TV Guide 2025-05-03

For Dermot O'Leary, Silence is Golden; can the audience keep any of their massive prize? (Dave, Mon). Grand finals for Our Dream Farm (C4, Sat) and Dubhlain DIY (BBC Alba, Mon).

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Contents

Saturday 3 May

  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) Best bits of the series, because making a new episode proved !mpossible.
  • Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 11.10am) New inventions.
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 11.45am) Repeats.
  • Yankee Ninja Warrior (ITV2, 1pm) The grand final. Shown on NBC in 2023.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
  • Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 1.35; Wales 5.30, not NI) Guess when the Saturday repeat will be. And then guess when the next episode is.
  • In for a Penny (ITV, 4pm) Because no bank holiday would be complete without the clown.
  • The Piano (C4, 4.30) Repeat from last Sunday.
  • The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) Repeat with Karim Zeroual, Sir Christopher Biggins, Ellie Leach, Des Clarke, Mark Labbett. First shown in November 2024

Primetime

  • Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 5.40) Charlotte Hawkins, Kaye Adams, Ade Adepitan, Matt Alwright.
  • Our Dream Farm (C4, 6pm) Plans for the future in the grand final.
  • 99 to Beat (ITV, 6pm) Pack up a pop-up tent. Repeated 5.30 tomorrow.
  • The Hit List (BBC1, 6.20) Rick Edwards and Harry Judd, Dr. Xand van Tulleken and Michelle Ackerley, Steel and Dynamite from Gladiators.
  • Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) Another live semi-final, which may finish early if there's not enough talent to go round. Repeated tomorrow 2.55 on ITV2, and Monday at 8am on VM1 in Ireland.
  • Blankety Blank (BBC1, 7.55) With Rob Beckett, Jordan Banjo, Emma Barton, Joe Swash, Joanne McNally, Dame Su Pollard.
  • Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.40) Clare Balding and Alice Arnold, Blu Hydrangea and Ella Vaday, Charlie Ross and Christina Trevanion, Evelyn Mok and Emmanuel Sonubi.
  • The 1% Club (ITV, 9pm) "I'm a genius, I'm a member of Mensa" "You're out on the 90% question". Repeated 10.20 Monday.

Sunday 4 May

  • The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge (C4, 7.30am) Repeat from 2022.
  • Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 11.10am) Slippy shoes.
  • The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.30) Lance Ellington, Beth Tweddle, Bob Champion, Sally Lindsay, Jenny Ryan. From December 2021.
  • Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
  • Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7pm; VM1 8pm) Mark Chapman, Asim Chaudhry, Sue Cleaver.
  • Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Revised repeat with Oti Mabuse, Gabby Logan, David O'Doherty, Suzi Ruffell.
  • The Piano (C4, 9pm) This week from the shelter on platform 3 of Bubblington Junction. You know, the one with the end panel missing.

Weekday Daytimes

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Mon on BBC2, not Thu) New on Friday (King's Lynn). Repeats elsewhere. Old editions on Eden at 2pm, 7.30, and 2.15am.
  • Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 2pm; not Mon, Fri) Classic episodes.
  • Countdown (C4, 2.10) Marcus Brigstocke. Repeat around 6am next day.
  • Jeopardy! (ITV, 3pm; not Fri) Repeats from 2024.
  • The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45; not Mon) New episodes Tue, Wed, Fri; repeats Thu.
  • Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; Mon 5pm) New episodes.
  • The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30) Repeats from 2024. Also VM2 at 6pm.
  • The Chase (ITV, 5pm; not Mon) New episode on Tuesday.
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
  • House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm; Wales 8pm Fri) Repeats from 2024, with Chris Hoy, Rosie Jones, Ola Labib, Ian "H From Steps" Watkins.
  • Shark Tank (BBC3, 8pm; not Wed, Fri 8.30) The Yankee version of Dragons' Den.

Monday 5 May

Holiday for most

  • Celebrity Mastermind (Eden, 11am, 5pm, and 11pm) Editions from the aughts.
  • Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
  • Celebrity Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) Another chance to play with Simon Gregson.
  • The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, Tony Hawks, Lou Sanders.
  • The Chase Celebrity Edition (ITV, 6.30) Catherine Tyldesley, Levi Roots, Chris McCausland, Rick Wakeman, Anne Hegerty. First shown November 2021.
  • Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 7.30) This week, the east.
  • Dubhlain DIY (BBC Alba, 8.30) The final.
  • Silence is Golden (Dave, 9pm) Dermot O'Leary gives the audience £250,000. They're asked to keep it, because every laugh and snigger and chortle will cost.
  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.30; Scot, NI 11.10; Wales 11.40) Sue Perkins, Michelle Wolf, Tom Peck.

Tuesday 6 May

  • !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm and 1.45; Wales 1pm and 2.40); Lightning (BBC2, 2.30; Wales 3.25). The trivia triple changes a lot.
  • Act Your Age (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Generation gap quiz from 2011.
  • QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) University, with Guz Khan, Joe Lycett, and Morgana Robinson.
  • Hypothetical (BBC2, 9.45) Roisin Conaty, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Darren Harriott, Phil Wang. Previously shown on UKTV G2+1 in 2019.

Wednesday 7 May

  • !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.15).
  • Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) Looks for the happy place.
  • Race Across the World (BBC1, 9pm) This week, the teams are off to Shangri-La. It's a real place, on the edge of Tibet.
  • The Genius Game (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) This week, players try to crack - or protect - a ten-letter code word. It's like Lingo, except without the socks.

Thursday 8 May

  • !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.15).
  • The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Student quiz from last year.
  • Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "An invisible jump rope".
  • The Genius Game (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) This episode is just the one hour, we guess the match didn't justify an extended running time.

Friday 9 May

  • !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45 and 2.15).
  • Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
  • The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
  • Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) Hospitality at Twickenham.
  • Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) David Tennant from The Genius Game hosts, with panellists Miles Jupp and Beth Rigby.

Bonus feature

  • When Graham Met Remember Monday (BBC1, 10.40) An interview with the BBC's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, which is - WHAT?! - next week?!
  • The Best of Eurovision in the 70s (C5, 10pm) If they don't have Mouth and MacNeil, we riot at dawn, right? OK, we stage a demonstration after breakfast. ALL RIGHT, we write a strongly-worded email over elevenses.

Sign language interpretation

  • Deal or No Deal (ITV, 3am Sat); (ITV2, 10am Sat) Three episodes (ITV2, 11am Sun) Two episodes.
  • Race Across the World (BBC2, 1.30am Tue).
  • Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Tue, Thu).
  • Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 12 midnight Tue-into-Wed).
  • Taskmaster (C4, 1.05am Wed).
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed). From the most recent series.
  • The Piano (C4, 3.40am Thu).
  • 99 to Beat (ITV, 5.10am Thu) Episode 6.

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Family Fortunes 1pm Strike it Lucky 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 Who Wants to be a Millionaire 2pm Family Fortunes 3pm Bob's Full House 3.45 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 5pm Bullseye 6pm The Bidding Room 7pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Catchphrase 5am Bullseye

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