TV Guide 2022-07-30
The grand final we've all been waiting for. Yes, the best poets in Wales are found on Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, Sun). It's also the Love Island final (VM1 and ITV2, Mon). A new series of Masterchef Down Under (W, weeknights)
Radio 4 begins another search for the BBC Brain (Mon). Countdown (C4) gets another guest presenter, Les Dennis steps in at zero notice.
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Contents |
Saturday 30 July
- Ninja Warrior (E4 Extra, 9am) Four episodes.
- Gwrach y Rhibyn (S4C, 9.20am).
- Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am) Repeats from the recent series.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 11.55am) Five episodes.
- Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game (BBC4, 8.30) A classic episode, first shown on 8 October 1993.
- Love Island (ITV2, 9pm) Highlights from the week.
Bonus feature
- Generation Games (Radio 4, 8pm) Keza MacDonald explains how video games change people's lives.
Weekend repeats
Saturday
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30am) From Friday.
- The 3rd Degree (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.
Sunday
- Survivor (TG4, 1.10am) From Wednesday. Ireland only.
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 12.04) From Monday.
Sunday 31 July
- Ninja Warrior (E4 Extra, 9am) Four episodes.
- Through the Keyhole (That's TV, 9am) Eight episodes from the late 1980s, with some very dodgy characters - Robert Maxwell perhaps the most noxious. Might need to rescan your Freeview box to find this channel.
- Swashbuckle (Cbeebies, 10.35am).
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
- Watercolour Challenge (C5, 2.40) Shown earlier in the year; two episodes.
- The Chase with Celebrities (ITV, 3pm) An Emmerdale Farm special.
Primetime
- Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm; not UTV, HTV Wales) A classic episode with David Ginola.
- Y Talwrn (R Cymru, 7pm) The grand final.
- Go Gasta (TG4, 8.30) This week: Rathmullan and Whitestrand.
- Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Followed by Love Island Aftersun.
Weekday Daytimes
- Masterchef (RTÉ1, 9am) Shown on BBC1 last year.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC2, 12.15) Displaced for sport.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 1.45).
- Dickinson's Biggest and Best Deals (ITV, 2pm); Tenable (ITV, 3pm); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm); The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats..
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Neil Delamere (Mo-We), Daniel Brocklebank (Th-Fr), with guest host Les Dennis.
- Ninja Warrior (E4 Extra, 3pm) Two episodes.
- Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 4.30) Repeats.
- Couples Come Dine with Me (C4, 5pm) Repeats.
- Pointless (BBC2, 5.15) Repeats.
- Eggheads (C5, 6.30) Repeats.
- Masterchef Down Under (W, 7pm).
Monday 1 August
Holiday in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland
- Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Gyles Brandreth's word quiz from 2013.
- BBC Brain (Radio 4, 3pm) Russell Davies starts the search for the best quizzer in this prestigious format.
- I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30) From Malvern's Forum Theatre, with Rory Bremner, Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel Parris, Graeme Garden.
- Love Island (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) The final. Last in the present series.
- Best in Miniature (Really, 9pm) Blooms and bathroom.
- Hungry For It (BBC1 11.40; NI 12.10am).
Tuesday 2 August
- Farm to Feast Best Menu Wins (BBC2 NI, 8pm) Repeat.
- Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ITV, 8pm) Another chance to miss a recent celebrity edition.
Wednesday 3 August
- The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm) A classic episode.
- Survivor (TG4, 11.35) "Friendly fire".
Thursday 4 August
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Farm to Feast Best Menu Wins (BBC2 NI, 8pm) Repeat.
- Celebability (VM2 and ITV2, 10.05) This week's celebs: Verona Rose, Naughty Boy, Shaughna Phillips, Stehen Bailey.
Friday 5 August
- Hidden Treasures (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Antiques quiz from 1998.
- One Question (C4, 8pm) Last in the series.
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Alan Carr and Harriet Kemsley play Jonathan Ross and Maisie Adam. Huge Davies has the anecdote.
- Canada's Drag Race (BBC3, 10.30) Design an outfit.
Bonus feature
- ESPN The Ocho (BT Sport / ESPN (or BT Sport 4, or whatever they're calling it by Friday), from 1pm) Fourteen hours of unusual and unexpected sports, many of them shown live. The schedule includes kickball, axe throwing, wiffleball, bullshooter, quadball, pogo stick jumping, cornhole, omegaball, dodgeball, slippery stairs, and air guitar. There's a live show of bizarre sport at 7pm.
Sign language interpretation
- The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge (C4, 4.30am Fri) Originally shown on More4.
Challenge
Cash Trapped vanishes after just a fortnight.
Saturday
- The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Family Fortunes 11.30; All Star Family Fortunes 2pm; Strike it Lucky 3pm; Tenable 4pm; The Chase 5pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 4am.
Sunday
- The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Bruce's Price is Right 11.30am; Family Fortunes 12.30; Play Your Cards Right 1.30; Blankety Blank 3pm; The Chase 5pm.
Mon-Fri
- The Chase 7am; Supermarket Sweep (Mon: Cash Trapped) 10am; Bruce's Price is Right 11am; Wheel of Fortune 12 noon; Catchphrase 1pm; The Chase 2pm; Play Your Cards Right 3pm; Bruce's Price is Right 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Family Fortunes 6pm; Pointless 7pm; The Chase 8pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 10pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 12 midnight; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 4am; Bullseye 5am.
International
Hirschhausens Quiz des Menschen returns to ARD (Sat). It's 3-Mio-Euro-Woche on Wer wird Millionär? (RTL, from Mon). A new run of Wer stiehlt mir die Show? (Pro7, Tue).
Game of Talents returns to TF1 (Sat), Valérie Damidot tries her best to animate this shambling corpse. Freddy Boucher is the star guest on Fort Boyard (F2, Sat).
