TV Guide Last Week

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 26 May 2007

Schedules are subject to change.

New and notable

The People's Quiz Wildcard (BBC2, 6pm weekdays)

Finding another person to be beaten by the Olav / Mark duopoly.

Let Me Entertain You (BBC2, 6.30 weekdays)

The revision of The Gong Show returns, though there are some "experts" on to mould the acts into their preconceived ideas.

Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1, 7pm weekdays)

Back for a new series.

Payday (C5, 6.30 weekdays from Tuesday)

Colin Murray helps people find out how much their fellow contestants earn. Can we just shout "Too much!" and be done with it?

Big Brother (C4, 9pm Wednesday)

Coverage of series eight begins here.

Saturday 26 May

0830	CBBC	Raven	Series 4.
0900	BBC2	Hider in the House
0950	ITV	Jungle Run
1050	S4C	Shipwrecked 2007:The Hutcam Diaries
1100	G2	Headjam
1103	RUls	The Blame Game
1120	ITV	Pop Idle US
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1300	S4C	Scrapheap Challenge	6/16.
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.
1700	C4	Deal or No Deal Classic
1730	ITV2	Millionaire	Last week's edition
1755	TG4	Toraiocht Taisce	If we understand the website correctly, this is an AMAZING RACE clone, transplanted entirely to Ireland. Last in the present series.
1800	FTN	Bullseye x2
1805	RTR1	All Ireland Schools Quiz
1815	BBC1	The People's Quiz
1815	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1850	ITV	Gameshow Marathon	Play Your Cards Right. Last in the present series.
1900	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2 New!
1900	FTN	The Krypton Factor x2
1955	ITV	Grease is the Word	Complete in one act, continues on ITV2 afterwards.
2005	BBC1	Any Dream Will Do	Continues 2155. Also on BBC-HD.
2015	RTE1	Winning Streak
2100	G2	QI x4 Special
2125	ITV	Millionaire
2205	BBC2	Have I Got News For You
2231	TV5	Fort Boyard
2300	Rad4	Counterpoint

Sunday 27

0830	CBBC	Raven
0925	ITV2	Gameshow Marathon	Also 1650.
0925	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x3
0950	ITV	Pop Idle US	Last in the present series.
1000	CBBC	50/50 New!
1125	S4C	Shipwrecked
1204	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1230	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1300	CBBC	Clutter Nutters
1400	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1500	CITV	Jungle Run
1700	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also 1800 on More4.
1745	C4	Scrapheap Challenge	7/16.
1800	FTN	Bullseye x2
1815	BBC1	Castaway The Final Episode	Last in the present series, then.
1840	C4	Shipwrecked 2007	Last week on the islands.
1900	BBC4	It Started with Swap Shop Special	Another chance to see the Noel Edmonds hagiography from last year. This month's OTT discusses the falsity of the programme's title, how Noel pretends that Zokko! was nothing more than a saggy old pinball machine, a little rusty around the bumpers. There are clips from vintage children's programmes at 9pm all week.
1900	FTN	The Krypton Factor x2
2100	G2	QI x4 Special
2200	BBC7	The News Quiz

Weekdays

0100	Mor4	Countdown (not Mo)
0410	FTN	Totally Top Trumps (not Mo)
0730	BBC2	Get 100
0800	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge x2
0900	Mor4	Deal or No Deal	Also approx. 1300.
0900	CBBC	Raven The Island New!
0945	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1010	TV5M	Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1100	CITV	Scratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom New!
1110	S4C	Deal or No Deal	Mon 1155. Coverage of the Urdd National Eisteddfod results in some significant changes at S4C this week...
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt New!	Mon 1155.
1245	S4C	Deal or No Deal	... including two episodes a day as Wales plays catch-up.
1435	TV3	The Price is Right	Tue - Thu only.
1500	ITV	For the Rest of Your Life	UTV 1630, except Mon.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	C4	Countdown	This week's Richard Digance is Clarissa Dickson-Wright.
1545	BBC2	Flog It
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also 1805 on More4.
1615	S4C	Countdown	Dear Channel 4, have you ever thought how good a slot this would be?
1630	CITV	Jungle Run New!
1645	BBC2	Eggheads	Mo-Th, We not Scot.
1700	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1700	G2	Head Jam
1715	BBC2	Weakest Link
1800	BBC2	The People's Quiz Wildcard New!	Scot: Mo-We.
1800	FTN	Stars in Their Eyes
1830	BBC2	Let Me Entertain You New!	Scot: not Th.
1830	C5	Payday New!	Not Mo. Repeated on Five Life at 6pm the next day.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Masterchef New!	Back for a new series.
1900	FTN	Gladiators	Not Wed.

Monday 28

1130	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1230	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Repeated 1930.
1235	ITV3	The Two Ronnies Special	Answering the question before - there are more episodes all day.
1330	Rad4	Counterpoint	Second semi-final.
1830	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1900	BBC3	Castaway
2200	TG4	Paisean Faisean
2230	BBC3	Annually Retentive

Tuesday 29

1230	BBC7	The News Quiz	Repeated 1930.
1900	BBC1	Castaway
1900	BBC2	The Apprentice	Not 2W.
2000	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway? New!
2002	RTR1	Backchat
2100	G2	QI New!
2140	G2	HIGNFY x2
2200	BBC2	QI	England and Scotland only.

Wednesday 30

1230	BBC7	My Music	Repeated 1930.
1330	Rad4	Quote Unquote
1400	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland only.
1630	BBC1	Raven
1725	TV5	Fort Boyard	Team Stephane Diagana.
2030	ESP2	Viking
2100	BBC1	The Apprentice	Selling goods live on television. Continues on BBC2 at 2200.
2100	C4	Big Brother New!	S4C 2130.

Thursday 31

0800	S4C	Mama Mia
1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Repeated 1930.
1900	BBC1	Castaway
2100	G2	Dragons' Den
2100	GOLD	TV Now and Then x2
2200	C4	Big Brother	Also S4C.
2300	G2	Buzzcocks

Friday 1 June

1230	BBC7	All the Way from Memphis	Also 1930.
1630	BBC1	Raven
1800	BBC2	Let Me Entertain You	Scotland only.
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz
1930	RUls	The Blame Game
2030	C4	Big Brother	Also 2230. S4C: 2130 and 2230.
2100	G2	Buzzcocks

Challenge?

Saturday

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

Sunday

As Saturday except

0700	The Moment of Truth
1930	Takeshi x3 New!

Monday

0700	Takeshi x2
0800	The Crystal Maze
0900	Play Your Cards Right x2
1000	Take It or Leave It
1100	Bruce's Price is Right x2
1200	Family Fortunes
1230	The Pyramid Game with Donny Osmond
1300	Millionaire
1400	Take It or Leave It
1500	That's the Question
1530	The Pyramid Game with Donny Osmond
1600	The People Versus x2
1700	Millionaire New!
1800	Crystal Maze
1900	The Weakest Link
2000	Strike it Rich
2030	The Pyramid Game with Donny Osmond
2100	Take It or Leave It
2200	Fear Factor
2300	Millionaire (Fri: Gambling)

Tuesday-Friday

As Monday except

2100	Millionaire New!

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)