TV Guide 2024-07-27

It's the National Eisteddfod next week - which means the second semi final of Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, Sun) and a local edition of Am Dro! (S4C, Sun). It's the final of Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, Mon)

Elsewhere, Battle in the Box continues (Dave, Tue, Wed), and Cooking With the Stars returns (ITV, Tue). Catsdown and I Literally Just Told You continue (C4, Fri), and of course Countdown is still on with The Great House Giveaway (C4, weekdays).

With sports filling BBC1 to breaking point, the Saturday night shows decamp to BBC4. This week, classic episodes of The Generation Game, Bob's Full House, and more Blankety Blank than is good for you.

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Contents 1 Saturday 27 July 2 Sunday 28 July 2.1 Primetime 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 29 July 5 Tuesday 30 July 5.1 Bonus feature 6 Wednesday 31 July 7 Thursday 1 August 8 Friday 2 August 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 27 July

• Ainsley's National Trust Cook Off (ITV, 11.40) This week, Ainsley joins Serena Appleby and Judy Joo at Tyntesfield in Somerset.
• Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 1.20); Four in a Bed (C4, 2.20; five episodes) Repeats.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC2, 7.20, not Wales) Repeat: Brendan Cole, Lauren Oakley, Mark Watson, Ignacio Lopez, Terri Dwyer, Mwaksy Mudenda, Barney Harwood.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 7.30) Lance Ellington, Beth Tweddle, Bob Champion, Sally Lindsay play Jenny Ryan in an episode from 2021.
• Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (BBC4, 8pm) Repeat from New Year's Day 1972.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.30) Repeat from 2022.
• Blankety Blank (BBC4, 8.50) Terry Wogan BLANKS with Larry Grayson, David Jason, Moira Lister, Pete Murray, Isla St Clair, and Barbara Windsor. From 1979.
• Love Island (ITV2, 9pm) Highlights from the week.
• Canada's Drag Race vs The World (BBC3, 9pm) With guest judge Lisa Rinna.
• Blankety Blank (BBC4, 9.25) Hated the last episode? Tough. Terry Wogan is BLANK with another episode from 1979.
• Bob's Full House (BBC4, 10pm) Great host, great questions, lovely prizes. From 17 November 1984.

Sunday 28 July

• Ready Steady Cook (BBC2, 11.30).
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 12.15) Wednesday's final, repeated.
• The 3rd Degree (Radio4, 4.30) This week, Steve is in Loughborough, with construction management, maths, and sport. How does one luff a jib, and can you do it before the watershed?

Primetime

• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm) The second semi final.
• Am Dro! (S4C, 8pm) Special Eisteddfod episode, with residents of Rhondda Cynon Taf showing their area off.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Still on. Followed by Love Island Aftersun.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC2, 1.45 Mon-Tue, 12.15 Wed-Fri) Repeats. Note the later time.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Helen Lederer in the corner. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Repeat.
• The Great House Giveaway (C4, 4pm) New.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeat.
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 6pm) Repeats from North London.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) No Pointless, but we do get this classic week with Malorie Blackman, Matt Dawson, Chris McCausland, Ranvir Singh.
• Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Hollyoaks week, repeated from 2020.
• Shark Tank (BBC3, 8pm) Yankee Dragons' Den.
• Loaded in Paradise (VM2, 9pm, not Mon) Ireland gets to see the show from ITV2 earlier in the year.

Monday 29 July

• Just a Minute (Radio4Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Classic episodes. This one's from 2010, with Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton, Shaparak Khorsandi, Kit Hesketh-Harvey.
• Tenable (ITV, 3pm) Repeat. It's hoss racing for the rest of the week.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) The grand final. Followed by Love Island Aftersun.
• Picture Slam (BBC Scotland, 10.30) Alan Carr's show is on the Scottish channel for... um... reasons.

Tuesday 30 July

• The Personality Test (Radio4Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Janet Street-Porter.
• Cooking With the Stars (ITV, 8pm) This week, we see Carol Vorderman, Abbey Clancy, Pasha Kovalev, and Harry Pinero compete.
• Battle in the Box (Ewan Yerthings (or whatever stupid name it's got this week), 9pm) This week, it's Rachel Parris and Guz Khan against Josh Pugh and Amy Gledhill.

Bonus feature

• Does the Team Drink? (Radio4Extra, 10.30am, 4.30pm) Louis Barfe explores the link between comedy and alcohol. Not another episode of the spontaneous questions show.

Wednesday 31 July

• Battle in the Box (UKTV G2, 9pm) The challenge continues.

Thursday 1 August

• Genius (Radio4Extra, 2pm, 8pm).

Friday 2 August

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
• All the Way from Memphis (Radio4Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Music quiz, from 2004.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Alan Carr and Munya Chawawa play Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney, with Don Rodolfo giving the anecdote.
• I Literally Just Told You (C4, 10pm) Kristian, Heather, Seong-Jae, and Ayamè see a barn owl.

Sign language interpretation

• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sun).
• Ainsley's National Trust Cook Off (ITV, 5.05am Mon).
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 8am Mon).
• Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC Scotland, 2.30pm Mon).
• The Bidding Room (BBC2, 2.30am Tue).
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 3am Tue).
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Thu).

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am The Weakest Link 11am Celebrity Catchphrase 12 noon Cash Trapped 1.05 All Star Family Fortunes 1.55 Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 7pm Celebrity Catchphrase 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye