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==A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the week beginning 12 December 2009==
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==A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the three (count 'em!) weeks beginning 19 December 2009==
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Schedules are subject to change.
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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.
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'Twas the week before the week before Christmas, and all through the schedules, only one programme debuted, and it was a mouse. That's '''[[Move Like Michael Jackson]]''' (BBC3, from Monday), and there are some sheep, in '''[[One Man and His Dog]]''' (BBC2, from Tuesday). It's certainly finals week, though: '''[[The X Factor|Simon Cowell Annoys]]''' reaches its peak of indifference (ITV, Sunday), then there are ends for '''[[School of Saatchi]]''' (BBC2, Monday), '''[[Fferm Ffactor]]''' (S4C, Tuesday), '''[[Britain's Best Brain]]''' (C5, Wednesday), '''[[The Restaurant]]''' (BBC2, Thursday), and '''[[Countdown]]''' (C4, Friday).
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==Week 1 (19 - 25 December)==
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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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 (2)|Only Connect]]''' championship of champions (BBC4, Monday). The '''[[Come Dine with Me|Celebrity Come Dine With Me]]''' (C4) is on Tuesday, while '''[[Who Wants to be a Millionaire|Millionaire]]''' (ITV) is exiled to Sunday. Christmas Day highlights include an '''[[Mr and Mrs|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]]'''.
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===Saturday===
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
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===Saturday 19===
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|0005||BBC4|| Only Connect||Chessmen ''v'' Mathematicians.
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|0025||BBC4|| Only Connect||Cambridge Quiz Society -v- Rugby Boys
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|0035||BBCH|| Shooting Stars
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|0700||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior x2
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|0700||DAVE|| HeadJam
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|0740||DAVE|| School's Out
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|0800||VIR1|| Unbeatable Banzuke x2
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|0900||BRV2|| UK's Strongest Man 2007 x3
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|1000||BBC2|| Best of Friends
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|1000||VIR1|| Takeshi x2
|1000||VIR1|| Takeshi x2
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|1100||Rad5|| Fighting Talk
|1100||Rad5|| Fighting Talk
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|1130||BBC2|| The Slammer
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|1200|| C5 || Britain's Best Brain
|1200|| C5 || Britain's Best Brain
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|1300||S4CD|| Fferm Ffactor
|1300||S4CD|| Fferm Ffactor
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|1330||ITV2|| The Xtra Factor x4||Recapping the series now ended.
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|1525||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
|1525||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
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|1555||CBBC|| The Slammer
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|1600||S4C || Deal or No Deal x2
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|1700||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|1700|| C4 || Come Dine With Me x5
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|1730||BBC1|| Hole in the Wall||Highlights. To 1731. Also BBC-HD.
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|1700||BRV2|| UK's Strongest Man 2008 x2
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|1730||BBC2|| Eggheads||Scotland only.
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|1730||CITV|| Scary Sleepover
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|1735||TV3 || Mr and Mrs
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|1835||BBC1|| Strictly Come Dancing||Also BBC-HD. Concludes 2040.
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|1845||BBC1|| Strictly Go Dancing||Also BBC-HD. To 2000, and continues 2130.
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|1900||VIR1|| Millionaire
|1900||VIR1|| Millionaire
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|1930|| C4 || Come Dine With Me x4
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|1920||BBC2|| One Man And His Dog||Scotland only.
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|1930||ITV || Simon Cowell Annoys||It's the beginning of the end of the show! Also TV3.
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|2000||TV3 || Mr and Mrs
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|2002||RTR1|| Buille Faoi Thuairim
|2002||RTR1|| Buille Faoi Thuairim
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|2020||DAVE|| HIGNFY||Angus Deayton, Janet Street-Porter, Ray Johnson.
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|2015||RTE1|| Winning Streak
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|2040||TG4 || Glor Tire
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|2100||DAVE|| Mock the Week x2
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|2100||DAVE|| QI XL Night
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|2105||TG4 || Glor Tire
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|2130||BBC2|| Have I Got a Bit More News For You||Dominic West, James May, Reginald D Hunter.
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|2220||DAVE|| QI
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|2135||RTE1|| Winning Streak
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|2255||BBC2|| Have I Got News For You||Christmas 2008. Not Wales
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|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
|2300||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
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|0500||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior x2
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|0700||DAVE|| School's Out
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|0600||VIR1|| Take It or Leave It
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|0900||BBC2|| The Sorcerer's Apprentice||Highlights.
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|0700||VIR1|| Ninja Warrior x2
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|0800||VIR1|| Unbeatable Banzuke x2
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|0900||BBC2|| The Sorcerer's Apprentice||The final: surprise magic.
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|0900||CBBC|| The Slammer
|0900||CBBC|| The Slammer
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|0930||Mor4|| Scrapheap Challenge x4
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|0900||Mor4|| Scrapheap Challenge x4
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|1000||VIR1|| Takeshi's Castle
|1000||VIR1|| Takeshi's Castle
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|1000||BRV2|| UK's Strongest Man 2007 x2
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|1020||ITV2|| The Xtra Factor x4||Six episodes today.
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|1204||Rad4|| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
|1204||Rad4|| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
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|1555||CBBC|| The Slammer
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|1330||WTCH|| Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Specials x3||2008, 2005, and 2007, just to be confusing.
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|1505||BBCH|| Dragons' Den
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|1600||BRV2|| UK's Strongest Man 2008 x3
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|1605||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me x5
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|1625|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
|1625|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
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|1640||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me x5
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|1730|| C5 || Heads or Tails||Justin Lee Collins invites people to throw a coin.
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|1800||BBC1|| A Question of Sport||Scotland only.
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|1730||CITV|| Scary Sleepover
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|1830||RTE1|| The All Ireland Talent Show||The Dublin auditions.
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|1740||WTCH|| Any Dream Will Do: The Winners' Story
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|1845||ITV || All-Star Family Fortunes||Gareth Gates ''v'' Jodie Prenger. Also TV3.
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|1830||RTE1|| The All Ireland Talent Show||Double Dublin auditions.
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|1900||WTCH|| Total Wipe Us Out
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|1840||WTCH|| When Joseph Met Maria
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|1930||ITV || Simon Cowell Annoys||It's the end of the end of the show! Also TV3.
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|1855||Mor4|| Celebrity Come Dine With Me
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|2000||RTE2|| Dragons' Den
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|1900||ITV || Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?||Terry Wogan and Chris Evans; Maureen and Coleen Nolan.
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|2030|| C4 || Come Dine With Me||West Yorkshire.
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|1915||TV3 || All-Star Family Fortunes||Hollyoaks -v- Emmerdale.
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|2030||TG4 || An Jig Gig
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|1930||RTE2|| Dragons' Den
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|2100||DAVE|| Mock the Week Night
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|1940||DAVE|| HIGNFY
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|2300||BBC2|| Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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|2000||SKY1|| Got to Dance||Davina McCall presents a show. We've no idea what it's about.
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|2330||BBC2|| Argumental||Dara O'Briain and Will Smith. Not Wales.
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|2020||DAVE|| QI
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|2030||TG4 || An Jig Gig
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|2100||BBC3|| Move Like Michael Jackson||It's the final! Grand!
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|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.
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
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===Weekdays===
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===Monday 21===
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|0410||VIR1|| Catchphrase x2 <font color=red>Old!</font>
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|0000||DAVE|| 50 Years of Eurovision
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|0510||VIR1|| Unbeatable Banzuke||Above two not Mo.
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|0100||DAVE|| Buzzcocks
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|0700||VIR1|| Take It or Leave It
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|0900||VIR1|| Millionaire
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|0800||VIR1|| Catcphrase x2
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|0905||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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|1030||CBBC|| Beat the Boss
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|1140||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|1205||ESPC|| World's Strongest Man 1983
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|1215||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt
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|1230||CBBC|| Best of Friends||CBBC programmes Signed We, Th.
 
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|1300||DMAX|| Scrapheap Challenge
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|1300||TV5 || Pekin Express
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|1330||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
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|1330||S4C || Deal or No Deal
|1330||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|1400||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
|1400||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
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|1400||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me
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|1415||S4C || Countdown
|1415||S4C || Countdown
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|1525|| C4 || Countdown||Finals week continues, with Rory McGrath.
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|1515||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook
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|1530||TV5 || Questions Pour un Champion
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|1530||TV5 || Questions pour un Champion
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|1530||SKY1|| Sell Me the Answer
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|1600||CBBC|| Copycats
|1600||CBBC|| Copycats
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|1610|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
|1610|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
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|1630||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook
 
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|1630||BBCH|| Kerwhizz
|1630||BBCH|| Kerwhizz
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|1700||ITV || Golden Balls||STV 1600.
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|1700||BBC1|| The Weakest Link||Blue Peter special.
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|1715||BBC1|| The Weakest Link
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|1700||STV || Golden Balls
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|1800||BBC2|| Celebrity Eggheads||Mon: Celebrity Mastermind winners. Tue: Blue Peter presenters. Wed: female broadcasters. Thu (Sat in Scot): The Nod Show (CAUTION: contains Gyles Brandreth). Not Fr.
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|1730||S4C || Pen Campau
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|1830||BBC2|| Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two||Scotland not Th; 1800 Fr.
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|1800|| C5 || Heads or Tails
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|2100||ITV2|| The Best of The X Factor 2009||Amazingly, they've got an hour of this each night.
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|1800||DAVE|| Dragons' Den
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|1800||SKY1|| Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old||Damian Williams (who?) hosts, and apparently the contestants are related.
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|1825||WTCH|| Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Championship||2004.
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|1830||Rad4|| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue||From the Futurist Theatre in Scarborough, with Jo Brand and Jeremy Hardy.
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|1830||S4C || Fferm Ffactor
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|1900||BBC2|| Celebrity Eggheads||Scotland only.
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|2000||BBC2|| University Challenge||Manchester -v- King's College London. Scotland 2030.
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|2000|| C4 || Come Dine With Me at Christmas||York.
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|2020||DAVE|| HIGNFY
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|2030||BBC1|| A Question of Sport||Celebrity sports fans.
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|2030||BBC4|| Only Connect||The Ultra-Final: Crossworders -v- Rugby Boys.
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|2030||ALBA|| Cocaire nan Cocairean||Semi-finals.
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|2030||VIVA|| Slips
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|2100||BBC3|| Move Like Michael Jackson||Highlights.
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|2100||BBC4|| Games Britannia||3: Joystick Generation. Signed repeat at 0230.
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|2100||DAVE|| Buzzcocks Night
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|2200||BBC4|| How to Win at Chess||Dan King and (caution!) Ray Keene explain the game. Signed repeat at 0330.
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|2220||TG4 || Survivor
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|2220||BBCH|| Shooting Stars
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===Tuesday 22===
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|0500||VIR1|| Takeshi x2
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|1300||TV5 || Pekin Express
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|0900||VIR1|| Millionaire
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|1330||Rad4|| Brain of Britain
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|0905||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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|1730||S4C || Pen Campau
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|1145||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|1830||Rad4|| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue||From the Futurist Theatre in Scarborough, with Jo Brand and Jeremy Hardy.
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|1205||ESPC|| World's Strongest Man 1984
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|1830||S4C || Fferm Ffactor
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|1215||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt
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|1900||ITV2|| Mr and Mrs
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|1300||DMAX|| Scrapheap Challenge
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|2000||BBC2|| University Challenge||Edinburgh ''v'' Regent's Park Oxford.
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|1330||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|2030||BBC3|| Move Like Michael Jackson <font color=red>New!</font>||Two hours of auditions.
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|1400||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
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|2030||VIVA|| Slips
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|1400||Mor4|| Come Dine With Me
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|2030||ALBA|| Cocaire nan Cocairean||A special edition: Donald MacKay prepares a festive dinner.
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|1415||S4C || Countdown
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|2100||BBC2|| School of Saatchi||Last in the series. Scotland 2130.
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|1515||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook
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|2100||BBC4|| Games Britannia||2: Monopolies and Mergers. Signed repeat at 0200.
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|1530||TV5 || Questions pour un Champion
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|2100||TV3 || The Apprentice||It's the grand final! ..You're Hired follows at 2215.
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|1600||CBBC|| Copycats
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|2200||BBC2|| QI||NI 2320, not Scot.
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|1610|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
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|2200||DAVE|| Mock the Week
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|1630||BBCH|| Kerwhizz
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|2200||TG4 || Survivor
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|1700||BBC1|| The Weakest Link||Radio DJs.
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|1700||STV || Golden Balls
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|1800|| C5 || Heads or Tails
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|1800||SKY1|| Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
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|1900||DAVE|| Dragons' Den
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|2000|| C4 || Celebrity Come Dine With Me Christmas Special||David Gest, Hannah Waterman, Diarmuid Gavin, Sherrie Hewson.
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|2020||DAVE|| HIGNFY
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|2100||BBC2|| Mock the Week
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|2100||BBC4|| Clement Freud
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|2130||BBC2|| Never Mind the Buzzcocks||Last week's show. Not NI.
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|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.
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|2200||BBC4|| We Need Answers||Christmas, with Neil Innes and Kirsten O'Brien.
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|2220||BBCH|| Shooting Stars
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|2235||BBC1|| Imagine - Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles||Alan Yentob looks into the board game. 2335 Wales and Scot, NI 2350 tomorrow.
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|2240||BBC1|| Panic Attack||Celebrity special, with Joe Lindsay, Paul Rankin, Gerard McCarthy, Dana Domestic, Alexandra Ford, Pamela Ballantine, and Pete Snodden. NI only.
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|2330|| E4 || Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong Christmas Special
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
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===Tuesday===
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===Wednesday 23===
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|0905||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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|1140||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|2000||VIVA|| Slips x2
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|1215||BBC1|| Bargain Hunt
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|2020||DAVE|| QI x2
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|1300||DMAX|| Scrapheap Challenge
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|2025||S4C || Fferm Ffactor||It's the grand final!
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|1330||S4C || Deal or No Deal
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|2100||BBC3|| Move Like Michael Jackson||First semi-final.
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|1335|| C4 || Come Dine With Me x5
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|2140||DAVE|| Mock the Week
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|1400||ITV || Dickinson's Real Deal
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|2220||DAVE|| Buzzcocks
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|1415||S4C || Countdown
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|2230||BBC4|| We Need Answers||Miranda Hart ''v'' Ian McMillan.
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|1505||BBC2|| Ready Steady Cook
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|2300||DAVE|| Would I Lie to You?
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|1530||TV5 || Questions pour un Champion
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|1230||BBC7|| Foul Play||Also 1930.
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|1600||CBBC|| Copycats
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|1715||CBBC|| Bamzooki
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|1610|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
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|1800||S4C || Shotolau||What's Welsh for grand final?
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|1700||BBC1|| The Weakest Link||Sporting Heroes.
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|1830||S4C || Pen Campau||Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen ''v'' Brynhyfryd.
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|1700||STV || Golden Balls
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|1900||BBC2|| One Man And His Dog||Also BBC-HD.
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|1715||CBBC|| Bamzooki
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|2000|| C5 || Britain's Best Brain||Yes! It's the grand final!
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|1730||ESP2|| Rock Paper Scissors||Followed by coverage of the World Stare-Out Contest.
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|2100||DAVE|| HIGNFY
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|1800|| C5 || Heads or Tails
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|2140||DAVE|| Mock the Week
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|1800||S4C || Pen Campau||Ysgol Glan y Mor -v- Ysgol Ardudwy.
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|2200||BBC2|| Never Mind the Buzzcocks||Bernard Cribbins, Catherine Tate, Jamie Cullum, Jo Whiley; hosted by David Tennant from Casanova. Apparently, this makes for a Sarah-Jane Adventures special (!)
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|1800||SKY1|| Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
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|2200||BBC3|| Move Like Michael Jackson||Second semi-final. The final's on Sunday.
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|1900||DAVE|| Dragons' Den
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|2310||BBC2|| QI XL
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|2355||BBC2|| Mock the Week
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===Thursday===
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===Christmas Eve===
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|1800||S4C || Gair Am Aur Iau x2
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|0025||BBC2|| Have I Got News For You||And here's the Monday repeat. On Thursday morning.
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|2000||BBC2|| The Restaurant||Guess what! It's the grand final!
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|0800||CBBS|| Kerwhizz
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|2100||DAVE|| Buzzcocks
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|0900||VIR1|| Millionaire
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|-
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|2130||BBC1|| QI||Geography, with Jo Brand, Rob Brydon, CAUTION Jimmy Carr.
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|0905||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
|-
|-
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|2220||DAVE|| QI
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|0925||ITV || Christmas Cooks Challenge
|-
|-
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|2235||BBC1|| The Best of Would I Lie to You?||Isn't this Question Time's spot..? Wales 2315.
+
|1040||RTE2|| Test the Teachers||Pupils quiz their teachers, with Paddy McKenna.
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|-
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|1140||S4C || Deal or No Deal
 +
|-
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|1300||DMAX|| Scrapheap Challenge
 +
|-
 +
|1330||S4C || Deal or No Deal
 +
|-
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|1400||MOR4|| Come Dine With Me x3
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|-
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|1415||S4C || Countdown
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|-
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|1500||S4C || Celebrity Come Dine With Me Christmas Special||Also C4 2200.
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|-
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|1530||TV5 || Questions pour un Champion
 +
|-
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|1600||CBBC|| Copycats
 +
|-
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|1805|| C5 || Heads or Tails
 +
|-
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|1845|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
 +
|-
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|1940||DAVE|| HIGNFY
 +
|-
 +
|2020||DAVE|| QI
 +
|-
 +
|2200||BBC1|| QI||Groovy: David Tennant, Bill Bailey, Lee Mack.
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|-
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|2305|| C5 || Simon Cowell: Where Did It All Go Right?
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|-
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|2310||DAVE|| QI XL
|}
|}
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===Friday===
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
 +
 
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===Christmas Day===
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|1525|| C4 || Countdown||Final the grand it's (anag, 3, 3, 5, 5).
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|0800||CBBS|| Kerwhizz
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|1615||S4C || Mama Mia
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|0840||ITV2|| The Xtra Factor x6
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|1700||BOOM|| Staraoke
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|0900||VIR1|| Millionaire
|-
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|1735||TV5 || Pekin Express
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|0905||TV5 || Des Chiffres et des Lettres
|-
|-
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|1800||BBC2|| Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two
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|1000||BRVO|| UK's Strongest Man 2009 x9||To 1900.
|-
|-
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|1803||RCym|| Bwletin
+
|1100||Rad5|| Nolan's Big Quiz of the Year||Don't panic, it's a quiz of the year hosted by Stephen Nolan. Panic!!!!
|-
|-
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|1900||BBC2|| One Man And His Dog||Also BBC-HD. Wales 1930, Scotland 1920 Saturday.
+
|1200||LIV || Four Weddings
|-
|-
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|1930|| C5 || The What in the World? Quiz
+
|1200||RCym|| Bwletin 'Dolig||Another quiz of the year.
|-
|-
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|2000||TV3 || Deal or No Deal
+
|1510|| C4 || Deal or No Deal
|-
|-
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|2030||BBC1|| A Question of Sport||Not Scot.
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|1530||TV5 || Questions pour un Champion
|-
|-
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|2100||BBC1|| Have I Got News For You||Bill Bailey and a panel. Scot 2235.
+
|1600||CBBC|| Copycats
|-
|-
-
|2100||DAVE|| QI
+
|1700|| C5 || Heads or Tails
|-
|-
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|2140||DAVE|| Mock the Week
+
|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.
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|-
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|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.
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|-
 +
|2000||TV3 || Deal or No Deal
 +
|-
 +
|2020||DAVE|| QI
|-
|-
-
|2310||S4C || Fferm Ffactor
+
|2100||DAVE|| QI XL night
|-
|-
-
|0025||BBC4|| Only Connect||Cambridge Quiz Society ''v'' Rugby Boys.
+
|2325||S4C || Fferm Ffactor
|}
|}
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
+
[[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2]] follows the Challenge listings...
===Challenge===
===Challenge===
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|0300||It's Not What You Know||To 0400.
|0300||It's Not What You Know||To 0400.
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|0700||Takeshi x2
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|0700||Fort Boyard
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|0800||Ninja Warrior x2
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|0800||Unbeatable Banzuke x2
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|0900||Takeshi x2
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|1000||Ninja Warrior x2
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|1100||Gladiators
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|1200||The Crystal Maze
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|1300||Wheel of Fortune
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|1400||Bullseye x2
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|1500||Pasquale's Price is Right
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|-
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|1600||Strike it Rich x2
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|1700||Catchphrase x2
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|1800||Play Your Cards Right x2
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|1900||Family Fortunes x2
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|2000||Golden Balls
 +
|-
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|2100||Roy Walker's Gameshow Top 50||First of five specials delving into game show history.
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|2200||Millionaire
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|-
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|2300||Take It or Leave It
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|}
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 +
====Tuesday - Friday====
 +
 
 +
As Monday except
 +
 
 +
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|-
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|0000||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|-
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|0100||Ninja Warrior x2
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|-
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|0200||Takeshi x2
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|-
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|0300||It's Not What You Know||To 0400.
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|}
 +
 
 +
====Tuesday====
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
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|2100||Roy Walker's Gameshow Years
 +
|}
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 +
====Wednesday====
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 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
 +
|2100||Roy Walker's Gameshow A-Z
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
====Thursday====
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
 +
|2100||Roy Walker's Gameshow Gods
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
====Friday====
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 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
 +
|2100||Roy Walker's Guide to Gameshows
 +
|}
 +
 
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
 +
 
 +
==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.
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 +
===Boxing Day===
 +
 
 +
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|-
 +
|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.
 +
|-
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|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
 +
|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
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
 +
 
 +
===Monday 28===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
 +
|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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.
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|-
 +
|1900||BRVO|| The World's Strongest Man
 +
|-
 +
|2020||DAVE|| QI
 +
|-
 +
|2130||RTE1|| The Great Noughties Quiz||Will Leahy.
 +
|-
 +
|2255||BBC2|| QI XL
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
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 +
===Wednesday 30===
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 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|-
 +
|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
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|-
 +
|1500||S4C || Deal or No Deal
 +
|-
 +
|1505|| C4 || Come Dine With Me x2||Two more at 1655.
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|-
 +
|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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.
 +
 
 +
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
 +
 
 +
==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). '''[[Big Brother|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
 +
 
 +
===Weekdays===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
 +
 
 +
===Tuesday===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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===
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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.
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
 +
 
 +
===Challenge (January)===
 +
 
 +
====Saturday====
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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====
 +
 
 +
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 +
|-
 +
|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
|0900||Supermarket Sweep x2
Line 405: Line 1,375:
|1000||Wheel of Fortune x2
|1000||Wheel of Fortune x2
|-
|-
-
|1100||Catchphrase x2
+
|1100||Play Your Cards Right x2
|-
|-
-
|1200||Pasquale's Price is Right
+
|1200||Family Fortunes x2
|-
|-
-
|1300||Millionaire
+
|1300||Take It or Leave It
|-
|-
-
|1400||Take It or Leave It
+
|1400||Millionaire
|-
|-
|1500||Golden Balls
|1500||Golden Balls
|-
|-
-
|1600||The Crystal Maze
+
|1600||Gladiators
|-
|-
|1700||Takeshi x2
|1700||Takeshi x2
|-
|-
-
|1800||Ninja Warrior x2
+
|1800||The Crystal Maze
|-
|-
|1900||Eggheads x2
|1900||Eggheads x2
Line 425: Line 1,395:
|2000||Family Fortunes x2
|2000||Family Fortunes x2
|-
|-
-
|2100||Take It or Leave It
+
|2100||One Versus One Hundred
|-
|-
|2200||Millionaire
|2200||Millionaire
|-
|-
-
|2300||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
+
|2300||The Weakest Link
|}
|}
Line 440: Line 1,410:
|0000||Bullseye x2
|0000||Bullseye x2
|-
|-
-
|0100||Ninja Warrior x2
+
|0100||Ninja Warrior
|-
|-
|0200||Takeshi x2
|0200||Takeshi x2
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|}
|}
-
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge?|Challenge]]
+
Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#|Week 1 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 22|Tue 22]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Christmas Day|Christmas Day]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2 (26 December - 1 January)|Week 2 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 29|Tue 29]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Challenge|Challenge for weeks 1 and 2]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 3 (2 - 8 January)|Week 3 highlights]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday|Tue 5 Jan]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday|Fri 8 Jan]]
 +
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===
===Channel abbreviations===

Revision as of 18:38, 17 December 2009

Contents

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.

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Saturday 19

0025BBC4 Only ConnectCambridge Quiz Society -v- Rugby Boys
1000VIR1 Takeshi x2
1100Rad5 Fighting Talk
1130BBC2 The Slammer
1200 C5 Britain's Best Brain
1203RCym Bwlletin
1300S4CD Fferm Ffactor
1330ITV2 The Xtra Factor x4Recapping the series now ended.
1525TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1600S4C Deal or No Deal x2
1700 C4 Come Dine With Me x5
1700BRV2 UK's Strongest Man 2008 x2
1730CITV Scary Sleepover
1835BBC1 Strictly Come DancingAlso BBC-HD. Concludes 2040.
1900VIR1 Millionaire
1920BBC2 One Man And His DogScotland only.
2000TV3 Mr and Mrs
2002RTR1 Buille Faoi Thuairim
2015RTE1 Winning Streak
2100DAVE Mock the Week x2
2105TG4 Glor Tire
2220DAVE QI
2255BBC2 Have I Got News For YouChristmas 2008. Not Wales
2300Rad4 Brain of Britain

Sunday 20

0700DAVE School's Out
0900BBC2 The Sorcerer's ApprenticeHighlights.
0900CBBC The Slammer
0900Mor4 Scrapheap Challenge x4
1000VIR1 Takeshi's Castle
1020ITV2 The Xtra Factor x4Six episodes today.
1204Rad4 I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1330WTCH Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Specials x32008, 2005, and 2007, just to be confusing.
1505BBCH Dragons' Den
1600BRV2 UK's Strongest Man 2008 x3
1605Mor4 Come Dine With Me x5
1625 C4 Deal or No Deal
1730 C5 Heads or TailsJustin Lee Collins invites people to throw a coin.
1730CITV Scary Sleepover
1740WTCH Any Dream Will Do: The Winners' Story
1830RTE1 The All Ireland Talent ShowDouble Dublin auditions.
1840WTCH When Joseph Met Maria
1855Mor4 Celebrity Come Dine With Me
1900ITV Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Terry Wogan and Chris Evans; Maureen and Coleen Nolan.
1915TV3 All-Star Family FortunesHollyoaks -v- Emmerdale.
1930RTE2 Dragons' Den
1940DAVE HIGNFY
2000SKY1 Got to DanceDavina McCall presents a show. We've no idea what it's about.
2020DAVE QI
2030TG4 An Jig Gig
2100BBC3 Move Like Michael JacksonIt's the final! Grand!
2200BBC2 Have I Got News For YouRight, pay attention, it's all far too confusing. This is a repeat from last year, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Monday 21

0000DAVE 50 Years of Eurovision
0100DAVE Buzzcocks
0900VIR1 Millionaire
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1140S4C Deal or No Deal
1205ESPC World's Strongest Man 1983
1215BBC1 Bargain Hunt
1300DMAX Scrapheap Challenge
1300TV5 Pekin Express
1330Rad4 Brain of Britain
1330S4C Deal or No Deal
1400ITV Dickinson's Real Deal
1400Mor4 Come Dine With Me
1415S4C Countdown
1515BBC2 Ready Steady Cook
1530TV5 Questions pour un Champion
1600CBBC Copycats
1610 C4 Deal or No Deal
1630BBCH Kerwhizz
1700BBC1 The Weakest LinkBlue Peter special.
1700STV Golden Balls
1730S4C Pen Campau
1800 C5 Heads or Tails
1800DAVE Dragons' Den
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year OldDamian Williams (who?) hosts, and apparently the contestants are related.
1825WTCH Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Championship2004.
1830Rad4 I'm Sorry I Haven't a ClueFrom the Futurist Theatre in Scarborough, with Jo Brand and Jeremy Hardy.
1830S4C Fferm Ffactor
1900BBC2 Celebrity EggheadsScotland only.
2000BBC2 University ChallengeManchester -v- King's College London. Scotland 2030.
2000 C4 Come Dine With Me at ChristmasYork.
2020DAVE HIGNFY
2030BBC1 A Question of SportCelebrity sports fans.
2030BBC4 Only ConnectThe Ultra-Final: Crossworders -v- Rugby Boys.
2030ALBA Cocaire nan CocaireanSemi-finals.
2030VIVA Slips
2100BBC3 Move Like Michael JacksonHighlights.
2100BBC4 Games Britannia3: Joystick Generation. Signed repeat at 0230.
2100DAVE Buzzcocks Night
2200BBC4 How to Win at ChessDan King and (caution!) Ray Keene explain the game. Signed repeat at 0330.
2220TG4 Survivor
2220BBCH Shooting Stars

Tuesday 22

0800CBBS Kerwhizz
0900VIR1 Millionaire
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1145S4C Deal or No Deal
1205ESPC World's Strongest Man 1984
1215BBC1 Bargain Hunt
1300DMAX Scrapheap Challenge
1330S4C Deal or No Deal
1400ITV Dickinson's Real Deal
1400Mor4 Come Dine With Me
1415S4C Countdown
1515BBC2 Ready Steady Cook
1530TV5 Questions pour un Champion
1600CBBC Copycats
1610 C4 Deal or No Deal
1630BBCH Kerwhizz
1700BBC1 The Weakest LinkRadio DJs.
1700STV Golden Balls
1800 C5 Heads or Tails
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1900DAVE Dragons' Den
2000 C4 Celebrity Come Dine With Me Christmas SpecialDavid Gest, Hannah Waterman, Diarmuid Gavin, Sherrie Hewson.
2020DAVE HIGNFY
2100BBC2 Mock the Week
2100BBC4 Clement Freud
2130BBC2 Never Mind the BuzzcocksLast week's show. Not NI.
2200BBC2 Have I Got a Bit More News For YouThe 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.
2200BBC4 We Need AnswersChristmas, with Neil Innes and Kirsten O'Brien.
2220BBCH Shooting Stars
2235BBC1 Imagine - Scrabble: A Night on the TilesAlan Yentob looks into the board game. 2335 Wales and Scot, NI 2350 tomorrow.
2240BBC1 Panic AttackCelebrity 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

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Wednesday 23

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

Christmas Eve

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

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Christmas Day

0800CBBS Kerwhizz
0840ITV2 The Xtra Factor x6
0900VIR1 Millionaire
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1000BRVO UK's Strongest Man 2009 x9To 1900.
1100Rad5 Nolan's Big Quiz of the YearDon't panic, it's a quiz of the year hosted by Stephen Nolan. Panic!!!!
1200LIV Four Weddings
1200RCym Bwletin 'DoligAnother quiz of the year.
1510 C4 Deal or No Deal
1530TV5 Questions pour un Champion
1600CBBC Copycats
1700 C5 Heads or Tails
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1900BBC1 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas SpecialThis year's edition; Gethin Jones, Austin Healey, and Rachel Stevens join the 2009 top three.
1940DAVE HIGNFY
2000ITV All-Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr Christmas SpecialJoan Collins and Percy Gibson; Emma Bunton and Jade jones; Andrew and Nichola Whyment.
2000TV3 Deal or No Deal
2020DAVE QI
2100DAVE QI XL night
2325S4C Fferm Ffactor

Week 2 follows the Challenge listings...

Challenge

Saturday

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

Sunday

As Saturday except

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

Monday

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

Tuesday - Friday

As Monday except

00008 Out of 10 Cats x2
0100Ninja Warrior x2
0200Takeshi x2
0300It's Not What You KnowTo 0400.

Tuesday

2100Roy Walker's Gameshow Years

Wednesday

2100Roy Walker's Gameshow A-Z

Thursday

2100Roy Walker's Gameshow Gods

Friday

2100Roy Walker's Guide to Gameshows

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

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

0000BBC2 QI
0030BBC2 Never Mind the Buzzcocks
0900BRVO The World's Strongest Man x6Then the shows repeat again.
1000Rad4 Excess Baggage QuizA travel quiz: Sandi Toksvig, John McCarthy, Arthur Smith, Alice Roberts. Peter Curran hosts.
1000VIR1 Takeshi x2
1025ITV All-Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr Christmas SpecialTV3 1745.
1100LIV Four Weddings x5
1100Rad5 Fighting Talk
1203RCym Bwlletin 'Dolig
1210RTE2 Celebrity Bainisteoir
1255WTCH The Strictly Come Dancing Story
1525TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1605 C4 Come Dine With Me x4
1715CBBC The Slammer
1730CITV Scary Sleepover
1800BBC1 Total Wipeout Celebrity Special
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1805 C4 Deal or No Deal
1820 C5 Heads or Tails
1900VIR1 Millionaire
1915S4C Mastermind Cymru NadoligMaria Pride, Steffan Rhodri, Non Evans, Huw Stephens.
2035RTE1 Winning Streak
2045ITV All Star Family Fortunes Christmas SpecialWebsters of "Coronation Street" -v- Kings of "Emmerdale". TV3 1915 tomorrow.
2100DAVE QI
2140DAVE HIGNFY
2220DAVE Mock the Week x2
2300Rad4 Brain of Britain
2305 C4 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2005
2345BBC2 Shooting StarsNot NI.

Sunday 27

0600DHL Come Dine With Me DayLiterally, all day, to 0400.
0900BRV2 UK's Strongest Man x10To 1900.
0930Mor4 Scrapheap Challenge x4
1000VIR1 Takeshi x2
1025RTE2 Test the Teachers
1200Rad4 I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1215RTE2 Celebrity Bainisteoir
1355BBCH Hole in the Wall
1425BBCH Clash
1555Mor4 Come Dine With Me x6
1600CBBC Copycats
1700BBC1 The Weakest LinkWest End theatre. Not Scotland.
1730CITV Scary Sleepover
1745TV3 Dancing on Ice at Christmas
1800 C5 Heads or Tails
1930BBC1 Celebrity MastermindGoldie, Paul O'Grady, Gail Emms, Loyd Grossman.
1930Rad5 Nolan's Big Quiz of the Year
1940DAVE HIGNFY
2002RCym Y TalwrnHighlights from the last 30 years.
2020DAVE QI
2235 C4 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2006

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Monday 28

0035BBC2 QI
0215DAVE School's Out
0800CBBS Kerwhizz
0900ITV2 Paris Hilton's British Best Friend
0900VIR1 Millionaire
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925ITV Dickinson's Real Deal
1000ITV2 Britain's Got More Talent
1025ITV All-Star Family Fortunes
1030RTE2 Test the Teachers
1100DAVE Dragons' Den
1140S4C Deal or No Deal
1215RTE2 Celebrity Bainisteoir
1300Mor4 Come Dine With Me
1305TV5 Pekin Express
1330Rad4 Brain of Britain
1330S4C Deal or No Deal
1355BBCH Hole in the Wall
1425BBCH Clash
1505 C4 Come Dine With Me x2Two more at 1655.
1525TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1610 C4 Deal or No Deal
1730BBC1 The Weakest LinkDoctor Who.
1740S4C Pen Campau
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1830 C5 Heads or Tails
1830Rad4 The Unbelievable Truth New Year SpecialRob Brydon, John Lloyd of Europe, Stephen Fry.
1900BRVO The World's Strongest Man
1915Mor4 Come Dine With Me x5
1940DAVE HIGNFY
2020DAVE QI
2030BBC1 Celebrity MastermindDarrenn Bennett, Stuart Maconie, Linda Papadopoulos, Andrew Lancel.
2030ALBA Cocaire nan CocaireanIt's the grand final!
2100 E4 Your Top 20 Celebrity Big Brother MomentsWith Rula Lenska at number one, doubtlessly.
2100DAVE HIGNFY Night
2230 C4 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2007

Tuesday 29

0725ITV2 Paris Hilton's British Best Friend x2
0800CBBS Kerwhizz
0900VIR1 Millionaire
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925ITV Dickinson's Real Deal
0955ITV2 Britain's Got More Talent
1030RTE2 Test the Teachers
1310Mor4 Come Dine With Me x2
1330S4C Countdown x2
1355BBCH Hole in the Wall
1425BBCH Clash
1500S4C Deal or No Deal
1505 C4 Come Dine With Me x2Two more at 1655.
1520RTE2 Celebrity Bainisteoir
1525TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1600CBBC Copycats
1610 C4 Deal or No Deal
1730ITV The Colour of MoneyBack! Back!! BACK!!!!!
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1830RTE1 The Restaurant 2 Star Cook-OffTwo of the worst cooks compete.
1835 C5 Heads or Tails
1900BBC1 Celebrity MastermindAlastair Stewart, Steve Backshall, Dave Vitty, Saira Khan.
1900BRVO The World's Strongest Man
2020DAVE QI
2130RTE1 The Great Noughties QuizWill Leahy.
2255BBC2 QI XL

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Wednesday 30

0630ITV2 Paris Hilton's British Best Friend x3
0800CBBS Kerwhizz
0900VIR1 Millionaire
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925ITV Dickinson's Real Deal
0955ITV2 Britain's Got More Talent
1025RTE2 Test the Teachers
1225RTE2 Celebrity Bainisteoir
1310Mor4 Come Dine With Me x2
1330S4C Countdown x2
1330BBCH Clash
1500S4C Deal or No Deal
1505 C4 Come Dine With Me x2Two more at 1655.
1525BBC2 Ready Steady Cook
1525TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1600CBBC Copycats
1610 C4 Deal or No Deal
1700VIVA Slips x8
1715CBBC Bamzooki
1800DAVE Dragons' Den
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1830BBCH Hole in the Wall
1900DAVE Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1900BRVO The World's Strongest Man
1900S4C Mastermind Cymru Nadolig
1930BBC1 Celebrity MastermindJoe Pasquale, Roger Black, Tony Audenshaw, Diane Louise Jordan.
1930 C5 Heads or TailsCelebrities: John Thomson, Denise Van Outen.
1940DAVE HIGNFY
2020DAVE QI
2230BBC4 We Need AnswersLanguage: Tracy-Ann Oberman and Jake Arnott.
2235 C4 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2008
2300BBC2 Never Mind the Buzzcocks

New Year's Eve

0400 C5 Farmer Wants a Wife
0630ITV2 Paris Hilton's British Best Friend x2
0800CBBS Kerwhizz
0830CBBC The Slammer
0855ITV2 Britain's Got More Talent
0900VIR1 Millionaire
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
0925ITV Dickinson's Real Deal
1025RTE2 Test the TeachersAlso 1540.
1040DAVE Dragons' Den Around the World
1200RUls TalkbackWendy Austin prevents her quiz of the year.
1205ITV Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
1150RTE2 Celebrity Bainisteoir x2
1325Mor4 Come Dine With Me
1500BBCH Clash
1500S4C Deal or No Deal
1505 C4 Come Dine With Me x2Two more at 1655.
1505BBC2 Ready Steady CookNot Wales.
1525TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1530BBCH Hole in the Wall
1600CBBC Copycats
1610 C4 Deal or No Deal
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1802RCym Y Talwrn Pigion 30
1830RTE1 The All-Ireland Talent ShowFirst live studio heat. Results at 2335.
1900BRVO The World's Strongest Man
1940DAVE HIGNFY
2020DAVE QI
2100 C4 Your Top 20 Celebrity Big Brother Moments
2100DAVE QI XL Night
2115RTE1 Celebrity Winning Streak

New Year's Day

0700BRV2 Fear Factor x4
0720ITV2 Britain's Got More Talent x2
0800BRVO Strongest Man DayTo 2100.
0800CBBS Kerwhizz
0830DHL Come Dine With Me DayTo 0130.
0900VIR1 Millionaire
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1020ITV2 I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here x3Highlights shows
1020RTE2 Test the TeachersAnother episode at 1610.
1040DAVE Dragons' Den Around the World
1205ITV Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
1335RTE2 Celebrity Bainisteoir
1240BBCH Hole in the Wall
1305TV5 Speciale Questions Pour un ChampionThe annual new year edition, with Julian Lepers.
1310BBCH Clash
1500S4C Deal or No Deal
1525TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1600 C4 Deal or No Deal
1600CBBC Copycats
1700 C4 Come Dine With Me
1735TV5 Pekin Express
1800SKY1 Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old
1810Mor4 Come Dine With Me x5
1940DAVE HIGNFY
2000TV3 Celebrity Deal or No DealThey've not tried that in the UK, have they?
2020DAVE QI
2030BBC1 Celebrity MastermindEd Byrne (comedian), Tristan Gemmill, Anneka Rice, John Bishop.
2105 C4 The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009Charlie Brooker and David Mitchell; Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand (hello, Associated Newspapers!), Rob Brydon and Claudia Winkleman.
2130BBC1 QIGenius. Graham Norton, David Mitchell, Dara O'Briain.

Challenge

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

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

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

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

Sunday

0010S4C The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2009
0015 E4 Why I Love Celebrity Big Brother
0310 C4 Scrapheap ChallengeSigned.7
0800CBBS Kerwhizz
1000Mor4 Scrapheap Challenge x4
1100DAVE Full Metal Challenge
1204Rad4 The Unbelievable Truth
1225 C4 Your Celebrity Big Brother MomentsS4C 1430.
1600CBBC Copycats
1630CITV Eliminator
1700 C4 Deal or No Deal
1710Mor4 Come Dine With Me x5
1800VIR1 Millionaire
1800DAVE Dragons' Den
1800SKY1 Got to Dance
1830RTE1 The All-Ireland Talent ShowWith additional coverage on RTE2, and results at 2030.
1845RCym Y Talwrn
1915ITV All-Star Family FortunesColin Jackson and Esther Rantzen.
2020DAVE QI
2100 C4 Celebrity Big BrotherIt begins here. S4C 2320.
2100DAVE Buzzcocks Night

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Weekdays

0220DAVE HeadjamNot Mo. AudioD.
0720 C4 Celebrity Big Brother
0800CBBS Kerwhizz
0905TV5 Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1130SKY1 Sell Me the Answer
1215BBC1 Bargain Hunt
1300CBBC Wait For It..!Signed We, Th.
1330CBBC Keep Your Enemies Close
1330S4C Deal or No Deal x2Not We
1450Mor4 Coach Trip
1500ITV Dickinson's Real Deal
1510 C4 Come Dine With Me x2
1530TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1605ITV3 Daily Cooks Challenge
1610 C4 Deal or No DealThe More4 repeat moves to 1835.
1630BBC2 Ready Steady Cook
1655 C4 Come Dine With Me x2
1715BBC1 The Weakest Link
1800BBC2 EggheadsScot: not Th.
1800S4C JacpotShowing as part of the Aur season.
2000VIVA Slips x2Not Fr.
2100DAVE QI
2140DAVE Mock the Week
2200 C4 Celebrity Big BrotherNot Fr. S4C Mo 2255, Tu 2310, We 2340, Th 2310.
2220DAVE HIGNFY
2300DAVE Argumental

Monday

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

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Tuesday

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

Wednesday

0010BBC1 The Apprentice Usa x2Series 5. NI one episode at 0040.
1400S4C Deal or No Deal
1600CBBC Copycats
1715CBBC BamzookiDark Evilant, Bowler, Nectarine, Scott Mills, Potato on a Stick. Which is the flesh-and-blood creature?
1900BBC1 Celebrity MastermindMichael Winner, Mishal Husain, Dom Joly, John Bird.
2315BBC1 The Apprentice UsaNI only.

Thursday

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

Friday

1730TV5 Pekin Express
1830Rad4 The News QuizJeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Danielle Ward, Fred Macaulay.
1845ITV2 Beat the Star with Vernon KaySeries 2: Kelvin Fletcher.
1900BBC1 A Question of Sport: The 40th Anniversary
1930BBC1 Celebrity MastermindScotland only.
2000BBC2 MastermindHeat 13. Back to the regular show with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Micronesia, Johnnie Ray, Wandsworth. Not Wales.
2000TV3 Deal or No Deal.
2030BBC1 QIGirls and Boys. Sandi Toksvig, Ronni Ancona, Jack Dee. Scotland 2245.
2100ITV Dancing on IcePhillip 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 BrotherContinues 2235. S4C 2255.
2200 C4 8 Out of 10 CatsS4C 0030.

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

Challenge (January)

Saturday

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

Sunday

As Saturday except

00008 Out of 10 Cats x2
0100Distraction x2
0200Millionaire
0300Take It or Leave ItTo 0400.
1700The Weakest Link x5To 2200.

Monday

00008 Out of 10 Cats x2
0100Distraction x2
0200Millionaire
0300Take It or Leave ItTo 0400.
0700Fort Boyard
0800Takeshi x2
0900Supermarket Sweep x2
1000Wheel of Fortune x2
1100Play Your Cards Right x2
1200Family Fortunes x2
1300Take It or Leave It
1400Millionaire
1500Golden Balls
1600Gladiators
1700Takeshi x2
1800The Crystal Maze
1900Eggheads x2
2000Family Fortunes x2
2100One Versus One Hundred
2200Millionaire
2300The Weakest Link

Tuesday - Friday

As Monday except

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

Shortcuts: Week 1 highlights | Tue 22 | Christmas Day | Week 2 highlights | Tue 29 | Challenge for weeks 1 and 2 | Week 3 highlights | Tue 5 Jan | Fri 8 Jan

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

4MUS4 Music
ABSRAbsolute Radio
ALBABBC Alba
ARTSSky Arts
BBC1BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC3BBC3
BBC4BBC4
BBC7BBC7 (Radio)
BBCHBBC-HD
BOOMBoomerang
BORDBorder (ITV in Cumbria and south-west Scotland)
BRVOBravo
C5 Five
CBBCCBBC
CBBSCbeebies
CLASClassic FM (Radio)
COMCComedy Central
COMXComedy Central Extra
DAVEDave
DISCDiscovery
DISNDisney Channel
DMAXD-MAX
DRT Discovery Real Time
DSCIDiscovery Science
EDENEden
ESPCESPN Classic
ESPTEurosport
ESP2Eurosport 2
GOLDUKTV Gold
HLMKHallmark
HTV HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
ITV ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2ITV2
ITV3ITV3
ITV4ITV4
LIV UK Living TV
LIV2UK Living TV 2
MENMMen and Motors
MOR4More 4
NICKNickelodeon
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
RLLYUKTV Really
RTE1RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C S4C (analogue)
S4CDS4C Digidol
SCI Sci-Fi
SKY1Sky One
SKY2Sky Two
SKY3Sky Three
STV STV (ITV in North and Central Scotland)
TLKSTalk Sport (radio)
TV3 TV3 (Irish)
TV5MTV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4 TG 4 (Irish)
UTV Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
VIR1Virgin 1
WTCHWatch

AudioD - Audio Description for the blind

Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.

See also

TV Guide Last Week

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