TV Guide 2024-01-20

Another run round the islands on Great Local Menu (BBC2, from Tue). RTÉ lets its viewers select its song for Eurovision: decide in The Late Late Show (RTÉ1, Fri).

Can Paul get away with it? Will Charlotte make a breakthrough? Has anybody cracked the code of Claudia's fringe? The Traitors concludes (BBC1, from Wed; final on Fri).

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Contents

Saturday 20 January

  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
  • Masterchef 2020 (RTÉ1, 11.55am) The 2020 final. New to RTÉ.
  • Junior Bake Off (4Seven, 12 noon) The five finals week episodes repeated.
  • The Great Chocolate Showdown (ITVBe, 1pm); The Big Bake (ITVBe, 3.55); Cooking With the Stars (ITVBe, 4.55, two eps); Celebrity Dinner Date (ITVBe, 7pm) Lots of food on this channel.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15; not Scotland).
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 2.50) Five episodes.
  • Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4pm).
  • Wheel of Fortune (VM1, 4.30) As seen on ITV two weeks ago.
  • The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) A new episode with Jon Sopel, Maisie Summers-Newton, Perri Shakes-Drayton, and Brian Conley.

Primetime

  • Gladiators (BBC1, 5.50) This week, it's competitive channel changing in The Zap. Repeated 7pm tomorrow on BBC3.
  • Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 6pm). Repeated at 5.30 tomorrow..
  • The Masked Singer (VM1 and ITV, 7pm). Repeated on ITV2 at 1.25 tomorrow.
  • The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.50) Kerry Godliman, Janet Street-Porter, Bez, Josh Jones, Jowita Przystal, William Hanson, Danny Clarke, Ruby Bhogal. Repeated early Wednesday morning.
  • Limitless Win (ITV, 8.30). Signed repeat at 3am.
  • Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.35) Sherrie Hewson, Lisa Maxwell, Christine Ohuruogu, Bianca Williams, Luba Mushtuk, Wayne Slee, Priya Hall, Leila Navabi. Repeated early Thursday morning.
  • Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Highlights from the week. Followed at 9.01 by Love Island All Start Some More Bits From The Week.

Sunday 21 January

  • Style It Out (CBBC, 9.30am) Two episodes.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
  • Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 3.30); Beat the Chasers (ITV, 4pm) from Friday; Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.30) from last night.
  • The Great Chocolate Showdown (ITVBe, 4.55, two eps) Reunion.

Primetime

  • Dancing With the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30) More celebrity hoofing.
  • Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, 6.30).
  • Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
  • The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) Staffordshire flatbacks.
  • Wheel of Fortune (VM1, 8pm) As seen on ITV last weekend.
  • Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
  • The Traitors (BBC3, 10pm) Repeat from Wednesday, followed by The Traitors Uncloaked.

Weekday Daytimes

  • My Kitchen Rules Down Under (W, 7am).
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 11.40am) Five eps.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot not Thu).
  • !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.45 Tue).
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm).
  • Countdown (C4, 2.10) Jon Culshaw. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
  • Riddiculous (ITV, 3pm) New episodes.
  • Jeopardy! (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
  • The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes, with Sally Phillips and Vick Hope.
  • House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Craig Doyle, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Anne-Marie Imafidon, Leo Reich.
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 6pm) Repeats.
  • Masterchef Us (W, 7pm) New.

Monday 22 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) Paul Merton, Eleanor Tiernan, Heidi Regan, Tony Hawks. Repeated next Sunday at 12.04pm.
  • Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Specialist subjects: Chocolat novels, George Best, Alcibades, The Rolling Stones.
  • Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) The all-important Third Place Play-off.
  • Young Masterchef (BBC3, 8pm) Dinner dates and takeaways.
  • University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) QF2: Sheffield vs Imperial London.
  • The Traitors (BBC3, 9pm) Repeat from Thursday, followed by Friday's episode at 10pm, and The Traitors Uncloaked at 11pm.
  • Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
  • QI (BBC2, 10pm; not NI) The 30-minute shortened version of Unsavoury, shown on Friday.
  • Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You (BBC1, 10.40; Wales 11.10) Alexander Armstrong, Mishal Husain, but Geoff Norcott.

Tuesday 23 January

  • Quote... Unquote (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Don't forget to miss it.
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Christine McGuinness and Colson Smith in Cheshire.
  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Tyne Tees and Yorkshire for the first heats, with the theme being sport in Paris.
  • Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).

Wednesday 24 January

  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) The radio original from 1988.
  • Style It Out (CBBC, 6pm) Semi-final 1: pop star.
  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm).
  • Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Hever Lake.
  • The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) An explosive breakfast. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
  • Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
  • Survivor (TG4, 11.35) "Two dorky magnets". Repeated on Saturday. Ireland only.

Thursday 25 January

  • Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Twenty Questions revived, from 1998.
  • Style It Out (CBBC, 6pm) SF2: more pop stars.
  • Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) Stone age enthusiasts pitch their music, a band called Status Quo.
  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm; NI 8pm Fri) Finals day.
  • The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) One player has an important decision. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
  • Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).

Friday 26 January

  • Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
  • The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30). Repeated 12.30 tomorrow lunchtime, or available as a podcast after the summer.
  • Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.30) Postponed from last week, it's Jonathan Agnew (cake), Yolanda Brown (Disney's Descendants), Davood Ghadami (Battle of Themopylae), Jessica Knappett (The Fast Show).
  • Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm) Sam Campbell, Will Mellor, Kimberley Walsh, Charlene White.
  • The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) The final. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10.10.
  • QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Uncle Same, with Kemah Bob, Alex Edelman, David Mitchell.
  • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Rob Brydon, Katherine Parkinson, Jon Richardson, Babatunde Aléshé, with Adam Buxton contributing.
  • Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
  • The Late Late Show (RTÉ1, 9.30) The annual Song for Europe, hosted this year by Patrick Kielty. We hope the "expert" panel doesn't include Richard Park.
  • I Literally Just Told You (C4, 10pm) More feats of memory from our contestants.
  • The Traitors Australia (BBC3, 10.50) A late addition to the schedules, and it's the second series that fans seem not to like. All episodes were put on the I-player earlier in the week.

Sign language interpretation

  • Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 3am Sat).
  • Gladiators (BBC2, 3.25am Sat).
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sat, Tue-Fri).
  • Junior Bake Off (E4, 7.30am Sat).
  • Limitless Win (ITV, 3am Sun).
  • Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC2, 8am Mon).
  • The Traitors (BBC2, 2.05am Tue, 2am Thu, 2.15am Fri) Last week's episodes.
  • The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 3.45am Wed).
  • The Money List (RTÉ1, 1.35am Thu).

Challenge

Celebrating its 34th birthday this year, The Crystal Maze returns to Challenge's roster after many years away.

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm 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 The Crystal Maze (Mon: Tenable) 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Strike it Lucky 4pm Bullseye 6pm The Crystal Maze 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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