TV Guide 2025-12-27

Rather than highlights for the week, we're giving day-by-day highlights.

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

ITV's weekend includes Wheel of Fortune, Limitless Win, and the last in the present series of You Bet!. Radio Ulster begins a full series of Sound Mate.

• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Masterchef The Professionals (RTÉ1, 11.40am) Continuing the 2022 series.
• Sound Mate (Radio Ulster, 1.30) A Christmas special of the sound effects panel show, with Justine Stafford, Dave Elliott, Andrew Ryan, and Shane Todd.
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 6pm) From Sacramento. May be delayed by snooker.
• You Bet! at Christmas (ITV, 6.30; VM1, 7pm) From Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire, with Alison Hamond, Nick Mohammed, and Rob Beckett.
• Wheel of Fortune Christmas Special (ITV, 7.30) Duos: Craig and Erin, Sue and Kaye, Sheesh and Suki.
• Limitless Win (ITV, 8.30) A festive special: Brooke is joined by Amanda Holden, Nigel by Jamie Redknapp.

• Give Us a Clue (That's TV, 6.25am) Christmas 1980, with Barbara Windsor, Julia Mackenzie, Mollie Sugden, Kenny Everett, Alfred Marks, but Jim Davidson.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.55).
• Alan Carr's Picture Slam (BBC1, 5pm).

Quizzy Monday Sunday edition saves us from a day of repeats.

• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) Double points Sunday for festive players Matthew Baynton, Mel Giedroyc, Harriet Kemsley, Charles Venn.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Montell Douglas, Matt Edmondson, Sonnaz Nooranvary, Lewis Goodall.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Heat 5: Exeter Oxford vs Trinity Hall Cambridge.

• The Chase Celebrity Special (ITV, 5.35) Repeated from Christmas Eve.
• The 1% Club Christmas Special (ITV, 7.30) Repeated from Christmas Day.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Books: Orwellians vs Killies

Masterchef Goes Large has its Champion of Champions show.

• Boom Bang! (S4C, 5.35) How far will rockets fly?
• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Tony Hawks, Zoe Lyons.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm) Snoggletog players Alex Brooker, Rhys Darby, Joanna Page, Molly Rainford are here all week.
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7pm) Heat three.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Dean Franklin, Chloe Petts, Ashley John-Baptiste, Robyn Cowen.
• Masterchef Goes Large Championship of Champions 2024 (BBC1, 8pm) Former winners Natalie Coleman, Thomas Frake, Chariya Khattiyot, Brin Pirathapan.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Quarter-final 4: Doctors Matthews vs Worker Bees.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Heat 6: St Hilda's Oxford vs Edinburgh.

• Junior Bake Off (C4, 9.50am) Highlights from 2024.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon) Tiny treasures special.
• Just a Minute (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm)
• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30) The East Enders; Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15) Sports.
• Popmaster tv (C4, 4.30) Disk jockeys, from 2024.
• The Chase (ITV, 6pm).

Reigning Pro/Celebrity Face/Off champion Lucy Porter turns her attention to a radio entertainment.

• One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30) Lucy Porter, Anna Thomas, Finlay Christie, Daliso Chaponda.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm).
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7pm) Heat 4. Followed by a documentary on Geoff Capes.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Iwan Thomas, Sophie Aldred, Mobeen Azhar, Ashley James.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Law: Cartophiles vs Harmonics.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Middlesex vs Lancaster.

• Junior Bake Off (C4, 10am) More highlights from 2024.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon) Around the globe.
• Genius (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm).
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 5pm); The Chase (ITV, 6pm).
• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30) Pop stars; Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15).

End your year with The Weakest Link; if you can understand the second round on Y Deis at 8.40, you may not be partying hard.

• The Weakest Link (BBC1, 6.40) New year party special, with Charlotte Crosby, Patsy Palmer, Keith Brymer Jones, Ian "H From Steps" Watkins, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Merlin Griffiths, Bash the Entertainer, and Luke Hamnett.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm).
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Tia Kofi, Lauren Patel, Josh Jones, Izzie Balmer.
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7.30) Heat 5.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Third-place play-off play-off: Poptimists vs Ramblers.
• Y Deis Nadolig (S4C, 8.15) A second festive edition.
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Semi-final 1.
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Jon Richardson and Daisy May Cooper play Rob Beckett and Judi Love, with help from Katie Norris.

• Junior Bake Off (C4, 9.50am) Final highlights from 2024.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon) Norwich.
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 5pm); The Chase (ITV, 6pm).
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15).

Starting today: Time Is Money, a quiz on ITV. The Traitors, a hunt for ne'erdowells and scones on BBC1. Bake Off Pairs, an experiment on C4. Finishing: World's Strongest Man on C5.

• Eurovision New Year's Day Concert (Radio 3 and BBC2, 10.15am) Start your new year with great music from Vienna, all thanks to the EBU.
• The Traitors Prom (BBC1, 2pm) A heavily-edited version of the concert given last July, which we hope makes much more sense on the telly.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) First new episode in some weeks.
• Time Is Money (ITV, 6pm) Sara Davies asks players to hold on to their cash piles.
• Bake Off (C4, 6.40) Pairs of seasoned bakers come into the tent, and work together as a team.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7.05; Wales 6.30 Fri).
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.35) Charlotte Hawkins, Stephen Bailey, Ekow Quartey, Belles Berry.
• World's Strongest Man (C5, 7.30) The grand final.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 8pm) Let the challenge … begin!
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.35) Semi-final 2.
• The Traitors Uncloaked (BBC2, 9.05) Comedian Ed Gamble talks with Lucy Beaumont, Minah, Mollie, and Jack Remmington about the show they've just watched.

• The Big Quiz (2) (ITV, 1.30am) Start your year wrong.
• The Chase The Bloopers (ITV Breakfast Broadcasting, 6am) Bradley spent 2025 being wrong.
• Bake Off Day (Food Network, 7am) To 11pm.
• Bargain Hunt (BBC2, 12.45) Furniture.
• Say the Word (Radio 4 Extra, 2pm and 8pm) Language game from 2001.
• Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 4pm).
• Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15).
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8.05) Singles: Brews vs Irregulars.
• QI (BBC2, 10.05) VG: V series, part 1.
• Parents' Evening (ITV, 10.15) From Christmas Day.
• Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2025 (C4, 10.35) That's so last year.

Bank holiday in Scotland

A new series of The News Quiz (Radio 4), Taskmaster's New Year Treat begins, final of Christmas University Challenge (BBC2), and The Traitors Uncloaked moves to BBC1.

• The Chase (ITV, 6pm)
• The News Quiz of the Year (Radio 4, 6.30) Highlights from the year's shows.
• House of Games (BBC2, 7pm).
• Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 7.30) Chris McCausland, Harriet Kemsley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Yinka Bokinni.
• Celebrity Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Colson Smith, Nadia Jae, Grace Cambell, Joel M.
• The Traitors (BBC1, 8pm) Has there been a murder tonight?
• Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) The grand final.
• Taskmaster New Year's Treat (C4, 9pm) Five players are given silly things to do. Concludes tomorrow.
• The Traitors Uncloaked (BBC2, 9.05) Comedian Ed Gamble talks with Joe Marler, power couple Tom and Alex, and the eliminated players.

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12 noon).
• Celebrity Lingo (ITV, 3.55); Tipping Point Lucky Stars (ITV, 5pm).
• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30) Comedians; Pointless Celebrities (BBC1, 5.15).
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Transatlantic: Cinephiles vs Harlequins.

• Bake Off (C4, 1am Sat).
• Lingo (ITV Quiz, 9am every day).
• Get Set Galactic (Cbeebies, 2.20pm Sat, Sun).
• Bullseye (ITV, 3am Sun).
• The Wheel (BBC2, 3.20am Mon).
• Gladiators (BBC2, 7.10am Mon).
• Pottery Throw Down (C4, 12.50am Wed).
• Masterchef (BBC2, 4.05am Wed).
• Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 5.05am Wed).
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 3.25am Thu).
• Limitless Win (ITV, 4.25am Thu).
• You Bet! (ITV, 5.05am Fri).

7am The Chase 9am Total Wipeout 12 noon The Chase 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Chase 1am Bullseye 3am The Bidding Room 4am The Chase

7am The Chase 11am Tenable 1pm The Chase 2pm Total Wipeout 4pm The Chase 6pm Tenable 8pm The Chase 10pm Millionaire 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight The Chase 3am The Bidding Room 4am Bob's Full House 4.50am Bullseye

As Monday except in the following hours:

2pm Family Fortunes 3pm The Chase 6pm Tenable 8pm Millionaire 9pm The Chase 10pm Bullseye

As Monday except in the following hours:

2pm Millionaire 3pm The Chase 10pm, 3am The Chase

As Monday

9am Lingo 10am Tenable 11am Millionaire 12 noon Beat the Chasers 1pm Limitless Win 2pm Tipping Point 3pm Tenable 4pm Bullseye 5pm Wheel of Fortune 6pm Lingo 7pm Limitless Win 8pm Bullseye 9pm Millionaire 10pm Epic Gameshow 11pm Tipping Point 12 midnight Bullseye 12.55 Wheel of Fortune

As Saturday except

10pm The Chase Celebrity Special

As Saturday except

10pm Beat the Chasers

9am Lingo 10am Tenable 11am Limitless Win 12 noon Beat the Chasers 4pm Millionaire 6.10 Tipping Point 8.10 The 1% Club Rollover 12.55 Parents' Evening

9am Deal or No Deal 11am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm Tenable 3pm Millionaire 4pm Bullseye 5pm Deal or No Deal 7pm Lingo 9.05 Deal or No Deal 10.05 Tipping Point 12.50am Tenable