A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 20 September 2008
Schedules are subject to change.
Highlights this week:
Hole in the Wall (BBC1, 5.40 Saturday)
- Minor celebs try to fit through a titular hole in a titular wall. Hosted by Dale Winton.
Top Brain (Radio 4, 1.30 Monday)
- The single best competitor in Brain of Britain between 1999 and 2007.
Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two (BBC2, 6.30 weeknights)
- Claudia Winkleman and chums.
Gaisce Gnó (BBC2 Northern Ireland, 7.30 Monday)
- Sounds like an Irish-language version of Beat the Boss.
One Versus One Hundred (Challemge, 9pm weeknights)
- Now, is this Dermot O'Leary, or someone completely different?
Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm Wednesday)
- Leigh Francis hosts a comedy game about celebrities. Team captains are Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby, and guests are set to include Dermot O'Leary. Or someone completely different.
The Underdog Show (Living, 8pm Thursday)
- Another run for the show so bad that BBC2 didn't want it any more. TPT and MDS host.
Saturday
0355 | LIV | The Amazing Race New!
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0400 | VIR1 | Takeshi's Castle x2 | Also 1000.
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0500 | VIR1 | TV Scrabble x2
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0515 | C4 | Countdown
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0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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0700 | GOLD | Brucie's Generation Game Now and Then
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0800 | VIR1 | Gladiators
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0825 | CBBC | Best of Friends | Also 1330.
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0900 | BBC2 | Hider in the House | Also CBBC; more at 1150, 1325, 1500, 1700.
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0900 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior
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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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1230 | BBC2 | Scene Stealers | Life in plastic, it's fantastic.
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1529 | TV5M | Questions pour un Champion
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1630 | BBC2 | Masterchef: The Professionals | Another chance to see the final.
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1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1700 | TV3 | All Ireland County Quiz New! | A quiz for counties in Ireland.
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1730 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Scotland only.
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1740 | BBC1 | Hole in the Wall New!
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1800 | CBBC | Stake Out
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1800 | FIVR | World's Strongest Man
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1810 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | The competition begins. Also BBC-HD.
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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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2015 | BBC1 | Who Dares Wins
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2030 | ITV | All-Star Family Fortunes | Antony Cotton and Gemma Atkinson.
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2030 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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2100 | DAVE | QI Night Special
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2130 | BBC2 | Have I Got Old News For You | Wales 2145, not Scotland.
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2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Not Scotland, Wales 2215.
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2235 | TV5M | La Carte aux Tresors
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2255 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Brains
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Sunday
0210 | S4C | Celebrity Ding Dong | As seen elsewhere on Thursday.
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0305 | GOLD | Brucie's Generation Game Now and Then
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0355 | LIV | The Amazing Race
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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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0525 | C4 | Countdown
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0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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0820 | CBBC | Best of Friends | Also 1330, 1730.
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0900 | Mor4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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0900 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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1200 | ITV | The X Factor | TV3 1215.
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1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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1340 | Mor4 | Coach Trip x5
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1530 | CBBC | Trapped!
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1600 | S4CD | 0 Ond 1
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1630 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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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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1730 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing
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1800 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den
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1830 | RTE1 | Class Act | Talented teenagers and Derek Mooney.
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2000 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing New! | The results.
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2000 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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2030 | TG4 | Nollaig No. 1 New! | Fourteen acts try to record a festive chart-topper. In Irish.
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2100 | DAVE | Buzzcocks New!
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2240 | DAVE | QI
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Weekdays
0355 | LIV | The Amazing Race
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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 | Best of Friends | Also CBBC 1000.
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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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1015 | TV5M | Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
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1025 | CBBC | Get Your Own Back
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1100 | CBBC | Bamzooki 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 | In dictionary corner: Andrew Sachs. Rats to manual...
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1529 | TV5M | Questions pour un Champion
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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 | Mo-We only.
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1700 | ITV | Britain's Best Dish | UTV, STV 1630.
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1715 | BBC1 | 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 New! | Scotland: not Thursday.
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1900 | 4MUS | Shipwrecked 2007
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1900 | C5US | Whose Line x2 | Not Mo.
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Monday
1330 | Rad4 | Top Brain Special
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1605 | BBC1 | Get 100
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1800 | ESPT | Viking
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1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | (9/10) A panel game controlled (!) by Nicholas Parsons, and featuring Paul Merton, Tony Hawkes, Shappi Khorsandi, Ian McMillan; from the Opera House in Manchester.
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1830 | S4C | Pen Campau | Ysgol Y Creuddyn (Llandudno) v Ysgol Plasmawr (Caerdydd).
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1930 | BBC2 | Gaisce Gnó New! | Northern Ireland only.
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1930 | BBC2 | Mastermind | A repeat of last Friday's episode. NI 2350 Tu, not Scotland.
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2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | (12/31) King's College Cambridge v Edinburgh. Scotland 1930.
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2000 | STV | Postcode Challenge
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2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect
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2100 | DAVE | QI
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2105 | TG4 | Survivor China | Last in the series.
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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
1230 | BBC7 | Counterpoint 2005 | Also 1930.
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1930 | DAVE | Whose Line
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2000 | BBC2 | The Restaurant | Scotland only.
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2000 | ITV | Millionaire | Firefighters.
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2100 | ITV2 | Celeb Air | TV3 2100 tomorrow.
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2100 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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2200 | S4C | Celeb Come Dine With Me
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2305 | BBC1 | The Blame Game | NI only.
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2320 | DAVE | They Think It's All Over
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Wednesday
1100 | BBC2 | What Are You Like? x2
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1230 | BBC7 | Foul Play New! | Also 1930.
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1605 | BBC1 | Get 100
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1640 | S4C | Mama Mia
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1723 | TV5M | La Carte aux Tresors | This week, Cote d'Emeraude.
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2000 | BBC2 | The Restaurant
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2000 | TG4 | Nollaig No. 1
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2100 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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2200 | ITV2 | Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice New!
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Thursday
1635 | BBC1 | Beat the Boss | Rocket.
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1640 | S4C | Be Nesa? | What happened next?
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1715 | CBBC | Trapped!
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1900 | BBCH | The Slammer x2
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2000 | BBC2 | The Restaurant | Not Scotland.
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2000 | LIV | The Underdog Show New! | Contestants are failed Apprentice candidate Raef Bjayou, Brian Blessed, Strictly Come Dancing's Camilla Dallerup, MC Harvey, Javine Hylton, Lesley Joseph, former Hollyoaks stars Elize du Toit and Kevin Sacre, Jason Wood, and Ninia Benjamin.
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2100 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Best of the series. Scotland 2200, NI 2320.
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2200 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | S4C 2235.
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2200 | DAVE | QI
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2340 | C4 | 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 Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Ross Noble, Julian Clary; from Edinburgh.
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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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1730 | ESPT | Strongest Man | Hungary.
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1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz New! | Andy Hamilton, Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy.
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1900 | GOLD | Ballroom with the B-list New! | The Yankee version of Strictly Come Brucie, starring people you might have heard of once.
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1900 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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1900 | BBCH | The Slammer x2
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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 | (4/441) Late Stuart Age, Steely Dan, The Spenser Novels of Robert Parker, Joe Frazier. Not Wales.
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2025 | S4C | 0 Ond 1
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2130 | BBC1 | The Blame Game
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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
As Saturday except
0000 | Your Face or Mine x2
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0100 | Gambling
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0300 | Larry Grayson's Generation Game | To 0400.
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1700 | Britain's Worst Neighbour
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1800 | Britain's Worst Cook
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1900 | Britain's Worst Husband | To 2000.
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Monday
0000 | Bullseye x2
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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 | Ninja Warrior x2
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0900 | Celeb Ready Steady Cook
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0930 | Can't Cook Won't Cook
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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 | Take It or Leave It x2
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1700 | Takeshi
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1800 | Ninja Warrior x2
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1900 | Take Your Pick
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1930 | Small Talk
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2000 | Family Fortunes x2
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2100 | One Versus One Hundred New!
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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
As Monday except
0000 | Banzai
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0100 | Gambling
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0300 | Say the Word x2 | To 0400
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1500 | One Versus One Hundred | To 1600.
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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