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A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 22 March 2008.
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==A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 29 March 2008==
Schedules are subject to change.
Schedules are subject to change.
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Highlights this week:
Highlights this week:
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'''[[Last Man Standing]]''' (BBC2, 11pm Sunday)
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'''The University Challenge Boat Race''' (Eurosport, 4.45 Saturday)
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:The globe-trotting hard man contest.
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:Cambridge ''v'' Oxford.
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'''[[Counterpoint]]''' (Radio 4, 1.30 Monday)
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'''Questions pour un Champion''' (TV5, 8.01 Saturday)
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:The music quiz returns with a new host, Paul Gambaccini.
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:The annual international edition, including the debut appearance of l'Arabie Saoudite. How does M. Lepers cope with people for whom French is a second language?
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'''[[Daily Cooks Challenge]]''' (ITV, 3pm weekdays)
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'''[[Play it Again]]''' (BBC4, 7.30 Monday)
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:Antony Worrall Thompson challenges other television cooks, and does it each day.
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:Hugh Dennis's documentary from 2006.
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'''[[The Write Stuff]]''' (Radio 4, 6.30 Monday)
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'''[[University Challenge|University Challenge: The Professionals]]''' (BBC2, 8pm Monday and Tuesday)
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:Literary quizzing on the radio...
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:Featuring at least one person we've seen before.
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'''[[Mastermind]]''' (BBC2, 7.30 Monday)
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'''[[Stake Out]]''' (BBC1, 4.05 Thursday)
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:The 2007 final.
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:As reviewed in the last Week. Summary: it's good.
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'''[[The Book Quiz]]''' (BBC4, 8.30 Monday)
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'''[[Banter]]''' (Radio 4, 6.30 Thursday)
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:...literary quizzing on the telly.
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:Andrew Collins's top three show returns.
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'''[[The Apprentice]]''' (BBC1, 9pm Wednesday)
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'''[[The Apprentice|The Apprentice: The Worst Decisions Ever]]''' (BBC2, 9pm Thursday)
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:Another series of capitalist propaganda.
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:Shall we just call this the Sugar and Tennant network and be done with it?
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 22 March|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 23|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 24|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 25|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 26|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 27|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 28|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 29 March|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 30|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 31|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 1 April|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 2|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 3|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 4|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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===Saturday 22 March===
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===Saturday 29 March===
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|0410||VIR1|| Takeshi's Castle x2||Also 1000.
|0410||VIR1|| Takeshi's Castle x2||Also 1000.
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|0520|| C4 || Countdown
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|0515|| C4 || Countdown
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|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
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|0700||VIR1|| Fort Boyard Takes On the World
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|0800||BBC2|| The Sorcerer's Apprentice <font color=red>New!</font>
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|0800||VIR1|| Gladiators
|0800||VIR1|| Gladiators
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|0900||VIR1|| Don't Try This at Home!
|0900||VIR1|| Don't Try This at Home!
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|0925||ITV || Dancing on Ice||Last week's edition.
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|0930||TG4 || Survivor - The Cook Islands
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|0930||DAVE|| Whose Line is it Anyway?
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|1030||BBC2|| The Slammer <font color=red>New!</font>||...which actually began on BBC1 yesterday.
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|0945||TG4 || Survivor - The Cook Islands
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|1030||CBBC|| Clutter Nutters||Also 1400.
|1030||CBBC|| Clutter Nutters||Also 1400.
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|1050||BBC2|| Best of Friends||Also CBBC at 1130.
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|1030||DAVE|| Whose Line is it Anyway?
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|1100||Rad5|| Fighting Talk
|1100||Rad5|| Fighting Talk
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|1130||CBBC|| Best of Friends
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|1300||CBBC|| Raven - The Secret Temple
|1300||CBBC|| Raven - The Secret Temple
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|1330||BBC2|| Eggheads||Scotland only.
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|1310||ITV2|| Millionaire
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|1500||C5US|| Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2||Also 1730.
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|1330||CBBC|| Trapped
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|1500||C5US|| Whose Line Is It Anyway? x4
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|1529||TV5M|| Questions pour un Champion
|1529||TV5M|| Questions pour un Champion
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|1615|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
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|1600|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
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|1615||S4C || Deal or No Deal||Different episodes, presumably.
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|1605||BBC2|| Eggheads x2||Scotland only.
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|1630||TV3 || Pop Idle US
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|1610||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|1700||C5US|| Whose Line is it Anyway x6 <font color=red>Special</font>
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|1645||ESPT|| The University Challenge Boat Race <font color=red>Special</font>
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|1700||C5US|| Whose Line is it Anyway x6
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|1730||RTE1|| You're a Star Plus
|1730||RTE1|| You're a Star Plus
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|1750||BBC1|| The Weakest Link <font color=red>Special</font>||Paranormal.
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|1800||LIV2|| The Amazing Race
|1800||LIV2|| The Amazing Race
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|1835||ITV || Harry Hill's TV Burp
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|1800||TV3 || Pop Idle US
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|1905||ITV || Saturday Night Takeaway||Also TV3.
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|1830||ITV || Harry Hill's TV Burp
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|1905||BBC1|| I'd Do Anything
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|1850||BBC1|| I'd Do Anything||Also BBC-HD. The first live show in the search for one new Nancy and three Sids.
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|1930||S4C || Codi Canu <font color=red>Special</font>||The series in a nutshell. Also S4CD.
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|1940||DAVE|| A Question of Sport x2 <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2000||TKSP|| The Talksport Football Quiz
|2000||TKSP|| The Talksport Football Quiz
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|2015||RTE1|| Winning Streak
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|2001||TV5 || Questions pour un Champion <font color=red>Special</font>||The annual international edition, including the debut appearance of l'Arabie Saoudite. How does M. Lepers cope with people for whom French is a second language?
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|2020||DAVE|| School's Out
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|2025||RTE1|| Winning Streak
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|2025||ITV || Duel
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|2045||TV3 || Paradise Hotel
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|2115||TV3 || Paradise Hotel
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|2100||BBC2|| Have I Got Old News For You||Ann Widdecombe, Danny Baker, Lucy Porter.
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|2130||BBC2|| Have I Got Old News For You||Damien Lewis; Neil Mullarkey, Dom Joly.
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|2110||ITV || Duel||Beginning with someone who might win a six-figure sum.
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|2200||DAVE|| Buzzcocks <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2200||DAVE|| Buzzcocks
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|2230||BBC2|| The Apprentice
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|2240||TV5M|| Pékin Express
|2240||TV5M|| Pékin Express
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|2300||Rad4|| The Garden Quiz
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|2300||Rad4|| Counterpoint
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===Sunday 23===
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 29 March|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 30|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 31|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 1 April|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 2|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 3|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 4|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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===Sunday 30===
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Remember that clocks go forward at 1am, it's the beginning of the northern hemisphere's standardised summer time.
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|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
|0600||VIR1|| Millionaire
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|0700||VIR1|| Fort Boyard
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|0615||ITV2|| Millionaire <font color=red>New!</font>
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|0800||BBC2|| Trapped <font color=red>New!</font>
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|0800||VIR1|| Gladiators
|0800||VIR1|| Gladiators
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|0900||BBC2|| Hider in the House
|0900||BBC2|| Hider in the House
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|0900||TOON|| Skatoony||Also 1930.
 
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|0900||VIR1|| Don't Try This at Home!
|0900||VIR1|| Don't Try This at Home!
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|0900||TRBL|| So You Think You Can Dance||Also 1500.
|0900||TRBL|| So You Think You Can Dance||Also 1500.
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|1040||DAVE|| A Question of Sport||Also 2020.
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|1040||DAVE|| A Question of Sport x2||Also 1940.
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|1120||DAVE|| Head Jam
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|1204||Rad4|| The Write Stuff
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|1204||Rad4|| Just a Minute
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|1230|| C4 || Vanity Lair
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|1235|| E4 || Big Brother USA
|1235|| E4 || Big Brother USA
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|1300||CBBC|| Raven - The Secret Temple
|1300||CBBC|| Raven - The Secret Temple
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|1300|| C4 || Vanity Lair
 
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|1500||C5US|| Whose Line is it Anyway? x2
|1500||C5US|| Whose Line is it Anyway? x2
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|1530||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me x5
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|1500||TV3 || Pop Idle US
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|1515||S4C || Pen Campau'r Ser <font color=red>Special</font>||A celebrity edition.
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|1750||BBC1|| The Weakest Link <font color=red>Special</font>||Elvis special
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|1600||Mor4|| RTS Daytime Show of the Year Come Dine With Me x5
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|1830||RTE1|| Celebrity Bainisteoir <font color=red>New!</font>||(1/8) One from the file labelled "may not be game": celebrities take charge of an intermediate Irish football side. RTE2's NFL highlights move back half an hour to 1930.
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|1900||LIV || So You Think You Can Dance x2
|1900||LIV || So You Think You Can Dance x2
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|1930||BBC1|| I'd Do Anything Results <font color=red>New!</font>||Also BBC-HD. Read by Tim Gudgin, we hope.
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|2000||VIR1|| American Inventor
|2000||VIR1|| American Inventor
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|2030||TG4 || Glas Vegas
|2030||TG4 || Glas Vegas
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|2100||DAVE|| QI <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2100||DAVE|| QI
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|2300||BBC2|| Last Man Standing <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2300||BBC2|| Last Man Standing
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 22 March|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 23|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 24|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 25|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 26|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 27|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 28|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
 
===Weekdays===
===Weekdays===
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|0820||DAVE|| A Question of Sport
|0820||DAVE|| A Question of Sport
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|0845||S4C || Wy Ti'n Gem?
 
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|0900||Mor4|| Deal or No Deal||Also lunchtime, 1805.
|0900||Mor4|| Deal or No Deal||Also lunchtime, 1805.
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|1200||GOLD|| Celebrity Master Chef
|1200||GOLD|| Celebrity Master Chef
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|1215||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt||Monday 1200.
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|1215||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt
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|1300||BBC2|| Brainbox Challenge||Not Mo.
|1300||BBC2|| Brainbox Challenge||Not Mo.
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|1325||S4C || Deal or No Deal
|1325||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|1400||C5US|| Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
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|1410||S4C || Countdown
|1410||S4C || Countdown
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|1415||BBC2|| Recipe for Success
 
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|1455|| C4 || Come Dine With Me
|1455|| C4 || Come Dine With Me
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|1500||ITV || Daily Cooks Challenge <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1500||ITV || Daily Cooks Challenge
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|1525|| C4 || Countdown||Dennis Taylor (Mo), Ann Widdecombe (Tu-Fr). Also More4 after midnight, and early mornings Mo, Th, Fr.
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|1525|| C4 || Countdown||Ann Widdecombe (Mo), Lynda Baron (Tu-Fr). Also More4 after midnight, and early mornings Mo, Th, Fr.
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|1529||TV5M|| Questions pour un Champion
|1529||TV5M|| Questions pour un Champion
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|1530||BBC1|| Raven||Not Mo, Fr.
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|1530||BBC1|| Raven||Not Fr.
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|1600||CBBC|| Raven
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|1615|| C4 || Deal or No Deal||Also More4 1805.
|1615|| C4 || Deal or No Deal||Also More4 1805.
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|1630||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook
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|1625||TG4 || Bog Stop
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|1700||ITV || Golden Balls||UTV 1500, STV 1630. Not Mo.
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|1630||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook||Mo-We only.
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|1715||BBC1|| The Weakest Link||Not Mo.
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|1715||BBC1|| The Weakest Link
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|1730||CITV|| Jungle Run
|1730||CITV|| Jungle Run
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 29 March|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 30|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 31|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 1 April|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 2|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 3|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 4|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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A public holiday, except Scotland.
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===Monday 31===
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|1200||C5US|| Whose Line Is It Anyway? x6
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|1330||Rad4|| Counterpoint||(2/13)
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|1330||Rad4|| Counterpoint <font color=red>New!</font>||(1/13)
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|1400||STV || Goldenballs
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|1645||CBBC|| Beat the Boss
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|1830||Rad4|| The Write Stuff||EM Forster.
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|1830||Rad4|| The Write Stuff <font color=red>New!</font>||EM Forster.
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|1900||BBC3|| Dragons' Den
|1900||BBC3|| Dragons' Den
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|1930||BBC2|| Mastermind||(31/31) Venice, Steve McQueen, D-Day, "It Ain't Half Hot Mum", London Bridge, "The Godfather". From Glasgow Caledonian.
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|1930||BBC4|| Play it Again <font color=red>Special</font>||Hugh Dennis's documentary from 2006.
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|1930||TG4 || Shabby go Chic
|1930||TG4 || Shabby go Chic
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|2000||BBC2|| University Challenge: The Professionals <font color=red>New!</font>||Advocates ''v'' Hospital Consultants
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|2000||STV || Postcode Challenge
|2000||STV || Postcode Challenge
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|2030||BBC4|| The Book Quiz <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2030||BBC4|| The Book Quiz||Daisy Godwin and David Aaronovitch ''v'' AL Kennedy and Simon Hoggart.
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|2100||DAVE|| HIGNFY
|2100||DAVE|| HIGNFY
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|2220||DAVE|| Mock the Week
|2220||DAVE|| Mock the Week
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|2230||BBC2|| Sport Relief: The Apprentice <font color=red>Special</font>||An extended episode.
 
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|2300||DAVE|| Buzzcocks
|2300||DAVE|| Buzzcocks
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 22 March|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 23|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 24|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 25|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 26|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 27|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 28|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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===Tuesday 1 April===
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===Tuesday 25===
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|1610||BBC1|| Best of Friends
|1610||BBC1|| Best of Friends
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|1645||CBBC|| Trapped! <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1715||CBBC|| Trapped!
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|2000||ITV || Millionaire
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|2000||BBC2|| University Challenge: The Professionals||Civil Service ''v'' Comedians.
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|2100||BBC4|| The Top of the Form Story <font color=red>Special</font>||A repeat of the show from a couple of years ago.
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|2100|| E4 || Big Brother US
|2100|| E4 || Big Brother US
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|2305||TG4 || Deis Roc||The grand final.
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|2300||DAVE|| They Think It's All Over
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|2345||DAVE|| They Think It's All Over
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===Wednesday 26===
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===Wednesday 2===
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|1700||BBC7|| My Music
|1700||BBC7|| My Music
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|1715||CBBC|| Stake Out
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|1715||BBC2|| Recipe for Success||Wales only.
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|1729||TV5M|| Pékin Express
|1729||TV5M|| Pékin Express
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|2000||LIV || So You Think You Can Dance x2
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|2000||LIV || So You Think You Can Dance
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|2000||TG4 || Glas Vegas
|2000||TG4 || Glas Vegas
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|2000||ESP2|| Strongest Man <font color=red>Special</font>
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|2100||BBC1|| The Apprentice||This week, the teams are washing dirty laundry in public.
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|2100||BBC1|| The Apprentice <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2200||BBC2|| The Apprentice: You're Off the Show
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|2200||BBC2|| The Apprentice: You're Off the Show <font color=red>New!</font>||With Adrian Chiles, Karren Brady, and a dog.
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|2300||DAVE|| QI
|2300||DAVE|| QI
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===Thursday 27===
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|1605||BBC1|| Best of Friends
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|1605||BBC1|| Stake Out <font color=red>New!</font>||As reviewed in the last Week. Summary: it's good.
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|1635||BBC1|| Beat the Boss
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|1630||BBC1|| Beat the Boss <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1830||Rad4|| Banter <font color=red>New!</font>||Andrew Collins's top three show returns.
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|2000||ITV2|| Pop Idle US
|2000||ITV2|| Pop Idle US
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|2000||TG4 || Com&oacute;rtas Ceirde
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|2000||TG4 || Comórtas Ceirde||The final.
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|2100||BBC2|| That Mitchell and Webb Look||Including a preview of BBC2's Numberwang Night next Tuesday. Not 2W.
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|2100||BBC2|| The Apprentice: The Worst Decisions Ever <font color=red>Special</font>
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|2100|| E4 || Big Brother US x2
|2100|| E4 || Big Brother US x2
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|2100||DAVE|| Dragons' Den <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2100||SKY3|| Nothing but the Truth
|2100||SKY3|| Nothing but the Truth
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===Friday 28===
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===Friday 4===
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|1530||BBC1|| Basil's Game Show
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|1600||BBC1|| Basil's Game Show
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|1715||CBBC|| Stake Out
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|1635||BBC1|| The Slammer
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|1810||BBC1|| The Weakest Line
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|1900||VIR1|| Bingolotto: A Commercial Presentation
|1900||VIR1|| Bingolotto: A Commercial Presentation
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|2000||GOLD|| Dancing With the Stars
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|1915||ESPT|| Strongest Man x2
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|2000||GOLD|| Dancing With the Stars x2
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|2030||BBC1|| A Question of Sport <font color=red>Back</font>
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|2030||BBC1|| A Question of Sport
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|2100||ITV2|| Pop Idle US
|2100||ITV2|| Pop Idle US
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|2200||BBC2|| QI||England, Scotland only.
|2200||BBC2|| QI||England, Scotland only.
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|2300||DAVE|| And Then You Die <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2300||DAVE|| Mock the Week
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 22 March|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 23|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 24|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 25|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 26|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 27|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 28|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 29 March|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 30|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 31|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 1 April|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 2|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 3|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 4|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
===Challenge?===
===Challenge?===
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|0900||The Crystal Maze
|0900||The Crystal Maze
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|1000||Takeshi / Ninja Warrior
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|1000||Ninja Warrior x4
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|1900||Bullseye x2
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|1200||Supermarket Sweep x2
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|2000||Shooting Stars x2
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|1300||Millionaire x2
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|2100||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|1500||Wipeout x3
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|2200||Distraction x2
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|1630||Catchphrase x3
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|2300||Shooting Stars x2
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|1800||Bullseye x3
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|1930||Family Fortunes x3
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|2100||Shooting Stars x2
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|2200||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|2300||Distraction x2
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|0100||Gambling
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|0300||Takeshi
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|0400||Bullseye x2
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|0500||Family Catchphrase||To 0530.
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|0700||Takeshi
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|0800||Gladiators
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|2200||Distraction x2
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===Channel abbreviations===
===Channel abbreviations===

Revision as of 18:26, 27 March 2008

Contents

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 29 March 2008

Schedules are subject to change.

Highlights this week:

The University Challenge Boat Race (Eurosport, 4.45 Saturday)

Cambridge v Oxford.

Questions pour un Champion (TV5, 8.01 Saturday)

The annual international edition, including the debut appearance of l'Arabie Saoudite. How does M. Lepers cope with people for whom French is a second language?

Play it Again (BBC4, 7.30 Monday)

Hugh Dennis's documentary from 2006.

University Challenge: The Professionals (BBC2, 8pm Monday and Tuesday)

Featuring at least one person we've seen before.

Stake Out (BBC1, 4.05 Thursday)

As reviewed in the last Week. Summary: it's good.

Banter (Radio 4, 6.30 Thursday)

Andrew Collins's top three show returns.

The Apprentice: The Worst Decisions Ever (BBC2, 9pm Thursday)

Shall we just call this the Sugar and Tennant network and be done with it?

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

Saturday 29 March

0300VIR1 Defectors
0410VIR1 Takeshi's Castle x2Also 1000.
0515 C4 Countdown
0600VIR1 Millionaire
0800BBC2 The Sorcerer's Apprentice New!
0800VIR1 Gladiators
0900TRBL So You Think You Can DanceAlso Living at 1200, this channel 1500.
0900VIR1 Don't Try This at Home!
0930TG4 Survivor - The Cook Islands
1030BBC2 The Slammer New!...which actually began on BBC1 yesterday.
1030CBBC Clutter NuttersAlso 1400.
1030DAVE Whose Line is it Anyway?
1100Rad5 Fighting Talk
1130CBBC Best of Friends
1300CBBC Raven - The Secret Temple
1310ITV2 Millionaire
1330CBBC Trapped
1500C5US Whose Line Is It Anyway? x4
1529TV5M Questions pour un Champion
1600 C4 Deal or No Deal
1605BBC2 Eggheads x2Scotland only.
1610S4C Deal or No Deal
1645ESPT The University Challenge Boat Race Special
1700C5US Whose Line is it Anyway x6
1730RTE1 You're a Star Plus
1750BBC1 The Weakest Link SpecialParanormal.
1800LIV2 The Amazing Race
1800TV3 Pop Idle US
1830ITV Harry Hill's TV Burp
1850BBC1 I'd Do AnythingAlso BBC-HD. The first live show in the search for one new Nancy and three Sids.
1940DAVE A Question of Sport x2 New!
2000TKSP The Talksport Football Quiz
2001TV5 Questions pour un Champion SpecialThe annual international edition, including the debut appearance of l'Arabie Saoudite. How does M. Lepers cope with people for whom French is a second language?
2025RTE1 Winning Streak
2045TV3 Paradise Hotel
2100BBC2 Have I Got Old News For YouAnn Widdecombe, Danny Baker, Lucy Porter.
2110ITV DuelBeginning with someone who might win a six-figure sum.
2200DAVE Buzzcocks
2230BBC2 The Apprentice
2240TV5M Pékin Express
2300Rad4 Counterpoint

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

Sunday 30

Remember that clocks go forward at 1am, it's the beginning of the northern hemisphere's standardised summer time.

0300VIR1 Defectors
0410VIR1 Takeshi's Castle x2Also 1000.
0520 C4 Countdown
0600VIR1 Millionaire
0615ITV2 Millionaire New!
0800BBC2 Trapped New!
0800VIR1 Gladiators
0830BBC2 Raven
0900BBC2 Hider in the House
0900VIR1 Don't Try This at Home!
0900Mor4 Scrapheap Challenge x4
0900TRBL So You Think You Can DanceAlso 1500.
1040DAVE A Question of Sport x2Also 1940.
1204Rad4 The Write Stuff
1230 C4 Vanity Lair
1235 E4 Big Brother USA
1300CBBC Raven - The Secret Temple
1500C5US Whose Line is it Anyway? x2
1500TV3 Pop Idle US
1515S4C Pen Campau'r Ser SpecialA celebrity edition.
1600Mor4 RTS Daytime Show of the Year Come Dine With Me x5
1830RTE1 Celebrity Bainisteoir New!(1/8) One from the file labelled "may not be game": celebrities take charge of an intermediate Irish football side. RTE2's NFL highlights move back half an hour to 1930.
1900LIV So You Think You Can Dance x2
1930BBC1 I'd Do Anything Results New!Also BBC-HD. Read by Tim Gudgin, we hope.
2000VIR1 American Inventor
2030TG4 Glas Vegas
2100DAVE QI
2300BBC2 Last Man Standing

Weekdays

0300VIR1 Defectors
0410VIR1 Takeshi's Castle x2Also 0800.
0600VIR1 MillionaireAlso 1200, 1700.
0730BBC2 Brain-Jitsu
0820DAVE A Question of Sport
0900Mor4 Deal or No DealAlso lunchtime, 1805.
0945TV5M Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1015TV5M Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1130DAVE Whose Line Is It Anyway?Also 1630.
1200GOLD Celebrity Master Chef
1215BBC1 Bargain Hunt
1300BBC2 Brainbox ChallengeNot Mo.
1300C5US Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
1325S4C Deal or No Deal
1400C5US Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
1410S4C Countdown
1455 C4 Come Dine With Me
1500ITV Daily Cooks Challenge
1525 C4 CountdownAnn Widdecombe (Mo), Lynda Baron (Tu-Fr). Also More4 after midnight, and early mornings Mo, Th, Fr.
1529TV5M Questions pour un Champion
1530BBC1 RavenNot Fr.
1600CBBC Raven
1615 C4 Deal or No DealAlso More4 1805.
1625TG4 Bog Stop
1630BBC2 Ready Steady CookMo-We only.
1715BBC1 The Weakest Link
1730CITV Jungle Run
1800BBC2 EggheadsScotland: not Th, Fr.
1830BBC2 Great British MenuScotland: not Th, Fr also 1800.
1900DAVE Dragons' DenNot Mo.
2300BBC3 Upstaged

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

Monday 31

1330Rad4 Counterpoint(2/13)
1400STV Goldenballs
1830Rad4 The Write StuffEM Forster.
1900BBC3 Dragons' Den
1930BBC4 Play it Again SpecialHugh Dennis's documentary from 2006.
1930TG4 Shabby go Chic
2000BBC2 University Challenge: The Professionals New!Advocates v Hospital Consultants
2000STV Postcode Challenge
2030BBC4 The Book QuizDaisy Godwin and David Aaronovitch v AL Kennedy and Simon Hoggart.
2100DAVE HIGNFY
2140DAVE QI
2220DAVE Mock the Week
2300DAVE Buzzcocks
2340DAVE Dragons' Den

Tuesday 1 April

1610BBC1 Best of Friends
1715CBBC Trapped!
2000BBC2 University Challenge: The ProfessionalsCivil Service v Comedians.
2100 E4 Big Brother US
2300DAVE They Think It's All Over

Wednesday 2

1700BBC7 My Music
1715BBC2 Recipe for SuccessWales only.
1729TV5M Pékin Express
2000LIV So You Think You Can Dance
2000TG4 Glas Vegas
2100BBC1 The ApprenticeThis week, the teams are washing dirty laundry in public.
2200BBC2 The Apprentice: You're Off the Show
2300DAVE QI

Thursday 3

1605BBC1 Stake Out New!As reviewed in the last Week. Summary: it's good.
1635BBC1 Beat the Boss
1830Rad4 Banter New!Andrew Collins's top three show returns.
2000ITV2 Pop Idle US
2000TG4 Comórtas CeirdeThe final.
2100BBC2 The Apprentice: The Worst Decisions Ever Special
2100 E4 Big Brother US x2
2100DAVE Dragons' Den New!
2100SKY3 Nothing but the Truth
2300DAVE HIGNFY

Friday 4

1600BBC1 Basil's Game Show
1635BBC1 The Slammer
1900VIR1 Bingolotto: A Commercial Presentation
1915ESPT Strongest Man x2
2000GOLD Dancing With the Stars x2
2030BBC1 A Question of Sport
2100ITV2 Pop Idle US
2100TV3 America's Got Talent
2200BBC2 QIEngland, Scotland only.
2300DAVE Mock the Week

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

Challenge?

Saturday

0000Showbiz Darts
0030Bullseye
0100Gambling
0300Supermarket Sweep x2
0400Family Fortunes x2
0500Family CatchphraseTo 0530.
0700Takeshi
0800Gladiators
0900The Crystal Maze
1000Ninja Warrior x4
1200Supermarket Sweep x2
1300Millionaire x2
1500Wipeout x3
1630Catchphrase x3
1800Bullseye x3
1930Family Fortunes x3
2100Shooting Stars x2
22008 Out of 10 Cats x2
2300Distraction x2

Sunday

0000Banzai
0200Gambling
0400Catchphrase x2
0500Family FortunesTo 0530.

Then as Saturday.

Monday

0000Banzai
0100Gambling
0300Catchphrase x2
0400Bullseye x2
0500Family FortunesTo 0530.
0700The Crystal Maze
0800Gladiators
0900Supermarket Sweep x2
1000Wheel of Fortune x2
1100Wipeout x2
1200Family Fortunes x2
1300Supermarket Sweep x2
1400Wipeout x2
1500Millionaire
1600Take It or Leave It
1700Gladiators
1800The Crystal Maze
1900Ninja Warrior
1930Takeshi
2000Take It or Leave It
2100Millionaire
2200Fear Factor
2300Bullseye x2

Tuesday - Wednesday

0000Bullseye x2
0100Gambling
0300Supermarket Sweep x2
0400Family Fortunes x2
0500Family CatchphraseTo 0530.
0700The Crystal Maze
0800Ninja Warrior
0830Takeshi

Then as Monday.

Thursday

As Tuesday except:

0000Darts

Friday

As Tuesday except:

1900Bingolotto: A Commercial Presentation

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

Channel abbreviations

BBC1BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
2W BBC2 Wales digital service
BBC3BBC3
BBC4BBC4
BBC7BBC7 (Radio)
BOOMBoomerang
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
SKY3Sky Thrcc
STV STV (ITV in Scotland)
TLKSTalk Sport (radio)
TV3 TV3 (Irish)
TV5MTV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4 TG 4 (Irish)
UTV Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
VIR1Virgin 1
VIRGVirgin Radio

See also

TV Guide Last Week

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