TV Guide Last Week

Contents 1 A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 24 May 2008 1.1 Saturday 1.2 Sunday 1.3 Weekdays 1.4 Monday 1.5 Tuesday 1.6 Wednesday 1.7 Thursday 1.8 Friday 1.9 Challenge? 1.9.1 Saturday 1.9.2 Sunday 1.9.3 Monday 1.9.4 Tuesday 1.9.5 Wednesday - Friday 1.10 Channel abbreviations 2 See also

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 24 May 2008

Schedules are subject to change.

Highlights this week:

The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 (BBC1, RTE1, and radio, 8pm Saturday)

Terry Wogan's thirtieth attempt to deliver a cogent commentary.

Britain's Got Talent (ITV, weeknights from Mon)

The end is nigh! We move in to the live shows.

Courtney Pine Celebrates Humph at 80 (Radio 2, 9pm Monday)

A revised repeat of a programme first broadcast in 2001 to mark his 80th birthday.

Saturday

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Also 1000.
0510	C4	Countdown
0600	VIR1	Millionaire
0800	BBC2	The Sorcerer's Apprentice
0800	VIR1	Gladiators	Also 1700.
0900	BBC2	Escape from Scorpion Island x2
0900	CBBC	Brain-Jitsu
0900	VIR1	Fear Factor UK
0950	S4C	Shipwrecked 2008
0955	BBC2	50/50
1025	BBC2	The Slammer	Also CBBC 1100.
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1115	BBC2	Beat the Boss
1130	CBBC	Best of Friends
1150	C4	Shipwrecked: the Hutcam Diaries
1200	CBBC	The Sorcerer's Apprentice Extra New!
1200	ESPT	Viking	Also 1930.
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1300	CBBC	Raven - The Secret Temple
1335	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1500	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x6
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	TV3	Beauty and the Geek
1610	C4	Deal or No Deal
1610	S4C	Deal or No Deal x2
1630	CITV	Jungle Run
1630	TV3	Pop Idle US
1700	CBBC	Beat the Boss
1730	C4	Come Dine With Me
1750	BBC1	Weakest Link Paranormal Special	Anne investigates the strange case of the woman who grew younger. Scotland 1710.
1800	CBBC	Trapped!
1800	LIV2	The Amazing Race
1820	BBC1	The Kids are Alright
1840	BBC1	I'd Do Anything	Also BBC-HD.
1900	ITV	All-Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr	This week: Miss Heidi Range and Mr. Dave Berry; Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen; Count and Countess Michael Howard. Also TV3.
1900	RTE1	Winning Streak
1900	DAVE	Whose Line x4
1930	RTR1	Eurovision Through the Years Special	Larry Gogan fills a half-hour slot with some vintage songs, and no turkeys. Not LW.
2000	BBC1	The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Special	Also Radio 2 (Ken Bruce), RTE1 (Marty Whelan), and RTE Radio 1 (Larry Gogan and Zbyszek Zalinski). RTE Radio 1 on FM (and internet, but not LW) only until about 2200.
2000	TKSP	The Talksport Football Quiz
2000	ITV	Britain's Got Talent	Also TV3.
2100	BBC2	Have I Got a Bit More News For You	Lee Mack and guests.
2100	ITV2	Thank God You're Here
2100	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2100	ESPT	Strongest Man
2140	DAVE	HIGNFY Night
2235	TV5M	Fort Boyard	Assez franchement, c'est bêtises
2300	Rad4	Counterpoint

Sunday

0320	VIR1	Gladiators	Also 0800 and 1700.
0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Also 1000.
0510	C4	Countdown
0600	VIR1	Millionaire
0700	DAVE	Full Metal Challenge x2 New!
0800	BBC2	Trapped!
0830	BBC2	Raven - The Secret Temple
0900	CBBC	Hider in the House	Also CBBC at 1000.
0900	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
0900	VIR1	Fear Factor UK.
1200	CBBC	The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1204	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1205	C4	Shipwrecked 2008
1300	S4C	Scrapheap Challenge
1300	CBBC	Raven - The Secret Temple
1335	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1400	DAVE	Whose Line x4	Also 2000.
1415	TV3	Pop Idle US
1500	S4C	Come Dine With Me
1520	ITV	Britain's Got Talent
1630	CITV	Jungle Run
1635	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1700	CBBC	Best of Friends
1730	CBBC	Stake Out
1745	C4	Scrapheap Challenge	Dune Bashers.
1800	CBBC	The Slammer
1800	TV3	Dancing With the Stars Us
1830	ITV	Beat The Star With Vernon Kay	Greggles Rusedski.
1915	BBC1	I'd Do Anything Results
2140	DAVE	QI
2200	BBC1	The Apprentice
2200	BBC7	The News Quiz
2220	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2315	BBC2	The Apprentice You're Expired
2320	DAVE	Would I Lie to You?

Weekdays

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Also 0900.
0600	VIR1	Millionaire
0700	VIR1	Take It or Leave It
0930	CBBC	Hider in the House	Also 1200.
0945	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1000	CBBC	Best of Friends
1015	TV5M	Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1030	CBBC	Stake Out	Also 1500.
1100	CBBC	Trapped!	Not Mo.
1100	CITV	Jungle Run New!
1115	S4C	Deal or No Deal	Another episode at 1240.
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1400	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2	Also 1800.
1430	BBC2	Through the Keyhole	NI: not Tu, 1515 We; Scot: 1400 We.
1500	ITV	House Guest	UTV 1700, not STV.
1525	C4	Countdown	This week's Martin Jarvis is Tom O'Connor. Also More4 after midnight, and early mornings Mo, Th, Fr.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1600	CBBC	Raven
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal
1615	S4C	Countdown	What a sensible time.
1630	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1700	ITV	Goldenballs	STV 1500, UTV 1400. Not Mo.
1715	BBC1	The Weakest Link	Mo 1740, not Wales.
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland not Thursday.
1900	DAVE	Dragons' Den	Not Mo.
2030	ITV	Britain's Got Talent	Also TV3. Mo, Fr 2100.

Monday

A bank holiday in much of the UK.

0945	Mor4	Scrapheap Mega Challenge Special	Warships
1130	CBBC	Beat the Boss
1330	Rad4	Counterpoint	(10/13) First tertiary-final.
1515	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1830	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1900	BBC3	Dragons' Den
2000	STV	Postcode Challenge
2100	Rad2	Courtney Pine Celebrates Humph at 80 Special
2100	DAVE	QI
2100	LIV	Britain's Next Top Model
2140	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2200	TG4	Shabby go Chic
2220	DAVE	Mock the Week
2300	DAVE	HIGNFY
2305	BBC2	Have I Got News For You	The narrative repeat. Scot 0005.

Tuesday

1715	CBBC	Trapped!
2000	ITV	Who Wants to be a Millionaire?	The first 30-minute episode since 1999, if we're not mistaken. (Which we probably are.)
2100	BBC1	The Apprentice	Supercars. In the clash of Alan Sugar's ego versus England's mighty, world-beating football side, there can only be one winner.
2100	DAVE	HIGNFY
2200	BBC2	The Apprentice: You're Uninspired	Adrian Chiles and a guest discuss whether the side should play 4-4-2, 4-3-3, or go for penalties with a 9-1-0.

Wednesday

0045	DAVE	Street-Cred Sudoku
1230	BBC7	Whispers	Also 1930.
1330	Rad4	Quote... Unquote	Alison Baverstock, Clive Coleman, Gwyneth Lewis, Arabella Weir.
1715	CBBC	Best of Friends
1729	TV5M	Fort Boyard
2100	DAVE	Mock the Week
2140	DAVE	Would I Lie to You?

Thursday

0810	S4C	Mama Mia	Also S4CD.
1605	BBC1	Stake Out
1630	CBBC	The Slammer
1635	BBC1	Hider in the House
2000	C4	Come Dine With Me	Barth. Mind the cat.
2100	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2320	DAVE	HIGNFY

Friday

1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Also 1930. Loughborough, June 1998.
1635	BBC1	The Slammer
1715	CBBC	Basil's Game Show
2000	BBC3	Last Man Standing
2030	BBC1	A Question of Sport
2100	BBC1	Have I Got News For You?	Alexander Armstrong, Michael McIntyre, Clare Balding. NI 0030, Scotland 2235.
2200	BBC2	QI	England, Wales (analogue) only.
2200	C4	Derren Brown Trick or Treat
2235	BBC1	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Includes Andrew Lloyd-Webber and John Barrowman promoting I'd Do Anything. Scot: 2310.
2300	DAVE	QI
2310	RTR1	All Ireland School Quiz	(5/7)

Challenge?

Saturday

0000	Gladiators
0100	Gambling
0300	Supermarket Sweep x2
0400	Catchphrase x2
0500	Stake Out	To 0530.
0700	Don't Try This at Home
0800	Takeshi x2
0900	The Crystal Maze
1000	Ninja Warrior x5
1230	The People Versus
1300	Millionaire
1400	It's Not What You Know
1500	Wipeout x3
1630	Take Your Pick x3
1800	Small Talk x3
1930	Family Fortunes x3
2100	Take It or Leave It
2200	It's Not What You Know
2300	Distraction x2

Sunday

0000	Banzai x2
0100	Gambling
0300	Shooting Stars x2
0400	Small Talk x3	To 0530.
0700	Don't Try This at Home
0800	Takeshi x2
0900	The Crystal Maze
1000	Supermarket Sweep x3
1130	The People Versus x3
1300	Millionaire
1400	It's Not What You Know
1500	Gladiators x3

Then as Saturday.

Monday

0000	Banzai x2
0100	Gambling
0300	Shooting Stars x2
0400	Small Talk x3	To 0530.
0700	Takeshi x4
0900	Supermarket Sweep x2
1000	Millionaire
1100	Family Fortunes	Above two repeat until
2000	Celeb Millionaire
2100	It's Not What You Know
2200	Millionaire
2300	Your Face or Mine
2330	8 Out of 10 Cats

Tuesday

0000	Takeshi x2
0100	Gambling
0300	Supermarket Sweep x3
0400	Catchphrase x2
0500	Stake Out	To 0530.
0700	Takeshi x2
0800	Ninja Warrior x2
0900	Supermarket Sweep x2
1000	Catchphrase x2
1100	Take Your Pick x2
1200	Fifteen to One
1230	The People Versus
1300	Catchphrase x2
1400	Take Your Pick x2
1500	Millionaire
1600	It's Not What You Know
1700	Takeshi x2
1800	Gladiators
1900	Ninja Warrior x2

Then as Monday.

Wednesday - Friday

As Monday except

0000	Gladiators

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 This Week