TV Guide 2025-03-29

As if Pointless wasn't enough, Alexander Armstrong hosts Have I Got News for You (BBC1, Fri). A clip show based on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year and spinoffs (C4, Fri). It's the final of Y Llais, The Voice of Holland of Wales (S4C, Sun).

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Saturday 29 March

Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am and 3.35); The Chase (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6.30am) Start your weekend in drop zone one.
Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
Yankee Ninja Warrior (ITV2, 12.40) Shown on NBC in 2023.
Lingo (ITV, 2.35) Repeat. Subject to delay or cancellation for ball-based reasons.
The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.35) Sunetra Sarker, Matty Lee, David Arnold, Lord Basil of Brushford, Darragh Ennis. Repeat from August 2022. No Gladiators for ball-based reasons.

Primetime

99 to Beat (ITV, 6pm) Guess the weight of a llama. Repeated at 5.40 on Sunday.
Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7pm). Heats 5. Repeated tomorrow: 6.25am on ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 1.10 on VM1 in Ireland.
Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker (C4, 7.10) The farming competition so low-key we didn't even notice it coming back. Sorry. In episode 3: medicating bulls.
The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.30) Keith Duffy, Rachel Riley, Amy Gledhill, Ching He Huang, Konan, Rory Bremner, Bonnie Langford, Chris Harris. Subject to delay or cancellation for ball-based reasons.
The 1% Club (ITV, 8.20) Viewers in Ireland get one of last year's eps on VM1 at 9.20.

Sunday 30 March - Mothering Sunday, Start of Summer Time

Clocks go forward overnight. Good news: we get an extra hour of light in the evening. Bad news: we lose an hour of sleep.

In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) A classic* episode from Derby.
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 11.30am) Radio 4's "quiz" is Nature Table, which isn't a quiz. Bring back Quote... actually, no.
Great Local Menu (BBC2 NI, 5.15) Shown elsewhere on Friday.
Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7pm; VM1 8pm) Alex Jones, Tyler West, Ricky Wilson. Subject to delay or cancellation for ball-based reasons.
Y Llais (S4C, 7.30) The grand final. Repeated 9.45 Thursday.
Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Kate Garraway, Phil Wang, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Sophie Willan.
Réalta Agua Gaolta (TG4, 8.30) The talented family contest reaches its final.
Tempting Fortune (C4, 9pm) Tempers flare, which is exactly what the producers reckon makes "good" television, and explains why this show isn't working.

Weekday Daytimes

Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scotland 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Shepton Mallet) and Friday (a Holidays special from Blackpool). Repeats elsewhere.
!mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.40 Tue); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.15; Wales 3.10 Tue) Repeats.
Countdown (C4, 2.10) Dr Nighat Arif. Repeat around 6am next day.
Jeopardy! (ITV, 3pm; not Thu, Fri) New episodes.
Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; not Thu, Fri) New episodes.
The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats.
Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes with Phil Wang. Mon-Wed have BSL interpretation; if recording via "series link", you may need to set these up separately as the sign language tag confuses some PVRs.
House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats from 2023, with Scarlette Douglas, Max George, Susie McCabe, Olly Smith.
Eggheads (C5, 6pm) Repeats; two episodes.
Pointless repeats (Eden, 7.40 Tue, 7pm Wed-Fri) Normal people episodes from 2021.

Monday 31 March

Listomania (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30) Sara Barron, Pierre Novelle, Simon Evans, Harriet Kemsley.
Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Blackadder, Joseph Chamberlain, Gregory Peck, Legend of Zelda.
Chess Masters Colon The Endgame (BBC2, 8pm) The second group begins.
University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group phase 8: losers a-hoy!
Tempting Fortune (C4, 9pm) Cash.

Tuesday 1 April - All Fool's Day

Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Literary silliness from 1997.
Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 8.30) Cork, Kildare, and Dublin.
QI XL (BBC2, 9pm; not Wales, NI) Ufology, with Cally Beaton, Nish Kumar, Tom Ward.
Hypothetical (BBC2, 9,45; Wales 11.05) Rose Matafeo, Rachel Parris, Romesh Ranganathan, Richardson Jon. Previously shown on UKTV G2+1 in 2019.
Popmaster tv (More4, 10pm) Repeats, we think this is the episode where Ken is replaced by Rob Brydon and nobody notices.

Wednesday 2 April

Smart TV (Sky Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and Sky Maximillian, 9pm) Chris McCausland, Jason Watkins, Charlotte Ritchie, Richard Madeley.
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Bob Harris and Suzi Perry, Margie Cooper and Raj Bisram, south east England.

Thursday 3 April

Who Goes There (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz, first heard in 2000.
Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) A multi-purpose gardening tool.

Friday 4 April

Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm; Wales 9.30) Alexander Armstrong hosts, with Steph McGovern and Phil Wang behind the desks. Sorry, is this a Pointless endeavour or what?
Big Fat Quiz Best Bits (C4, 10pm) Classic moments from the show's many editions.

Sign language interpretation

Dress the Nation (ITV, 5am Sat).
Deal or No Deal (ITV2, 9.55am Sat) Three episodes (ITV2, 11am Sun) Two episodes.
Celebrity Bake Off (E4, 1.50pm Sun).
Pointless (BBC1, 5.15pm Mon, Tue, Wed) Three regular episodes are signed this week.
Gladiators (BBC2, 1.05am Tue).
Ainsley's National Trust Cook Off (ITV, 3am Wed)
Great Local Menu (BBC2, 2am Wed, 12.55am and 1.55am Thu, 1.05am Fri, 1.25am Sat) Last week's episodes
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed). From the 2023-4 series.
Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Thu).
Limitless Win (ITV, 5am Fri) This 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 Bullseye 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am The Bidding Room 9am Friends Like These 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm Friends Like These 6pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am The Bidding Room 11am Bob's Full House 11.45 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 1pm Play Your Cards Right 2pm Family Fortunes 3pm Bob's Full House 3.45 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 5pm Bullseye 6pm The Bidding Room 7pm Tenable 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Catchphrase 5am Bullseye