TV Guide 2022-09-03

It's all kicking off this week. The Masked Dancer, The Voice of This Territory, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire all start on ITV this Saturday night. Celebrity Lingo begins on Sunday.

For weeknights, House of Games (3) comes back to BBC2, joined by Unbeatable with Jason Manford. Tipping Point is also back on ITV, and The News Quiz returns to Radio 4.

Irish channel TG4 kick off a new imported series of Survivor (Wed into Thu). Over on RTÉ2, Takeaway Titans (Thu) is for all sorts of fast food: this week, chicken.

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Contents 1 Saturday 3 September 1.1 Primetime 2 Weekend repeats 2.1 Saturday 2.2 Sunday 3 Sunday 4 September 3.1 Primetime 3.2 Bonus feature 4 Weekday Daytimes 5 Monday 5 September 6 Tuesday 6 September 7 Wednesday 7 September 8 Thursday 8 September 9 Friday 9 September 10 Sign language interpretation 11 Challenge 11.1 Saturday 11.2 Sunday 11.3 Monday-Tuesday 11.4 Wednesday-Friday 12 International

Saturday 3 September

• Gwrach y Rhibyn (S4C, 9.20am).
• The Big Breakfast (C4, 10am) Last in the present series.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) What's the greatest response to a 9-0 drubbing?
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15; not Wales).
• Four in a Bed (C4, 1.30) Five repeats.
• A Question of Sport (BBC1 Wales, 3.30) Shown elsewhere last night.

Primetime

• The Masked Dancer (VM1 and ITV, 6.30) Joel Dommett hosts the show, with performances by a candlestick, some scissors, an astronaut, some odd socks, a prawn cocktail, a pillar, and a post.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7pm) Music: Jake Quickenden, Marcel Somerville, Ben Ofoedu, Jo O'Meara, Carol Decker, Leee John, Celena Cherry, Mariama Goodman.
• The Voice of Holland of This Territory (VM1 and ITV, 8pm) Emma Willis and the Amazing Spinning Chairs. The mentors remain Anne-Marie, Olly Murs, Tom Jones, and will.i.am.
• Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ITV, 9.30; VM1 10.35) A spin-off from Fastest Finger First, hosted by someone who isn't Chris Tarrant.

Weekend repeats

Saturday

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 11.30am) From Friday.
• Survivor (TG4, 5.25) From Wednesday. Ireland only.
• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 11pm) From Monday.

Sunday

• The Rap Game (BBC3, 12.05am) From Thursday.
• A League of Their Own (The Satellite Channel, 2am) From Thursday.
• The Masked Dancer (ITV2, 11.25am) From last night.
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, 6.05) From Friday.
• All That Glitters (BBC2, 6.30) From Thursday.

Sunday 4 September

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 4pm) Hero's Quest.
• Wipe Us Out (E4, 5.25).

Primetime

• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5.30) Julia Goulding, Oz Clarke, Laura Hamilton, and Mr Motivator.
• Celebrity Lingo (ITV, 6.30) Adil Ray welcomes famous faces into the studio. This is part of his new job as studio commissionaire, RuPaul hosts the show. This week's guests: Joel and Hannah Dommett, Alan Halsall and Andy Whyment, Andi Peters and Laura Tobin.
• RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (BBC3, 9pm) Tourist attractions.

Bonus feature

• Lorient 2022 (S4C, 9pm) Coverage from the pan-Celtic festival, including the Can i Gymru winner.

Weekday Daytimes

• Bargain Hunt (BBC2, 12 noon Monday; BBC1, 12.15 other days).
• Chase the Case (BBC2, 1pm, not Mo, Tu) Eggheads (BBC2, 1.45, not Mo).
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm); Tenable (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Colin Murray and Nina Wadia.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Back from their holidays.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
• Moneybags (C4, 5pm) Civilian contestants.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Still in repeats.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm; not Th) Richard Osman welcomes Hannah Cockroft, Neil Morrissey, Penny Smith, Rhys Stephenson.
• Unbeatable (BBC2, 6.30; not Th) Jason Manford's quiz returns in a shorter form.
• Masterchef Down Under (W, 7pm).
• Love Island Usa (ITVBe, 10pm).

Monday 5 September

• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 3pm) Heat 6.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Jillies vs Road Runners.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Open against Newcastle.
• Best in Miniature (Really, 9pm) Critters and kitchen.
• Are You the One? (MTV, 10pm) Dirty cach (sic).

Tuesday 6 September

No Tipping Point or The Bidding Room today, Pointless moves to BBC Two, and The Chase gets delayed to 5.30. It's all for coverage of a new prime minister.

• The 3rd Degree (Radio 4 Extra, 4pm) Repeat from 2020.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Semi-final week, tonight at North Weald airfield.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) VG part 1, highlights from the S series.

Wednesday 7 September

• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm).

Thursday 8 September

Today's broadcast of Bargain Hunt was interrupted to show an update on the Queen's health, and Eggheads did not air. The Bidding Room and Pointless moved to BBC2; the scheduled episode of the former was replaced with the one delayed from Tuesday. The Chase was cancelled. The Queen's death was announced at 6:30pm and all later BBC programmes were cancelled.

• Survivor (TG4, 12.25am) "A new ear (part 1)". Series 41 begins here
• The Personality Test (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Toyah Willcox, a clear pass.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) An audience with Mary Berry.
• All That Glitters (BBC2, 9pm) A pearl chain necklace.
• The Rap Game (BBC3, 9pm) Performing live to a crowd. Subject to delay if the live athletics over-runs.
• A League of Their Own (The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Aaron Ramsdale, Michael Sheen, Alex Brooker, Emily Atack.
• Takeaway Titans (RTÉ2, 9.35) James Kavanagh and Carl Mullan seek the best takeaway on the island. Tonight, Hey Chick from Belfast, Poulet Vous from Cork, Sambros from Limerick; guest judge is Rory O'Connor.

Friday 9 September

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, ITV decided to continue rolling news today and cancelled showings of Dickinson's Real Deal, Tenable, Tipping Point, The Chase, and a repeat of The 1% Club.

BBC1 also showed rolling news, with its regular daytime schedule (9am to 6pm) moving to BBC2, including Bargain Hunt, The Bidding Room and Pointless. Chase the Case and Eggheads were lost from the published BBC2 schedule; the 1pm News did not move across, so Chase the Case could still have aired in its intended slot but was dropped in favour of the non-game Best Bakes Ever. House of Games and Unbeatable went out on BBC2 as scheduled, but Canada's Drag Race on BBC3 was dropped for MOTDx.

On Channel 4, Countdown aired without adverts and - for the second series in a row - episode 20 of Moneybags did not air.

Radio 4 Extra took Radio 4's programmes all day, and none of the scheduled BBC radio topical panel games went out.

• Say the Word (Radio 4 Extra, 9am and 4pm) Word quiz from 2001, hosted by Frank Delaney.
• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Andy Zaltzman returns for a new series, on the continued crisis at the head of the Conservative party.
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, 7.30 BBC2 Wales, 8pm) To the South West.
• A Question of Sport (BBC1, 8pm; Scot 10.40, Wales 3.30 Sat) Mark Foster, Katy Daley-McLean, Susannah Townsend, Bruce Mouat take part in a Pride special.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8.30) Comfort food for one.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Back to normal. The guest host is Charlie Brooker, with guests Ivo Graham but Helen Lewis.
• Canada's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) The grand final.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 9.30) Another chance to see the series from earlier in the year.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) An unexpected chance to see Parts with Ed Balls.
• Oci Oci Oci! (S4C, 10.30).

Sign language interpretation

• Dim Byd i'w Wisgo (S4C, 12.05 Mon).
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC2, 8am Tue, 12.50am and 1.50am Wed).
• Take the Tower (ITV, 3am Wed) Previously shown on ITV4.
• All That Glitters (BBC2, 2.15am Thu).
• The Masked Dancer (ITV, 4.45am Thu).

Challenge

Saturday

• The Chase 7am; Wheel of Fortune 9am; Family Fortunes 11.30; All Star Family Fortunes 1pm; 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.

Monday-Tuesday

• The Chase 7am; 5 Gold Rings 10am; Bruce's Price is Right 11am; Wheel of Fortune 12 noon; Catchphrase 1pm; Who Wants to be a Millionaire 2pm; Play Your Cards Right 3pm; Bruce's Price is Right 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.

Wednesday-Friday

As Monday, except in one hour: Supermarket Sweep at 10am.

International

"A classic comes back" - Die 100.000 Mark Show returns to RTL on Sunday. We knew it over here as The National Lottery Big Ticket, a subdued pastiche of the original. There's another Quizmarathon of Gefragt-Gejacht on ARD Das Erste, so Saturday night's full. RTL tries again with variety game format Denn sie wissen nicht, was passiert.

Quizmasters assemble! Le quiz des champions is back on France 2 (Sun), Cyril Féraud tries to sort the Kevin Ashmans from the Daphne Fowlers. Des chiffres et des lettres settles into a new slot at 5.15 on Saturday and Sunday. Danse avec les stars high-kicks its new series on Friday (TF1), with singer Anggun, comedian Florent Peyre, and Carla Lazzari from Junior Eurovision 2019.

All kicking off on Dutch telly, too. Private channel RTL4 has Lego masters and De 1% quiz on Saturday night, and SBS6 goes with Ik hou van Holland and De Alleskunner vips. Sunday is Miljoenenjacht, the game with twenty-six sealed boxes etc. Expeditie Robinson began last Monday on RTL4, and celebrity guessing game Fout maar goud comes to Thursday - looks closer to Guessable than The Connection. Friday night takes us to Dit territory heeft talent (RTL4) and Dit was het nieuws (NPO1).