TV Guide Last Week

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 5 May 2007

Schedules are subject to change.

New and notable

Who Wants To Be A Superhero? (Sci-Fi, 7pm Saturday, 5pm Sunday, repeat from 3.10 Monday)

Grown-ups pretend to be comic-book stars. Beware of multiple episodes.

The Pyramid Game with Donny Osmond (Challenge, 8.30 weeknights)

The Pyramid Show returns, hosted by Donny Osmond. Is this the most obvious billing ever?

For the Rest of Your Life (ITV, 3pm weekdays from Tuesday)

Couples can win amounts of money every month for as long as they both shall live. Nicky Campbell hosts.

Raven (BBC1, 4.30 Wednesday)

Series 6 begins.

Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final (BBC3 and RTE2, 8pm Thursday)

Representing the UK, Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood; representing Ireland, Marty Whelan.

Saturday 5 May

0830	CBBC	Raven	Series 4.
0900	BBC2	Hider in the House
1000	ITV	Jungle Run
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1140	G2	Headjam
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1300	S4C	Scrapheap Challenge	3/16. Human-powered trains.
1300	CBBC	Clutter Nutters
1400	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1500	CITV	Jungle Run
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	TV3	Pop Idle US	Also 1800.
1600	RTE1	Eurovision 2007 Preview Special	Marty Whelan previews 21 (count 'em!) of the semi-finalists. Viewers are warned that the following programme contains Daniel O'Donnell.
1615	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1635	ITV2	Millionaire	Last week's edition
1650	C4	Deal or No Deal Classic
1800	BBC1	The People's Quiz	Continues 2135. To be reviewed in the next Week.
1800	FTN	Bullseye x2
1805	RTR1	All Ireland Schools Quiz
1810	BBC2	The Culture Show	Neil Hannon discusses how to write the perfect Eurovision song, such as "My Loverly Horse".
1825	ITV	Gameshow Marathon	Name That Tune.
1900	FTN	The Krypton Factor x2
1900	SCIF	Who Wants To Be A Superhero? x2 New!	Two episodes today.
1945	BBC1	Any Dream Will Do	Continues 2145. Also on BBC-HD.
1945	ITV	Grease is the Word	Continues 2210, and on ITV2 afterwards.
2005	RTE1	Winning Streak
2040	S4C	Cor Cymru 2007 Special	Highlights of the competition.
2115	ITV	Millionaire
2120	TG4	Glor Tire	We have no idea what happens here, but the blurb mentions "we lose another two contestants", so better bill it.
2200	BBC2	Have I Got News For You	Bill Bailey.
2231	TV5	Fort Boyard
2240	BBC2	Top of the Pops Goes Eurovision! Special	Steve Wright presents the best and worst of Eurovision, including an appearance by Scooch.
2300	Rad4	Counterpoint

Sunday 6

0600	DSCI	Full Metal Challenge Day
0830	CBBC	Raven
0900	Mor4	Codex
0945	ITV2	Gameshow Marathon	Also 1755.
1000	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x5
1125	S4C	Shipwrecked
1204	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1235	ITV	Pop Idle US	CAUTION: contains Jon Bon Jovi.
1300	CBBC	Clutter Nutters
1400	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1500	CITV	Jungle Run
1555	RTE1	Eurovision 2007 Preview Special	Marty Whelan has the other seven semi-finalists, and the fourteen direct entrants.
1700	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also 1805 on More4.
1700	SCIF	Who Wants To Be A Superhero? x4	Continuing (and concluding) the challenge begun yesterday with a four-episode marathon.
1745	C4	Scrapheap Challenge	4/16. Snowmobiles.
1800	LIV	Top Chef
1800	FTN	Bullseye x2
1830	RTE1	Celebrity Jigs and Reels
1845	C4	Shipwrecked 2007
1900	FTN	The Krypton Factor x2
2200	BBC7	The News Quiz	As heard on R4 last Friday.

Weekdays

0100	Mor4	Countdown (not Mo)
0410	FTN	Totally Top Trumps (not Mo)
0730	BBC2	Get 100
0800	CBBC	Raven
0800	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge x2
0900	Mor4	Deal or No Deal	Also approx. 1300.
0955	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1020	TV5M	Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1130	C4	The Deadly Knowledge Show New!	Also S4C, not Mo.
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt	Not Mo.
1325	S4C	Deal or No Deal	Mo, Tu only.
1415	S4C	Countdown	Mo, Tu only.
1435	TV3	The Price is Right	Tue - Thu only.
1500	BBC2	Through the Keyhole	Not Mo.
1500	ITV	For the Rest of Your Life New!	Not Mo.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	C4	Countdown	This week's Martin Jarvis is Richard Digance.
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also 1805 on More4.
1630	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook	Not Mo.
1700	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1700	UTV	Supermarket Sweep	Not Mo.
1700	G2	Head Jam
1715	BBC2	Weakest Link	Not Mo.
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Scot: Mon-Wed only.
1800	FTN	Takeshi's Castle x2
1900	FTN	Gladiators New!

Monday 7

1130	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1230	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Repeated 1930.
1330	Rad4	Counterpoint
1510	SCIF	Who Wants To Be A Superhero? x6 Special	All six episodes in one long run. They won't be repeated within the month.
1830	BBC2	Great British Menu
1830	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1900	BBC3	Castaway
2000	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2	The US version.
2200	TG4	Paisean Faisean
2230	BBC3	Annually Retentive

Tuesday 8

1230	BBC7	The News Quiz	Repeated 1930.
1900	BBC1	Castaway
2000	BBC2	The Apprentice	The Tuesday repeat returns to Tuesday. Not 2W.
2000	UTV	The Price is Right Special	60 minute version. That's NI only. Followed by a documentary about Ian Paisley.
2000	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	The US version.
2002	RTR1	Backchat	An Irish Have I Got News For You, only on the radio. And with a regular host. And it's funny.
2030	BBC4	Marcus Brigstocke's Trophy People	Debating.
2300	G2	HIGNFY

Wednesday 9

1230	BBC7	My Music	Repeated 1930.
1630	BBC1	Raven New!
1725	TV5	Fort Boyard	Roberto Ciurleo. Readers who are writing this will wish to remember that the repeat clashes with Eurovision.
1900	BBC3	Castaway
2100	BBC1	The Apprentice	Continues on BBC2 at 2200.
2200	ITV2	Deadline
2230	TG4	Glor Tire	Continues from Saturday.

Thursday 10

0215	C4	Your Face or Mine?
1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Repeated 1930.
1900	BBC1	Castaway
2000	C5	Interior Rivalry	Last in the present series.
2000	BBC3	Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final Special	Paddy O'Connell and Sarah Cawood squeeze into a commentary booth built for one.
2000	RTE2	Eurovision Song Contest Qualifying Round Special	Marty Whelan commentates from A Country Of Contrasts.
2100	G2	Dragons' Den
2130	GOLD	TV Now and Then
2200	ITV2	Deadline
2300	G2	Buzzcocks

Friday 11

1230	BBC7	Whispers
1730	CBBC	Bamzooki
1800	BBC2	Great British Menu	Scotland only.
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz
1900	BBC1	A Question of Sport
1900	BBC3	Castaway
2030	ITV2	Pop Idle US
2100	BBC1	Have I Got News For You?	Kirsty Young's back. Scotland 2235, NI 0050.
2240	G2	Street-cred Sudoku

Challenge?

Saturday

0700	Don't Try This at Home!
0800	Amazing Race
0900	The Crystal Maze
1000	Cash Cab x3 New!
1130	Wheel of Fortune x3
1300	Millionaire x2
1500	Family Fortunes x3
1630	Play Your Cards Right x3 New!
1800	Bullseye x6
2100	Fear Factor x2
2300	Gambling

Sunday

As Saturday except

0700	The Moment of Truth
1930	Takeshi x3

Monday

0700	Takeshi x2
0800	The Crystal Maze
0900	Play Your Cards Right x2 New!
1000	Catchphrase x2
1100	Bruce's Price is Right x2 New!
1200	Family Fortunes x2
1300	Millionaire
1400	Take It or Leave It
1500	Catchphrase x2
1600	Gladiators
1700	Strike it Rich x2 New!
1800	Crystal Maze
1900	Family Fortunes x2 New!
2000	Strike it Rich New!
2030	The Pyramid Show with Donny Osmond New!
2100	Take It or Leave It
2200	Fear Factor
2300	Millionaire (Fri: Gambling)

Tuesday - Friday

As Monday except

1730	The Pyramid Show with Donny Osmond

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)