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==A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 9 September 2006==
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==A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 16 September 2006==
New and notable this week:
New and notable this week:
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;'''Princess Nikki''', Saturday 9.55am, C4
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'''TMI''', 9am Saturday, BBC2 and CBBC
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:When they told the twice-rejected Big Brother contestant that her efforts to gain employment would go out in the prestigious 10 o'clock slot, they didn't mean 10pm Friday...
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:The replacement for Dick 'n' Dom is hosted by Sam and Mark from Pop Idle II. Game show content is yet to be determined.
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;'''Television's 50 Greatest Stars''', Saturday 5.30, ITV
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'''[[How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?]]''', BBC1, 6.45 and 9.15 Saturday.
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:Remember when ITV made quality programmes that were the envy of the world? Bradley Walsh does, and he's going to remind us of those long-lost days.
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:It's the grand final; by 10 o'clock, we will know who will be Maria on a west end stage. At least for one day.
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;'''[[The Match]]''', Sunday 7pm, Sky Onc
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'''[[Saturday Night Takeaway]]''', ITV, 7.45 Saturday.
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:Celebrities playing football. Hosted by Mark Durden-Smith; auditionees include Lee From Steps and Anthony From Last Year's Big Brother.
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:Antan Dec's house party returns for the first series in eighteen months. Little Ant and Little Dec are back, New items include Beat The Boys, a racing challenge with Fern Cotton and Gopherman, The Jiggy Bank, and Hook A Duck. Poker Face was two months ago.
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;'''[[Face the Music]]''', Sunday 9pm, BBC4
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'''[[Quote... Unquote]]''', Radio 4, 6.30 Monday.
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:An episode from 1973; Joseph Cooper chairs, with Joyce Grenfell, Patrick Moore, and Robin Ray. Part of a Joyce Grenfell evening.
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:Don't forget to miss it.
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;'''Celebrity [[Masterchef Goes Large|Masterchef]]''', weekdays 7pm, BBC1
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'''Trust Me I'm A Holiday Rep''', 11pm weekdays, Channel 5
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:Amongst those competing this week are Marie Helvin, Sheila Ferguson, and Isabella Hervey.
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:Moderate celebs (Noel from Hearsay, Nancy Lam, Rowland Rivron) gee unwilling holidaymakers into a life of hedonism. If you're visiting Crete this week, beware.
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;'''[[Mock the Week]]''', Thursday 10pm, BBC2
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'''The Slammer''', BBC1, 5pm Friday.
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:A new series, with more untried comedians than before. Which explains why they've booked Clive Anderson and Gina Yashere.
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:Four teams of comedians enter a jail. Only the funniest will win their freedom. Look, it's better than ''X-Factor''.
The full listings
The full listings
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===Saturday 9 September===
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===Saturday 16 September===
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|0810||CBBS|| The Shiny Show (also 1410)
|0810||CBBS|| The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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|0955|| C4 || Princess Nikki <font color=red>New!</font>
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|0900||BBC2|| TMI <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1305||ITV || Millionaire
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|1530||CITV|| Jungle Run
|1530||CITV|| Jungle Run
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|1730||ITV || Television's 50 Greatest Stars <font color=red>Special</font>
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|1620||S4C || Deal or No Deal x2
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|1745|| C4 || Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
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|1745||ITV || Millionaire||It's not as though they've lost confidence or anything.
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|1810||BBC1|| Weakest Link||Singers and/or dancers.
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|1750|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
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|1900||BBC1|| Maria
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|1755||BBC1|| Weakest Link <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1900||ITV || X-Factor||The tedious trio are still tearing up the country, looking for talent. If they don't find any, will they call off the show?
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|1800||BBC2|| Eggheads||Scotland only
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|2000||BBC1|| Init To Winnit
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|1845||BBC1|| Maria
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|2000||ITV || Millionaire||First in the new series proper; lines close in April.
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|1845||ITV || X-Factor||The tedious trio are run out of town in Dublin, Glasgow, and Birmingham.
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|2015||RTE1|| Winning Streak
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|1945||ITV || Saturday Night Takeaway <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2100|| G2 || QI night <font color=red>Special</font>
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|1945||BBC1|| Init To Winnit
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|2115||BBC2|| The Story of Light Entertainment||Final episode of the series, Variety. It's been an entertaining way to pass a Saturday night, but each episode did go on a bit.
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|2020||RTE1|| Winning Streak
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|2216||TV5M|| Fort Boyard
|2216||TV5M|| Fort Boyard
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|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain||The dipstick of the mind returns, hosted by the very non-dipstickish Robert Robinson.
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|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain||Everyone on the show this week is over 60. Except [[Kevin Ashman|Jorkins]].
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===Sunday 10===
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===Sunday 17===
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|0810||CBBS|| The Shiny Show (also 1410)
|0810||CBBS|| The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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|1204||Rad4|| Just a Minute||In which Marcus Brigstocke and Graham Norton discuss cosmic ordering.
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|1204||Rad4|| Just a Minute
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|1810||Mor4|| Deal or No Deal
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|1530||CITV|| Jungle Run
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|1900||SKY1|| The Match <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1750||BBC1|| Celebrity Masterchef||Scotland only.
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|2100|| G2 || QI night <font color=red>Special</font>
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|1800||TRUB|| Bump And Grind Ill <font color=red>New!</font>||In which athletic dancers compete in a talent contest. Judges include Liz from Atomic Kitten.
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|2100||BBC4|| Face The Music <font color=red>Special</font>
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|1810||Mor4|| Deal or No Deal
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|1125||CBBS|| The Shiny Show (also 1525)
|1125||CBBS|| The Shiny Show (also 1525)
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|1215||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt
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|1130||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt
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|1130|| C4 || The Deadly Knowledge Show <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1230||ITV || The Price is Right
|1230||ITV || The Price is Right
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|1232||TV5M|| Des Chiffres et des Lettres||Le series 2006/7 commencez ici. C'est partie, par ils dit a Charente-Maritime.
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|1232||TV5M|| Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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|1300||MOR4|| Countdown (approx time)||C4 episodes from 25 to 31 August.
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|1300||MOR4|| Countdown (approx time)||C4 episodes from 31 August to 7 September.
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|1400||CBBC|| Get Your Own Back
|1400||CBBC|| Get Your Own Back
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|1515||BBC2|| Through the Keyhole
|1515||BBC2|| Through the Keyhole
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|1530|| C4 || Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later; 1525 Mon)||Caution: contains Pam Ayres.
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|1530|| C4 || Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later; 1525 Mon)||Dr Phil Hammond will solve all your problems. Apart from the numbers games.
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|1615|| C4 || Come Dine With Me
|1615|| C4 || Come Dine With Me
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|1630||BBC1|| 50/50 (not Fri)
|1630||BBC1|| 50/50 (not Fri)
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|1645|| C4 || RTS Daytime Show Of the Year Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425; Mor4 1810)
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|1645|| C4 || RTS Daytime Show Of the Year Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425, Mor4 1810)
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|1630||BBC2|| Let Me Entertain You
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|1715||BBC2|| The Weakest Link (We 1710)
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|1715||BBC2|| The Weakest Link
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|1800||BBC2|| Eggheads (Scot not Th; 2W not Fr)
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|1800||BBC2|| Eggheads (Scot: not Th) <font color=red>New!</font>||More repeats.
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|1900||BBC1|| Celebrity Masterchef (Scot: not Th)
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|1900||BBC1|| Celebrity Masterchef (Scot: not Th) <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2300|| C5 || Trust Me I'm A Holidy Rep <font color=red>New!</font>
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===Monday 11===
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===Monday 18===
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|1230||BBC7|| ISIHAC (also 1930)
|1230||BBC7|| ISIHAC (also 1930)
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|1330||Rad4|| Brain of Britain 2006||Heat 2: London.
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|1330||Rad4|| Brain of Britain 2006||Heat 3: The Home Counties.
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|1830||Rad4|| Just a Minute||Clement Freud, Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Tim Rice. Last in the present series.
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|1830||Rad4|| Quote Unquote <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2000||BBC2|| Mastermind||It's the last first round match! REM, Roger Brook, Summer Olympics, Che Guevara. There will be no University Challenge this week; instead, there will be a drama pretending to be a docudrama.
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|2000||BBC2|| Mastermind||R2: William Joyce, Sandman, Nobel Prize, Jilly Cooper.
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|2030||BBC2|| University Challenge (not 2W)||R1: Girton Cambridge ''v'' Sussex.
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===Tuesday 12===
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===Tuesday 19===
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|1230||BBC7|| The News Quiz (also 1930)
|1230||BBC7|| The News Quiz (also 1930)
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|2200||BBC2|| Old News <font color=red>New!</font>||Kirsty Young, Andy Hamilton, Peter Oborne. First broadcast 6 May 2005.
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===Wednesday 13===
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===Wednesday 20===
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|1230||BBC7|| Wireless Wise
|1230||BBC7|| Wireless Wise
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|1733||TV5M|| Fort Boyard||The best moments, with all the characters we've come to know and love. Apart from those now working in the British Consulate overseas, natch.
 
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|2320||BBC2|| The Apprentice USA||NI 2350, 2W 0020
|2320||BBC2|| The Apprentice USA||NI 2350, 2W 0020
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===Thursday 14===
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===Thursday 21===
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|2000||BBC2|| Dragon's Den (Scot 2100)
|2000||BBC2|| Dragon's Den (Scot 2100)
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|2000||ITV2|| Gameshow Marathon US||3: Beat the Clock
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|2000||ITV2|| Gameshow Marathon US||4: Press Your Luck
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|2200||BBC2|| Mock the Week <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2200||BBC2|| Mock the Week||Ed Byrne, Jo Brand, Andy Parsons.
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|2350||BBC2|| The Apprentice USA||NI 0020
|2350||BBC2|| The Apprentice USA||NI 0020
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===Friday 15===
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===Friday 22===
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|2030|| C5 || All Star Talent Show
|2030|| C5 || All Star Talent Show
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|2130|| C4 || Best Of The Worst||Two reasons to watch: Fearne Cotton and Mel Giedroyc.
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|2130|| C4 || Best Of The Worst
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|2132||RWal|| Jest a Minute
|2132||RWal|| Jest a Minute
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===Saturday 16 ''(provisional)''===
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===Saturday 23 ''(provisional)''===
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|1745|| C4 || Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
|1745|| C4 || Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
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|1800||ITV || Saturday Night Takeaway <font color=red>New!</font>||Antan Dec's house party returns.
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|1810||ITV || Saturday Night Takeaway
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|1855||BBC1|| Maria
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|1910||ITV || X-Factor
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|1915||ITV || X-Factor
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|1940||BBC1|| Noel Edmonds Does The Lottery
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|1955||BBC1|| Init To Winnit
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|2010||ITV || Millionaire
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|2015||RTE1|| Winning Streak
|2015||RTE1|| Winning Streak
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|2015||ITV || Millionaire
 
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|2216||TV5M|| Fort Boyard
 
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|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
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===Sunday 17 ''(provisional)''===
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===Sunday 24 ''(provisional)''===
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|0700||The Crystal Maze
|0700||The Crystal Maze
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|0800||Gladiators <font color=red>New!</font>
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|0800||Gladiators    
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|0900||Knockout
|0900||Knockout
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|1600||Knockout
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|1700||Gladiators <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1700||Gladiators
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|1800||The Crystal Maze
|1800||The Crystal Maze
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|1900||Bullseye x2 <font color=red>New!</font> (Su Takeshi x2)
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|1900||Bullseye x2 (Su Takeshi x2)
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|2000||Fear Factor x2 (Su Takeshi x2, Fear Factor x1)
|2000||Fear Factor x2 (Su Takeshi x2, Fear Factor x1)
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|1600||Eggheads x2
|1600||Eggheads x2
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|1700||Gladiators
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|1700||Family Fortunes <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1730||Catchphrase <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1800||Fear Factor
|1800||Fear Factor
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|1900||The Crystal Maze
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|1900||Gladiators
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|2000||Bullseye
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Revision as of 16:52, 21 September 2006

Contents

A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 16 September 2006

New and notable this week:

TMI, 9am Saturday, BBC2 and CBBC

The replacement for Dick 'n' Dom is hosted by Sam and Mark from Pop Idle II. Game show content is yet to be determined.

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, BBC1, 6.45 and 9.15 Saturday.

It's the grand final; by 10 o'clock, we will know who will be Maria on a west end stage. At least for one day.

Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV, 7.45 Saturday.

Antan Dec's house party returns for the first series in eighteen months. Little Ant and Little Dec are back, New items include Beat The Boys, a racing challenge with Fern Cotton and Gopherman, The Jiggy Bank, and Hook A Duck. Poker Face was two months ago.

Quote... Unquote, Radio 4, 6.30 Monday.

Don't forget to miss it.

Trust Me I'm A Holiday Rep, 11pm weekdays, Channel 5

Moderate celebs (Noel from Hearsay, Nancy Lam, Rowland Rivron) gee unwilling holidaymakers into a life of hedonism. If you're visiting Crete this week, beware.

The Slammer, BBC1, 5pm Friday.

Four teams of comedians enter a jail. Only the funniest will win their freedom. Look, it's better than X-Factor.

The full listings

Saturday 16 September

0810CBBS The Shiny Show (also 1410)
0900BBC2 TMI New!
1305ITV Millionaire
1530CITV Jungle Run
1620S4C Deal or No Deal x2
1745ITV MillionaireIt's not as though they've lost confidence or anything.
1750 C4 Deal or No Deal
1755BBC1 Weakest Link New!
1800BBC2 EggheadsScotland only
1845BBC1 Maria
1845ITV X-FactorThe tedious trio are run out of town in Dublin, Glasgow, and Birmingham.
1945ITV Saturday Night Takeaway New!
1945BBC1 Init To Winnit
2020RTE1 Winning Streak
2216TV5M Fort Boyard
2300Rad4 Brain of BritainEveryone on the show this week is over 60. Except Jorkins.

Sunday 17

0810CBBS The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1204Rad4 Just a Minute
1530CITV Jungle Run
1750BBC1 Celebrity MasterchefScotland only.
1800TRUB Bump And Grind Ill New!In which athletic dancers compete in a talent contest. Judges include Liz from Atomic Kitten.
1810Mor4 Deal or No Deal

Weekdays

0700STYL Bargain Hunt (also 1400)
1000DSCI Junkyard Wars (also 1300, 1700)
1025TV5M La cible
1125CBBS The Shiny Show (also 1525)
1130BBC1 Bargain Hunt
1130 C4 The Deadly Knowledge Show New!
1230ITV The Price is Right
1232TV5M Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1300MOR4 Countdown (approx time)C4 episodes from 31 August to 7 September.
1400CBBC Get Your Own Back
1515BBC2 Through the Keyhole
1530 C4 Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later; 1525 Mon)Dr Phil Hammond will solve all your problems. Apart from the numbers games.
1615 C4 Come Dine With Me
1630BBC1 50/50 (not Fri)
1645 C4 RTS Daytime Show Of the Year Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425, Mor4 1810)
1715BBC2 The Weakest Link (We 1710)
1800BBC2 Eggheads (Scot not Th; 2W not Fr)
1900BBC1 Celebrity Masterchef (Scot: not Th)
2300 C5 Trust Me I'm A Holidy Rep New!

Monday 18

1230BBC7 ISIHAC (also 1930)
1330Rad4 Brain of Britain 2006Heat 3: The Home Counties.
1830Rad4 Quote Unquote New!
2000BBC2 MastermindR2: William Joyce, Sandman, Nobel Prize, Jilly Cooper.
2030BBC2 University Challenge (not 2W)R1: Girton Cambridge v Sussex.

Tuesday 19

1230BBC7 The News Quiz (also 1930)
2200BBC2 Old News New!Kirsty Young, Andy Hamilton, Peter Oborne. First broadcast 6 May 2005.

Wednesday 20

1230BBC7 Wireless Wise
2320BBC2 The Apprentice USANI 2350, 2W 0020

Thursday 21

1230BBC7 Just a Minute (also 1930)
2000BBC2 Dragon's Den (Scot 2100)
2000ITV2 Gameshow Marathon US4: Press Your Luck
2200BBC2 Mock the WeekEd Byrne, Jo Brand, Andy Parsons.
2350BBC2 The Apprentice USANI 0020

Friday 22

1830Rad4 The News Quiz (also 1228 Sat)
1930BBC1 A Question of Sport
2002RTE1 Buille Faoi Thuairim
2030 C5 All Star Talent Show
2130 C4 Best Of The Worst
2132RWal Jest a Minute

Saturday 23 (provisional)

0810CBBS The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1530CITV Jungle Run
1745 C4 Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
1810ITV Saturday Night Takeaway
1910ITV X-Factor
1940BBC1 Noel Edmonds Does The Lottery
2010ITV Millionaire
2015RTE1 Winning Streak
2300Rad4 Brain of Britain

Sunday 24 (provisional)

0810CBBS The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1204Rad4 Just a Minute
1530CITV Jungle Run
1810Mor4 Deal or No Deal

Challenge?

Saturday and Sunday

0700The Crystal Maze
0800Gladiators
0900Knockout
1000Catchphrase x3
1130Family Fortunes x3
1300Millionaire
1400Bullseye x3
1530Dodgeball
1600Knockout
1700Gladiators
1800The Crystal Maze
1900Bullseye x2 (Su Takeshi x2)
2000Fear Factor x2 (Su Takeshi x2, Fear Factor x1)
2200Gambling

Monday - Friday

0700Knightmare
0730Catchphrase
0800Gladiators
0900Supermarket Sweep
0930Wheel of Fortune
1000Catchphrase x2
1100Eggheads x2
1200Family Fortunes x2
1300Millionaire
1400Bullseye
1430Catchphrase
1500Fifteen-to-One x2
1600Eggheads x2
1700Family Fortunes New!
1730Catchphrase New!
1800Fear Factor
1900Gladiators
2000Bullseye
2100Fear Factor
2200Bullseye
2230Millionaire
2330Gambling

Channel abbreviations:

AONEAdventure One
BBC1BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
2W BBC2 Wales digital service
BBC3BBC3
BBC4BBC4
BBC7BBC7 (Radio)
C5 Five
CBBCCBBC
CBBSCbeebies
DHL Discovery Home and Leisure
DISCDiscovery
DSCIDiscovery Science
FTN FTN
G2 UKTV G2
GOLDUKTV Gold
ITV ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2ITV2
ITV3ITV3
ITV4ITV4
LIV UK Living TV
LIV2UK Living TV 2
MOR4More 4
PLYRPlayer
Rad1BBC Radio 1
Rad2BBC Radio 2
Rad4BBC Radio 4
RSctBBC Radio Scotland
RUlsBBC Radio Ulster
RWalBBC Radio Wales
RTE1RTE1 (Irish)
RTR1RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C S4C (analogue)
S4CDS4C Digidol
SCOTScottish / Grampian (ITV in Scotland)
SKY1Sky Onc
SKY3Sky Thrcc
TV3 TV3 (Irish)
TV5MTV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4 TG 4 (Irish)
UTV Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)

See also

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