TV Guide 2024-10-05

Great news for all chickens, Big Brother is back (VM2 and ITV2, from Sun). Great news for all painters as Portrait Artist of the Year returns (Artsworld, Wed). A new run of Breaking the News (Radio Scotland and BBC Scotland tv, Fri).

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Schedules are accurate at the time of publication; check against EPG for late changes.

Saturday 5 October

Game on, Grandparents! (BBC2, 7.35am) Splatoon.
Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15; not Wales).
Four in a Bed (C4, 1.25); Bake Off (C4, 4pm) Repeats.

Primetime

Alan Carr's Picture Slam (BBC1, 5.40).
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.25) Routines loosely related to Hollywood films. Signed on the Red Button.
Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 6.30).
Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, 7.30) Les Dennis, Rebecca Sarker, Jordan Stephens. Shown on VM1 at 8pm tomorrow.
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7.40; not Scot, NI) A classic episode with Kelle Bryan and Charlene White from Loose Women.
House of the Year (BBC2 NI, 8.10) Repeat of last Monday's show.
The Weakest Link (BBC1, 8.40) Duos: DJ Tyler West and Molly Rainford, Molly and Harry from The Traitors, Stephen and Daniel from Gogglebox, Suzie and Brenton from The Repair Shop.
BBC The Voice of Holland (VM1 and ITV, 8.30).
Password (ITV, 10.05) Still going on. Repeated late Monday night.

Sunday 6 October

Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 6.
Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 6.05) Is It Fake?
Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm) New episode, with Mark Benton, Alex Jones, Shivi Ramoutar.
Strictly Come Dancing The Results (BBC1, 7.15) With guest musician Alexis Ffrench. Signed on the Red Button.
Young Musician of the Year (BBC4, 7.30) Second and final quarter-final. Performances in full during Radio 3's Afternoon Concert.
Junior Eurovision (TG4, 8.30) Fourth heat.
Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Who are this year's lab rats? Layton Live investigates at 10.50.
QI (BBC2, 9.30) Silly Season, with Stephen K Amos, Ivo Graham, Holly Walsh; rpt.
Dress the Nation (VM2, 10pm) AJ and Vernon's style challenge, shown on ITV last Tuesday.

Weekday Daytimes

That's My Dog (Rewind TV, 10am and 5pm) Repeats of the mutt-and-man show.
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon; Scotland not Thu) Repeats.
!mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Unbeatable (BBC2, 1.45; Tue 2.45 Wales) Repeats.
Family Fortunes (ITV, 2pm) Repeats.
Countdown (C4, 2.10) Pam Ayres is the guest. Repeat at 6am next day.
Lingo (ITV, 3pm) New episodes (Mon-Wed); repeats (Thu-Fri). Signed repeats at 5.05am next morning.
Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes (Mon-Wed); repeats (Thu-Fri).
The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats with Ria Lina.
House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Jacqui Joseph, Ben Thompson, Laura Tobin, Henning Wehn.
Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
Masterchef Australia (W, 7pm).

Monday 7 October

It's Not What You Know (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Russell Kane, Ivo Graham, Fern Britton.
Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Jan Ravens, Tony Hawks, Katherine Parkinson, Stephen Fry.
Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Star Wars sequels, Henry Moore, Elbow, Edward VI.
Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Second chance round: Hopsters vs Midlanders.
The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) The Traitors set a devious scheme to throw the Faithful off course.
House of the Year (BBC1 NI, 8pm) Saved from demolition.
University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Oriel Oxford vs Durham
Wales' Home of the Year (BBC Scotland, 8.30) Repeat from 2023.
Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm) A classic episode, with the late Peter Jay billed.
Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
Out of Order (Comedy Central, 9pm) Rhys James and Thanyia Moore.
Face the Music (BBC4, 9.25) Joyce Grenfell, Bernard Levin, Michael Flanders, and guest John Manduell.
Have I Got A Bit More News for You (BBC1 England, 10.40; elsewhere 11.40) Kevin Bridges, Helen Lewis, Chloe Petts, from last Friday.

Tuesday 8 October

Booked! (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Literary fun from 1995.
Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Bread week: savoury buns and horns, and that's just Joey Boswell. Sign language interpretation on 4Seven.
Dress the Nation (ITV, 8pm) This week, sportswear with Alex Scott from The Tournament.
The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) One player must defend themselves against a vengeful move.
Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
QI XS (BBC2, 10.15) Quite Inedible, a time-filling clip show.
Have I Got News For You America (BBC2, 11.05) We could have had Richard Quest, we got Roy Wood's son.

Wednesday 9 October

Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, 2am; repeated Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) New series begins with pictures of Richard Madeley, Saskia Reeves and Hannah Waddingham.
Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Repeats from 2013.
The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) One player drops a bombshell. I'd give it ten minutes.
Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm; VM2, 10pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
BBC New Comedy Award 2024 (BBC3, 10pm) Kiri Pritchard-McLean presents from Pontyprydd.
Am Dro! (S4C, 10.30) A classic episode.

Thursday 10 October

Survivor (TG4, 12 midnight) "I don't want to be the worm". Repeated next Saturday.
Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Repeats from 2014.
Bake Off an Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Jonathan Ross chews over the news.
The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) The Traitors attempt a risky move, resulting in a huge surprise at breakfast.
Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "Big stupid things".
RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Romcoms. Repeated BBC1 late Friday.
Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.

Friday 11 October

Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32; BBC Scotland tv 11.30) Jo Caulfield, Stuart Mitchell, Amy Matthews, Connor Burns.
All the Way from Memphis (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Music quiz, chaired by James Walton.
The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Another discussion about the week's events.
The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) The final.
Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 8pm; not Scotland) A classic edition.
Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Miles Jupp and Andrea Jenkyns on the panel, Jonny Brownsuit hosts.
Beat the Chasers (ITV, 9pm; not STV, UTV, HTV Wales Cymru).
Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Eviction night. Layton Live follows at 10pm.

Sign language interpretation

Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.15pm Sat, 7.15pm Sun).
Bake Off (E4, 12 noon Sun); Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 1am Tue). Last week's shows.
Lingo (ITV, 5.05am Tue-Thu) Shown earlier in the day.
Taskmaster (12.30am Wed) Last week's show.
Bake Off (C4, 12.20am Thu) This week's show.
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 2.45am Fri).
RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.50am Fri) Shown earlier in the night.
Family Fortunes (ITV, 5.05am Fri).

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm Cash Trapped 5pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am The Weakest Link 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon Cash Trapped 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Who Wants to be a Millionaire 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye