TV Guide 2022-10-29
Our cooking's never like this, Masterchef The Professionals is back (BBC1, from Wed). A new run of The Chase Celebrity Edition (ITV, Sat), and Beauty and the Geek arrives on the Really channel. Yes, Really.
On the channels, family talent show Réalta Agus Gaolta is back (TG4, Sun). MTV gives us The Challenge: Ride Dies (Tue), where they laugh at the days.
Quizzy Mondays is on Tuesday this week.
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Contents |
Saturday 29 October
- Junior Bake Off (C4, 10.10am) Highlights.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Four in a Bed (C4, 11.30) Five episodes.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
- Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 4pm).
- Ninja Warrior (ITV, 5.25) The grand final.
Primetime
- The Wheel (BBC1, 5.50; rpt 12.15am Mon-into-Tue) Alison Hammond, James Martin, Dianne Buswell, Steve Redgrave, Rachel Parris, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Bash the Entertainer.
- Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.50) The Hallowe'en special
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 7pm) Chizzy Akudolu, Andrew Pierce, Sonja McLaughlan, Jack Carroll.
- The Voice of Holland of This Territory (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) The not-live final.
- Blankety Blank (BBC1, 8.35; rpt 12.25am next Wed-into-Thu) With Stacey Dooley, Dion Dublin, Ed Gamble, Josh Widdicombe, Trisha Goddard, Chunkz.
- I Can See Your Voice (BBC1, 9.10; rpt BBC3 8pm Wed) This week's guest is Becky Hill.
Weekend repeats
Saturday
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30) From Friday.
- Family Fortunes (ITV, 4.30) From last Sunday.
- BBC Brain (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.
- RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 11.55) From Thursday.
Sunday
- Bake Off (C4, 1.30) From Tuesday.
- The Big Blow Out (E4, 1pm) From Monday.
- Ninja Warrior (ITV, 5.25; not UTV) From last night.
- A Question of Sport (BBC1, 12.15am) From Friday.
Sunday 30 October - The Longest Day
Don't forget, clocks go back an hour tonight. 1am is followed an hour later by 1am.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon; Wales 4pm).
- Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 5pm) Subject to cancellation if the NFLball goes to extra time.
- Unbeatable (VM1, 6pm) Seen on BBC1 in May 2021.
- Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 6.15) Out on a limb.
- Family Fortunes (ITV, 7pm) Quinns from Bournemouth play Edwards of Kent
- Strongest Man (C5, 7pm).
- Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 7.20) The results and a performance by Rina Sawayama.
- Réalta Agus Gaolta (TG4, 8.30) A new series of the family talent show.
- Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ITV, 9pm) A celebrity edition, with Jo Brand and Dan Walker.
- Sorry, I Didn't Know (ITV, 10.15) The Black history panel game, with guests Kae Kurd, Seann Walsh, Jamelia, Lateef Lovejoy.
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu).
- Home is Where the Art Is (BBC2, 1pm; not Tu, Fr) Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45; not Tu, Fr) Repeats.
- Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm) New episodes.
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Robert Rinder is the guest, and they've only got Floella Benjamin in to host!
- Riddiculous (ITV, 3pm) New episodes.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm).
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Lauren Laverne - except Friday is a repeat with that bloke they used to have. Whoever he was.
- Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Manchester.
- House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Sian Gibson, Jean Johansson, The Fabulous Iain Stirling, Rav Wilding
- Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
- Eggheads (C5, 6.30) This week's teams are The MK Quizzards, Trebles for Show Doubles for Dough, Sexual Chocolate, Bad Avengers, and Dead Parrots.
- Dress to Impress (ITV2, 7pm).
Monday 31 October - Hallowe'en
- Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- BBC Brain (Radio 4, 3pm) The second semi-final.
- Un Cwestiwn (S4C, 5.15) Repeats.
- QI (BBC2 NI, 9.30) Best of the S-series, repeated. Fills a gap for the Irish-language show at 10pm.
- The Big Blow Out (E4, 10pm) Hair tutorials.
- Question Team (Dave, 10pm) Dane Baptiste, Angela Barnes, Lou Sanders. Last in the series.
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1 Wales 11.10, England 11.50, NI 12.25am, Scot 12.35am) Extended repeat from Friday.
Tuesday 1 November - All Saints' Day
- Genius (Radio 4 Extra, 4pm) Repeat from 2006.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.45) Neil Armstrong, Shakespeare's comedies, Jacobite rebellion, Rupert Bear.
- Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Pastry week, featuring a pie-scape.
- Only Connect (BBC2, 8.15) Second-chance match: Peacocks vs Strigiformes.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.45) Jesus Cambridge vs St Catherine's Oxford.
- Make Me Prime Minister (C4, 9.15) The final, and a campaign trail.
- BBC New Comedy Awards (BBC3, 10pm) From Coventry.
- Unforgivable (Dave, 10pm) Meera Syal, Seann Walsh, Maisie Adam.
- The Challenge (MTV, 11pm) Series 38, "Ride Dies", is an international series featuring Sam Bird from Love Island, and contestants from Survivor Turkey, and The Mole Germany. As an international series, it's conducted entirely in classical Latin.
Wednesday 2 November
- Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).
- Handmade (C4, 8pm) Semi-final: desk.
- Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, 8pm) Stella Rimmington, Big Zuu, Alexis Ffrench.
- Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 9pm) Perfect poached oysters.
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Johnny Borrell, Michelle De Swarte, Krept & Konan.
- Don't Hate the Playaz (ITV2, 10pm) Munya Chawawa, Aston Merrygold, Kemah Bob, Bellah.
- Beauty and the Geek (Really, 10pm) "The One Where They Meet". Matt Edmondson and Mollie King pair up sixteen people.
- Survivor (TG4, 11.40) "Betraydar".
Thursday 3 November
- QI (BBC2 NI, 12.10am) Rude, shown elsewhere last week.
- Quote... Unquote (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Don't forget to miss it.
- Gwrach y Rhibyn (S4C, 5.35) Another series of the survival adventure challenge series.
- Unbreakable (BBC1, 8pm; rpt after 11pm next Tue) High stakes stuff this week. One from each couple is stranded on an island. Their partner is to guess what item they most miss.
- Aldi's Next Big Thing (C4, 8pm) "Healthy and wholesome" is this week's theme: camel's milk, roast dinner kimchi, kombucha, fava beans.
- Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 9pm) Butchery with Anna Haugh. After the previous hour, we need to take out our anger on something...
- RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm; rpt BBC1 11.30 Fri) Makeover week.
- Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "Long-legged Lobster".
- Love at First Lie (MTV, 10pm) The American version of True Love or True Lies.
Friday 4 November
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
- Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 8pm) An invention test.
- Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 8pm).
- Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Gary Neville hosts, with Maisie Adam but Richard Madeley.
- Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm; Wales 11.05) A Look Back, the finest moments from the last 8½ years. Last in the series.
- I Literally Just Told You (C4, 10pm).
Sign language interpretation
- Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 3am Sat, 5.10am Tue, 5.05am Wed, Thu, Fri).
- Am Dro! (S4C, 10am Sat).
- Bake Off (E4, 2.15 Sat).
- Handmade (C4, 4.20am Tue).
- BBC One Man and His Dog (BBC2, 12.45am Tue).
- Unbreakable (BBC2, 1.40am Tue).
- The Big Blow Out (E4, 2.20am Tue).
- Taskmaster (C4, 12.25am Wed).
- Home Advantage (RTÉ2, 2.50am Wed).
- Strictly Come Dancing (BBC2, 1.15am and 3.05am Fri).
- RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.20am Fri).
Challenge
Scrapheap Challenge also gets shown on weekends, including around 5pm Sunday - when the show originally went out.
Saturday
- The Chase 7am; Scrapheap Challenge 9am; Wheel of Fortune 10am; Family Fortunes 11.30; All Star Family Fortunes 1.30; Strike it Lucky 3pm; Tenable 4pm; The Chase 5pm; Bullseye 11pm; The Chase 3am.
Sunday
- The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Dickinson's Real Deal 12 noon; Play Your Cards Right 2pm; Blankety Blank 3pm; Scrapheap Challenge 5pm; The Chase 6pm.
Monday-Friday
- The Chase 7am; Dickinson's Real Deal 10am; Scrapheap Challenge 11am; Wheel of Fortune 12 noon; Catchphrase 1pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 2pm; Scrapheap Challenge 3pm; Dickinson's Real Deal 4pm; Bullseye 5pm; Pointless Celebrities 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.
