TV Guide 2025-08-23

The most flamboyant outfits, the most remarkable hair, and the biggest attitude anywhere on network television. Yes, The Chase has new episodes (ITV, from Mon), and Shaun Wallace is all dressed up for the occasion.

Somewhat more sober and restrained, the costumes and apparel on RuPaul's Drag Race, which introduces this year's contenders (BBC3, Sun). Last in the series of The Fortune Hotel (ITV, Fri) and Destination X (BBC1, Thu).

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

• The Chase (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6.30am).
• Cooking with the Stars (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 7.30am) Come fry with me.
• Masterchef (RTÉ1, 12.25) New for viewers in Ireland.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.45).
• Sewing Bee (BBC2 Wales 12.25, elsewhere 12.55) The Sunday repeat is on a Saturday this week.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 1pm) Five repeated episodes.

• The Hit List (BBC1, 6.05).
• Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 7.55) The Friday final is on a Saturday this week.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.30) Repeat.

• Take a Hike (BBC2, 7.15am) Another chance to see the walking show.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
• Ninja Warrior (ITV, 12.40) Repeat of a previous series.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 5.20) What's in store?

• The Chase (ITV, 5.35; not UTV, HTV Wales) A space-filling civilian edition.
• Cooking With the Stars (ITV, 7pm; VM1, 8pm Wed) Family favourite dishes.
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Autumn must be coming, as the queens make their entrance.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 10pm) Repeat.
• Destination X (BBC1, 12.30am).

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Monday (Stoneleigh) and Friday (Builth Wells). Repeats elsewhere.
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Bridge of Lies (BBC2, 1.45); The Tournament (BBC2, 2.30; not Tue or Wed); Great Local Menu (BBC2, 3.15; not Tue, 2.30 and 3.30 Wed). Repeats.
• Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, 2pm); Lingo (ITV, 3pm); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm, Mon 5pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Pat Nevin. Repeat around 6am next day.
• The Answer Run (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm; Mon 6.30) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm; also 6.30 Mon, not Tue, Wed 6.30) Repeat with Diarmuid Gavin, Roo Irvine, John Kearns, Claire Richards.
• Masterchef Down Under (Watch, 7pm).
• The Bachelor Down Under (ITV2, 8pm).

Holiday in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

• Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Tony Hawks, Desiree Burch, Gyles Brandreth, Emma Sidi.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Oscar Wilde, Barack Obama, Dambusters, Real Madrid.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Pitchers vs Benchwarmers.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Heat 7: Trinity Cambridge vs Linacre Oxford.
• Have I Got a Bit More News Old for You (BBC1, 10.45; NI, Scotland 11.15, Wales 11.45) Miles Jupp, Andrea Jenkyns, and a host they've edited out for sport.
• Destination X (BBC1, 12.15am).

• Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Twenty questions with Barry Took.
• Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm) Art.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9.30; not Wales) Random, with Bill Bailey, Daliso Chaponda, Sally Phillips. Subject to cancellation because of earlier live events.

• Room 101 (Radio 4, 6.30) Continuing the run of Crystal Maze hosts, this week Richard Ayoade asks for some things to be removed.

• Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 8pm) This week's guest hosts are two uncooked sweetcorn and a startled rabbit.
• Destination X (BBC1, 9pm) The penultimate episode is a game of minesweeper.

• Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Repeated from 1988.
• Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 8pm) Tonight's guest hosts are spinach and chicken.
• Destination X (BBC1, 9pm) All roads lead to the final.
• The Fortune Hotel (ITV, 9pm) "Locked up", with daggers and symbols.
• Survivor (TG4, 9.30) "Friends going to war (part 2)" Last in the series.
• The Challenge: Vets And New Threats (MTV, 11pm) This week, the patient is a sheepdog who has eaten a rose, and thinks he's a collie-flower.

• Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm; not NI, Wales)
• Wales' Home of the Year (BBC1 Wales, 8pm) The final of the old series.
• Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 8.30) Jay Rayner says "It's a wrap".
• The Fortune Hotel (ITV, 9pm) "The winner is...". Last in the (present?) series.
• Destination X (BBC3, 9pm) Both of this week's episodes repeated.

• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 8.25am Sat).
• Lingo (ITV Quiz, 9am every day).
• Masterchef Goes Large (BBC2, 12.50am Mon, 1.30am and 2.30am Wed) Last week's episodes.
• Destination X (BBC2, 1.50am Mon, 2.05am Tue) Two episodes from last week.
• Cooking with the Stars (ITV, 3am Tue) Two-and-a-bit weeks behind the Sunday show.
• The Money List (RTÉ2, 1.25am Wed).
• Chess Masters (BBC2, 3am Fri).
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed).
• Game On, Grandparents! (CBBC, 2.35pm Wed-Fri) Last year's series.
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 1.35am Thu) Last week's episode.
• The Fortune Hotel (ITV, 3am Fri, Sat) Previous night's episodes.

7am The Chase 8am Pointless Celebrities 9am Bruce's Price is Right 10am Generation Game 11.20am Family Fortunes 12 noon Dickinson's Real Deal 1pm Strike it Lucky 3pm Bullseye 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 4am The Chase

7am The Bidding Room 9am Tenable 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Pointless Celebrities 1pm Through the Keyhole 2pm Millionaire 4pm Tenable 6pm The Chase

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 11am The Chase 12 noon Who Wants to be a Millionaire 1pm The Bidding Room 2pm Family Fortunes 3pm Bullseye 4pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5pm The Bidding Room 6pm Tenable 8pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 5am Bullseye

9am Lingo 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm In With a Shout 3pm Tenable 5pm Deal or No Deal 6pm Lingo 8pm Deal or No Deal 9pm Tipping Point 12 midnight In With a Shout

Other weekday archive game shows on ITV2: 12.05 Dinner Date 6pm Celebrity Catchphrase 7pm Deal or No Deal.