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TV Guide 2025-10-11

A winner is found on Win Win (ITV, Sat), followed by new The 1% Club and Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening. The BBC New Comedy Awards open (BBC3, Wed).

Ongoing shows continue: Bake Off (C4, Tue), The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1, Wed and Thu), Big Brother (ITV2, Sun-Fri). And do note that Quizzy Mondays is on Tuesday this week.

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

Saturday 11 October

  • You Bet! On Tour (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6.50am) The slightly delayed Sunday repeat of last Saturday's episode.
  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
  • Masterchef (RTÉ1, 12.30) New for viewers in Ireland.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.45).
  • The Celebrity Inner Circle (BBC1, 5.20) With Lawrence Chaney, Hannah Cockroft, Rick Edwards, Darren Harriott, Sarah Parish, and Fay Ripley.

Primetime

  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.05) Movie week already. Signed on the Red Button.
  • The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.40) Repeat.
  • Win Win (ITV, 7.35) If someone wins a million pounds and nobody watches it, do they win a penny? Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins investigate.
  • The Weakest Link (BBC1, 8.40) "Battle of the Nations" with Gordon Smart, Amy MacDonald, Paul Brand, Josie D'Arby, Stephen Mangan, Leomie Anderson, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell and Bronagh Waugh.
  • The 1% Club (ITV, 8.40) New series of the brain-melting quiz.
  • Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening (ITV, 9.40) This week's celebs are Gabby Logan, Pete Wicks, and Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
  • The Money List (RTÉ1, 9.45) Repeated 4.10 tomorrow.

12 October

  • Take a Hike (BBC2, 6.30am) The last English-language walk, but Am Dro! continues.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 2.40) Five episodes.
  • The 3rd Degree (Radio 4, 4.30) From Manchester Metropolitan.

Primetime

  • Bake Off (C4, 5.50) The Saturday repeat.
  • Dress the Nation (ITV, 6.55) The catwalk finale.
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 7.15) With a piano piece from Lang Lang. Signed on the Red Button.
  • Junior Eurovision (TG4, 7.30) This week's judges are Hugh Carr and Emmy. Who? Exactly.
  • Beat the Chasers (ITV, 8pm; UTV 11.50 Tue).
  • Taskmaster Bleeped (E4 Extra, 8pm) Pre-watershed version of this week's episode.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm). Followed by Layton Live.

Weekday Daytimes

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Ardingly) and Friday (Llandeilo). Repeats elsewhere.
  • Impossible (BBC2, 1pm); The Finish Line (BBC2, 1.45); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.30); Great Local Menu (BBC2, 3.15). Repeats; all except Impossible an hour later in Wales on Tue.
  • Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm); Tenable (ITV, 3pm); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Repeats.
  • Countdown (C4, 2.10) Ade Adepitan. Repeat around 6am next day.
  • The Inner Circle (BBC1, 4.30) Bluff and counter-bluff.
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
  • The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes, with Trevor Nelson.
  • Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Repeats from Bristol.
  • House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) New episodes, with Una Healy, Joanna Page, Jack P Shepherd, Emmanuel Sonubi.
  • Strictly It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
  • Masterchef Down Under (Watch, 7pm).

Monday 13 October - Thanksgiving Day

Salt beef and mushy peas all round!

  • Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm). Quizzy Monday is on a Tuesday this week.
  • Have I Got a Bit Less News for You (BBC1, 10.40; Wales 11.10, NI 12.50am Thu) Steph McGovern, Stephen Mangan, Salma Shah, and a nasty outbreak of Splicer's Disease.

Bonus feature

  • Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) A stand-up set with audience interaction.

Tuesday 14 October

  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and Sky Maximillian, 9pm) Sophie Willan, Nataaaaaaaaasha Bedingfield, Sam Ryder, Five.
  • Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Twenty questions with Barry Took.
  • Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Billy Wilder, Neil Diamond, Apollo space programme, Battle of Normandy.
  • Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Progression 1: Whitley Baes vs Oh No They Didn't. We're into that part of the series where music sequences appear, so the teams may sing for our pleasure*.
  • Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Meringue week.
  • University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Heat 14: Magdalen Oxford vs Robinson Cambridge.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
  • Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm), including Tom Baker, Alan Coren, and Miriam Stoppard; Face the Music (BBC4, 9.30) with Louis Kentner.
  • Worlds Apart (C4, 9.15) This week's treasure hunt is in Kyoto.

Wednesday 15 October

  • Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, 2am; repeated on Artsworld, The Satellite Channel, and Pick TV, 8pm) With Si King, Elif Shafak, Joe Marler.
  • The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Literary quiz.
  • The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Will the celebrities work together as a team? Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10.05, hosted by the comedian Ed Gamble.
  • BBC New Comedy Awards (BBC3, 9pm) The West heat, with Josh Jones hosting in Bristol.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).

Thursday 16 October

  • Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Repeated from 2014.
  • Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) A mobile grave-tending service.
  • The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Communicate in a way nobody expected, morse or less. Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm.
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Jane Horrocks with some bonkbuster fiction. Repeated BBC1 late Friday night.
  • Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "Is that number got curves?".
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
  • The Challenge: Vets And New Threats (MTV, 11pm) This week, the patient is an ape who kept grabbing things, that's gibbon take.

Friday 17 October

  • Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30; BBC Scotland tv, 11.15) Des Clarke's news quiz returns.
  • The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
  • The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
  • Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Tom Davis, Amy Gledhill, Scarlette Douglas.
  • Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm; NI 10.40) Alexander Armstrong hosts, with Ross Noble but Helen Lewis.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm)

Sign language interpretation

  • Lingo (ITV Quiz, 9am every day).
  • Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 9.55am Sat).
  • Am Dro! (S4C, 3.30pm Sat).
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.05pm Sat and 7.15pm Sun) Live with BBC1.
  • Bake Off (E4, 7.15am Sun); Extra Slice (C4, 1am Tue) Last week's episodes.
  • Taskmaster (C4, 12.05am Tue) Last week's episode.
  • Bake Off (4Seven, 8pm Tue; C4, 10pm Thu) This week's episode.
  • The Celebrity Traitors (BBC2, 1.45am Wed and Thu) Last week's episodes, followed by Uncloaked.
  • Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Wed).
  • Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 7.30am Wed).
  • Dragons' Den (BBC2, 12.55am Fri) Last week's episode.
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.50am Fri).
  • Genius Game (ITV, 3am Fri).
  • Dress the Nation (ITV, 5.05am Fri) This week's episode.

Challenge

Saturday

7am The Chase 10am Generation Game 11.20am Family Fortunes 12 noon Tenable 2pm Blankety Blank 3.20 Family Fortunes 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 2am The Chase

Sunday

7am The Bidding Room 9am The Chase 11am Play Your Cards Right 12 noon Tenable 2pm Blankety Blank 3.20 Family Fortunes 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 2am The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 11am The Chase 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 12 midnight The Chase 4am The Crystal Maze 5am Bullseye

ITV Quiz

Saturday - Sunday

9am Lingo 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm Wheel of Fortune 3pm Tenable 5pm Deal or No Deal 7pm Lingo 9pm Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow [sic] 10pm Tipping Point 12.50 Alan Carr

Monday - Friday

9am Lingo 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm Tenable 3pm Guest show 4pm Tenable 5pm Deal or No Deal 7pm Lingo 9pm Guest show 10pm Tipping Point 12.50 Guest show

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 - Wheel of Fortune