Box Hits TV Guide — Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Richard Osman, Ellie Taylor, Jessica Knappett, David O'Doherty, Rob Beckett and Aisling Bea answer questions based on opinion polls carried out around the country to see who best understands what is going on in Britain today. Jimmy Carr hosts

Greg Davies dishes out the absurd A-list challenges once more. Aisling Bea, Bob Mortimer, Mark Watson, Nish Kumar and Sally Phillips are driven to ever more absurd lengths in the battle to lay their sticky fingers on Taskmaster Greg's golden head

Jimmy Carr hosts a hybrid of the comedy panel show and the words-and-numbers quiz, as a pair of well-known faces takes on another. Mathematician Rachel Riley looks after the letters and numbers, while another guest joins lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. With guests Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, Richard Ayoade and Laura Smyth

Adrian Perkins, the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, is in charge of 3,000 employees serving its 200,000 residents. Louisiana's third largest city has fallen on hard times with crime and unemployment on the rise. Mayor Perkins wants to change the fortunes of his home town and he thinks going undercover will help. As his alter ego Wayne Oliver, an unemployed steel worker looking for a new career, he works alongside a firefighter, a police officer and a parks maintenance worker to see what life is like working for the city, and gets the chance to meet his community without them knowing that they're talking to the mayor

The two founders of the College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving company go on separate assignments on the front line to determine if their business is secure enough to last

One of the buyers accidentally acquires a historically important item, while Victor gets his hands on an intriguing locked treasure chest - with no key

The bidders face tough competition when they find themselves up against 100 rivals at an auction in Longview

Three couples from the north Kent coast compete, with engaged Emma and Craig kicking things off with their menu of simple fare, but the starter isn't popular and there are issues with the dessert. Darren and Dan are next up and their food goes down a storm, while well-to-do Edward and Catherine conclude proceedings, hoping to impress with their grand house and fine dining. Who will take home the £1,000 prize money?

Three pairs of partners from east London compete to win the £1,000 prize, including Stephen and Andrew who present a cosy menu inspired by their love of all things homely. Also vying to win are beauty-lovers Rob and Abi who hope to impress their guests by cooking up some glamorous cuisine, before comedian duo James and Kate hope a surprise performance will help them secure the cash

Twenty five-year-old groom Colin hopes his efforts to organise a Willy Wonka-themed wedding will please his 24-year-old bride-to-be Sally. However, preparing the ceremony while holding two jobs proves a massive task, and his penchant for playing pranks threatens to turn his big day into a children's birthday party

Groom-to-be Ian returns from the Merchant Navy and receives £12,000 to fund his wedding. However, he must plan a big day that will adhere to the traditions of his bride Reanna's Greek Cypriot family

Mitchell Modell, CEO of Modell's Sporting Goods, goes incognito among his employees. He poses as a contestant on a fake reality TV show, and tries learn more about the people working for his company, which has been in his family for four generations since its founding by his great-grandfather in 1889

Kat Cole goes undercover among the workforce of her company Cinnabon Incorporated, which serves sweet treats from more than 900 bakeries in 40 countries worldwide. Kat has come a long way after being raised by a single mother who fed her family of three girls on $10 a week. She seeks advice from her old boss, former Hooters CEO Coby Brooks, who also went undercover, in his own organisation. Kat has some lofty goals for Cinnabon to become a worldwide food brand, and wants to make sure that the new products she has put in place are working before she implements her plans

Ten of the series' funniest video clips go head-to-head to win a $100,000 prize. Plus, golf gaffes and a woman who's distracted while she's texting

The team visits an auction in Irving, where Victor buys a secret agent's locker and Bubba tries to sell some explicit art

The bidders have a mysterious new rival at an auction in the historical town of DeSoto, where a collection of Willie Nelson memorabilia is up for sale