TV Guide 2023-06-03

A choice of finals on Sunday night, as Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1) and Got Talent (VM1 and ITV) reach the end of their series.

After that, Love Island is back (VM2 and ITV2, from Mon). Which means Celebability gets a new series as well (ITV2, Thu). Five Star Chef cooks something up on Channel 4 (Thu).

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Contents 1 Saturday 3 June 1.1 Primetime 2 Game Show Marathon 3 Sunday 4 June 4 Weekday Daytimes 5 Monday 5 June 6 Tuesday 6 June 7 Wednesday 7 June 7.1 Bonus feature 8 Thursday 8 June 9 Friday 9 June 10 Sign language interpretation 11 Challenge 11.1 Saturday 11.2 Sunday 11.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 3 June

• Got Talent (ITV2, 11.50) Repeat from Friday.
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 12.30) Repeat from Friday.
• Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1, 12.35) Repeat from last Sunday.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 2.40) Dodge the football at these B&Bs. Five episodes.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 5.10) Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette Manrara, repeat.

Primetime

• Men's English FA Cup Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 6pm) Junked if there's extra time and/or penalties in the match between two non-league teams.
• Blankety Blank (BBC1, 6.55; not Scotland) Repeat. Viewers in Scotland get their men's FA Cup final instead.
• In for a Penny (ITV, 7pm) Stephen Mulhern goes to the end of Eastbourne Pier, where he might find Jason Donovan. Repeated 2.55 tomorrow.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.30; not Scotland) Kaye Adams, Kai Widdrington, Kelly Cates, Jill Douglas, Lucy Porter, Kevin Eldon, Dr Daniel Olaiya, Dr Raphael Olaiya.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 7.30) Repeat with Dane Baptiste, Nigel Owens, Anita Rani, and Mark Pougatch.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.30) Another round of brain-twizzling fun. Last week had guest appearances from Beverley Knight and Scott Walker, we're still hoping for Rick Astley. Repeated Monday 10.45 in most regions.
• Hewlfa Drysor (S4C, 9pm) Repeat.
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 11pm) Repeat from last Monday.

Game Show Marathon

A 24-hour stream of fans remaking game shows, raising money for Child's Play in Philadelphia. The whole event is streamed online, and the friendly competition proves great fun through the night. The (provisional) schedule is:

• 5pm Saturday America Says 6pm Split Second 7pm Person Place or Thing 8pm Switch 9pm Talk About 10pm Jeopardy! 11pm Moneybags
• 12 midnight Sunday Win Dave Mattingly's Money 1am The Wheel 2am The Weakest Link 3am 1000 Heartbeats 4am Mock the Week 5am Mastermind
• 6am Match Game 7an Countdown 8am Press Your Luck 9am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 10am Quizmania 11am Tic Tac Dough
• 12 noon Super Dice Q 1pm Wheel of Fortune 2pm All Clued Up 3pm Concentration 4pm Deal or No Deal

Sunday 4 June

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 12.04) Repeat from last Monday.
• Sitting on a Fortune (ITV, 6.30).
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1, 7.30) The not-live final.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7.30) The live final. Repeated ITV2 11.25am tomorrow.
• Taskmaster (E4 Extra, 9pm) Repeat from Channel 4 on Thursday.

Weekday Daytimes

• The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Survivor Australia (Dave, 10am) Series 9, with twelve pairs playing the game.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scotland 11.15am Thu).
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm; Wales 2.45 Tue); Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 3.30 Tue); Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 4.15; Wales 4.45 Tue) Repeats.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Jon Culshaw (Paul Sinha on Fri). Repeated about 6am two-and-a-half working days later.
• Tenable (ITV, 3pm) Repeats from series 5. They're billing a special episode "Quick off the primark" on Wednesday, which we think is new.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Soccer Aid special on Thursday, with Brian McFadden, Maisie Adam, and Sam Matterface.
• The Great Auction Showdown (C5, 4pm) Paul Martin is in and around Glasgow with James Spiridon. Decent show, this.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes. Soccer Aid on Friday, with Dermot O'Leary, Lynsey Hipgrave, Kyle Walker, and Alex Brooker.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes with Ria Lina. Repeats with Stephen Mangan from Wednesday.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats, with Nina Conti, Nick Helm, Athena Kugblenu, Toby Tarrant.
• Eggheads (C5, 6pm and 6.30) Repeats.
• Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV2, 6pm); Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow (ITV2, 7pm; not Mon) Repeats.
• Masterchef Down Under (W, 6pm) The 2021 series.

Monday 5 June

Bank holiday for Ireland

• The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) Northern Ireland play Wales.
• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Lou Sanders, Phil Wang, Neil Delamere, Kerry Godliman.
• Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8.30) To the South!
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Another group of singletons arrive.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm; not NI) Sick, repeated.
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1 England, 10.40; Wales 11.40) Extended repeat from last Friday.

Tuesday 6 June

• Who Goes There (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• The Greatest Auction (C4, 8pm) This week, the 1%ers are offered an original Oasis lyric. Flip the sheet over: there's more value in the postage stamp.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).

Wednesday 7 June

• Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) It's drag fashion week, apparently.
• Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm) West Africa this week.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).

Bonus feature

• Room 101 (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul Merton invites Steph McGovern to get rid of the worst things in the world.

Thursday 8 June

• Jest a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• 5* Chef (C4, 8pm) Thirteen chefs compete for their own restaurant in an historic hotel. They're working with famous chefs Michel Roux Jr, Ravneet Gill, and Mike Reid.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
• Celebability (ITV2, 10.05) The fabulous Iain Stirling is joined by Katherine Ryan, and her team goes up against Jorgie Porter, Will Best, Josh Jones, and Roman Hackett.

Friday 9 June

• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Ria Lina, Ian Smith, Rosie Holt. Last in the ill series.
• A Question of Sport (BBC1 England and Wales, 8pm; Scotland 8.30, not NI) Joe Choong (modern pentathlon), Jon Wilkin (rugby league), Aimee Fuller (snowboarder), Nick Matthew (squash).
• The Big Interiors Battle (C4, 8pm) The final.
• Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 8.30) Repeat, with MIST, Jayde Adams, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, and Ellie Simmonds.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Harry Hill hosts, with Jack Dee and journalist Zing Tsjeng.
• Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).

Sign language interpretation

• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 2.15am Tue) Episode 2, shown two weeks ago.
• Masterchef (BBC2, 2.05am Wed, 2.35am Thu, 3am Fri) Semi-finals week, shown in the last week of May.
• Tenable (ITV, 3am Thu) From Wednesday.
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 5.05am Fri) From Sunday.

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Wheel of Fortune 11am Family Fortunes 1pm Famous Family Fortunes 2.30 Strike it Lucky 4pm Tenable 5pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am The Chase 12 noon Family Fortunes 1pm Dickinson's Real Deal 2pm Play Your Cards Right 3pm Blankety Blank 5pm Tenable 6pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am Pointless 11am Dale's Supermarket Sweep 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1pm Family Fortunes 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 3pm Strike it Lucky 4pm Bullseye 6pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 7pm Pointless 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Tenable