TV Guide 2025-05-10
If it's May it must be Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, Sun) season; questions to make us pine for the simplicity of Genius Game (VM1 and ITV, Wed and Thu). A new run of I Kissed a Boy (BBC3, Sun and Mon), and Unspeakable is back (Radio 4, Tue).
The winner of 99 to Beat emerges (ITV, Sat), and it's the grand final of University Challenge (BBC2, Mon). Oh, and it's Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals (RTÉ2, BBC2, BBC Radio 2, Tue and Thu).
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Saturday 10 May
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) More sports chitter-chatter.
- Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 11.10am) Lost in space.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 12.45) Repeats.
- Yankee Ninja Warrior (ITV2, 12.15) The grand final continues.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
- In for a Penny (ITV, 4pm) Stephen Mulhern is on the streets again.
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) Repeat with Jasmine Harman, Helen Lederer, Jamie Borthwick, Neil Delamere, Darragh Ennis. First shown in November 2024
- The Piano (C4, 5.30) Repeat from last Sunday.
Primetime
- Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 5.40) Nitro, Dynamite, Sabre, Apollo.
- 99 to Beat (ITV, 6pm) Pencil sharpening for £25,000. This is what the people want! Sharpen your stationery for a year's wages! Repeated 5.35 tomorrow.
- The Hit List (BBC1, 6.25) Ivo Graham and Emmanuel Sonubi, Toyah Willcox and Pat Nevin, Natalie Cassidy and Jamie Borthwick. Repeated in most areas around midnight on Sunday night.
- Race Across the World (BBC2, 6.50; Wales 7.05, not NI) Repeat from Wednesday.
- Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) Another live semi-final, assuming ITV can be bothered to show it. Repeated tomorrow 2.55 on ITV2, and 3.30 on VM1 in Ireland.
- Blankety Blank (BBC1, 8pm) With Josh Widdicombe, Judi Love, Aisling Bea, Kojey Radical, Jedward, Michelle Collins.
- Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.35) Geoff Norcott, Danny John-Jules, Ninia Benjamin, Ed Byrne (comedian, we presume), Olivia Lee, Kerry Howard, Clair Buckley, Kames Buckley.
- The 1% Club (ITV, 9pm). Repeated 10.20 Monday.
Sunday 11 May
- The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge (C4, 8.55am) Repeat from 2022.
- Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 11am) The Saturday repeat is on Sunday.
- Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 11.10am) Extra special X-ray.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 3pm)
- Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 4.30) Radio's most taxing quiz returns. This week, The Midlands (Frankie Fanko and Stephen Maddock) against Northern Ireland (Paddy Duffy and Freya McClements).
Primetime
- Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
- Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7pm; VM1 8pm) Darren Harriott, Laura Jackson, Will Mellor.
- Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Revised repeat with Dermot O'Leary, Greg James, Fern Brady, Mel B.
- Taskmaster Bleeped (E4 Extra, 8pm) The series going out on Thursday evenings, but without the rudey bits.
- I Kissed a Boy (BBC3, 9pm) Dannii Minogue presents the dating show for gay men, which self-identifies as a game show.
- The Piano (C4, 9pm) This week from Heathrow airport, where every ticket gate is a wide gate.
Bonus feature
- Desert Island Discs (Radio 4, 10am); Desert Island Discs Revisited (Radio 4 Extra, 11am) Danny Dyer and Ian Wright, two men who are known for other things, but also hosted successful Saturday night quizzes.
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Thu not Scotland) New on Monday (Malvern) and Friday (Ardingly). Repeats elsewhere. Old editions on Eden at 2pm, 7.30, and 2.15am.
- !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.40 Tue); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.15; Wales 3.10 Tue).
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Richie Anderson. Repeat around 6am next day.
- Jeopardy! (ITV, 3pm; not Wed-Fri) Repeats from 2024.
- The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) New episodes Mon, Wed, Fri; repeats Tue, Thu.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; not Wed-Fri) Repeats. Horse racing means it's Best Ever Finals at 4.30 Wed-Fri.
- The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30) Repeats from 2024. Also VM2 at 6pm.
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats.
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
- House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm; Fri 7pm, Wales 8pm) Repeats from 2024, with Craig Doyle, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Anne-Marie Imafidon, Leo Reich.
- Shark Tank (BBC3, 8pm; Mon, Tue only) The Yankee version of Dragons' Den.
Monday 12 May
- Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Lucy Porter, Ian Smith, Zoe Lyons, Henning Wehn.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Spike Milligan's war memoirs, MS Subbulakshmi, 1688 revolution, Novak Djokovic.
- Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Sound special: Record Collectors vs Jukeboxers. Repeated from last Snoggletog.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) The grand final, with Christ's Cambridge, Warwick, and guest trophy hander-over Adrian Moakes.
- Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8.30) Central and Tayside.
- I Kissed a Boy (BBC3, 9pm) Adam needs to grab the bull by the horns. That's a euphemism, right? Both episodes repeated on BBC1 around midnight.
- Silence is Golden (Dave, 9pm) This week's guests are Magic Mike Live, a rampant spider, and Thanyia Moore.
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40; Wales 11.10, Scot 11.40, NI 1.10am Fri) David Tennant, Miles Jupp, Beth Rigby.
Tuesday 13 May
- It's Your Round (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Inventive games from 2011.
- Unspeakable (Radio 4, 6.30) The words game returns; this week's panel is Clive Anderson, Ed Gamble, and Sindhu Vee.
- Eurovision Song Contest (RTÉ2, BBC1, BBC Radio 2, 8pm) From Basel, the first semi-final, hosted by Hazel Brugger and Sandra Studer. Live signing on the BBC Red Button channel.
- QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Upbringing, with Sally Phillips, Josh Pugh, Aaron Simmonds.
- Hypothetical (BBC2, 9.45) Ivo Graham, Cariad Lloyd, John Robbins, and Katherine Ryan. Previously shown on UKTV G2+1 in 2019.
Wednesday 14 May
- Who Goes There? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz from 2000.
- Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) Rye, Rye, Rye, Delilah!
- Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) Dragons everywhere.
- Race Across the World (BBC1, 9pm) This week, the teams are off to Varanasi.
- The Genius Game (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) This week, players try to avoid a black box. It's called "Reasons why ITV cannot schedule a show to save their lives", and if opened might cause a tear in the whole space-time continuum. Nothing the elite eight couldn't solve...
Thursday 15 May
- The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Student quiz from last year.
- Eurovision Song Contest (RTÉ2, BBC1, BBC Radio 2, 8pm) Commentators are Marty Whelan (RTÉ tv), Scott Mills and Rylan (BBC tv), Sara Cox and Richie Anderson (BBC radio). Live signing on the BBC Red Button channel.
- Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) An old abbey.
- The Buffoon Game (ITV, 9pm) Printed listings magazines show something worth watching, ITV has chosen not to screen it.
Friday 16 May
- Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
- The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
- Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm) Repeat.
- Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Stephen Mangan from The Fortune Hotel hosts, with Chloe Petts and Phil Panell.
Sign language interpretation
- Deal or No Deal (ITV2, 9.15 Sat) Three episodes (ITV2, 11.40am Sun) Two episodes.
- Race Across the World (BBC2, 2.10am Tue).
- I Kissed a Boy (BBC3, 2.15am and 3.05am Tue).
- Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Tue).
- Eurovision Song Contest (BBC Red Button, 8pm Tue, Thu).
- Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 12.05am Wed).
- Taskmaster (C4, 1am Wed).
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed). From the most recent series.
- The Piano (C4, 2.45am Thu).
- 99 to Beat (ITV, 5.10am Thu) Episode 7.
Challenge
Saturday
7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Family Fortunes 1pm Strike it Lucky 3pm Bullseye 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase
Sunday
7am The Bidding Room 9am Friends Like These 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm Friends Like These 6pm The Chase
Monday - Friday
7am The Chase 10am The Bidding Room 11am Bob's Full House 11.45 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 1pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 2pm Family Fortunes 3pm Bob's Full House 3.45 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 5pm Bullseye 6pm The Bidding Room 7pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Catchphrase 5am Bullseye
