TV Guide 2026-05-09

This week's highlights:

• Eurovision Song Contest week (BBC1, Radio 2, Red Button, Tue and Thu)
• The Way Out (Dave, Tue) brings escape rooms to your telly.
• The Neighbourhood has been such a success, it's going to finish even earlier than scheduled (VM1 and ITV, Sat-Tue).

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

• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am).
• Celebrity Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 5.40; Wales BBC2 at 6.50) Charlie Broks, Amir Khan, Sara Damergi, Tim Vine.
• Stephen Mulhern's Celebrity Catchphrase (ITV, 6pm) Frankie Bridge, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Harry Pinero. But this show won't have everyone's full attention.
• Blankety Blank (BBC1, 6.25; Wales BBC2 at 7.35) Julian Clary, Sophie Willan, Liza Tarbuck, Judi Love, Tom Allen, and – when he's not gadding with Stephen Mulhern on the other side – Harry Pinero.
• Got Talent (ITV, 7pm) Live semi-final 3.
• The Neighbourhood (VM1 and ITV, 10pm) Social sincerity is questioned. Preponed from next Thursday, because this is stinking out the network so badly they just want shot of it.

• Give Us a Clue (Talking Pictures, 3.30) Repeated from 1985: Emily Bolton, Jo Brown, Anita Harris, Geoffrey Hughes, Patrick Mower, Beryl Reid.
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 4.30) Scotland vs Northern Ireland.
• The Amazing Race Down Under (E4, 4.55) Bicycles prove harder to ride than anticipated; can these minor celebs not manage without training wheels?
• Pointless (BBC2 Wales, 6.15); House of Games (3) (BBC2 Wales, 7.30) Episodes shown elsewhere on Friday.
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• The Money List (RTÉ1, 7.30) The show we knew as Who Dares Wins.
• An Deis (TG4, 7.30) More six-sided fun.
• Am Dro! (S4C, 8pm) More favourite walks.
• Taskmaster Bleeped (4Extra, 8pm).
• Your Song (C4, 9pm) The grand final, and are they going to include a fifth singer?
• The Neighbourhood (VM1 and ITV, 10.20) The immunity challenge is "Escape the greenhouse". Preponed from next Friday

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Mon (Detling) and Fri (Leominster).
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) The guest is Rory Bremner.
• Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30; celeb rpt Fri).
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15; Fri BBC2) Angela Scanlon and Susan Wokoma are the co-hosts.
• Quizzy Monday Classics (BBC4, 7pm, not Fri) University Challenge from 2022-23, and Only Connect from 2008.

• The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30) Tony Hawks, Zoe Lyons, Mark Steel, Fern Brady.
• Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8pm) North-east and Northern Isles this week.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm; Scotland 8.30) A posh cheese sandwich.
• The Neighbourhood (VM1 and ITV, 10.45; STV 11.05) Parlour games decide who's going to the final. Preponed from Thursday next week, which is going to make tomorrow's TV Times look foolish.

• Slé Anois go Cúramach (TG4, 7.30) St Aidan's CBS vs St Mark's.
• Eurovision Song Contest (BBC1 and Radio 2, 8pm; signed on Red Button) Live from Vienna with Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski. TV commentary by Rylan from The Backstabber and Angela Scanlon from Pointless. Radio commentary by Sara Cox from The Radio 2 Breakfast Show. This year's shows will not air on RTÉ.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 8pm) Mess decks, with guest judge Kelly Holmes.
• The Way Out (Dave, 9pm) Mel Giedroyc introduces a competitive escape room show.
• The Neighbourhood (VM1 and ITV, 10.45; STV 11.05) Who wins? Good question. Who loses? Everyone involved with this. Last in the "present" series.

• Race Across the World (BBC1, 8pm) Out to Mongolia.

• Eurovision Song Contest (BBC1 and Radio 2, 8pm; signed on Red Button) BBC viewers get to vote tonight.
• Masterchef (BBC2, 8pm) Last of the heats.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "An even bigger spoon".
• The Traitors India (BBC3, 9pm) Someone's fate hangs by a thread! Two episodes, with some passages subtitled.

• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Nish Kymar, Ian Smith, Katy Balls.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Fruit plates.
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts, with Karl Turner and Roisin Conaty.

• !mpossible, Mastermind, Lightning (BBC2, weekdays from 1pm). The Mastermind repeats are the 2022-23 series.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, Mon and Tue 2pm); Lingo (ITV, 3pm); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm); The Chase (ITV, all weekdays 5pm).
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, weekdays 6pm) Deirdre O'Kane, Jay Rayner, Tessa Sanderson, Iwan Thomas (sprinter).
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm Tue).

• Masterchef (BBC2, 2am Sat, 1.30am Thu, 12.45am Fri)
• Lego Masters Australia (E4, 6am Sat).
• Am Dro! (S4C, 12.55pm Sat).
• Do You Know Your Place? (BBC2, 3.35am Mon, 3.30am Thu)
• Race Across the World (BBC2, 2.25am Tue).
• Eurovision Song Contest (BBC Red Button, 8pm Tue and Thu).
• Celebrity Sabotage (ITV, 5.05am Wed).
• The Neighbourhood (ITV, 3.25am Thu; 3am Fri).
• Interior Design Masters (BBC2, 1.45am Sat).
• Taskmaster (C4, 12.10am Sat).

7am The Chase 9am Dickinson's Real Deal 11am Blockbusters 12 noon Celebrity Catchphrase 1pm Tenable 2pm Bridge of Lies 3pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 2am The Chase

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 10am The Bidding Room 11am Dickinson's Real Deal 12 noon The Crystal Maze 1pm Celebrity Catchphrase 2pm The Chase 3pm Pointless Celebs 4pm Millionaire 5pm The Bidding Room 6pm Tenable 7pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Millionaire 1am The Chase 4am Bullseye

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

Guest show – shown at 9pm, repeated 3pm next day
Saturday – Parents' Evening (3pm Sunday: Deal or No Deal Celebrity)
Sunday, Monday – Millionaire
Tuesday – Epic Gameshow
Wednesday – Beat the Chasers
Thursday – Limitless Win
Friday – The Floor