TV Guide 2024-08-17
Jason Manford's back on television. The Answer Run comes to daytime BBC1, hammocked between new eps of Antiques Road Trip and Pointless.
Back on BBC1: The Hit List (Sat). Over on Channel 4, The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (Fri) is a pre-sport treat. Freeview viewers get to see the Never Mind the Buzzcocks revival (Sky Mix, Mon).
Not on your telly: Eurovision Young Musicians (youtube.com/eurovisionyoungmusicians, Sat). Not showing because the BBC's commitment to classical music stretches only as far as West Kensington, and not Bodø. Honestly, you wouldn't catch Alan Botney putting up with this.
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Saturday 17 August
- Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 12.50); Four in a Bed (C4, 1.50; five episodes) Repeats.
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4pm) David James, Lucrezia Millarini, Myles Stephenson, Joe Suggs, from May 2023.
- Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC2, 5.55; not Wales) Repeat from last Wednesday.
- The Hit List (BBC1, 6.20) New civilian episodes of the music quiz. Repeated late on Wednesday night.
- The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.05) Repeat, with Stacey Dooley, Adrian Chiles, Josie Gibson, Rufus Hound, GK Barry, Guz Khan, Sophie Duker, and Mark Lane.
- Blankety Blank (BBC1, 7.50) The latest transfer from BBC4. Bradley Walsh has a BLANK with Stacey Dooley, Dion Dublin, Ed Gamble, Josh Widdicombe, Trisha Goddard, and Chunkz.
- Eurovision Young Musicians (youtube.com/eurovisionyoungmusicians, 8pm). Eleven talented youngsters compete. Valerian Alfaré represents Senior winners SRF, playing the euphonium. Bad news for Mr. Wogan: nobody plays a big bass drum.
- The 1% Club (ITV, 8pm) Repeat from 2024.
- Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.25) Repeat: Antony Costa, Megan McKenna, Natasha Raskin Sharp, Danny Sebastian, Ruby Bhogal, Shelina Permalloo, Jan Ravens, Alfie Brown.
- Canada's Drag Race vs The World (BBC3, 9pm) With guest judge Alessia Cara.
Bonus feature
- Girls Aloud Night (BBC2, from 9.10) A tribute to the reigning Popstars: The Rivals champions. Starts with Girls Aloud at the BBC, then at 10.10 it's Tangled Up Live From the Millennium Dome recorded in 2008. Other "girl groups" complete the evening.
Sunday 18 August
- Ready, Steady, Cook (BBC2, 11.30am).
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 2.50) Five episodes.
- The 3rd Degree (Radio 4, 4.30) This week, Steve is at University of East Anglia, asking questions on physics, biological studies, and history. Does anyone remember the Northcote-Trevelyan report, and which was their best album?
- QI (BBC2, 11.45; NI 12.35am) Highlights from the T-series, and cancelled if the cricket runs long.
Weekday Daytimes
- Game On, Grandparents (CBBC, 9.10).
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon) Repeats. Note that these are on a bit earlier.
- Headhunters (BBC2, 1pm) We'd forgotten just how numberwang this got.
- Bridge of Lies (BBC2, 1.45) Series 1 repeats.
- Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm; Mon, Tue only). Repeats.
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Ria Lina in the corner. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
- Tenable (ITV, 3pm; Mon, Tue only) Repeat.
- Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 3.45) Margie Cooper and Mark Hill in Yorkshire.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; Mon, Tue only) Repeat; Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4.30 Wed-Fri) replaces it after the day's hoss racing has finished.
- The Great House Giveaway (C4, 4pm) Repeat.
- The Answer Run (BBC1, 4.30) Jason Manford's new daytime show, where three couples face a series of 50-50 questions hurtling down The Answer Run towards them.
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeat.
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes resume with Josh Widdicombe.
- House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Repeat with Kriss Akabusi, Grace Dent, Tim Lovejoy, and Lauren Steadman.
- Come Dine with Me (C4, 6pm) Repeats from Nottingham.
- Masterchef Australia (W, 7pm).
- Shark Tank (BBC3, 8pm) Yankee Dragons' Den.
- Love Island Usa (ITVB, 10pm).
Monday 19 August
- Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Classic episodes. This one's with Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Jenny Eclair, and Charles Collingwood.
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Miles Jupp, Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, Lou Sanders.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Orchids, Schitt's Creek, Tom Lehrer, Operation Mincemeat.
- Second-Hand Showdown (E4, 7.30).
- Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Hopsters vs Sprouters.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Open University vs UCL.
- Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm) It's Christmas 1974! While we're all humming The Wombles' classic, here are words from Patrick Campbell, Pauline Collins, Antony Hopkins, Frank Muir, the Marchioness of Tavistock, and Edward Fox.
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky Mix, 9pm) Anne-Marie, Jade Thirlwall, and Nish Kumar are the guests. New to Freeview viewers.
- Going for a Song (BBC4, 9.30) From 1976, with Graham Wells, Arianna Stassinopoulos, Simon Williams.
- Picture Slam (BBC Scotland, 10.30)
- Have I Got a Bit More Old News For You (BBC1, 10.40; NI 11.10, Wales 11.25) Richard Ayoade, Phil Wang, Marina Purkiss, from spring 2023.
Tuesday 20 August
- The Personality Test (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Edwina Currie.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Fingers on buzzers, it's Lucy Porter and Jenny Ryan again!
- Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) This week it's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (sprinter), Danielle Harold (actor), Eshaan Akbar (comedian), Rochenda Sandall (actor), Chloe Burrows (reality star).
- Cooking with the Stars (ITV, 8pm) Linford Christie, Carol Vorderman, and Ellie Simmonds.
Wednesday 21 August
- Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC1, 9pm) This week, they're heading for northeast Brazil, Lençóis the gateway to the Chapada Diamantina National Park.
- Am Dro! (S4C, 9pm) A classic episode.
Thursday 22 August
- Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Spanish and West African cuisine.
- QI XS (BBC2, 9.50) Filler. Cancelled if the athletics over-runs.
Bonus feature
- Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC1, 9pm) Paddy McGuinness, of Catchpoint and A Question of Sport answers the difficult questions.
Friday 23 August
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
- All the Way from Memphis (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Music quiz, from 2004.
- Popmaster tv (C4, 8pm) Civilian heat 1. Previously shown on More 4.
- Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 8.30) A classic episode with Jessica Hynes, Romesh Ranganathan, Wilfred Webster, Gina Yashere.
- Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Quarter-final time.
- The Big Fat Quiz of Telly (C4, 9pm) Babatunde Aléshé, Daisy May Cooper, Natasia Demetriou, Jamie Demetriou, Judi Love, and Russell Howard show who knows the most about television. Controlled (!) by Jimmy Carr.
Sign language interpretation
- Family Fortunes (ITV, 3am Sun, 3am Tue).
- Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sun).
- Bridge of Lies (BBC2, 8.15am Mon, 2am Thu) From earlier this year.
- Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC Scotland, 2.30pm Mon).
- Celebrity Masterchef (BBC2, 2.20am Tue) Just the one episode, which is weird.
- Cooking with the Stars (ITV, 5.05am Wed) Two weeks behind the Tuesday show.
- Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC2, 1am Thu) One week behind BBC1.
- Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Thu).
- In for a Penny (ITV, 5.05am Fri).
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 Cash Trapped 5pm The Chase
Monday - Friday
7am The Chase 10am The Weakest Link 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon Cash Trapped 1pm All Star Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 7pm Cash Trapped 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
