TV Guide 2022-04-23

The best Saturday night quiz with balls is Catchpoint (BBC1). We've also got quiz with darts (Oci Oci Oci!, S4C), and quiz with video links (Home Advantage, RTÉ1).

As a new Sewing Bee starts, an old Interior Design Masters ends (both BBC1, Wed). There's a new series of The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected (R Scotland, Fri). Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions (C4, Fri) is held together with chewing gum and sticky-backed plastic.

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Contents

Saturday 23 April - World Book Day

  • Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am) Captain Captain's Aarrrt Show.
  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
  • Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 4pm); The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm).

Primetime

  • The Hit List (BBC1, 6pm) A repeat, with Strictly stars.
  • Stephen Mulhern's In for a Penny (ITV, 6.30) This week, Stephen is in Plymouth. VM1 has an episode from two weeks ago.
  • Catchpoint (BBC1, 6.45) Tia Kofi and The Vivienne play Scott Mills and Chris Stark.
  • Romeo & Duet (ITV, 7pm).
  • Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.15) Martin Offiah (Battle of Britain), Shazia Mirza (George Carlin), Owain Wyn Evans (Britney Spears), Amelle Berrabah (exploration of Mars).
  • Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.45) Sports: Gus Fraser, Mike Gatting, Suzi Perry, Jules Breach, Bianca Walkden, Bianca Williams, Phil Vickery, Mark Foster. Postponed from 2 April.
  • Got Talent (ITV, 8pm) Not live from the London Palladium.
  • Home Advantage (RTÉ1, 8.20) The quiz with one player in the studio, the others videolinked from home.
  • Oci Oci Oci! (S4C, 9pm) A much-delayed third series begins in Llangefni. Eleri Siôn and Ifan Jones Evans host.
  • The 1% Club (ITV, 9.15).

Weekend repeats

Saturday

  • Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 9am) From Wednesday.
  • Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30) From Friday.
  • Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm) From Thursday.
  • Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.

Sunday

  • The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 12.04) From Monday.
  • Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 3.45) From Tuesday.
  • The 1% Club (ITV, 5.30) From Saturday.

Sunday 24 April

  • Don't Unleash the Beast (CITV and ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 7.55am) New to channel 3.
  • Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am) Mastarrr Chef, a parody of a less successful show.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; not Wales).
  • The Masked Singer Us (ITV, 1.05).
  • Lego Masters Usa (E4, 3.10) "Bricking World".

Primetime

  • BBC Young Dancer 2022 (BBC4, 7pm) The top ten perform.
  • Y Talwrn (R Cymru, 7pm).
  • Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm) Nick Hewer from Countdown, Zoe Lyons from Lightning, Joe Duttine from Coronation Street.
  • Am Dro! (S4C, 9pm) Another chance to see the beach special from last year.
  • The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge with Sandi Toksvig (More4, 9pm) An Elizabethan bedroom.

Weekday Daytimes

  • Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 11.30am).
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu).
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm); Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
  • Countdown (C4, 2.10) Justin Webb.
  • Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
  • The Bidding Room (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
  • The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
  • House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Sarah Kendall, Jay McGuinness, Linda Robson, Bobby Seagull. Postponed from the week of 11 April.
  • Masterchef Usa (W, 6pm).
  • Eggheads (C5, 6.30) This week's teams: Oxford Brookes Quiz Society, Go to Blazes, Fox and Goose Golf Society, Prophets of Zoom, Pink Flamingos. Three recent episodes a day are on 5Select from 5pm.
  • Masterchef Down Under (BBC3, 7pm).
  • Battlebots (ITV4, 7pm) An imported series.

Monday 25 April

  • Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) The 2011 series continues.
  • Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) North play Midlands (Stephen Maddock and Frankie Fanko).
  • The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Lou Sanders, Ria Lina, Milton Jones, Chris McCausland.
  • Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8.30) Borders and South.
  • Stitch, Please! (BBC3, 8.30) A Met Gala costume.
  • The Drop (BBC3, 9pm) Tills open.
  • Comedians Giving Lectures (Dave, 10pm) Kae Kurd, Lou Sanders, Joel Dommett.
  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 11.45; NI 12.55am, Scot 1.15am, not Wales) Extended repeat from Friday, when Mel Giedroyc's joined by Richard Osman and Sonia Sodha; Catchpoint (BBC1, 12.30am, Wales 12.50am, not Scot, NI) from Saturday.

Tuesday 26 April

  • Un Cwestiwn (S4C, 5.10) Repeat from 2020.
  • Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Semi-finals week begins here.
  • The Great Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Repeat, with Louis Theroux, Jenny Eclair, Russell Howard, Ovie Soko.
  • QI (BBC2, 10pm) Overseas, repeated.
  • The Great Treasure Hunt (ITV, 11.45; not STV, UTV) Metal detecting from Cumbria.

Wednesday 27 April

  • The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
  • Sewing Bee (BBC1, 8pm) Sara Pascoe hosts, this week making miniskirts with pockets.
  • Glow Up Ireland (BBC3, 8.10) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. First shown on RTÉ2 last year.
  • Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 9pm) Redesigning Soho. The final
  • Effboy Island (BBC3, 10pm) Three new suitors arrive.
  • The Island (Dave, 10pm) More forgery.
  • Stitch, Please! (BBC1 NI, 10.40) As seen on BBC3.

Thursday 28 April

  • Foul Play (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
  • Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) The chicken or the egg.
  • Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars (BBC1, 9pm) Identify cheese by taste and smell.
  • Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "I think I've got this".
  • Effboy Island (BBC3, 10pm).
  • Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm) Joel Dommett, Will Mellor, Verona Rose, Katherine Ryan.

Bonus feature

  • Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) This week's subject is geography.

Friday 29 April

  • Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
  • The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30) First in a new series.
  • The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Andy Hamilton and Des Clarke. The podcast of this topical show follows on 27 May.
  • A Question of Sport (BBC1, 7.30) Chris Hoy, Christine Ohuruogu, Alice Kinsella, Oliver Townend.
  • Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 8pm) It's Masterchef! the musical.
  • Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions (C4, 8pm) Engineering enthusiasts create chain reaction machines from everyday objects. We reckon the Mousetrap board game, but better.
  • Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Jo Brand from Cakey Cakey Dance Off, panellists Phil Cheer and Polly Filler.

Sign language interpretation

  • Winning Combination (ITV, 3am Sat).
  • Cash Trapped (ITV, 5.05am Sat).
  • Am Dro! (S4C, 10am Sat).
  • Gigglequiz (Cbeebies, 2.20 Sat, Sun).
  • Alphabetical (ITV, 5.05am Sun).
  • Tipping Point (ITV, 5.05am Mon-Fri).
  • Taskmaster (C4, 12.05am Tue).
  • Masterchef (BBC2, 4.35am Tue, 3.45am Wed, 4.05am Thu).
  • Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 3.05am Fri).

Challenge

What's on the game show specialist channel.

Saturday

  • The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Family Fortunes 11.30; All Star Family Fortunes 1.30; Strike it Lucky 3pm; The Cube 4pm; The Chase 5pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 4am.

Sunday

  • The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; The Price is Right 11.30am; Family Fortunes 12.30; Play Your Cards Right 1.30; Blankety Blank 3pm; The Chase 5pm.

Weekdays

  • The Chase 7am; Play Your Cards Right 10am; The Price is Right 11am; Wheel of Fortune 12 noon; Catchphrase 1pm; Family Fortunes 2pm; Play Your Cards Right 3pm; The Price is Right 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Pointless 6pm; The Chase 8pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 10pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 12 midnight; Bullseye 5am.

International

It's the final of The Masked Singer on Pro7 (Sat). ZDF has Der Quiz-Champion, a prominent persons' special (Sat). There's competitive horticulture on Duell der Gartenprofis (ZDF, Sun). Joko & Klass gegen ProSieben continues (Pro7, Tue).

De dag van vandaag (één, weeknights) appears to be a quiz about the day's news. The BBC tried something similar here, without much success - does anyone remember The Cram?! 10 voor taal resumes on SBS6 (Tue).

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