TV Guide 2024-01-06

Some new thrills for ITV's Saturday night: Graham Norton spins Wheel of Fortune (2) into town, and Limitless Win makes Ant and Dec the new Ray and Anita. Mwaksy from Blue Peter appears on two shows.

For Sunday, Simon Gregson from Coronation Street does Deal or No Deal (ITV). Poetry contest Y Talwrn begins on Radio Cymru. A new run of The Great Pottery Throw Down requires clay and tissues (C4). Import The Great Chocolate Showdown is on ITVBe, and Dancing With the Stars begins on RTÉ1.

Later in the week, Just a Minute is back (Radio 4, Mon). A choice of youth-skewing cookery shows on Monday night, as Celeb Cooking School (E4) goes up against Young Masterchef (BBC3). Creative arts for Wednesday, with Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld) and Style It Out (CBBC). Beat the Chasers has a celebrity edition (ITV, Fri).

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Contents

Saturday 6 January

  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
  • Masterchef 2020 (RTÉ1, 11.15am and 11.50am) 2020 moves into its final week. New to RTÉ.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
  • Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 5pm) Joining Stephen Mulhern tonight are James Buckley, Mark Labbett, and Mwaksy Mudenda.
  • Junior Bake Off (C4, 5.20) Last episode of this first week. Earlier episodes on 4Seven from 1pm.

Primetime

  • Wheel of Fortune (2) (ITV, 6pm) Graham Norton tries to spin up a big win. Repeated at 5.35 tomorrow.
  • Cooking With the Stars (ITVBe, 6pm, two eps); Celebrity Dinner Date (ITVBe, 8pm) A celeb-tastic food evening.
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace from The Chase.
  • The Masked Singer (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) Performances from Air Fryer, Bubble Tea, Owl, Eiffel Tower, Chicken Caesar, Pirahna.
  • The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.45) Radio: Fi Glover, Rick Edwards, Dave Berry, Owain Wyn Evans, Nikita Anda, Snoochie Shy, Vicky Hawkesworth, and Vassos Alexander Five Live Sport. Repeated early Tuesday morning.
  • Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.30) Brendan Cole, Lauren Oakley, Mark Watson, Ignacio Lopez, Terri Dwyer, Dawn Hope, previous Pointless answer Mwaksy Mudenda, Barney Harwood. Repeated early Wednesday morning.
  • Limitless Win (ITV, 8.30) Ant and Dec try to bankrupt the network again. Signed repeat at 3am.
  • The Traitors (BBC3, 9.20) Repeat from Wednesday.

Sunday 7 January

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
  • Jeopardy! (ITV, 2.35) Repeat from Friday; Limitless Win (ITV, 3.35) Repeat from last night.
  • The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.35) A classic Coronation Street episode.
  • The Great Chocolate Showdown (ITVBe, 5pm, two eps) Noughts-and-crosses, then chocolate and cheese.

Primetime

  • Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.35) Repeated from last night.
  • Dancing With the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30) This year's celebs: Rosanna Davison (former Miss World), Eileen Dunne (newsreader), David Whelan (lead singer with Wild Youth), Blu Hydrangea (Drag Race all-star), Miriam Mullins (prankster), Laura Fox (2FM presenter), Shane Quigley Murphy (from Fair City), Davy Russell (jockey), Katja Mia (from Ireland AM), Rory Cowan (one of Mrs. Brown's Boys), Jason Smyth (blind sprinter).
  • Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm) The annual poetry competition begins here.
  • Celebrity Deal or No Deal (ITV, 7pm) Simon Gregson from Coronation Street.
  • The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) A roast dinner set, and side plates.
  • The Traitors (BBC3, 9pm) Repeat from Thursday.

Weekday Daytimes

  • My Kitchen Rules Down Under (W, 7.30am).
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot not Thu).
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm) New episodes resume from the Christmas break.
  • Countdown (C4, 2.10) John Thompson. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
  • Riddiculous (ITV, 3pm) New episodes.
  • Jeopardy! (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
  • Junior Bake Off (C4, 5pm) Week two. Signed repeats on E4 at 7am next day.
  • The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes, with Andi Oliver and Sally Phillips.
  • House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Johnny Cochrane, Shobna Gulati, Dermot Murnaghan, Laura Smyth.
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 6pm) Repeats.
  • Masterchef Us (W, 7pm) New.

Monday 8 January

  • Elephant in the Room (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
  • Counterpoint (Radio 4, 3pm) Repeated next Saturday at 11pm.
  • Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) A new series, with Paul Merton, Kerry Godliman, Zoe Lyons, and Daliso Chaponda. Repeated next Sunday at 12.04pm.
  • Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Specialist subjects: Trevor McDonald, Leeds United, Myrna Loy, the history of cattle.
  • Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Semi-final 1.
  • Young Masterchef (BBC3, 8pm) Poppy O'Toole and Big Has host the first skills test: pasta.
  • Celeb Cooking School (E4, 8pm) Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom hosts the show where famous faces learn to cook like a pro. This year: Liv Bentley, Scotty T, Louie Sence, Ruth Codd, Nancy Dell'Olio, Blu Hydrangea, Nadia Rose, James Argent.
  • University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) The last knockout: Lincoln Oxford vs Imperial London.
  • The Traitors (BBC3, 9pm) Repeat from Friday, followed by The Traitors Uncloaked at 10pm.
  • QI (BBC2, 10pm; not NI, Wales) The 30-minute shortened version of Upside-down, shown on Friday.
  • Have I Got a Bit More 2023 News for You (BBC1, 10.40) Extended repeat from 22 December.

Tuesday 9 January

  • The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
  • Celebrity Cooking School (E4, 8pm) Fighting over a chicken Kyiv.

Wednesday 10 January

  • Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld, 2am) New series. Repeated at 8pm on Artsworld, The Satellite Channel, and KY Mix.
  • Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) The grand final of the 2012 series.
  • Style It Out (CBBC, 6pm) Nine creative youngsters compete in a fashion contest to reuse and recycle textures. Winner shows their design at London Fashion Week. Emma Willis hosts.
  • Dinner Date (ITVBe, 8pm) Mark from Brentford.
  • Celebrity Cooking School (E4, 8pm) Raw. Uncooked. Not good.
  • The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) A shocking twist to make the Traitors' life more difficult. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.

Thursday 11 January

  • Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Twenty Questions revived, from 1998.
  • Style It Out (CBBC, 6pm).
  • Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) Skin care.
  • Celebrity Cooking School (E4, 8pm) Crabby.
  • The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Reeling and blubbering. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.

Friday 12 January

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
  • Style It Out (CBBC, 6pm).
  • The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) With comedians Ian Smith, Shaparak Khorsandi, journalist Ayesha Hazarika, and panel-filler Geoff Norcott. Repeated 12.30 tomorrow lunchtime, or available as a podcast in June.
  • Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.30) Ruth Davidson (Joan of Arc), Pat Sharp (Austin Powers films), Fats Timbo (Tina Turner), Jay Rayner (Blossom Dearie).
  • Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm) Charlie Brooker, Hannah Fry, Danny Jones, Shaparak Khorsandi.
  • The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Another surprise. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
  • QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) United, with Nabil Abdulrashid, Bill Bailey, Victoria Coren Mitchell.
  • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Jon Richardson and Harriet Kemsley play Lee Mack and Munya Chawawa. The guest is David O'Doherty.
  • Beat the Chasers Celebrity Edition (ITV, 9pm) Nish Kumar, Chris McCausland, Mary Earps, Alexander Armstrong.
  • Canada's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) The grand final.

Sign language interpretation

  • Taskmaster's New Year Treat (C4, 1am Sat).
  • Junior Bake Off (E4, 7am Sat, Mon-Fri) Repeat from the previous day on C4.
  • Gigglequiz (Cbeebies, 3.40pm Sat, Sun).
  • Limitless Win (ITV, 3am Sun).
  • Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC2, 8am Mon).
  • Loggerheads (BBC Scotland, 2.30pm Mon).
  • The Traitors (BBC2, 3.05am Tue, 3am Wed, 2.35am Thu)
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 5.05am Tue-Fri).
  • Takeaway Titans (RTÉ2, 2.05am Wed).
  • The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 4.35am Wed).
  • The Money List (RTÉ1, 2am Thu).

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 2pm Tenable 6pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am Bullseye 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Cash Trapped 5pm Tenable 7pm The Chase

Monday-Friday

7am The Chase 10am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Family Fortunes 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1pm Tenable 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Strike it Lucky 4pm Bullseye 6pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 7pm The Weakest Link 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

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