TV Guide 2023-03-18

Channel 4's got some big shows for Sunday, The Great Celebrity Bake Off returns, then Rise and Fall begins. BBC1 replies with Race Across the World (Wed). New editions of The Chase Celebrity Special, too (ITV, Sun).

Doing good things for charity season continues, as Challenge Anneka returns (C5, Sat). Asking the difficult questions, Eggheads (C5, weekdays) gives more employment to Jeremy Vine. Eamonn Holmes returns with Farm to Feast: Best Menu Wins (BBC1 NI, Fri).

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Contents

Saturday 18 March

  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
  • Ninja Warrior Down Under (ITV2, 11am) Not the same series as on the Dave channel later in the week.
  • Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30am) Repeat from yesterday.
  • Masterchef 2019 (RTÉ1, 12.05). Two episodes.
  • Celebrity Best Home Cook (BBC2, 12.15) Repeat.
  • Limitless Win (RTÉ1, 2.45) Repeat from January 2022.
  • Dancing with the Stars (RTÉ1, 3.45) Repeat from last Sunday.

Primetime

  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 5.50) Rufus Hound and Chris McCausland, repeat.
  • Pen/Campwyr (S4C, 6.45) A recent episode.
  • Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV, 7.15; VM1, 7.30) Toni Collette is the announcer, and Joe Wicks has an earpiece. Repeated VM1 3.30 Sun.
  • Am Dro! (S4C, 7.30) Repeat.
  • The Wheel (BBC1, 7.55) Jonathan Ross (comic books), Vick Hope (pop music), Gareth Thomas (rugby), Victoria Derbyshire (news), Tom Allen (gardening), Chunkz (maths), Sara Cox (dogs). Subject to delay if the football goes into extra time.
  • Starstruck (ITV, 8.45) Repeated 10.55 Tuesday night.
  • Challenge Anneka (C5, 8.50) Anneka Rice tries to build new kennels for a dog rescue centre in Kent. Time is not on her side.
  • Counterpoint (Radio 4, 11pm) Repeat from last Monday.

Sunday 19 March - Mothering Sunday

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1 Wales, 12 noon, elsewhere 12.15).
  • Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 1.10) Repeat from last Tuesday.
  • Celebrity Lingo (ITV, 2.15) Repeat from last autumn. Subject to delay or cancellation if the football goes to extra letters or vowels from the penalty mark.
  • Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 4.35) Repeat from Tuesday.
  • Great Chocolate Showdown (ITVBe, 5pm) Two new episodes.

Primetime

  • Unbeatable (VM1, 6pm) Shown on BBC1 in May 2021.
  • Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 6.25) "Three act story".
  • Dancing With the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30) The grand final.
  • Come Dancing (BBC4, 7pm) The 1977 final, North West play Midlands and West at the Lyceum Ballroom in London. Barri Haynes commentates.
  • Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
  • The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 7pm) Jayde Adams, Tony Cottee, Naughty Boy, The Vivienne.
  • The Great Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.45) David Schwimmer, Jesy Nelson, Rose Matafeo, Tom Davis.
  • Rise and Fall (C4, 9pm) Greg James hosts a «social experiment» that claims to explore how wealth and power change society.
  • Love Island (ITV2, 9pm) The reunion episode, with some superfans. Last in the present series.
  • QI XL (BBC2, 10pm; NI 12 midnight) Tips and Tools, with Joe Lycett, Holly Walsh, and Bill Bailey.
  • Go Hard or Go Home (BBC1, 11.10) Repeat from BBC3 last Tuesday. It's the final.

Weekday Daytimes

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu).
  • !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm, not Tue); Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45 and 2.15; Wales Tue 2.40 and 3.10) Repeats.
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm) Repeats.
  • Countdown (C4, 2.10) John Cooper Clarke does the poetry. Repeated about 6am two-and-a-half working days later.
  • Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
  • Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 3.45) Repeats.
  • Ninja Warrior Down Under (Dave, 4pm) While ITV2 has series 3, Dave has series 1.
  • Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30) Repeats from series 1.
  • Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Repeats.
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
  • The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats.
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
  • Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Oxford, new episodes.
  • House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats, with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jodie Kidd, Jamali Maddix, Suzi Perry.
  • Masterchef Down Under (W, 6pm) The show continues.
  • Eggheads (C5, 6.30) The series returns! This week's teams are Mrs Clarke's Boys, The Clubturns, The Grand Order of Lady Ratlings, Tim Gyda I, No Hopers.
  • The Masked Singer Us (ITV2, 7pm) Originally shown in spring 2021.

Monday 20 March

  • All the Way from Memphis (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
  • Counterpoint (Radio 4, 3pm) Semi-final 2.
  • Mastermind (BBC2, 8pm) Semi-final 2: Norman Conquest, Borussia Dortmund, Renaissance popes, Alan Menken's film musicals. Note the later slot!
  • Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm).
  • University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group phase, match 4.
  • Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) Four chasers, one chopper, and no idea.
  • Rise and Fall (C4, 10pm).

Tuesday 21 March

  • Who Goes There? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Biographies.
  • Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm; Scot 8pm Wed) Golf courses.
  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Central.
  • Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm).
  • Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 8.30) Kilkenny, Dublin, and Wicklow.
  • Fred's Last Resort (E4, 9pm) Host fashion parties on the pétanque court.
  • Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) Survival of the Quickest, and besides, it's fun!
  • Rise and Fall (C4, 10pm).
  • QI XS (BBC2, 10.15; not Wales).

Bonus feature

  • Itopia (S4C, 5.30) A drama set in the Prosiect Z universe.

Wednesday 22 March

  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm).
  • Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm).
  • Dinner Date (ITVBe, 8pm).
  • Pen/Campwyr (S4C, 8.25) Club Tri 2-1 take on Huw Brassington.
  • Race Across The World Canada (BBC1, 9pm) You are at: Ferguson Point, V6G 3E2. Destination: A1A 1B3. Via point: Tlell, V0T 1Y0, including a 200km ferry ride and lots of travel up the Cariboo Highway.
  • Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) Exits, Arrivals, and a Greek Tragedy.
  • Fred's Last Resort (E4, 9pm) Personal luxury excursions.
  • Scotland's Greatest Escape (BBC Scotland, 10pm) Adventure. Repeated 7.30 tomorrow evening.
  • Rise and Fall (C4, 10pm).

Thursday 23 March

  • The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm). This week, the squirrels learn about chocolate.
  • Pigo dy Drwyn (S4C, 5.25).
  • Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) This week, the dragons learn about chocolate. But in a different and less interesting way than The Unbelievable Truth.
  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm).
  • Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) A showdown on the sand.
  • Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm) A classic episode.
  • Rise and Fall (C4, 10pm).

Friday 24 March

  • Act Your Age (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
  • Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
  • Prosiect Z (S4C, 5.30) Repeats of the game show in the Itopia universe from 2018.
  • A Question of Sport (BBC1, 7.30; NI 11.10, not Wales) Steve Harmison (cricket), Stephen Warnock (men's football), Aimee Fuller (snowboarding), Maggie Alphonsi (rugbywoman).
  • Farm to Feast: Best Menu Wins (BBC1 NI, 7.30) Eamonn Holmes works with apples and beef.
  • Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm).
  • Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 9pm) Stephen Bailey, Asim Chaudhry, Gemma Collins, Sally Lindsay.
  • Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) Chasing, camping, and kissing.
  • Rise and Fall (C4, 10pm).

Sign language interpretation

  • Dress to Impress (ITV2, 9am Sat).
  • Dragons' Den (BBC2, 1.35am Tue).
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 5.05am Wed).
  • Take a Hike (BBC2, 8am Wed).

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Wheel of Fortune 11am Family Fortunes 1pm Famous Family Fortunes 3.15 Strike it Lucky 4pm Tenable 5pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 3am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am The Chase 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Play Your Cards Right 3pm Blankety Blank 5pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm The Chase

Monday

7am The Chase 10am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Dale's Supermarket Sweep 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1pm Catchphrase 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 3pm Play Your Cards Right 4pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5pm Bullseye 6pm Tenable 7pm Pointless 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye

Tuesday - Friday

As Monday, except at 1pm Tenable

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