TV Guide 2022-08-20

Creative work to the fore this week. Jewellery on All That Glitters (BBC2, Thu). Landscape gardening in Garden of the Year (More4, Mon-Thu). Cookery in Bake Off Down Under (E4, weeknights).

We've some Catchpoint repeats in daytime (BBC1), and Moneybags continues with civilians (C4, weekdays). The final week of Game on Grandparents (CBBC). And with Front Row taking a week off, Radio 4's weeknight evenings are graced by Unreal, a documentary series about reality television.

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Contents 1 Saturday 20 August 1.1 Primetime 2 Weekend repeats 2.1 Saturday 2.2 Sunday 3 Sunday 21 August 3.1 Primetime 4 Weekday Daytimes 5 Monday 22 August 5.1 Bonus feature 6 Tuesday 23 August 6.1 Bonus feature 7 Wednesday 24 August 7.1 Bonus feature 8 Thursday 25 August 8.1 Bonus feature 9 Friday 26 August 10 Sign language interpretation 11 Challenge 11.1 Saturday 11.2 Sunday 11.3 Monday 11.4 Tuesday-Friday 12 International

Saturday 20 August

• Gwrach y Rhibyn (S4C, 9.20am).
• The Big Breakfast (C4, 10am).
• Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am) Repeats from the recent series.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) Should a well-produced sports show include the classified football results?
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.30) Classic episode with Johnny Vegas.

Primetime

• The Hit List (BBC1, 7pm).
• Epic Gameshow: Name That Tune (ITV, 7pm) Repeat from last year's series.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.45) Experts: Nicky Clarke, Lowri Turner, Milad Shadrooh, Bolu Eso, Jonty Hearnden, Roo Irvine, Amber Butchart, Micaela Sharp.
• Fferm Ffactor (S4C, 10.30) A classic episode.

Weekend repeats

Saturday

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30am) From Friday.
• Survivor (TG4, 5.05) From Wednesday. Ireland only.
• A League of Their Own (The Satellite Channel, 8pm) From Thursday.
• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.

Sunday

• The Rap Game (BBC3, 12.35am) From Thursday.
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 12.04) From Monday.
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, 6.05) From Friday.

Sunday 21 August

• Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am).
• Hewlfa Drysor (S4C, 1.30) Llangrannog.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 4.35) Snow globe.
• Total Wipe Us Out (E4, 6pm) Billed as a new episode.

Primetime

• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm; not UTV) A classic episode with Richard Herring.
• RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (BBC3, 9pm) Snatch game.

Weekday Daytimes

• Game On Grandparents (CBBC, 9.10am) The family contest concludes with a grand final on Friday.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• Eggheads (BBC2, 1pm Mo, We, 2.15 Tu, Th, not Fr); Mastermind (BBC2, 2.45 Tu and Th, 2.15 Fr).
• Catchpoint (BBC1, 1.45) Repeats from series 2.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm); Tenable (ITV, 3pm); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm); The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Colin Murray's back, with Carl Frampton.
• Moneybags (C4, 5pm) Civilian contestants.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
• Masterchef Down Under (W, 7pm).
• Bake Off Down Under (E4, 7.30) New series.
• Love Island Usa (ITVBe, 10pm).

Monday 22 August

• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 3pm) Heat 4.
• Garden of the Year (More4, 9pm) An exploration of some of the best home gardens in the UK, with only one being crowned Garden of the Year by the judges Zoe Ball, Manoj Malde and Lachlan Rae. They begin by assessing contenders from the south of England, including a barn set in its own meadow in Kent and a Mediterranean-style garden.
• Best in Miniature (Really, 9pm) Paintings and office work.
• QI (BBC2, 9.30) Sun, Sea, and Sand, with Ed Gamble, Lou Sanders, Sindhu Vee. Billed as a new episode.
• Are You the One? (MTV, 10pm) DJ culture.

Bonus feature

• Unreal (Radio 4, 7.15) Pandora Sykes and Sirin Kale wind back to Big Brother, to look at how it became a global phenomenon, the importance of authenticity, and how Jade Goody created a new type of celebrity - famous for simply being herself. Interviews with housemates Nick Bateman and Brian Dowling, creative director Philip Edgar Jones, and many more.

Tuesday 23 August

• Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ITV, 8pm) Another chance to miss a recent edition.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) This week, it's actors Clarke Peters and Lesley Joseph, footballer Jimmy Bullard, TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher, and actor and comedian Richard Blackwood.
• Garden of the Year (More4, 9pm) Wales and the West.

Bonus feature

• Unreal (Radio 4, 7.15) Pop Idol and The X Factor. This series was first made available online in May, and probably won't reflect the recent death of Darius Danesh.

Wednesday 24 August

• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
• Glow Up Does Red Nose Day (BBC3, 8pm) Another chance to see the charity celebrity special.
• Garden of the Year (More4, 9pm) The Midlands.
• Survivor (TG4, 11.20) "It all boils down to this (part 1)".

Bonus feature

• Unreal (Radio 4, 7.15) The unacceptables: There's Something About Miriam and Who's Your Daddy?

Thursday 25 August

• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Crepes Suzette.
• All That Glitters (BBC2, 9pm) Katherine Ryan invites eight up-and-coming jewellers to the workshop to prove they're the next big name in jewellery. Judges are Shaun Leane and newcomer Dinny Hall. This week's challenges are a single statement earring, and a one-off nameplate necklace.
• The Rap Game (BBC3, 9pm) A ring walk track.
• Garden of the Year (More4, 9pm) Northern England. The series concludes next week.
• A League of Their Own (The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Gary Neville, Joel Dommett, Dara Ó Briain, Katherine Ryan.

Bonus feature

• Unreal (Radio 4, 7.15) Standards of beauty: The Swan and What Not to Wear. There are six further episodes available on the website. Four concentrate on "scripted reality" like the Kardashians and TOWIE, shows that are very clearly not game. Two episodes look at Love Island, the rise and the controversy.

Friday 26 August

• Hidden Treasures (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Antiques quiz from 1998.
• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, 7.30) To the North West.
• A Question of Sport (BBC1, 8pm; Scot 10.40) Andrew Flintoff, Joshua Buatsi, John McGuinness, Hannah Brown.
• This is My House (BBC1, 8.30) Ellie and the two-bed flat.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Bring out the battenburg, it's Andi Peters!
• Canada's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Commercial and photo shoot.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Roisin Conaty and Joe Wilkinson play Jon Richardson and Nabil Abdulrashid. David O'Doherty "helps".
• Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 9.30; not Wales).
• Oci Oci Oci! (S4C, 10.30) A trip to Llanrwst.

Sign language interpretation

• Dim Byd i'w Wisgo (S4C, 12.05 Mon).
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC2, 2.05am Tue, 1.05am and 2.05am Wed).

Challenge

Saturday

• The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Family Fortunes 11.30; All Star Family Fortunes 2pm; Strike it Lucky 3pm; Tenable 4pm; The Chase 5pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 4am.

Sunday

• The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Bruce's Price is Right 11.30am; Family Fortunes 12.30; Play Your Cards Right 1.30; Blankety Blank 3pm; The Chase 5pm.

Monday

• The Chase 7am; Supermarket Sweep (Mon: Cash Trapped) 10am; Bruce's Price is Right 11am; Wheel of Fortune 12 noon; Catchphrase 1pm; The Chase 2pm; Play Your Cards Right 3pm; Bruce's Price is Right 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Family Fortunes 6pm; Pointless 7pm; The Chase 8pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 10pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 12 midnight; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 4am; Bullseye 5am.

Tuesday-Friday

As Monday, until 2pm.

• Who Wants to be a Millionaire 2pm; Play Your Cards Right 3pm; Bruce's Price is Right 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Pointless 7pm, then as Monday.

International

Das große Deutschland-Quiz (ZDF, Sat) is hosted by Sabine Heinrich, with lots of great pop stars and Max Giesinger. Die lekerste Idee Deutschlands (Vox, Mon) seeks the cleverest invention in the area. There's an all-evening edition of Take Me Out (RTL, Wed).

TF1 has The Voice of Holland of This Territory Kids - La Voix Jeunesse (Sat). Julien Doré, Louane, Patrick Fiori, and Kendji Girac are on les grands chaises rouge. Caroline Margeridon is the star on Fort Boyard (F2, Sat). There's a new series of Masterchef (F2, Tue), perhaps the only international version you won't see on the W channel. TF1 retaliates with a new series of Mask Singer (Tue). They mark the end of summer with Le Grand Concours (TF1, Fri), hosted by Arthur and with every celebrity in the land.