TV Guide 2023-05-20

New this week, Sewing Bee (BBC1, Wed) with another set of stitchers. You'll get the hang of The Great Auction Showdown with Paul Martin (C5, weekdays).

Last in the "present" series of Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, Wed), Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars (BBC1, Thu), and The Big Interiors Battle (C4, Fri).

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Schedules are accurate at the time of publication; check against EPG for late changes.

Saturday 20 May

Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) Never mind the televotes.
The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 11.30am) Repeat from Friday.
The News Quiz (Radio 4, 12.30) With Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Freddy Gray, but Geoff Norcott. Repeat from Friday.
Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1, 1.05) Repeat from last Sunday.
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15) A classic episode.
Four in a Bed (C4, 2.25) Five episodes.

Primetime

The Wheel (BBC1, 6pm) Repeat.
Pen/Campwyr (S4C, 6.45) Repeat.
Blankety Blank (BBC1, 7pm) Repeat.
In for a Penny (ITV, 7.30) Brighton. A slim chance this might be cancelled due to over-running sport.
Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.35) Phil Tufnell, Mark Butcher, Cece Lightfoot, Pooja Shah, Chris McCausland, Sarah Keyworth, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson.
Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Repeated ITV2 1.20 tomorrow.
The 1% Club (ITV, 9.20) May contain a guest appearance from Peppa Pig. Probably won't, but you never know... Repeated 10.45 Monday (STV 11.05, not UTV or HTV Wales).
Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 11pm) Repeat from last Monday.

Sunday 21 May

Just a Minute (Radio 4, 12.04) Repeat from last Monday.
Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
Family Fortunes (ITV, 7pm) Karunwi from Scotland, Keeler from Great Yarmouth.
Ireland's Smartest (RTÉ1, 7.30).
Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Added to the schedules after motor racing was rained off.
The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 8pm) Danny John-Jules, Yinka Bokinni, Tom Bosworth, but Eamonn Holmes.
Taskmaster (E4 Extra, 9pm) Repeat from Channel 4 on Thursday.

Weekday Daytimes

Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scotland 11.15am Thu).
!mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.45 Tue); Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 4.15; Wales 5pm Tue, not Thu, Fri) Repeats.
Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm) Repeats.
Countdown (C4, 2.10) Vick Hope (Mo-Th), as Countdown continues its unexpected linkup with Radio 1, with Cally Beaton from Friday. Repeated about 6am two-and-a-half working days later.
Tenable (ITV, 3pm) Repeats from series 5.
Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
The Great Auction Showdown (C5, 4pm) Paul Martin takes on fellow antiques experts and auctioneers in challenges to test knowledge, dealing, and ability to spot a bargain. They've made 16 weeks' worth of this, so it had better be good.
The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats, with Mehreen Baig, Clare Balding, Jamie Laing, Mike Wozniak. Another classic week.
Eggheads (C5, 6pm and 6.30) Repeats.
Masterchef Down Under (W, 6pm) The 2021 series.

Monday 22 May

The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) Midlands against South of England.
Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Gyles Brandreth, Jan Ravens, Tony Hawks, Rachel Parris. Last in the series.
Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8.30) North east and the northern isles.
University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Semi-final 2, Southampton play Bristol.
QI XS (BBC2, 10.15) Quite Intrepid, clips on travel.
Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40; NI and Wales 11.10) Extended repeat from last Friday.
Glow Up (BBC1, 11.25; NI 12.25am) Shown on BBC3 last week.

Tuesday 23 May

Who Goes There (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
The Greatest Auction (C4, 8pm) What are the 1%ers buying this week?
Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Semi-finals week begins at the Gloucestershire fire service college, where they might meet The Interceptor.
Hell's Kitchen Us (ITV2, 9pm) A Finale For The Ages (part 1).

Wednesday 24 May

Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) Hello, Cat Burns.
Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm) Sara Pascoe, Patrick Grant, Esme Young welcome 12 new sewage outlets.
Hell's Kitchen Us (ITV2, 9pm) A Finale For The Ages (part 2). Last in the present series.

Bonus feature

Room 101 (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul Merton invites Claudia Winkleman to get rid of the worst things in the world. Probably not a game show, but we never quite know.

Thursday 25 May

Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Ingredients that don't work on paper. Which is fine, as they're not cooking on paper, but in a kitchen.
Future Food Stars (BBC1, 9pm) Thank goodness that's finished.
Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "A show about pedantry".

Friday 26 May

The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Booked at the Hay Festival: Lucy Porter, Simon Evans, Robin Morgan.
A Question of Sport (BBC1 England, 8pm; Scotland, NI 11.25) Ethan Pinnock (football), Hollie Pearne-Webb (hockey), Richard Kilty (running), Tonia Couch (diving).
The Big Interiors Battle (C4, 8pm) Finals week.
Masterchef (BBC1, 8.30) Mind and senses.
Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Steph McGovern hosts, with Carol Vorderman and Nabil Abdulrashid.
Beat the Chasers Celebrity Special (ITV, 9pm) Repeat, with Omid Djalili, Richard Whitehead, Jenny Eclair, Clive Mantle.

Sign language interpretation

Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 2.35am Sat) Episode 6.
I'm a Celebrity South Africa (ITV, 3am, Saturday) As seen earlier that evening.
Celebrity Bake Off (E4, 11.55am Sat) From last Sunday.
Yn y Ffram (S4C, 12.30pm Sat).
Taskmaster (C4, 12.05am Tue) From last Thursday.
Masterchef (BBC2, 2.05am and 3.05am Wed, 2.55am Fri) Week 5, shown in the second week of May.
Future Food Stars (BBC2, 3.10am Thu).
Family Fortunes (ITV, 5.05am Fri) From Sunday.

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Wheel of Fortune 11am Family Fortunes 1pm Famous Family Fortunes 2.30 Strike it Lucky 4pm Tenable 5pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am The Chase 12 noon Family Fortunes 1pm Dickinson's Real Deal 2pm Play Your Cards Right 3pm Blankety Blank 5pm Tenable 6pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Dale's Supermarket Sweep 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1pm Bruce's Price is Right 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 3pm Strike it Lucky 4pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5pm Bullseye 6pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 7pm Pointless 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Tenable