TV Guide 2026-08-08

A very quiet week for new shows. There's a live event on BBC1 most evenings, with Sewing Bee cutting over to BBC2 for a week.

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

• Strongest Man 2026 (C5, 4pm) Live coverage from Glasgow.
• The Hit List (BBC1, 6.10) Celebrities: Chris Hughes and Jack P Shepherd, Sara Pascoe and Rhys James, Gary Lamont and Renee Bailey.
• Picture Slam (BBC1, 6.55).
• Celebrity Deal or No Deal (ITV, 7pm; HTV Wales 10.45 Mon) Adam and Ryan Thomas.
• Gloria Hunniford Night on BBC4 from 8pm, though nothing is particularly game show.

• Strongest Man 2026 (C5, 4pm) Live from Glasgow.
• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 3.
• The Great Australian Bake Off (E4, 6pm) The final!
• Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, 7pm) The final!
• The Piano (C4, 9pm) Alice Sara Ott joins for the Manchester heat, filmed in Piccadilly.
• Unacceptable (TLC, 9pm) Rhys James is on the panel.
• The Summit (Down Under) (ITV4, 11.20) Who can you really trust?

• Bargain Hunt (BBC2, 12.15) Repeats, and this week is on BBC2.
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Pauline McLynn is the guest.
• The Answer Run (BBC1, 4.30) Jason Manford's this-or-that quiz.
• Masterchef Down Under (Watch, 7pm) New series of the Aussie show.

• Just a Minute (Radio 4, 6.30) Tony Hawks, Desiree Burch, Cariad Lloyd, Julian Clary.
• The Floor Us (ITV2, 7pm) Series 4 final. No new Mastermind because of a live event.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Heat 5: Double Features vs Colonial Geese.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Heat 5: Magadalen Oxford vs Warwick.
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 9pm) A daring plot in Brighton.
• Mastermind (BBC4, 9pm) Heat 1 from 1977: specialists the Alps, symphony orchestra instruments, children's literature, Old Testament.
• Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9.30) From Nanette Newman, Bryan Forbes, Joanna Lumley, Russell Harty, from 1977.

• Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) A comedy show with some questions at the audience. This week, Paul's in Boston Lincolnshire, and looks to write a perfect pub quiz.
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 8pm) Sport for the stitchers this week. Moved to BBC2 owing to a live event.
• Celebrity Hunted (C4, 9pm) Surrounded at a country hotel.

• Guy Mont Spelling Bee (BBC3, 10pm) Two episodes.
• Survivor (TG4, 11.40) "Icarus time".

• The Chase Around the World (VM1 and ITV, 9pm) Zurich, with Einstein, a chocolate factory, cable cars, a villain's lair, the Governess, the Dark Destroyer.

• Breaking the News (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm) Jon Richardson, Roisin Conaty, Rob Beckett, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, with Lou Wall.
• Big Fat Quiz Best Bits (C4, 10pm) "Ultimate flops" moments from the archives.

• House of Games (3) (BBC2, weekdays 1pm) Clare Balding, 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) Chris Bisson, Danielle Harold, Katharine Merry, Robert Webb.

• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 8am Tue).
• The Summit (ITV, 3am Wed, Fri).
• The Piano (C4, 4.55am Wed).

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 10am Family Fortunes 11am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 12.15 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

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