Catchpoint (BBC1, 6.50) Faye Tozer and Ian "H from Steps" Watkins from Steps play Chloe Burrows and Toby Amomolaran from Love Island.
• Romeo & Duet (ITV, 7pm).
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.20) Charlie Higson (classic Westerns), Adele Roberts (planets), Ed Gamble (30 Rock), Paul Cooper (1966 world cup).
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.50) News: Juliet Mann, Gavin Ramjaun, Nalufar Hedayat, India Willoughby, Michael Buerk, John Sergeant, Andrea Byrne, Chris Rogers.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Not live from the London Palladium.
• Home Advantage (RTÉ1, 8.20).
• Oci Oci Oci! (S4C, 9pm) This week from Llanrwst.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 9.20).

Weekend repeats

Saturday

• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 9am) From Wednesday.
• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30) From Friday.
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 12.27) From Friday.
• Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10.20) From Thursday.
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.

Sunday

• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 12.04) From Monday.
• In for a Penny (ITV, 1pm) From Saturday.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 5.30) From Saturday.

Sunday 1 May - May Day

• Don't Unleash the Beast (CITV and ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 7.55am) New to channel 3.
• Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am) Sandy's Waistcoat of Wonders.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• Lego Masters Usa (E4, 3.35) "Puppet Masters".
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5.40) Repeat.

Primetime

• BBC Young Dancer 2022 (BBC4, 7pm) The top ten perform.
• Y Talwrn (R Cymru, 7pm).
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm) Gaby Roslin, JJ Chalmers, Sean Fletcher.
• The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge with Sandi Toksvig (More4, 9pm) An Edwardian games room.

Weekday Daytimes

• Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 11.30am).
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu).
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm; not Mon, UTV not Fr); Tenable (ITV, 3pm; Mon 4pm, UTV not Fr) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Jo Brand.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; Mon 5pm, UTV 10.45 Fr) New episodes.
• The Great House Giveaway (C4, 4pm).
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 4.30; Mon 5pm; not Fr) New episodes.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm; Mon 6.30, UTV 11.45 Fr) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15; Mon 5.45, Fr BBC2 in NI) Repeats.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm; Mon 6.30) Gemma Cairney, Tim Key, Gabby Logan, Jeff Stelling. From January 2020
• Masterchef Usa (W, 6pm).
• Eggheads (C5, 6.30; Mon 5.30) The Authors, The Blood Bikers, The Discoverers, Thrown Together, South West 18.
• Masterchef Down Under (BBC3, 7pm).
• Battlebots (ITV4, 7pm; Mon 6pm) An imported series.

Monday 2 May

Public holiday for most

• Bake Off Day (Food Network, 8am) Ten classic episodes, to 6pm.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) The 2011 series continues.
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) Scotland against Northern Ireland.
• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Lou Sanders, Ria Lina, Milton Jones, Chris McCausland.
• Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8.30) Hebrides and Skye.
• Stitch, Please! (BBC3, 8.30) Costumes from Clueless.
• The Drop (BBC3, 9pm) The final.
• Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave, 10pm) Michael Spicer, Ken Cheng, Alex Brooker.
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 11.50; NI 12.55am, Scot 1.15am, not Wales) Extended repeat from Friday.

Tuesday 3 May

• Un Cwestiwn (S4C, 5.10) Repeat from 2020.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Finals week begins here.
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Repeat, with Richard Dreyfuss, Patsy Palmer, James Buckley, Scarlett Moffatt.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) Odorous and Odious, repeated.
• The Great Treasure Hunt (ITV, 11.45; not STV, UTV) Metal detecting from Buckinghamshire.

Wednesday 4 May - Star Wars day

• The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Finals week continues.
• Glow Up Ireland (BBC3, 8.10) The grand final. First shown on RTÉ2 last year.
• Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm) Sports.
• Effboy Island (BBC3, 10pm) Two out.
• The Island (Dave, 10pm) More forgery.
• Stitch, Please! (BBC1 NI, 10.40) As seen on BBC3.

Thursday 5 May

• Foul Play (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) The grand final.
• Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars (BBC1, 9pm) Oyster harvest.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "Shoe who".
• Effboy Island (BBC3, 10pm) Nice guys rule.
• Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm) Shirley Ballas, Melvin Odoom, Chelcee Grimes, The Vivienne.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 10.30) A classic episode.

Bonus feature

• Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) This week's subject is four letter words.

Friday 6 May

• Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) The podcast of this topical show follows on 3 June.
• A Question of Sport (BBC1, 8pm; NI on BBC2, not Wales) David James, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Danny Care, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor.
• Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions (C4, 8pm) Boil the kettle while sitting on the lav.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm; NI 12.05am) Richard Ayoade from The Crystal Maze, panellists Phil Cheer and Polly Filler.

Sign language interpretation

• Winning Combination (ITV, 3am Sat).
• Cash Trapped (ITV, 5.05am Sat).
• Am Dro! (S4C, 10am Sat).
• Gigglequiz (Cbeebies, 2.20 Sat, Sun).
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 3.10am Sun).
• Tipping Point (ITV, 5.05am Mon-Fri).
• Dress to Impress (ITV2, 6.30am Mon-Fri).
• Taskmaster (C4, 12.10am Tue).
• Masterchef (BBC2, 1.50am Tue, 1.55am and 8.30am Wed).

Challenge

What's on 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; Tenable 4pm; The Chase 5pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 4am.

Sunday

• The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; The Price is Right 11.30am; Family Fortunes 12.30; Play Your Cards Right 1.30; Blankety Blank 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; Play Your Cards Right 3pm; The Price is Right 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Pointless 6pm; The Chase 8pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 10pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 12 midnight; Bullseye 5am.

International

It's "love songs" on Deutschland sucht den Superstar (RTL, Sat). Schlag den Star features Marteria, a rapper; and Frederick Lau, a telly host (Pro7 and bothersbar.co.uk, Sat). Be very careful, as Der Preis ist heiß returns (RTL, Wed; we know it as The Price is Right). The Voice Kids has a special edition (Sat.1, Fri).