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TV Guide 2025-09-06

New for our Saturday night, Win Win (ITV) where Mel and Sue give away a million pounds to players in the studio and those at home. The familiar friends of 'Pointless also return this week (BBC1, from Mon).

It's the final for Cooking With the Stars (ITV, Sun). Start of a new run for Taskmaster (C4, Thu); start of a new walk for Am Dro! (S4C, Sun).

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

Saturday 6 September

  • The Chase (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6.30am).
  • Cooking with the Stars (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 7.30am).
  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
  • Masterchef (RTÉ1, 11.20am) New for viewers in Ireland.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.45).
  • Bake Off (C4, 4.45) Repeat from last week.

Primetime

  • The Hit List (BBC1, 5.45) A new celebrity episode, with Pete Wicks, Tasha Ghouri, Sian Gibson, Sarah Hadland, Lauren Oakley, and Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
  • Win Win (ITV, 7.15) Mel and Sue's interactive show allows viewers at home to win the same prize as contestants in the studio. By the end of the series, someone will become a millionaire.
  • Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 7.30) Repeat, with Lucy Fallon, Helen Flanagan, Ian H "H From Steps" From Steps, Victoria Scone, Nile Wilson, Louis Smith, Ola Labib, Simon Brodkin.
  • You Bet! On Tour (ITV, 8.15) This week, Rob Beckett, Zoe Ball, and Eddie Kadi keep Stephen Mulhern out of mischief.

Sunday 7 September

  • Take a Hike (BBC2, 7.15am) Another chance to see the walking show.
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 2.25) Five episodes.
  • Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 5.25) Create a new sport.
  • You Bet! On Tour (ITV, 5.30; UTV 9pm Tue) Repeat from Saturday.

Primetime

  • Cooking With the Stars (ITV, 6.55; VM1, 8pm Tue) The final.
  • Am Dro! (S4C, 8pm) New episode.
  • Beat the Chasers (ITV, 8pm).
  • The Inheritance (C4, 9pm) Stop making sausages!
  • The Traitors Ireland (RTÉ1, 9.30) A mission to test ethics and deception. The Traitors Ireland Uncloaked follows at 10.35.

Bonus feature

  • Nfl Big Game Night (C5, 5.30) Dermot O'Leary and Sam Quek host a contest of quick games between fans of Nuffleball with decent prizes to be won. We're listing this as a "bonus feature" because the focus of the show will be the remote game between the [checks notes] Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons and New Jersey/A, and it will be a tremendously frustrating watch for those of us only interested in the game show bits.


Weekday Daytimes

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Monday (Newark) and Friday (Builth Wells). Repeats elsewhere.
  • !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Bridge of Lies (BBC2, 1.45); The Tournament (BBC2, 2.30); Great Local Menu (BBC2, 3.15). Repeats.
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm; not Thu, Fri); Tenable (ITV, 3pm; not Thu, Fri); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Repeats.
  • Countdown (C4, 2.10) Chris McCausland. Repeat around 6am next day.
  • The Answer Run (BBC1, 4.30) New episodes.
  • The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New series.
  • House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Repeat.
  • Masterchef Down Under (Watch, 7pm).

Monday 8 September

  • Booked (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
  • Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks, Emma Sidi, Desiree Burch.
  • Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Bob Mortimer, dolphins and porpoises, Eva Cassidy, England cricket team under Michael Atherton.
  • Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Doctors Matthew vs Keyboard Worriers.
  • University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Heat 9: Green Templeton Oxford vs Darwin Cambridge.
  • The Inheritance (C4, 9pm) A festival.
  • Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm); Face the Music (BBC4, 9.30) More from the How We Used To Quizzy Mondays file.
  • The Traitors Ireland (RTÉ1, 9.35) An explosive argument leaves the players reeling. The Traitors Ireland Uncloaked follows at 10.40.
  • Have I Got a Bit More News Old for You (BBC1, 10.40; NI 11.10, Scot 11.40) Charlie Brooker, Grayson Perry, Angela Barnes.

Tuesday 9 September

  • Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Twenty questions with Barry Took.
  • Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Biscuit week.
  • Sewing Bee (BBC1, 9pm; Wales BBC2) Back to the 1920s.
  • QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Rock 'n' Roll, repeated, with Bill Bailey, Katy Brand, Eshaan Akbar.
  • The Inheritance (C4, 9.30) Restoring prized possessions.
  • The Traitors Ireland (RTÉ1, 9.35) A shocking turn of events. The Traitors Ireland Uncloaked follows on RTÉ2 at 10.35.

Wednesday 10 September

  • Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 8pm) Knockout week, with the competitors jousting on tiny bicycles.

Thursday 11 September

  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Repeated from 1988.
  • Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 8pm).
  • Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) The new series begins, with contenders Maisie Adam, Reece Shearsmith, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Phil Ellis, and Ania Magilano.
  • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 10pm) Memorable moments from recent episodes.
  • The Challenge: Vets And New Threats (MTV, 11pm) This week, the patient is a rodent with a green back yard; he's from Hamster Garden Suburb.

Friday 12 September

  • The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
  • The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
  • Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8pm; not NI)
  • Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Stephen Mangan states the case for this week's exiting player.
  • Masterchef Goes Large (BBC1, 8.30).

Sign language interpretation

  • Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 8.25am Sat).
  • Lingo (ITV Quiz, 9am every day).
  • Bake Off (E4, 11.30am Sun); Extra Slice (C4, 12.05am Tue) Last week's episode.
  • Chess Masters (BBC2, 3.20am Mon).
  • Game On, Grandparents! (CBBC, 2.35pm Mon-Thu) Last year's series.
  • Masterchef Goes Large (BBC2, 2.45am Tue, 2.45am Wed, 3am Thu) Last week's episodes.
  • Cooking with the Stars (ITV, 3am Tue) Two-and-a-bit weeks behind the Sunday show.
  • Bake Off (4Seven, 8pm Tue) This week's episode.
  • You Bet! (ITV, 5.05am Wed).
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed).
  • Sewing Bee (BBC2, 12 midnight Wed-into-Thu) Last week's episode.
  • The Inheritance (C4, 12.05am Fri) All three episodes back-to-back.
  • Genius Game (ITV, 3am).


Challenge

Saturday

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

Sunday

7am The Bidding Room 9am Tenable 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Pointless Celebrities 1pm Through the Keyhole 2pm Millionaire 4pm The Bidding Room 5pm Tenable 6pm The Chase


Monday - Friday

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 7pm The Chase 10pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 1am The Crystal Maze 2am The Chase 5am Bullseye


ITV Quiz

Saturday

9am Lingo 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm Deal or No Deal Celebrities 3pm Tenable 5pm Deal or No Deal 6pm Lingo 8pm Deal or No Deal 9pm Wheel of Fortune 10pm Tipping Point 12.50 Wheel of Fortune

Sunday

As Saturday except: 2pm Wheel of Fortune

Monday - Friday

A nightly Guest Show is shown at 9pm, 12.50am, and 2pm the next day. Guest shows are:

  • Monday - Millionaire
  • Tuesday - Wheel of Fortune
  • Wednesday - Beat the Chasers
  • Thursday - Limitless Win
  • Friday - Deal or No Deal Celebrities

Other weekday archive game shows on ITV2: 12.05 Dinner Date 6pm Celebrity Catchphrase 7pm Deal or No Deal 8pm The 1% Club.