TV Guide 2024-10-12

A new spin of The Wheel (BBC1, Sat), apparently with new rules. BBC4 holds Angela Rippon Night (Sat). The Bidding Room is also back (BBC1, weekdays).

Decision night on Junior Eurovision (TG4, Sun). Never Mind the Buzzcocks returns (The Satellite Channel, Wed) with Joel Dommett and Courtney Love on the same bill. And it's finals week for Masterchef Down Under (the Watch channel, weeknights).

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Contents 1 Saturday 12 October 1.1 Primetime 1.2 Angela Rippon Night 2 Sunday 13 October 3 Weekday Daytimes 4 Monday 14 October 5 Tuesday 15 October 6 Wednesday 16 October 6.1 Bonus furniture restoration 7 Thursday 17 October 8 Friday 18 October 9 Sign language interpretation 10 Challenge 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday

Saturday 12 October

• Game on, Grandparents! (BBC2, 7.30am) Mario Kart.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Four in a Bed (C4, 12.45); Bake Off (C4, 3.30pm) Repeats.
• Ninja Warrior (ITV, 4pm) Another chance to see an old series.
• Tipping Point (ITV, 5pm) More great news for the Ben Shephard fan club.

Primetime

• Alan Carr's Picture Slam (BBC1, 5.35).
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.20) Another week's hoofing. Signed on the Red Button.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.20) Repeat with Cheryl Baker, Laura Tobin, Jason Bell, and Mark Steel.
• House of the Year (BBC2 NI, 7.15) Repeat of last Monday's show.
• Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, 7.20) Chris Bisson, Ruth Madeley, Ardal O'Hanlon. Shown on VM1 at 8pm tomorrow.
• The Wheel (BBC1, 8.20) Tonight's stars are Jonathan Ross, Joanne McNally, Gethin Jones, Judi Love, Niko Omilana, Clodagh McKenna, William Hanson. Repeated late on Monday night.
• BBC The Voice of Holland (VM1 and ITV, 8.20).
• Password (ITV, 10.20) That is that. The end. Goodbye.

Angela Rippon Night

BBC4 celebrates the 80th birthday of the broadcasting legend. With:

• Angela Rippon at the BBC (7pm)
• Top Gear (7.45) A motoring magazine from BBC Midlands, from April 1977.
• Come Dancing (8.20) The 1990 grand final.
• Angela Rippon Meets: the Hoofers (9.10) Tap-dancers great and good; from September 1981.
• Angela Rippon Reporting: The Soap Opera Business (10pm) Meet some of the stars of Dallas, and try not to damage the Crossroads motel.
• Masterteam (1) (10.50) First episode of the superior teatime quiz; from October 1985.
• Angela Rippon: Portrait (11.20) Paul Wyeth paints a portrait and is in conversation with Angela; from July 1979.

Sunday 13 October

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.30).
• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 7.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 5.50) Rollercoasters. No Tipping Point Lucky Stars, it's replaced by men's football.
• Strictly Come Dancing The Results (BBC1, 7.20) With a performance from Snow Patrol. Signed on the Red Button.
• Young Musician of the Year (BBC4, 7.30) The semi-final: six become three. Performances in full during Radio 3's Afternoon Concert.
• Junior Eurovision (TG4, 8.30) Who wins? Time to decide.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Layton Live follows at 10pm.

Weekday Daytimes

• That's My Dog (Rewind TV, 10am) Repeats of the mutt-and-man show.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon) Repeats.
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Unbeatable (BBC2, 1.45; Tue 2.45 Wales); The Boss (BBC2, 2.30; Tue 3.30 Wales) Repeats.
• Family Fortunes (ITV, 2pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Maggie Aderin-Pocock is the guest, and will write her anecdote based on what's happening in the studio. Repeat at 6am next day.
• 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 Bidding Room (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes begin here.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats with Nish Kumar.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Sam Campbell, Cherry Healey, Anthony Ogogo, Catherine Tyldesley.
• Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
• Masterchef Australia (W, 7pm) Finals week.

Monday 14 October

• We've Been Here Before (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Clive Anderson's history panel game, from 2004.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Josie Lawrence, Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Iain M Banks, Alan Partridge, Madhuri Dixit, English wine.
• Only Connect (BBC2, 8pm) Second chance round: Harmonics vs Bean Farmers.
• House of the Year (BBC1 NI, 8pm) Barn house and town house.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Exeter Oxford vs Christ's Cambridge.
• Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm) A classic episode.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
• Out of Order (Comedy Central, 9pm) Kerry Godliman and Mike Wozniak.
• Face the Music (BBC4, 9.25) Polly Elwes, Robin Ray, Brian Redhead, and guest Ivor Newton.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 10pm) Repeat.
• Have I Got A Bit More News for You (BBC1 England, 10.40; Wales 11.40, Scotland 11.45, NI 12.40am) Amol Rajan, Miles Jupp, Andrea Jenkyns, from last Friday.

Tuesday 15 October

• Booked! (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Literary fun from 1995.
• Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Caramel week. (stakes out a position underneath a shady tree.) Sign language interpretation on 4Seven.
• Dress the Nation (ITV, 8pm) This week, menswear with Ian Wright from Friends Like These.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
• Have I Got News For You America (BBC2, 11.05) Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black are the Merton and Hislop.

Wednesday 16 October

• Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, 2am; repeated Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Sitting: Cush Jumbo, Baaba Maal, Carly Paoli.
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (KYTV Maximillian 2am; repeated KYTV Maximillian and The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Courtney Love, Glen Matlock, Abi Harding, Joel Dommett.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Repeats from 2013.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm; VM2, 10pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) Sexed-up, with Sara Pascoe, Ahir Shah, Suzi Ruffell. Repeat.
• BBC New Comedy Award 2024 (BBC3, 10pm) Laura Smyth presents from Crofton Park.
• Survivor (TG4, 11.50) "I'm not Batman, I'm the Canadian". Repeated next Saturday.

Bonus furniture restoration

• The Repair Shop (BBC1, 8.05) Sally Magnusson brings the original Mastermind chair in for a bit of a touch-up.

Thursday 17 October

• Wordaholics (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Repeats from 2014.
• Bake Off an Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Oti Mabuse and Chloe Petts chew the cud.
• Beat the Chasers (ITV, 9pm) A classic episode.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "A dance as old as time itself".
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Girl group challenge. Repeated BBC1 late Friday.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm). Layton Live follows at 10pm.

Friday 18 October

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32; BBC Scotland tv 11.30) Laura Lexx, Jim Smith, Elaine Malcolmson, Rosco McLelland.
• All the Way from Memphis (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm, 8pm) Music quiz, chaired by James Walton.
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) With Andy Zaltzman away on tour, it's a few guest hosts: this week, the lovely Lucy Porter.
• Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 8pm; not Scotland, Wales) A classic edition with Bez, Motsi Mabuse, Shazia Mirza, and Steve Pemberton.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Hannah Fry hosts, with Carol Vorderman and Phil Wang.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 9pm; not UTV, HTV Wales) Repeat from earlier this year.
• Big Brother (VM2 and ITV2, 9pm) Eviction night. Layton Live follows at 10.15.

Sign language interpretation

• Bake Off (E4, 11.10 am Sat); Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 1.05am Tue). Last week's shows.
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.20pm Sat, 7.15pm Sun).
• Scotland's Greatest Escape (BBC Scotland, 3pm Mon) This year's series.
• Lingo (ITV, 5.05am Tue-Thu) Shown earlier in the day.
• Bake Off (4Seven, 8pm Tue; C4, 12.35am Thu) This week's show.
• Taskmaster (12.50am Wed) Last week's show.
• The Money List (RTÉ2, 3.30am Wed).
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.50am Fri) Shown earlier in the night.

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 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

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