TV Crossword

ACROSS

1 Former Hear’Say member who played Michelle Connor in Coronation Street between 2006 and 2019 (3,5)

5 First name of Mr Sirieix on First Dates (4)

9 First name of Ms Feltz who took part in the first ever series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2001 (7)

10 Words that follow Buy to give the title a show presented by Brian Conley in 2018 (2,3)

11 2020 Nigella Lawson series (4,3,6)

13 Word that when placed between It and Two gives the title of a Strictly companion show (5)

15 First name of Ms Calman, the comedian who has her own Grand Days Out series, who took part in Strictly in 2017 (5)

17 Words that follow Come Dine With Me to indicate an extended episode of the show (5,8)

21 First name of the King of Camelot played by Anthony Head in the BBC series Merlin (5)

22 Words that follow Saved By to give the title of a US sitcom set at Bayside High School which ran from 1989 until 1993 (3,4)

23 Amount of blood Tony Hancock says is very nearly an armful in The Blood Donor episode (4)

24 You get this on shows like Match Of The Day and Newsnight (8)

DOWN

1 Surname of Luca, one of the doctors who appeared in ER in the 2000s (5)

2 Animated dog who lived with Mary and Midge in a 1969 children’s show (5)

3 Contestants on Jeopardy! have to give these in the form of a question (7)

4 Phrase associated with University Challenge (7,3,3)

6 Word that follows Mighty Morphin Power to give the title of a 1990s superhero series (7)

7 Word that when followed by Abbey gives the title of a 2000s ITV period drama (7)

8 Maximum number of contestants in a Come Dine With Me competition (4)

12 First name of Ms Jordan, the former Strictly professional who took part in I’m A Celeb in 2016 (3)

13 2010s celebrity winter-sports competition series that was hosted by Davina McCall (3,4)

14 Word that follows Saturday to give the title of a cookery show which has been running since 2002 (7)

15 Surname of William who took part in MasterChef: Battle Of The Critics in 2023 (7)

16 First name of Ms Widdecombe who partnered Anton du Beke on Strictly 2010 (3)

18 Chocolate bar that was advertised with the slogan Lovely Bubbly (4)

19 Shortened name of one the categories of contestants on The X Factor (5)

20 Product-sellers looking for investment on Dragons’ Den need to show healthy numbers of these (5)