TV Guide 2025-10-18

Missing some QI ? Dame Sandi and the crew return (BBC2, Tue). Find out TG4's representative to Junior Eurovision (Sun). It's the final of Masterchef Down Under (W, Fri).

We're also looking forward to these continuing series. First boots on The Weakest Link get another chance to be useless (BBC1, Sat). Les Dennis makes Countdown that bit more fun (C4, weekdays), and an eighties-themed episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky Maximillian, Tue).

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• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Masterchef (RTÉ1, 11.55am) New for viewers in Ireland.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1pm).
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 5.10) Repeat, with Gaby Roslin, JJ Chalmers, and Sean Fletcher.

• The Celebrity Inner Circle (BBC1, 5.45) With Montell Douglas, Owain Wyn Evans, Dame Sarah Greene, Danielle Harold, Colin Jackson, and The Legendary Matt Morsia.
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.30) Another routine. Signed on the Red Button.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.35); Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7.35) Repeats.
• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 8.35) Redemption special, with Susie McCabe, Joel Corry, Tim Vine, Konan, Donna Preston, Helen Flanagan, Linda Robson, and Danny John-Jules.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.35) Audio description no longer has to work around Lee's jokes.
• The Money List (RTÉ1, 9.10) Repeated 4.10 tomorrow.
• Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening (ITV, 9.35) This week's celebs are Alex Brooker, Jeff Brazier, and the team of Sophie Ellis Bextor and Janet Ellis.

• The 3rd Degree (Radio 4, 4.30) From Edinburgh, the last in the present series.
• Bake Off (C4, 5.50) The Saturday repeat.
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 7.15) With a song from Leigh-Anne Pinnock. Signed on the Red Button.
• Junior Eurovision (TG4, 7.30) The grand final. Who will go to Tbilisi?
• 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.

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Heanor) and Friday (Oswestry). 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. Live events mean only Unbeatable airs Wed and Thu at 3.30.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm); Tenable (ITV, 3pm); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm) Repeats; only Tipping Point goes out on Fri.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Les Dennis. Repeat around 6am next day.
• The Inner Circle (BBC1, 4.30) Do not tempt us to read the telephone directory out loud.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) New episodes.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) New episodes, with Trevor Nelson and Judi Love.
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Repeats from Cardiff.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) New episodes, with Kola Bokinni, Sheli "Sabre" McCoy, John Parrott, Katie Piper.
• Strictly It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
• Masterchef Down Under (Watch, 7pm).

• Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Richard Nixon, Nirvana, George Skipper, Derry Girls.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Progression 2: Metrophiles vs Showstoppers.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Repêchage 1.
• Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm), a tribute to Jilly Cooper; Face the Music (BBC4, 9.30) with Imogen Cooper.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm)..
• Have I Got a Bit Less News for You (BBC1, 10.40; not Wales) Armstrong, Noble, but Lewis.

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

• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and Sky Maximillian, 9pm) Pepsi and Shirlie, Martin Fry, Judi Love, and (squee!) Debbie Gibson.
• Guess What? (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Twenty questions with Barry Took.
• Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Dessert week.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Wales, whales, and walls, with Elis James, Griff Rhys Jones, and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• Worlds Apart (C4, 9.15) This week's treasure hunt is in Hiroshima.

• Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, 2am; repeated on Artsworld, The Satellite Channel, and Pick TV, 8pm) With Adjoa Ando, Clara Amfo, and this week's Traitors crossover Cat Burns.
• The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Literary quiz.
• The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Murdered? In this economy? Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10pm, comedian Ed Gamble is joined by Alexander and Leanne from this year's normal people series.
• BBC New Comedy Awards (BBC3, 9pm) The Midlands heat, with Sarah Keyworth hosting in Birmingham.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).

• Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Repeated from 2014.
• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) Sharing flats.
• The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) The Faithful try to get into the mind of a Traitor: plenty of room in Alan Carr's. Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10.05, comedian Ed Gamble is joined by Jaz from series 2.
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) A cruise themed talent show, with guest judge Jamie-Lee O'Donnell. Repeated BBC1 late Friday night.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "Drier than you think, chalk".
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• The Challenge: Vets And New Threats (MTV, 11pm) In this week's episode, the patient is an aquatic animal from Turkey who has made a robot, and wants to show off her Ottoman otter automaton.

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30; BBC Scotland tv, 11.15) Des Clarke's news quiz.
• Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
• Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Harry Hill and Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Adil Ray hosts, with Julian Clary and one of Claudia's faceless droons.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) Shorter repeat of Tuesday's show.

• Lingo (ITV Quiz, 9am every day).
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.30pm Sat and 7.15pm Sun) Live with BBC1.
• Bake Off (E4, 8.55am 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, 1am Wed and 2am Thu) Last week's episodes, followed by Uncloaked.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Wed).
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed).
• Dragons' Den (BBC2, 2.35am 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).

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

7am 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

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

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

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 – Parents' Evening