TV Guide This Week

Contents 1 A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 22 September 2007 1.1 Saturday 22 September 1.2 Sunday 23 1.3 Weekdays 1.4 Monday 24 1.5 Tuesday 25 1.6 Wednesday 26 1.7 Thursday 27 1.8 Friday 28 1.9 Challenge? 1.9.1 Saturday 1.9.2 Sunday 1.9.3 Monday - Friday 1.10 Channel abbreviations: 2 See also

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 22 September 2007

Schedules are subject to change.

New and notable this week:

The World's Greatest Elvis (BBC1, 6.55 Saturday)

Thirty impersonators and impressionists battle it out to be crowned the best by Vernon Kay.

Fort Boyard Takes On the World (FTN, 7pm Saturday)

Donald!

In It to Win It (BBC1, 7.50 Saturday)

We don't know why it's popular, but it is.

Fifteen Minute Musical (Radio 4, 11.02pm Wednesday)

Life on Noel. Edmonds wakes up, desperate to return to 1973.

Streetmate (ITV2, 8pm Thursday)

Holly Willoughby presents.

Trapped (BBC1, 5pm Friday)

Six children are stuck at the top of a fairytale tower. They must work together as a team to complete the challenges, but round by round they must lose the player they think is the saboteur.

The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30 Friday)

Dane Sandi Toksvig brings her Nordic humour.

Saturday 22 September

0600	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge Weekend Special	Episodes continue until 9pm.
0800	BBC2	Hider in the House
0900	DISC	Scrapheap Challenge
0900	CBBC	Hider in the House
0900	Mor4	Junkyard Wars
1030	BBC2	The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk	Also Radio Cymru, Radio Scotland.
1100	G2	Head Jam
1125	CBBC	Best of Friends
1200	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland only.
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2	Also 1500.
1230	CBBC	Dance Factory
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1600	G2	Full Metal Challenge	Also 1900.
1610	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1800	FTN	3-2-1
1815	BBC1	A Question of Sport
1825	ITV	The X Factor	Also TV3.
1830	BBC2	Eggheads	Wales only.
1855	BBC1	The World's Greatest Elvis New!	Continues 2130, concludes next week.
1900	FTN	Fort Boyard Takes On the World New!
1925	ITV	Antan Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
1930	RTR1	Buille Faoi Thuiraim
1945	C4	Deal or No Deal
1950	BBC1	In It to Win It New!
2015	RTE1	Winning Streak
2040	ITV	Millionaire
2100	G2	HIGNFY Night Special
2130	TG4	Glor Tire
2230	TV5	La Carte aux Tresors
2300	BBC2	QI New!	Repeated from last night.
2300	Rad4	Round Britain Quiz

Sunday 23

0000	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge Weekend Special	Episodes continue until 9pm.
0820	TV3	Pop Idle US	Whoosh! Moving almost six hours due backwards.
0900	CBBC	Hider in the House
0900	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x3
1125	CBBC	Best of Friends
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway?
1200	G2	Full Metal Challenge	Also 2000.
1204	Rad4	Just a Minute
1215	RTE1	Celebrity Masterchef Goes Large x2
1500	C5US	Pros vs Joes	Also 1900.
1530	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5	London.
1600	BBC1	Dancing with the Stars
1700	LIV2	The Amazing Race
1800	FTN	3-2-1
1830	RTE1	Class Act New!	Talented youngsters perform.
1900	FTN	Fort Boyard Takes On the World
2030	TG4	Glas Vegas New!	Another talent show, open to everyone except country singers.
2100	G2	HIGNFY Night Special

Weekdays

0100	Mor4	Countdown (not Mo)
0700	DSCI	Full Metal Challenge
0900	CBBC	Beat the Boss
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
1115	CBBC	50/50
1145	BBC1	Hard Sell
1200	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
1325	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1415	S4C	Countdown x2
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	C4	Countdown	Jon Sergeant.
1630	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1630	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also More4, 1805.
1715	BBC2	The Weakest Link New!	Welcome back, Annie. Wed 1710.
1800	BBC2	Eggheads
1800	FTN	Fifteen to One x2
1900	FTN	Gladiators

Monday 24

1230	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Also 1930.
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain 2007	(3/17) Heat 3: UK.
1830	Rad4	Just a Minute	Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Paul Merton.
1930	BBC2	Mastermind	(12/31) Frank Sinatra, "Lord Peter Wimsey", Sergei Korolev, Polish History 960-1696. Scotland 1900.
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	(R1, 12/14) Manchester -v- Newcastle. Scotland 1930.
2100	ITV2	Hell's Kitchen US New!	If you hadn't had enough already...
2100	LIV2	The Amazing Race
2100	G2	QI
2140	G2	HIGNFY
2220	G2	Buzzcocks
2220	TG4	Paisean Faisean New!

Tuesday 25

0005	TV3	X Factor 2006
1230	BBC7	Wireless Wise	Also 1930.
1730	CBBC	Beat the Boss New!
2000	ITV	Millionaire Special	Nurses.
2002	RTR1	Backchat
2100	G2	Buzzcocks
2200	ITV	Don't Call Me Stupid	Germaine Greer (car mechanics) and Shane Lynch (wild flowers of Essex).
2300	G2	They Think It's All Over

Wednesday 26

0055	TV3	X Factor 2006
1230	BBC7	The News Quiz	Also 1930.
1700	CBBC	The Slammer New!
1730	TV5	La Carte Aux Tresors
2000	BBC2	The Restaurant
2000	TG4	Glas Vegas
2100	LIV	Dirty Cows
2200	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2300	G2	HIGNFY
2302	Rad4	Fifteen Minute Musical Special	Life on Noel. Edmonds wakes up, desperate to return to 1973.

Thursday 27

1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Also 1930.
1730	S4CD	Waaa!!!
2000	BBC2	The Restaurant
2000	ITV2	Street Mate New!
2100	BBC2	Mock the Week	Not 2W.
2300	G2	Street-cred Sudoku

Friday 28

0055	TV3	I'm a Celebrity
1230	BBC7	Trivia Test Match	Also 1930.
1700	BBC1	Trapped New!
1730	CBBC	Best of Friends New!	Must get round to reviewing this at some point.
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz New!
2200	BBC2	QI	Next episode on BBC4.
2335	BBC2	Mock the Week	Repeat. Not Scotland.

Challenge?

Saturday

0700	Don't Try This at Home
0800	Takeshi x2
0900	The Crystal Maze
1000	Supermarket Sweep x3
1130	Catchphrase x3
1300	Millionaire x2
1500	The Pyramid Game with Donny Osmond
1630	Bullseye x3
1800	Family Fortunes x3
1930	Big Break x2
2100	Fear Factor UK x2 New!
2300	Gambling

Sunday

As Saturday except

0700	The Moment of Truth
1930	Takeshi's Castle x3

Monday - Friday

0700	The Krypton Factor x2
0800	Robot Wars
0900	Supermarket Sweep
0930	Catchphrase
1000	The People Versus
1030	Bruce's Price is Right
1100	Catchphrase
1130	Play Your Cards Right
1200	Family Fortunes
1230	Bullseye
1300	Millionaire
1400	Supermarket Sweep x2
1500	Strike it Rich
1530	Bullseye
1600	The People Versus
1630	Family Fortunes
1700	Robot Wars
1800	Takeshi x2
1900	Catchphrase
1930	Strike it Rich
2000	Family Fortunes x2
2100	Millionaire
2200	Fear Factor UK
2300	Nortonland (Fri Gambling)
2330	Distraction (Fri 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
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)

See also

TV Guide Last Week