TV Guide 2025-03-15
Channel 4 brings back Celebrity Bake Off (Sun), and there's a new run of Tempting Fortune (Sun and Mon). Stephen Fry's fan club will be pleased that Jeopardy! is back (ITV, weekdays). The final of Dancing with the Stars (RTÉ1, Sun).
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Saturday 15 March
- In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) Start your weekend wrong: Stephen is in Plymouth.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Yankee Ninja Warrior (ITV2, 1.25) Bring on the Cubes! Shown on NBC in 2023.
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5.05) Cheryl Baker, Laura Tobin, Jason Bell, Mark Steel, Jenny Ryan. Repeat from November 2022.
Primetime
- Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 6.10).
- Gladiators (BBC1, 7pm) Phantom gets ghosted. Repeated BBC1 2.50 Sunday.
- Would I Lie to You The Best Bits (BBC1, 8pm).
- Am Dro! (S4C, 8.30) A recent edition repeated.
- The 1% Club (VM1, 9.35) Not showing on ITV, they'd rather show grown men playing with misshapen balls.
Sunday 16 March
- In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) A classic* episode from Newport.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
- Farm to Feast Best Menu Wins (BBC2, 12 noon) Shown in Northern Ireland a few years ago.
- Lingo (ITV, 1.30) Repeat.
- Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 2.30) Soccer Aid 2023, with Scarlette Douglas, Patrick Kielty, Clive Tyldesley.
- Gladiators Epic Pranks (BBC1, 2.35) Diamond is giving fitness lessons to a granny … or is she?!
- Counterpoint (Radio 4, 4.30) Semi-final 3.
Primetime
- Dancing With the Stars (RTÉ1, 6.30) The grand final. Who lifts the glitterball trophy?
- Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
- Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 7.30) But not if the men's football goes long.
- Y Llais (S4C, 7.30) Working with the mentors. Repeated 10pm Thursday.
- Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Scarlette and Stuart Douglas. With new judge Caroline Waldegrave.
- Réalta Agua Gaolta (TG4, 8.30) The talented family contest.
- Tempting Fortune (C4, 9pm) This year, the puritan producers have gone to Langkawi in Malaysia.
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Monday ("Antiques Ahead of Their Time") and Friday (Shepton Mallett). Repeats elsewhere.
- !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm; Fri 1.45); Bridge of Lies (BBC2, 1.45; Fri 2.30, Wales 2.40 Tue); The Tournament (BBC2, 2.30; Fri 3.15, Wales 3.25 Tue) Repeats.
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) Katharine Merry. Repeat around 6am next day.
- Jeopardy! (ITV, 3pm) Stephen Fry asks more answers and wants to hear questions.
- Farm to Feast Best Menu Wins (BBC2, 3.15; Fri 4pm, Wales 4.10 Tue) More repeats with Eamonn Holmes.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
- The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
- Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) New episodes from Birmingham.
- House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Repeats from 2022, with Sarah Kendall, Jay McGuinness, Linda Robson, Bobby Seagull.
- Eggheads (C5, 6pm) Repeats; two episodes.
- Masterchef Junior Usa (Watch, 7pm) Young children get scared by Gordon Ramsay.
Monday 17 March - St Patrick's Day
Holiday for Ireland
- Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
- One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30) Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Simon Evans, Daliso Chaponda, Ania Magliano.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Audrey Hepburn, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, DCI Ryan novels, John Barry.
- Chess Masters Colon The Endgame (BBC2, 8pm) The game continues.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group phase 6: in the losers' bracket.
- Tempting Fortune (C4, 9pm) Leeches and hard wooden boards, and that's just the folk taking part.
- Scotland's Greatest Escape (BBC Scotland, 10.30) To the Highlands!
- Have I Got a Bit More Old News For You (BBC1, 10.40; NI 11.40) From autumn 2023: Naga Munchetty, Richard Osman, Maisie Adam.
Tuesday 18 March
- Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Literary silliness from 1997.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Thames and Meridian.
- Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 8.30) Dublin and Galway.
- Popmaster tv (More4, 9pm) Repeats.
- QI (BBC2, 10pm) Uncle Sam, with Kemah Bob, Alex Edelman, David Mitchell.
Wednesday 19 March
- Smart TV (Sky Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and Sky Maximillian, 9pm) David Mitchell, Kadiff Kirwan, Anna Richardson, Ryan Sampson.
- It's Your Round (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Improvised games.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Aled Jones and Moira Stuart, in Kent, with David Harper and Serhat Ahmet.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) An elevated chicken soup.
- Landscape Artist of the Year (Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) Series highlights.
Thursday 20 March
- Who Goes There (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz, first heard in 2000.
- Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8.05; not Wales or Scotland) Chutney.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) This week's guest judge is Mina Smallman.
Bonus feature
- Gethin and Helen's Wheely Big Challenge (BBC Red Button, from 9.30 am) Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton try to roller-skate non-stop for 24 hours. Yes, it's for charity; yes, they are completely bonkers. To 10.45am Friday.
Friday 21 March
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
- The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) From spring 2022.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm; not NI, Wales) Repeat with Ekin-Su and Davide.
- Pointless repeats (Eden, 7pm) Normal people episodes from 2021.
- One Question (C4, 8pm) More couples try to find the one question.
Bonus feature
- Comic Relief (BBC1, from 7pm) Hosts are Davina McCall, Joel Dommett, Alison Hammond, Jonathan Ross, Alesha Dixon, Tom Allen, and AJ Odudu, who between them have hosted about ten zillion game shows. Sketches and skits include Strictly Come Dancing and Gladiators.
Sign language interpretation
- Dress the Nation (ITV, 5am Sat).
- Deal or No Deal (ITV2, 10.25am Sat) Three episodes (ITV2, 10.45am Sun) Two episodes.
- Parents' Evening (ITV, 3am Mon).
- Gladiators (BBC2, 1am Tue).
- Ainsley's National Trust Cook Off (ITV, 3am Wed)
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed). From the 2023-4 series.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 12.35am Thu, 1.05am Fri, 1.25am Sat) Last week's episodes
- The Money List (RTÉ1, 4.10am Thu) Last year's series.
- Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Thu).
- Limitless Win (ITV, 5am Fri) This year's series.
Challenge
Saturday
7am The Chase 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Supermarket Sweep 11am Famous Family Fortunes 1pm Cash Trapped 3pm Bullseye 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase
Sunday
7am The Bidding Room 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 Bidding Room 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Tenable 1pm Family Fortunes 3pm Catchphrase 4pm Blockbusters 5pm Bullseye 6pm The Bidding Room 7pm Tenable 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Weakest Link 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 4am Tenable 5am Bullseye
