TV Guide 2025-04-12

Jon Batiste joins the judging panel on The Piano (C4, Sun). It's the final of Gladiators (BBC1, Sat). Series 117 of The News Quiz begins (Radio 4, Fri), and that's The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, Mon).

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Contents 1 Saturday 12 April 1.1 Primetime 2 Sunday 13 April 2.1 Primetime 2.2 Bonus feature 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 14 April 5 Tuesday 15 April 6 Wednesday 16 April 7 Thursday 17 April 8 Friday 18 April - Good Friday 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 12 April

• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am and 4pm); The Chase (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6.30am) Start your weekend in drop zone two.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Yankee Ninja Warrior (ITV2, 1.30) Shown on NBC in 2023.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.30) Repeat with Ortis Deley, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Graeme Hall, Sarah Millican, Shaun Wallace. First shown in in April 2023
• Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 4.40) Repeat from last Sunday.

Primetime

• Gladiators (BBC1, 5.50) The grand final. Repeated 3.10 tomorrow.
• Our Dream Farm (C4, 6pm) This week, they introduce the ram to the sheep. Hijinks ensue.
• 99 to Beat (ITV, 6pm) Peeling potatoes. Repeated 5.35 tomorrow.
• Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) Heats 7. Repeated tomorrow: 6.25am on ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 2.40 on ITV2, and 1.10 on VM1 in Ireland.
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.35) Keith Duffy, Rachel Riley, Amy Gledhill, Ching He Huang, Konan, Rory Bremner, Bonnie Langford, Chris Harris. Postponed from 29 March.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.20) Viewers in Ireland get one of last year's eps on VM1 at 9.20.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.25) Charlie Baker, Nathan Caton, Gordon Buchanan, Michaela Strachan, Priya Gopaldas, Dr Hilary Jones, Kate Lawler, Saffron Barker. Repeated late Wednesday night in most areas.

Sunday 13 April

• In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) Edinburgh.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 2.30) Five episodes.
• Lingo (ITV, 3.30) A filler episode.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.30) Raj Bisram, Danielle Harold, John Conteh, Roger Black, Mark Labbett. First shown in January 2024.
• The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge (C4, 5.05) Repeat from 2022.

Primetime

• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7pm; VM1 8pm) Axel Blake, Richard Madeley, Sian Welby.
• Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Jim Howick, Gloria Hunniford, Elle Goldstein, Jamali Maddix.
• The Piano (C4, 9pm) Jon Batiste joins Clauds and Mika; this week, the piano is at Liverpool Street station.
• Celebrity Big Brother (VM2 and ITV, 10pm) Still going, then.

Bonus feature

• The University Challenge Boat Races (BBC1, 12.20) Defending champions Imperial London take on a team of trainee teachers from Edge Hill. Amol Rajan asks the questions. Women's race kicks off at 1.21, men's at 2.21.

Weekday Daytimes

• Celebrity Mastermind (Eden, 11am, 5pm, and 11pm) Editions from the aughts.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Monday (Exeter) and Friday (Ardingly). Repeats elsewhere.
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.15) Repeats.
• Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 2pm; not Mon, Fri) Classic episodes.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) The lovely Debbie McGee. Repeat around 6am next day.
• Jeopardy! (ITV, 3pm; not Fri) New episodes.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) New episodes Mon, Wed, Fri; repeats Tue, Thu.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; Fri 5pm) New episodes Mon-Wed, repeats Thu-Fri.
• The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm; not Fri) Repeats.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes with Mel Giedroyc.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats from 2023, with Jennie Bond, James Bye, Kadeena Cox, Aurie Styla.
• Gladiators (BBC3, 7pm; not Fri) After a repeat of last year's final (Mon), it's the 2024 series (Tue-Thu).
• Spring Baking Championships (Food Network, 7pm) New series of the imported show.
• Shark Tank (BBC3, 8pm; Fri 8.25) The Yankee version of Dragons' Den.

Monday 14 April

• Listomania (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Celebrity husband David Mitchell asks for fibs (and the occasional smuggled fact) from Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, Lou Sanders, and Tony Hawks.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Wild cats, Euripides' tragedies, Battle of Gettysburg, West Ham United from 1992.
• Chess Masters Colon The Endgame (BBC2, 8pm) The second group concludes.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group phase 10: decision day.
• Dubhlain DIY (BBC Alba, 8.30) Upcycling challenges test the skills of couples who are given equipment, but no instructions.
• Celebrity Big Brother (VM2 and ITV, 9pm) The show continues. Layton Live follows at 10pm on VM2 and ITV2.
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40; NI 12.40am) Martin Clunes, Helen Lewis, Ian Smith, extended repeat from Friday.

Tuesday 15 April

• Act Your Age (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Generation gap quiz from 2011.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Unrelated, repeat: Tom Allen, Chris McCausland, Lou Sanders.
• Celebrity Big Brother (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) Who leaves? You don't decide. Layton Live follows at 10.35 on VM3 and ITV2.
• Hypothetical (BBC2, 9,45) Matt Forde, Kerry Godliman, Rosie Jones, Romesh Ranganathan. Previously shown on UKTV G2+1 in 2019.
• Popmaster tv (More4, 10pm) Repeats.

Wednesday 16 April

• Celebrity Big Brother (VM1 and ITV, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm on VM3 and ITV2.

Thursday 17 April

• The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Student quiz from last year.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Repeat with Amanda Barrie and Stephanie Beacham.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) Shipping containers in Bristol.
• Celebrity Big Brother (VM2 and ITV, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm on VM2 and ITV2.

Friday 18 April - Good Friday

Public holiday for many

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
• The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) New series.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.30; not UTV, HTV Wales, Border) Repeat with Cherry Healey, Dallas Campbell, Ria Hebden, Robert Peston, Paul Sinha. Repeat from last November.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm; Wales 9.30) Katherine Parkinson hosts, with panellists Julian Clary and Jemima Kelly.
• Celebrity Big Brother (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) Someone else must go. Layton Live follows at 10.30 on VM3 and ITV2.
• Big Fat Quiz Best Bits (C4, 10pm) More classic moments from the show's many editions.

Sign language interpretation

• Deal or No Deal (ITV2, 9.30am Sat) Three episodes (ITV2, 10.40am Sun) Two episodes.
• Celebrity Bake Off (E4, 1.30pm Sun).
• Gladiators (BBC2, 12.55am Tue).
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Tue, Thu).
• 99 to Beat (ITV, 3am Wed) Four weeks behind the Saturday show.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed). From the 2023-4 series.
• The Piano (C4, 1am Thu) Sunday's show.

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 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 Play Your Cards Right 2pm Family Fortunes 3pm Bob's Full House 3.45 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 5pm Bullseye 6pm The Bidding Room 7pm Tenable 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Catchphrase 5am Bullseye