What’s On Channel 4 Today Wednesday 15 March 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Channel 4 today.
06:10
Countdown
Pat Nevin is in Dictionary Corner
06:50
3rd Rock from the Sun
S01E01
First-ever episode of the comedy, starring John Lithgow
The four aliens land on Earth and assume human forms, and Dick soon finds himself attracted to a college professor with whom he shares an office. First-ever episode of the award-winning comedy, starring John Lithgow, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Johnston and French Stewart
07:15
3rd Rock from the Sun
S01E02
The aliens catch a human illness for the first time
The aliens catch a cold from Tommy, just as Dick is about to escort Dr Albright to a wedding. Sci-fi comedy, guest starring Martha Stewart, with John Lithgow, Jane Curtin and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
07:40
The King of Queens
S05E07
Carrie grows jealous of Doug’s former girlfriend
08:05
The King of Queens
S05E08
Doug goes to confession
Doug goes to confession, where he tells the priest how he took a dirty photo of himself at a wedding – and pinned the blame on Danny when the offending picture was discovered. Meanwhile, Arthur resorts to desperate measures to expose the culprit
08:30
The King of Queens
S05E09
Carrie wins four basketball season tickets
Carrie wins four basketball season tickets and needs someone to share them with, but finding compatible companions proves more difficult than she could have imagined. Comedy, starring Leah Remini
09:00
Frasier
S04E10
A childhood prank returns to haunt Frasier
A childhood prank returns to haunt Frasier, who suffers pangs of guilt at the thought that he may have inadvertently caused the victim to embark on a life of crime. Comedy, starring Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce
09:30
Frasier
S04E11
The shrink confronts his neighbours
The apartment block board’s president denies Frasier’s request to attach a knocker to his front door, leaving the shrink determined to fight his neighbour’s tyranny. Comedy, starring Kelsey Grammer
10:00
Frasier
S04E12
Eddie receives psychiatric help
Eddie appears depressed, so Martin enlists the aid of a dog psychiatrist to determine the root of his misery, much to Frasier and Niles’s amusement. However, the diagnosis is that Eddie is picking up negative vibes from everyone around him, causing the Cranes and Daphne to assess their own lives. Comedy, starring Kelsey Grammer and John Mahoney
10:30
Undercover Boss USA
S08E02
The Mayor of Gary, Indiana goes incognito among the city’s workforce
Karen Freeman-Wilson, the Mayor of Gary, Indiana, aims to reverse her city’s economic decline and population loss. She dons a disguise to meet the city’s workforce, including a sanitation plant operator, a fire fighter, a police officer and a beach maintenance worker
11:25
Channel 4 News Summary
Includes headlines and weather
11:30
Emergency Helicopter Medics
S02E03
A paraglider crashes on the Cumbrian coast
12:30
Steph’s Packed Lunch
Weekday magazine show, hosted by Steph McGovern
Steph McGovern presents the weekday magazine, including celebrity guests, food ideas, real-life features and entertainment, lifestyle and consumer stories. Plus, a sideways look at the news in One O’Clock Views
14:10
Countdown
Pat Nevin is in Dictionary Corner
15:00
Tool Club
S01E03
Jess is on a mission to get the planters built
16:00
A New Life in the Sun
S07E03
The owners of a farm in France try alpaca yoga
17:00
Four in a Bed
S2023E28
The B&Bers are in Great Yarmouth to visit Stu and Lou’s Beachside Holidays
The B&Bers are in Great Yarmouth to visit Stu and Lou’s Beachside Holidays. A boat trip brings the group together but a dirty discovery brings down the mood, leaving the hosts concerned about their chances of success on payment day
17:30
Come Dine with Me
Third to host in Huddersfield is school admin assistant Iram
18:00
The Simpsons
S05E05
Homer sells his soul to the Devil
Homer sells his soul to the Devil in return for a doughnut, a gremlin attacks Otto’s bus while Bart is on his way to school, and the family sets out to end a vampiric Mr Burns’ reign of terror
18:30
Hollyoaks
Ste and James have a big question to ask Sienna and Romeo
19:00
Channel 4 News
Including sport and weather
Including sport and weather
19:55
The Political Slot
Shona Robison sets out the Scottish National Party’s plan to tackle child poverty
20:00
Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It: Brilliant Builds
S04E03
Kirstie and Phil look back at a tale of two unfinished projects
Kirstie and Phil look back at a tale of two unfinished projects impacting both property values and family life. In Poole, married couple Sue and Roy were 20 years into their home renovation with no end in sight, while mum-and-daughter duo Abi and Maddy were stuck in limbo with an unfinished kitchen-diner started by Abi’s late partner Ade, who tragically passed away a few years prior
21:00
The Piano: The Final
S01E05
A concert at The Royal Festival Hall sets the stage for the final
A concert at The Royal Festival Hall sets the stage for the final of the competition, as the remaining pianists rehearse and prepare before they walk out onto one of the world’s great music stages in front of a packed house. Mika and Lang Lang have got one last surprise up their sleeves, but who will win the performance of the night?
22:15
Gogglebox: 10 Year Anniversary Special
Highlights from the first 10 years of the show
Highlights from the first 10 years of the show, looking back at how a nation survived lockdowns, a revolving door of prime ministers, and Ed Balls dancing Gangnam Style on Strictly. Featuring appearances by old faces Steph and Dom, Leon, June, and Sandra and Sandi, current armchair critics Pete and Sophie, Mary and Giles, Jenny, and Lee, and the Siddiquis, who have been on Gogglebox since it all started
23:50
Kathy Burke: Growing Up
S01E02
Part two of two. Kathy recalls the carefree feeling of being young
The actress contemplates getting older and explores the lives and experiences of the old and the young, wondering whether people should fight or accept old age. In the second of two programmes, Kathy examines being young and looks back on her much-loved youth when she was carefree and confident. Contributors include her showbiz pals Jennifer Saunders, Bill Bailey, Charlotte Church and TikTok sensation Francis Bourgeois
00:45
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA
S07E08
A failing Italian restaurant in Easton, Pennsylvania
Rosaria bought Bella Luna to realise her son Gianfranco’s ambition to become a chef, but the Italian restaurant’s future looks bleak due to his lack of experience in the kitchen combined with her refusal to acknowledge the eatery’s many flaws. Gordon Ramsay heads to Easton, Pennsylvania, to help the troubled pair and save the business from financial disaster
01:35
Undercover Ambulance: NHS in Chaos – Dispatches
Secretly filmed footage of an ambulance crew’s daily duties
Throughout this winter a member of an ambulance crew has secretly filmed his daily work. The covert film vividly records him and his colleagues struggling to save lives despite lengthening ambulance delays, and overwhelmed A&E departments that stack patients in corridors without the hospital medical staff available to care for them. The footage and additional case studies uncovered by this programme’s makers illustrate how the NHS’s apparent failure to properly deal with emergency calls is causing suffering, long-term harm and possibly needless death
02:30
Couples Come Dine with Me
S03E72
In east Kent, dinner party veterans Mike and Helenor kick off the competition
In east Kent, dinner party veterans Mike and Helenor kick off the competition with a sophisticated menu including wild garlic from the local churchyard and a risky bonus ingredient of sweetbread. Loved-up couple Rob and Jade are impressed with the posh nosh, but married childhood sweethearts Caroline and Tony can’t get Mike’s resemblance to a famous comedian out of their minds. Rob and Jade put together a Thai-inspired menu, but Mike and Helenor are suspicious of Rob’s story of why he loves Thai food. On the last night, visually impaired Caroline and her easy-going husband Tony hope their made-from-scratch food will secure the £1,000 prize
03:25
Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig
S02E04
Sara Pascoe joins the host on a trip to the wilds of Scotland’s east coast
Sandi whisks panel show host, comedian and friend Sara Pascoe away on a trip to the wilds of Scotland’s east coast, where they connect with nature and indulge in Sara’s love of animals. They visit a magical forest cabin in Glen Dye, an award-winning architectural home in the East Neuk of Fife and a 16th-century castle on Glen Island
