TV Guide 2025-10-25

Another turn on The Wheel (BBC1, Sat); another set of boxes on Deal or No Deal (ITV, from Mon). E4 marks thirty years of Hollyoaks with a Celebrity Come Dine with Me special (from Mon). Jimmy Carr asks Am I the A******? (Comedy Central, Mon).

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• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1pm).
• Bake Off (C4, 5.15) The Saturday repeat is on a Saturday this week.

• The Celebrity Inner Circle (BBC1, 5.45) With Maisie Adam, Stephen Bailey, Charlotte Hawkins, Jason Mohammad, Sam Quek, Ricky Wilson.
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.20) Icons week: who gets to be Recycle Bin? Signed on the Red Button.
• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.35); Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7.35) Repeats.
• The Voice of Holland of NBC (VM2, 7pm) The competition continues.
• The Wheel (BBC1, 8.20) Celebrities are Susan Wokoma, Roman Kemp, Layton Williams, Katherine Ryan, Jill Scott, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, and obligatory Traitors crossover Joe Marler.
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 7.50) Filling in after a live event.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8.20) No Money List on RTÉ1, they've a presidential election to report on.
• Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening (ITV, 9.20) This week's celebs are Tom Allen, Fleur East, and The Wheel crossover Steve Pemberton.

Clocks go back overnight: an extra hour's sleep, but it gets dark at 4.30.

• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 7.15) With a song from Rachel Zegler. Signed on the Red Button.
• Beat the Chasers (ITV, 8pm; UTV 11.50 Tue) Repeat, with celebrities.
• Taskmaster Bleeped (E4 Extra, 8pm) Pre-watershed version of this week's episode.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm). Followed by Layton Live.

Bonus feature

• BBC Cardiff Singer of the World (BBC4, 7.30) There's no competition this year – they found cracks in the concert hall's walls – but we do get this Not A Contest Honest concert from another venue. Gareth Malone and Danielle de Niese host.

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Stoneleigh) and Friday (Uttoxeter). Repeats elsewhere.
• Impossible (BBC2, 1pm); The Finish Line (BBC2, 1.45); Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.30); Great Local Menu (BBC2, 3.15). Repeats.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2pm); Lingo (ITV, 3pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Desiree Burch. Repeat around 6am next day.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) Fresh from his summer tour, Stephen Mulhern resumes his masterclass in how to open cardboard cuboids.
• The Inner Circle (BBC1, 4.30) Soft claiming one of the top six.
• Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) Repeats.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Back to repeats.
• Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Repeats from Belfast.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) New episodes, with Jack Carroll, Dani Harmer, Dominic Littlewood, Shivi Ramoutar.
• Strictly It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
• Masterchef Down Under Dessert Masters (Watch, 7pm) As one series ends, another opens.

• Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) George Saunders, Les Misérables, Florence Nightingale, The OC (teen drama).
• Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) All week, stars of Hollyoaks throw dinner parties. Tonight, it's Nicole Barber-Lane; later in the *week, Isabelle Smith, Anya Lawrence, Charlie Wernham, and James Redmond.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Progression 3: Pitchers vs Worker Bees, which may preview the final.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Repêchage 2.
• Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm), Tim Rice and Moira Stuart; Face the Music (BBC4, 9.30) with Benjamin Luxon.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• Jimmy Carr's Am I the A******? (Comedy Central, 9pm) Jaw-dropping confessions from members of the public are judged by GK Barry and Jamali Maddix.
• Have I Got a Bit Less News for You (BBC1, 10.40; Wales 11.10, not NI) Adil Ray, Julian Clary, Sophy Ridge.

Bonus feature

• 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) Sophie Willan, Jon Richardson, *

Tinie Tempah, and Mimi Webb.

• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
• Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Isabelle Smith throws a Mad Hatter's tea party.
• Bake Off (C4, 8pm) Patisserie week for the semi-final.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm; Wales 11.20 Thu) Wings and wheels, with Aisling Bea, Hank Green, and Desiree Burch.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• Worlds Apart (C4, 9.15) Osaka shakes up the coin hunt.

Bonus feature

• Mary at 90 (BBC2, 7.30; Wales 8pm) Mary Berry celebrates her landmark birthday with close friends. She doesn't do game shows any more, but programmes like Bake Off would be much less without her. The series continues in future weeks.

• Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, 2am; repeated on Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) With Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom, Max Beesley, and Emily Atack.
• The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Literary quiz.
• Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) James Redmond, who has previously finished last on Celeb CDwM.
• The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Bridges need to be built. Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10.05, comedian Ed Gamble is joined by Wilf and Minah from this year's normal people series.
• BBC New Comedy Awards (BBC3, 9pm) The South heat, with Sara Pascoe hosting in London.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).

• Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Repeated from 2014.
• Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Anya Lawrence has Greeks bearing gifts of food.
• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) The guy who found the lost tape end.
• The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) Heads may roll. Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10.05, comedian Ed Gamble is joined by Jaz from series 2.
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) They're making Peter Pansy The Rusical, with guest judge Mazz Murray. Repeated BBC1 late Friday night.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "Am I an Idiom?".
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• The Challenge: Vets And New Threats (MTV, 11pm) In this week's episode, the patients are cattle from the American plains who were doing the conga in a buffalo stance.

• 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).
• Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Charlie Wernham goes to the east end.
• Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Joe Wilkinson, Cherish Finden, and Katherine Ryan.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Jason Manford, Louise Haigh, Laura Smyth.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• QI (BBC2, 11.10pm) Shorter repeat of Tuesday's show.

• BBC New Comedy Awards (BBC3, 3.30am Sat).
• Lingo (ITV Quiz, 9am every day).
• Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 2.20pm Sat and Sun).
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.20pm Sat and 7.15pm Sun) Live with BBC1.
• Bake Off (E4, 7.10am Sun); Extra Slice (C4, 1.50am Tue) Last week's episodes.
• Taskmaster (C4, 1am Tue) Last week's episode.
• Bake Off (4Seven, 8pm Tue; C4, 10pm Thu) This week's episode.
• The Celebrity Traitors (BBC2, 1.35am Tue and 1am Wed) Last week's episodes, followed by Uncloaked.
• Deal or No Deal (ITV, 5.05am Tue-Sat) Previous day's episode.
• Parents' Evening (ITV, 3am Wed) Two and a half weeks old.
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed).
• Dragons' Den (BBC2, 1.35am Fri) Last week's episode.
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.45am Fri).
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15pm Fri) Two contestants communicate in sign language, so the whole show is signed in vision.

7am The Chase 11.20am Family Fortunes 12 noon Tenable 2pm Blankety Blank 3pm Family Fortunes 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 2am The Chase

7am The Chase 11am 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 Millionaire / Epic Gameshow 3pm Tenable 5pm Deal or No Deal 7pm Lingo 9pm Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow [sic] 10pm Tipping Point 12.50 Deal or No Deal

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 3pm the next day. Guest shows are:

• Monday - Millionaire
• Tuesday - Wheel of Fortune
• Wednesday - Beat the Chasers
• Thursday - Limitless Win
• Friday – Parents' Evening