TV Guide 2025-03-22
ITV has a very simple challenge: don't be last, that's on 99 to Beat (Sat). And an even more simple challenge: Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase (Sun).
We have the Counterpoint grand final (Radio 4, Sun), and finals week on Great Local Menu (BBC2, from Mon). New episodes of Pointless (BBC1, from Tue).
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Saturday 22 March
- Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am and 4pm); The Chase (ITV Breakfst Broadcasting, 6.30am) Start your weekend in drop zone two.
- Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
- Yankee Ninja Warrior (ITV2, 12.40) Shown on NBC in 2023.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1.15).
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5pm) Mark Chapmen, Gillian Joseph, Ryan Sidebottom, Fred Macaulay, Shaun Wallace. Repeat from December 2021.
Primetime
- Gladiators (BBC1, 5.50; BBC2 in Wales) Cyclone is frustrated. Repeated BBC1 1pm Sunday, and BBC3 8.20 Monday.
- 99 to Beat (ITV, 6pm) Adam and Ryan Thomas host a series of games where the task is simple: don't be last. Repeated at 5.40 on Sunday.
- Got Talent (VM1 and ITV, 7pm). Repeated tomorrow: 6.25am on ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 3.15 on VM1 in Ireland.
- The 1% Club (ITV, 8.20) Viewers in Ireland get one of last year's eps on VM1 at 9.20.
Sunday 23 March
- In for a Penny (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) A classic* episode from Portsmouth.
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 11.30am).
- Lingo (ITV, 3.40) Repeat.
- Counterpoint (Radio 4, 4.30) The grand final. Last in the series.
- The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 4.40) Cheryl Baker, Laura Tobin, Jason Bell, Mark Steel, Jenny Ryan. First shown in November 2022.
Primetime
- Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
- Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7pm; VM1 8pm) Olivia Attwood, Jack P Shepherd, Adam Woodyatt.
- Y Llais (S4C, 7.30) The semi-finals. Repeated 9.45 Thursday.
- Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Roman Kemp, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Sarah Beeny, Maxine Peake.
- Réalta Agua Gaolta (TG4, 8.30) The talented family contest.
- Tempting Fortune (C4, 9pm) A much-loved item from home.
Weekday Daytimes
- Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scotland 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Kingston upon Thames) and Friday (Southwell). Repeats elsewhere.
- !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm; Wed 2.30); Lightning (BBC2, 1.45; Wales 2.40 Tue; not Wed, Thu 1.45 and 2.15); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.15; Wales 3.10 Tue; not Wed, Thu 2.45) Repeats. Look, don't stick Lightning on when you know you're not broadcasting on Wednesday. Dig out something like Television Just a Minute, which doesn't roll over from day to day.
- Countdown (C4, 2.10) John Thomson. Repeat around 6am next day.
- Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 2.30) Repeats.
- Jeopardy! (ITV, 3pm) New episodes.
- Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) New episodes Mon-Wed, then repeats.
- The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
- Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
- The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats.
- Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes from Tuesday, with Phil Wang.
- Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Repeats from Norwich.
- House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm; NI not Tue, 5pm and 5.30 Wed) Repeats from 2023, with Larry Dean, Kirsty Gallacher, Sam Quek, Lemn Sissay.
- Eggheads (C5, 6pm) Repeats; two episodes.
- Masterchef Junior Usa (Watch, 7pm) Young children get scared by Gordon Ramsay.
Monday 24 March
- Listomania (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
- One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30) Ian Smith, Lou Sanders, Chloe Petts, Marcus Brigstocke.
- Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) The Clash, HMS Warrior, Marilyn Monroe, Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
- Chess Masters Colon The Endgame (BBC2, 8pm) The memory test.
- University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group phase 7: flitting back to the winners.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 9pm) Finals week begins with starters.
- Tempting Fortune (C4, 9pm) But Scotland's Greatest Escape has dropped its competition format, so we're no longer listing it.
Tuesday 25 March
- Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Literary silliness from 1997.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm; NI 8.45) Finals week continues with fish.
- Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 8.30).
- Popmaster tv (More4, 9pm) Repeats.
- QI XL (BBC2, 9pm; not Wales, NI 9.45 Fri) Ultras, with Jordan Gray, Jason Manford, Sara Pascoe.
- Hypothetical (BBC2, 9,45; not Wales) Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster move to the surreal, with Tom Allen, Rob Beckett, Jessica Knappett, and Liza Tarbuck. Previously shown on UKTV G2+1 in 2019.
Wednesday 26 March
- Smart TV (Sky Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and Sky Maximillian, 9pm) Tom Allen, Kola Bokinni, Alex Jones, Steve Pemberton.
- It's Your Round (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Improvised games.
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7pm) Lloyd Griffith and Rhys James, with Hettie Jago and Tim Medhurst, around the Severn Estuary.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Main courses.
Thursday 27 March
- Who Goes There (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Biography quiz, first heard in 2000.
- Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) Mushroom snacks.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 8pm) Desserts.
Friday 28 March
- Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.32).
- The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
- Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 2pm) A classic episode.
- Great Local Menu (BBC2, 7pm; Wales 9.35, NI next week) The banquet finale at Blenheim Castle.
- Pointless repeats (Eden, 7pm) Normal people episodes from 2021.
- One Question (C4, 8pm) Last in the series.
Sign language interpretation
- Dress the Nation (ITV, 5am Sat).
- Deal or No Deal (ITV2, 9.40am Sat) Three episodes (ITV2, 11.30am 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, 1.10am Thu, 1.5am Fri, 1.25am Sat) Last week's episodes
- Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Thu).
- Limitless Win (ITV, 5am Fri) This year's series.
Challenge
New to the channel: Friends Like These (Sun). After an abortive attempt to show some episodes at the start of the year, Bob's Full House and Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game are back on the schedules.
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 9am Friends Like These 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Blankety Blank 3pm Through the Keyhole 4pm Friends Like These 6pm The Chase
Monday - Friday
7am The Chase 10am The Bidding Room 11am Bob's Full House 11.45 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 1pm Play Your Cards Right 2pm Family Fortunes 3pm Bob's Full House 3.45 Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game 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
