A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 13 September 2008
Schedules are subject to change.
Highlights this week:
Who Dares Wins (BBC1, 7.30 Saturday)
- Nick Knowles stakes his claim to be king of Saturday night.
Maestro (BBC2, 7.30 Saturday)
- The winner makes their performance.
Winning Streak (RTE1, 8.10 Saturday)
All-Star Family Fortunes (ITV, 8.30 Saturday)
- More Saturday fixtures return.
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (BBC4, 10.30 Saturday)
- An edition of the stage show, recorded earlier this year in Salford. It's the first time ISIHAC's games have been played on television.
Brain of Brains (Radio 4, 1.30 Monday)
- Robert Robinson hosts a challenge between the three most recent champions, and the world is right again.
Get 100 (BBC1, 4.05 Monday)
- With new host Hardeep Singh Kohli.
Only Connect (BBC4, 8.30 Monday)
- Does this day get any better? Knowledge, patience, and lateral thinking are the qualities required for this game of making links where none previously existed.
Celebrity Come Dine With Me (C4, 8pm Wednesday)
- What coincident scheduling!
Saturday
| 0400 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | Also 1000.
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| 0500 | VIR1 | TV Scrabble x2
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| 0525 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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| 0650 | GOLD | Brucie's Generation Game Now and Then
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| 0800 | VIR1 | Gladiators
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| 0800 | CBBC | Best of Friends | Also CBBC 0825 and 1330.
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| 0900 | BBC2 | Hider in the House | Also CBBC; another episode CBBC 1700.
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| 0900 | CBBC | Brain-Jitsu
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| 0900 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior
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| 0925 | S4C | Beauty and the Geek x2
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| 1000 | BBC2 | Hot Rods
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| 1030 | BBC2 | The Slammer
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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| 1130 | BBC1 | Masterchef: The Professionals
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| 1529 | TV5M | Questions pour un Champion
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| 1530 | CBBC | Beat the Boss
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| 1610 | S4C | Deal or No Deal
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1800 | CBBC | Stake Out
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| 1800 | VIR1 | It's Not What You Know
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| 1830 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing New! | A preview
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| 1930 | BBC1 | Who Dares Wins New!
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| 1930 | BBC2 | Maestro Special
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| 1930 | ITV | The X Factor | Coverage continues on ITV2. Both the main and subsidiary shows air on TV3.
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| 2010 | RTE1 | Winning Streak New!
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| 2030 | ITV | All-Star Family Fortunes New! | Christopher Biggins v Michelle Collins.
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| 2110 | BBC2 | Have I Got Old News For You | Not Wales.
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| 2115 | S4C | Cor Cymru 2007 Special | Highlights of last year's contest.
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| 2140 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Not Wales.
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| 2230 | BBC4 | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Special
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| 2235 | TV5M | La Carte aux Tresors
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz
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Sunday
| 0205 | S4C | Celebrity Ding Dong New! | As seen elsewhere on Thursday.
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| 0400 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | Also 1000.
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| 0500 | VIR1 | Gladiators | Also 0800.
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| 0515 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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| 0805 | C4 | Highland Games Special | Featuring competitive caber-tossing.
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| 0820 | CBBC | Best of Friends | Also 1330.
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| 0900 | Mor4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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| 0900 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1050 | ITV | The X Factor | TV3 1215.
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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| 1345 | Mor4 | Coach Trip x5
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| 1400 | FIVR | The World's Strongest Man | Three episodes, as previously seen on Eurosport.
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| 1450 | S4CD | 0 Ond 1
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| 1530 | CBBC | Beat the Boss
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| 1630 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1645 | ITV | All-Star Family Fortunes
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| 1655 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1730 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | What is it with narrative repeats? Can't they show episodes of The Good Life?
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den
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| 1900 | VIR1 | It's Not What You Know
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| 2000 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 2300 | DAVE | QI
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Weekdays
| 0410 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | Also 0900.
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| 0500 | VIR1 | TV Scrabble | Monday: Gladiators.
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| 0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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| 0700 | VIR1 | Takeshi x2
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| 0735 | BBC2 | Trapped! | Also CBBC 1100.
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| 0900 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal | Also lunchtime, 1805, late night.
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| 0930 | CBBS | The Shiny Show | Also 1230.
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| 0930 | CBBC | Beat the Boss
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| 0945 | TV5M | Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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| 1000 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 1015 | TV5M | Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
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| 1030 | CBBC | Get Your Own Back New!
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| 1130 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1330 | S4C | Deal or No Deal
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| 1415 | S4C | Countdown
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| 1525 | C4 | Countdown | This week's smart Alec is Henry Blofeld.
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| 1529 | TV5M | Questions pour un Champion
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| 1600 | STV | House Guest
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| 1600 | ITV3 | Daily Cooks Challenge
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| 1615 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1630 | BBC2 | Step Up to the Plate
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| 1700 | ITV | Britain's Best Dish | UTV 1600, STV 1630.
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| 1700 | C4 | Wogan's Perfect Recall | Also S4C.
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| 1715 | BBC1 | The Weakest Link
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| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Also S4C.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Back from its summer break: Scotland Not Thursday.
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| 1825 | 4MUS | Shipwrecked 2007
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Masterchef The Professionals | Scotland: not Thursday, extra episode on Friday.
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| 1900 | C5US | Whose Line x2 | Not Mo.
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Monday
| 1330 | Rad4 | Brain of Brains | Normal service is resumed.
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| 1605 | BBC1 | Get 100 New!
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | (8/10) A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons, and featuring Freud, Brandreth, Brigstocke, and Owen O'Neill, from Hay-on-Wye.
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| 1830 | S4C | Pen Campau
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| 1930 | C5 | Top Trumps
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | (10/31) Southampton v Brighton. Scotland 2000 Tuesday.
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| 2000 | STV | Postcode Challenge
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| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect New!
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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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| 2220 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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| 2300 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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Tuesday
| 1715 | CBBC | Best of Friends New!
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| 1930 | DAVE | Whose Line
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Celeb Air | TV3 2100 tomorrow.
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| 2100 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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| 2335 | DAVE | They Think It's All Over
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Wednesday
| 1605 | BBC1 | Get 100
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| 1640 | S4C | Mama Mia
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| 1715 | CBBC | Hider in the House
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| 1723 | TV5M | La Carte aux Tresors | This week, Garvarnie.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | The Restaurant
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| 2000 | C4 | Celebrity Come Dine With Me New! | A new episode.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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Thursday
| 1635 | BBC1 | Beat the Boss New! | Reptiles.
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| 1640 | S4C | Be Nesa? New! | What happened next?
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| 1715 | CBBC | Trapped!
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| 2000 | BBC2 | The Restaurant | Not Scotland.
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Michael McIntyre, Gina Yashire. Not Scotland.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Not 2W, NI.
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| 2200 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | S4C 2245.
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| 2200 | DAVE | QI
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| 2340 | C4 | Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
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| 2345 | C5 | The What in the World? Quiz
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Friday
| 1625 | S4C | Herio'r Ddraig
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| 1630 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1715 | CBBC | Stake Out
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| 1900 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport
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| 1930 | C5 | The What in the World Quiz
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | (3/391) Noor-Inayet Khan, Ferdinand Magellan, Edith Wharton, the Mods in Britain. Not Wales.
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| 2025 | S4C | 0 Ond 1
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| 2130 | BBC1 | The Blame Game New!
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Not NI, Wales.
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| 2230 | RTR1 | Buille Faoi Thuairim
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Challenge?
Saturday
| 0000 | Banzai x2
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| 0100 | Gambling
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| 0300 | Say the Word x2 | To 0400.
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| 0700 | The Krypton Factor x2
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| 0800 | The Amazing Race
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| 0900 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1000 | Gladiators
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| 1100 | Big Break
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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 | Take It or Leave It
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| 2200 | Celeb Millionaire
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| 2300 | Distraction x2
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Sunday
| 0000 | Your Face or Mine x2
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| 0100 | Gambling
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| 0300 | Larry Grayson's Generation Game
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Then as Saturday
Monday
| 0000 | Your Face or Mine
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| 0100 | Gambling
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| 0300 | Larry Grayson's Generation Game | To 0400.
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| 0700 | Takeshi x2
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| 0800 | Gladiators
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| 0900 | Supermarket Sweep x2
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| 1000 | Take Your Pick x2
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| 1100 | Bullseye
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| 1130 | Strike it Rich
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| 1200 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 1300 | Celeb Ready Steady Cook
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| 1330 | Can't Cook Won't Cook
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| 1400 | Bullseye
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| 1430 | Strike it Rich
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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
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| 1930 | Small Talk
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| 2000 | Take Your Pick
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| 2030 | Family Fortunes
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| 2100 | 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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Tuesday - Friday
| 0000 | Banzai
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| 0100 | Gambling
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| 0300 | Say the Word x2 | To 0400
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Then as Monday.
Channel abbreviations
| 4MUS | 4 Music
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| ALBA | BBC Alba
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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
