TV Guide 2024-09-28

Great news for all detectives, The Traitors New Zealand is on I-player and BBC3 (Mon). Great news for hidden-camera fans, Big Brother kicks off a new series (ITV2, Thu; contestants arrive next week). Grate news for all readers, Alan Carr's Picture Slam is back (BBC1, Sat).

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

Contents 1 Saturday 28 September 1.1 Primetime 2 Sunday 29 September 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 30 September 5 Tuesday 1 October 6 Wednesday 2 October 7 Thursday 3 October 8 Friday 4 October 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 28 September

• Game on, Grandparents! (BBC2, 7.20am) FC24 with Slogo.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15; not Wales).
• Four in a Bed (C4, 1.25); Bake Off (C4, 4pm) Repeats.
• In for a Penny (ITV, 4pm) Stephen Mulhern's in Hull.

Primetime

• Alan Carr's Picture Slam (BBC1, 5.30) The most tedious of all those Name That Thing shows.
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.15) Someone's got to go this weekend. Signed on the Red Button.
• Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, 7.30) Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Chiles, Trevor Nelson. Shown on VM1 at 8pm tomorrow.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7.30; not Scot, NI) A classic episode with Gethin Jones and Dr. Xand van House of Games.
• House of the Year (BBC2 NI, 7.30) Repeat of last Monday's show.
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 8.30) Comedians: Angela Barnes, Phil Wang, Josh Pugh, Laura Smuth, Ria Lina, Maisie Adam, The Fabulous Iain Stirling, but Geoff Norcott.
• BBC The Voice of Holland (VM1 and ITV, 8.30) Chairleaders.
• Password (ITV, 10.10) Don't forget to miss it. Repeated late Monday night.

Sunday 29 September

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 5.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 6.05) Over the Falls.
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 7pm) New episode, with Ollie Locke, Denise Van Outen, and Axel Blake.
• Strictly Come Dancing The Results (BBC1, 7.15) With guest musicians The Ezra Collective.
• Young Musician of the Year (BBC4, 7.30) First quarter-final. Performances in full during Radio 3's Afternoon Concert.
• Junior Eurovision (TG4, 8.30) Third heat.
• QI (BBC2, 9.30) Silly Season, with Stephen K Amos, Ivo Graham, Holly Walsh; rpt.
• Dress the Nation (VM2, 10pm) AJ and Vernon's style challenge, shown on ITV last Tuesday.

Weekday Daytimes

• That's My Dog (Rewind TV, 10am and 5pm) Repeats of the mutt-and-man show.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scotland not Thu) New on Monday (40 Years of Crimewatch) and Friday (Builth Wells). Repeats for the rest of the week.
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Unbeatable (BBC2, 1.45; Tue 2.45 Wales) Repeats.
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 2pm) The most dispiriting sentence in game show history: "Come to Gino and let's play single money." Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Debbie McGee is the guest. Repeat at 6am next day.
• Masterchef The Professionals (BBC2, 3.15; Tue 4.15 Wales; not Thu, Fri) Recent repeats.
• Lingo (ITV, 3pm) New episodes (Mon-Wed); repeats (Thu-Fri). Signed repeats at 5.05am next morning.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes (Mon-Wed); repeats (Thu-Fri).
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes with Gok Wan.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Michael Ball, Jodie Prenger, Laurence Rickard, Snoochie Shy.
• Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30) New series.
• Masterchef Australia (W, 7pm).

Monday 30 September

• It's Not What You Know (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Melanie Chisholm, Kerry Godliman, Jack Carroll.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Julian Clary, Jenny Eclair, Josie Lawrence, and debutant Kiell Smith-Bynoe.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Mr. James, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Thunderbirds, Hans Holbein the Younger.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Uisge Beathas vs Crunchers.
• The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) Nineteen players join Paul Henry at an isolated lodge.
• House of the Year (BBC1 NI, 8pm) A taste of the Med.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Darwin Cambridge vs Birkbeck.
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC Scotland, 8.30) Repeat from 2023.
• Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm) A classic episode..
• Out of Order (Comedy Central, 9pm) Scarlett Moffatt and Chloe Petts join the regulars. Not even a token bloke.
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky Mix, 9.10) Shaun Ryder, Desiree Burch, Mark Berry. New to Freeview.
• Face the Music (BBC4, 9.25) Arianna Stassinopoulos, Robin Ray, Patrick Moore.
• Have I Got Old News for You (BBC1 England, 11.25; Scotland 11.55, NI 12.15am, not Wales) Steph McGovern, Carol Vorderman, Nabil Abdulrashid, from early 2023.

Tuesday 1 October

• Booked! (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Literary fun from 1995.
• Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Biscuit week, and Viennese sandwiches are on the menu.
• Dress the Nation (ITV, 8pm) This week, Vogue Williams drops into children's week.
• The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) One down, lots to go.
• Have I Got News For You America (BBC2, 11.05) CNN's attempt at entertainment.

Wednesday 2 October

• Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Repeats from 2013.
• The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) Let's have a garden party.
• BBC New Comedy Award 2024 (BBC3, 10pm) Darren Harriott presents the first heat from Leicester.
• Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm) A classic episode.
• Am Dro! (S4C, 10pm) A classic episode.
• Survivor (TG4, 11.40) "Music to my ears". Repeated next Saturday.

Thursday 3 October

• Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Repeats from 2014.
• Bake Off an Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Stephen Mangan on his most-viewed show of the week.
• The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) A prize to save your neck.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "I'm a girl who likes a clean line".
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) The inevitable design challenge. Repeated BBC1 late Friday.
• Big Brother's Best Bits (ITV2, 9pm) The authorised history of last year's series, ahead of tomorrow's new run.

Friday 4 October

• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
• Foul Play (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Whodunnit, chaired by Simon Brett.
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Another discussion about the week's events.
• The Traitors New Zealand (BBC3, 8pm) Arguments left, right, and centre.
• Popmaster TV (C4, 8pm) Another chance to see the civilian show, previously aired on More4.
• Would I Lie to You (BBC1 England, 8pm; NI 8.30) Unseen bits from a recent series.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Kevin Bridges hosts, with Helen Lewis and Chloe Petts on the panel.

Sign language interpretation

• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 2.30am Sat, 2am Fri).
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Sat-Sun).
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.15pm Sat).
• Bake Off (E4, 2.30pm Sun); Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 12.05am Tue). Last week's shows.
• Lingo (ITV, 5.05am Tue-Thu) Shown earlier in the day.
• Taskmaster (12.35am Wed) Last week's show.
• Bake Off (C4, 12.05am Thu) This week's show.
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.50am Fri) Shown earlier in the night.
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 5.05am Fri).

Challenge

Saturday

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

Sunday

7am Scrapheap Challenge 9am In for a Penny 10am The Crystal Maze 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm Cash Trapped 5pm The Chase 8pm In for a Penny 8.30 Bullseye 9pm The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 10am The Weakest Link 11am Pointless Celebrities 12 noon Cash Trapped 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 7pm Cash Trapped 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Who Wants to be a Millionaire 1am Cash Trapped 2am The Chase 4am Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5am Bullseye