TV Guide 2026-09-12

• Give your remote control a work out, as the The Celebrity Inner Circle returns (BBC1, Sat).
• Want more practice? New series of Big Brother (ITV2, from Sun).
• The Apocalypse comes as light relief (C4, Sun), but is it a game show as we understand it?
• Wagging Rights (Dave and W, Sun) is more familiar territory, dogs try to train their celebrities to behave.
• The Great Pottery Throw Down gets a celebrity edition (C4, Sun).
• Mock the Week is back (TLC, Sun), Big Game Night has a second series (C5, Sun), and Irish channel TG4 has another series of Survivor CBS (Wed).
• Winners are found on Sewing Bee (BBC1, Tue), Popmaster tv (More4, Tue), and Celebrity Masterchef (Fri).

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• Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 11am) Rick Edwards hosts the sports gabfest.
• BBC The Voice of Holland of These Islands (ITV, 7pm) More chairing for the good singers.
• The Celebrity Inner Circle (BBC1, 8.15) Ade Adepitan, Janette Manrara, Des Clarke, Catherine Tyldesley, and Lisa Riley ask "weren't there meant to be six contestants here?"
• The Box (ITV, 8.15) Brains and brawn, apparently.

• BBC Brain (Radio 4, 4.30) Heat 8.
• Lego Masters Down Under (E4, 6.50) What lurks beneath?
• The Great Celebrity Pottery Throw Down (C4, 7.45) Liza Tarbuck hosts, with potters Lucy Beaumont, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Richard Herring, Paul Merson, Denise Van Outen, and Layton Williams.
• The Box (ITV, 8pm) Fortune Favours the Bold.
• Wagging Rights (Dave and W, 8pm) Yep, showing on two channels at once.
• The Apocalypse (C4, 9pm) Two groups try to survive in a post-apocalyptic environment using the limited resources to hand. Conflict quickly erupts. We're not sure if this is a game show, so treat with caution.
• NFL Big Game Night (C5, 9pm) This week featuring the Green Bay Cheeseheads and the Minnesota Airheads.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm) AJ Odudu and Will Best introduce the new series.
• Mock the Week (TLC, 9pm) A new series, with Ahir Shah, Laura Lexx, Sara Pascoe, Scott Bennett and Hugh Dennis.
• The Traitors Ireland (RTÉ1, 9.30) The players speculate on blackmail. All episodes followed by Uncloaked with Kevin McGahern and guests.

• Bargain Hunt (BBC1, 12.15) New on Monday (Taunton) and Friday (Bradford).
• Countdown (C4, 2.10) Marcus Brigstocke is the guest.
• Antiques Road Trip (BBC1, 4.30) Natasha Raskin Sharp and David Harper are in central Scotland.
• The Chase (ITV, 5pm) New episodes.
• Pointless (BBC1, 5.15) Nish Kumar and Lucy Porter join the show.
• Masterchef Down Under (Watch, 7pm).

• Unspeakable (Radio 4, 6.30) Marcus Brigstocke, Bella Hull, Pierre Novellie.
• Mastermind (BBC2, 7.30) Heat 8: Neil Young, Rory McIlroy, Sally Ride, brutalist architecture.
• Only Connect (2) (BBC2, 8pm) Second-chance 2: Marvins vs Merseyside Eyes.
• University Challenge (BBC2, 8.30) Heat 10: UCL vs Royal College of Art.
• Race Against the Tide (BBC Scotland, 8.30) "Towers".
• Dubhlain DIY (BBC Alba, 8.30) Gardening furniture.
• Mastermind (BBC4, 9pm) From 1977: George Orwell, costume from 1600, Rome, the Common Market.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm). Followed by Little Brother's E4um on the Side with Layton Live Group Chat with Kate Lawler and GK Barry.
• Popmaster (More4, 9pm) Heat 8.
• Call My Bluff (BBC4, 9.30) Diana Quick, Robert Powell, Anouska Hempel, Nigel Havers.
• The Traitors Ireland (RTÉ1, 9.35) The game continues.

• Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30) Back to Canterbury: arches and bishops.
• Race Against the Tide (BBC2, 7.30) "Towers"
• Sewing Bee (BBC1, 8pm) The grand final.
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) The finalists make a canine-themed menu. Should have gone to our school, Olive's cooking was always a dog's dinner.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• Popmaster tv (More4, 9pm) The final.
• The Traitors Ireland (RTÉ1, 9.35).

• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 9pm) Re-imagined signature dishes.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• Survivor (TG4, 11pm) "Act One of a Horror Film", set in Fiji, and first shown on CBS in September 2025.

• Dragons' Den (BBC1, 8pm) An inflatable pub.
• Taskmaster (C4, 9pm) "The butterfly centurion".
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm).
• RuPaul's Drag Race (BBC3, 10pm) Duncan James and Arian Nik join the Snatch Game panel.

• The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected (Radio Scotland, 1.30).
• The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30).
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 8pm; Wales, BBC2) A three-course meal to decide the winner.
• Big Brother (ITV2, 9pm) Some lucky soul leaves.

• !mpossible (BBC2, weekdays 1pm), The Edge (BBC2, 1.45), Unbeatable (BBC2, 2.15). The Edge and Unbeatable one hour later in Wales on Tues.
• Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, weekdays 2pm); Lingo (ITV, 3pm); Tipping Point (ITV, 4pm).
• House of Games (3) (BBC2, weekdays 6pm) Larry Dean, Kirsty Gallacher, Sam Quek, Lemn Sissay.

• Lego Masters Australia (E4, 6am Sat).
• Celebrity Masterchef (BBC2, 7.05am Mon, 12.40am Wed, 12.35am Thu).
• Race Against the Tide (BBC Scotland, 3.30pm Mon)
• Sewing Bee (BBC2, 8am Tue).
• Taskmaster (C4, 1.05am Wed).
• Pottery Throw Down (C4, 2am Wed).
• Pictionary (ITV, 3am Thu).
• The Chase Around the World (ITV, 3am Fri).
• Mastermind (BBC2, 8am) Two episodes first shown in the spring.

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 10am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11.15 Catchphrase 12 noon Cash Trapped 1pm Tenable 2pm Bridge of Lies 3pm The Chase 11pm Bullseye 2am The Chase

7am The Chase 9am Tenable 10am The Bidding Room 11am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 12.15 Blankety Blank 1pm Cash Trapped 2pm Bridge of Lies 3pm The Chase 4pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 5.15 Famous Family Fortunes 6pm Cash Trapped 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: The Chase Celebrity) 2pm Tenable 3pm Millionaire Hot Seat (Sun: The Chase Celebrity) 4pm Riddiculous 5pm Deal or No Deal 6pm Lingo 8pm Celebrity Deal or No Deal 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 yesterday 4pm Riddiculous 5pm Deal or No Deal 6pm Lingo 8pm Lingo 9pm Mon: Millionaire Tue: Wheel of Fortune Wed: Beat the Chasers Thu, Fri: The Floor 10pm Tipping Point 12.50am Tenable 1.50am Riddiculous