A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the week beginning 30 May 2009
Schedules are subject to change.
It's a special Saturday night: the university special of Questions Pour un Champion (TV5, 8pm), the last in the present series of Tonight's the Night, and Morten Harket on All-Star Mr and Mrs (ITV, 8.30). Joe Calzaghe takes on some no-hoper in Beat the Star With Vernon Kay (ITV, 6.45 Sunday) We've the final of Counterpoint (Radio 4, 1.30 Monday) and the first in a new series of Big Brother (C4, 9pm Thursday).
Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Saturday
| 0340 | C4 | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 0435 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0600 | WTCH | Bargain Hunt
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| 0600 | BRV2 | Casino Casino
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| 0700 | VIR1 | Fort Boyard
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| 0800 | VIR1 | Gladiators
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| 0900 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2 | Also 0500.
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| 0900 | DISN | Hannah
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| 0925 | STV | wknd@stv | Includes On Safari.
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| 1000 | CBBC | Brain-Jitsu
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| 1000 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Millionaire | Also 0600, 1800.
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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| 1100 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 1125 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Repeated from yesterday.
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| 1130 | BBC1 | Take On the Takeaway
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| 1200 | CBBC | Da Dick and Dom Dairies
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1300 | CBBC | Hider in the House
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| 1400 | SKY1 | American Gladiators
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| 1430 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1500 | CBBC | Hot Rods
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| 1530 | FOOD | Masterchef Goes Large x5
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| 1600 | C4 | Coach Trip x5
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| 1625 | CBBC | Gimme a Break
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| 1630 | CITV | Scratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom
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| 1630 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1630 | TV3 | Saturday Night Takeaway
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| 1630 | DHL | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1700 | CBBC | Escape from Scorpion Island
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| 1730 | BBC1 | Total Wipeout Fast Forward | Scotland only. Subject to delay or cancellation if the football goes to extra time or kicks from the penalty mark.
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| 1845 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Subject to delay or cancellation if the football goes to extra time or kicks from the penalty mark. Last in the present series; concludes 2130. Also TV3, with follow-up shows on ITV2.
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| 1920 | BBC1 | Tonight's the Night | Last in the present series. Also BBC-HD.
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| 1935 | TV3 | All-Star Family Fortunes
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| 2000 | TV5 | Speciale Questions Pour un Champion Speciale | Speciale Grandes Ecoles.
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| 2015 | BBC1 | One Versus One Hundred
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| 2020 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2030 | ITV | All-Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr | Liz and Don Dawn, Morten and Inez Harket, Matt and Emma Willis. TV3 1900 Su.
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| 2100 | CLAS | Classic Miscellany
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| 2110 | BBCH | Starter for Ten
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got a Bit More News For You | David Mitchell, Andrew Maxwell, Richard Coles. Wales 2220.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Counterpoint
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| 2310 | MENM | Elvis Has Just Left the Building x2
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| 2350 | E4 | Big Brother According to Russell Brand Special | A "humorous" and "irreverant" look at the "successful" show by a "funny" "comedian". But don't quote us.
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Sunday
| 0505 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0600 | WTCH | Bargain Hunt
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| 0600 | BRV2 | Casino Casino
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| 0700 | VIR1 | Fort Boyard
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| 0700 | DAVE | Mechannibals
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| 0800 | VIR1 | Gladiators
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| 0900 | BBC2 | Escape from Scorpion Island | Critical Crossing.
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| 0900 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2 | Also 0500.
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| 0900 | CBBC | Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Millionaire | Also 0600.
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| 1005 | Mor4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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| 1130 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Repeat from Friday.
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| 1200 | CBBC | Da Dick and Dom Dairies
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| 1300 | CBBC | Hider in the House
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| 1420 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | TV3 1045.
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| 1430 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1500 | CBBC | Hot Rods
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| 1500 | S4C | Deal or No Deal x2
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| 1500 | DAVE | Mechannibals x2
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| 1530 | DISN | Hannah
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| 1625 | CBBC | Gimme a Break
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| 1630 | CITV | Scratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom
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| 1640 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1720 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1800 | TV3 | The Weakest Link | Brady Bunch (USA).
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| 1845 | ITV | Beat the Star | Vernon Kay goes up against Joe Calzaghe for £150,000.
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| 1845 | RCym | Y Talwrn
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| 1900 | WTCH | Total Wipeout Usa
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| 1900 | Sky1 | Don't Forget the Lyrics
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| 2200 | BBC7 | The News Quiz
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| 2210 | C4 | Big Brother - A Decade in the Headlines Special | Grace Dent explores the first nine years of Big Brother, though she hasn't asked why this column doesn't cover it any more. We were bored by 2006.
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| 2240 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Weekdays
| 0300 | VIR1 | Stake Out
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| 0600 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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| 0600 | BRV2 | Casino Casino
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| 0700 | VIR1 | Take It or Leave It
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| 0700 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 0800 | BBC2 | Beat the Boss
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| 0800 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior | Also 0505.
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| 0940 | TV5 | Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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| 1010 | TV5 | Tout le Monde Veut Prendre Sa Place
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| 1030 | CBBC | Best of Friends
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| 1100 | CBBC | Get 100
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| 1100 | BBC7 | Q&A New! | A novel about a contestant on the Indian version of Millionaire.
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| 1130 | CBBC | Raven: The Island
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| 1200 | CBBC | Help! Teach is Coming to Stay | CBBC morning programmes Signed We, Th.
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1255 | C5 | Wordplay
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| 1330 | S4C | Deal or No Deal
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| 1415 | S4C | Countdown
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| 1500 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | Not STV.
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| 1525 | C4 | Countdown | Richard Digance.
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| 1600 | ITV | The Biggest Loser
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| 1615 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1630 | BBC2 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
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| 1630 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1700 | ITV | Divided | Not STV.
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| 1700 | C4 | Coach Trip
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| 1715 | BBC1 | The Weakest Link | Not Mo.
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| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Dundee and St Andrews
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| 1730 | BBCH | Raven | Mo 1600.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Scotland not Th.
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| 2000 | FOOD | Masterchef Goes Large
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| 2000 | BRV2 | Fear Factor
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Monday
| 0140 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 0250 | C4 | Full Metal Challenge
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| 0500 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Counterpoint | The grand final.
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| 1630 | CBBC | Election
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI x2
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| 2100 | LIV | Britain's Next Top Model
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got News for You
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| 2200 | TG4 | Paisean Faisean
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| 2245 | S4C | Big Brother: A Decade in the Headlines
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| 2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2330 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Tuesday
| 1525 | CBBC | Stake Out
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| 1605 | BBC1 | Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
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| 1630 | CBBC | Basil's Game Show
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| 2100 | ITV | Ladette to Lady New! | The Game Adjudication Panel deem it game, so we'll list it. Lots of Aussies on the show this week.
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| 2100 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me
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| 2200 | BBC4 | We Need Answers
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| 2300 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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Wednesday
| 0435 | C4 | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 1230 | BBC7 | The Burkiss Way | Bruce's Choice, an episode about Mr. Forsyth.
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| 2000 | BBC1 | The Apprentice: The Final Five Special | The BBC1 Controller desperately fills. The final is on Sunday 7 June, opposite the first of two Big Brother transmissions.
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| 2000 | SKY1 | Are You Smarter than a Ten Year Old?
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| 2100 | BBC1 | The Apprentice
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| 2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week x2
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| 2100 | ARTS | What the Dickens?
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| 2200 | BBC2 | The Apprentice You're Fired | Adrian Chiles and a panel are going ... going ... going live.
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| 2220 | DAVE | HIGNFY x2
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| 2305 | C4 | Big Brother's Big Quiz | S4C 0050 next Saturday.
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Thursday
| 0455 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1230 | BBC7 | My Music
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| 1630 | CBBC | The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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| 1900 | BBC2 | Gaisce Gno | School uniform. Northern Ireland only.
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| 2000 | ITV2 | America's Got Talent New! | Jerry Springer fronts, and there's David Hasselhoff and Piers Morgan involved. What's to like?
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| 2030 | ALBA | Cocaire nan Cocairean
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother New! | Oh no, not again. S4C 2300.
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| 2100 | DAVE | HIGNFY x2
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| 2220 | DAVE | Buzzcocks x2
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| 2320 | BBC2 | The Apprentice: You're Fired | An extended discussion. Scot 2355, not Wales.
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Friday
| 0030 | S4C | Come Dine With Me
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| 0500 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1630 | BBC1 | Trapped!
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| 1630 | CBBC | Da Dick and Dom Dairies
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| 1800 | E4 | Big Brother's Little Brother New! | CAUTION: Contains George Lamb, and should not be watched by anyone under any circumstances.
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| 1803 | RCym | Bwletin
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Andy Hamilton, Sue Perkins.
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| 1900 | WTCH | Total Wipeout Usa
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport
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| 1930 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Dr Who in the 1970s, John F Kennedy, Billy Bragg, Andrea Camilleri.
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| 2000 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout
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| 2030 | BBC1 | The Apprentice: Why I Fired Them
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother | S4C 2220.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI x2
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| 2100 | DHL | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 2100 | S4C | Bwrw'r Bar Special | Previewing Wales's victory over the USA.
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| 2130 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | David Mitchell hosts, Andrew Maxwell panels.
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| 2200 | C4 8 | Out of 10 Cats | CAUTION: Contains Jimmy Carr. S4C 2320.
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Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Challenge
Saturday
| 0000 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 0100 | Unbeatable Banzuke x2
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| 0200 | Shooting Stars
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| 0230 | Your Face or Mine?
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| 0300 | The People Versus x2 | To 0400.
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| 0700 | Ultimate World Records x2
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| 0800 | Interceptor
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| 0900 | Unbeatable Banzuke x2
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| 1000 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1100 | Gladiators
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| 1200 | The Crystal Maze | AudioD.
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| 1300 | You Bet!
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| 1400 | Millionaire
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| 1500 | Bullseye x3
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| 1630 | Catchphrase x3
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| 1800 | Family Fortunes x3
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| 1930 | Small Talk x3
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| 2100 | One Versus One Hundred
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| 2200 | Millionaire
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| 2300 | Take It or Leave It | AudioD.
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Sunday
As Saturday except
| 0000 | Bullseye x2
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| 0100 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 0200 | Interceptor
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| 0300 | Unbeatable Banzuke x2 | To 0400.
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| 1700 | Auntie's Bloomers x3
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| 2000 | Family Fortunes x2 | To 2100.
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Monday
| 0000 | Bullseye x2
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| 0100 | The Amazing Race
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| 0200 | Interceptor
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| 0300 | Unbeatable Banzuke x2 | To 0400.
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| 0700 | Ninja Warrior
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| 0730 | Unbeatable Banzuke
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| 0800 | The Crystal Maze | AudioD.
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| 0900 | Wheel of Fortune x2
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| 1000 | Play Your Cards Right x2
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| 1100 | Pasquale's Price is Right x2
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| 1200 | In It to Win It
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| 1300 | Family Fortunes x6
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| 1600 | Shooting Stars
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| 1630 | Your Face or Mine?
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| 1700 | Ninja Warrior
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| 1730 | Unbeatable Banzuke
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| 1800 | Millionaire
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| 1900 | Eggheads x2
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| 2000 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 2100 | In It to Win It
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| 2200 | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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| 2300 | Millionaire
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Tuesday
| 0000 | Distraction x2
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| 0100 | Play Your Cards Right x2
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| 0200 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 0230 | Your Face or Mine?
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| 0300 | The People Versus x2 | To 0400.
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| 1300 | Catchphrase x6
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The 1300 - 1600 block continues:
Wed - Supermarket Sweep
Thu - Millionaire
Fri - Celeb Weakest Link
Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Channel abbreviations
| 4MUS | 4 Music
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| ABSR | Absolute Radio
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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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| 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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| COMC | Comedy Central
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| COMX | Comedy Central Extra
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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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| MENM | Men and Motors
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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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| SKY1 | Sky One
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| SKY2 | Sky Two
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| SKY3 | Sky Three
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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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| WTCH | Watch
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AudioD - Audio Description for the blind
Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.
See also
TV Guide Last Week
