TV Guide 2024-04-06

They've tested our brawn, now they can test our brain, as Celebrity Bridge of Lies is back (BBC1, Sat; civilian series continues weekdays). Race Across the World (BBC1, Wed) and Glow Up (BBC3, Wed) both return for new series, as does sound show You Heard It Here First (Radio 4, Sat).

The best student minds emerge in University Challenge final (BBC2, Mon), and the best houses in Home of the Year (RTÉ1, Tue). Another chance to see the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest (BBC4, Sun), hosted by Lady Katie Boyle.

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Contents 1 Saturday 6 April - Banker's New Year 1.1 Primetime 1.2 Bonus feature 2 Sunday 7 April 2.1 Bonus feature 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 8 April 4.1 Bonus features 5 Tuesday 9 April 6 Wednesday 10 April 7 Thursday 11 April 8 Friday 12 April 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 6 April - Banker's New Year

• Runaround (Talking Pictures, 8.30am) Repeated from 1978.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 11am) Repeat from last week.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am)
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
• Four in a Bed (C4, 1.40) Five episodes.
• Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 4.45) Repeat from last Sunday.
• Ninja Warrior (ITV, 5pm) Repeat.

Primetime

• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 5.40) This week, Sam Quek, Dion Dublin, Joanna Page, and Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom. Repeated late on Wednesday night.
• Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 6pm) Stephen Mulhern is joined by Sally Dynevor, Barney Walsh, and Zoe Williams for this repeat.
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 6.25) Repeat with John Robins, James Haskell, Bobby Seagull, Amanda Abbington, Sarah Kendall, Des Clarke, Yinka Bokinni, and Su Pollard.
• Saturday Night Takeaway (VM1 and ITV, 7pm) It's the much-trailed Out Of Me Ear The Revenge, Take That appear, and Lenny Rush announces. Repeated on ITV2 at 1.25 tomorrow afternoon.
• Blankety Blank (BBC1, 7.10) Repeat from 2022 with Denise Van Outen, Ellie Simmonds, Chris Eubank, Frank Skinner, Vick Hope, and Joey Essex.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.45) New ep, with Kate Holderness, Adele Roberts, Dave Gorman, Jarred Christmas, Cat Sandion, Martin Dougan, Matt Dawson, Martin Bayfield. Repeated late on Wednesday night.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.30) "Well, Instagram contains most of the letters of animals..." Repeated 5.30 tomorrow teatime.
• Love Island Games (VM2, 9pm) More torture for Irish viewers.
• You Heard It Here First (Radio 4, 11pm) Chris McCausland's sound effects show returns. The panel is Iain Stirling, Su Pollard, Alasdair Beckett-King and Sophie Duker.

Bonus feature

• ABBA Weekend A night of programmes on BBC2 begins at 8.30 with More ABBA at the BBC, followed by new doc ABBA in Britain. Over on Radio 4, ABBA Inside the Music (8pm) explores the songs that outsold herring. Radio 2 has Eras, the road to Waterloo (12 midnight), narrated by Sara Cox. ITV could have scheduled a repeat of the Mamma Mia musicals, but that would require wittier schedulers.

Sunday 7 April

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 4.30) South versus Midlands, following up on their PERFECT GAME last time. Repeated next Saturday in a slightly later slot, at 11.30pm.
• Lego Masters Aotearoa (E4, 5.05) The grand final.
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Dermot O'Leary, Greg James, Fern Brady, and Mel B.
• Hunted (C4, 9pm) Two contenders head for a coastal regatta, but the trackers are good at rowing. Or so they argue.
• Love Island Games (VM2, 9pm) They're doing Duel, which means all the lads will get knocked off by Legend, and Legend can then pair off with his favourite person in the whole universe, and we can cancel this whole load of waffle.

Bonus feature

• ABBA Weekend continues. Award-winning Eurovision Song Contest host Hannah Waddingham introduces a repeat of the 1974 contest (BBC4, 8pm), probably the greatest collection of talent ever assembled on one stage. Followed by Eurovision at 60 (10pm) from 2015, they'll need to update that doc soon. On the radio, ABBA: The Fifty Year Voyage (Boom Radio, 9pm) is hosted by Tim Rice.
• Gegs (9,4) is a Radio 4 documentary about the cryptic crossword, hosted by James Peak (Radio 4, 7.15).

Weekday Daytimes

• Masterchef South Africa (W, 7am) New episodes.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15).
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm; Wales not Tue); The Edge (BBC2, 1.45; Wales not Tue); Best Home Cook (BBC2, 3.45, Mon-Wed only) Repeats.
• Riddiculous (ITV, 2pm; not Thu, Fri) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Dr. Nighat Arif. Repeated about 6am one-and-a-half working days later.
• Winning Combination (ITV, 3pm; not Thu, Fri) Repeats.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) New episodes on Wednesday and Thursday.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm; not Thu, Fri) Repeats.
• Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes. Repeated on BBC2 at 7.15am the next weekday.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm; not Mon) Repeats.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes, with Hugh Dennis.
• House of Games (BBC2, 6pm; Fri 6.15) Repeats from October 2022 with Toby Anstis, Kerry Howard, Evelyn Mok, Joe Sugg.
• Masterchef Down Under (W, 6pm) New.
• Kids Baking Championship (Food Network, 8pm) Series 12, according to the planner.
• Love Island Games (VM2, 9pm) It's just Legend, and a bunch of mirrors.
• Love Island Games (ITVB, 10pm) Contractually-obliged linear airing of this web series, available on the ITV Hub and previously shown on VM2.

Monday 8 April

• Many a Slip (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Spot the nonsense.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Quiz special: QI Elves vs Inquisitors. Previously shown on BBC2 in 2018.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) The final. Last in the present series.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Meringue, custard, caramel.
• The Underdog Colon Josh Must Win (E4, 9.10) Phone home?
• Quizzy Mondays (9.15, youtube.com/allthingsquiz) Post-match chat about the University Challenge final, and over a hundred editions of the commentary. Last in the series.
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You (BBC1, 10.40, NI 11.10) Extended repeat from Friday, with Clive Myrie, Jon Richardson, and Marianna Spring.

Bonus features

• Great Lives (Radio 4, 3pm) Political commentator Steve Richards reflects on his hero, Bruce Forsyth, with the entertainer's widow Wilnelia and his long-time manager Ian Wilson.
• Sheepdog Showdown (BBC1 NI, 8pm) Coverage from the triannual World Sheepdog Trials, held this year at Dromore, County Down. Clare Balding hosts.

Tuesday 9 April

• Hidden Treasures (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) The antiques quiz from 1998.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) Alan Carr tries to make a nicer rental space.
• Aldi's Next Big Thing (C4, 8pm) Bakery week: is raw cookie dough the way of the future? Naah, it's much better cooked.
• Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 8.30) The grand final.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) University, with Guz Khan, Joe Lycett, Morgana Robinson
• The Underdog Colon Josh Must Win (E4, 9pm) The final. Will Josh win?
• Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, 9pm) Another series of this nonsense.
• Unforgivable (Dave, 10pm) A game show stars special: Ross Kemp from Bridge of Lies, Shirley Ballas from Strictly, Rosie Jones from Out of Order.

Wednesday 10 April

• Say the Word (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Frank Delaney's language quiz from 2001.
• Scotland's Greatest Escape (BBC Scotland, 8pm) Islands and coasts.
• Glow Up (BBC3, 8pm) The new series starts with the question: who are you?
• Race Across the World (BBC1, 9pm) This year, we're in east Asia, going from Hokkaido and ending in Lombok. The first checkpoint is in Nara City, down in the south of Japan.
• Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, 9pm) Gordon Ramsay does something shouty.
• Survivor (TG4, 11.25) "Absolute banger season". Repeated on Saturday. Ireland only.

Thursday 11 April

• Rob Beckett's Smart Tv (Sky Max, 2am) Guests are Joel Dommett, Jason Fox, Nathaniel Curtis, Hermione Norris. Repeated on The Satellite Channel at 9pm.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Quailing in the kitrchen.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) Missing vowels.

Friday 12 April

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Up-to-the-minute gossip from 2005.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 7.30; Wales: BBC2 at 7.30) Sweet or savoury pie.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Host is Hannah Fry, with guests Zoe Lyons and Phil Panel.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) Cut-down version of Tuesday's show.

Sign language interpretation

• Gladiators (BBC2, 1.25am Sat)
• Lego Masters Aotearoa (E4, 6.15am Sat).
• Am Dro! (S4C, 1pm Sat).
• Celebrity Bake Off (E4, 10.30am Sun).
• Masterchef (BBC2, 8am Mon, 1.40am Tue, 8am Wed)
• Eat the Town (BBC Scotland, 3pm Mon)
• Next Level Chef (ITV, 3am Tue).
• The Underdog Colon Josh Must Win (E4, 3.30am Tue, 3am Wed).
• Taskmaster (C4, 1.10am Wed).
• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 1.25am Wed).
• The Piano (C4, 3.25am Wed) First shown in 2023.
• Hunted (C4, 1.15am Fri).
• Bring the Drama (BBC2, 2am Thu) First shown about a month ago.
• Dragons' Den (BBC2, 12.15am 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 - Friday

7am The Chase 10am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon Cash Trapped 1pm Tenable 2pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 3pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 6pm 5 Gold Rings 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Blockbusters 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye