TV Guide 2024-05-25

The Got Talent semi-finals dominate the week on VM1 and ITV - live from Monday night, with the last two heats over the weekend. Also the finals for Race Across the World (BBC1, Wed) and Taskmaster (C4, Thu).

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Contents 1 Saturday 25 May 1.1 Primetime 2 Sunday 26 May 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 27 May 5 Tuesday 28 May 5.1 Bonus feature 6 Wednesday 29 May 7 Thursday 30 May 8 Friday 31 May 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday 10.4 Tuesday - Friday

Saturday 25 May

• Runaround (Talking Pictures, 8.30am).
• Ainsley's National Trust Cook Off (ITV, 11.40am) This week, Georgina Hayden and Joseph Deniso Carey are at Blickling Hall in Norfolk.
• Ninja Warrior (ITV, 12.40) It's this or Elton Welsby on a coach.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 3.50) Five episodes.
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 4.10) Repeat from Tuesday.
• Popmaster TV (More4, 4.10 and 5.15) Repeats from last week.

Primetime

• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.45) A third attempt to re-show Simon Gregson's celebrity edition. First seen in January, previous airings in March and April were cancelled for football, and there's more football before this one.
• Stephen Mulhern's In for a Penny (ITV, 7pm) To Milton Keynes and not coming back! Repeated at 2pm tomorrow afternoon.
• ITV's Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7.30). Repeated at 12.40 tomorrow afternoon.
• The Wheel (BBC1, 7.35) Repeat from the 2021 series.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.55) Marry your own widow? That's clever. Repeated late Wednesday night.

Sunday 26 May

• The Wheel (W, 3pm) Three episodes repeated from the first series. The mysterious tenth episode from series 1 - which was only shown at 11.30 one evening over a year later - hasn't yet popped up on W's schedule.
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 4.30) North England play Scotland. Repeated next Saturday at 11.30pm.
• Race Across the World (BBC2, 7pm; not Wales) Repeat from last week.
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 7pm; not HTV Wales) Repeat.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Last of the heats. Repeated on ITV2 at 5pm tomorrow.
• I Kissed a Girl (BBC3, 9pm) Back from the dates.
• The Piano (C4, 9pm) London Victoria.
• The 1% Club (VM1, 9pm) First seen on ITV last year.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu) New eps on Monday and Friday.
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm) Repeats; Mastermind (BBC2, 1.45) Repeats from the 2021-22 series.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm; not Fri) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Levi Roots. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
• Lingo (ITV, 3pm; not Mon, Fri) Repeats.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; not Mon, Fri) Repeats.
• The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30).
• Come Dine with Me The Professionals (C4, 5pm) More local heats.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm; Mon 5.30) Repeats.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes, with Josh Widdicombe; but repeats from Thursday.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm; not Thu) Winners' week with Stephen Bailey, Charlie Brooks, Ria Lina, John Thomson.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 6pm) New episodes.
• The Great Auction Showdown (5Select, 6pm and 7pm) This week, they're in Liverpool and Sheffield.
• Shark Tank (BBC3, early evening) Episodes from the American version of Dragons' Den, some of which feature Peter Jones (3).

Monday 27 May

Bank holiday for many

• Tipping Point Lucky Stars Day (W, from 7am) Drop in at any time (well, until 8pm).
• Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Classic episodes. This one's from 2008, with Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Shaparak Khorsandi, Ian McMillan.
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30) From Blackburn, where Marcus Brigstocke, Tony Hawks, Vicki Pepperdine, and Henning Wehn try to be funny. Jack Dee tries to prevent them.
• Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 7.15) South: Lockerbie, Moffat, South Lanarkshire.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) First of the live semi-finals. Repeated on ITV2 at 4pm tomorrow.
• Dubhlain DIY (BBC Alba, 8.30).
• I Kissed a Girl (BBC3, 9pm) Nerves and uncertainty. Both this week's episodes repeated on BBC1 after 11.15 tonight.
• Popmaster TV (More4, 9pm) Heat 3.
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1 England, 10.30; Scotland and Wales 11pm, NI 11.20) Extended repeat from Friday, with Phil Wang, Ruth Davidson, and Richard Osman.

Tuesday 28 May

• The Personality Test (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Rick Wakeman.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Live semi-final. Repeated on ITV2 at 4pm tomorrow.
• Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm) Sports desk.
• Popmaster TV (More4, 9pm) Heat 4. Both episodes repeated from 6.55 on Friday.
• Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, 9pm) And then there were two.

Bonus feature

• Dalton's Story (BBC4, 10pm) Four years in the life of Dalton Harris, the 2018 winner of The X Factor. Showing in the Storyville strand.

Wednesday 29 May

• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Live semi-final. Repeated on ITV2 at 4pm tomorrow.
• Race Across the World (BBC1, 9pm) The prize is in Lombok. The "reunion" episode is at 10.40 (11.40 in Northern Ireland, because Stephen Nolan is more self-important).
• Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, 9pm) The "grand" final.

Thursday 30 May

• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm).
• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm; not Wales) Repeat.
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, 8pm) Repeat of the 2023 series.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Live semi-final. Repeated on ITV2 at 4pm tomorrow.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) The grand final.
• Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm) A classic episode.

Friday 31 May

• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Bangor, first heard in summer 2022.
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm; not NI, Wales) Repeat with Sara Pascoe, Dan Walker, Nicola Coughlan, Mr Motivator.
• Double the Money (C4, 8pm) Bus tours and music festivals on the journey to £8000.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Live semi-final. Repeated on ITV2 at some point tomorrow.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm; Wales, 9.30) Host is Victoria Coren Mitchell, with guests Chris McCausland and Sophy Ridge.

Sign language interpretation

• Next Level Chef (Usa) (ITV, 3am Sun).
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sun).
• Ainsley's National Trust Cook Off (ITV, 5.10am Mon).
• Masterchef (BBC2, 8am Mon, Tue, Wed).
• Taskmaster (C4, 11.55pm Tue).
• The Piano (C4, 11.05pm Wed).
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 1.30am Thu) One week behind BBC1.

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 3pm Cash in the Attic 5pm Bargain Hunt 8pm Supermarket Sweep 9pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am Supermarket Sweep 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 3pm Cash in the Attic 5pm Bargain Hunt 8pm Supermarket Sweep 9pm The Chase

Monday

7am The Chase 10am Supermarket Sweep 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 3pm Cash in the Attic 5pm Bargain Hunt 8pm Supermarket Sweep 9pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Through the Keyhole 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye

Tuesday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am Through the Keyhole 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon Cash Trapped 1pm Tenable 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Through the Keyhole 5pm Bullseye 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Through the Keyhole 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye