A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the week beginning 3 April 2010
Schedules are subject to change.
University Challenge has its two annual finals: the quiz finishes on Monday (BBC2, 8pm), and is preceded by the Boat Race (BBC1 and Eurosport, from 3.15 Saturday), back on terrestrial television for the first time since 2004. BBC marks the Easter break with All New Total Wipeout (BBC1, 5.20 Saturday; also CBBC 10am Sat and Sun, BBC3 7.10 Monday), featuring all-new water, all-new obstacles, and an all-new hosting duo. What? It's still Hammond and Byram? Not exactly All New, is it? See also: West End Story (BBC1, 4.10 Easter Monday), following the winners of three recent BBC / Lloyd Webber singing contests. ITV finishes off The Door (8.25 Saturday), and launches into a new run of Divided (5pm from Tues, not STV). Masterchef's finals week is condensed into three days (BBC1, Mon - Wed), but there's always Great British Menu to tickle the taste buds (BBC2, 6pm Tuesday, then 6.30 weeknights).
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Saturday
| 0500 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1000 | CBBC | Total Wipeout New! | Starring CBBC favourite Richard Hammond. The role of gunge is played by some water.
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Unbeatable Banzuke x2
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| 1100 | BBC2 | The Slammer
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| 1100 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1100 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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| 1300 | LIV | Four Weddings x3
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| 1355 | CBBC | Escape from Scorpion Island
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| 1515 | BBC1 | The University Challenge Boat Race Special | Defending champions Oxford take on the winners of this year's qualification process, Cambridge. Kick-off at about 1630. Also Eurosport.
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| 1600 | BBC2 | Antiques Road Trip
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| 1605 | C4 | RTS Daytime Show of the Year Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1720 | BBC1 | All-New Total Wipeout
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| 1740 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Scotland only.
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| 1800 | SKY1 | Is a Stopped Clock Smarter Than Little Noely?
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| 1820 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out | Aggressive scheduling, there.
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| 1900 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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| 1925 | BBC1 | Over the Rainbow | The first live show. Also BBC-HD and TV3 (!).
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| 1925 | ITV | Push the Button
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| 1940 | DAVE | QI x2
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| 2000 | Rad4 | Counterpoint Special | Repeat from Friday.
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| 2025 | ITV | The Door | Friday's three winners are joined by one other, and then it's straight knockout. Also TV3.
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| 2040 | BBC1 | Who Dares Wins
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| 2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week Night
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| 2115 | BBC2 | Have I Got a Bit More News For You | Lee Mack hosts, Nigel Farage gets laughed at.
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| 2125 | BBCH | Shooting Stars
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| 2125 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Counterpoint
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Sunday
| 0415 | C4 | Scrapheap Challenge | Signed.
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| 0525 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0900 | LIV | So You Think You Can Dance
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| 1000 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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| 1000 | Mor4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Unbeatable Banzuke x2
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| 1030 | DHL | Come Dine With Me x10
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| 1100 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1140 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth
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| 1355 | CBBC | Escape from Scorpion Island
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| 1545 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1710 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1730 | BBC2 | Antiques Road Trip | Scotland only.
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| 1820 | BBC1 | Over the Rainbow Results Show | TV3 1830.
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| 1830 | ITV | All-Star Mr and Mrs | Denise Welch and Tim Healy; Gareth and Suzanne Gates; Nicholas and Annie Parsons.
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| 1845 | RCym | Y Talwrn
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| 1905 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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| 1945 | DAVE | QI x2
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| 2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | North Somerset.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week Night
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Monday
| 0500 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0740 | BBC2 | Kerwhizz
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| 0830 | BBC2 | Copycats
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| 0830 | DHL | Come Dine With Me x10
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| 0930 | BBC2 | The Slammer
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1130 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1305 | TV5 | Pekin Express
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Counterpoint
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| 1400 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1525 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1610 | BBC1 | West End Story Special | Following the career of the winners of the last three Lloyd Webber casting shows. Well, apart from Jade.
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| 1610 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1700 | C4 | Coach Trip
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| 1700 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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| 1730 | C4 | RTS Daytime Show of the Year Come Dine With Me
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| 1815 | Mor4 | RTS Daytime Show of the Year Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith, Phill Jupitus, Catherine Tate.
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| 1910 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout Fast Forward | The hour-long show condensed to 30 minutes.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | The grand final pits St John's Oxford against last week's winners.
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| 2030 | BBC1 | QI | A compilation of the most intellectual moments from the series.
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| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | The second semi-final, Strategists v Hitchhikers.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | The last three: one hour.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Hell's Kitchen Us
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| 2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week Night
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| 2100 | LIV | Celebrity Four Weddings | Warning: May not contain celebrities
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Weekdays
| 0740 | BBC2 | Kerwhizz
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| 0830 | BBC2 | Copycats
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| 0930 | BBC2 | The Slammer
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1230 | RTE1 | The Dealers | Tuesday 1215.
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| 1420 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me
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| 1430 | S4C | Jacpot
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| 1500 | ITV | Daily Cooks Challenge
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| 1525 | C4 | Countdown | John Suchet.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1610 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1630 | BBC2 | Pointless | 1635 Th-Fr.
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| 1700 | ITV | Divided New! | Not STV.
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| 1700 | C4 | Coach Trip
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| 1715 | BBC1 | The Weakest Link
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| 1730 | C4 | RTS Daytime Show of the Year Come Dine With Me | Not Fr.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | We-Fr only. Scot: not Th. Also BBC-HD.
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| 1800 | LIV | America's Next Top Model
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Extra episode at 1800 Tu. Scot: not Th.
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| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Tuesday
| 1800 | BBC2 | Great British Menu New! | An extra episode otherwise the weekly finals will be on Monday.
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| 1900 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Wales only.
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| 2000 | LIV | Celebrity Four Weddings | Featuring Pete Bennett (he won Big Brother when no-one was watching), Michelle Marsh (who?), Carol Harrison (who squared?), and Faye from Steps.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | The final week continues; one hour.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI
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| 2140 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got News For You | The Monday repeat. Not NI.
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| 2220 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You?
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| 2300 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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Wednesday
| 1845 | ITV2 | Beat the Star with Vernon Kay
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| 1930 | C5 | Heads or Tails
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| 2000 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | It's the hour-long Grand Final!
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| 2100 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | NI 2320.
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| 2215 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2230 | ESPC | The Umpire Strikes Back | Anne Keovathong and a wet lump of putty.
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Thursday
| 0155 | BBC1 | Masterchef | One hour, Signed.
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| 0525 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1635 | BBC1 | Relic: Guardians of the Museum | BBC-HD 1645 Friday.
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| 2000 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News For You | Alexander Armstrong is the host, Richard Herring is on the panel.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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| 2100 | SKY1 | A League of Their Own
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| 2140 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice
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| 2215 | RTE1 | Dragons' Den
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Friday
| 0520 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Into the semi-finals with Lord Peter Wimsey novels, Anglo-American War of 1812-15, Hindu deities, Cecil Sharpe, "The Wire". Not Wales.
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| 2000 | VIR1 | Millionaire
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| 2100 | DAVE | Buzzcocks
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| 2100 | WTCH | Ballroom with the B-list
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| 2210 | DAVE | QI
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| 0045 | BBC1 | Masterchef | 30 minutes, Signed.
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Challenge
Saturday
| 0000 | Take It or Leave It
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| 0100 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 0200 | Takeshi x2
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| 0300 | Fifteen to One | To 0400.
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| 0700 | Fun House x2
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| 0800 | You Bet!
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| 0900 | Takeshi x2
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| 1000 | Unbeatable Banzuke
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| 1100 | Gladiators
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| 1200 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1300 | You Bet!
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| 1400 | Millionaire
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| 1500 | Winning Lines x6
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| 1800 | Family Fortunes x6
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| 2100 | In It to Win It
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| 2200 | Millionaire
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| 2300 | Distraction x2
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Sunday
As Saturday except
| 0000 | Bullseye x2
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| 0100 | Takeshi x2
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| 0200 | Winning Lines x2
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| 0300 | Fifteen to One x2 | To 0400.
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Monday
| 0000 | Bullseye x2
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| 0100 | Takeshi x2
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| 0200 | Winning Lines x2
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| 0300 | Fifteen to One x2 | To 0400.
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| 0700 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 0800 | Takeshi x2
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| 0900 | Supermarket Sweep x2
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| 1000 | Back in the Day x2
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| 1100 | Pasquale's Price is Right x2
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| 1200 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 1300 | Winning Lines x2
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| 1400 | Play Your Cards Right x2
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| 1500 | Golden Balls
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| 1600 | You Bet!
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| 1700 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1800 | Takeshi x2
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| 1900 | Winning Lines x2
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| 2000 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 2100 | Millionaire x2
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| 2300 | Room 101
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| 2335 | Bullseye
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Tuesday - Friday
As Monday except
| 0005 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 0105 | Takeshi x2
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| 0205 | The People Versus x2
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| 0300 | Fifteen to One x2 | To 0400.
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Shortcuts: 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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| ARTS | Sky Arts
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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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| BBCH | BBC-HD
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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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| DMAX | D-MAX
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| DRT | Discovery Real Time
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| DSCI | Discovery Science
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| EDEN | Eden
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| ESPC | ESPN Classic
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| ESPT | Eurosport
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| ESP2 | Eurosport 2
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| GOLD | UKTV Gold
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| HOME | UKTV Home
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| HLMK | Hallmark
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| HTV | HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
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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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| 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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| Rad7 | BBC Radio 7
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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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| RLLY | UKTV Really
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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 | Sky1
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| SKY2 | Sky2
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| SKY3 | Sky3
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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
