TV Guide This Week

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 31 May 2008

Schedules are subject to change.

Highlights this week:

I'd Do Anything (BBC1, Saturday 6pm and 8.45) Britain's Got Talent (ITV, Saturday 6.50 and 9.30)

Two talent shows reach their conclusions...

Big Brother Launch Show (Channel 4, 9pm Thursday)

...and one lack-of-talent show begins.

Bwlletin (Radio Cymru, 6pm Friday)

Which makes this our favourite new series of the week. Even though we can't understand a word of it.

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

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	Best of Fighting Talk	Highlights from the series.
1115	BBC2	Beat the Boss
1130	CBBC	Best of Friends
1200	CBBC	The Sorcerer's Apprentice Extra
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1235	C4	Shipwrecked: the Hutcam Diaries
1335	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1420	BBC2	Eggheads x2	Scotland only.
1500	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x6
1515	FIVR	The World's Strongest Man - Super Series x3 Special
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal
1630	TV3	Beauty and the Geek
1700	CBBC	Beat the Boss
1720	BBC1	The Kids are Alright
1735	C4	Come Dine With Me
1750	ITV	All-Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr	Mr. and Mrs. Robin Gibb; Mr. Theo. Walcott and Miss Melanie Slade; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Backley. Also TV3.
1800	BBC1	I'd Do Anything	Also BBC-HD. Concludes 2045.
1800	CBBC	Trapped!
1800	LIV2	The Amazing Race
1850	ITV	Britain's Got Talent	The final; continues 2130. Also TV3.
2000	DAVE	Whose Line x2
2000	TKSP	The Talksport Football Quiz
2040	RTE1	Winning Streak
2130	BBC2	Have I Got a Bit More News For You
2235	TV5M	Fort Boyard	Une fille de six ans etrais mellieur!
2300	Rad4	Counterpoint
2310	BBC2	The Apprentice	Followed by Adrian Chiles.

Sunday

0200	VIR1	Fear Factor UK	Also 0900.
0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Also 1000.
0515	C4	Countdown
0600	VIR1	Millionaire
0800	BBC2	Trapped!
0800	VIR1	Gladiators	Also 1700.
0830	BBC2	Raven - The Secret Temple
0900	CBBC	Hider in the House	Also CBBC at 1000.
0900	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
1000	DAVE	Whose Line x4	Also 2000.
1150	C4	Shipwrecked 2008
1200	CBBC	The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1204	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1300	S4C	Scrapheap Challenge
1335	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1405	ITV	Britain's Got Talent
1500	S4C	Come Dine With Me
1600	C5US	Whose Line x2
1635	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1700	CBBC	Best of Friends
1730	CBBC	Stake Out
1745	C4	Scrapheap Challenge	Powerboats.
1800	CBBC	The Slammer
1800	TV3	Dancing With the Stars Us
1845	ITV	Beat The Star With Vernon Kay	Martina Navratilova.
2100	E4	Big Brother Special	Auditions.
2140	DAVE	QI
2200	BBC7	The News Quiz
2220	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2320	DAVE	Would I Lie to You?

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

Weekdays

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Also 0900.
0600	VIR1	Millionaire
0700	VIR1	Take It or Leave It
0730	BBC2	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
1100	CBBC	50/50
1125	CBBC	Raven: The Island New!
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1325	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1400	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2	Also 1800.
1410	S4C	Countdown
1430	BBC2	Through the Keyhole	Mo-We only. Mo: not NI. Tu: Wal 1330. We: not Scot.
1500	ITV	House Guest	UTV 1700, not STV.
1525	C4	Countdown	This week's Martin Jarvis is Ricky Tomlinson. 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
1630	BBC2	Ready Steady Cook
1700	ITV	Goldenballs	STV 1500, UTV 1400.
1715	BBC1	The Weakest Link
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland not Th, also 1830 Fr.
2030	ITV	Britain's Got Talent	Also TV3. Mo, Fr 2100.

Monday

0200	VIR1	Fear Factor UK
1130	CBBC	Beat the Boss
1330	Rad4	Counterpoint	(11/13)
1515	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1830	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1900	BBC3	Dragons' Den
2000	STV	Postcode Challenge
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

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

Tuesday

1715	CBBC	Trapped!
1725	S4CD	Mama Mia
1900	DAVE	Whose Line x2	Also 2315.
2000	ITV	Who Wants to be a Millionaire?	Travis reckons last week's was the first half-hour episode since 2002. A full 60 minutes this week.
2100	DAVE	HIGNFY

Wednesday

0015	DAVE	They Think It's All Over
1230	BBC7	Whispers	Also 1930.
1330	Rad4	Quote... Unquote	Michael Aspel, Ann Leslie, Kate Mosse, john Julius Norwich.
1715	CBBC	Best of Friends
1729	TV5M	Fort Boyard	Brian Joubert et allies.
2100	BBC1	The Apprentice
2100	DAVE	Mock the Week
2140	DAVE	Would I Lie to You?
2200	BBC2	The Apprentice: You've Acquired	Adrian Chiles and a guest discuss what's in the high street this month.
2300	E4	Big Brother Special	More auditions. Bored now.

Thursday

1605	BBC1	Stake Out
1610	S4C	Mama Mia
1630	CBBC	The Slammer
1635	BBC1	Hider in the House
2000	C4	Come Dine With Me	Glasgow.
2100	C4	Big Brother Launch Show	Don't forget to miss it. Coverage continues on E4 until Gilmore Girls at 8.50, and intermittently thereafter.
2100	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2200	DAVE	HIGNFY
2240	DAVE	Mock the Week

Friday

1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Also 1930. From 1998.
1635	BBC1	The Slammer
1715	CBBC	Basil's Game Show
1800	RCym	Bwletin New!	The topical panel game returns.
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz	Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy, Simon Evans, and Kevin Day try not to be smug. And fail miserably.
2000	BBC3	Last Man Standing
2030	BBC1	The Weakest Link Special	Apprentice Special. A rare journey into prime-time for Mrs. R. Not Scotland.
2100	C4	Big Brother	Day two, and the bloke who compiles the listings is running out of things to say.
2130	BBC1	Have I Got News For You?	Jeremy Clarkson. NI 0030, Scotland 2235.
2200	BBC2	QI	England, Wales (analogue) only.
2200	C4	Derren Brown Trick or Treat	S4C 2230.
2300	DAVE	QI
2310	RTR1	All Ireland School Quiz	(6/7)

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

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 x4
1200	The People Versus
1300	Millionaire
1400	Chris Tarrant's 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	Chris Tarrant's 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	Chris Tarrant's 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	Dodgeball
0730	Takeshi's Castle
0800	Defectors x2 Old!	Cor, they'll be showing The Mole next. (Hint.)
0900	Supermarket Sweep x2
1000	Wheel of Fortune x2
1100	Family Fortunes x2
1200	Fifteen to One
1230	The People Versus
1300	Supermarket Sweep x2
1400	Wipeout x2
1500	Millionaire
1600	Chris Tarrant's It's Not What You Know
1700	Takeshi x2
1800	Gladiators
1900	Ninja Warrior x2
2000	Celeb Millionaire
2100	Chris Tarrant's It's Not What You Know
2200	Millionaire
2300	8 Out of 10 Cats x2

Tuesday - Thursday

As Monday except

0000	Gladiators
0100	Gambling
0300	Supermarket Sweep x2
0400	Wheel of Fortune x2
0500	Win Lose or Draw	To 0530.

Friday

As Tuesday except

1200	Fifteen to One	A grand final.
1245	Catchphrase Gold
2200	New Take It Or Leave It New (probably)

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

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
BORD	Border (ITV in Cumbria, south Scotland, and Isle of Man)
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
RCym	BBC Radio Cymru
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 (ITV in North/Central 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

TV Guide This Week

Contents

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 31 May 2008

Saturday

Sunday

Weekdays

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Challenge?

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday - Thursday

Friday

Channel abbreviations

See also