TV Guide This Week

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==A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the three weeks beginning 20 December 2008==
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==A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the week beginning 10 January 2009==
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What's better than legendary? How's about a record-breaking never-before-attempted triple issue.
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Schedules are subject to change.
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In this edition, we aim to cover all game shows on terrestrial television, the most attractive airing for shows on Freeview channels, and selected highlights from cable and satellite channels. Schedules subject to change. New series are generally not indicated.
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Highlights for this week include:
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Week|Christmas Week]] | [[TV Guide This Week#New Year Week|New Year Week]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week Three|Week of 3 January]]
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* Voting for the '''[[Poll of the Year 2008|UK Gameshows Poll of the Year]]''' continues all week, with two lucky punters winning a crisp ten pound note courtesy of our sponsors Bother's Bar.
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* '''[[Dancing on Ice]]''' (ITV and TV3, 7pm Sunday) is back for a fourth run. Donal MacIntyre will be first out, and one of the soapstar minorstars will win, but Peter Kay will be cheering for Todd Carty (Grange Hill's Tucker Jenkins) as Jesus H. Christ.
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* There are plenty of other talent shows for viewers in Ireland: TG4 is looking for Ireland's best country singer ('''Glor Tire''', 8.10 Saturday) and competitive farming in '''Feirm Factor''' (9pm Thursday), and TV3 has international '''Superstars of Dance''' (9pm Friday).
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* More intelligent shows include the final of '''[[Mastermind|Mastermind Plant Cymru]]''' (S4C, 7.45 Sunday), the last semi-final of '''[[Brain of Britain]]''' (Radio 4, 1.30 Monday) and what looks like a fascinating '''[[University Challenge]]''' quarter-final (BBC2, 8pm Monday (not Scotland)).
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* Channel 4's afternoon schedule falls into place: '''[[Come Dine with Me]]''' (5.30) begins with a celebrity week, '''[[Perfect Recall|Wogan's Perfect Recall]]''' (5pm) is back for another run, and '''[[Deal or No Deal]]''' (4.15) is billed as a new series.
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* All eyes will be on '''[[Countdown]]''' (3.25), where the latest Championship of Champions begins, there's a new set (yes, they've finally got rid of the deckchairs), and something else that seemed important when we heard it, but we're blown if we can remember it.
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===Highlights in Christmas Week (20-26 Dec)===
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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* [[Strictly Come Dancing]] reaches the end of its controversial series on Saturday (6.40 and 9pm); ITV retaliates with [[Mr and Mrs]] (7.55).
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===Saturday===
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* [[QI]] steps over to BBC1 on Monday night (9pm), but the brain-teasing highlight of the week is the [[Only Connect]] final (BBC4, 8.30).
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* Specials include [[Have I Got News for You]] (Christmas Eve, 9.30 BBC1) and [[Celebrity Ding Dong]] (Tuesday, 10pm C4), while those who prefer seeing celebrities making fools of themselves have a double bill on Christmas night, [[Strictly Come Dancing]] at 7pm, [[Dancing on Ice]] at 8.
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* Nostalgia includes a night paying tribute to Bill Cotton (BBC2, from 8.30), including a 1973 edition of [[The Generation Game]].
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* High culture has its moments, [[The Book Quiz]] comes back for a special (BBC4, 8.30 Christmas Eve) and BBC2 goes behind the scenes of [[Maestro]] (6pm Christmas Day).
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* Radio listeners aren't neglected: a special edition of [[Genius]] (Radio 4, 6.30 Monday), the [[The Movie Game (2)|Five Live Movie Game]] (3pm Christmas Day) and [[Fighting Talk]] considers Old Chestnuts (10am Boxing Day).
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===Highlights in New Year Week (27 Dec-2 Jan)===
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* Saturday night is [[University Challenge]] Night on BBC2, beginning at 8pm with a documentary, and taking in a special edition from 2005, a movie, and a parody from the 1980s.
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* Tuesday night is [[Shooting Stars]] Night, with a documentary and a new show. And, er, that's it.
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* There are more brain games on [[Mastermind|Celebrity Mastermind]] (BBC1, Su - Th), and there's a Welsh-language edition on Tuesday night.
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* For those after something more visual, iron is pumped on [[World's Strongest Man]] (C5, Su - Fr).
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* Comedy quizzes had their time last week, but [[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year|The Big Fat Quiz of 2008]] takes its traditional spot on Sunday night (C4, 10pm).
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* Some shows for the new year get in: [[In It to Win It]] returns on Saturday night, [[Big Brother|Celebrity Big Brother]] takes over Channel 4 from Friday, and ITV kicks off the new year with the first in a new run of [[The Krypton Factor]] (7.30 Th).
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===Highlights in Week Three (3-9 Jan)===
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* Andrew Lloyd Webber is in charge of selecting the BBC's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been hob-nobbing with stars from Poland, Hungary, and President Poutine of Russia. [[Your Country Needs You]] begins at 7.10 on Saturday.
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* Richard Hammond won the lucky dip at the Christmas party, and his prize is the BBC Luxury Mansion in the leafy woods of Sussex. Being the careful tenant, his one desire is to blow the place sky-high, and he'll do this with the assistance of some young scientists. [[Blast Lab|Richard Hammond's Blast Lab]] is on BBC2 at 8.30am on Saturday.
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* It's followed by Sam and Mark asking [[Who Wants to be a Superhero?]] (9am), and Richard pops up again on BBC1's [[Total Wipeout]] (6.10).
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* Most of the usual shows return this week, though ''Countdown'' is still replaced by [[Come Dine with Me]]. So is ''Paul O'Grady''.
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* [[Big Brother|Celebrity Big Brother]] continues to bore the nation, and the zombie fantasy of ''Dead Set'' (Tuesday - Thursday) assumes the contestants have brains to begin with.
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* S4C has [[Cwis Meddiant]], a quiz for rugby clubs, hosted by ''Blue Peter'' hardman Gethin Jones.
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* Challenge picks up Joe Pasquale's time on [[The Price is Right]], beginning with five hour-long episodes.
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Week|Christmas Week]] | [[TV Guide This Week#New Year Week|New Year Week]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week Three|Week of 3 January]]
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==Christmas Week==
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===Saturday 20===
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|1400||WTCH|| The Weakest Link: Musicals
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|1455||TV3 || The All-Ireland County Quiz
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|1530||CBBC|| Trapped!
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|1840||BBC1|| Strictly Come Dancing||The grand final. Also BBC-HD. Results at 2100, not in HD.
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|1855|| C4 || Come Dine With Me at Christmas
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|1925||ITV || Harry Hill's TV Burp
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|1955||ITV || All Star Mr and Mrs Christmas Special||Ronan and Yvonne Keating; Terry and Yvette Venables; Tamzin Outhwaite and Tom Ellis.
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|2025||RTE1|| Winning Streak
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|2140||BBC2|| Have I Got a Bit More News For You||Jeremy Clarkson.
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|0800||DAVE|| Full Metal Challenge
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|0900||DAVE|| Whose Line is it Anyway? x2
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|1220|| C4 || Unsigned Act
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|1515||5LIF|| World's Strongest Man Super Series x4
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|1620|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
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|1700||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me x5
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|1750||ITV3|| Torvill and Dean Dancing on Ice
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|1830||RTE1|| Colm and Jim Jim's Home Run
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|1900||Rad5|| The Big Ask||Martin Kelner is joined by guests to answer the big questions of the week. Like, Game Show or Not?
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|1920||S4C || Mastermind Plant Cymru||"Bill and Ted"; "Harry Potter"; Tony Hawk (skateboarder); "Artemis Fowl".
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|2000||ITV2|| The Xtra Factor: The Winner's Story
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|2000||WTCH|| The Weakest Link: Comedians
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|2000||SKY1|| Gladiators - The Legends Strike Back
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|2100||DAVE|| Mock the Week Night
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|0945||TV5M|| Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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|1015||TV5M|| Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
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|1330||Rad4|| Brain of Britain 2008||(13/17) First semi-final.
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|1415|| C4 || Come Dine With Me Extra Portions x4
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|2100||DAVE|| HIGNFY Night
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|1900||RCym|| Cystadleuaeth Corau Meibion: Y Ffeinal
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|2000||ITV || Dancing on Ice at Christmas||Six recent contestants join Torvill and Dean.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000||S4C || Rhydian||A year in the life of last year's X-Factor winner.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2030||BBC2|| Dragons' Den Around the World
+
-
|-
+
-
|2300||CLAS|| Classic Ephemera
+
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|}
+
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+
-
===Friday 26===
+
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+
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{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
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|-
+
-
|0015||BBC2|| Have I Got a Bit More News For You
+
-
|-
+
-
|0415||VIR1|| Takeshi's Castle||Also 0700.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0455|| C4 || Scrapheap Challenge
+
-
|-
+
-
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|0700||VIR1|| Takeshi's Castle
+
-
|-
+
-
|0800||CBBC|| The Slammer
+
-
|-
+
-
|0925||ITV || Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|0945||TV5M|| Des Chiffres et des Lettres
+
-
|-
+
-
|0955||BBC1|| Hider in the House x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1000||Rad5|| Fighting Talk: Old Chestnuts
+
-
|-
+
-
|1015||TV5M|| Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
+
-
|-
+
-
|1025||ITV || Christmas Cooks Challenge
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||CITV|| Jungle Run
+
-
|-
+
-
|1125||S4C || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1130||RSco|| Soundbiters
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||DSCI|| Scrapheap Challenge x11
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||LIV2|| America's Next Top Model x8
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||BBCH|| The Slammer x4
+
-
|-
+
-
|1500||WTCH|| The Weakest Link: Dr Who
+
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|-
+
-
|1529||TV5M|| Questions pour un Champion
+
-
|-
+
-
|1535|| C4 || Come Dine With Me
+
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|-
+
-
|1550||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook||Not Wales.
+
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|-
+
-
|1630||CBBC|| Best of Friends
+
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|-
+
-
|1650|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1730||CITV|| Eliminator
+
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|-
+
-
|1735||TV3 || Antan Dec's Christmas Takeaway||Phone lines are now closed, but do call.
+
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|-
+
-
|1825||CBBC|| The Slammer
+
-
|-
+
-
|1900||WTCH|| The Strictly Come Dancing Story
+
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|-
+
-
|1930||BBC1|| A Question of Sport
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000|| C5 || World's Strongest Man: 30 Years of Pain
+
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|-
+
-
|2000||S4C || Y 7 Magnifico a Matthew Rhys||1/2. Seven S4C celebrities go to Arizona to become cowboys.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2030||BBC2|| A Tribute to Bill Cotton||Wales 2100.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||BBC3|| Britain's Missing Top Model
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||DAVE|| QI Night
+
-
|-
+
-
|2240||BBC2|| The Generation Game 1973||Wales 2310.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2250|| C4 || 8 Out of 10 Cats||S4C 2235 Sunday.
+
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|-
+
-
|2300||CLAS|| Classic Ephemera
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
===Challenge?===
+
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+
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====Saturday====
+
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+
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{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
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|-
+
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|0000||Distraction x2
+
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|-
+
-
|0100||Gambling
+
-
|-
+
-
|0300||Take It or Leave It||To 0400.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0700||House of Games x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0800||Don't Try This at Home!
+
-
|-
+
-
|0900||Takeshi x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1000||The Krypton Factor
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||Britain's Worst
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||The Crystal Maze
+
-
|-
+
-
|1300||Gladiators
+
-
|-
+
-
|1400||Take It or Leave It
+
-
|-
+
-
|1500||Bruce's Price is Right x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1600||Wipeout x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700||Catchphrase x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1800||Take Your Pick x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1900||Bullseye x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000||Family Fortunes x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|2200||Take It or Leave It
+
-
|-
+
-
|2300||Shooting Stars x2
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
====Sunday====
+
-
 
+
-
As Saturday except
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0000||8 Out of 10 Cats x2||To 0100.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1500||Celebrity Weakest Link x6||To 2100.
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
====Monday====
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0000||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0100||Gambling
+
-
|-
+
-
|0300||Take It or Leave It||To 0400.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0700||Fort Boyard
+
-
|-
+
-
|0800||Takeshi x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0900||Ninja Warrior x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1000||Unbeatable Banzuke
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||The Crystal Maze
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||Gladiators
+
-
|-
+
-
|1300||Strike it Rich x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1400||Wipeout x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1500||Bullseye x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1600||Bruce's Price is Right x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700||Catchphrase x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1800||Wipeout x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1900||Family Fortunes x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000||One Versus One Hundred
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||Celeb Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|2200||Take It or Leave It
+
-
|-
+
-
|2300||Celeb Millionaire
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
====Tuesday - Friday====
+
-
 
+
-
As Monday except
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0000||Take It or Leave It||To 0100.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0300||Take It or Leave It||To 0400.
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
The same schedule repeats in New Year Week
+
-
 
+
-
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Week|Christmas Week]] | [[TV Guide This Week#New Year Week|New Year Week]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week Three|Week of 3 January]]
+
-
 
+
-
==New Year Week ==
+
-
 
+
-
* Saturday night is [[University Challenge]] Night on BBC2, beginning at 8pm with a documentary, and taking in a special edition from 2005, a movie, and a parody from the 1980s.
+
-
* Tuesday night is [[Shooting Stars]] Night, with a documentary and a new show. And, er, that's it.
+
-
* There are more brain games on [[Mastermind|Celebrity Mastermind]] (BBC1, Su - Th), and there's a Welsh-language edition on Tuesday night.
+
-
* For those after something more visual, iron is pumped on [[World's Strongest Man]] (C5, Su - Fr).
+
-
* Comedy quizzes had their time last week, but [[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year|The Big Fat Quiz of 2008]] takes its traditional spot on Sunday night (C4, 10pm).
+
-
* Some shows for the new year get in: [[In It to Win It]] returns on Saturday night, [[Big Brother|Celebrity Big Brother]] takes over Channel 4 from Friday, and ITV kicks off the new year with the first in a new run of [[The Krypton Factor]] (7.30 Th).
+
-
 
+
-
===Saturday 27===
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
+
|-
|-
|0800||VIR1|| Fort Boyard
|0800||VIR1|| Fort Boyard
|-
|-
-
|0900||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior
+
|0820||DAVE|| A Question of Sport
|-
|-
-
|0910||BBC2|| Help! Teach Is Coming to Stay||Also CBBC 1200.
+
|0830||BBC2|| Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
|-
|-
-
|1000||CBBC|| Bamzooki
+
|0900||BBC2|| Who Wants to be a Superhero?
-
|-
+
-
|1000||VIR1|| Fear Factor UK
+
-
|-
+
-
|1030||CBBC|| Get Your Own Back||Also 1800.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1040||BBC2|| Best of Friends: Sports Relief
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||Rad5|| Fighting Talk
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||CBBC|| 50/50
+
-
|-
+
-
|1130||BBC1|| Take On the Takeaway
+
-
|-
+
-
|1300||TV3 || The All-Ireland County Quiz
+
-
|-
+
-
|1304||RWal|| Jest a Minute
+
-
|-
+
-
|1529||TV5M|| Questions pour un Champion
+
-
|-
+
-
|1555||S4C || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1630||CITV|| Jungle Run
+
-
|-
+
-
|1635||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook||Lee Meads and his brother Casey.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1800||CBBC|| Get Your Own Back
+
-
|-
+
-
|1850||BBC1|| The Weakest Link||Strictly Come Dancing. We'll be watching for the tie-break in the final elimination.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1905||ITV || All-Star Family Fortunes||Hollyoaks ''v'' Emmerdale. They're not even related!
+
-
|-
+
-
|1950||BBC1|| In It to Win It||First of a new series.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000||BBC2|| University Challenge: The Story So Far||A repeat. Part of University Challenge Night.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2015||RTE1|| Winning Streak
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||BBC2|| Comic Relief Does University Challenge||From 2005: South (Fry, Grant, Alexander, Djalili) ''v'' North (Iannucci, Morrissey, Murray, Thomson), hosted by Angus Deayton.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100|| C4 || Why I Love Celebrity Big Brother||Former contestants and others who owe Endemol a good turn.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||DAVE|| HIGNFY Night
+
-
|-
+
-
|2200||BBC1|| A Question of Sport Extra Time||The bits they can't show before the watershed.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2253||TV5M|| Pékin Express
+
-
|-
+
-
|2300||BBC2|| The Young Ones||Their take on University Challenge.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
===Sunday 28===
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0400||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0440|| C4 || Scrapheap Challenge
+
-
|-
+
-
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|0755|| C4 || Adrenalin Rush||The Intelligent Sports final, from Cyprus.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0800||DAVE|| Full Metal Challenge
+
-
|-
+
-
|0800||VIR1|| Fort Boyard||Also 0500.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0900||Mor4|| Scrapheap Challenge x4
+
-
|-
+
-
|0900||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1000||VIR1|| Fear Factor UK
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||CBBC|| Hider in the House
+
-
|-
+
-
|1300|| C4 || Relentless
+
-
|-
+
-
|1345||ITV || Dancing on Ice at Christmas||TV3 1830.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1400||RWal|| Jest a Minute
+
-
|-
+
-
|1430||S4CD|| Casa Dudley||Also Mon-Fri 1330 and Sat 1300.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1600||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me x5
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1745||TV3 || All-Star Family Fortunes
+
-
|-
+
-
|1800||BBCH|| Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special
+
-
|-
+
-
|1830||BBC1|| Celebrity Mastermind||David Lammy, Dave Myers, Toyah Willcox, David Harewood.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1830||RTE1|| Celebrity Bainisteoir||Defending champion Marty Whelan and his Maryland side take on Patrick Kielty and Tir Chonaill Gaels of London. CAUTION: oh, you noticed.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1900||DAVE|| Dragons' Den
+
-
|-
+
-
|1950||S4C || Mastermind Plant Cymru||"Horrid Henry", William the Conquerer, "Doctor Who" 1965-6, British Second World War Aeroplanes.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000|| C5 || World's Strongest Man||From Charleston, Virginia West. Heat 1.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000||WTCH|| The Weakest Link: Comedians
+
-
|-
+
-
|2030||S4C|| Y 7 Magnifico a Matthew Rhys||2/2.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100|| C4 || The Big Fat Quiz of the Year||S4C 2200 tomorrow.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||DAVE|| Buzzcocks Night
+
-
|-
+
-
|2130||BBC2|| Have I Got News For You
+
-
|-
+
-
|2200||BBC2|| Have I Got News For You
+
-
|-
+
-
|2230||BBC2|| Never Mind the Buzzcocks
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
===Monday 29===
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0400||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0500||VIR1|| Fort Boyard
+
-
|-
+
-
|0520|| C4 || Scrapheap Challenge
+
-
|-
+
-
|0700||VIR1|| Takeshi x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0925||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|0930||CBBS|| The Shiny Show||Also 1230.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0945||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
+
-
|-
+
-
|1015||TV5 || Tout le Monde Veut Prendre Sa Place
+
-
|-
+
-
|1025||ITV || Celebrity Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||CITV|| Jungle Run
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||CBBC|| Hider in the House
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||BBCH|| The Slammer x3
+
-
|-
+
-
|1205|| C5 || World's Strongest Man
+
-
|-
+
-
|1330||Rad4|| Brain of Britain||(14/17) The second semi-final.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1515||S4C || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1530||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
+
-
|-
+
-
|1615|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1640||ITV2|| The Xtra Factor x2||The series condensed.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700|| C4 || Celebrity Come Dine With Me
+
-
|-
+
-
|1730||CITV|| Eliminator
+
-
|-
+
-
|1825||CBBC|| The Slammer
+
-
|-
+
-
|1830||Rad4|| Just a Minute||Paul Merton, Charles Collingwood, Graham Norton, Shappi Khorsandi. First in a new series.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1830||BBC1|| Celebrity Mastermind||Rav Wilding, Mark Chapman, Philippa Gregory, Jon Culshaw.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000|| C5 || World's Strongest Man||Heat 2.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2030||ALBA|| Cocaire nan Cocairean
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||ITV || Who Wants to be a Millionaire?||Zac Purchase and Sarah Webb; Darren Kenny and Liz Johnson; Steve Williams and Christine Ohuruogu.
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
===Tuesday 30===
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0500|| C4 || Scrapheap Challenge
+
-
|-
+
-
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|0700||VIR1|| Takeshi x2||Also 0415.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0930||BBC1|| Gimme a Break
+
-
|-
+
-
|0930||CBBS|| The Shiny Show||Also 1230.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0945||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
+
-
|-
+
-
|1015||TV5 || Tout le Monde Veut Prendre Sa Place
+
-
|-
+
-
|1025||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||CITV|| Jungle Run
+
-
|-
+
-
|1125||ITV || Celebrity Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||BBCH|| The Slammer x2||Another at 1440.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1225|| C5 || World's Strongest Man
+
-
|-
+
-
|1515||S4C || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1525||S4CD|| Mastermind Plant Cymru||Star Wars, The Vampire Rights Trilogy, Tracy Beaker, Forumla One.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1530||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
+
-
|-
+
-
|1615||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook||'Enry Cooper and Geoff Capes.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1615|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1630||CBBC|| Beat the Boss: Rocket
+
-
|-
+
-
|1645||ITV2|| The Xtra Factor x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700||BBC1|| The Weakest Link: Strictly Come Dancing
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700|| C4 || Celebrity Come Dine With Me
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700||S4CD|| Mama Mia
+
-
|-
+
-
|1715||CBBC|| Hider in the House
+
-
|-
+
-
|1730||CITV|| Eliminator
+
-
|-
+
-
|1825||CBBC|| The Slammer
+
-
|-
+
-
|1830||RTE1|| Celebrity Showhouse||Decorating by the D-list.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1840||WTCH|| Strictly Come Dancing: Christmas Champion of Champions||Winners from series 1 and 2.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1900||BBC1|| Celebrity Mastermind||Bob Harris, John Sessions, Louise Minchin, Andrew Neil.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1900||BBC4|| Young Musician of the Year: Concerto Final||The complete performances from May's event.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000|| C5 || World's Strongest Man||Heat 3.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2025||S4C || Mastermind Cymru Nadolig||Yes! A celebrity edition! Dafydd Du (Llanberis FC), Elin Manahan Thomas (The Mabinogi), Aneurin Karadog ("Superman" films), Alex Jones (Madonna).
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||BBC2|| Shooting Stars: The Inside Story||A documentary about the late-90s cult show.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2200||BBC1|| QI||NI 0000.
+
-
|-
+
-
|2200||BBC2|| All New Shooting Stars||Vic, Bob, and Matt return with captains Ulrika-ka-ka-ka and (er) Jack Dee, with guests Peter Jones (3), Kate Garraway, Christine Walkden, Dizzee Rascal.
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
===Wednesday 31===
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|0700||VIR1|| Takeshi x2||Also 0415.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0800||CBBC|| The Slammer
+
-
|-
+
-
|0930||CBBS|| The Shiny Show||Also 1230.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0945||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
+
-
|-
+
-
|1015|| C4 || Relentless||Last in the present series.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1015||TV5 || Tout le Monde Veut Prendre Sa Place
+
-
|-
+
-
|1025||ITV || Torvill and Dean: Dancing on Ice
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||CITV|| Jungle Run
+
-
|-
+
-
|1120|| C5 || World's Strongest Man
+
-
|-
+
-
|1130||RSct|| The Auld Grey Thistle Test||A mock Scottish citizenship exam.
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||BBCH|| Raven x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1515||S4C || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1525||S4CD|| Mastermind Plant Cymru
+
-
|-
+
-
|1530||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
+
-
|-
+
-
|1615|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
+
-
|-
+
-
|1645||ITV2|| The Xtra Factor x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700|| C4 || Celebrity Come Dine With Me
+
-
|-
+
-
|1725||TV5 || Pékin Express
+
-
|-
+
-
|1730||CITV|| Eliminator
+
-
|-
+
-
|1825||CBBC|| The Slammer
+
-
|-
+
-
|1900||BBC1|| Celebrity Mastermind||Sally Lindsay, Mick Hucknall, Summer Strallen, Mel Smith. Cor, two chart stars from 1991!
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|1900||Rad2|| Showman and Star-Maker: A Tribute to Bill Cotton||Part 1; concludes tomorrow.
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|2000||BBC1|| The Weakest Link||West End Special.
+
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|-
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|2000|| C5 || World's Strongest Man||Heat 4.
+
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|-
+
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|2000||DAVE|| Dragons' Den Where Are They Now
+
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|-
+
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|2000||Rad5|| Fighting Talk Old Chestnuts
+
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|-
+
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|2030||RTE1|| Winning Streak||Dream Ticket Celebrity Special.
+
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|-
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|2100|S4C|| Bwrw'r Bar||New Year's Special.
+
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|-
+
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|2100|| C5 || An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
+
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|-
+
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|2100||DAVE|| Mock the Week
+
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|-
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|2130||ESP2|| Viking
+
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|-
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|2140||DAVE|| Buzzcocks
+
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|-
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|2200|| C4 || Big Fat Quiz of the Year
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|2210|| C5 || Bruce Forsyth's Comedy Heroes
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|2220||DAVE|| QI
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|2300||DAVE|| HIGNFY
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===Thursday 1===
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|0450|| C4 || Scrapheap Challenge
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|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
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|0700||VIR1|| Takeshi x2||Also 0415.
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|0930||CBBS|| The Shiny Show||Also 1230.
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|0945||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
+
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|1000||BBC1|| The Slammer
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|1015||TV5 || Tout le Monde Veut Prendre Sa Place
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|1100||CBBC|| Hider in the House
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|-
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|1100||CITV|| Jungle Run
+
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|-
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|1200||Rad5|| The PMQ Show||Andy Parsons hosts a battle between three would-be prime ministers. Repeated at 2100.
+
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+
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|1230|| C5 || World's Strongest Man
+
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+
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|1230||BBC7|| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue||March 1983. Also 1930.
+
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|1500||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me x5
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|1525||S4CD|| Mastermind Plant Cymru
+
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|1530||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
+
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|1635|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
+
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|1730||CITV|| Eliminator
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|1825||CBBC|| The Slammer
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|1900|| C4 || Come Dine With Me||Glasgow.
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|1900||Rad2|| Showman and Star-Maker: A Tribute to Bill Cotton||Part 2.
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|1915||S4C || Pen Campau'r Ser||Becky Brewerton and Ysgol Glan Clwyd, St. Asaph ''v'' Robin McBryde and Ysgol Tryfan, Bangor.
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|1930||ITV || The Krypton Factor||First in a new series. Also TV3.
+
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|-
+
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|2000||BBC1|| Celebrity Mastermind||Phil Daniels, the legendary Rick Wakeman, Ian Lavender, Tim Vine.
+
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|-
+
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|2000|| C5 || World's Strongest Man||Heat 5.
+
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+
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|2005||WTCH|| The Weakest Link: Paranormal
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||DAVE|| QI night
+
-
|-
+
-
|2200|| C4 || Why I Love Celebrity Big Brother
+
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+
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|2300||BBC2|| Shooting Stars: The Inside Story
+
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|-
+
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|2305|| C4 || 8 Out of 10 Cats: Big Brother||Repeat from September 2008.
+
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+
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+
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===Friday 2===
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{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|0000||BBC2|| All New Shooting Stars||Repeat.
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+
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|0505|| C4 || Scrapheap Challenge
+
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|-
+
-
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
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|0700||VIR1|| Takeshi x2||Also 0415.
+
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+
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|0930||CBBS|| The Shiny Show||Also 1230.
+
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|-
+
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|0945||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
+
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|-
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|1015||TV5 || Tout le Monde Veut Prendre Sa Place
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|-
+
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|1025||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
+
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|-
+
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|1100||CITV|| Jungle Run
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|-
+
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|1125||ITV || Millionaire
+
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|-
+
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|1225|| C5 || World's Strongest Man
+
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+
-
|1330||S4C || Deal or No Deal x2
+
-
|-
+
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|1525||S4CD|| Mastermind Plant Cymru
+
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+
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|1530||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
+
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|-
+
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|1615|| C4 || Deal or No Deal||The More4 repeat begins at 1630, and finishes before the C4+1 repeat starts.
+
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+
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|1700|| C4 || Celebrity Come Dine With Me
+
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|1700||CBBS|| Kerwhizz
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|1730||CITV|| Eliminator
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|1800||WTCH|| The Weakest Link: Pub
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+
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|1815||S4C|| Pen Campau'r Ser||Rhian Wyn Thomas and Ysgol Dyffryn Teifi, Llandysul ''v'' Nicky Robinson and Ysgol Glantaf, Cardiff.
+
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|1825||CBBC|| The Slammer
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|-
+
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|1930||BBC1|| A Question of Sport
+
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+
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|2000|| C5 || World's Strongest Man||The final.
+
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|2100|| C4 || Celebrity Big Brother||Continues for the next few months. S4C 2230.
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+
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|2100||DAVE|| Buzzcocks Night
+
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|-
+
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|2200||BBC2|| QI
+
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+
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|2315||BBC2|| Mock the Week
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===Challenge?===
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|0000||Distraction x2
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|0100||Gambling
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|0300||Take It or Leave It||To 0400.
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|0700||House of Games x2
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|0800||Don't Try This at Home!
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|0900||Takeshi x2
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|1000||The Krypton Factor
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|1100||Britain's Worst
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|1200||The Crystal Maze
+
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|1300||Gladiators
+
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|1400||Take It or Leave It
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|1500||Bruce's Price is Right x2
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|1600||Wipeout x2
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|1700||Catchphrase x2
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+
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|1800||Take Your Pick x2
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+
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|1900||Bullseye x2
+
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+
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|2000||Family Fortunes x2
+
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+
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|2100||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|2200||Take It or Leave It
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+
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|2300||Shooting Stars x2
+
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|}
+
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+
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====Sunday====
+
-
 
+
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As Saturday except
+
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+
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{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
+
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|0000||8 Out of 10 Cats x2||To 0100.
+
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|-
+
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|1500||Celebrity Weakest Link x6||To 2100.
+
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|}
+
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+
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====Monday====
+
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+
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{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
+
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|0000||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
+
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|-
+
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|0100||Gambling
+
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|-
+
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|0300||Take It or Leave It||To 0400.
+
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|-
+
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|0700||Fort Boyard
+
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|-
+
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|0800||Takeshi x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0900||Ninja Warrior x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1000||Unbeatable Banzuke
+
-
|-
+
-
|1100||The Crystal Maze
+
-
|-
+
-
|1200||Gladiators
+
-
|-
+
-
|1300||Strike it Rich x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1400||Wipeout x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1500||Bullseye x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1600||Bruce's Price is Right x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1700||Catchphrase x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1800||Wipeout x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|1900||Family Fortunes x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|2000||One Versus One Hundred
+
-
|-
+
-
|2100||Celeb Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|2200||Take It or Leave It
+
-
|-
+
-
|2300||Celeb Millionaire
+
-
|}
+
-
 
+
-
====Tuesday - Friday====
+
-
 
+
-
As Monday except
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0000||Take It or Leave It||To 0100.
+
-
|-
+
-
|0300||Take It or Leave It||To 0400.
+
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|}
+
-
 
+
-
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Week|Christmas Week]] | [[TV Guide This Week#New Year Week|New Year Week]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week Three|Week of 3 January]]
+
-
 
+
-
==Week Three==
+
-
 
+
-
* Andrew Lloyd Webber is in charge of selecting the BBC's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been hob-nobbing with stars from Poland, Hungary, and President Poutine of Russia. [[Your Country Needs You]] begins at 7.10 on Saturday.
+
-
* Richard Hammond won the lucky dip at the Christmas party, and his prize is the BBC Luxury Mansion in the leafy woods of Sussex. Being the careful tenant, his one desire is to blow the place sky-high, and he'll do this with the assistance of some young scientists. [[Blast Lab|Richard Hammond's Blast Lab]] is on BBC2 at 8.30am on Saturday.
+
-
* It's followed by Sam and Mark asking [[Who Wants to be a Superhero?]] (9am), and Richard pops up again on BBC1's [[Total Wipeout]] (6.10).
+
-
* Most of the usual shows return this week, though ''Countdown'' is still replaced by [[Come Dine with Me]]. So is ''Paul O'Grady''.
+
-
* [[Big Brother|Celebrity Big Brother]] continues to bore the nation, and the zombie fantasy of ''Dead Set'' (Tuesday - Thursday) assumes the contestants have brains to begin with.
+
-
* S4C has [[Cwis Meddiant]], a quiz for rugby clubs, hosted by ''Blue Peter'' hardman Gethin Jones.
+
-
* Challenge picks up Joe Pasquale's time on [[The Price is Right]], beginning with five hour-long episodes.
+
-
 
+
-
===Saturday 3===
+
-
 
+
-
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0505|| C4 || Scrapheap Challenge
+
-
|-
+
-
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
+
-
|-
+
-
|0700||VIR1|| The Krypton Factor x2
+
-
|-
+
-
|0800||VIR1|| Fort Boyard
+
-
|-
+
-
|0800||WTCH|| The Weakest Link x3
+
-
|-
+
-
|0830||BBC2|| Richard Hammond's Blast Lab||Boom! Shake the room!
+
-
|-
+
-
|0900||BBC2|| Who Wants to be a Superhero?||Sam and Mark encourage youngsters to claim super powers, like being the new JK and Joel.
+
|-
|-
|0900||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior
|0900||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior
|-
|-
-
|1000|| C5 || World's Strongest Man: 30 Years of Pain
+
|0930||CBBC|| Basil's Game Show
|-
|-
|1000||VIR1|| Takeshi x2||Also 0400.
|1000||VIR1|| Takeshi x2||Also 0400.
|-
|-
-
|1100|| C5 || World's Strongest Man: Final
+
|1000||DAVE|| Dragons' Den x3||Also 1500.
|-
|-
|1100||CBBC|| Best of Friends
|1100||CBBC|| Best of Friends
Line 1,272: Line 44:
|1100||Rad5|| Fighting Talk
|1100||Rad5|| Fighting Talk
|-
|-
-
|1130||BBC1|| Take On the Takeaway
+
|1130||BBC1|| Masterchef
|-
|-
|1130||CBBC|| Best the Boss
|1130||CBBC|| Best the Boss
 +
|-
 +
|1200||WTCH|| The Weakest Link x4
|-
|-
|1304||RWal|| Jest a Minute
|1304||RWal|| Jest a Minute
Line 1,286: Line 60:
|1615||S4C || Deal or No Deal
|1615||S4C || Deal or No Deal
|-
|-
-
|1630||CITV|| Jungle Run
+
|1630||CITV|| Eliminator <font color=red>New!</font>
 +
|-
 +
|1750||BBC1|| Total Wipeout
 +
|-
 +
|1800||TV3 || Who Dares, Sings! <font color=red>New!</font>
|-
|-
-
|1810||BBC1|| Total Wipeout||Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram invite more contestants to give the eleven right answers. What, it's not Wipeout? Shame!
+
|1845||BBC1|| Your Country Needs You||Also BBC-HD.
|-
|-
-
|1900||WTCH|| The Weakest Link: Sport
+
|1910||TG4 || Survivor Micronesia
|-
|-
-
|1910||BBC1|| Your Country Needs You||Andrew Lloyd Webber goes hob-nobbing with Europe's nobility.
+
|1945||BBC1|| In It to Win It
|-
|-
|2000||TV5 || Speciale Questions Pour un Champion: Juniors
|2000||TV5 || Speciale Questions Pour un Champion: Juniors
|-
|-
-
|2010||BBC1|| In It to Win It
+
|2000||TV3 || All-Star Mr and Mrs
|-
|-
-
|2020||ITV || All-Star Family Fortunes||Edwina Currie ''v'' Mark Durden-Smith and Judith Chalmers.
+
|2010||TG4 || Glor Tire <font color=red>New!</font>||Talent show seeking a country singer.
|-
|-
-
|2100|| C4 || Celeb Big Brother||S4C 2350.
+
|2020||RTE1|| Winning Streak
|-
|-
-
|2105||ITV || Millionaire Celebrity||Dr. Hilary Jones and Andrea McLean; Jonathan Ansell and Connie Fisher.
+
|2045||ITV || All-Star Family Fortunes||Shayne Lynch ''v'' Ruthie Henshall.
|-
|-
-
|2125||RTE1|| Winning Streak
+
|2100|| C4 || Celeb Big Brother||S4C 2245.
 +
|-
 +
|2100||CLAS|| The Classic FM Quiz With Henry Kelly <font color=red>New!</font>||Henry Kelly presents a quiz.
 +
|-
 +
|2230||BBC2|| QI
 +
|-
 +
|2250||TV5 || Fort Boyard||Repeats from the 2007 series.
|-
|-
|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
|}
|}
-
===Sunday 4===
+
===Sunday===
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|0455|| C4 || Scrapheap Challenge
|-
|-
|0700||VIR1|| The Krypton Factor x2
|0700||VIR1|| The Krypton Factor x2
Line 1,317: Line 103:
|0800||VIR1|| Fort Boyard||Also 0500.
|0800||VIR1|| Fort Boyard||Also 0500.
|-
|-
-
|0900||BBC2|| Escape From Scorpion Island||(13/15) Crush Rush, in which JK and Joel run for their lives from their fans.
+
|0900||BBC2|| Escape From Scorpion Island||(14/15) Also CBBC 1200.
|-
|-
|0900||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior
|0900||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior
 +
|-
 +
|0900||DAVE|| Dragons' Den x3
|-
|-
|0930||Mor4|| Scrapheap Challenge x3
|0930||Mor4|| Scrapheap Challenge x3
 +
|-
 +
|0945||ITV || Dancing on Ice||Last year's final.
|-
|-
|1000||VIR1|| Takeshi x2
|1000||VIR1|| Takeshi x2
|-
|-
-
|1100||FOOD|| Celebrity Masterchef x4
+
|1000||WTCH|| The Weakest Link x3
|-
|-
|1204||Rad4|| Just a Minute
|1204||Rad4|| Just a Minute
 +
|-
 +
|1245|| C4 || Big Brother's Little Brother||S4C 1400.
 +
|-
 +
|1345|| C4 || Unsigned Act||Live performances determine some of the finalists.
|-
|-
|1403||RWal|| Jest a Minute
|1403||RWal|| Jest a Minute
Line 1,335: Line 129:
|1500||CBBC|| Trapped!
|1500||CBBC|| Trapped!
|-
|-
-
|1600||FIVR|| World's Strongest Man x7
+
|1530||S4CD|| Cwis Meddiant
|-
|-
-
|1630||BBC1|| The Weakest Link: West End
+
|1630||CITV|| Eliminator
|-
|-
-
|1630||CITV|| Jungle Run
+
|1635||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me
|-
|-
-
|1645||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me
+
|1645|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
|-
|-
-
|1655|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
+
|1730||ITV || The Krypton Factor||TV3 at 1735.
|-
|-
|1800||VIR1|| Millionaire||Also 0600.
|1800||VIR1|| Millionaire||Also 0600.
|-
|-
|1800||SKY1|| Gladiators
|1800||SKY1|| Gladiators
 +
|-
 +
|1800||DAVE|| UK's Strongest Man 2007 x3
|-
|-
|1830||RTE1|| The All-Ireland Talent Show
|1830||RTE1|| The All-Ireland Talent Show
Line 1,353: Line 149:
|1845||RCym|| Y Talwrn
|1845||RCym|| Y Talwrn
|-
|-
-
|1950||S4C || Mastermind Plant Cymru||Tutankhamun, "Ally's World", Williams Edwards, Philip Pullman.
+
|1900||ITV || Dancing on Ice||At this rate, an outside broadcast from a duck pond. Continues 2130; also TV3.
 +
|-
 +
|1900||FIVR|| World's Strongest Man
 +
|-
 +
|1940||S4C || Mastermind Plant Cymru||The final: "Cherub" books, Pixar animated films, The solar system, "St Clare's" books, Manchester United under Alex Ferguson.
|-
|-
|2030||RTE1|| The Restaurant
|2030||RTE1|| The Restaurant
|-
|-
-
|2100|| C4 || Celebrity Big Brother||S4C 2200.
+
|2100||BBC2|| The Real Sir Alan||A profile of Alan Sugar.
 +
|-
 +
|2100|| C4 || Celebrity Big Brother||S4C 2310.
|-
|-
-
|2345||BBC3|| The Last Millionaire||Behind the scenes, and thanks to the BBC Press Office for revealing the loser many weeks in advance.
+
|2100||FOOD|| Celebrity Masterchef x4
|}
|}
 +
 +
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
===Weekdays===
===Weekdays===
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|0700||VIR1|| Takeshi x2||Also 0415, except Mo.
|0700||VIR1|| Takeshi x2||Also 0415, except Mo.
|-
|-
-
|0800||DAVE|| Dragons' Den
+
|0730|| C4 || Big Brother's Little Brother||Mo 0700.
|-
|-
|0900||CBBC|| Best of Friends
|0900||CBBC|| Best of Friends
Line 1,389: Line 193:
|-
|-
|1200||CBBC|| Brain-Jitsu
|1200||CBBC|| Brain-Jitsu
 +
|-
 +
|1200||Rad3|| Composer of the Week||You might know his handle.
|-
|-
|1215||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt
|1215||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt
Line 1,394: Line 200:
|1245|| C5 || Going for Gold||Also 1450.
|1245|| C5 || Going for Gold||Also 1450.
|-
|-
-
|1345||S4C || Deal or No Deal
+
|1325||CBBC|| Get Your Own Back
 +
|-
 +
|1330||S4C || Deal or No Deal
|-
|-
|1400||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
|1400||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
 +
|-
 +
|1415||S4C || Countdown||Not Mo.
|-
|-
|1500||STV || House Guest
|1500||STV || House Guest
Line 1,402: Line 212:
|1500||WTCH|| Bargain Hunt
|1500||WTCH|| Bargain Hunt
|-
|-
-
|1505|| C4 || Come Dine With Me Extra Portions x2||Also 1700; S4C 1430 (1 ep) and 1700 (2 eps).
+
|1525|| C4 || Countdown <font color=red>New!</font>||According to a message on our answerphone, Andrew Sachs is in dictionary corner.
|-
|-
|1530||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
|1530||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
|-
|-
-
|1610|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
+
|1615|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
|-
|-
-
|1700||ITV || Golden Balls||STV 1530, not UTV.
+
|1700||ITV || Golden Balls||STV 1500, not UTV.
 +
|-
 +
|1700|| C4 || Wogan's Perfect Recall <font color=red>New!</font>
 +
|-
 +
|1700||STV || House Guest <font color=red>New!</font>
|-
|-
|1700||WTCH|| Celebrity Masterchef
|1700||WTCH|| Celebrity Masterchef
 +
|-
 +
|1700||SKY1|| Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?
|-
|-
|1715||BBC1|| The Weakest Link
|1715||BBC1|| The Weakest Link
 +
|-
 +
|1730|| C4 || Come Dine With Me <font color=red>New!</font>||This week: Rodney Marsh (football), Lesley Joseph (comedian), Paul Ross (no win, no fee), Abi Titmuss (reality show contestant) and Linda Lusardi (glamourpuss).
 +
|-
 +
|1800||BBC2|| Eggheads||Scotland not Thursday.
 +
|-
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|1800||DAVE|| Dragons' Den
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|1800||WTCH|| The Weakest Link
|1800||WTCH|| The Weakest Link
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|1800||DOCU|| Mechannibals x2
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|1900||BBCH|| Raven||Also 1930 except Fr.
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|2000||TMF || America's Most Smartest Model
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|2030||BBC2|| Masterchef||Mo-We only; Th 2000, not Fr.
|2030||BBC2|| Masterchef||Mo-We only; Th 2000, not Fr.
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|2100|| C4 || Celebrity Big Brother||Also 2305 Tu, 2235 Fr. S4C 2245 Mo, 2200 Tu-Fr.
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|2100|| C4 || Celebrity Big Brother||Also 2235 Fr. S4C 2245 Mo, 2200 Tu, We, Fr, 2130 Th. Coverage continues on E4.
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|2100||DAVE|| QI
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|2100||DAVE|| QI||Not Fr.
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|2140||DAVE|| Buzzcocks||Not Mo.
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|2140||DAVE|| Buzzcocks||Not Mo, Fr.
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|2220||DAVE|| Mock the Week
|2220||DAVE|| Mock the Week
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|0500||VIR1|| Fort Boyard
|0500||VIR1|| Fort Boyard
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|1330||Rad4|| Brain of Britain||(15/17)
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|1330||Rad4|| Brain of Britain||(16/17) The repechage, for high-scoring runners-up.
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|1830||Rad4|| Just a Minute||Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Helen Lederer, Julian Clary.
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|1505||BBC1|| Kerwhizz
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|1830||S4C || Pen Campau||(17/31). First second round match - Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen (Caernarfon) ''v'' Ysgol Uwchradd Tregaron.
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|1830||Rad4|| Just a Minute||Paul Merton, Charles Collingwood, Graham Norton, Shappi Khorsandi, with Nicholas Parsons controlling (!) the game.
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|2000||BBC2|| University Challenge||(24/31) Sheffield ''v'' Exeter. Scotland 2200.
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|1830||S4C || Pen Campau||Ysgol Plasmawr (Caerdydd) ''v'' Ysgol Rhydfelen (Church Village)
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|2030||ALBA|| Cocaire nan Cocairean
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|2000||BBC2|| University Challenge||(25/31) Into the quarter-finals: Manchester ''v'' LSE. Scotland 2200.
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|2030||ALBA|| Cocaire nan Cocairean||Also into the quarter-finals.
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===Tuesday 6===
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|0730||CBBC|| Stake Out
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|1630||CBBC|| Hot Rods
|1630||CBBC|| Hot Rods
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|1635||BBC1|| Best of Friends
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|1740||S4CD|| Mama Mia
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|2000||TV3 || The Biggest Loser US||Very helpfully, the published preview tells us who's going out, so we don't need to watch the show. Good.
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|2200|| C4 || Dead Set||S4C 0040.
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|2100||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me
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|2235||ITV || The Krypton Factor
|2235||ITV || The Krypton Factor
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===Wednesday 7===
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|1635||BBC1|| Best of Friends
 
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|1715||CBBC|| Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
|1715||CBBC|| Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
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|1900||DAVE|| Dragons' Den
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|1723||TV5 || Fort Boyard
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|1900||ARTS|| Mastermind 1980
|1900||ARTS|| Mastermind 1980
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|1930||ARTS|| What the Dickens
|1930||ARTS|| What the Dickens
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|2025||S4C || Cwis Meddiant||A general knowledge quiz for rugby clubs, presented by Gethin Jones. First match - Lampeter vs Ystradgynlais.
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|1930||BBC1|| Chasing the Dollar||NI only.
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|2200|| C4 || Dead Set||S4C 0005.
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|2025||S4C || Cwis Meddiant
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|2200||BBC2|| QI
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===Thursday 8===
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===Thursday===
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|1230||BBC7|| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue||March 1983. Also 1930.
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|1230||BBC7|| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue||April 1984. Also 1930.
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|1325||CBBC|| Get Your Own Back
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|1640||S4C || Pwy Ydw I? <font color=red>New!</font>||Whose name is in the presenter's hat?
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|1715||CBBC|| Beat the Boss
|1715||CBBC|| Beat the Boss
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|1930||ITV || The Krypton Factor
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|1930||ITV || The Krypton Factor||Also TV3.
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|2000||BBC2|| Masterchef
|2000||BBC2|| Masterchef
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|2100||ALBA|| Cuibhlichean an Fhortain
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|2000||ITV2|| Pop Idle US
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|2200||ALBA|| Còcaire nan Còcairean
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|2100||ALBA|| Cuibhlichean an Fhortain
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|2200|| C4 || Dead Set||S4C 0020.
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|2130||TG4 || Feirm Factor <font color=red>New!</font>||A competition for twelve farmers.
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===Friday 9===
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|0730||CBBC|| Stake Out
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|1715||CBBC|| Trapped!
|1715||CBBC|| Trapped!
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|1810||RSco|| Step Back in Time
|1810||RSco|| Step Back in Time
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|1830||Rad4|| The News Quiz||Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Phill Jupitus.
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|1830||Rad4|| The News Quiz||Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins, Carrie Quinlan, Jeremy Hardy.
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|1930||BBC1|| A Question of Sport
|1930||BBC1|| A Question of Sport
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|2100||BBC1|| QI
|2100||BBC1|| QI
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|2200||BBC2|| Shooting Stars
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|2100||TV3 || Superstars of Dance <font color=red>New!</font>||A six-continent international dance competition, hosted by Michael Flatley, overseen by Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller. The competing countries: Argentina, Australia, China, India, Ireland, Russia, South Africa, USA. The UK isn't taking part, and isn't even showing the programme. Britain for the lossing!
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|2100||DAVE|| Buzzcocks
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|2140||DAVE|| QI
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|2200||BBC2|| Buzzcocks
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|0000||Ninja Warrior
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|0030||Takeshi
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|0100||Gambling
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|1200||The Crystal Maze
|1200||The Crystal Maze
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|1300||Take It or Leave It x2
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|1300||Millionaire
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|1400||Take It or Leave It
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|1500||Bullseye x3
|1500||Bullseye x3
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|1630||Wipeout x3
|1630||Wipeout x3
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|1800||Bruce's Price is Right x3
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|1800||Joe Pasquale's Price is Right
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|1900||Bruce's Price is Right
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|1930||Family Fortunes x3
|1930||Family Fortunes x3
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|2100||Take It or Leave It x2
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|2100||Take It or Leave It
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|2200||Millionaire
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|2300||8 Out of 10 Cats
|2300||8 Out of 10 Cats
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|1200||Family Fortunes x2
|1200||Family Fortunes x2
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|1300||Catchphrase x2
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|1300||Joe Pasquale's Price is Right Special
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|1400||Family Fortunes x6
|1400||Family Fortunes x6
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===Channel abbreviations===
===Channel abbreviations===

Revision as of 18:35, 8 January 2009

Contents

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the week beginning 10 January 2009

Schedules are subject to change.

Highlights for this week include:

  • Voting for the UK Gameshows Poll of the Year continues all week, with two lucky punters winning a crisp ten pound note courtesy of our sponsors Bother's Bar.
  • Dancing on Ice (ITV and TV3, 7pm Sunday) is back for a fourth run. Donal MacIntyre will be first out, and one of the soapstar minorstars will win, but Peter Kay will be cheering for Todd Carty (Grange Hill's Tucker Jenkins) as Jesus H. Christ.
  • There are plenty of other talent shows for viewers in Ireland: TG4 is looking for Ireland's best country singer (Glor Tire, 8.10 Saturday) and competitive farming in Feirm Factor (9pm Thursday), and TV3 has international Superstars of Dance (9pm Friday).
  • More intelligent shows include the final of Mastermind Plant Cymru (S4C, 7.45 Sunday), the last semi-final of Brain of Britain (Radio 4, 1.30 Monday) and what looks like a fascinating University Challenge quarter-final (BBC2, 8pm Monday (not Scotland)).
  • Channel 4's afternoon schedule falls into place: Come Dine with Me (5.30) begins with a celebrity week, Wogan's Perfect Recall (5pm) is back for another run, and Deal or No Deal (4.15) is billed as a new series.
  • All eyes will be on Countdown (3.25), where the latest Championship of Champions begins, there's a new set (yes, they've finally got rid of the deckchairs), and something else that seemed important when we heard it, but we're blown if we can remember it.

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

Saturday

0600VIR1 Millionaire
0700VIR1 The Krypton Factor x2
0800CBBC Hider in the House
0800VIR1 Fort Boyard
0820DAVE A Question of Sport
0830BBC2 Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
0900BBC2 Who Wants to be a Superhero?
0900VIR1 Ninja Warrior
0930CBBC Basil's Game Show
1000VIR1 Takeshi x2Also 0400.
1000DAVE Dragons' Den x3Also 1500.
1100CBBC Best of Friends
1100Rad5 Fighting Talk
1130BBC1 Masterchef
1130CBBC Best the Boss
1200WTCH The Weakest Link x4
1304RWal Jest a Minute
1430CBBC Raven
1500CBBC Trapped!
1530TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1615S4C Deal or No Deal
1630CITV Eliminator New!
1750BBC1 Total Wipeout
1800TV3 Who Dares, Sings! New!
1845BBC1 Your Country Needs YouAlso BBC-HD.
1910TG4 Survivor Micronesia
1945BBC1 In It to Win It
2000TV5 Speciale Questions Pour un Champion: Juniors
2000TV3 All-Star Mr and Mrs
2010TG4 Glor Tire New!Talent show seeking a country singer.
2020RTE1 Winning Streak
2045ITV All-Star Family FortunesShayne Lynch v Ruthie Henshall.
2100 C4 Celeb Big BrotherS4C 2245.
2100CLAS The Classic FM Quiz With Henry Kelly New!Henry Kelly presents a quiz.
2230BBC2 QI
2250TV5 Fort BoyardRepeats from the 2007 series.
2300Rad4 Brain of Britain

Sunday

0455 C4 Scrapheap Challenge
0700VIR1 The Krypton Factor x2
0800VIR1 Fort BoyardAlso 0500.
0900BBC2 Escape From Scorpion Island(14/15) Also CBBC 1200.
0900VIR1 Ninja Warrior
0900DAVE Dragons' Den x3
0930Mor4 Scrapheap Challenge x3
0945ITV Dancing on IceLast year's final.
1000VIR1 Takeshi x2
1000WTCH The Weakest Link x3
1204Rad4 Just a Minute
1245 C4 Big Brother's Little BrotherS4C 1400.
1345 C4 Unsigned ActLive performances determine some of the finalists.
1403RWal Jest a Minute
1430CBBC Raven
1500CBBC Trapped!
1530S4CD Cwis Meddiant
1630CITV Eliminator
1635Mor4 Come Dine With Me
1645 C4 Deal or No Deal
1730ITV The Krypton FactorTV3 at 1735.
1800VIR1 MillionaireAlso 0600.
1800SKY1 Gladiators
1800DAVE UK's Strongest Man 2007 x3
1830RTE1 The All-Ireland Talent Show
1845RCym Y Talwrn
1900ITV Dancing on IceAt this rate, an outside broadcast from a duck pond. Continues 2130; also TV3.
1900FIVR World's Strongest Man
1940S4C Mastermind Plant CymruThe final: "Cherub" books, Pixar animated films, The solar system, "St Clare's" books, Manchester United under Alex Ferguson.
2030RTE1 The Restaurant
2100BBC2 The Real Sir AlanA profile of Alan Sugar.
2100 C4 Celebrity Big BrotherS4C 2310.
2100FOOD Celebrity Masterchef x4

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

Weekdays

0350VIR1 Casino CasinoNot Mo.
0600VIR1 Millionaire
0700VIR1 Takeshi x2Also 0415, except Mo.
0730 C4 Big Brother's Little BrotherMo 0700.
0900CBBC Best of Friends
0945TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1015TV5 Tout le Monde Veut Prendre Sa Place
1020DAVE A Question of Sport
1030CBBC Raven
1100CBBC Bamzooki
1130CBBC The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1200CBBC Brain-Jitsu
1200Rad3 Composer of the WeekYou might know his handle.
1215BBC1 Bargain Hunt
1245 C5 Going for GoldAlso 1450.
1325CBBC Get Your Own Back
1330S4C Deal or No Deal
1400ITV Dickinson's Real Deal
1415S4C CountdownNot Mo.
1500STV House Guest
1500WTCH Bargain Hunt
1525 C4 Countdown New!According to a message on our answerphone, Andrew Sachs is in dictionary corner.
1530TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1615 C4 Deal or No Deal
1700ITV Golden BallsSTV 1500, not UTV.
1700 C4 Wogan's Perfect Recall New!
1700STV House Guest New!
1700WTCH Celebrity Masterchef
1700SKY1 Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?
1715BBC1 The Weakest Link
1730 C4 Come Dine With Me New!This week: Rodney Marsh (football), Lesley Joseph (comedian), Paul Ross (no win, no fee), Abi Titmuss (reality show contestant) and Linda Lusardi (glamourpuss).
1800BBC2 EggheadsScotland not Thursday.
1800DAVE Dragons' Den
1800WTCH The Weakest Link
1900BBCH RavenAlso 1930 except Fr.
2000TMF America's Most Smartest Model
2030BBC2 MasterchefMo-We only; Th 2000, not Fr.
2100 C4 Celebrity Big BrotherAlso 2235 Fr. S4C 2245 Mo, 2200 Tu, We, Fr, 2130 Th. Coverage continues on E4.
2100DAVE QINot Fr.
2140DAVE BuzzcocksNot Mo, Fr.
2220DAVE Mock the Week
2300DAVE HIGNFY

Monday

0500VIR1 Fort Boyard
1330Rad4 Brain of Britain(16/17) The repechage, for high-scoring runners-up.
1505BBC1 Kerwhizz
1830Rad4 Just a MinutePaul Merton, Charles Collingwood, Graham Norton, Shappi Khorsandi, with Nicholas Parsons controlling (!) the game.
1830S4C Pen CampauYsgol Plasmawr (Caerdydd) v Ysgol Rhydfelen (Church Village)
2000BBC2 University Challenge(25/31) Into the quarter-finals: Manchester v LSE. Scotland 2200.
2030ALBA Cocaire nan CocaireanAlso into the quarter-finals.

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

Tuesday

0730CBBC Stake Out
1630CBBC Hot Rods
1740S4CD Mama Mia
2000TV3 The Biggest Loser USVery helpfully, the published preview tells us who's going out, so we don't need to watch the show. Good.
2100Mor4 Come Dine With Me
2235ITV The Krypton Factor

Wednesday

1715CBBC Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
1723TV5 Fort Boyard
1900ARTS Mastermind 1980
1930ARTS What the Dickens
1930BBC1 Chasing the DollarNI only.
2025S4C Cwis Meddiant
2200BBC2 QI

Thursday

1230BBC7 I'm Sorry I Haven't a ClueApril 1984. Also 1930.
1640S4C Pwy Ydw I? New!Whose name is in the presenter's hat?
1715CBBC Beat the Boss
1930ITV The Krypton FactorAlso TV3.
2000BBC2 Masterchef
2000ITV2 Pop Idle US
2100ALBA Cuibhlichean an Fhortain
2130TG4 Feirm Factor New!A competition for twelve farmers.

Friday

0730CBBC Stake Out
1715CBBC Trapped!
1810RSco Step Back in Time
1830Rad4 The News QuizFrancis Wheen, Sue Perkins, Carrie Quinlan, Jeremy Hardy.
1930BBC1 A Question of Sport
2100BBC1 QI
2100TV3 Superstars of Dance New!A six-continent international dance competition, hosted by Michael Flatley, overseen by Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller. The competing countries: Argentina, Australia, China, India, Ireland, Russia, South Africa, USA. The UK isn't taking part, and isn't even showing the programme. Britain for the lossing!
2100DAVE Buzzcocks
2140DAVE QI
2200BBC2 Buzzcocks

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

Challenge

Saturday

0000Ninja Warrior
0030Takeshi
0100Gambling
0300Eggheads x2To 0400.
0700Stake Out x2
0800The Moment of Truth
0900You Bet!
1000Takeshi x2
1100Gladiators
1200The Crystal Maze
1300Millionaire
1400Take It or Leave It
1500Bullseye x3
1630Wipeout x3
1800Joe Pasquale's Price is Right
1900Bruce's Price is Right
1930Family Fortunes x3
2100Take It or Leave It
2200Millionaire
23008 Out of 10 Cats

Sunday

As Saturday except

0000Endurance UK x2To 0100
1700Britain's Worst x3To 2000

Monday

0000Endurance UK x2
0100Gambling
0300Eggheads x2To 0400.
0700Fort Boyard
0800The Crystal Maze
0900Supermarket Sweep x2
1000Wheel of Fortune x2
1100Wipeout x2
1200Family Fortunes x2
1300Joe Pasquale's Price is Right Special
1400Family Fortunes x6
1700Takeshi x2
1800You Bet!
1900The Biggest Loser UK
2000Joe Pasquale's Price is Right Special
2100Take It or Leave It
2200Millionaire
2300Bullseye x2

Tuesday

As Monday except

0000Ninja Warrior
0030TakeshiTo 0100
1300Pasquale's Price
1400Wipeout x6To 1700

Wednesday - Friday

As Tuesday except for the 1400 slot

WedsCatchphrase x6
ThurMillionaire x3
FriOne Versus One Hundred x4

Channel abbreviations

4MUS4 Music
ABSRAbsolute Radio
ALBABBC Alba
BBC1BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
2W BBC2 Wales digital service
BBC3BBC3
BBC4BBC4
BBC7BBC7 (Radio)
BOOMBoomerang
BORDBorder (ITV in Cumbria and south-west Scotland)
BRVOBravo
C5 Five
CBBCCBBC
CBBSCbeebies
CLASClassic FM (Radio)
DAVEDave
DISCDiscovery
DISNDisney Channel
DRAMUKTV Drama
DRT Discovery Real Time
DSCIDiscovery Science
ESPTEurosport
ESP2Eurosport 2
GOLDUKTV Gold
HLMKHallmark
ITV ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2ITV2
ITV3ITV3
ITV4ITV4
LIV UK Living TV
LIV2UK Living TV 2
MOR4More 4
NICKNickelodeon
PCM1Paramount Comedy 1
PCM2Paramount Comedy 2
Rad1BBC Radio 1
Rad2BBC Radio 2
Rad3BBC Radio 3
Rad4BBC Radio 4
Rad5BBC Radio 5
RCymBBC Radio Cymru
RSctBBC Radio Scotland
RUlsBBC Radio Ulster
RWalBBC Radio Wales
RTE1RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C S4C (analogue)
S4CDS4C Digidol
SCI Sci-Fi
SKY1Sky One
SKY2Sky Two
SKY3Sky Three
STV STV (ITV in North and Central Scotland)
TLKSTalk Sport (radio)
TV3 TV3 (Irish)
TV5MTV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4 TG 4 (Irish)
UTV Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
VIR1Virgin 1
WTCHWatch

See also

TV Guide Last Week

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