TV Guide 2022-04-23
The best Saturday night quiz with balls is Catchpoint (BBC1). We've also got quiz with darts (Oci Oci Oci!, S4C), and quiz with video links (Home Advantage, RTÉ1).
As a new Sewing Bee starts, an old Interior Design Masters ends (both BBC1, Wed). There's a new series of The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected (R Scotland, Fri). Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions (C4, Fri) is held together with chewing gum and sticky-backed plastic.
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Saturday 23 April - World Book Day
- Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am) Captain Captain's Aarrrt Show.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 4pm); The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm).
Primetime
- The Hit List (BBC1, 6pm) A repeat, with Strictly stars.
- Stephen Mulhern's In for a Penny (ITV, 6.30) This week, Stephen is in Plymouth. VM1 has an episode from two weeks ago.
- Catchpoint (BBC1, 6.45) Tia Kofi and The Vivienne play Scott Mills and Chris Stark.
- Romeo & Duet (ITV, 7pm).
- Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.15) Martin Offiah (Battle of Britain), Shazia Mirza (George Carlin), Owain Wyn Evans (Britney Spears), Amelle Berrabah (exploration of Mars).
- Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.45) Sports: Gus Fraser, Mike Gatting, Suzi Perry, Jules Breach, Bianca Walkden, Bianca Williams, Phil Vickery, Mark Foster. Postponed from 2 April.
- Got Talent (ITV, 8pm) Not live from the London Palladium.
- Home Advantage (RTÉ1, 8.20) The quiz with one player in the studio, the others videolinked from home.
- Oci Oci Oci! (S4C, 9pm) A much-delayed third series begins in Llangefni. Eleri Siôn and Ifan Jones Evans host.
- The 1% Club (ITV, 9.15).
Weekend repeats
Saturday
- Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 9am) From Wednesday.
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30) From Friday.
- Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm) From Thursday.
- Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.
Sunday
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 12.04) From Monday.
- Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 3.45) From Tuesday.
- The 1% Club (ITV, 5.30) From Saturday.
Sunday 24 April
- Don't Unleash the Beast (CITV and ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 7.55am) New to channel 3.
- Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am) Mastarrr Chef, a parody of a less successful show.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; not Wales).
- The Masked Singer Us (ITV, 1.05).
- Lego Masters Usa (E4, 3.10) "Bricking World".
Primetime
- BBC Young Dancer 2022 (BBC4, 7pm) The top ten perform.
- Y Talwrn (R Cymru, 7pm).
- Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm) Nick Hewer from Countdown, Zoe Lyons from Lightning, Joe Duttine from Coronation Street.
- Am Dro! (S4C, 9pm) Another chance to see the beach special from last year.
- The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge with Sandi Toksvig (More4, 9pm) An Elizabethan bedroom.
Weekday Daytimes
- Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 11.30am).
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu).
- Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm); Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Justin Webb.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
- The Bidding Room (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
- House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Sarah Kendall, Jay McGuinness, Linda Robson, Bobby Seagull. Postponed from the week of 11 April.
- Masterchef Usa (W, 6pm).
- Eggheads (C5, 6.30) This week's teams: Oxford Brookes Quiz Society, Go to Blazes, Fox and Goose Golf Society, Prophets of Zoom, Pink Flamingos. Three recent episodes a day are on 5Select from 5pm.
- Masterchef Down Under (BBC3, 7pm).
- Battlebots (ITV4, 7pm) An imported series.
Monday 25 April
- Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) The 2011 series continues.
- Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) North play Midlands (Stephen Maddock and Frankie Fanko).
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Lou Sanders, Ria Lina, Milton Jones, Chris McCausland.
- Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8.30) Borders and South.
- Stitch, Please! (BBC3, 8.30) A Met Gala costume.
- The Drop (BBC3, 9pm) Tills open.
- Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave, 10pm) Kae Kurd, Lou Sanders, Joel Dommett.
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 11.45; NI 12.55am, Scot 1.15am, not Wales) Extended repeat from Friday, when Mel Giedroyc's joined by Richard Osman and Sonia Sodha; Catchpoint (BBC1, 12.30am, Wales 12.50am, not Scot, NI) from Saturday.
Tuesday 26 April
- Un Cwestiwn (S4C, 5.10) Repeat from 2020.
- Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Semi-finals week begins here.
- The Great Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Repeat, with Louis Theroux, Jenny Eclair, Russell Howard, Ovie Soko.
- QI (BBC2, 10pm) Overseas, repeated.
- The Great Treasure Hunt (ITV, 11.45; not STV, UTV) Metal detecting from Cumbria.
Wednesday 27 April
- The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Sewing Bee (BBC1, 8pm) Sara Pascoe hosts, this week making miniskirts with pockets.
- Glow Up Ireland (BBC3, 8.10) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. First shown on RTÉ2 last year.
- Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 9pm) Redesigning Soho. The final
- Effboy Island (BBC3, 10pm) Three new suitors arrive.
- The Island (Dave, 10pm) More forgery.
- Stitch, Please! (BBC1 NI, 10.40) As seen on BBC3.
Thursday 28 April
- Foul Play (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) The chicken or the egg.
- Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars (BBC1, 9pm) Identify cheese by taste and smell.
- Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "I think I've got this".
- Effboy Island (BBC3, 10pm).
- Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm) Joel Dommett, Will Mellor, Verona Rose, Katherine Ryan.
Bonus feature
- Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) This week's subject is geography.
Friday 29 April
- Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30) First in a new series.
- The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Andy Hamilton and Des Clarke. The podcast of this topical show follows on 27 May.
- A Question of Sport (BBC1, 7.30) Chris Hoy, Christine Ohuruogu, Alice Kinsella, Oliver Townend.
- Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 8pm) It's Masterchef! the musical.
- Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions (C4, 8pm) Engineering enthusiasts create chain reaction machines from everyday objects. We reckon the Mousetrap board game, but better.
- Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Jo Brand from Cakey Cakey Dance Off, panellists Phil Cheer and Polly Filler.
Sign language interpretation
- Winning Combination (ITV, 3am Sat).
- Cash Trapped (ITV, 5.05am Sat).
- Am Dro! (S4C, 10am Sat).
- Gigglequiz (Cbeebies, 2.20 Sat, Sun).
- Alphabetical (ITV, 5.05am Sun).
- Tipping Point (ITV, 5.05am Mon-Fri).
- Taskmaster (C4, 12.05am Tue).
- Masterchef (BBC2, 4.35am Tue, 3.45am Wed, 4.05am Thu).
- Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 3.05am Fri).
Challenge
What's on the game show specialist channel.
Saturday
- The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Family Fortunes 11.30; All Star Family Fortunes 1.30; Strike it Lucky 3pm; The Cube 4pm; The Chase 5pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 4am.
Sunday
- The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; The Price is Right 11.30am; Family Fortunes 12.30; Play Your Cards Right 1.30; Blankety Blank 3pm; The Chase 5pm.
Weekdays
- The Chase 7am; Play Your Cards Right 10am; The Price is Right 11am; Wheel of Fortune 12 noon; Catchphrase 1pm; Family Fortunes 2pm; Play Your Cards Right 3pm; The Price is Right 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Pointless 6pm; The Chase 8pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 10pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 12 midnight; Bullseye 5am.
International
It's the final of The Masked Singer on Pro7 (Sat). ZDF has Der Quiz-Champion, a prominent persons' special (Sat). There's competitive horticulture on Duell der Gartenprofis (ZDF, Sun). Joko & Klass gegen ProSieben continues (Pro7, Tue).
De dag van vandaag (één, weeknights) appears to be a quiz about the day's news. The BBC tried something similar here, without much success - does anyone remember The Cram?! 10 voor taal resumes on SBS6 (Tue).
