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TV Guide 2026-03-21

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

Saturday 21 March

  • Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
  • Masterchef The Professionals (RTÉ1, 11.50am) Continuing the 2022 series.
  • Hot Takes (Radio Ulster, 1.30) Andrew Trimble and Jayne Wisener.
  • Gladiators (BBC1, 5.45) Fire and the firefighter in the Firestone tyre factory, and Legend is as awesome as usual. Followed by classic episodes of The Wheel and The Weakest Link.
  • Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 5.45) Joe Swash, Joanna Page, Angellica Bell join Stephen Mulhern
  • Got Talent (ITV, 6.45) Auditions move to the Birmingham Hippodrome.
  • Celebrity Sabotage (ITV, 8pm) Joel Dommett, Judi Love, Sam Thompson, GK Barry try to make a prank programme. This week, Sara Davies and Jo Brand join in. Followed by a classic 1% Club.

Sunday 22 March

  • Give Us a Clue (Talking Pictures, 3.30) Repeated from 1985: Bernie Winters, Lena Zavaroni, Bobby Crush, Jenny Hanley, Joan Sims, but Mike Read.
  • Counterpoint (Radio 4, 4.30) Semi-final 3. Jazz in the movies.
  • The Amazing Race Down Under (E4, 6.25) The bekende australianen head to Agra.
  • Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
  • Y Llais (S4C, 7.30) Heat 3.
  • The Money List (RTÉ1, 7.30) New run of the show we knew as Who Dares Wins.
  • An Deis (TG4, 7.30) The Irish version of S4C's Y Deis.
  • Celebrity Bake Off (C4, 7.40) Returning comedians: Joe Wilkinson, Roisin Conaty, Rose Matafeo, Judi Love, Tom Davis, Jon Richardson. Cherish Finden is the guest judge.
  • The Hunt (C4, 9pm) Contestants hunt each other through a forest; one side wins by evading detection, the other side wins by capture.
  • Mock the Week (TLC, 9pm).

Daytime

  • Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Mon (Kelso) and Fri (Shepton Mallet). Scotland: Wed 11.15am.
  • Countdown (C4, 2.10) The guest is Jon Kay.
  • The Finish Line (BBC1, 4.30).
  • Four in a Bed (C4, 5.30).
  • Come Dine with Me (C4, 5.30) West Country.
  • House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm) Champions! Amy Gledhill, Jacqui Joseph, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Tim Vine. Last week of the current host, too.
  • Do You Know Your Place (BBC2, 6.30; Mon, Wed only) Finishing the week with Susan Calman, Max Fosh, Noreen Khan. They're visiting Bamburgh and Leicester.
  • Celebrity Puzzling (C5, 7pm).

Monday 23 March

  • Unspeakable (Radio 4, 6.30) New words with Sam Nicoresti, Alison Spittle, Mark Watson.
  • Mastermind (BBC2, 8pm) Semi 3: Clint Eastwood westerns, Hieronymus Bosch, Bruce Springsteen, Cyrille Regis.
  • Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, 8.30) Nabil Abdulrashid, Alex James, Nella Rose, Lou Sanders.
  • University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Group stage, matchday 9.
  • Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 9pm) At the Goring hotel, with geef goerginon and a gottle of geer.
  • The Hunt (C4, 9pm) Loyalties divided and trust called into question.

Tuesday 24 March

  • Wing It (Radio 4, 6.30 Tue) Cariad Lloyd, Thomas Mayo, Emma Sidi, Alexander Jeremy.
  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 6.30) Yorkshire and Tyne Tees this week.
  • Home of the Year (RTÉ1, 7pm) Cork, Dublin, and Armagh.
  • Slé Anois go Cúramach (TG4, 7.30) A quiz show combining high-energy entertainment with learning the Irish language. Host is Síoma Ní Ruairc, this week with Marist College Athlone and Scoil Mhuire Buncrana.
  • Mas Fhior (BBC Alba, 8.30).
  • Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 9pm) Brunico in the South Tyrol.
  • The Hunt (C4, 9pm) Strategies shift and fortunes flip.

Wednesday 25 March

  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 7pm) Duck, season.
  • Celebrity Lingo (ITV, 7.30; UTV 11.15 Thu) Natalie Cassidy and Angellica Bell play Jonnie Peacock and Greg Rutherford.
  • Y Deis (S4C, 8.25) More six-sided fun.
  • Survivor (TG4, 11.30) "Flipping the win switch".

Thursday 26 March

Comedians still wait for Jimmy Carr to say something funny on Last One Laughing (Amazon). Our money's on the spider completing the web first.

  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 6.30; Wales and NI: 7pm Fri) Frank Cottrell-Boyce is this week's guest judge.
  • Masterchef The Professionals (BBC1, 8pm; BBC2 in Wales and NI) The grand final. Which, for some channels, is less important than grown men chasing a ball of air round a field.

Friday 27 March

Selected repeats

  • !mpossible, The Tournament, Chess Masters (BBC2, from 1pm weekdays) Tue: The Tournament and Chess Masters an hour later in Wales. Fri: no Chess Masters.
  • Lingo (ITV, 2pm weekdays); Deal or No Deal (ITV, 3pm weekdays); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm weekdays); The Chase (ITV, 2pm weekdays).
  • Pointless (BBC1, 5.15 weekdays) Originally seen in 2023.
  • Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9pm Mon) Sinead Cusak, Ian Ogilvy, Miles Kington, Penelope Keith.
  • Face the Music (BBC4, 9.30 Mon) Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray, Derek Hart, Isobel Baillie.
  • QI XL (BBC2, 9pm Wed).

Sign language interpretation

  • Great Local Menu (BBC2, 1.15am Sat, 8am Wed, 2.10am Fri)
  • The Summit (ITV, 3am Sat).
  • Limitless Win (ITV, 5.05am Sat).
  • Lego Masters Australia (E4, 6am Sat).
  • Handcuffed (C4, 3.15am Sun, 2.50am Mon).
  • Wheel of Fortune (ITV, 3am Mon).
  • The Hunt (C4, 1.55am Wed, 1.55am Thu, 1.55am Fri)
  • The Floor (ITV, 5.05am Fri) Episode 6.
  • Gladiators (BBC2, 8am Fri).

Challenge

Saturday - Sunday

7am The Chase 9am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Blockbusters 12 noon Celebrity Catchphrase 1pm Tenable 2pm Blankety Blank 4pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 2am The Chase

Monday - Friday

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 10am The Bidding Room 11am Dickinson's Real Deal 12 noon Family Fortunes 12.40 Blankety Blank 2pm The Chase 3pm Millionaire 4pm Bridge of Lies 5pm The Bidding Room 6pm Tenable 7pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Millionaire 1am The Chase 4am Bullseye

ITV Quiz

All days

9am Deal or No Deal 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo 2pm Tenable 3pm Guest show 4pm Riddiculous 5pm Deal or No Deal 6pm Lingo 9pm Guest show 10pm Tipping Point 12.50am Tenable

The guest show – shown at 9pm one night, repeated 3pm next day.
Saturday – In With a Shout
Sunday, Monday – Millionaire
Tuesday – Wheel of Fortune
Wednesday – Beat the Chasers
Thursday – Limitless Win
Friday – The Floor