A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 4 November 2006
New and notable this week:
Celebrity Scissorhands (BBC3 all week, launches 8.50 Sunday)
- In which mildly well-known people learn to cut hair and do perms.
Dickinson's Real Deal (ITV, 2.30pm weekdays)
- Another antiques show with the perma-tanned one.
The Race (Sky Onc, 10pm weekdays)
- A gentlemen versus ladies driving challenge, featuring such celebs as Nigel Benn, Gary Numan, and Clarissa Darling.
The full listings
Saturday 4 November
| 0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk (also R Scotland)
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| 1103 | RUls | The Blame Game
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1240 | ITV | Millionaire | Last week's episode, repurposed.
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| 1400 | CBBC | Raven: The Island
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1635 | S4C | Deal or No Deal
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| 1655 | ITV | All-Star Family Fortunes (TV3 1900) | In a change to the advertised programme, it's Nicola Stapleton v Johnny Vegas. And words under the trades descriptions act.
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| 1745 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | And 2125. Caution: contains Jamiroquai
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| 1745 | ITV | X Factor | And 2015. Twittery alert: they're murdering Abba again.
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| 1915 | ITV | Millionaire
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| 1950 | BBC1 | One Against One Hundred
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| 2000 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2105 | S4C | Tipit (S4CD also 2305)
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| 2230 | BBC2 | QI | TV Cream are right: this is the new HIGNFY.
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| 2300 | BBC2 | Buzzcocks
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain | It's a marathon, not a sprint.
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Sunday 5
| 0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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| 1025 | ITV2 | Millionaire
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| 1125 | ITV2 | Family Fortunes
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Quote Unquote
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| 1345 | C4 | Unanonemous
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| 1400 | CBBC | Raven: The Island
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1705 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1710 | IYB | Family Fortunes
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| 1755 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1900 | SKY1 | Cirque de Celebritée
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| 2025 | S4C | Mastermind Cymru | The grand final. This is how to run a series, complete in six weeks, not sprawling over eight months.
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| 2050 | BBC3 | Celebrity Scissorhands New! | Also 2250.
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| 2100 | SKY1 | The Big Idea
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Weekdays
| 0900 | DISC | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 1000 | DSCI | Scrapheap Challenge (also 1300, 1700)
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| 1000 | CBBC | Raven
Also 1200, 1330, 1500, and 1730.
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| 1025 | TV5M | La cible
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| 1030 | Mor4 | Countdown (approx time) | 16-20 October.
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| 1115 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal (approx time)
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| 1232 | TV5M | Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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| 1400 | ITV | The Price is Right
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| 1430 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal New! | Selling off the family silver.
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| 1530 | C4 | Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later) | Tony Christie.
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| 1600 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1615 | C4 | RTS Daytime Show Of the Year Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425 (1415 Tu), Mor4 1115 and 1805 next day)
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| 1645 | BBC1 | Keep Your Hair On New! | A children's tie-in with Celebrity Hairdressing.
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| 1700 | ITV | The Price is Right | Except for viewers in Ulster.
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| 1715 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Sudo-Q (Scot not Th)
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Strictly Come Dancing (Scot not Th)
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| 1830 | C5 | In The Grid
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| 1900 | BBC3 | The Apprentice USA (not Mo, Fr)
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| 2000 | FTN | Fort Boyard New! | Avec Chris Ellison par M Boyard, Jodie Penfold par Risquesouris, et Tom Baker par le Captain.
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| 2000 | BBC3 | Celebrity Scissorhands | Also 2230.
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| 2200 | SKY1 | The Race New!
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Monday 6
| 1230 | BBC7 | ISIHAC (also 1930)
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain 2006 | Heat 10: North of England.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Quote Unquote
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind (not Scotland) | R2: Georgette Heyer, Edward Jenner, Andrew Jackson, Heavyweight Boxing.
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| 2030 | BBC2 | University Challenge (not 2W) | R1: Corpus Christi Oxford v Reading
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got News For You (NI 2320)
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| 2200 | LIV | Jade's Pa
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Tuesday 7
| 1230 | BBC7 | The News Quiz (also 1930)
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Scotland only: as seen elsewhere yesterday.
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Wednesday 8
| 1230 | BBC7 | Wireless Wise (also 1930)
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Where In the World? | Last in the present series.
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| 1825 | S4C | Tipit (also S4CD)
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Banter
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| 2000 | LIV | Break With the Boss | Three people, one boss, one promotion, a luxury holiday for four.
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Thursday 9
| 1230 | BBC7 | Just a Minute (also 1930)
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| 1630 | ITV | Jungle Run
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks (NI 2320) | Bill Oddie, Stewart Lee, and someone from Orson.
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Friday 10
| 1230 | BBC7 | Who Goes There?
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| 1655 | BBC1 | The Slammer
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| 1700 | TOON | Skatoony
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz (also 1228 Sat)
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| 1900 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Featuring could-have-been Gladiators contender Kelly Holmes.
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| 2000 | SKY1 | Football Icon | A talent show in search of a soccer player.
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| 2002 | RTE1 | Buille Faoi Thuairim
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News For You (Scot 2235) | Damien Lewis, whoever he is.
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| 2100 | C4 | Unanonemous (S4C 2245) | Still airing? Means they can't have won last week...
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI (not 2W) | The next episode airs on BBC4 at 2230.
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| 2200 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats (S4C 2215)
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Saturday 11 (provisional)
| 0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk (also R Scotland)
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| 1103 | RUls | The Blame Game
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1400 | CBBC | Raven: The Island
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1735 | ITV | Millionaire | All change on ITV this week.
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| 1740 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | And 2115.
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| 1835 | ITV | X Factor | And 2055.
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| 1940 | BBC1 | One Against One Hundred
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| 2000 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2005 | ITV | All-Star Family Fortunes (TV3 1900) | Sarah Cox v Jimmy Osmond
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| 2050 | BBC2 | QI
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| 2105 | S4C | Tipit (S4CD also 2305)
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| 2230 | BBC2 | Buzzcocks
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain
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Sunday 12 (provisional)
| 0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Quote Unquote
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| 1325 | C4 | Unanonemous
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| 1400 | CBBC | Raven: The Island
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1700 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1755 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1840 | C4 | Codex
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| 1900 | SKY1 | Cirque de Celebritée
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| 2030 | S4C | Mastermind Cymru
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| 2100 | SKY1 | The Big Idea
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Challenge?
Saturday
| 0700 | Roller Jam
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| 0800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 0900 | Knockout
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| 1000 | Catchphrase x3
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| 1130 | Price is Right x3
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| 1300 | Millionaire x2
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| 1500 | Family Fortunes x3
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| 1630 | Bullseye x3
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| 1800 | Blankety Blank x2
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| 1930 | Family Fortunes
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| 2000 | Bullseye x2
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| 2100 | Fear Factor
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| 2200 | Showbiz Darts
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| 2300 | Gambling
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Sunday
As Saturday until
| 1630 | Dodgeball
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| 1700 | Gladiators x4
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| 2100 | as Saturday
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Monday - Friday
| 0700 | Wheel of Fortune
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| 0730 | Catchphrase
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| 0800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 0900 | Supermarket Sweep
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| 0930 | Wheel of Fortune
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| 1000 | Catchphrase x2
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| 1100 | Eggheads x2
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| 1200 | Millionaire
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| 1300 | Take It or Leave It
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| 1400 | Bullseye
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| 1430 | Family Fortunes
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| 1500 | Fifteen-to-One x2
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| 1600 | Eggheads x2
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| 1700 | Family Fortunes
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| 1730 | Catchphrase
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| 1800 | Fear Factor
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| 1900 | Roller Jam x2
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| 2000 | Take It or Leave It
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| 2100 | Millionaire
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| 2200 | Fear Factor
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| 2300 | Gambling
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Channel abbreviations:
| AONE | Adventure One
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| BBC1 | BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| BBC2 | BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| 2W | BBC2 Wales digital service
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| BBC3 | BBC3
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| BBC4 | BBC4
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| BBC7 | BBC7 (Radio)
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| C5 | Five
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| CBBC | CBBC
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| CBBS | Cbeebies
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| DHL | Discovery Home and Leisure
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| DISC | Discovery
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| DSCI | Discovery Science
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| FTN | FTN
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| G2 | UKTV G2
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| GOLD | UKTV Gold
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| ITV | ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| ITV2 | ITV2
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| ITV3 | ITV3
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| ITV4 | ITV4
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| LIV | UK Living TV
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| LIV2 | UK Living TV 2
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| MOR4 | More 4
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| PLYR | Player
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| Rad1 | BBC Radio 1
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| Rad2 | BBC Radio 2
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| Rad4 | BBC Radio 4
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| RSct | BBC Radio Scotland
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| RUls | BBC Radio Ulster
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| RWal | BBC Radio Wales
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| RTE1 | RTE1 (Irish)
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| RTR1 | RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
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| S4C | S4C (analogue)
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| S4CD | S4C Digidol
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| SCOT | Scottish / Grampian (ITV in Scotland)
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| SKY1 | Sky Onc
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| SKY3 | Sky Thrcc
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| TOON | Cartoon Network
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| TV3 | TV3 (Irish)
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| TV5M | TV5 Monde (Europe)
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| TG4 | TG 4 (Irish)
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| UTV | Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
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See also
TV Guide This Week
