TV Guide 2024-12-14

An early Strictly Come Dancing final this year (BBC1, Sat). Countdown is always immaculately turned out, and always has the most intellectual guests (C4, weekdays).

Christmas specials of Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, Mon), Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, Thu), QI (BBC2, Tue), Popmaster tv (More4, Tue), Sewing Bee (BBC1, Thu).

New series of drama Itopia advances the story further (S4C, weeknights).

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Contents 1 Saturday 14 December 2 Sunday 15 December 3 Weekday Daytimes 3.1 Bonus feature 4 Monday 16 December 5 Tuesday 17 December 6 Wednesday 18 December 7 Thursday 19 December 8 Friday 20 December 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 14 December

• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Junior Taskmaster (C4, 12.05) Repeat from last night.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 1.10) Repeats.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4pm).
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6pm) The grand final. Last in the present series. Signed on the Red Button.
• Wing It! (Radio 4, 11pm).

Sunday 15 December

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, 4pm) Repeat from last week.
• The Piano (C4, 4.05) Last year's Christmas episode.
• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Semi-final 4.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 6.10) Carousel horses.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Another chance to see Monkman and Seagull in Kent.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 7pm) Motsi and Oti Mabuse.
• Am Dro! (S4C, 8pm) New walks at Capel Garmon, Hawarden, Rhymney, Ogmore.
• Sorry, I Didn't Know (ITV, 10.55) This week's guests: Shazia Mirza, Lucy Porter, Curtis Walker, Tyler West.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot not Thu) New on Monday and Friday (Christmas specials from Newark). Repeats elsewhere.
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm; Fri 1.05); The Tournament (BBC2, 1.45; Mon-Tue only). Repeats.
• Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow [sic] (ITV, 2pm).
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Christopher Biggins takes us through Finals Week. Repeat at 6am next day.
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 3pm) Selected classic episodes.
• The Vintage French Farmhouse (BBC1, 3.45).
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
• Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 4.30) Repeat with Irita Marriot and Mark Hill.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15) Classic episodes.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats of festive episodes with Richie Anderson, Simon Gregson, Jessica Knappett, the lovely Debbie McGee.
• The Masked Singer Us (ITV2, 7pm, not Fri) Shown on Fox in 2023.
• Love Island Down Under (ITVB, 10pm).

Bonus feature

• Itopia (S4C, 5.10 and 5.30 Mon, 5.10 rest of the week) A new series of the drama set in the Prosiect Z-verse. Will a raft of new characters upset Lwsi's new reality? Has F N Stein realised that nobody likes a spoiled rich kid? Can anyone tell the difference between Macs, Jac, and Zac? All, some, or fewer of these questions might be answered as the spin-off gets more episodes than the original show.

Monday 16 December

• Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Classic episodes from 2010.
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30) Lee Mack, Miles Jupp, Tony Hawks, and Caroline Quentin are given silly things to do. From the Great Hall in Exeter, with guest host Jack Dee.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Subjects: A Song of Ice and Fire novels, whales, Reinhold Messner, Emily Brontë.
• Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8pm) Five homes, one winner of the festive special.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Qualification round: Usige Beathas vs Crunchers.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Second round 3.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) Viral, a revised repeat from last week.
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40; Wales 11.10, NI 12.10am) Stephen Mangan, Dawn Butler.

Tuesday 17 December

• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Lit crit from 1997.
• Celeb Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Repeat with Paddy McGuinness, Coleen Nolan, Joe Thomas, Ellie Taylor.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Christmas specil, with Cally Beaton, Nish Kumar, and Laura Smyth.
• Popmaster tv (More4, 9pm) The presenters' challenge, with Bob Harris (Whistle Test), Katie Thistleton (CBBC), OJ Borg (Lottery draws), Jenny Powell (No Limits), and Rickie Haywood-Williams (Pop Up Pop Quiz).

Wednesday 18 December

• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (KYTV Maximillian 2am; repeated KYTV Maximillian and The Satellite Channel, 9pm) The series concludes with a festive edition, Chris Ramsey, Ella Henderson, Jordan North, and Daisy May Cooper.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) The 2013 grand final.
• You Heard it Here First (Radio 4, 6.30) Donna Preston, John Long, Glenn Moore, Sara Pascoe.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8pm) Repeat with Peter Gunn, Melanie Hill, and the Peak District.
• Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Best of 2024.
• Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm; NI 11.30).

Thursday 19 December

• Who Goes There? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz from 1998.
• Wales' Home of the Year Christmas Special (BBC1 Wales, 8pm).
• Sewing Bee Celebrity Christmas Special (BBC1, 9pm) With Ian "H From Steps" From Steps, Kellie Bright, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Charlotte Crosby.
• Beat the Chasers (ITV, 9pm; not HTV Wales) A classic episode.

Friday 20 December

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32) "Best of unbroadcast".
• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) David Mitchell's fact-spotting quiz.
• Junior Taskmaster (C4, 8pm) "Shout-out to Slow Maths".
• RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (BBC3, 9pm) Final.

Sign language interpretation

• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6pm Sat).
• You Bet! (ITV, 3am Sun).
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sat, Tue-Fri) Shown earlier in the day.
• Masterchef The Professionals (BBC2, 12.30am Wed, 12.05am Thu, 12.05am Fri) Shown last week on BBC1.
• Junior Taskmaster (C4, 1.30am Wed) Last week's show.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed) From last year's series.

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 Crystal Maze 11am Catchphrase 12 noon The Chase 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm The Crystal Maze 6pm Bullseye 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Who Wants to be a Millionaire 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye