TV Guide This Week

Contents 1 A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 3 November 2007 1.1 Saturday 3 November 1.2 Sunday 4 1.3 Weekdays 1.4 Monday 5 1.5 Tuesday 6 1.6 Wednesday 7 1.7 Thursday 8 1.8 Friday 9 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 3 November 2007

Schedules are subject to change.

New and notable this week:

Desert Island Discs (Radio 4, 11.15am Sunday)

This week, Nicholas Parsons.

Pen Campau (S4C, 2pm Sunday)

A sports quiz for children. See, S4C can make kids' shows, why can't ITV?

Scrapheap Challenge (C4, 5.45 Sunday)

Back after the summer cancellation.

The Great Pretender (ITV, 5pm weekdays; check regional listings)

A quiz turns into a round of bluff and counter-bluff half-way through.

Counterpoint (BBC7, 12.30 Friday)

From 1999.

Saturday 3 November

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle	Also 0900, except DTTV.
0740	DAVE	A Question of Sport x2
0800	BBC2	Hider in the House
0900	DAVE	Whose Line x2
0930	Mor4	Junkyard Wars
0930	CBBC	Dance Factory
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1103	RUls	The Blame Game
1130	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
1500	S4CD	Dawns-Tastig	It's a dance contest for children.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1610	S4C	Countdown Special	25th birthday special
1640	C4	Countdown Special	Silver Jubilee special repeated.
1750	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	The Paso Doble, and the Foxtrot. Also BBC-HD.
1830	C4	Deal or No Deal	The second birthday party, four days late. Also More4 at 3am tomorrow.
1845	ITV	The X Factor	Also 2110; coverage continues on ITV2. Also TV3.
1930	RTR1	Buille Faoi Thuairim
2000	BBC1	In It to Win It
2025	ITV	All Star Family Fortunes	Holly Willoughby and Eamonn Holmes. Also TV3.
2025	RTE1	Winning Streak
2100	BBC2	Have I Got a Bit More News for You
2120	TG4	Glor Tire
2140	DAVE	Mock the Week New!	A repeat of Whose Topical Comedy Quiz Is It Anyway, presumably from summer 2005.
2230	TV5	La Carte aux Tresors
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday 4

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle	Also 0900, except DTTV.
0900	CBBC	Hider in the House
0930	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x3
0950	ITV2	All Star Family Fortunes
1115	Rad4	Desert Island Discs	This programme is not available through Listen Again.
1125	CBBC	Best of Friends
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2	Also 1500.
1355	ITV	The X Factor	0100 and 1835 on ITV2 (plus other repeats during the week), and 1350 on TV3.
1400	S4CD	Pen Campau x2 New!
1430	S4C	Countdown Special	The first episode.
1605	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1630	CBBC	Trapped
1745	C4	Scrapheap Challenge New!	(9/13) Earth movers.
1810	BBC1	A Question of Sport	Scotland only
1850	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	The results. Also BBC-HD.
2100	BBC3	Celebrity Scissorhands
2200	BBC7	The News Quiz	From nine days ago.
2200	Mor4	The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz

Weekdays

0100	Mor4	Countdown (not Mo)
0350	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	0410 Monday.
0440	VIR1	Bullseye x2	Not Monday.
0700	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Not Monday, not DTTV.
0800	DAVE	HeadJam
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
1115	CBBC	Get 100 New!
1130	BBC1	Bargain Hunt New!	Not Tuesday.
1200	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
1325	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1415	S4C	Countdown
1500	ITV	School for Cooks New!
1525	C4	Countdown	Richard Digance.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1600	BBC1	Raven: The Secret Temple
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also More4, 1805.
1630	BBC2	Food Poker
1630	CBBC	Best of Friends New!	Also 1145 next day.
1700	ITV	The Great Pretender New!	UTV 1630.
1710	BBC2	The Weakest Link	Monday, Friday 1715.
1740	DAVE	A Question of Sport x2	Also 0840, 1240.
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland: not Thursday.
1800	VIR1	Take It or Leave It
1830	BBC2	Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two	Scotland: not Thursday.
1900	DAVE	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2	Also 1400.
1900	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge
2000	BBC3	Celebrity Scissorhands	2030 Monday and Friday.

Monday 5

1230	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Also 1930.
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain 2007	(9/17) Heat 8: UK.
1930	BBC2	Mastermind	(17/31) Heat 17: Nelson and Collingwood, Primo Levi, Erasure, Richard Attenborough.
2000	ITV2	Millionaire
2100	BBC2	Dragons' Den
2100	ITV2	Hell's Kitchen US x2
2100	DAVE	QI
2140	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2200	BBC2	Have I Got News For You	Last Friday's edition. England, Wales analogue only.
2200	TG4	Paisean Faisean
2220	DAVE	HIGNFY

Tuesday 6

0015	TV3	Pokerface
1230	BBC7	Wireless Wise	Also 1930.
1830	S4C	Pen Campau
1900	BBC2	Dragons' Den	England, Wales (analogue) only.
2100	BBC2	Classical Star	This week, the surviving five suffer the blues and are left south of the river.
2140	DAVE	QI
2300	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2302	Rad4	The Personality Test New!	Roy Hattersley

Wednesday 7

1230	BBC7	The News Quiz	Also 1930.
1730	TV5	La Carte aux Tresors
2100	C4	The Secret Millionaire	Second series of the almost-game-show.
2200	BBC2	Buzzcocks	Not Scotland, 2W.
2230	TG4	Glor Tire
2300	E4	E4 School of Performing Arts	Last in the present series.
2300	DAVE	HIGNFY

Thursday 8

0210	C4	Your Face or Mine
1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Also 1930.
1830	S4C	Pen Campau
2100	ITV2	Street Mate
2100	DAVE	Dragon's Den
2130	BBC2	The Peter Serafinowicz Show	Featuring 1940s gem Who Would Like To Win 100 Pinds?
2200	DAVE	The Apprentice
2300	DAVE	All Over

Friday 9

0125	TV3	I'm a Celebrity
1230	BBC7	Counterpoint New!	Also 1930.
1600	UTV	Jungle Run New!
1700	BBC1	Trapped
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz
1930	BBC1	A Question of Sport
1930	RUls	The Blame Game
2000	GOLD	Dancing With the Stars
2100	BBC1	Have I Got News For You	Michael Aspel. Wales 2130.
2130	BBC1	The Blame Game	NI only.
2200	BBC2	QI	Next episode on BBC4. Not 2W

Challenge?

Saturday

0700	Don't Try This at Home
0800	Takeshi x2
0900	Gladiators New!
1000	Supermarket Sweep x3
1130	Catchphrase x3
1300	Millionaire x2
1500	Bullseye x3
1630	Brice's Price is Right x3
1800	Strike it Rich x3 New!
1930	Family Fortunes x3
2100	Fear Factor
2200	8 Out of 10 Cats New!
2230	Nortonland New!
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 x2
1600	The People Versus
1630	Family Fortunes
1700	Takeshi x2
1800	Ninja Warrior x2
1900	Family Fortunes x2
2000	Celebrity Weakest Link
2100	Millionaire
2200	Take It or Leave It
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
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

See also

TV Guide Last Week