A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 17 November 2007
Schedules are subject to change.
New and notable this week:
Who Dares Wins (BBC1, 7.50 Saturday)
- The new lottery show, in which Nick Knowles challenges pairs of strangers to name things in a category.
The Generation Game - Now and Then (UK Gold, 9pm Thursday)
- Bruce Forsyth and past contestants discuss the venerable show.
Saturday 17 November
| 0410 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle | Also 0900, except DTTV.
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| 0800 | BBC2 | Hider in the House
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| 0900 | Mor4 | Junkyard Wars
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| 0900 | DAVE | Full Metal Challenge New!
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| 1000 | Mor4 | Scrapheap Challenge USA New!
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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| 1200 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Scotland only.
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| 1200 | C5US | Whose Line is it Anyway? x2 | Also 1500.
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1255 | S4C | Scrapheap Challenge New! | Earth movers: as seen elsewhere two weeks ago.
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| 1529 | TV5M | Questions pour un Champion
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| 1600 | DSCI | Scrapheap Challenge x5
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| 1615 | S4C | Deal or No Deal Special | Second anniversary special.
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| 1700 | ITV2 | All Star Family Fortunes | From last week.
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| 1740 | C4 | Codex
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| 1800 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | Also BBC-HD.
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| 1830 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 1750 | ITV | The X Factor | Also 2055; coverage continues on ITV2. Also TV3.
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| 1915 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | Also More4 at 0045 tomorrow.
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| 1930 | RTR1 | Buille Faoi Thuairim
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| 1950 | BBC1 | Who Dares Wins New! | The new lottery show.
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| 2010 | ITV | All Star Family Fortunes | Louisa Lytton and Zoe Ball. Also TV3.
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| 2030 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2050 | BBC2 | Have I Got a Bit More News For You | Michael Aspel, Sara Cox, Reginald D. Hunter. Not NI.
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| 2120 | TG4 | Glor Tire
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| 2130 | ITV | I'm a Celebrity
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| 2230 | TV5 | La Carte aux Tresors
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain
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Sunday 18
| 0410 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle | Also 0900, except DTTV.
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| 0900 | CBBC | Hider in the House
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| 0930 | Mor4 | Scrapheap Challenge x2
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| 1035 | ITV2 | All Star Family Fortunes | From yesterday.
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| 1130 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 1200 | C5US | Whose Line is it Anyway? x2 | Also 1500.
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| 1300 | S4CD | Pen Campau x2
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| 1410 | ITV | The X Factor | 1835 on ITV2 (plus other repeats during the week), and 1400 on TV3.
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| 1555 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1600 | DSCI | Scrapheap Challenge x5
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| 1630 | CBBC | Trapped
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| 1730 | C4 | Scrapheap Challenge | (11/14) Swamp Racers - the series final.
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| 1845 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | The results. Also BBC-HD, though delayed by 5 minutes.
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| 2030 | S4C | Mastermind Cymru | Specialist subjects not available.
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| 2100 | ITV | I'm a Celebrity
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| 2200 | BBC7 | The News Quiz | From nine days ago.
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Weekdays
| 0100 | Mor4 | Countdown (not Mo)
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| 0350 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | 0410 Monday.
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| 0440 | VIR1 | Bullseye x2 | Not Monday.
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| 0700 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | Not DTTV.
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| 0755 | BBC2 | Clutter Nutters New!
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| 0800 | DAVE | Head Jam New!
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| 0840 | DAVE | A Question of Sport x2 New! | Also 1240, 1740.
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| 0900 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal | Also approx. 1300.
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| 0945 | TV5M | Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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| 1010 | TV5M | Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
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| 1115 | CBBC | Get 100
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| 1130 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Not Monday.
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| 1145 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 1200 | C5US | Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
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| 1325 | S4C | Deal or No Deal
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| 1400 | DAVE | Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2 New! | Also 1900.
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| 1415 | S4C | Countdown
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| 1500 | ITV | School of Cooks
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| 1525 | C4 | Countdown | Barbara Dickson.
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| 1529 | TV5M | Questions pour un Champion
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| 1600 | BBC1 | Raven: The Secret Temple
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| 1615 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | Also More4, 1805.
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| 1630 | BBC2 | Food Poker
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| 1630 | CBBC | Best of Friends | Also 1145 next day.
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| 1700 | ITV | Chris Tarrant's Great Pretender | Yes, that is a re-naming before your eyes. UTV 1630.
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| 1700 | VIR1 | Classic Millionaire New! | And yes, that's Tarrant v Tarrant.
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| 1715 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Scotland: not Thursday.
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two | Scotland: not Thursday.
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| 1900 | DSCI | Scrapheap Challenge x2
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| 2000 | BBC3 | Celebrity Scissorhands | 2030 Monday and Friday.
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| 2100 | ITV | I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! | Coverage continues on ITV2. Also TV3. Thursday 2000.
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Monday 19
| 1330 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain 2007 | (11/17) Heat 11: UK.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
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| 1930 | BBC2 | Mastermind | (19/31) Heat 19: Charles James Fox, the GAA, Real Ale, Marcel Proust.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | (18/31) Round 2, 2/7: York v St Andrews.
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| 2000 | STV | Postcode Challenge | Not Border.
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI x2
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got News For You | England and Wales analogue only.
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| 2200 | TG4 | Paisean Faisean
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| 2220 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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| 2230 | S4CD | Mastermind Cymru
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| 2300 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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Tuesday 20
| 0000 | TV3 | Pokerface
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| 1700 | S4CD | Mama Mia New!
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| 1830 | S4C | Pen Campau
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| 1900 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den | Not Scotland, 2W.
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| 2140 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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| 2300 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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| 2302 | Rad4 | The Personality Test | Adam Hart-Davis.
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Wednesday 21
| 1730 | TV5 | La Carte aux Tresors
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| 1930 | ESP2 | Viking New!
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| 2000 | TG4 | Glas Vegas
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| 2100 | C4 | The Secret Millionaire
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| 2230 | TG4 | Glor Tire
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| 2300 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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Thursday 22
| 1830 | S4C | Pen Campau
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Including Jermaine Jackson. Not 2W.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Street Mate
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| 2100 | GOLD | The Generation Game - Now and Then New!
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| 2100 | DAVE | Dragon's Den
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| 2200 | DAVE | The Apprentice
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| 2300 | DAVE | All Over
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Friday 23
| 1230 | BBC7 | Counterpoint | Also 1930.
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| 1700 | BBC1 | Trapped
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport New!
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| 2000 | GOLD | Dancing With the Stars | Rhumba, cha cha cha, Jennifer Hudson.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News For You | Ann Widdecombe, Alex James, CAUTION: Jimmy Carr.
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| 2130 | BBC1 | The Blame Game | NI only.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Not 2W. Next episode on BBC4.
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Challenge?
Saturday
| 0300 | Larry Grayson's Generation Game x2
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| 0500 | Trivial Pursuit | To 0530.
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| 0700 | Don't Try This at Home
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| 0800 | Takeshi x2
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| 0900 | Gladiators
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| 1000 | Supermarket Sweep x3
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| 1130 | Catchphrase x3
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| 1300 | Millionaire x2
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| 1500 | Bullseye x3
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| 1630 | Bruce's Price is Right x3
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| 1800 | Strike it Rich x3
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| 1930 | Family Fortunes x3
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| 2100 | Fear Factor
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| 2200 | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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| 2230 | Nortonland
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| 2300 | Gambling
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Sunday
| 0300 | Larry Grayson's Generation Game x2
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| 0500 | Trivial Pursuit | To 0530.
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| 0700 | Gladiators
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| 0800 | Ninja Warrior x 10
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| 1300 | Millionaire x2
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| 1500 | Bullseye x3
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| 1630 | Bruce's Price is Right
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| 1700 | Celebrity Weakest Link x4
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| 2100 | Fear Factor
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| 2200 | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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| 2230 | Nortonland
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| 2300 | Gambling
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Monday
| 0300 | Larry Grayson's Generation Game x2
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| 0500 | Trivial Pursuit | To 0530.
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| 0700 | Extreme Dodgeball New! | With audio description.
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| 0800 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 0900 | Supermarket Sweep x2
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| 1000 | Eggheads
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| 1030 | Catchphrase x2
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| 1130 | Play Your Cards Right
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| 1200 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 1300 | Millionaire
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| 1400 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1500 | Wheel of Fortune x2
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| 1600 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1700 | Takeshi x2
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| 1800 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1900 | Wheel of Fortune x2
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| 2000 | Millionaire x4
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Tuesday - Wednesday
As Monday until
| 2000 | Family Fortunes
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| 2100 | Millionaire
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| 2200 | Take It or Leave It
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| 2300 | Millionaire
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Thursday
| 0300 | Showbiz Darts x2 New!
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| 0400 | Larry Grayson's Generation Game
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Then as Tuesday
Friday
As Thursday until
Channel abbreviations
| BBC1 | BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| BBC2 | BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| 2W | BBC2 Wales digital service
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| BBC3 | BBC3
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| BBC4 | BBC4
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| BBC7 | BBC7 (Radio)
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| BOOM | Boomerang
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| BRVO | Bravo
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| C5 | Five
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| CBBC | CBBC
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| CBBS | Cbeebies
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| CLAS | Classic FM (Radio)
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| DAVE | Dave
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| DISC | Discovery
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| DISN | Disney Channel
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| DRAM | UKTV Drama
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| DRT | Discovery Real Time
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| DSCI | Discovery Science
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| ESPT | Eurosport
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| ESP2 | Eurosport 2
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| GOLD | UKTV Gold
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| HLMK | Hallmark
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| ITV | ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| ITV2 | ITV2
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| ITV3 | ITV3
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| ITV4 | ITV4
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| LIV | UK Living TV
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| LIV2 | UK Living TV 2
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| MOR4 | More 4
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| NICK | Nickelodeon
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| PCM1 | Paramount Comedy 1
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| PCM2 | Paramount Comedy 2
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| Rad1 | BBC Radio 1
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| Rad2 | BBC Radio 2
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| Rad3 | BBC Radio 3
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| Rad4 | BBC Radio 4
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| Rad5 | BBC Radio 5
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| RSct | BBC Radio Scotland
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| RUls | BBC Radio Ulster
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| RWal | BBC Radio Wales
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| RTE1 | RTE1 (Irish)
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| RTE2 | RTE2 (Irish)
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| RTR1 | RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
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| S4C | S4C (analogue)
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| S4CD | S4C Digidol
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| SCI | Sci-Fi
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| SKY3 | Sky Thrcc
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| STV | STV, and Border Scotland (ITV in Scotland)
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| TLKS | Talk Sport (radio)
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| TV3 | TV3 (Irish)
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| TV5M | TV5 Monde (Europe)
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| TG4 | TG 4 (Irish)
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| UTV | Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
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| VIR1 | Virgin 1
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| VIRG | Virgin Radio
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See also
TV Guide This Week
