TV Guide 2025-05-17
Here we go, the Eurovision Song Contest final (RTÉ1, BBC1, and your favourite EBU broadcaster, Sat). Got Talent won't try to compete, and moves to Sunday (VM1 and ITV).
Later, Faking It returns (Channel Five, Tue). The Quizzy Monday season ends with the Mastermind final (BBC2, Mon), and Nikkie Tutorials makes a return to Glow Up (BBC3, Wed).
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Saturday 17 May
- In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) Start your weekend wrong with Stephen Mulhern in Hull.
- Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 11am) The Saturday repeat.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) A Eurovision Song Contest special.
- Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 11.10am) Water bears in space.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 12 noon) Repeats.
- Yankee Ninja Warrior (ITV2, 12.55) The grand final continues.
- The Piano (C4, 4.55) Repeat from last Sunday.
Primetime
- Deal or No Deal (ITV, 7.15) Motsi and Oti Mabuse. May be dropped if a live event can't be bothered to finish on time. Got Talent has nipped across to Sunday this week.
- Beat the Chasers (ITV, 8.15) A celebrity edition with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Shobna Gulati, David James, Will Bayley. Repeat.
- The 1% Club (ITV, 9.20) Repeat.
All things Eurovision Song Contest
- Radio 2's Ultimate Eurovision Song (BBC Radio 2, 3pm) Michelle Visage reveals that the Radio 2 audience have picked "Space man" ahead of "Euphoria", "Fairytale", and others. We're looking forward to the collab between the acts tied at 35th: Jedward and Rosa Linn.
- All-Request Eurovision (BBC Radio 2, 5pm) Owain Wyn Evans gets the scones baked and the pizza prepped.
- Doctor Who (BBC1, 7.10) The Professor's quest to get Belinda back home leads to a space station hosting the 803rd Interstellar Song Contest, where planets from across the universe compete for the top prize. Written by Juno Dawson, a Pointless Celebrities champion and all-round lovely person. Guest starring Rylan and Graham Norton.
- Eurovision Song Contest (RTÉ1, BBC1, BBC Radio 2, RTÉ Radio 2) Live from the St Jakobshalle Arena in Basel (not south France), it's the 69th event. Who wins? Don't know. Who loses? Martin Österdahl, probably. Commentators are Marty Whelan (RTÉ tv), Graham Norton (BBC tv), Scott Mills and Rylan (BBC Radio 2). Sign language interpretation on BBC Red Button, if you want to know what the BSL for the Maltese for "sing" is.
- Richie Anderson's Eurovision Afterparty (BBC Radio 2, about 11.30) What the hell just happened?
Sunday 18 May
- The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge (C4, 8.55am) Repeat from 2022.
- Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 11.10am) Magic trick.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 11.30).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 2.55) Five episodes.
- Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 4.30) This week, The South (Paul Sinha and Marcus Berkmann) play Wales (Myfanwy Alexander and Cariad Lloyd).
- Race Across the World (BBC2 Wales, 4.45; elsewhere 5.15) Repeat from Wednesday.
Primetime
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5.35) Sunetra Sarker, Matty Lee, David Arnold, Lord Basil Brush, Darragh Ennis. Repeat from 2022.
- Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
- Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) This week's live semi displaces Celebrity Catchphrase. Give our apologies to the Stephen Mulhern fan club. Actually, just tell 'em we won't be coming.
- Taskmaster Bleeped (E4 Extra, 8pm) The series going out on Thursday evenings, but without the rudey bits.
- I Kissed a Boy (BBC3, 9pm) Dannii delivers the first chemistry test: study the reaction of alcohol in organic compounds.
- The Piano (C4, 9pm) Preparing for next week's final, because two huge music events in one weekend is a bit much.
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Thu not Scotland) New on Monday (Exeter) and Friday (Newark). Repeats elsewhere. Old editions on Eden at 2pm, 7.30, and 2.15am.
- The Edge (BBC2, 1pm); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.45 Tue); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.15; Wales 3.15 Tue).
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Keith Brymer Jones. Repeat around 6am next day.
- Jeopardy! (ITV, 3pm) Repeats from 2024.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Repeats.
- 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) Repeats from 2024, with James Buckley, Amy Gledhill, Romily Weeks, Gary Wilmot.
Monday 19 May
- Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Angela Barnes, Mark Steel, Ria Lina, Alan Davies.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7pm) The grand final.
- Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8.30) Highlands and Islands.
- I Kissed a Boy (BBC3, 9pm) At the fancy dress ball, there's tension between Elton John and Frankenstein's Monster. Both episodes repeated on BBC1 around midnight.
- Silence is Golden (Dave, 9pm) This week's guests are Suzi Ruffell, fire performers, and Jedward.
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40; Wales 11.10, NI 11.25) Stephen Mangan, Andy Hamilton, Chloe Petts.
Tuesday 20 May
- It's Your Round (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Inventive games from 2011.
- Unspeakable (Radio 4, 6.30) Jessica Knappett, Rhys James, and Griff Rhys Jones invent new words.
- QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Underground and Underwater, with Zoe Lyons, Dan Tiernan, Josh Widdicombe.
- Faking It (Channel Five, 9pm) Can posh lad Rex become a convincing market trader in a month? First in a revived series.
- Hypothetical (BBC2, 9.45) Guz Khan, Cariad Lloyd, David O'Doherty, Sara Pascoe. Previously shown on UKTV G2+1 in 2019.
Wednesday 21 May
- Who Goes There? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz from 2000.
- Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) Hurrah! It's Nikkie de Jager, everyone's favourite Dutch star! Repeated on BBC1 at 10.40.
- Race Across the World (BBC1, 9pm) This week, the teams climb to Ganj.
- The Genius Game (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) This week, players try to predict the outcome of animal races.
Thursday 22 May
- Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) Never mind "guess when the Sunday repeat is", this show is "guess when the Thursday premiere is". For the first time in three weeks: Thursday, at the Edinburgh fringe.
- Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) Midnight picnic.
Friday 23 May
- Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
- The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
- Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm; not Scotland) Repeat.
- Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Victoria Coren Mitchell from Only Connect hosts, with Janet Street-Porter and Chris McCausland.
Sign language interpretation
- Deal or No Deal (ITV2, 9amSat) Three episodes (ITV2, 11am Sun) Two episodes.
- Eurovision Song Contest (BBC Red Button, 8pm Sat).
- I Kissed a Boy (BBC3, 2.20am and 3.10am Tue).
- Race Across the World (BBC2, 3.05am Tue).
- Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Tue).
- Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 12 midnight Tue-into-Wed).
- Taskmaster (C4, 12.05am Wed).
- The Piano (C4, 3.50am Wed).
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed). From the most recent series.
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 10am Tenable 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm Friends Like These 5pm Tenable 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
