TV Guide Last Week

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 13 October 2007

Schedules are subject to change.

New and notable this week:

The Crystal Maze (More4, 9pm Saturday)

Part of the 4 at 25 season, a repeat from 1990.

Torvill and Dean Dancing on Ice (ITV, 1pm Sunday)

CAUTION: contains Andi Peters.

Pete Burns' PA (Living, 7pm Sunday)

The former Big Brother contestant auditions for a new father.

Beautiful Young Minds (BBC2, 9pm Sunday)

Six teenagers representing the UK at the International Mathematical Olympiad.

Get Me the Producer (Channel 4, 9:30am Monday-Thursday, 10:30am Friday)

Greg Dyke gets into the Alan Sugar role to find a new producer for Graham Norton's SO Television. It's a schools programme, apparently.

Whose Line is it Anyway? (DAVE, 2pm and 7pm weekdays)

The Channel 4 episodes.

Dirty Rotten Cheater (BBC1, 2.35 weekdays; check regional variations)

Brian Conley hosts the show where one player is given the answers as they go along.

Dragons' Den (BBC2, 9pm Monday)

Richard Farleigh is off the show, replaced by James Caan.

Classical Star (BBC2, 9pm Tuesday)

Eighteen candidates compete for a record deal. At least they're not asking the public to vote.

The Apprentice (DAVE, 9pm Thursday)

The original series.

Saturday 13 October

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle	Also 0900, except DTTV.
0800	BBC2	Hider in the House
0900	Mor4	Junkyard Wars
0930	CBBC	Dance Factory
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1125	CBBC	Best of Friends
1200	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland only.
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2	Also 1500.
1200	CBBC	Hider in the House
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1400	LIV2	Dirty Cows x4 Special
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1600	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1600	G2	Full Metal Challenge	Also 2000.
1735	BBC1	A Question of Sport
1815	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	The women dance. Also BBC-HD.
1825	ITV	Antan Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Whoosh! Also TV3.
1915	C4	Deal or No Deal
2015	BBC1	In It to Win It
2040	RTE1	Winning Streak
2100	Mor4	The Crystal Maze Special
2120	TG4	Glor Tire
2230	TV5	La Carte aux Tresors
2240	BBC2	Have I Got a Bit More News for You New!	Kirsty Young, Ross Noble, Robert Harris. Wales, 2W at 2310.
2240	BBC2	QI	Wales, 2W only.
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday 14

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle	Also 0900, except DTTV.
0900	CBBC	Hider in the House
0900	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
1125	CBBC	Best of Friends
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2
1200	DOCU	Mechannibals x4 New!	Also 1700, 2200.
1300	ITV	Torvill and Dean Dancing on Ice Special	CAUTION: contains Andi Peters.
1300	G2	Full Metal Challenge
1500	C5US	Pros vs Joes
1545	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1700	LIV2	The Amazing Race
1830	RTE1	Class Act
1845	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	The results. Also BBC-HD.
1900	LIV	Pete Burns' Pa New!
2000	ITV	Xtra Factor Special	Fearne Cotton talks to the last twelve viewers.
2030	TG4	Glas Vegas
2100	BBC2	Beautiful Young Minds Special
2200	BBC7	The News Quiz	From nine days ago.

Weekdays

0100	Mor4	Countdown (not Mo)
0350	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	0405 Monday.
0440	VIR1	Bullseye x2	Not Monday.
0700	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Not Monday, not DTTV.
0800	DAVE	HeadJam	The channel formerly known as UKTV G2 gets an only slightly less silly name.
0900	Mor4	Deal or No Deal	Also approx. 1300.
0900	VIR1	Classic Millionaire.	Also 1400. Not DTTV.
0945	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1010	TV5M	Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1120	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1230	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1300	VIR1	Take It or Leave It	Not DTTV.
1325	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1415	S4C	Countdown x2
1435	BBC1	Dirty Rotten Cheater New!	NI: Monday on BBC2. Scotland Monday only.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	C4	Countdown	Johnny Ball! Someone to rival Carol at last!
1630	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also More4, 1805.
1700	ITV	Britain's Best Dish
1715	BBC2	The Weakest Link	Not Wednesday.
1740	DAVE	A Question of Sport x2	Also 0840, 1240.
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Not Wednesday. Scotland not Thursday.
1800	VIR1	Take It or Leave It
1830	BBC2	Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two	Wednesday 1715. Scotland not Thursday.
1900	DAVE	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2 New!	Also 1400.
1900	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge

Monday 15

0930	C4	Get Me the Producer New!
1230	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Also 1930.
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain 2007	(6/17) Heat 6: UK.
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	(Rep, 1/3) Lancaster v Birmingham. Scotland 2200.
2000	ITV2	Millionaire
2100	BBC2	Dragons' Den New!	Richard Farleigh is off the show, replaced by James Caan.
2100	ITV2	Hell's Kitchen US
2100	DAVE	QI
2140	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2200	BBC2	Have I Got News For You New!	Last Friday's edition. England only.
2220	DAVE	HIGNFY
2220	TG4	Paisean Faisean

Tuesday 16

0020	TV3	Pokerface
0930	C4	Get Me the Producer
1230	BBC7	Wireless Wise	Also 1930.
2000	ITV	Millionaire	Newlyweds.
2002	RTR1	Backchat
2100	BBC2	Classical Star New!	Eighteen candidates compete for a record deal. At least they're not asking the public to vote.
2140	DAVE	QI
2300	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2345	DAVE	Street-cred Sudoku

Wednesday 17

0930	C4	Get Me the Producer
1230	BBC7	The News Quiz	Also 1930.
1700	CBBC	The Slammer
1730	TV5	La Carte Aux Tresors
2000	BBC2	The Restaurant	Wales and 2W: 2130.
2000	TG4	Glas Vegas
2200	E4	E4 School of Performing Arts
2230	TG4	Glor Tire
2300	DAVE	HIGNFY

Thursday 18

0240	C4	Your Face or Mine
0930	C4	Get Me the Producer
1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Also 1930.
1730	S4CD	Waaa!!!
2000	BBC2	The Restaurant	Last in the present series.
2000	ITV2	Street Mate
2100	DAVE	The Apprentice New!
2200	DAVE	Dragon's Den
2300	DAVE	QI New!
2340	DAVE	Whose Line... x2 New!

Friday 19

0120	TV3	I'm a Celebrity
1030	C4	Get Me the Producer	The grand final.
1230	BBC7	Foul Play	Also 1930.
1700	BBC1	Trapped
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz
1930	RUls	The Blame Game New!
2000	GOLD	Dancing With the Stars
2100	BBC1	Have I Got News For You	Wales 2130.
2200	BBC2	QI	Next episode on BBC4. Not 2W
2300	DAVE	Buzzcocks New!
2335	BBC2	A Tribute to Ned Sherrin Special	Comedy Connections: That Was the Week That Was. Scotland 0005.
0015	BBC2	The Restaurant

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	Play Your Cards Right x3
1630	Bullseye x3
1800	Brice's Price is Right x3
1930	Family Fortunes x3
2100	Fear Factor x2
2300	Gambling

Sunday

As Saturday except

0700	The Moment of Truth
1500	Takeshi's Castle x2
1600	Ninja Warrior x10

Monday - Friday

0700	The Krypton Factor x2
0800	Ninja Warrior x2
0900	Supermarket Sweep x2
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	Takeshi x2
1800	Ninja Warrior x2
1900	Family Fortunes x2
2000	Celebrity Weakest Link
2100	Celebrity Millionaire
2200	Take It or Leave It New!
2300	8 Out of 10 Cats (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)
BOOM	Boomerang
BRVO	Bravo
C5	Five
CBBC	CBBC
CBBS	Cbeebies
CLAS	Classic FM (Radio)
DAVE	Dave
DISC	Discovery
DISN	Disney Channel
DRAM	UKTV Drama
DRT	Discovery Real Time
DSCI	Discovery Science
ESPT	Eurosport
ESP2	Eurosport 2
G2	UKTV G2
GOLD	UKTV Gold
HLMK	Hallmark
ITV	ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	UK Living TV
LIV2	UK Living TV 2
MOR4	More 4
NICK	Nickelodeon
PCM1	Paramount Comedy 1
PCM2	Paramount Comedy 2
Rad1	BBC Radio 1
Rad2	BBC Radio 2
Rad3	BBC Radio 3
Rad4	BBC Radio 4
Rad5	BBC Radio 5
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
SCI	Sci-Fi
SKY3	Sky Thrcc
STV	STV, and Border Scotland (ITV in Scotland)
TLKS	Talk Sport (radio)
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5M	TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4	TG 4 (Irish)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
VIR1	Virgin 1
VIRG	Virgin Radio