TV Guide 2026-05-16

This week's highlights:

• Eurovision Song Contest finals night (BBC1, Radio 2, Red Button, Sat-Sun).
• Race Across the World reaches the end of the road (BBC1, Thu).
• Round the Islands Quiz has its Third Place Play Off (Radio 4, Sun).
• Scotland's Home of the Year is named (BBC1 Scotland, Mon).
• One Person Found This Helpful returns (Radio 4, 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, 5.55) Soap stars: Nick Pickard from Hollyoaks, Sue Cleaver from Coronation Street, Rebecca Sarker from Emmerdale Farm, Perry Fenwick from The East Enders. But! Subject to delay or cancellation if an earlier live event cannot finish on time.
• Got Talent (ITV, 6pm) Live semi-final 4, at the earlier hour of an hour earlier.
• Blankety Blank (BBC1, 6.40) Kym Marsh, Jenny Ryan, Babatunde Aleshe, Chris McCausland, Michael Dapaah, Chizzy Akudolu.
• Eurovision Song Contest (BBC1 and Radio 2, 8pm; signed on Red Button) Live from Vienna with Victoria Swarovski and Michael Ostrowski. TV commentary by Graham Norton from The Neighbourhood. Radio commentary by Rylan and Sara Cox. This year's shows will not air on RTÉ.

• Give Us a Clue (Talking Pictures, 3.30) Repeated from 1985: Geoff Capes, Frank Carson, Lorraine Chase, Liza Goddard, Susan Jameson, Kenny Lynch. Last in the series.
• Round the Islands Quiz (Radio 4, 4.30) The most important episode in RTIQ history: the first ever All Important Third Place Play Off!
• The Amazing Race Down Under (E4, 5.40) Fish are gutted, and the lobster are annoyed.
• 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 final concert.

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Mon (Kingston-upon-Thames) and Fri (a pets compilation).
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) The guest is Lucy Porter.
• Bridge of Lies (BBC1, 4.30; civilian rpt Wed-Thu, celeb rpt Fri).
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15; Fri BBC2) 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) Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh, Miles Jupp, Lucy Porter.
• Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1 Scotland, 8.30) The grand final.

• One Person Found This Helpful (Radio 4, 6.30) Dee Allum, Pierre Novellie, Zoe Lyons, Hasan Al-Habib try to make this format funny. Good luck.
• Slé Anois go Cúramach (TG4, 7.30) Maynooth Post Primary plays De La Salle College Dundalk.
• Interior Design Masters (BBC1, 8pm) Studio apartments in Leeds, with guest judge Lynsey Ford.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Knockout week goes to Roe's in Canary Wharf.
• The Way Out (Dave, 9pm) This week, the teams try to steal the Moaning Liza.

• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Knockout week goes to Straits' in the Pan Pacific.
• Survivor (TG4, 11.50) "The Get to Know You Game Part 1". Series 48, first shown on CBS early last year.

• Race Across the World (BBC1, 8pm) The grand final takes the teams to Hatgal. The Reunion follows at 9pm.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "Putting things on things".
• The Traitors India (BBC3, 9pm) The palace becomes a pressure cooker of mistrust. Two episodes, with some passages subtitled.

• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Robin Morgan, Stephen Bush, Chloe Petts, from the Hay Festival.
• Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm) Pizza night.
• Taskmaster Bleeped (E4 Extra, 8pm).
• Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm) The inevitable Alexander Armstrong episode, with Phil Wang and Judi Love.

• !mpossible, Mastermind, Lightning (BBC2, weekdays from 1pm).
• 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) Josh Jones, Molly Rainford, Mark Rhodes, Sonia: a very jolly week.
• Would I Lie to You (BBC1, 8.30 Mon; not Scot).
• QI XL (BBC2, 9pm Tue).

• Masterchef (BBC2, 2am Sat, 1.30am Thu, 12.45am Fri)
• Lego Masters Australia (E4, 6am Sat).
• Am Dro! (S4C, 1.15pm Sat).
• Eurovision Song Contest (BBC Red Button, 8pm Sat).
• Race Across the World (BBC2, 12.40am Wed).
• Do You Know Your Place? (BBC2, 2.55am Thu)
• The Neighbourhood (ITV, 3.25am Thu; 3am Fri).
• 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 – Millionaire Hot Seat