TV Guide This Week

Contents 1 A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 9 December 2006 1.1 Saturday 9 December 1.2 Sunday 10 1.3 Weekdays 1.4 Monday 11 1.5 Tuesday 12 1.6 Wednesday 13 1.7 Thursday 14 1.8 Friday 15 1.9 Saturday 16 (provisional) 1.10 Sunday 17 (provisional) 1.11 Challenge? 1.11.1 Saturday 1.11.2 Sunday 1.11.3 Monday - Friday 1.12 Channel abbreviations: 2 See also

A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 9 December 2006

New and notable this week:

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (BBC7, 12.30 and 7.30pm weekdays)

It's ten years since Willie Rushton left us; the repeat channel has archive editions all week, and a tribute in Clue's regular Monday spot. The new series continues on Radio 4.

Great British Christmas Menu (BBC2, 6pm weekdays)

The winning chefs from BBC2's Great British Menu return to cook up more dishes for viewers.

Extinct: The Quiz (ITV, 5pm weekdays from Tuesday)

Zoe Ball presents a chance to see families see endangered species. Part of ITV's Extinct week.

Countdown (C4, 3.30 weekdays)

Finals week begins on Thursday.

Raven (CBBC, 5.30 weekdays)

The tournament final is on Friday.

Spy Master (ITV4, 9pm Friday)

A group of would-be agents compete for a place at a spy school. US import.

Saturday 9 December

It's quite clear that this evening's schedule has been through the washing machine.

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk (also R Scotland)
1103	RUls	The Blame Game
1200	LIV	The Amazing Race
1400	CBBC	Raven: The Island
1530	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1600	CITV	Jungle Run
1610	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1740	ITV	All-Star Family Fortunes (TV3 1930)	Kelly Holmes -v- Phil Tufnell
1740	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	And 1940.
1750	ITV	Millionaire
1830	ITV	X Factor	And 2030.
2025	RTE1	Winning Streak
2120	BBC1	In It to Win It
2215	TV5M	La Carte aux Tresors	Haut Jura.
2250	BBC2	QI
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain	This week, Ian Bayley and David Edwards do battle.

Sunday 10

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1025	ITV2	Family Fortunes
1130	Mor4	Codex
1204	Rad4	ISIHAC
1400	CBBC	Raven: The Island
1430	S4C	Codex
1600	CITV	Jungle Run
1655	Mor4	Deal or No Deal
1710	ITV	Family Fortunes
1732	RWal	Jest a Minute New!
1750	C4	Deal or No Deal
1800	LIV	So You Think You Can Dance
1840	C4	Codex	Episode 5, Angles and Saxons.
2130	BBC4	Play it Again Special	Another chance to see Hugh Dennis's tribute to the 1950s game show.
2140	BBC2	Have I Got Old News For You New!	Marcus Brigstocke, Robert Llewellyn, Daisy Sampson.

Weekdays

0600	DSCI	Robotica (also 1200, 1900)
1000	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge (also 1300, 1700)
1025	TV5M	La cible
1100	Mor4	Deal or No Deal (approx time)
1145	Mor4	Countdown (approx time)	16 - 22 November. Nice to see Noel warming up for Des.
1215	BBC1	Bargain hunt
1232	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1400	ITV	The Price is Right
1400	CBBC	Raven (also 1730)
1430	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1530	C4	Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later)	In dictionary corner, it's Gyles Brandreth! Finals week begins on Thursday.
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425 some days later, Mor4 1805 and next morning)
1715	BBC2	The Weakest Link
1730	CBBC	Raven (also 1400)	The tournament final.
1800	BBC2	Great British Christmas Menu New!	Freeview viewers can smell and taste the food by pressing the red button.
1830	BBC2	Strictly Come Dancing (Scot not Th)
1830	C5	In The Grid
1930	BBC7	ISIHAC
2000	FTN	Fort Boyard

Monday 11

1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain 2006	15/17 Second round: North of England, South West, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
1700	ITV	The Price is Right
1830	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
2030	BBC2	University Challenge (not 2W)	Rep: Bristol v Manchester
2200	LIV	Jade's Pa
2200	BBC2	Have I Got News For You (not 2W, NI)

Tuesday 12

1700	ITV	Extinct: The Quiz New!
2000	NGEO	Chasing Time x2

Wednesday 13

1700	ITV	Extinct: The Quiz
1733	TV5M	La Carte aux Tresors	Pacifique.
2100	C4	The Secret Millionaires	A Scottish curry-house owner goes to Norfolk. As reviewed in the next Week.

Thursday 14

1700	ITV	Extinct: The Quiz
1830	Rad4	The Personality Test	This week's host is the legendary Rick Wakeman.
2100	ITV2	I'm A Celebrity Changed My Life Special	Catching up with previous winners.
2200	BBC2	The Blame Game (NI only)

Friday 15

1655	BBC1	The Slammer
1700	ITV	Extinct: The Quiz
1700	TOON	Skatoony
1900	BBC1	A Question of Sport
2000	C4	Unanonemous	Zzzzzz.
2000	C5	World's Strongest Man Super Series
2100	BBC1	Have I Got News For You (Scot 2235)	Boris Johnson hosts. Last in the present series.
2100	ITV4	Spy Master New!
2200	BBC2	QI (not 2W)	The next episode airs on BBC4 at 2230.
2200	C4	8 Out of 10 Cats (S4C 2300)
2235	BBC1	The Blame Game (NI only)

Saturday 16 (provisional)

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk (also R Scotland)
1103	RUls	The Blame Game
1200	LIV	The Amazing Race
1400	CBBC	Raven: The Island
1600	CITV	Jungle Run
1600	ITV	Extinct: The Quiz	The final.
1615	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1800	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	And 2125. The grand final
1900	ITV	X Factor	And 2130.
1945	BBC1	In It to Win It
2020	RTE1	Winning Streak
2230	BBC2	QI
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday 17 (provisional)

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1140	Mor4	Codex
1204	Rad4	ISIHAC
1400	CBBC	Raven: The Island
1430	S4C	Codex
1600	CITV	Jungle Run
1625	Mor4	Deal or No Deal
1732	RWal	Jest a Minute
1750	C4	Deal or No Deal
1800	LIV	So You Think You Can Dance
1840	C4	Codex	Episode 6, Egypt.
1900	R5	Fighting Talk: Any Other Business New!	Richard Bacon hosts as the game talks about the news.

Challenge?

Saturday

0700	Takeshi
0800	Knockout
0900	The Crystal Maze
1000	Catchphrase x3
1130	Price is Right x3
1300	Millionaire x2
1500	Family Fortunes x3
1630	Play Your Cards Right x2
1800	Bullseye x3
1930	Blankety Blank x2
2100	Fear Factor
2200	Gambling

Sunday

As Saturday until

1630	Weakest Link x9
2100	as Saturday

Monday - Friday

0700	Knightmare
0730	Catchphrase
0800	Gladiators
0900	Family Fortunes x2
1000	Price is Right x2
1100	Play Your Cards Right x2
1200	Catchphrase x2
1300	Millionaire
1400	Bullseye
1430	Family Fortunes
1500	Weakest Link
1600	Eggheads x2
1700	Takeshi x2
1800	Crystal Maze
1900	Gladiators
2000	Fear Factor
2100	Millionaire x2
2200	Gambling

Channel abbreviations:

AONE	Adventure One
BBC1	BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2	BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
2W	BBC2 Wales digital service
BBC3	BBC3
BBC4	BBC4
BBC7	BBC7 (Radio)
C5	Five
CBBC	CBBC
CBBS	Cbeebies
DHL	Discovery Home and Leisure
DISC	Discovery
DSCI	Discovery Science
FTN	FTN
G2	UKTV G2
GOLD	UKTV Gold
ITV	ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	UK Living TV
LIV2	UK Living TV 2
MOR4	More 4
PLYR	Player
Rad1	BBC Radio 1
Rad2	BBC Radio 2
Rad4	BBC Radio 4
RSct	BBC Radio Scotland
RUls	BBC Radio Ulster
RWal	BBC Radio Wales
RTE1	RTE1 (Irish)
RTR1	RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C	S4C (analogue)
S4CD	S4C Digidol
SCOT	Scottish / Grampian (ITV in Scotland)
SKY1	Sky Onc
SKY3	Sky Thrcc
TOON	Cartoon Network
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5M	TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4	TG 4 (Irish)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)

See also

TV Guide Last Week