TV Guide 2023-04-29

Anyone would think that the Eurovision Song Contest is coming - there's a preview programme on the Red Button (from Mon), The Reunion looks at the deep history (R4, Sun), and a chance to see last year's contest again (BBC3, Fri).

A new series of Glow Up (BBC3, Tue) rather crept up on us.

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

Contents 1 Saturday 29 April 1.1 Primetime 2 Sunday 30 April 2.1 Primetime 2.2 Bonus feature 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 1 May - May Day 4.1 Bonus feature 5 Tuesday 2 May 6 Wednesday 3 May 7 Thursday 4 May - Star Wars Day 8 Friday 5 May 8.1 Bonus feature 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 29 April

• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Ninja Warrior Down Under (ITV2, 11am) Second part of the grand final. Last in the series.
• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 11.30am) Repeat from yesterday.
• Masterchef 2019 (RTÉ1, 11.40) The 2019 final.
• Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1, 1pm) Repeat from last Sunday.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 2.40) Five episodes.

Primetime

• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 5.30) Cancelled if the rugby goes to extra time or kicks from the 25-yard line.
• A Question of Sport (BBC1 Wales, 5.45) Seen elsewhere yesterday.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 5.45; Wales 6.15) Mark Foster (Madness), Dane Baptiste (Scarface), Ali Plumb (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on radio), Arabella Weir (Sophie Tucker).
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 6.15; Wales 6.50).
• In for a Penny (ITV, 6.30) This week, Stephen Mulhern's bothering people in Lincoln. Repeated 3.50 Sunday.
• Blankety Blank (BBC1, 7pm; not Wales) Repeat, with Judy Murray, Rickie Haywood-Williams, Shaparak Khorsandi, Rob Beckett, Ellie Taylor, Peter Andre.
• In With a Shout (ITV, 7pm) This week, Coburn-Hughes from South Wales play the Browns from Essex.
• Am Dro! (S4C, 7.50); Der' Dramor 'Da Fi (S4C, 9.20pm) Repeats.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.35) Sunil Patel, Helen Bauer, George Robinsonn, Rukku Nahar, Andy Goldstein, Tamzin Outhwaite, Katrina Ridley, Alex Mansuroglu.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Repeated 1.25 Sunday on ITV2.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 9.20) Repeated 10.25 Monday night (not Border).
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 11pm) Repeat from last Monday.

Sunday 30 April

• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 12.04) Repeat from last Monday.
• The Masked Singer Us (ITV, 2.55) Shown on ITV2 earlier in the year.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 5pm, not NI) Repeat from Tuesday; Race Across Canada (BBC2, 6pm; not NI) Repeat from Wednesday. Both are disposable if the snooker takes longer than expected.

Primetime

• Farm to Feast Best Menu Wins (BBC2 NI, 6.30) Repeat from Friday.
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 7pm) James of Hemel Hempstead play Middletons of Aberdeen.
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1, 7.30).
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 8pm) Maggie Aderin-Pocock answers the questions for once, alongside Mr. Ortis Deley, Graeme Hall, and Sarah Millican.
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Tom Allen, Daisy Ridley, Rob Beckett, Alexandra Burke.
• Project Icon (BBC3, 9pm) The final, a duet with Jason Derulo. Whoever he is.
• Taskmaster (E4 Extra, 9pm) Repeat from Channel 4 on Thursday.
• QI XL (BBC2, 10pm; not NI) Tricks & Treats, with Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Jimmy Carr. May be delayed or cancelled if the snooker takes forever to finish.

Bonus feature

• The Reunion (Radio 4, 11.15am) Stars from the early years of the Eurovision Song Contest, including Dana (Domestic), Lulu, Phil Coulter, and Pete Murray. Hosted by Kirsty Wark. Repeated Friday 9.05am.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm; Mon 12.15); Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45; not Mon); Sewing Bee (BBC2, 4.15; Mon 4pm or whenever the snooker's finished) Repeats.
• Dickinson's Biggest and Best Deals (ITV, 2pm; not Mon) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Cheryl Baker from Record Breakers. Repeated about 6am two-and-a-half working days later.
• Tenable (ITV, 3pm; Mon 4pm) Repeats from series 5.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) Repeats.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; Mon 5pm) Repeats.
• Unbeatable (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm; Mon 6.30) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes with Rose Matafeo (Mon), Ria Lina (rest of the week).
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm; not Fr) Repeats, with Matt Edmondson, Sabrina Grant, Andy Hamilton, and Kirsty Wark from The Reunion. Double Points Friday will be on Saturday, because the BBC wants to show Sebastian Coe's world tour of discrimination. Not that they finished last year's tour.
• Eggheads (C5, 6pm and 6.30) Repeats.
• Celebrity Masterchef Down Under (W, 6pm) Final's on Wednesday.

Monday 1 May - May Day

Holiday marked widely

• We've Been Here Before (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Comic Relief Bake Off Day (Food Network, from 11am) Eight classic charity episodes. To 7pm.
• Great Chocolate Showdown Day (ITVBe, 12 noon) All eight episodes from series 2. To 8pm.
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) Midlands against Northern Ireland.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) gyles Brandreth, Jan Ravens, Tony Hawks, Rachel Parris.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Fourth round starts here.
• I'm a Celebrity South Africa (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) Bombshell news.
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.30; NI 11.10) Extended repeat from last Friday.

Bonus feature

• Get Your Eurovision On! (BBC Red Button 601, from 6am) Scott Mills and Natalie Cassidy relive some "classic" Eurovision "moments". Shown on a loop for most of the rest of the week.

Tuesday 2 May

• The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) Series 5 begins here.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) The return of Jimi Famurewa from Cook Book Challenge.
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 9pm) Last in the series.
• I'm a Celebrity South Africa (VM1 and ITV, 9pm).
• Hell's Kitchen Us (ITV2, 9pm) Putting the Carne in Carneval.

Wednesday 3 May

• It's Not What You Know (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Dinner Date (ITVBe, 8pm) Fashion sales person Lucie.
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC2, 8.30) South east.
• Race Across Canada (BBC1, 9pm) You are at: Québec City, G1R 6C8. Destination: A1A 1B3. Via point: Liverpool, B0T 1K0. Turn right at Truro, then follow the road through Halifax, Bedford, and Bridgewater.
• I'm a Celebrity South Africa (VM1 and ITV, 9pm).
• Hell's Kitchen Us (ITV2, 9pm) Everyody's taco'ing about it. Oh, right, jokes that only make sense in a Yankee accent.

Thursday 4 May - Star Wars Day

• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 8pm; not Wales) A classic episode with Bez, Motsi Mabuse, Shazia Mirza, and Steve Pemberton.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8.30; Wales, on BBC2) The weekly final with three past finalists.
• Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars (BBC1, 9pm) The contestants go to the Lucky Cat, and wave at it. It waves back. They wave at it. It waves back. Nobody pays any attention to Gordon Ramsay, who is neither lucky nor a cat.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "It's my milk now".
• I'm a Celebrity South Africa (VM1 and ITV, 9pm).

Friday 5 May

• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
• The Big Interiors Battle (C4, 8pm) This is bathroom week.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Alexander Armstrong hosts, with Maisie Adam but Helen Lewis and Camilla Long.
• I'm a Celebrity South Africa (VM1 and ITV, 9pm).

Bonus feature

• Eurovision Again (BBC3, 7pm) A slightly revised repeat of the 2022 final. They said it would end at 11pm, cutting about 13 minutes from the show; it actually finished at 11.15. No cuts to content, but many performances had their flashing lights removed by fiddling with the picture.

Sign language interpretation

• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 2.55am Sat) Episode 4.
• I'm a Celebrity South Africa (ITV, 3am, Saturday and nightly from Tuesday) As seen earlier that evening.
• Celebrity Bake Off (E4, 1.30pm Sat) From last Sunday.
• Take a Hike (BBC2, 8.30am Mon).
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 1am Tue).
• Taskmaster (C4, 12.05am Wed) From last Thursday.
• Takeaway Titans (RTÉ2, 12.10am Wed).
• Masterchef (BBC2, 2.20am Wed, 2.45am Fri) From the week of 17 April.
• Future Food Stars (BBC2, 12.45am Thu) From last Thursday.
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 5.05am Fri) From Sunday.

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Wheel of Fortune 11am Family Fortunes 1pm Famous Family Fortunes 2.30 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 2pm Play Your Cards Right 3pm Blankety Blank 5pm Tenable 6pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Dale's Supermarket Sweep 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1pm Bruce's Price is Right 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 3pm Strike it Lucky 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 Tenable