UKGameshows

TV Guide 2025-11-01

So, who's going to win The Celebrity Traitors ? Expect some interest when we get to see the final (BBC1, Thu). It's also the final of Worlds Apart and Bake Off (both C4, Tue).

Tom Daly pops up on Game of Wool (C4, Sun), hoping not to get too much needle. A new run of Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC1, Thu), and Boom! Bang! comes to S4C's Stwnsh block (Mon).

Last week | TV Guide This Week | Next week

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

Saturday 1 November – All Saints Day

  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
  • Masterchef (RTÉ1, 12.20) The 2022 series resumes at the semi-final stage.
  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 1pm).
  • Bake Off (C4, 4.10) The Saturday repeat is on a Saturday this week.

Primetime

  • The Celebrity Inner Circle (BBC1, 5.50) With Chizzy Akudolu, JJ Chalmers, Charlie Hedges, Susie McCabe, Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom, Hasan Semay.
  • The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 6.20); Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7.15) Repeats.
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.35) Hallowe'en week, but that's so last month. Signed on the Red Button.
  • The Money List (RTÉ1, 7pm) The series resumes.
  • The Wheel (BBC1, 8.20) Celebrities are Josh Widdicombe, Chris Harris, Colin Jackson, Harriet Kelmsley, Shirley Ballas, Frankie Bridge, and the duo of Jordan North and William Hanson.
  • The 1% Club (ITV, 8.20).
  • Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening (ITV, 9.20) This week's celebs are Phil Panel, Phillipa Cheer, and Elle U. Sinnot.

Sunday 2 November – All Souls' Day

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
  • Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 3.15).
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 7.15) With a song from obligatory Traitors star Cat Burns. Signed on the Red Button.
  • Game of Wool (C4, 8pm) Tom Daly hosts the hunt for the best knitter in town. The judges are Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell; the first task is to knit a tank top.
  • 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

  • Desert Island Discs (Radio 4, 10am) Lorraine Kelly discusses her long and varied career, including such shows as The Cash Machine.

Weekday Daytimes

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot 11.15am Thu) New on Monday (Oswestry) and Friday (Heanor). 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) Rebecca Front joins for the 43rd birthday party. Repeat around 6am next day.
  • Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm) New episodes.
  • The Inner Circle (BBC1, 4.30) We nominate the storyteller. Last week of the series.
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 5pm) Repeats.
  • The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Repeats.
  • Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) Repeats from Belfast.
  • House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) New episodes, with Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Megan McCubbin, Ashley Storrie, Adam Woodyatt.
  • Strictly It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
  • Masterchef Down Under Dessert Masters (Watch, 7pm).
  • Yankee Next Top Model (E4, 8pm) Series 15 of the exploitative show, first aired in autumn 2010 and previously shown on the Living channel.

Monday 3 November

  • Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
  • Boom! Bang! (S4C, 5.25) An explosive science-themed game show, presented by Aled Bidder and Heledd Roberts.
  • Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Roxy Music, Marc Chagall, George Herbert, Tomb Raider games.
  • Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) All week, stars of Married at First Sight play. Tonight, Emma Barnes
  • Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Progression 4: Doctors Matthews vs Sorcerers.
  • University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Second round 1.
  • Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm), Angela Rippon and Peter Brough; Face the Music (BBC4, 9.30) with David Willcocks.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
  • Jimmy Carr's Am I the A******? (Comedy Central, 9pm) Yes. Yes, you are.
  • Have I Got a Bit Less News for You (BBC1, 10.40; NI 11.40, not Wales) Jason Manford, Louise Haigh, Laura Smyth.

Bonus feature

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

Tuesday 4 November

  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky Maximillian, 2am; repeated The Satellite Channel and Sky Maximillian, 9pm) Jamie Demetriou, Pink Panthreress, Luke Pritchard.
  • The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
  • Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Kieran Chapman and some clowns.
  • Bake Off (C4, 8pm) The grand final goes grand.
  • QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Weaponry, with Nish Kumar, Lou Sanders, Roisin Conaty.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
  • Worlds Apart (C4, 9.15) The grand finale in Sapporo.

Wednesday 5 November

  • Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, 2am; repeated on Artsworld and The Satellite Channel, 8pm) With Shane Lynch, Gabby Logan, and Beth Rigby.
  • The Write Stuff (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Literary quiz.
  • Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Ella Morgan and a thousand icons.
  • BBC New Comedy Awards (BBC3, 9pm) The North heat, with Amy Gledhill hosting in Newcastle.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).

Thursday 6 November

  • Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Repeated from 2014.
  • Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Paul Liba hosts a sports night.
  • The Hit List (BBC3, 7.30); Picture Slam (BBC3, 8.15) Repeats.
  • Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC1, 8pm) Roman Kemp, Dylan Llewellyn, Anita Rani, and Molly Rainford go through Central America.
  • The Celebrity Traitors (BBC1, 9pm) The grand final. Uncloaked follows on BBC2 at 10.10, comedian Ed Gamble and a studio audience.
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 9pm) Jordan North plays Snatch Me Out. Repeated BBC1 late Friday night.
  • Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "A 1970s camping kettle".
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
  • The Challenge: Vets And New Threats (MTV, 11pm) In this week's episode, the patients are silvery gibbon who think they've found iron pyrites, the fools.

Friday 7 November

  • Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30; BBC Scotland tv, 11.15) Des Clarke's news quiz.
  • Whispers (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
  • Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 7.30) Kristina Goodsell and some oranges.
  • Bake Off An Extra Slice (C4, 8pm) Prue Leith, Oti Mabuse, Jon Richardson.
  • Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Katherine Ryan, Maisie Adam, Phil Panel.
  • Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
  • QI (BBC2, 10pm) Shorter repeat of Tuesday's show.

Sign language interpretation

  • Lingo (ITV Quiz, 9am every day).
  • Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 2.20pm Sat and Sun).
  • Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.35pm Sat and 7.15pm Sun) Live with BBC1.
  • Bake Off (E4, 10.05am Sun); Extra Slice (C4, 1.50am Tue) Last week's episodes.
  • Celebrity Come Dine with Me (E4, 2.35am Mon) All five of last week's Hollyoaks episodes.
  • Worlds Apart (C4, 3.10am Mon).
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15pm Mon, Tue) Two contestants communicate in sign language, so the whole show is signed in vision.
  • Taskmaster (C4, 1am Tue) Last week's episode.
  • The Celebrity Traitors (BBC2, 1.30am Tue and 12.01am Wed) Last week's episodes, followed by Uncloaked.
  • Bake Off (4Seven, 8pm Tue; C4, 10pm Thu) This week's episode.
  • 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, 1.05am Fri) Last week's episode.
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 2.45am Fri).

Challenge

Saturday and Sunday

7am The Chase 11am 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 Millionaire / In with a Shout 3pm Tenable 5pm Deal or No Deal 7pm Lingo 9pm Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow 10pm Tipping Point 12.50 In with a Shout

Monday - Friday

9am Lingo 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm Guest show 3pm 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