TV Guide 2024-01-13

Contender, ready! Archimedes, ready! Gladiators returns for a new series (BBC1, Sat), closely followed by a David and Frankie Seaman double-bill. New episodes of The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, Sat, Sun); Sunday's edition features Dick and Dom.

A new run of Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, Sun), and it's Taskmaster Championship of Champions (C4, Sun). Love Island All Stars begins for all those contestants who failed first time around (VM2 and ITV2, from Mon; also ITV on Monday). What's back on Friday? I Literally Just Told You (C4). Finals week on Junior Bake Off (C4, final on Fri) and Celeb Cooking School (E4, final on Thu).

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Contents 1 Saturday 13 January 1.1 Primetime 2 Sunday 14 January 2.1 Primetime 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 15 January 5 Tuesday 16 January 6 Wednesday 17 January 7 Thursday 18 January 8 Friday 19 January 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday-Friday

Saturday 13 January

• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Masterchef 2020 (RTÉ1, 11.50am) 2020's penultimate show. New to RTÉ.
• Junior Bake Off (4Seven, 12 noon) The week's five episodes repeated.
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 3.25) Christopher Biggins, Rosemary Shrager, Gareth Chilcott, repeated.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) A new episode with Raj Bisram, Danielle Harold, John Conteh, Roger Black.

Primetime

• Gladiators (BBC1, 5.50) Bradley and Barney Walsh host a new series of the beefy competition.
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 6pm) Graham Norton tries to spin up a big win. Repeated at 5.35 tomorrow.
• Cooking With the Stars (ITVBe, 5pm, two eps); Celebrity Dinner Date (ITVBe, 7pm) A celeb-tastic food evening.
• The Masked Singer (VM1 and ITV, 7pm). Repeated on ITV2 at 1.20 tomorrow.
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 7.50) Couples: David Seaman and Frankie Seaman, Ian "H From Steps" Watkins and Claire "Claire From Steps" Richards, Mica Ven and Marcus Luther, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter. Repeated early Friday morning.
• Limitless Win (ITV, 8.30) "Welcome to the new series of Miss Marbles, where Peter the candlestick maker did it". You know how The Traitors does their cliffhangers and leaves us gagging to know what happens next? Perhaps try that. Signed repeat at 3am.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 8.35) David Seaman and Frankie Seaman from The Weakest Link, Dr Alex George and Dr Sara Kayat, Eddie Kadi and Slim, Chemmy Alcott and Sarah Lindsay. Repeated early Thursday morning.
• The Traitors (BBC3, 9.30) Repeat from Wednesday, followed by The Traitors Uncloaked.

Sunday 14 January

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
• Jeopardy! (ITV, 1.55) Repeat from Friday; Limitless Win (ITV, 2.55) Repeat from last night; Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 4pm) Repeat from last night.
• The Great Chocolate Showdown (ITVBe, 4.15, two eps) Pies and fruit.

Primetime

• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5.30) Another new episode: Adam Jones, Monica Dolan, Dom Wood, Dick McCourt.
• Dancing With the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30) More celebrity hoofing.
• Dancing on Ice (VM1 and ITV, 6.30) This year's contestants are Adele Roberts (radio presenter), Amber Davies (musical theatre), Claire Sweeney (Brookside), Eddie "the eagle" Edwards (ski-faller), Greg Rutherford (long jumper), Hannah Spearritt (from S Club), Lou Sanders (comedian), Miles Nazaire (Made in Chelsea), Ricky Hatton (boxer), Ricky Norwood (The Eastenders), Roxy Shahidi (Emmerdale Farm), Ryan Thomas (Coronation Street).
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) Gluggle jug.
• Taskmaster Champion of Champions (C4, 9pm) Dara Ó Briain, Morgana Robinson, Sarah Kendall, Sophie Duker, and Kiell Smith-Bynoe try their hand again.
• The Traitors (BBC3, 10pm) Repeat from Thursday, followed by The Traitors Uncloaked.

Weekday Daytimes

• My Kitchen Rules Down Under (W, 7.30am).
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot not Thu).
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm).
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Prue Leith. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
• Riddiculous (ITV, 3pm) New episodes.
• Jeoardy! (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
• Junior Bake Off (C4, 5pm) Finals week. Signed repeats on E4 at 7am next day.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes, with Sally Phillips.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm) Chris Hoy, Rosie Jones, Ola Labb, Ian "H From Steps" Watkins.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 6pm) Repeats.
• Masterchef Us (W, 7pm) New.

Monday 15 January

• Elephant in the Room (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Counterpoint (Radio 4, 3pm) Repeated next Saturday at 11pm.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul Merton, Lucy Porter, Angela Barnes, Eshaan Akbar. Repeated next Sunday at 12.04pm.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Specialist subjects: Kim Philby, Chess the musical, castles of North Wales, Thomas Hardy.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Semi-final 2.
• Young Masterchef (BBC3, 8pm) The billing available to us is literally "." a dot. Must be small plates week.
• Celebrity Cooking School (E4, 8pm) How to make pasta from scratch: 1) Go on House of Games 2) Win the pasta maker 3) Face the ridicule of all your friends who thought you'd go for the "sliders".
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) QF1: Manchester The Team Everyone Wants To Beat vs Birkbeck.
• The Traitors (BBC3, 9pm) Repeat from Friday, followed by The Traitors Uncloaked at 10pm.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2, ITV2 and ITV, 9pm) Maya Jama hosts as previous contestants return to the villa, hoping to find more fame romance second time around.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm; not NI) The 30-minute shortened version of United, shown on Friday.
• Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You (BBC1, 10.40; Scotland 11.10) Stephen Mangan, Ross Noble, Ria Lina, from autumn 2021 - two queens, five prime ministers, and eighty zillion finance ministers ago.

Tuesday 16 January

• The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• Celebrity Cooking School (E4, 8pm) Stop the pigeon.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).

Wednesday 17 January

• Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) The radio original from 1988.
• Style It Out (CBBC, 6pm) Food is tonight's theme.
• Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Liverpool docks.
• Celebrity Cooking School (E4, 8pm) Choux. Bless you. Now wash your hands.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) The Faithful seek revenge. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
• Survivor (TG4, 11.30) "I can't wait to see Jeff" Series 44, which (er) began last week.

Thursday 18 January

• Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Twenty Questions revived, from 1998.
• Style It Out (CBBC, 6pm) Dance-inspired outfits.
• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) Gary Neville drops in.
• Celeb Cooking School (E4, 8pm) The final.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Heat after breakfast. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).

Friday 19 January

• Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• Junior Bake Off (C4, 5pm) Who wins? Someone brilliant.
• Style It Out (CBBC, 6pm) A dream school uniform.
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) From Swansea, it's the quiz of the week! With Lucy Porter, Robin Morgan, Tadiwa Mahlunge, Ayesha Hazarika. Repeated 12.30 tomorrow lunchtime, or available as a podcast in August.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, 7.30) Jonathan Agnew (cake), Yolanda Brown (Disney's Descendants), Davood Ghadami (Battle of Themopylae), Jessica Knappett (The Fast Show). Postponed till next week - live football on Tuesday displaced Eastenders.
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm) Jack Carroll, Gabby Logan, Big Zuu, Bridget Christie.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Out of the cabinet. The Traitors Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Unsavoury, with Gyles Brandreth, Judi Love, Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Jon Richardson and Rob Beckett play Sarah Millican and Jamali Maddix. The guest is Glenn Moore.
• Beat the Chasers Celebrity Edition (ITV, 9pm) Jo Brand, Kirsty Gallacher, Rachel Riley, Dion Dublin, Gareth Malone. Quite how Rachel appears on two channels at once...
• Love Island All Stars (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm).
• I Literally Just Told You (C4, 10pm) More feats of memory from our contestants.

Sign language interpretation

• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 3am Sat).
• Gigglequiz (Cbeebies, 3.40pm Sat, Sun).
• Limitless Win (ITV, 3am Sun).
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 5.05am Mon-Fri).
• Junior Bake Off (E4, 7am Mon-Fri) Repeat from the previous day on C4.
• Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC2, 8am Mon).
• The Traitors (BBC2, 2.30am Tue, 1.30am and 2.30am Wed).
• Takeaway Titans (RTÉ2, 2.05am Wed).
• The Great Pottery Throw Down (C4, 4.25am Wed).
• The Money List (RTÉ1, 1.40am Thu).
• Taskmaster Championship of Champions (C4, 12.05am Fri).

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm Tenable 6pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 10am Bullseye 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Cash Trapped 5pm Tenable 7pm The Chase

Monday-Friday

7am The Chase 10am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Family Fortunes 12 noon Wheel of Fortune 1pm Tenable 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Strike it Lucky 4pm Bullseye 6pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 7pm The Weakest Link 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye