A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 16 August 2008
Schedules are subject to change, and BBC daytimes still have major alterations from the Olympic coverage.
Highlights this week:
The X Factor (ITV, 7.30 Saturday)
- Oh no not again.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ITV, 8.30 Saturday)
- A Coronation Street special
Who Wants to be a Superhero? (Sci-Fi, midnight Monday morning)
- The final episode is relegated from 8pm to midnight. Foolish.
Sport Mastermind (BBC2, 7pm Wednesday)
- And if you don't want to watch Olympic Grandstand with Young Gabby, look away now.
0 Ond 1 (S4C, 8.25 Friday)
- Sixteen people compete for £5000 and an unforgettable experience; one expat gets a trip home. Morgan Jones and Nia Parry host.
Saturday
| 0400 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | Also 1000.
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| 0500 | VIR1 | TV Scrablle x2
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| 0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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| 0700 | DAVE | A Question of Sport
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| 0800 | VIR1 | Gladiators | Also 1800.
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| 0825 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 0900 | BBC2 | Help! Teacher is Coming to Stay
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| 0900 | CBBC | Brain-Jitsu
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| 0900 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 0950 | S4C | Beauty and the Geek x2
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| 1000 | BBC2 | 50/50
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| 1000 | C5 | Britain's Strongest Man | Also FIVR 1705 today and 2100 tomorrow.
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| 1035 | BBC2 | The Slammer
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| 1200 | LIV | Diet on the Dancefloor Special | Four episodes.
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| 1529 | TV5M | Questions pour un Champion
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| 1530 | BBC2 | Beat the Boss
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| 1600 | C5US | Whose Line Is It Anyway? x5
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| 1700 | CBBC | Hider in the House
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| 1800 | TV3 | All-Star Family Fortunes | McAndrew v Llewellyn Bowen.
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| 1815 | BBC1 | Last Choir Standing | Also BBC-HD. Results at 2150 tonight, not BBC-HD.
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| 1905 | C5 | Superteams | Also FIVR 2300 tonight, 2000 tomorrow, 2100 Tu.
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| 1930 | ITV | The X Factor | Coverage continues on ITV2, where the whole shooting match is repeated ten million times for the rest of the week. Both the main and subsidiary shows air on TV3.
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| 1930 | BBC1 | This Time Tomorrow
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| 2025 | RTE1 | The Big Money Game
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| 2030 | ITV | Who Wants to be a Millionaire New!
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Have I Got Old News For You | Des Lynam, Evan Davis, David Mitchell.
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother | S4C 2250.
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| 2130 | BBC2 | Mock the Week
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| 2150 | RTE1 | Failte Towers
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| 2235 | TV5M | La Carte aux Tresors
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| 2300 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | Intergalactic sonic sevens, the non-U version of personality dialysis, how the Dunce of Denstone struck it rich, and Francesco Stefani's most unnerving feature. Don't write in, it's just for fun, and the answer will be in Sunday's Week.
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Sunday
| 0400 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | Also 1000.
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| 0440 | ITV2 | Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon
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| 0450 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior | Two more episodes at 0900.
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| 0515 | VIR1 | Gladiators | Also 0800, 1700.
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| 0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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| 0745 | BBC2 | Best of Friends | Next episode follows on CBBC, also 1700.
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| 0815 | BBC2 | Raven - The Secret Temple
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| 0900 | Mor4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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| 1230 | S4C | Scrapheap Challenge Roadshow
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| 1300 | ITV | The X Factor | TV3 1435 and 1800.
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| 1340 | Mor4 | Coach Trip x5
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| 1530 | CBBC | Beat the Boss
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| 1600 | C5US | Whose Line is it Anyway? x3
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| 1630 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1900 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den
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| 2000 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother | S4C 2200.
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| 2130 | RTE1 | Failte Towers | The final.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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| 2240 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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Weekdays
| 0410 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | Also 0900.
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| 0500 | VIR1 | Gladiators
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| 0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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| 0700 | VIR1 | Catchphrase x2
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| 0800 | DAVE | A Question of Sport
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| 0830 | BBC2 | Hider in the House New!
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| 0900 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 0900 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal | Also lunchtime.
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| 0945 | TV5M | Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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| 1000 | BBC2 | Get 100
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| 1015 | TV5M | Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
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| 1130 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1200 | CBBC | Hider in the House
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| 1400 | C5US | Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2 | Also 1800.
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| 1500 | ITV | Daily Cooks Challenge
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| 1529 | TV5M | Questions pour un Champion
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| 1545 | C4 | Countdown Gold | Also S4C.
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| 1600 | STV | House Guest
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| 1630 | C4 | Come Dine With Me
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| 1700 | ITV | Goldenballs | UTV 1400, STV 1630.
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| 1700 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1715 | BBC1 | The Weakest Link
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| 1825 | 4MUS | Shipwrecked 2008 New! | Another chance to miss it. 1755 Monday, repeated 1255 next day.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Battle of the Brains
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Eggheads
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| 1900 | C5US | Whose Line x2
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Monday
| 0000 | SCIF | Who Wants to be a Superhero? x2 | The final episodes.
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| 0300 | BBC2 | Celebrity Masterchef | Signed repeat.
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | (9/12) Scotland v Northern Ireland.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | (4/10) A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons, and featuring Clement Freud and Paul Merton from Edinburgh.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | (7/31) Selwyn Cambridge v St Anne's Oxford. Scotland 1930.
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI
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| 2105 | TG4 | Survivor China
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| 2140 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Would I Lie to You? | Not 2W.
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| 2200 | C4 | Big Brother | S4C 2230.
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| 2220 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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| 2300 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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Tuesday
| 0215 | DAVE | Street-Cred Sudoku
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| 0830 | BBC7 | Whose Line is it Anyway? | Also 2200.
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| 1635 | S4C | Crafwr
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| 1900 | DAVE | Whose Line x2
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| 2000 | TG4 | Shabby go Chic
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Maestro
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| 2100 | BBC4 | More Liverpool on the Box Special | Russell Harty sits in with Billy Butler during his "Hold Your Plums" quiz.
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| 2100 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me | Bournemouth.
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| 2200 | C4 | Big Brother | Also S4C.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Quote Unquote
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| 2335 | DAVE | They Think It's All Over
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Wednesday
| 0250 | BBC2 | Celebrity Masterchef | Signed repeat.
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| 1230 | BBC7 | Trivia Test Match | Also 1930.
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| 1715 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 1723 | TV5M | La Carte aux Tresors | This week, les ducs Bretons. Quack!
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| 1900 | BBC2 | Sport Mastermind | Subjects for the grand final: The Masters at Augusta; History of the Super League (which sport is not given); South African Test Cricket; Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Geoff Boycott; Champion Hurdle. Scotland 2000; repeated 0020.
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| 2000 | C5 | Britain's Strongest Man
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother | S4C 2330.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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| 2100 | LIV | Diet on the Dancefloor
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| 2200 | TV3 | Hell's Kitchen
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Thursday
| 1230 | BBC7 | The Burkiss Way | 43: Sack, featuring Young Cleverdicks Of The Year (a spoof of Ask The Family) and Family Fortunes (a spoof of a good show). Originally broadcast 1980; repeated 1930.
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| 1605 | BBC2 | Best of Friends
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| 1635 | BBC2 | Hider in the House
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| 1715 | CBBC | Trapped!
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | David Mitchell, Lucy Porter.
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother | S4C 2300.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Not 2W, NI.
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| 2200 | DAVE | QI
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| 2200 | TG4 | Paisean Faisean
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| 2235 | E4 | Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
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Friday
| 1230 | BBC7 | Just a Minute | A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons, and featuring Clement Freud, Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Liza Tarbuck. Also 1930.
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| 1605 | BBC2 | Best of Friends
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| 1630 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1715 | CBBC | Stake Out New!
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| 1900 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 2000 | C5 | Superteams | This week, the Blues (Catt) play the Reds (Holmes).
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| 2025 | S4C | 0 Ond 1 New!
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? | Tara Palmer-Tompkinson, Vic Reeves, Shane Ritchie, Rhys Thomas. NI 2130, Scotland 2320.
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother | Continues 2235. S4C 2200.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Not Scotland, 2W.
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| 2230 | RTR1 | Buille Faoi Thuairim
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Challenge?
Saturday
| 0000 | Bullseye x2
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| 0100 | Gambling
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| 0300 | Cash Cab x2 | To 0400.
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| 0700 | Dodgeball
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| 0800 | Takeshi
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| 0900 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1000 | Ninja Warrior x4
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| 1200 | Stars In Their Eyes
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| 1300 | Celeb Millionaire
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| 1400 | Take It or Leave It
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| 1500 | Take Your Pick
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| 1530 | Play Your Cards Right
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| 1600 | Small Talk
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| 1630 | Wipeout
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| 1700 | Bruce's Price is Right
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| 1730 | Catchphrase
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| 1800 | Bullseye x2
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| 1900 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 2000 | Stars In Their Eyes
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| 2100 | Celeb Millionaire
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| 2200 | Take It or Leave It
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| 2300 | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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Sunday
| 0000 | Distraction x2
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| 0100 | Gambling
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| 0300 | Bullseye x2
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Then as Saturday
Monday
| 0000 | Distraction
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| 0100 | Gambling
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| 0300 | Bullseye x2 | To 0400.
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| 0700 | Strongman of the Year
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| 0730 | Ninja Warrior
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| 0800 | Takeshi
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| 0900 | Gladiators
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| 1000 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1100 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 1200 | Catchphrase x2
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| 1300 | Celeb Weakest Link
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| 1400 | Wipeout x2
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| 1500 | Millionaire
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| 1600 | Take It or Leave It
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| 1700 | Takeshi
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| 1800 | Gladiators
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| 1900 | Wipeout New! | The Amazing Race has failed, but look at the replacement.
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| 1930 | Small Talk New!
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| 2000 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 2100 | Take It or Leave It
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| 2200 | Millionaire
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| 2300 | Distraction x2
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Tuesday - Friday
| 0000 | Bullseye
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| 0100 | Gambling
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| 0300 | Cash Cab x2 | To 0400
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Channel abbreviations
| 4MUS | 4 Music
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| 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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| BORD | Border (ITV in Cumbria and south-west Scotland)
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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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| RCym | BBC Radio Cymru
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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 (ITV in North and Central 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
