TV Guide 2025-04-05
A new series of Celebrity Big Brother begins (ITV and various Virgin Media channels, from Monday). Interior Design Masters starts its new series (BBC1, Thu). Comebacks for Saturday night faves The Hit List and Pointless Celebrities (BBC1).
Ancient editions of Celebrity Mastermind are on the Eden channel. A winner is found on Home of the Year (RTÉ1, Tue)
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Saturday 5 April
- Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am and 3.35); The Chase (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6.30am) Start your weekend in drop zone four.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Yankee Ninja Warrior (ITV2, 12.35) Shown on NBC in 2023.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 2.55) Five episodes; Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 5.35) Repeat from last Sunday.
- In for a Penny (ITV, 5pm) Great Yarmouth. Subject to delay or cancellation if the horse racing goes to extra furlongs or jumps from the penalty mark.
Primetime
- Gladiators (BBC1, 5.50) Second semi-final. Repeated 1.50 tomorrow.
- 99 to Beat (ITV, 6pm) Peas in a bottle. Repeated 5.35 tomorrow.
- The Hit List Celebrity Special (BBC1, 6.50) Rhys Stephenson and Karen Hauer, Nick Pickard and Danielle Harold, Left Jedward and Right Jedward. Repeated late Monday night in most areas.
- Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7pm). Heats 6. Repeated tomorrow: 6.25am on ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 2.20 on ITV2, and 1.10 on VM1 in Ireland.
- Our Dream Farm (C4, 7.10) This week, Matt and the hopefuls welcome nine piglets to the farm, and go to Portmeirion to sell produce.
- The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.35) Jill Scott, Laura Tobin, Nella Rose, Simon Rimmer, Jaz Singh, Stephen Bailey, Joel Corry, Kate Quilton. Repeated late Wednesday night in most areas.
- The 1% Club (ITV, 8.15) Viewers in Ireland get one of last year's eps on VM1 at 9.15.
- Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.20) Matt Evers, Patsy Palmer, Marky Luther, Meesh Ven, Naomi Wilkinson, Steve Backshall, Katie Zelem, Mary Earps. Repeated late Thursday night in most areas.
- Blankety Blank (BBC4, 11.05) Terry Wogan hosts a classic episode from 11 October 1979, featuring Katie Boyle, Kenny Everett, Liza Goddard, Alfred Marks, Ted Moult, and Dame Una Stubbs. Airing as part of BBC4's tribute to Kenny Everett.
Sunday 6 April - Bankers' New Year
- In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) Unseen Bits.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 3.30) Five episodes.
- Lingo (ITV, 3.35) A filler episode.
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.35) Tim Vine, Alice Beer, Ken Bruce, Sonny Jay, Mark Labbett. First shown in December 2021.
Primetime
- Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
- Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7pm; VM1 8pm) Nadine Coyle, Rick Edwards, Jake Wood.
- Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Self Esteem, Tommy Tiernan, Meera Syal, Adam Buxton.
- Tempting Fortune (C4, 9pm) Stay on a yacht.
Weekday Daytimes
- Celebrity Mastermind (Eden, 11am, 5pm, and 11pm) If the billings are correct, these are editions stretching right back to 2004.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scotland 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Newark) and Friday (Ardingly). Repeats elsewhere.
- !mpossible (BBC2, 1.30); Lightning (BBC2, 2.15); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.45) Repeats. The 1pm spot is taken up by See Hear, a daily magazine for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 2pm; not Mon, Fri) Classic episodes.
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Amit Dhand. Repeat around 6am next day.
- Jeopardy! (ITV, 3pm) New episodes.
- The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) New episodes Mon, Wed, Fri; repeats Tue, Thu.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes Mon-Wed, repeats Thu-Fri.
- The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats.
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes with Phil Wang and Mel Giedroyc.
- House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm; Wales 8pm Tue) Repeats from 2023, with Toussaint Douglass, Mark Foster, Sheree Murphy, Sian Williams.
- Eggheads (C5, 6pm) Repeats; two episodes.
- Shark Tank (BBC3, 8pm; Fri 8.25) The Yankee version of Dragons' Den.
Monday 7 April
- Listomania (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
- One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30) Last in the present series, with Phil Wang, Marjolein Robertson, Simon Evans, Dee Allum.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Films of Mel Brooks, Homer's Odyssey, LL Cool J, Rumpole stories.
- Chess Masters Colon The Endgame (BBC2, 8pm) The second group continues.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group phase 9: decision day.
- Tempting Fortune (C4, 9pm) What, if anything, is left in the money pot? And is the money the prize? Right to the last, Tempting Fortune begs the questions.
- Celebrity Big Brother (VM2 and ITV, 9pm) Who are the celebrities walking through a door? Layton Live follows at 10.30 on VM2 and ITV2.
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40; NI 11.40) Alexander Armstrong, Steph McGovern, Phil Wang, extended repeat from Friday.
Tuesday 8 April
- Act Your Age (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Generation gap quiz from 2011.
- Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 8.30) The grand final.
- QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) U-animals, repeat: Rhod Gilbert, Lara Ricote, Ahir Shah.
- Celebrity Big Brother (VM1 and ITV, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm on VM3 and ITV2.
- Hypothetical (BBC2, 9,45) Ed Gamble, Nish Kumar, Sara Pascoe, Lou Sanders. Previously shown on UKTV G2+1 in 2019.
- Popmaster tv (More4, 10pm) Repeats.
Wednesday 9 April
- Smart TV (Sky Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and Sky Maximillian, 9pm) Kerry Godliman, Emmett Scanlan, Himesh Patel, Carol Vorderman.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Monty Panesar and Simon Weston, Tim Medhurst and Roo Irvine, south-west Wales.
- Celebrity Big Brother (VM1 and ITV, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm on VM3 and ITV2.
Thursday 10 April
- The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Student quiz from last year.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm; Wales 7.30) Repeat with Sara Davies and Amy Dowden.
- Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) The new recruits test their skills at a youth hostel in the Lake District.
- Celebrity Big Brother (VM2 and ITV, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm on VM2 and ITV2.
Friday 11 April
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
- The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
- Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm; Wales 9.30) Martin Clunes hosts, with panellists Helen Lewis and Ian Smith.
- Celebrity Big Brother (VM1 and ITV, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10.15 on VM3 and ITV2.
- Big Fat Quiz Best Bits (C4, 10pm) More classic moments from the show's many editions.
Sign language interpretation
- Dress the Nation (ITV, 5am Sat).
- Deal or No Deal (ITV2, 9.30am Sat) Three episodes (ITV2, 11.20am Sun) Two episodes.
- Celebrity Bake Off (E4, 2.25pm Sun).
- Gladiators (BBC2, 1.10am Tue).
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed). From the 2023-4 series.
- Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Thu).
- Tempting Fortune (C4, 1.25am Fri) Two episodes.
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
