TV Guide 2021-01-23
It sounds a little bit frightning: Zoe Lyons has got daytime quiz Lightning (BBC2, from Mon). Finals week on Junior Bake Off (C4, weekdays), and Celebrity Best Home Cook arrives on BBC1 (Tue, Wed).
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Saturday 23 January
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 12.05) Five episodes. Not billed in some listings magazines.
- The Masked Singer Unmasked (ITV2, 12.35).
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 2pm).
Primetime
- Y Siambr (S4C, 5.50) Another chance to see the game in a cave.
- Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, 6pm; VM1 8pm Sun) Lesley Garrett, Jools Holland, and Adil Ray.
- The Masked Singer (VM1 and ITV, 7pm).
- The Wheel (BBC1, 8.30) Subject to delay if the football goes to extra time. Last in the present series.
- The Voice of This Territory (VM1 and ITV, 8.30).
- Paul Sinha's TV Showdown (ITV, 10pm) Guests this week: Antony Cotton, Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom, Janet Street-Porter, Laura Whitmore.
Weekend repeats
Saturday
- Pooch Perfect (BBC2, 9.30) From Thursday.
- The News Quiz (Radio 4, 12.30) From Friday.
- Junior Bake Off (4Seven, 2pm) All five episodes.
- The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.15; not Wales) From Tuesday.
- Lingo (ITV, 4.30) From Tuesday.
- Crackerjack! (CBBC, 6.20) From Friday.
- Mastermind Cymru (S4C, 6.50) From Wednesday.
- Counterpoint (R4, 11pm) From Monday.
Sunday
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 12.04) From last Monday.
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 10.05) Repeat from Thursday.
Sunday 24 January
- The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC, 9.40) Helen Bauer, Maisie Adams, David Morgan, Dr Ranj.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC2, 12.15) That's on BBC2. Not BBC1.
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) Repeat, with David Grant.
Primetime
- Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, 6pm) The next six contestants perform.
- Ireland's Fittest Family (RTE1, 6.30).
- Y Talwrn (R Cymru, 7pm).
- The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 8pm) Old fruits.
- Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ITV, 8pm; VM1, 9pm).
- The Cabins Reunion (ITV2, 9pm) Are we out of the woods yet, asks Clara Amfo.
Weekday Daytimes
- Come Dine with Me (C4, 9.55) Five episodes.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1 Scotland 10am (12.15 Tue, not Thu); elsewhere 12.15).
- Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm).
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) With Prue Leith (Mo-Tu), Adrian Chiles (We-Fr).
- Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (BBC2, 3pm) Repeats.
- Lingo (ITV, 3pm; some episodes repeated about 12.30am).
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm).
- The Bidding Room (BBC1, 4.30).
- Junior Bake Off (C4, 5pm; rpt 4seven 7pm) Finals week!
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm).
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes.
- House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Charlie Brooks, Les Dennis, Darren Harriott, Melinda Messenger.
- Love Bites (ITV2, 6pm).
- Lightning (BBC2, 6.30) Zoe Lyons hosts a quick-fire quiz of knowledge, thought, and reactions.
- Love Island Usa (VM2, 10pm) For viewers in Ireland; as seen on ITV2 last year.
Bonus feature
- The Thursday Music Club (Radio 4, 12.06pm and 10.45pm) For A Book at Bedtime, Haydn Gwynne reads from Richard Osman's debut novel.
Monday 25 January
- Hidden Treasures (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Antiques quiz from 1998.
- Counterpoint (Radio 4, 3pm) Heat 8.
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) A semi-couples edition: Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney, Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris, solo player Lucy Porter, solo player Justin Edwards.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Tchaikovsky, Evil Dead, Rafael Nadal, This Country.
- Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Last Chance round, match 3: Barons v Colleagues.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group phase, match 3.
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC2, 10pm; not NI, Wales) Repeat from October 2019.
- RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC1, 10.45; Wales 11.45, NI 12.15) Sheridan Smith joins for musicals week. First seen on BBC3 online last week.
- Paul Sinha's TV Showdown (ITV, 11.15; STV 11.40, HTV Cymru 11.45, UTV 12.15) Repeat from Saturday.
Tuesday 26 January
- Who Goes There (Radio 4 Extra, 4pm).
- Mastermind Cymru (S4C, 6pm) Repeat from last Wednesday.
- Celebrity Best Home Cook (BBC1, 9pm) Ten famous cooks try to impress Mary Berry. Taking part: Ferne McCann, Gareth Thomas, Desiree Burch, Ed Balls, Karim Zeroual, Ruth Madeley, Tom Read Wilson, Shobna Gulati, Ed Byrne (comedian, we assume), Rachel Johnson. This week's challenge: home-cooked dinner.
- The Wheel (BBC1, 11.45; Wales 12.05am, not NI) Repeat from Saturday.
Wednesday 27 January
- The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Masterchef The Professionals (RTE2, 7pm) As seen on BBC2 in late 2019.
- The Bidding Room (BBC1, 7.30; not Wales).
- Celebrity Best Home Cook (BBC1, 9pm) A chocolate dessert, and a cut of leftover meat.
- Mastermind Cymru (S4C, 9pm) It's the last heat: "A Song of Fire and Ice" books, Michaelangelo, Coronation Street, Wrexham FC.
- Fferm Ffactor Selebs (S4C, 10.40) Repeat from 2020.
- Survivor (TG4, 11.40) "Time to bring the charmpocalypse".
Thursday 28 January
- A Question of Sport (BBC1, 12.25am; Scot 1.10, NI 1.25am) Repeat from Friday.
- Quote... Unquote (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Elephant in the Room (Radio 4, 6.30) Kate Fox, Shappi Khorsandi, Eleanor Tiernan, token bloke Scott Bennett.
- Pooch Perfect (BBC1, 8pm) Pomeranians.
- RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3 online, 8pm).
- QI (BBC2, 9pm) Rock 'n' Roll: Katy Brand, Eshaan Akbar, Alan Davies.
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Sean Lock and Harriet Kemsley play Jon Richardson and Joe Lycett. Mat Ewins is in the corner.
- Mock the Week (BBC2, 9.30) Angela Barnes, Ed Gamble, Rhys James, Milton Jones, Evelyn Mok.
Bonus feature
- The Chasers' Road Trip (ITV, 9pm) Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, and Mark Labbett travel the world and meet some child geniuses.
Friday 29 January
- The Personality Test (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Crackerjack! (CBBC, 6pm).
- The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Andy Zaltzman and panellists.
- A Question of Sport (BBC1, 8.05) Mark Lewis-Francis, Rebecca Adlington, Charlie Adam, John Barclay.
- Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 9pm) Miles Jupp, Bob Mortimer, Samantha Morton, Sarah Hadland.
- Hewlfa Drysor (S4C, 9pm) This week, the treasure hunt's back in Llangernyw.
Sign language interpretation
- Supermarket Sweep (ITV, 3.15am Sun).
- Tipping Point (ITV, 5.05am Mon-Thu).
- The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 1.55am Wed).