TV Guide 2026-08-01

• It's the Strongest Man weekend (C5), live from salubrious Milton Keynes.
• The Answer Run has a new series (BBC1 weekdays).
• Celebrity Hunted returns (C4, from Mon).
• Lots of new shows from Australia: Masterchef Down Under is back (W, from Mon), joined by Survivor Down Under (BBC3, Tue) and Guy Mont Spelling Bee (BBC3, Wed).
• Sally Magnusson remembers her father Magnus's brilliance on Mastermind (BBC4, Mon).
• Celebrity Am Dro! (S4C, Sat).

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• Strongest Man 2026 (C5, 4pm) Live coverage from Milton Keynes.
• The Hit List (BBC1, 5.55) Celebrities: Chloe Burrows and Aitch; Sabre and Nitro from Gladiators; Lisa Riley and Dominic Brunt from Emmerdale Farm.
• Picture Slam (BBC1, 6.40).
• Celebrity Deal or No Deal (ITV, 7pm) Zoe Ball.
• Am Dro! (S4C, 7pm) Eisteddfod celebrity special, with Ceri Wyn Jones, Dot Davies, Mirain Iwerydd, Iwan John.

• Strongest Man 2026 (C5, 4pm) Live coverage from Milton Keynes.
• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 2.
• The Great Australian Bake Off (E4, 6pm) Patisserie week.
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm).
• The Piano (C4, 9pm) Jools Holland joins for the London heat, filmed in London Bridge.
• Unacceptable (TLC, 9pm) Vittorio Angelone and Fatiha El-Ghorri.
• The Summit (Down Under) (ITV4, 11.25) Run for your lives.

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Mon (Newark), Fri (Twenty Years of The One Show, with Angellica Bell, JB Gill, Kevin Duala, Hannah Stitfall).
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Ade Adepitan is the guest.
• The Bidding Room (BBC1, 3.45; new eps Mon, Wed, Fri)
• The Answer Run (BBC1, 4.30) Jason Manford's this-or-that quiz returns.
• The Floor Us (ITV2, 7pm) Series 4.
• Masterchef Down Under (Watch, 7pm) New series of the Aussie show.

• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Paul Merton, Zoe Lyons, Catherine Bohart, Paterson Joseph.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Heat 4: birds of prey, Roger Moore's James Bond, Charles I, Sylvia Plath.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Heat 4: Frenemies vs Marvins.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Heat 4: Guildhall School of Music and Drama vs Darwin Cambridge.
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 9pm) Featuring Brian and Lucy Conley, Amy Dowden and Carlos Gu, JJ Chalmers and Sophie Morgan, Jen Brister and Laura Smyth, Chris Taylor and Toby Aromolaran, Scarlette and Stuart Douglas.
• Sally Magnusson Remembers Mastermind (BBC4, 9pm).
• Mastermind (BBC4, 9.20) The 1972 final.
• Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9.50) From 1984.

• Sewing Bee (BBC1, 8pm) Mexico week.
• Survivor Down Under (BBC3, 9pm) A new series begins in Samoa. Two Episodes from series 10, first shown in early 2023.
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 9pm) Is it wise to go live on network television?

• Deal or No Deal: Banker's Best Battles (ITV, 7.30) New edition of the clip show.
• Guy Mont Spelling Bee (BBC3, 10pm) Hannah Gadsby and Lloyd Langford; two episodes.
• Survivor (TG4, 11.40) "Coconut etiquette".

• The Chase Around the World (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) Paris, where there are waxworks, snails, cathedrals, quiz in a taxi, beasts, and vixens.

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Katherine Ryan, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jake Lambert, and Brett Domino.
• Big Fat Quiz Best Bits (C4, 10pm) "Ultimate triumphs" moments from the archives.

• House of Games (3) (BBC2, weekdays 1pm) Kimberley Wyatt's first week, The Finish Line (BBC2, 1.30), Do You Know Your Place (BBC2, 2.15).
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, weekdays 2pm); Deal or No Deal (ITV, weekdays 3pm); Tipping Point (ITV, weekdays 4pm); The Chase (ITV, weekdays 5pm).
• Pointless (BBC1, weekdays 5.15) From 2023.
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, 6pm, also 6.30 Mon, Thu; not Tue, Wed) Redemption week: Gethin Jones, Tiff Stevenson, Kate Thornton, Gary Wilmot.

• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 8am Tue).
• The Summit (ITV, 3am Wed, Fri).
• The Piano (C4, 4.45am Wed).

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 10am Family Fortunes 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 Tenable 1pm Millionaire 2pm Bridge of Lies 3pm The Chase 4pm Famous Family Fortunes 4.45 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 6pm Tenable 7pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 12 midnight Bridge of Lies 1am The Chase 4am Bullseye

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip new to the Challenge channel.

9am Deal or No Deal 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo (Sun: Celebrity Supermarket Sweep) 2pm Tenable 3pm Celebrity Lingo (Sun: The Chase Celebs) 4pm Riddiculous 5pm Deal or No Deal 6pm Lingo 8pm Celebrity Supermarket Sweep 9pm The Chase Celebrity Special 10pm Tipping Point 12.50am Tenable 1.50am Riddiculous

9am Deal or No Deal 10am Tipping Point 1pm Lingo (Mon: Celebrity Supermarket Sweep) 2pm Tenable 3pm as 9pm previous day 4pm Riddiculous 5pm Deal or No Deal 6pm Lingo 8pm Lingo 9pm Mon Millionaire Tue Wheel of Fortune Wed-Thu Supermarket Sweep Fri Celebrity Lingo 10pm Tipping Point 12.50am Tenable 1.50am Riddiculous