TV Guide This Week

Revision as of 18:02, 1 January 2011

Christmas week begins with the Strictly Come Dancing Special (BBC1, 7pm Christmas Day), and there are special quizzes on Radios 2, 3, and 5. Highlight of Christmas Sunday is a two-hour Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 10am) and Total Wipeout coming to Freeview (Dave, 6pm). Boxing Day brings a new run of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, weekdays to 7 January), World's Strongest Man (Bravo, 8pm), a celebration of Welsh talent show talent (S4C 8pm), and the so hard it's after the watershed Grand Final of Only Connect (BBC4, 9pm). On Holiday Tuesday, RTÉ Radio 1 kicks off Before Our Time (1.30), quizzing young people about things that happened before they were born. Thursday 30 has special editions of Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC2, 9.30) and Shooting Stars (BBC2, 10pm), and New Year's Eve has Come Dine with Me (C4, 8.10) and the first News Quiz of the Year in many moons (Radio 4, 6.30). Readers are warned that that's followed by a Front Row quiz (7.15) featuring Mark Lawson. Accurancy will not be a problem.

The Magicians kicks off the new year with a spark (BBC1, 7.30); ITV's knock-off follows on Friday (Penn & Teller: Fool Us, 9pm). Obscurantism includes The Superstars 1980 on ESPN Classic (4pm), Almost Famous (BBC3, 10.30), and Only Men Aloud's gala concert (S4C, 8.30). 2 January features The Cube (ITV, 8pm) with Jennie McAlpine and Ricky Hatton. That's up against the opener of Famous and Fearless (C4, 8pm, continues all week) in which famous people do terrifying things, like be interviewed by Cliff Evans and Clare Balding. RTÉ1 has a celebration of two decades of Winning Streak (12.20), and Derek Mooney still doesn't get the rules. Normal service begins to resume on 3 January with Mission 2110 on BBC2 (8am), The Chase returns (ITV, 5pm), and Deal or No Deal expands into its new bloated slot (C4, 3.55). The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse is BBC4's biopic (9pm), and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year goes out here (C4, 9.30). The Weakest Link and Eggheads also return on the 3rd, Pointless follows on the 4th, where it's joined by repeats of Puzzle Panel from 1998 (BBC7, 2pm). And if it's normal service you're after, A Question of Sport, Mastermind, and QI all come back on Friday 7 January.

Shortcuts: Christmas Day | Holiday Sunday | Boxing Day | Holiday Tuesday | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day | Sun 2 | Holiday Monday | Weekdays | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7

0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
1000	CBBC	The Slammer	More episodes throughout the day.
1025	CBBC	Copycats	More episodes throughout the day.
1300	DAVE	Genius
1300	ITV2	I'm a Celeb	Highlights through the day.
1400	Rad5	Game of Two Halves	Miranda Sawyer presides as Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie answer questions on the events of 2010.
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1550	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1600	BRVO	UK's Strongest Man 2010	All five episodes
1630	CITV	Jungle Run
1755	C4	Come Dine With Me	HD.
1800	TV3	Mr and Mrs	Joan Collins and Percy Gibson; Emma Bunton and Jade Jones; Andrew and Nichola Whyment.
1900	DAVE	Have I Got News for You
1900	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	Fern Britton, Ronni Ancona, Vince Cable, June Brown, John Barrowman. HD. TV3 1945 St Stephen's Day.
1940	DAVE	QI
2000	ITV	ITV Cross-Promotional Fortunes	This Morning v Emmerdale. HD. TV3 1845 St Stephen's Day.
2000	BBC4	Only Connect	The semi-finals.
2100	Rad2	The Radio 2 Christmas Quiz	Cliff Evans hosts a pop quiz.
2100	DAVE	QI Night
2155	Rad3	The Right Notes in the Wrong Order	Music and comedy. Frank Skinner hosts as Steve Punt, Rainer Hersch, Katy Brand, and Tim Key answer. CAUTION: may contain gratuitous hand bells.
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain
2315	BBC2	Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Christmas Sunday

0700	SKY3	Don't Forget the Lyrics	Continues to 1900.
0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
0900	LIV	Four Weddings x3
1000	Rad5	Fighting Talk	Eight regulars compete as four teams. Well, it's different.
1015	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1300	DAVE	Genius
1300	BRVO	World's Strongest Man 2010: Giants Live x4	The qualifying tour.
1525	BBCH	Copycats
1550	BBCH	Mission 2110 x2
1630	CITV	Jungle Run
1715	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1800	DAVE	Total Wipe Us Out	New for Freeviewers.
1855	RTE1	Winning Streak
1900	DAVE	Have I Got News For You
1940	DAVE	QI
2100	DAVE	Have I Got a Bit More News for You Night
2100	LFC	Quiz is Anfield x3	Two semis and one final.
2300	BBCH	QI XL

Shortcuts: Christmas Day | Holiday Sunday | Boxing Day | Holiday Tuesday | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day | Sun 2 | Holiday Monday | Weekdays | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7

Boxing Day

0600	DRT	Come Dine With Me Day	Continues until closedown.
0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
0925	BBC1	The Slammer
1000	WTCH	Total Wipe Us Out
1015	MOR4	Come Dine With Me x7
1200	WTCH	Outtake TV	Celebrity Weakest Link.
1200	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
1305	TV5	Mission Millennium
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain	Four from the top.
1420	MOR4	Coach Trip
1530	CBBS	Kerwhizz
1600	BBCH	Mission 2110 x2	The finals.
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1715	S4C	Busnes-a
1830	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Phill Jupitus is on the panel, and Jack Dee is the guest host.
1940	DAVE	Have I Got News for You
2020	DAVE	QI
2000	BRVO	World's Strongest Man 2010	The finals begin; continues all week.
2000	S4C	Cyngerdd Mawr Talent Cymru	A celebration of Welsh talent from casting shows, including Rhydian X Factor, Tara I'd Do Anything, Ysgol Glanawthey of Last Choir Standing, Shaheen Britain's Got Talent, Sophie Evans from Over the Rainbow, and Mark Evans from Your Country Needs You.
2030	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Mark Lawrenson, Hilary Kay, Samantha Giles, Richard Herring.
2030	ALBA	Cocaire nan Cocairean
2100	BBC4	Only Connect	Radio Addicts v Epicureans in the final so hard it has to go out after the watershed.
2100	4MUS	Your Face or Mine
2225	BBC1	A Question of Sport	Strictly Come Dancing, with Len Goodman, Anton du Beke, Chris Hollins. Scotland 2335.
2235	BBCH	QI	Another episode at 0000.
2300	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Holiday Tuesday

0120	BBC1	The Apprentice	Signed.
0825	ITV2	Britain's Got More Talent
0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
0900	SKY3	Coach Trip Day	To 2000. Concludes 0900-1300 tomorrow.
0955	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1025	MOR4	Come Dine With Me x6
1100	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1330	RTR1	Before Our Time	A challenge for 21-year-olds on events prior to 1989.
1420	MOR4	Coach Trip
1530	CBBS	Kerwhizz
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1700	C4	Celebrity Come Dine With Me
1745	BBC2	The Weakest Link	Unpopular jobs. Also BBC-HD.
1800	DAVE	Total Wipe Us Out	Also Watch 1000.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Giles Coren, Dean Macey, Pixie McKenna, Samira Ahmed.
1940	DAVE	Have I Got News for You
1945	TG4	Ceist GAA le Hector
2000	BRVO	World's Strongest Man 2010
2020	DAVE	QI
2100	4MUS	Your Face or Mine
2100	DAVE	Mock the Week Night
2300	BBCH	Shooting Stars
2315	TV5	Mission Millennium

Shortcuts: Christmas Day | Holiday Sunday | Boxing Day | Holiday Tuesday | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day | Sun 2 | Holiday Monday | Weekdays | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7

Wednesday 29

0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
0950	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1330	RTR1	Before Our Time
1340	DAVE	Have I Got News for You
1420	DAVE	QI
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1555	ITV2	Coronation Street: The Big 50
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1615	BBC2	The Weakest Link	Animal Crackers. Also BBC-HD.
1700	C4	Come Dine With Me	Coronation Street
1800	DAVE	Total Wipe Us Out
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Frank Gardner, Levi Roots, Helen Chamberlain, Pam Rhodes.
1900	S4C	Fferm Ffactor	Highlights of the series.
2000	BRVO	World's Strongest Man 2010
2100	4MUS	Your Face or Mine
2230	BBC2	QI XL	Hocus-Pocus. Also BBC-HD; Scotland 2315.
2315	BBCH	QI	Hodge Podge.

Thursday 30

0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
0925	BBC1	The Slammer
0945	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1330	RTR1	Before Our Time
1340	DAVE	Have I Got News For You
1420	DAVE	QI
1530	CBBS	Kerwhizz
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1700	C4	Celebrity Come Dine With Me
1800	DAVE	Total Wipe Us Out
1800	RTE2	OMG! It's Jedward	The name's a dead giveaway, isn't it.
1815	BBC2	The Weakest Link	Loud for a Living. Also BBC-HD.
1815	S4C	10 Jonathan	Highlights of the series.
1815	Rad4	15 Minute Musical	Ant and Dec.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	David Threlfall, James Redmond, Hattie Hayridge, Ortis Deley.
2000	BRVO	World's Strongest Man 2010
2130	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Robert Webb, Cee Lo Green, Chris Packham, Example, Andi Osho.
2200	ITV2	Celebrity Juice
2200	BBC2	Shooting Stars	BBC-HD 2235.
2230	BBC2	Mock the Week

New Year's Eve

0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
0950	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1330	RTR1	Before Our Time
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1600	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1700	C4	Celebrity Come Dine With Me
1830	Rad4	News Quiz of the Year 2010	Sue Perkins, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Francis Wheen.
1830	RTE1	The All-Ireland Talent Show
1830	CBBC	The Slammer
1900	DAVE	Have I Got News For You
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Adam Boulton, Toby Buckland, Kirsten O'Brien, Rhys Thomas.
1915	Rad4	Front Row	Quiz of the year. CAUTION: contains Mark Lawson being wrong.
1930	BBC1	A Question of Sport	Strictly Come Sporting.
1940	DAVE	QI
2000	STV	Postcode Challenge
2000	BRVO	World's Strongest Man 2010
2010	C4	Come Dine With Me	Wakefield. HD.
2110	RTE1	Celebrity Wining Streak

Shortcuts: Christmas Day | Holiday Sunday | Boxing Day | Holiday Tuesday | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day | Sun 2 | Holiday Monday | Weekdays | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7

New Year's Day

0600	WTCH	50 Years of Eurovision	Hung over? Can't go to sleep? Let Terry help.
0700	BBC2	Basil's Game Show	Happy new year, everyone.
0800	DRT	Come Dine With Me Day	Continues all day. Literally.
0800	BBC2	Da Dick and Dom Dairies	Also 0930.
0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
1050	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1228	Rad4	News Quiz of Last Year
1520	BBCH	Copycats
1525	C4	RTS Daytime Programme of the Year Come Dine With Me x5	HD.
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1600	LIV	Celebrity Four Weddings x3	They really haven't got the hang of this scheduling lark, have they?
1600	ESPC	The Superstars	UK final 1980.
1625	CITV	Scratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom
1900	TV3	The Cube New Years Day Special	Joe Swash and Kelly Osbourne.
1900	DAVE	Total Wipe Us Out
1930	BBC1	The Magicians	Trick and/or treat. HD. Also TV3 2000.
2020	DAVE	QI Night
2030	ITV	Take Me Out	HD.
2030	S4C	Only Men Aloud	Serendipity and Bonnie Tyler join the choir.
2130	RTE1	Winning Streak
2230	BBC3	Almost Famous IV	The seasonal crop of what people did before they made it big. Featuring Olly Murs on an obscure game show: The Egg Factor, if we're not mistaken.
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday 2 January

0705	BBC2	Basil's Game Show
0800	DRT	Come Dine With Me	Another all-day marathon.
0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
1000	MOR4	Scrapheap Challenge x4	Includes the Best Of at 1205.
1030	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1204	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1220	RTE1	The Twenty Year Streak	Yes, two decades of Winning Streak.
1230	BBC2	Bargain Hunt Famous Finds	Tony Blackburn and Alvin Stardust
1410	MOR4	Coach Trip x5
1455	CBBC	Da Dick and Dom Dairies	Signed, allowing us to find out the BSL interpretation of "creamy muck-muck".
1600	BBCH	Copycats
1625	CITV	Scratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom
1655	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1800	BBCH	The Magicians
1800	SKY1	Got to Dance x2	Auditions.
2000	ITV	The Cube	Jennie McAlpine and Ricky Hatton.
2000	C4	Famous and Fearless	Celebrities do crazy things for charity.
2100	DAVE	Would I Lie to You Night
2300	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Not Wales, NI.

Shortcuts: Christmas Day | Holiday Sunday | Boxing Day | Holiday Tuesday | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day | Sun 2 | Holiday Monday | Weekdays | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7

Holiday Monday

0755	ITV3	Dickinson's Real Deal
0800	BBC2	Mission 2110	Series 2 begins for terrestrial viewers.
0850	ITV3	Daily Cooks Challenge
0900	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
0900	DRT	Come Dine With Me	Continues all day.
0925	ITV2	Family Fortunes	HD.
0925	C4	Famous and Fearless	Repeated from last night.
1030	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain	Four from the bottom.
1400	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1500	C4	Celebrity Come Dine With Me	Continues on and off until 1800. HD. Also More4 at 1855.
1530	CBBS	Kerwhizz
1540	ITV2	Take Me Out
1555	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1600	S4C	Diwedd y Byd
1625	S4C	Busnes-a
1700	ITV	The Chase	HD. Not STV.
1715	BBC1	The Weakest Link	HD.
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Also BBC-HD.
1830	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Phill Jupitus is on the panel, and Jack Dee is the guest host.
1830	TV3	Come Dine With Me
2000	C4	Famous and Fearless
2030	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Robert Webb, Sports Personality of the Year Helen Skelton, Stephen Mangan, Clive Sinclair.
2030	ALBA	Cocaire nan Cocairean
2100	DAVE	Have I Got a Bit More News for You Night
2100	BBC4	The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse	A fictionalisation of the entertainer's life.
2130	C4	Big Fat Quiz of the Year	Joining CAUTION Jimmy Carr are Jonathan Ross, Ruth Jones, Alan Carr, Noel Fielding, Michael McIntyre, and Richard Ayoade.
2200	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Frankie Boyle, Michelle Williams, Goldie, Professor Green, Miles Jupp. NI 2200 tomorrow.
2225	BBC1	A Question of Sport	NI 2255, Scotland 2345.

Weekdays

0800	BBC2	Mission 2110
0900	CBBC	Copycats
0925	ITV2	Family Fortunes
0925	CBBC	Blast Lab
0925	C4	Famous and Fearless
0955	CBBC	Relic: Guardians of the Museum
1030	RTE2	Test the Teachers
1150	CBBC	The Slammer
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1500	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal	Not STV.
1505	MOR4	Coach Trip
1525	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1530	CBBS	Kerwhizz
1555	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1630	BBC2	Pointless
1640	S4C	Cofiwch y Stwffin
1640	RTE2	Watch Your Language
1700	C4	RTS Daytime Show of the Year Celebrity Come Dine With Me	HD.
1700	ITV	The Chase	Not STV.
1715	BBC1	The Weakest Link
1800	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Also BBC-HD.
1830	TV3	Come Dine With Me
1840	DAVE	Have I Got News for You
1920	DAVE	QI
2000	C4	Famous and Fearless	New live shows.

Shortcuts: Christmas Day | Holiday Sunday | Boxing Day | Holiday Tuesday | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day | Sun 2 | Holiday Monday | Weekdays | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7

Tuesday 4

1400	BBC7	Puzzle Panel Old	Chris Maslanka invites David Singmaster, William Harston, and Angela Newing to agitate their grey matter. From June 1998.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Michael Buerk, Cerrie Burnell, Elaine C Smith, Robert Llewellyn.
1900	ITV2	Family Fortunes	HD.
1910	RTE2	Masterchef The Professionals
2100	ALBA	Farpaisean Chon-Chaorach New!	Sheepdog trials.
2100	DAVE	QI XL night
2135	C4	David Walliams' Awfully Good Special	Mistaken ideas in television history.
2200	BBC2	Have I Got Old News for You	Not NI, where it's Buzzcocks.

Wednesday 5

1600	S4C	Diwedd y Byd
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Simon O'Brien, Jason Merrells, Digby Jones, Terry Christian.
1930	TG4	Survivor New!	Heroes v Villains.
2100	TV3	Celebrity Come Dine With Me
2200	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	David O'Doherty hosts the best bits of the last series. Not NI.
2220	DAVE	Mock the Week
2300	DAVE	Would I Lie to You?
2355	RTE1	Dragons' Den

Thursday 6

1600	BBC1	Copycats	HD.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Derek Martin, Arthur Smith, Brian Moore, Countdown's Alex Horne.
1900	ITV2	Mr and Mrs
2200	DAVE	Mock the Week
2235	ITV	Odd One In
2350	4MUS	Your Face or Mine? X2

Friday 7

1750	CBBC	Total Wipeout	Also WTCH 2000.
1803	RCym	Bechingalw New!	Nigel Owens presents Geraint Lovgreen, Lyn Ebenezer, and others in a comedy game show.
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz	Sue Perkins, Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Francis Wheen.
1830	CBBC	The Slammer
1855	MOR4	Come Dine With Me
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Kristina Rihanoff, Micky Flanagan, Martin Roberts, Seeta Indrani.
1930	BBC1	A Question of Sport	Not Wales, NI.
2000	STV	Postcode Challenge
2000	BBC2	Mastermind	Alfred Hitchcock, John Hunter, Harry Potter, Welsh settlement of Patagonia. Not Wales, NI.
2000	ITV2	The Cube	HD.
2030	BBC1	QI	Hypnosis, Hallucinations and Hysteria. Also BBC-HD 2230.
2100	ITV	Penn and Teller: Fool Us New!	Jonathan Ross hosts. HD.
2305	ITV	Take Me Out	Not STV, UTV; TV3 2100.

Shortcuts: Christmas Day | Holiday Sunday | Boxing Day | Holiday Tuesday | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day | Sun 2 | Holiday Monday | Weekdays | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7

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
BORD	Border (ITV in Cumbria and south-west Scotland)
C4	Channel 4
C5	Channel 5
CBBC	CBBC
CBBS	Cbeebies
CHA1	Channel One
CLAS	Classic FM (Radio)
DAVE	Dave
DISN	Disney Channel
DMAX	D-MAX
DRT	Discovery Real Time
ESPC	ESPN Classic
ESPT	Eurosport
ESP2	Eurosport 2
FIVR	Fiver
FOOD	UKTV Good Food
GOLD	UKTV Gold
HOME	UKTV Home
HTV	HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
ITV	ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	UK Living TV
LIV2	UK Living TV It
LFC	LFC TV
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)
S4CD	S4C Digidol
SKY1	Sky1
SKY2	Sky2
SKY3	Sky3
STV	STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland)
TLKS	Talk Sport (radio)
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5	TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4	TG 4 (Irish)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV1 in Northern Ireland)
WTCH	Watch

AudioD - Audio Description for the blind.

HD - Also shown in high-definition.

Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.

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TV Guide This Week

Revision as of 18:02, 1 January 2011

Contents

Christmas Day

Christmas Sunday

Boxing Day

Holiday Tuesday

Wednesday 29

Thursday 30

New Year's Eve

New Year's Day

Sunday 2 January

Holiday Monday

Weekdays

Tuesday 4

Wednesday 5

Thursday 6

Friday 7

Channel abbreviations

See also