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Contents 1 A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the three (count 'em!) weeks beginning 19 December 2009 2 Week 1 (19 - 25 December) 2.1 Saturday 19 2.2 Sunday 20 2.3 Monday 21 2.4 Tuesday 22 2.5 Wednesday 23 2.6 Christmas Eve 2.7 Christmas Day 2.8 Challenge 2.8.1 Saturday 2.8.2 Sunday 2.8.3 Monday 2.8.4 Tuesday - Friday 2.8.5 Tuesday 2.8.6 Wednesday 2.8.7 Thursday 2.8.8 Friday 3 Week 2 (26 December - 1 January) 3.1 Boxing Day 3.2 Sunday 27 3.3 Monday 28 3.4 Tuesday 29 3.5 Wednesday 30 3.6 New Year's Eve 3.7 New Year's Day 3.8 Challenge 4 Week 3 (2 - 8 January) 4.1 Saturday 4.2 Sunday 4.3 Weekdays 4.4 Monday 4.5 Tuesday 4.6 Wednesday 4.7 Thursday 4.8 Friday 4.9 Challenge (January) 4.9.1 Saturday 4.9.2 Sunday 4.9.3 Monday 4.9.4 Tuesday - Friday 4.10 Channel abbreviations 5 See also

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the three (count 'em!) weeks beginning 19 December 2009

Two weeks? We're not going to be limited to two measly weeks, we're giving you all the information we've got, right up to 8 January next year.

Week 1 (19 - 25 December)

The week's bookended by Strictly Come Dancing - this year's final goes out on Saturday, and there's the annual dance-off on Christmas Day. Channel 5's big new show is Heads or Tails (from Sunday), and editions of Have I Got News for You crop up on BBC2 almost every night. Move Like Michael Jackson concludes (BBC3, Sunday), and there's an Only Connect championship of champions (BBC4, Monday). The Celebrity Come Dine With Me (C4) is on Tuesday, while Millionaire (ITV) is exiled to Sunday. Christmas Day highlights include an All-Star Mr and Mrs (ITV), and Stephen Nolan's on Radio 5 - there's also a Panic Attack celeb special on Tuesday (BBC1 NI). Some shows continue - there are regular editions of QI, We Need Answers, and Pen Campau.

Saturday 19

0025	BBC4	Only Connect	Cambridge Quiz Society -v- Rugby Boys
1000	VIR1	Takeshi x2
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1130	BBC2	The Slammer
1200	C5	Britain's Best Brain
1203	RCym	Bwlletin
1300	S4CD	Fferm Ffactor
1330	ITV2	The Xtra Factor x4	Recapping the series now ended.
1525	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1600	S4C	Deal or No Deal x2
1700	C4	Come Dine With Me x5
1700	BRV2	UK's Strongest Man 2008 x2
1730	CITV	Scary Sleepover
1835	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	Also BBC-HD. Concludes 2040.
1900	VIR1	Millionaire
1920	BBC2	One Man And His Dog	Scotland only.
2000	TV3	Mr and Mrs
2002	RTR1	Buille Faoi Thuairim
2015	RTE1	Winning Streak
2100	DAVE	Mock the Week x2
2105	TG4	Glor Tire
2220	DAVE	QI
2255	BBC2	Have I Got News For You	Christmas 2008. Not Wales
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday 20

0700	DAVE	School's Out
0900	BBC2	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Highlights.
0900	CBBC	The Slammer
0900	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
1000	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle
1020	ITV2	The Xtra Factor x4	Six episodes today.
1204	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1330	WTCH	Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Specials x3	2008, 2005, and 2007, just to be confusing.
1505	BBCH	Dragons' Den
1600	BRV2	UK's Strongest Man 2008 x3
1605	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1625	C4	Deal or No Deal
1730	C5	Heads or Tails	Justin Lee Collins invites people to throw a coin.
1730	CITV	Scary Sleepover
1740	WTCH	Any Dream Will Do: The Winners' Story
1830	RTE1	The All Ireland Talent Show	Double Dublin auditions.
1840	WTCH	When Joseph Met Maria
1855	Mor4	Celebrity Come Dine With Me
1900	ITV	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Terry Wogan and Chris Evans; Maureen and Coleen Nolan.
1915	TV3	All-Star Family Fortunes	Hollyoaks -v- Emmerdale.
1930	RTE2	Dragons' Den
1940	DAVE	HIGNFY
2000	SKY1	Got to Dance	Davina McCall presents a show. We've no idea what it's about.
2020	DAVE	QI
2030	TG4	An Jig Gig
2100	BBC3	Move Like Michael Jackson	It's the final! Grand!
2200	BBC2	Have I Got News For You	Right, pay attention, it's all far too confusing. This is a repeat from last year, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.

Monday 21

0000	DAVE	50 Years of Eurovision
0100	DAVE	Buzzcocks
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1140	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1205	ESPC	World's Strongest Man 1983
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	DMAX	Scrapheap Challenge
1300	TV5	Pekin Express
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain
1330	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1400	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1400	Mor4	Come Dine With Me
1415	S4C	Countdown
1515	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1530	TV5	Questions pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal
1630	BBCH	Kerwhizz
1700	BBC1	The Weakest Link	Blue Peter special.
1700	STV	Golden Balls
1730	S4C	Pen Campau
1800	C5	Heads or Tails
1800	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old	Damian Williams (who?) hosts, and apparently the contestants are related.
1825	WTCH	Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Championship	2004.
1830	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	From the Futurist Theatre in Scarborough, with Jo Brand and Jeremy Hardy.
1830	S4C	Fferm Ffactor
1900	BBC2	Celebrity Eggheads	Scotland only.
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	Manchester -v- King's College London. Scotland 2030.
2000	C4	Come Dine With Me at Christmas	York.
2020	DAVE	HIGNFY
2030	BBC1	A Question of Sport	Celebrity sports fans.
2030	BBC4	Only Connect	The Ultra-Final: Crossworders -v- Rugby Boys.
2030	ALBA	Cocaire nan Cocairean	Semi-finals.
2030	VIVA	Slips
2100	BBC3	Move Like Michael Jackson	Highlights.
2100	BBC4	Games Britannia	3: Joystick Generation. Signed repeat at 0230.
2100	DAVE	Buzzcocks Night
2200	BBC4	How to Win at Chess	Dan King and (caution!) Ray Keene explain the game. Signed repeat at 0330.
2220	TG4	Survivor
2220	BBCH	Shooting Stars

Tuesday 22

0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1145	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1205	ESPC	World's Strongest Man 1984
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	DMAX	Scrapheap Challenge
1330	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1400	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1400	Mor4	Come Dine With Me
1415	S4C	Countdown
1515	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1530	TV5	Questions pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal
1630	BBCH	Kerwhizz
1700	BBC1	The Weakest Link	Radio DJs.
1700	STV	Golden Balls
1800	C5	Heads or Tails
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1900	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2000	C4	Celebrity Come Dine With Me Christmas Special	David Gest, Hannah Waterman, Diarmuid Gavin, Sherrie Hewson.
2020	DAVE	HIGNFY
2100	BBC2	Mock the Week
2100	BBC4	Clement Freud
2130	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Last week's show. Not NI.
2200	BBC2	Have I Got a Bit More News For You	The Saturday repeat of last week's show. We told you this got complex! At least it's not going to be moved because the snooker over-runs.
2200	BBC4	We Need Answers	Christmas, with Neil Innes and Kirsten O'Brien.
2220	BBCH	Shooting Stars
2235	BBC1	Imagine - Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles	Alan Yentob looks into the board game. 2335 Wales and Scot, NI 2350 tomorrow.
2240	BBC1	Panic Attack	Celebrity special, with Joe Lindsay, Paul Rankin, Gerard McCarthy, Dana Domestic, Alexandra Ford, Pamela Ballantine, and Pete Snodden. NI only.
2330	E4	Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong Christmas Special

Wednesday 23

0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1140	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	DMAX	Scrapheap Challenge
1330	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1335	C4	Come Dine With Me x5
1400	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1415	S4C	Countdown
1505	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1530	TV5	Questions pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal
1700	BBC1	The Weakest Link	Sporting Heroes.
1700	STV	Golden Balls
1715	CBBC	Bamzooki
1730	ESP2	Rock Paper Scissors	Followed by coverage of the World Stare-Out Contest.
1800	C5	Heads or Tails
1800	S4C	Pen Campau	Ysgol Glan y Mor -v- Ysgol Ardudwy.
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1900	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2310	BBC2	QI XL
2355	BBC2	Mock the Week

Christmas Eve

0025	BBC2	Have I Got News For You	And here's the Monday repeat. On Thursday morning.
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925	ITV	Christmas Cooks Challenge
1040	RTE2	Test the Teachers	Pupils quiz their teachers, with Paddy McKenna.
1140	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1300	DMAX	Scrapheap Challenge
1330	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1400	MOR4	Come Dine With Me x3
1415	S4C	Countdown
1500	S4C	Celebrity Come Dine With Me Christmas Special	Also C4 2200.
1530	TV5	Questions pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1805	C5	Heads or Tails
1845	C4	Deal or No Deal
1940	DAVE	HIGNFY
2020	DAVE	QI
2200	BBC1	QI	Groovy: David Tennant, Bill Bailey, Lee Mack.
2305	C5	Simon Cowell: Where Did It All Go Right?
2310	DAVE	QI XL

Christmas Day

0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0840	ITV2	The Xtra Factor x6
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1000	BRVO	UK's Strongest Man 2009 x9	To 1900.
1100	Rad5	Nolan's Big Quiz of the Year	Don't panic, it's a quiz of the year hosted by Stephen Nolan. Panic!!!!
1200	LIV	Four Weddings
1200	RCym	Bwletin 'Dolig	Another quiz of the year.
1510	C4	Deal or No Deal
1530	TV5	Questions pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1700	C5	Heads or Tails
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1900	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special	This year's edition; Gethin Jones, Austin Healey, and Rachel Stevens join the 2009 top three.
1940	DAVE	HIGNFY
2000	ITV	All-Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr Christmas Special	Joan Collins and Percy Gibson; Emma Bunton and Jade jones; Andrew and Nichola Whyment.
2000	TV3	Deal or No Deal
2020	DAVE	QI
2100	DAVE	QI XL night
2325	S4C	Fferm Ffactor

Challenge

Saturday

0000	Bullseye x2
0100	Ninja Warrior x2
0200	Takeshi x2
0300	It's Not What You Know	To 0400.
0700	Karaoke Challenge x2
0800	Fun House x2
0900	Play Your Cards Right x2
1000	Supermarket Sweep x2
1100	Wheel of Fortune x2
1200	The Crystal Maze x5
1700	Millionaire x3
2000	The Weakest Link x2
2200	Bloomers
2300	Take It or Leave It

Sunday

As Saturday except

0000	Shooting Stars x2
0100	Your Face or Mine x2
0200	Wheel of Fortune x2
0300	It's Not What You Know	To 0400.
1200	Takeshi x10

Monday

0000	Shooting Stars x2
0100	Your Face or Mine x2
0200	Wheel of Fortune x2
0300	It's Not What You Know	To 0400.
0700	Fort Boyard
0800	Unbeatable Banzuke x2
0900	Takeshi x2
1000	Ninja Warrior x2
1100	Gladiators
1200	The Crystal Maze
1300	Wheel of Fortune
1400	Bullseye x2
1500	Pasquale's Price is Right
1600	Strike it Rich x2
1700	Catchphrase x2
1800	Play Your Cards Right x2
1900	Family Fortunes x2
2000	Golden Balls
2100	Roy Walker's Gameshow Top 50	First of five specials delving into game show history.
2200	Millionaire
2300	Take It or Leave It

Tuesday - Friday

As Monday except

0000	8 Out of 10 Cats x2
0100	Ninja Warrior x2
0200	Takeshi x2
0300	It's Not What You Know	To 0400.

Tuesday

2100	Roy Walker's Gameshow Years

Wednesday

2100	Roy Walker's Gameshow A-Z

Thursday

2100	Roy Walker's Gameshow Gods

Friday

2100	Roy Walker's Guide to Gameshows

Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)

This week is dominated by master minds and strong men. World's Strongest Man has moved to Bravo, and there are all-day blowouts on Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Mastermind has its annual celebrity editions, beginning on S4C on Boxing Day, then transferring to BBC1 from Sunday. Family Fortunes (ITV) goes out on Boxing Day. There are highlights from Y Talwrn (Radio Cymru, Sunday), an The Unbelievable Truth special (Radio 4, Monday), and the final of Còcaire nan Còcairean (BBC Alba, Monday). The Colour of Money comes back for one last blast (ITV, Tuesday), and Heads or Tails runs to Wednesday. The New Year shows are present and correct: both The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (C4) and Questions Pour un Champion Speciale (TV5) air on 1 January.

Boxing Day

0000	BBC2	QI
0030	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks
0900	BRVO	The World's Strongest Man x6	Then the shows repeat again.
1000	Rad4	Excess Baggage Quiz	A travel quiz: Sandi Toksvig, John McCarthy, Arthur Smith, Alice Roberts. Peter Curran hosts.
1000	VIR1	Takeshi x2
1025	ITV	All-Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr Christmas Special	TV3 1745.
1100	LIV	Four Weddings x5
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1203	RCym	Bwlletin 'Dolig
1210	RTE2	Celebrity Bainisteoir
1255	WTCH	The Strictly Come Dancing Story
1525	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1605	C4	Come Dine With Me x4
1715	CBBC	The Slammer
1730	CITV	Scary Sleepover
1800	BBC1	Total Wipeout Celebrity Special
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1805	C4	Deal or No Deal
1820	C5	Heads or Tails
1900	VIR1	Millionaire
1915	S4C	Mastermind Cymru Nadolig	Maria Pride, Steffan Rhodri, Non Evans, Huw Stephens.
2035	RTE1	Winning Streak
2045	ITV	All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Special	Websters of "Coronation Street" -v- Kings of "Emmerdale". TV3 1915 tomorrow.
2100	DAVE	QI
2140	DAVE	HIGNFY
2220	DAVE	Mock the Week x2
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain
2305	C4	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2005
2345	BBC2	Shooting Stars	Not NI.

Sunday 27

0600	DHL	Come Dine With Me Day	Literally, all day, to 0400.
0900	BRV2	UK's Strongest Man x10	To 1900.
0930	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
1000	VIR1	Takeshi x2
1025	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1200	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1215	RTE2	Celebrity Bainisteoir
1355	BBCH	Hole in the Wall
1425	BBCH	Clash
1555	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x6
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1700	BBC1	The Weakest Link	West End theatre. Not Scotland.
1730	CITV	Scary Sleepover
1745	TV3	Dancing on Ice at Christmas
1800	C5	Heads or Tails
1930	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Goldie, Paul O'Grady, Gail Emms, Loyd Grossman.
1930	Rad5	Nolan's Big Quiz of the Year
1940	DAVE	HIGNFY
2002	RCym	Y Talwrn	Highlights from the last 30 years.
2020	DAVE	QI
2235	C4	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2006

Monday 28

0035	BBC2	QI
0215	DAVE	School's Out
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0900	ITV2	Paris Hilton's British Best Friend
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1000	ITV2	Britain's Got More Talent
1025	ITV	All-Star Family Fortunes
1030	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1100	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1140	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1215	RTE2	Celebrity Bainisteoir
1300	Mor4	Come Dine With Me
1305	TV5	Pekin Express
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain
1330	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1355	BBCH	Hole in the Wall
1425	BBCH	Clash
1505	C4	Come Dine With Me x2	Two more at 1655.
1525	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal
1730	BBC1	The Weakest Link	Doctor Who.
1740	S4C	Pen Campau
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1830	C5	Heads or Tails
1830	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth New Year Special	Rob Brydon, John Lloyd of Europe, Stephen Fry.
1900	BRVO	The World's Strongest Man
1915	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1940	DAVE	HIGNFY
2020	DAVE	QI
2030	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Darrenn Bennett, Stuart Maconie, Linda Papadopoulos, Andrew Lancel.
2030	ALBA	Cocaire nan Cocairean	It's the grand final!
2100	E4	Your Top 20 Celebrity Big Brother Moments	With Rula Lenska at number one, doubtlessly.
2100	DAVE	HIGNFY Night
2230	C4	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2007

Tuesday 29

0725	ITV2	Paris Hilton's British Best Friend x2
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
0955	ITV2	Britain's Got More Talent
1030	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1310	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x2
1330	S4C	Countdown x2
1355	BBCH	Hole in the Wall
1425	BBCH	Clash
1500	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1505	C4	Come Dine With Me x2	Two more at 1655.
1520	RTE2	Celebrity Bainisteoir
1525	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal
1730	ITV	The Colour of Money	Back! Back!! BACK!!!!!
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1830	RTE1	The Restaurant 2 Star Cook-Off	Two of the worst cooks compete.
1835	C5	Heads or Tails
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Alastair Stewart, Steve Backshall, Dave Vitty, Saira Khan.
1900	BRVO	The World's Strongest Man
2020	DAVE	QI
2130	RTE1	The Great Noughties Quiz	Will Leahy.
2255	BBC2	QI XL

Wednesday 30

0630	ITV2	Paris Hilton's British Best Friend x3
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
0955	ITV2	Britain's Got More Talent
1025	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1225	RTE2	Celebrity Bainisteoir
1310	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x2
1330	S4C	Countdown x2
1330	BBCH	Clash
1500	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1505	C4	Come Dine With Me x2	Two more at 1655.
1525	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1525	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal
1700	VIVA	Slips x8
1715	CBBC	Bamzooki
1800	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1830	BBCH	Hole in the Wall
1900	DAVE	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1900	BRVO	The World's Strongest Man
1900	S4C	Mastermind Cymru Nadolig
1930	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Joe Pasquale, Roger Black, Tony Audenshaw, Diane Louise Jordan.
1930	C5	Heads or Tails	Celebrities: John Thomson, Denise Van Outen.
1940	DAVE	HIGNFY
2020	DAVE	QI
2230	BBC4	We Need Answers	Language: Tracy-Ann Oberman and Jake Arnott.
2235	C4	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2008
2300	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks

New Year's Eve

0400	C5	Farmer Wants a Wife
0630	ITV2	Paris Hilton's British Best Friend x2
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0830	CBBC	The Slammer
0855	ITV2	Britain's Got More Talent
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1025	RTE2	Test the Teachers	Also 1540.
1040	DAVE	Dragons' Den Around the World
1200	RUls	Talkback	Wendy Austin prevents her quiz of the year.
1205	ITV	Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
1150	RTE2	Celebrity Bainisteoir x2
1325	Mor4	Come Dine With Me
1500	BBCH	Clash
1500	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1505	C4	Come Dine With Me x2	Two more at 1655.
1505	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook	Not Wales.
1525	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1530	BBCH	Hole in the Wall
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1802	RCym	Y Talwrn Pigion 30
1830	RTE1	The All-Ireland Talent Show	First live studio heat. Results at 2335.
1900	BRVO	The World's Strongest Man
1940	DAVE	HIGNFY
2020	DAVE	QI
2100	C4	Your Top 20 Celebrity Big Brother Moments
2100	DAVE	QI XL Night
2115	RTE1	Celebrity Winning Streak

New Year's Day

0700	BRV2	Fear Factor x4
0720	ITV2	Britain's Got More Talent x2
0800	BRVO	Strongest Man Day	To 2100.
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0830	DHL	Come Dine With Me Day	To 0130.
0900	VIR1	Millionaire
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1020	ITV2	I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here x3	Highlights shows
1020	RTE2	Test the Teachers	Another episode at 1610.
1040	DAVE	Dragons' Den Around the World
1205	ITV	Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
1335	RTE2	Celebrity Bainisteoir
1240	BBCH	Hole in the Wall
1305	TV5	Speciale Questions Pour un Champion	The annual new year edition, with Julian Lepers.
1310	BBCH	Clash
1500	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1525	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1600	C4	Deal or No Deal
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1700	C4	Come Dine With Me
1735	TV5	Pekin Express
1800	SKY1	Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1810	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1940	DAVE	HIGNFY
2000	TV3	Celebrity Deal or No Deal	They've not tried that in the UK, have they?
2020	DAVE	QI
2030	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Ed Byrne (comedian), Tristan Gemmill, Anneka Rice, John Bishop.
2105	C4	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009	Charlie Brooker and David Mitchell; Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand (hello, Associated Newspapers!), Rob Brydon and Claudia Winkleman.
2130	BBC1	QI	Genius. Graham Norton, David Mitchell, Dara O'Briain.

Challenge

As Week 1. Exactly. Even the 9pm clip shows.

Week 3 (2 - 8 January)

Highlights: A new year brings lots of new series, with the British version of So You Think You Can Dance (BBC1, Saturday) and ITV re-inventing the dating show on Take Me Out (Saturday). Celebrity Big Brother (C4, from Sunday) moves inexorably to its conclusion. Familiar favourites returning for new series include Only Connect (BBC4, Monday), Raven (CBBC, Tuesday), and The Krypton Factor (ITV, Tuesday).

Saturday

0700	DAVE	Headjam x2
0800	BBC2	Blast Lab
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0830	BBC2	Skate Nation	How the winners fared at the World Games
1000	DAVE	Full Metal Challenge
1000	VIR1	Takeshi x2
1030	BBC2	Keep Your Enemies Close
1100	BBC2	The Slammer
1100	VIR1	Ninja Warrior x2
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1200	DHL	Come Dine With Me Afternoon	To midnight
1500	TV3	Hole in the Wall
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1600	C4	Come Dine With Me x5
1630	CITV	Eliminator
1630	S4C	Come Dine With Me
1645	S4CD	Fferm Ffactor
1730	BBC1	Hole in the Wall
1800	BBC1	So You Think You Can Dance	Nigel Lythgoe's show promoting dancing for the masses.
1800	VIR1	Millionaire
1815	TV3	Deal or No Deal
1915	BBC1	Total Wipeout	Another celebrity special.
1915	ITV	Take Me Out	Paddy McGuinness tries to set up four guys with one of thirty gals. Also TV3.
2002	RTR1	Buille Faoi Thuairim
2010	RTE1	Winning Streak
2015	BBC1	In It to Win It
2015	ITV	All-Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr	Holly Willoughby and Dan, Boris and Sharlely Becker, Judith Chalmers and Neil Durden-Smith. Also TV3.
2020	DAVE	HIGNFY
2220	BBC2	QI XL
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday

0010	S4C	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009
0015	E4	Why I Love Celebrity Big Brother
0310	C4	Scrapheap Challenge	Signed.7
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
1000	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
1100	DAVE	Full Metal Challenge
1204	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1225	C4	Your Celebrity Big Brother Moments	S4C 1430.
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1630	CITV	Eliminator
1700	C4	Deal or No Deal
1710	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1800	VIR1	Millionaire
1800	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1800	SKY1	Got to Dance
1830	RTE1	The All-Ireland Talent Show	With additional coverage on RTE2, and results at 2030.
1845	RCym	Y Talwrn
1915	ITV	All-Star Family Fortunes	Colin Jackson and Esther Rantzen.
2020	DAVE	QI
2100	C4	Celebrity Big Brother	It begins here. S4C 2320.
2100	DAVE	Buzzcocks Night

Weekdays

0220	DAVE	Headjam	Not Mo. AudioD.
0720	C4	Celebrity Big Brother
0800	CBBS	Kerwhizz
0905	TV5	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1130	SKY1	Sell Me the Answer
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	CBBC	Wait For It..!	Signed We, Th.
1330	CBBC	Keep Your Enemies Close
1330	S4C	Deal or No Deal x2	Not We
1450	Mor4	Coach Trip
1500	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1510	C4	Come Dine With Me x2
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1605	ITV3	Daily Cooks Challenge
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal	The More4 repeat moves to 1835.
1630	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1655	C4	Come Dine With Me x2
1715	BBC1	The Weakest Link
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Scot: not Th.
1800	S4C	Jacpot	Showing as part of the Aur season.
2000	VIVA	Slips x2	Not Fr.
2100	DAVE	QI
2140	DAVE	Mock the Week
2200	C4	Celebrity Big Brother	Not Fr. S4C Mo 2255, Tu 2310, We 2340, Th 2310.
2220	DAVE	HIGNFY
2300	DAVE	Argumental

Monday

1305	TV5	Pekin Express
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain	Into the semi-finals.
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1830	Rad4	Just a Minute	With Paul Merton, Julian Clary, David Mitchell, Gyles Brandreth.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Stewart Lee, John Thomson, Sascha Kindred, Matthew Lewis.
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	St John's Oxford -v- Girton Cambridge
2030	BBC4	Only Connect	Archers Admirers -v- Music Lovers
2310	C4	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009

Tuesday

1600	CBBC	Raven	Goodness, is this another new series? Looks like it. BBC-HD 1730.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Tony Parsons, Diane Parish, Russell Grant, Paul Gambaccini.
1930	ITV	The Krypton Factor	With a proper assault course. Brilliant! Also TV3.
2000	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2200	BBC4	We Need Answers	The Sun. Sophie Grigson and Kelvin MacKenzie.

Wednesday

0010	BBC1	The Apprentice Usa x2	Series 5. NI one episode at 0040.
1400	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1600	CBBC	Copycats
1715	CBBC	Bamzooki	Dark Evilant, Bowler, Nectarine, Scott Mills, Potato on a Stick. Which is the flesh-and-blood creature?
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Michael Winner, Mishal Husain, Dom Joly, John Bird.
2315	BBC1	The Apprentice Usa	NI only.

Thursday

1600	CBBC	Raven	BBC-HD 1730.
1900	DAVE	HIGNFY x2
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Mark Foster, Nigel Planer, Ching He Huang, John Suchet. Then after watching Only Connect on BBC4...
2000	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Beverley Knight, John Higgins, Michael Howard, Alex Deakin. Not Scot.
2020	DAVE	QI
2335	ITV	The Krypton Factor	Not STV.

Friday

1730	TV5	Pekin Express
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz	Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Danielle Ward, Fred Macaulay.
1845	ITV2	Beat the Star with Vernon Kay	Series 2: Kelvin Fletcher.
1900	BBC1	A Question of Sport: The 40th Anniversary
1930	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Scotland only.
2000	BBC2	Mastermind	Heat 13. Back to the regular show with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Micronesia, Johnnie Ray, Wandsworth. Not Wales.
2000	TV3	Deal or No Deal.
2030	BBC1	QI	Girls and Boys. Sandi Toksvig, Ronni Ancona, Jack Dee. Scotland 2245.
2100	ITV	Dancing on Ice	Phillip and Holly introduce this year's skaters. Which will be the new Bonnie Langford, and which the new Tucker Jenkins? TV3 2130.
2100	C4	Celebrity Big Brother	Continues 2235. S4C 2255.
2200	C4	8 Out of 10 Cats	S4C 0030.

Challenge (January)

Saturday

0700	Karaoke Challenge x2
0800	Fun House x2
0900	You Bet!
1000	Takeshi x2
1100	Gladiators
1200	The Crystal Maze
1300	Take It or Leave It x2
1500	Millionaire x2
1700	Family Fortunes x10
2200	Millionaire
2300	Take It or Leave It

Sunday

As Saturday except

0000	8 Out of 10 Cats x2
0100	Distraction x2
0200	Millionaire
0300	Take It or Leave It	To 0400.
1700	The Weakest Link x5	To 2200.

Monday

0000	8 Out of 10 Cats x2
0100	Distraction x2
0200	Millionaire
0300	Take It or Leave It	To 0400.
0700	Fort Boyard
0800	Takeshi x2
0900	Supermarket Sweep x2
1000	Wheel of Fortune x2
1100	Play Your Cards Right x2
1200	Family Fortunes x2
1300	Take It or Leave It
1400	Millionaire
1500	Golden Balls
1600	Gladiators
1700	Takeshi x2
1800	The Crystal Maze
1900	Eggheads x2
2000	Family Fortunes x2
2100	One Versus One Hundred
2200	Millionaire
2300	The Weakest Link

Tuesday - Friday

As Monday except

0000	Bullseye x2
0100	Ninja Warrior
0200	Takeshi x2
0300	It's Not What You Know

And that, folks, is that! The next Game Show Times will be published on 7 January 2010. Until then, we wish you a very happy Christmas, the most wonderful new year imaginable, and good games to you.

Channel abbreviations

4MUS	4 Music
ABSR	Absolute Radio
ALBA	BBC Alba
ARTS	Sky Arts
BBC1	BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2	BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC3	BBC3
BBC4	BBC4
BBCH	BBC-HD
BOOM	Boomerang
BORD	Border (ITV in Cumbria and south-west Scotland)
BRVO	Bravo
C5	Five
CBBC	CBBC
CBBS	Cbeebies
CLAS	Classic FM (Radio)
COMC	Comedy Central
COMX	Comedy Central Extra
DAVE	Dave
DISC	Discovery
DISN	Disney Channel
DMAX	D-MAX
DRT	Discovery Real Time
DSCI	Discovery Science
EDEN	Eden
ESPC	ESPN Classic
ESPT	Eurosport
ESP2	Eurosport 2
GOLD	UKTV Gold
HLMK	Hallmark
HTV	HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
ITV	ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	UK Living TV
LIV2	UK Living TV 2
MENM	Men and Motors
MOR4	More 4
NICK	Nickelodeon
Rad1	BBC Radio 1
Rad2	BBC Radio 2
Rad3	BBC Radio 3
Rad4	BBC Radio 4
Rad5	BBC Radio 5
Rad7	BBC Radio 7
RCym	BBC Radio Cymru
RSct	BBC Radio Scotland
RUls	BBC Radio Ulster
RWal	BBC Radio Wales
RLLY	UKTV Really
RTE1	RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2	RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1	RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C	S4C (analogue)
S4CD	S4C Digidol
SCI	Sci-Fi
SKY1	Sky One
SKY2	Sky Two
SKY3	Sky Three
STV	STV (ITV in North and Central Scotland)
TLKS	Talk Sport (radio)
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5M	TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4	TG 4 (Irish)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
VIR1	Virgin 1
WTCH	Watch

AudioD - Audio Description for the blind

Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.

See also

TV Guide This Week