TV Guide 2025-12-13

It's the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this weekend (TG4 and The Internet, Sat). Celebrity editions of The Finish Line (BBC1, from Mon). The annual outing for Stephen Mulhern's The Big Quiz (2), this year actually with Stephen Mulhern (ITV, Mon). World's Strongest Man begins (C5, Fri). We get Scotland's Christmas Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, Mon).

Finals this week: A League of Their Own (KYTV, Wed), Countdown (C4, Fri), Celebrity Masterchef Goes Large 2024 (BBC1, Fri).

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• Runaround (Talking Pictures, 6.10am) Christmas special from 1979, with a song from Barbara Dickson.
• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Masterchef The Professionals (RTÉ1, 11.45am).
• Junior Eurovision (TG4, 4pm) The night's big show, live from Tbilisi. Lottie O'Driscoll Murray flies the tricolour and hopes to bring the show back to Galway. The rest of us can watch it on the internet.
• The Great Christmas Bake Off 2023 (C4, 5.15).

• Alan Carr's Picture Slam (BBC1, 5.50).
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 6.30); The Chase Christmas 2022 (ITV, 7pm) ITV says "we're not bothering, go on, watch Strictly".
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.35) Two routines to impress the judges, but it's all decided on the public vote. Signed on the Red Button.
• The Wheel (BBC1, 8.05) Celebrities are Alex Horne, Anton Du Beke, Sophie Willan, Gabby Logan, Chris Eubank, Tony Blackburn, Richie Anderson.

• Tipping Point (BBC1, 12 noon).
• Tipping Point Best Ever Finals (ITV, 5pm).
• Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC2, 5.40) The Saturday repeat is on Sunday this week.
• The Great Escapers (ITV, 6pm) Loose Women presenters Katie Piper, Denise Welch, Sunetra Sarker head to the Costa Brava.
• Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 7pm) Another chance to see the Advent special shown last week.
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 7.45) Note this is later than usual. Signed on the Red Button.
• The 1% Club (ITV, 8pm) Repeat.
• Game of Wool (C4, 8pm) Refashioned week, a bunch of old bags.
• Sorry, I Didn't Know (ITV, 11.15) This week's guests are Desiree Burch, Ria Hebden, Matt Richardson, Shazia Mirza.

• Michael Aspel night (BBC4, 7pm) With clips from the great man's career, Bob Hope on This is Your Life, the best of Antiques Roadshow, and Kate Bush on Ask Aspel. This site's profile from July 2021.
• The Accidental Tourist (ITV, 9pm) Stephen Mulhern is sent to South Korea. Two things went wrong: he's got a return ticket, and a camera crew following him around. Ant and Dec give him strange things to do. This might pass as a challenge if you squint really hard.

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15; Scot not Thu) New on Monday and Friday (both Christmas in Newark). Repeats elsewhere.
• !mpossible (BBC2, 1pm); Brainbox Challenge (BBC2, 1.45).
• Tipping Point (ITV, 2pm; not Fri); Lingo (ITV, 3pm); Deal or No Deal (ITV, 4pm); The Chase (ITV, 5pm) Repeats.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) The final is graced by Norman Painting. Repeat around 6am next day.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45) New episodes; rpt on Tue, Thu.
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 4.30) Repeats.
• The Finish Line (BBC1, 5.15) Celebrity editions, beginning with Countdown regulars Christopher Biggins and Rachel Riley.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Repeat of a festive week with Jim Howick, Matt Morsia, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, and Susan Wokoma.
• Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30).
• Masterchef Junior Us (Watch, 7pm). Gorgon Ramsay scares kids.

• Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
• Boom Bang! (S4C, 5.25).
• I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30) Joe Lycett, Richard Coles, Pippa Evans, and Tony Hawks ensure it's a lot of musical fun. At the piano is Colin Sell, but the guest host is Jack Dee.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Butterflies, Bridgerton, Jefferson Airplane, Twin Peaks.
• Scotland's Christmas Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8pm) In Millport, Edinburgh, Burntisland, Peterhead, and Cumnock.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Quarter-final 2: Metrophiles vs Whitley Baes.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Second round 7: Lincoln vs UCL.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Finals week begins.
• The Big Quiz (2) (ITV, 9pm; VM1 9pm Wed) Stephen Mulhern's annual battle between Coronation Street and Emmerdale Farm. This year's teams are Jack P Shepherd, Jodie Prenger, Sam Aston, Georgia Taylor; versus Lucy Pargeter, Bradley Riches, Shebz Miah, Mark Charnock.

• Genius (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) A classic episode.
• One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30).
• Christmas University Challenge 2022 (BBC4, 7.30).
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Finals week continues with the inevitable sob stories.
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm) Weird and Wonderful, with Melanie Bracewell, Patrick Kielty, and Roisin Conaty.

• A League of Their Own (KYTV Maximillian, 2am; repeated on KYTV Maximillian and The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Laura Kenny, Big Zuu, Tony Bellew. Last in the present series, which is the last on KYTV.
• The Food and Drink Christmas Quiz 1993 (BBC4, 7pm) Patrick Barlow and Helen Atkinson-Wood join the regulars to taste wine.
• Christmas University Challenge 2022 (BBC4, 7.30) Semi-finals conclude.
• Y Deis (S4C, 8.25).

• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (KYTV Maximillian, 2am; repeated on KYTV Maximillian and The Satellite Channel, 9pm) Sophie Willan, Matt Goss, Jessie J, Guz Khan.
• Survivor Down Under (BBC3, 1.40am) Two episodes.
• Counterpoint (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) The final, repeated from 2014.
• Christmas University Challenge 2022 (BBC4, 7.30) The final.

• Survivor Down Under (BBC3, 1.50am) Two episodes.
• Ten Years of Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30; BBC Scotland tv, 10.30) Elaine Malcolmson, Mark Nelson, Jay Lafferty, Stuart Mitchell try to make sense of all --that--
• The Motion Show (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7pm) The road starts in Sheffield, with highlights of the Deadlift on Legend's Ego.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) The grand final.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Highlights from 2025.
• Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 9.30) Highlights from 2024.
• QI (BBC2, 10pm) Weird and Wonderful, a revised repeat from Tuesday.
• Survivor Down Under (BBC3, 1.10am) Two episodes.

• Lingo (ITV Quiz, 9am every day).
• Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 2.20pm Sat, Sun).
• Strictly Come Dancing (BBC Red Button, 6.35pm Sat and 7.45pm Sun) Live with BBC1.
• Handmade (C4, 3.35am Sun, 2.55am Tue, 3.35am Thu, 3.10am Fri) The woodworking series with Mel Giedroyc.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC2, 1.30am Mon, 1.35am Tue, 1.30am Wed) Last week's episodes.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC Scotland, 2.30pm Mon).
• Sandi Toksvig's Tiny Christmas (C4, 1.05am Tue).
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (BBC2, 8am Wed).
• Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC2, 1.15am Thu).
• The Money List (RTÉ1, 1.25am Thu)
• Christmas Bake Off 2023 (C4, 12.30am Fri).
• Game of Wool (C4, 4.05am Fri).

7am The Chase 9am Total Wipeout 12 noon Tenable 2pm Blankety Blank 3.20 Family Fortunes 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 2am The Chase 3am The Bidding Room 4am The Chase

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 11am The Chase 2pm Total Wipeout 4pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire 5pm The Chase 6pm Tenable 8pm The Chase 10pm Tenable 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Chase 3am The Bidding Room 4am Bob's Full House 5.30am Bullseye

9am Lingo 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm Wheel of Fortune 3pm Tenable 5pm Deal or No Deal 7pm Lingo 9pm Parents' Evening 10pm Tipping Point 12.50 Deal or No Deal

9am Lingo 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm Wheel of Fortune (Tue-Wed: Beat the Chasers) 3pm Tenable 5pm Deal or No Deal 7pm Lingo 9pm Beat the Chasers (Wed-Thu: Wheel of Fortune; Fri: Parents' Evening) 10pm Tipping Point 12.50 Deal or No Deal