A guide to game shows for the week commencing Saturday 16 December 2006
New and notable this week:
One Man and His Dog (BBC2, Saturday 6.10 and Sunday 6.20)
- Woof! Woof! Snap! Woof! (Translation: It's less bitchy than X-Factor.)
Fighting Talk: Any Other Business (7pm Sunday, Radio 5)
- The sports-talk contest moves into the news for a one-off pilot.
The Weakest Link Is 1000 (5.15 Monday, BBC2)
- Celebrations for the thousandth episode of the BBC's favourite daytime quiz show. Apart from Eggheads. And Sudo-Q.
Countdown (3.30 Friday, C4)
- The series grand final, and the end of the all-too-short Lynam Interlude.
Come Dine with Me (8pm Friday, C4)
- A move into prime-time for the competitive cookery challenge.
The full listings
Saturday 16 December
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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1200 | LIV | The Amazing Race
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1304 | RWal | Jest a Minute
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1600 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1600 | ITV | Extinct: The Quiz | The final.
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1630 | S4C | Deal or No Deal
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1800 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | And 2125.
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1810 | BBC2 | One Man And His Dog New! | Concludes tomorrow.
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1900 | ITV | X Factor | And 2130.
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1945 | BBC1 | In It to Win It
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2020 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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2230 | BBC2 | QI
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2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain
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Sunday 17
0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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1140 | Mor4 | Codex
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1204 | Rad4 | ISIHAC
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1430 | S4C | Codex x2 | China, and Anglo-Saxon.
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1600 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1625 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal
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1732 | RWal | Jest a Minute
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1750 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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1800 | LIV | So You Think You Can Dance
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1820 | BBC2 | One Man And His Dog
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1840 | C4 | Codex | Episode 6, Egypt.
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1900 | R5 | Fighting Talk: Any Other Business New! | Richard Bacon hosts as the game talks about the news.
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Weekdays
0600 | DSCI | Robotica (also 1200, 1900)
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1000 | DSCI | Scrapheap Challenge (also 1300, 1700)
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1025 | TV5M | La cible
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1100 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal (approx time)
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1145 | Mor4 | Countdown (approx time) | 23 - 29 November.
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1215 | BBC1 | Bargain hunt
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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
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1530 | C4 | Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later) | Finals week concludes with Paul Zenon.
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1600 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1615 | C4 | Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425 some days later, Mor4 1805 and next morning)
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1715 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link
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1700 | ITV | The Price is Right
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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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1930 | BBC7 | ISIHAC
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2000 | FTN | Fort Boyard
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Monday 18
1230 | BBC7 | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (also 1930)
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1330 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain 2006 | 16/17 Second round: High-scoring runners-up
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1400 | CBBC | Raven
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1715 | BBC2 | Happy 1000th Birthday Weakest Link Special | Another airing for the show celebrating Anne Robinson's one thousandth birthday.
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1800 | BBC2 | Weakest Link - The Story So Far Special | Favourite moments, out-takes, and an investigation into whatever happened to the initial "The".
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1830 | Rad4 | I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
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2030 | BBC2 | University Challenge (not 2W) | Rep: Pembroke Cambridge v Reading
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2200 | LIV | Jade's Pa
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2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got News For You (not 2W, NI)
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Tuesday 19
1230 | BBC7 | The News Quiz (also 1930)
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2000 | NGEO | Chasing Time x2
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2100 | G2 | HIGNFY Night Special | From 2005.
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2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got Old News For You Special | William Hague, Mark Mardell, Peter Serafinowicz.
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Wednesday 20
1230 | BBC7 | My Music (also 1930) New!
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1733 | TV5M | La Carte aux Tresors | Picardy.
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2100 | C4 | The Secret Millionaires
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Thursday 21
1230 | BBC7 | Just a Minute (also 1930)
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1830 | Rad4 | The Personality Test | This week's host is Adam Hart-Davis.
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2200 | BBC2 | The Blame Game (NI only)
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Friday 22
1230 | BBC7 | Who Goes There? (also 1930)
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1530 | C4 | Countdown | The grand final, and the last appearance of Des Lynam.
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1655 | BBC1 | The Slammer
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1700 | TOON | Skatoony
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1900 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport
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2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me Special | A prime-time special.
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2000 | C5 | UK's Strongest Man Special
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2100 | ITV4 | Spy Master
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2200 | BBC2 | QI (not 2W)
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2235 | BBC1 | The Blame Game (NI only)
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The next edition will be a Christmas and New Year double bill.
Challenge?
Saturday
0700 | Takeshi
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0800 | Knockout
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0900 | The Crystal Maze
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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 | Play Your Cards Right x2
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1800 | Bullseye x3
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1930 | Blankety Blank x2
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2100 | Fear Factor
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2200 | Gambling
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Sunday
As Saturday until
1630 | Weakest Link x9
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2100 | as Saturday
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Monday - Friday
0700 | Knightmare
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0730 | Catchphrase
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0800 | Gladiators
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0900 | Family Fortunes x2
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1000 | Price is Right x2
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1100 | Play Your Cards Right x2
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1200 | Catchphrase x2
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1300 | Millionaire
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1400 | Bullseye
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1430 | Family Fortunes
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1500 | Weakest Link
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1600 | Eggheads x2
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1700 | Takeshi x2
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1800 | Crystal Maze
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1900 | Gladiators
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2000 | Fear Factor
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2100 | Millionaire x2
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2200 | Showbiz Darts New!
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2300 | Bullseye
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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 Last Week