TV Guide This Week

And a very happy new year to you all. Eyes down for the first full week of the new year.

Contents 1 New and notable 2 Saturday 6 January 3 Sunday 7 4 Weekdays 5 Monday 8 6 Tuesday 9 7 Wednesday 10 8 Thursday 11 9 Friday 12 10 Challenge? 10.1 Saturday 10.2 Sunday 10.3 Monday - Friday 11 Channel abbreviations: 12 See also

New and notable

Scratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom (ITV, 12 noon Saturday)

Contestants try to avoid being eaten by comedy puppets.

The Search (C4, 9pm Sunday)

Jamie Theakston in a global treasure hunt.

Clutter Nutters (BBC2, 7.30am weekdays, also 6.30pm CBBC)

Youngsters sell the junk from their bedrooms.

Junior Mastermind (BBC1, 7pm Monday)

Just in case you'd forgotten who the host was, he's also on Challenge every night at 8.30.

Project Catwalk (Sky Onc, 9pm Monday)

Kelly Osbourne guides people on how to look good.

Speciale Questions pour un Champion (TV5, 5.29pm Wednesday)

The annual new year special edition, but this time taking on a different format. Over the next five weeks, members of eight families will compete for the honour of representing their clan in the grand final, where the Champion Family will be crowned. If that's all too confusing, there's a performance from Faudel, and Julien Lepers hosts.

The Big Bumper Science Quiz (BBC1 Northern Ireland, 9pm Thursday)

Test Northern Ireland's science knowledge. Eamonn Holmes and Christine Bleakley from the W5 discovery centre.

Mock the Week (BBC2, 10pm Thursday)

The counterpart to HIGNFY returns.

Saturday 6 January

1000	CBBC	Crush
1040	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk	Also Radio Scotland
1100	G2	A Question of Sport x3
1130	CBBC	The Slammer
1200	LIV	The Amazing Race	Iceland. Also Living 2, 2100.
1200	ITV	Scratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom New!
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1304	RWal	Jest a Minute
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1600	CITV	Jungle Run
1600	CBBC	Best of Friends
1615	S4C	Deal or No Deal	As seen on C4 yesterday. Now they've caught up, they're not letting go.
1650	RTE1	You're a Star
1700	CBBC	Raven The Island x2	Bring your own duvets.
1800	FTN	Bullseye x2 New!	According to the listings we have, this is a pair of Jim Bowen episodes.
1900	FTN	The Krypton Factor x2 New!	This is certainly the Gordon Burns programme of legend.
1930	BBC1	In It to Win It
1950	BBC2	Weakest Link - The Story So Far Special
2020	ITV	Millionaire
2110	BBC1	Just the Two of Us
2100	C4	Celebrity Big Brother	Additional coverage on E4 all week. S4C 2145.
2115	RTE1	Winning Streak
2120	ITV	Soapstar Superstar	Additional coverage on ITV2 immediately afterwards.
2213	TV5M	La Carte aux Tresors	Ducs Bretons.
2235	BBC2	Have I Got Old News For You	20 May 2005: Marcus Brigstocke, Robert Llewelyn, Daisy Sampson. Not NI.
2235	2NI	The Blame Game	Best of 2006.

Sunday 7

1000	CBBC	Crush
1025	ITV2	Millionaire
1045	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x2
1130	CBBC	The Slammer
1204	Rad4	Just a Minute
1510	Mor4	Deal or No Deal	First of two repeats.
1600	CITV	Jungle Run
1700	CBBC	Raven The Island
1710	C4	Deal or No Deal
1800	LIV	So You Think You Can Dance x2
1805	Mor4	Deal or No Deal	And if you just missed it...
1800	FTN	Bullseye x2
1900	FTN	The Krypton Factor x2
2000	BBC1	Just the Two of Us	The final.
2000	C4	Celebrity Big Brother	S4C 2220.
2100	ITV	Soapstar Superstar
2100	C4	The Search New!

Weekdays

0100	FTN	Casino Casino
0435	FTN	TV Scrabble
0730	BBC2	Clutter Nutters New!	Also 1830 CBBC.
1001	TV5M	Tele la Question
1018	TV5M	La Cible
1020	CBBS	The Shiny Show	Repeated 1420.
1100	Mor4	Deal or No Deal
1145	Mor4	Countdown	13 - 19 December; approximate time.
1230	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1230	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1415	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1435	TV3	The Price is Right	Not Monday, Friday.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	ITV	The Price is Right
1530	C4	Countdown	Carol, Susie, Martin Jarvis. This week's host is Des O'Connor. Repeats around 5am, two-and-a-half days later; S4C 1510 the following day.
1600	CITV	Jungle Run
1600	BBC1	Raven The Island New!
1630	CBBC	Raven The Island	As shown the next day on BBC1.
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also 1805 on More4.
1630	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1700	C4	Come Dine With Me	Also S4C.
1715	BBC2	Weakest Link
1800	FTN	The Crystal Maze
1830	C5	In the Grid
2100	ITV	Soapstar Superstar
2100	C4	Celebrity Big Brother	Friday 2030 and 2230. S4C variations: Wed 2200, Thu 2130.
2100	G2	HIGNFY
2140	G2	QI
2220	G2	Buzzcocks
2300	G2	All Over	All four repeat from 2340.

Monday 8

1230	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Repeated 1930.
1830	Rad4	Just a Minute	Freud, Merton, Hesketh-Harvey, McErlane; from The Annoyed Rooms, Tunbridge Wells.
1900	BBC1	Junior Mastermind New!	The Cottingley Fairies Hoax; the 2006 World Cup; His Dark Materials; Madame Tussaud.
2000	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2	The US version.
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	Repechage final: Manchester v Reading.
2100	SKY1	Project Catwalk

Tuesday 9

1230	BBC7	The News Quiz	2000. Repeated 1930.
1320	S4C	The Search
1800	ESPT	Strongest Man
2000	AONE	Chasing Time x2	San Fransisco; Mexico City
2000	ITV	Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway

Wednesday 10

1230	BBC7	My Music	1993. Repeated 1930.
1729	TV5	Speciale Questions Pour un Champion New!
1730	CBBC	Beat the Boss
1900	ESP2	Viking	A cross between Takeshi's Castle and The Surely Impossible Way of the Warrior.
1900	ITV4	The Rebel Billionaire	Richard Branson finds an excuse to raise his profile.
2000	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	The US version.

Thursday 11

1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Repeated 1930.
1330	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1630	S4C	Mama Mia	Also S4C Digidol.
1830	Rad4	The Personality Test	Esther Rantzen.
2100	1NI	The Big Bumper Science Quiz Special
2200	BBC2	Mock the Week New!	Russell Howard and Mark Watson.

Friday 12

1230	BBC7	Who Goes There?	Repeated 1930.
1630	BBC1	Best of Friends
1730	CBBC	Beat the Boss
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz
1900	BBC1	A Question of Sport
2000	ITV4	Spy Master	A US version of our Spy. Last in the series.

Challenge?

Saturday

0700	Don't Try This at Home!
0800	Takeshi
0900	Knockout
1000	Gladiators
1100	The Crystal Maze
1200	Millionaire x2
1400	Catchphrase x8	Includes six short rounds.
1900	Strike it Rich x2
2000	Bullseye x2
2100	Fear Factor x2
2300	Gambling

Sunday

As Saturday except

0700	The Moment of Truth
1400	Roller Jam x2
1500	Gladiators
1600	The Crystal Maze
1700	Takeshi x8

Monday - Friday

0700	3-2-1
0800	Takeshi x 2
0900	Strike It Rich x 2
1000	Family Fortunes x 2
1100	Catchphrase x 2
1200	Take It or Leave It
1300	Millionaire
1400	Bullseye x 2
1500	Weakest Link
1600	Fifteen to One x 2
1700	Takeshi x 2
1800	Fear Factor x 2
2000	Strike it Rich
2030	Mastermind New!	Yep, the John Humphrys version, as chronicled exhaustively in back issues of the Week.
2100	Millionaire
2200	Take It or Leave It
2300	Millionaire	Friday - Gambling.

Channel abbreviations:

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
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
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)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)

See also

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