TV Guide 2024-03-23

Great news for fans of mangled philosophy, Loaded in Paradise is back (ITV2, from Mon). E4 has the most rigged contest ever, and The Underdog Colon Josh Must Win (Mon-Wed). A new series of Taskmaster starts on C4 (Thu).

Bradley Walsh laughs at himself in The Chase The Bloopers (ITV, Sun), and Ireland's viewers can suffer Love Island Games (VM2, from Sun).

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

Saturday 23 March

Runaround (Talking Pictures, 8.30am) Repeated from 1978.
Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 10.30am) Repeat from last week.
Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am)
Four in a Bed (C4, 1.45) Five episodes.
Bargain Hunt (BBC1 Scotland, 3.30).
Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 4.15) Repeat from last Sunday.
Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1 Wales, 5pm) Shown elsewhere last night.

Primetime

Gladiators (BBC1, 5.50) Semi-final 2. Repeated on BBC3 at 7pm Sunday.
Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 6pm) Stephen Mulhern is joined by Charlie Brooks, Jimmi Harkishin, Siobhan McSweeney.
The Weakest Link (BBC1, 6.50) Joey Essex, Andrea McLean, Ricky Hatton, Josie d'Arby, Rachel Parris, Shabaz Says, Laura Jackson, Paul Burrell.
Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV, 7pm) Maya Jama, McFly, and Paul Rudd. Repeated at 2.15 tomorrow afternoon.
Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.35) Sue Cook, Carol McGiffin, Angela Barnes, Abigoliah Schamaun, Reuben Kaye, Richard Coles, Lutalo Muhammad, Anthony Ogogo. Repeated early on Friday morning.
The 1% Club (ITV, 8.30) Lee Mack, and if you want a very different show, switch the audio description on. Repeated 5.30 tomorrow teatime.

Sunday 24 March

Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
The Great Chocolate Showdown (ITVBe, 5pm, two eps).
Lego Masters Aotearoa (E4, 6pm) Rolling balls.
Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
The Great Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Danny Dyer, Rhod Gilbert, Leigh Francis, Yinka Bokinni.
Am Dro! (S4C, 8pm) This week: Llandre, Newquay, Llanrug, Henllan.
The Chase: The Bloopers (ITV, 8pm) A ~~new~~ collection of out-takes, goofs, gaffes, and chats with German skiers. Billed in some programme guides as new.
Hunted (C4, 9pm) A chase in the woods for the Hunters, but what has this to do with the game?
Love Island Games (VM2, 9pm) Imported from NBC, with various international couples given silly things to do.

Weekday Daytimes

Masterchef Aotearoa (W, 7am) New.
Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot not Thu).
!mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); The Edge (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.45 Tue); Take a Hike (BBC2, 2.30; Wales 3.30 Tue).
Countdown (C4, 2.10) Paul Sinha. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
Winning Combination (ITV, 3pm; not Fri) Repeats.
The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) New episodes on Wednesday and Thursday.
Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; not Fri) Repeats.
Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes. Repeated on BBC2 at 7.15am the next weekday.
The Chase (ITV, 5pm; not Fri) Repeats.
Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
House of Games (BBC2, 6pm; Fri 6.15) Repeats from September 2022 with Charlie Baker, Val McDermid, Martin Offiah, Rebecca Lucy Taylor.
Masterchef Down Under (W, 6pm) New.
Love Island Games (VM2, 9pm) New episodes.
Spring Baking Championship (Food Network, 11pm) New series.

Monday 25 March

Many a Slip (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Lots of errors, some of them deliberate.
Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 3pm) North England (Stuart Maconie and Adele Geras) vs Midlands (Frankie Fanko and Stephen Maddock). Repeated next Saturday at 11pm.
One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30) Simon Evans, Ania Magliano, Sunil Patel, Kiri Pritchard-McLean in the last of the "present" series. Repeated next Sunday at 12.04pm.
Young Masterchef (BBC3, 7pm) Two episodes from the recent series.
Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Semi-final 6: bears, Muriel Spark, cricket world cup, William Harvey.
Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) An old Championship of Champions match: 007s vs Puzzle Hunters. Previously shown on BBC2 in 2021.
University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Semi-final 1.
The Underdog Colon Josh Must Win (E4, 9pm) Nick Grimshaw, Vicky Pattison, Amber Gill, and Pete Wicks try to manipulate events and force a win for their favoured candidate.
Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) A new series begins on the Ionian islands.
Out of Order (2) (Comedy Central, 9pm) Guests: Desiree Burch and Dan Tiernan.
Quizzy Mondays (9.15, youtube.com/allthingsquiz) Post-match chat about the shows we've just watched.

Tuesday 26 March

Hidden Treasures (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) The antiques quiz from 1998, so itself an antique.
Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) Alan Carr takes afternoon tea at Ascot.
Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 8.30) Dublin, Mayo, Antrim.
QI XL (BBC2, 9pm; NI 11.15) Upsadaisy with Justin Moorhouse, Emmanuel Sonubi, and Holly Walsh.
The Underdog Colon Josh Must Win (E4, 9pm) The first elimination and a secret emerges.
Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) Plutus meddles by sending a photo to the Chasers. "How did you get my number?" asks Jenny Ryan.
Unforgivable (Dave, 10pm) Nish Kumar, Ruby Wax, Reuben Kaye.

Wednesday 27 March

Young Masterchef (BBC3, 7pm).
Scotland's Greatest Escape (BBC Scotland, 8pm) Foodie.
The Underdog Colon Josh Must Win (E4, 9pm) A power couple enter the arena. All three episodes repeated on Channel 4 from 11pm Friday.
Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) A sleeping bag and a tent.
Survivor (TG4, 11.35) "I'm not worthy". Repeated on Saturday. Ireland only.

Thursday 28 March

Rob Beckett's Smart Tv (Sky Max, 2am) Guests are Natasia Demetriou, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Cush Jumbo, Romesh Ranganathan. Repeated on The Satellite Channel at 9pm.
The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm).
Young Masterchef (BBC3, 7pm).
Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) How to get a manicure.
Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) This series has Joanne McNally, John Robins, Nick Mohammed, Sophie Willan, and Steve Pemberton.
Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) Safehouse two is open.
Eat the Town (BBC Scotland, 10.30) Natalie and Dazza are in Penicuik.

Friday 29 March - Good Friday

A holiday means unusual schedules

Tipping Point Lucky Stars Day (W, 8pm) Nine episodes, last one starts at 4pm.
Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 9am, 2pm, 7pm) Up-to-the-minute gossip from 2005.
Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 5pm) Jonathan Ross shows how it's done.
The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.30) Another chance to see Cheryl Baker, Laura Tobin, Jason Bell, and Mark Steel.
Young Masterchef (BBC3, 7pm) Three episodes to end the series.
Taskmaster Bleeped (E4, 8pm) 2024 New Year's Treat.
RuPaul's Drag Race: Uk Versus The World (BBC3, 9pm) The grand final. Repeated on BBC1 next Thursday night.
Loaded in Paradise (ITV2, 9pm) An elimination.
QI (BBC2, 10pm; not Wales) Cut-down version of Tuesday's show.

Sign language interpretation

RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.40am Sat).
Lego Masters Aotearoa (E4, 6am Sat).
Am Dro! (S4C, 12.25pm Sat).
Eat the Town (BBC Scotland, 2.30 Mon)
Great Local Menu (BBC2, 1.40am and 2.40am Tue, 1.35am Wed, 12.15am and 1.15am Thu) Finals week.
The Underdog Colon Josh Must Win (E4, 2.55am Tue, 2.50am Wed, 3.15am Thu; ep 1 also C4 1.05am Sat).
Next Level Chef (ITV, 3am Tue).
The Piano (C4, 1.55am Wed) First shown in 2023.
Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 2.35am Wed).
Hunted (C4, 12.05am Thu).
Bring the Drama (BBC2, 2.15am Thu).
Dragons' Den (BBC2, 1.15am 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 The Crystal Maze 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Cash Trapped 5pm Tenable 7pm The Chase

Monday-Wedneday

7am The Crystal Maze 8am The Chase 10am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Five Gold Rings 12 noon Cash Trapped 1pm Tenable 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Mon only: 2.30 Catchphrase) 3pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 6pm The Crystal Maze 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Tenable 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye

Thursday

As Mon-Wednesday, except 8pm Blankety Blank 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Friday

As Mon-Wednesday, except 11am Bullseye 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 6pm The Crystal Maze 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm Blankety Blank 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire