TV Guide Last Week

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 16 June 2007

Schedules are subject to change.

New and notable

Would I Lie to You? (BBC1, Saturday 9.55)

Did you threaten to drink Cooper's Creosote?

Cardiff Singer of the World (Saturday: Radio 3 1830, BBC4 1930. Sunday: Radio 3, Radio Wales, Radio Cymru 1700; BBC2 1730)

Saturday is the Song category final, Sunday the Opera final. Is it really necessary for the BBC to send four commentary teams to the event?

Round Britain Quiz (Radio 4, Monday 1.30)

What links The World This Weekend, The World At One, and Saturday Review with the Far Side of the Lough, the Boleyn Inheritance, and Something Else?

Golden Balls (ITV, 5pm weekdays in most regions)

That's Mr. Carrot to you.

Tycoon (ITV, 9pm Tuesday)

Six people play a 1994 computer game, with Peter Jones giving them advice.

Jet Set 2012 (BBC1, 8pm Wednesday)

Eamonn Holmes is sending people across the globe. They'll have heard his radio show.

Saturday 16 June

0830	CBBC	Raven
0900	BBC2	Hider in the House
0950	ITV	Jungle Run
1000	G2	Headjam
1000	CBBC	50/50
1103	RUls	The Blame Game
1125	S4C	Shipwrecked
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway?	Also 1500.
1203	RCym	Bwlletin
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1300	CBBC	Clutter Nutters
1300	LIV	So You Think You Can Dance
1400	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1640	C4	Deal or No Deal Classic
1640	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1730	BBC1	The Weakest Link	Comedians.
1730	BBC2	The People's Quiz Wildcard	Scotland only. Subject to delay if the tennis runs over.
1800	FTN	Bullseye x2
1820	BBC1	The People's Quiz
1830	Rad3	Cardiff Singer of the World: Song Prize Final Special	Fiona Talkington and Catherine Bott cover the final of the non-opera section. BBC4 has television coverage from 1930.
1900	FTN	The Krypton Factor x2
1915	TG4	Survivor Fiji
1945	ITV	Britain's Got Talent	Also TV3.
2010	RTE1	The Trump Card
2100	G2	QI Night Special
2155	BBC1	Would I Lie to You? New!	Angus Deayton, David Mitchell, Lee Mack, and a bunch of lies.
2231	TV5	Fort Boyard
2300	Rad4	Counterpoint

Sunday 17

0830	CBBC	Raven
0900	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
1000	CBBC	50/50
1125	S4C	Shipwrecked The Final	It wasn't live for C4, either.
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway?	Also 1500.
1204	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
1230	BBC2	The People's Quiz Wildcard	Scotland only.
1300	CBBC	Clutter Nutters
1320	TV3	All-Star Family Fortunes
1340	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1400	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1500	CITV	Jungle Run
1730	BBC2	Cardiff Singer of the World Special	The Opera section. Sian Williams and Aled Jones on the television. Radio coverage begins at 1700: Petroc Trelawney and Catherine Bott on Radio 3, Shan Cothi on Radio Wales, Beti George and Alwyn Humphreys on Radio Cymru.
1800	FTN	Bullseye x2
1900	FTN	The Krypton Factor x2
1915	C4	Deal or No Deal	No More4 show today, for obvious reasons.
1920	BBC1	The Great British Village Show
2000	ITV	Britain's Got Talent	The grand final, concludes 2200. Also TV3.
2100	G2	QI Night Special
2200	BBC7	The News Quiz

Weekdays

0100	Mor4	Countdown (not Mo)
0730	BBC2	Clutter Nutters New!
0800	CBBC	Raven The Island
0800	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge x2 New!
0800	STYL	Bargain Hunt New!
0900	Mor4	Deal or No Deal	Also approx. 1300.
0945	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1010	TV5M	Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1200	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
1300	G2	Headjam
1325	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1415	S4C	Countdown
1435	TV3	The Price is Right	Tue - Thu only.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	C4	Countdown	Finals Week continues, Jo Brand makes up words in Confusion Corner.
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also 1805 on More4.
1630	CITV	Jungle Run
1700	ITV	Golden Balls New!	Jasper Carrott plays with round metal containers containing money. UTV: 1630 (as in, 30 minutes earlier.)
1700	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1700	G2	Head Jam
1715	BBC2	Weakest Link
1800	BBC2	The People's Quiz Wildcard	Scot: Mo-We. Not Fr.
1800	FTN	The Crystal Maze
1830	BBC2	Let Me Entertain You	Scot: not Th. All transmitters: Fr 1800
1830	C5	Payday	Repeated on Five Life at 6pm the next day.
1900	FTN	Gladiators
2300	G2	QI

Monday 18

1230	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Repeated 1930.
1330	Rad4	Round Britain Quiz New!	(1/12) Scotland v Midlands.
1830	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Rob Brydon joins from Cardiff.
2200	BBC2	Old News	Julian Clary, Quentin Letts, Alun Cochrane. 2W 0020.
2200	TG4	Paisean Faisean

Tuesday 19

0045	TV3	Antan Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway New!
1215	RCym	Y Talwrn
1230	BBC7	The News Quiz	Repeated 1930.
1725	S4CD	Mama Mia
1900	BBC2	The Apprentice	Not 2W.
2000	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway?
2100	ITV	Tycoon New!	Competitive profiteering, overseen by Peter Jones.
2100	G2	QI
2140	G2	HIGNFY x2
2200	BBC2	QI	Not 2W.

Wednesday 20

0410	ITV	Watching the Detectives x2	With sign language.
1330	Rad4	Quote Unquote
1725	TV5	Fort Boyard	David Martin.
1900	ESPT	Strongest Man New!	The Latvian event.
1900	ESP2	Viking
1930	ESP2	Timbersports x2
2000	BBC1	Jet Set 2012 New!
2200	BBC2	Buzzcocks... Imagine a Mildly Amusing Panel Show Special	It's a highlights programme. Not 2W.

Thursday 21

1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Repeated 1930.
1600	S4C	Mama Mia
1630	CITV	Jungle Run New!
1900	BBC2	Let Me Entertain You	Scotland only.
2100	G2	Dragons' Den
2100	GOLD	TV Now and Then x2
2300	G2	Buzzcocks

Friday 22

1230	BBC7	All the Way from Memphis	Also 1930.
1530	C4	Countdown	The final.
1630	BBC1	Raven
1800	BBC2	Let Me Entertain You	The final.
1803	RCym	Bwlletin
1930	RUls	The Blame Game
2100	G2	Buzzcocks
2130	C4	8 Out of 10 Cats	Also S4C.

Challenge?

Saturday

0700	I Dare You
0800	Takeshi x2
0900	The Crystal Maze
1000	Catchphrase x3
1130	Bullseye x3
1300	Millionaire x2
1500	Bruce's Price is Right x3
1630	Bullseye x3
1800	Family Fortunes x3
1930	Strike it Rich
2000	Darts Special
2100	Fear Factor x2
2300	Gambling

Sunday

As Saturday except

0700	Going Straight
1930	Takeshi's Castle

Monday

0700	Takeshi x2
0800	The Crystal Maze
0900	Supermarket Sweep x2 New!
1000	Cash Cab x2
1100	Play Your Cards Right x2
1200	Family Fortunes
1230	The Pyramid Game with Donny Osmond
1300	Millionaire
1400	Bullseye x2
1500	That's the Question
1530	The Pyramid Game with Donny Osmond
1600	Fifteen to One
1630	The People Versus
1700	Millionaire
1800	Crystal Maze
1900	Family Fortunes x2
2000	Strike it Rich x2
2100	Millionaire
2200	Fear Factor
2300	Distraction x2 (Fri: Gambling)

Tuesday - Friday

As Monday except

1230	Family Fortunes
1530	Eggheads

Big Brother

Main programmes (all C4)

Sa No transmission
Su 2100 (S4C 2300)
Mo 2200
Tu 2200 (S4C 2245)
We 2000 and 2130 (S4C 2230 and 2300)
Th 2100 (S4C 2220)
Fr 2030 and 2200

On the Couch

Su 2000 (S4C 2200)

Little Brother (E4 unless stated)

Su 1250 (C4; S4C 1330)
Mo-Fr 1930

Diary Room Uncut

Su C4 1350; S4C 1430

Big Mouth (E4)

Tu-Th 2300

Live coverage overnight on C4 and S4C, and for much of the day on E4.

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
C5US	Five US
CBBC	CBBC
CBBS	Cbeebies
ESPT	Eurosport
ESP2	Eurosport 2
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
RCym	BBC Radio Cymru
RNaG	BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
RSct	BBC Radio Scotland
RUls	BBC Radio Ulster
RWal	BBC Radio Wales
RTE1	RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2	RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1	RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C	S4C (analogue)
S4CD	S4C Digidol
SCOT	Scottish / Grampian (ITV in Scotland)
SKY1	Sky Onc
SKY3	Sky Thrcc
TG4	TG4 (Irish)
TOON	Cartoon Network
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5M	TV5 Monde (Europe)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)