TV Guide This Week
It's the University Challenge final (BBC2, 8pm Mon), and that's followed by another chance to see the 2010 champions take on the Only Connect champions (BBC2, 8.30 Mon). The grand final also of Masterchef (BBC1, Tu - Th). Four Rooms is 4 Daytime (C4, 1.45), there's an English-language run of Mr and Mrs (ITV, 8pm Wed) while Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums returns (Dave, 8pm Wed). Also back: Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8.30 Fri).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Contents |
Saturday 27 April
| 0855 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall | |
| 0925 | CBBC | Horrible Histories | |
| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | |
| 1105 | CITV | Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge | Also 1555. |
| 1200 | TV5 | A Table! | |
| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | |
| 1230 | BBC2 | Just a Minute | Paul is joined by Graham Norton, Sue Perkins, and Phill Jupitus. |
| 1300 | BBC2 | University Challenge | A repeat of last Monday's edition. SD. |
| 1435 | ITV | The Chase | Vintage episodes. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1610 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x5 | |
| 1700 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1720 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Christopher Biggins and Lesley Joseph. |
| 1730 | BBC2 | The Great British Sewing Bee | Another chance to see Tuesday's final. Not Scotland. |
| 1800 | DAVE | Total Wipe Us Out | |
| 1900 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Also TV3. Repeated 1405 tomorrow. Britain's Got More Talent follows on ITV2 at 2020 and TV3 at 2120. |
| 1915 | BBC1 | Who Dares Wins | |
| 1930 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1310 tomorrow. |
| 2005 | BBC1 | BBC The Voice of Holland of UK | Repeated on BBC3 at 1940 Sunday. |
| 2020 | ITV | The Cube | Hannah and Nic. A different episode on TV3. |
| 2030 | BBC2 | QI XL | Idleness. |
| 2100 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You? night | |
| 2130 | S4C | Sion a Siân | Jac, in the box. |
| 2220 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | |
| 2255 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | |
| 2300 | Rad4 | The 3rd Degree | Recorded on the finest acetate discs! |
| 2330 | TG4 | Survivor |
Sunday 28
| 0800 | WTCH | Total Wipe Out Down Under | US editions at 9. |
| 0825 | CBBC | Splatalot | |
| 1020 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | SD. |
| 1100 | CBBC | Ultimate Sports Day | |
| 1105 | CITV | Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge | Also 1555. |
| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | |
| 1220 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | SD. Scotland 1300. |
| 1310 | Mor4 | Four in a Bed x5 | |
| 1405 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | TV3 1415. |
| 1520 | ITV | Food Glorious Food | |
| 1545 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1625 | Mor4 | Celebrity Come Dine With Me Ireland x5 | |
| 1645 | C4 | Five Minutes to a Fortune | Heston Blumineck, Will Greenwood. |
| 1655 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1700 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You | |
| 1715 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes | |
| 1740 | DAVE | QI x2 | |
| 1800 | EXTR | Mantracker x3 | Three hours of pursuit on Extreme Sports. |
| 1800 | TV3 | All Star Mr and Mrs | |
| 1830 | RTE1 | The Voice of Holland Ireland | The winner is declared. |
| 1845 | ITV | Catchphrase | Chloe, Jonathan, Gillian. |
| 1900 | SCIF | Robot Combat League | The Sci-Fi Channel's show. |
| 1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | |
| 1900 | STRP | Masterchef India | Star Plus's big show. |
| 1900 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You Night | |
| 2130 | RTE1 | Junior Dragons Den | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week Looks Back At | Britain. SD. Not NI. |
| 2200 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
| 0900 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Signed. Finals week. |
| 1125 | CBBC | Trapped | |
| 1140 | RLLY | Celebrity Masterchef | |
| 1155 | CBBC | Junior Masterchef | |
| 1205 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Repeats. |
| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Some episodes SD. |
| 1345 | C4 | Four Rooms New! | The collectables show moves to daytime. |
| 1445 | C4 | Countdown | Bill Turnbull becomes Mister Ten Percent Gyles Brandreth on Thursday. |
| 1500 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | Some episodes SD. |
| 1500 | BBC1 | Perfection | SD. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1530 | C4 | 1001 Things You Should Know | |
| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1600 | ITV | Tipping Point | |
| 1630 | BBC1 | Antiques Road Trip | |
| 1630 | CBBC | Trade Your Way to the USA | |
| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | |
| 1700 | C4 | Five Minutes to a Fortune | SD. Last week of the current series, and we mean that non-ironically. |
| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless | |
| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | |
| 1830 | TV3 | Come Dine With Me Ireland | Limerick. |
| 1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | |
| 2000 | STRP | Masterchef India | Airing on Star Plus (subscription on some platforms.) |
Monday 29
| 1500 | Rad4 | The 3rd Degree | Leeds, the university you can't say without smiling. |
| 1725 | TG4 | Bog Stop | |
| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | It's the international edition: Henning Wehn (Germany), Katherine Ryan (Ireland), Lloyd Langford (Wales), and Graeme Garden (history). |
| 1900 | LIV | The Biggest Loser Us x2 | |
| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | UCL take on last week's winners. SD. |
| 2030 | BBC2 | Only Connect New! | In this special match, the 2010 UC winners from Emmanuel Cambridge take on the OC champions The Crossworders. CAUTION: may contain Victoria gushing over Alex Guttenplan. |
| 2100 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You | |
| 2130 | RTE2 | Six in the City | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Not NI. |
| 2240 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | Wales 2310, not NI. |
| 2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 30
| 1805 | S4C | Cog1nio | |
| 1900 | RTE1 | Simply Am-Dram | |
| 1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout | |
| 2000 | ITV4 | The Chase With Celebrities | |
| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | The final three begins. |
| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL | |
| 2200 | 5STR | Fear Factor | |
| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week | |
| 2200 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
| 2235 | ITV | The Big Quiz (2) | Benidorm v Essex. STV, UTV 2305. |
| 2240 | DAVE | QI x2 |
Wednesday 1
| 1130 | Rad4 | Wordaholics | Katy Brand, Alex Horne, Richard Herring, Natalie Haynes. |
| 1332 | RSco | The Guessing Game New! | Aisling Bea and Lloyd Langford guest. And guess. |
| 1700 | CITV | Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge | |
| 1725 | TG4 | Bog Stop | |
| 1930 | S4C | 100 O Blant | |
| 2000 | ITV | Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr New! | Julie Hesmondhalgh and Ian Kershaw; Dave and Liliana Myers; Tom and Giovanna Fletcher From McFly. |
| 2000 | DAVE | School of Hard Sums New! | Andrew Maxwell and Rob Brydon. |
| 2050 | DAVE | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | |
| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | Celebrity Mastermind New! | Crissy Rock, Hannah Cockroft, Lizo Mzimba, Val McDermaid. |
| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Lewis Moody, Big Brother's Anthony Ogogo, Lee Sharpe, Steve Parry. Scotland, Wales 2305; NI 2335. |
| 2240 | DAVE | Mock the Week | |
| 2320 | DAVE | QI |
Thursday 2
| 1930 | BBC4 | Top of the Pops | Another chance to snigger at the BBC's losing Eurovision Song Contest entry from Cheryl Baker and Co-Co. Another song that didn't win because it was so good. |
| 2000 | SCIF | Robot Combat League | |
| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | It's the grand final. |
| 2100 | 5* | Pop Idol Us | |
| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | Coronation Street and The Eastenders. |
| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week |
Friday 3
| 1400 | BBC2 | The Great British Sewing Bee | NI only; England and Wales have local election coverage, Scotland some pictures from Africa. |
| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | |
| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | As Wednesday. |
| 2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Tunbridge Wells. |
| 2030 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? New! | Rhod Gilbert, Vernon Kay, Dara O'Briain, Denise Van Outen. |
| 2100 | 5* | Pop Idol Us | |
| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | Mel Giedroyc hosts, Ross Noble panels. |
| 2100 | TV3 | Take Me Out | The UK version. |
| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Justice: Brian Cox, Rhys Dary, Jason Manford. Not Wales. |
| 2240 | DAVE | Mock the Week |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Channel abbreviations
| 4MUS | 4 Music |
| ALBA | BBC Alba |
| BBC1 | BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| BBC2 | BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| BBC3 | BBC3 |
| BBC4 | BBC4 |
| BBCH | BBC-HD |
| C4 | Channel 4 |
| C5 | Channel 5 |
| CBBC | CBBC Channel |
| CBBS | Cbeebies |
| CHAL | Challenge |
| DAVE | Dave |
| ESPT | Eurosport |
| ESP2 | Eurosport 2 |
| HTV | HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted) |
| ITV | ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| ITV2 | ITV2 |
| ITV3 | ITV3 |
| ITV4 | ITV4 |
| LIV | Sky Living |
| LIV2 | Sky Living It |
| MOR4 | More 4 |
| PICK | Pick TV |
| Rad1 | BBC Radio 1 |
| Rad2 | BBC Radio 2 |
| Rad3 | BBC Radio 3 |
| Rad4 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Rad5 | BBC Radio 5 |
| Rd4X | BBC Radio 4Xtra |
| RCym | BBC Radio Cymru |
| RSco | BBC Radio Scotland |
| RUls | BBC Radio Ulster |
| RWal | BBC Radio Wales |
| RTE1 | RTE1 (Irish) |
| RTE2 | RTE2 (Irish) |
| RTR1 | RTE Radio 1 (Irish) |
| S4C | S4C |
| SKY1 | Sky 1 |
| SKYA | Sky Atlantic |
| STV | STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland) |
| TV3 | TV3 (Irish) |
| TV5 | TV5 Monde (Europe) |
| TG4 | TG 4 (Irish) |
| UTV | Ulster Television (ITV1 in Northern Ireland) |
| WTCH | Watch |
Other stations explained in the programme description.
AudioD - Audio Description for the blind.
Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.
Shows on BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV2, E4, Sky Living, and Sky One are in HD unless specified as SD. Shows on other channels are marked as HD.
