A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the week beginning 1 May 2010
Schedules are subject to change.
The bank holiday is marked by marathons of popular series - QI (Sat) and Have I Got News for You (Sun) on Dave, er, Basil's Game Show (Sat afternoon) on CBBC, er, er, Celeb Millionaire (Mon) on Challenge and Total Wipeout US on Watch (Mon). Virgin 1 finally brings World's Strongest Man to free television (6pm Sun), and Watch unleashes puke-quizzing on Scream If You Know the Answer (7pm Sun). CBBC is effortlessly cool with Mission 2110 (5.45 Mo-We). It's the final week of campaigning in the Gameshow General Election 2010, and Richard Bacon explains the voting system on Fighting Talk (12 noon Mon). Ballots close at 10pm next Thursday, and reaction on all channels includes some themed game shows on Channel 4 (from, er, 9pm).
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Saturday
| 0520 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0900 | DAVE | QI Day | Continues all day and all night.
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Takeshi x2
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| 1030 | BBC2 | Da Dick and Dom Dairies
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| 1100 | BBC2 | Bamzooki
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| 1100 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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| 1130 | BBC7 | The News Quiz | An archive edition, selected by Jo Caulfield. Also 2130.
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| 1200 | CBBC | Basil's Game Show | Further editions through the afternoon.
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1300 | LIV | Four Weddings x5
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| 1304 | RWal | What's the Story?
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| 1530 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Scotland only.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1555 | C4 | RTS Daytime Show of the Year Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1725 | BBC1 | A promo for Doctor Who | Followed by All-New Total Wipeout.
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| 1730 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Wales only.
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| 1805 | TV3 | The Cube
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| 1900 | ITV | The Whole 57 Feet
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| 1900 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out
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| 1910 | BBC1 | A promo for Who Dares Wins | Followed by Over the Rainbow. Also BBC-HD. TV3 1800 tomorrow.
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| 2000 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Also TV3.
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| 2005 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2010 | BBC1 | A promo for next week's Doctor Who | Followed by Who Dares Wins.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Counterpoint | Only chance to hear this episode.
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Sunday
| 0055 | C4 | You Have Been Watching
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| 0510 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0840 | DAVE | HIGNFY Day | Continues all day and into the night.
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| 1000 | Mor4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Takeshi x2 | AudioD.
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| 1100 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth
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| 1425 | Mor4 | Coach Trip x5
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| 1540 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent
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| 1610 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1630 | BBC7 | The News Quiz
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| 1640 | STV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1705 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1800 | VIR1 | The World's Strongest Man New! | The 2009 series comes to free television.
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| 1830 | RTE1 | Fame The Musical | Auditioning for places in the stage production. Results at 2030.
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| 1845 | RCym | Y Talwrn
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| 1900 | LIV | Four Weddings
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| 1900 | WTCH | Scream If You Know the Answer! x2 New! | D-list celebs answer general knowledge questions while on rides at theme parks.
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| 1915 | BBC1 | Over the Rainbow Results Show | Also BBC-HD, TV3 2005.
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| 1915 | TV3 | Family Fortunes
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| 2105 | 4MUS | Banzai
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Weekdays
| 0730 | BBC2 | Raven The Dragon's Eye
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| 0955 | CBBC | Copycats | Also 1630. Not Mo.
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| 1000 | VIR1 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1010 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1300 | CBBC | Blast Lab | Not Mo.
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| 1305 | C4 | RTS Daytime Show of the Year Come Dine With Me | Not Mo.
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| 1330 | BBC2 | Ready Steady Cook | Not Mo.
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| 1330 | CBBC | Wait for It..! | Not Mo.
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| 1400 | CBBC | Best of Friends | Not Mo; Signed We, Th.
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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 | Kate Humble.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1600 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1610 | C4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1700 | ITV | Divided | Not Mo. Not STV.
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| 1700 | C4 | Iron Chef UK
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| 1715 | BBC1 | The Weakest Link | Not Mo.
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| 1745 | CBBC | Mission 2110 New! | Prevent the future from occurring! Mo-We only.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Also BBC-HD.
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| 1800 | LIV | America's Next Top Model
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Scot: not Th.
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| 1900 | WTCH | School for Cooks
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Monday
| 0510 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1200 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk Special | Richard Bacon hosts an edition discussing the Gameshow General Election. Please, someone explain the rules of 19 Keys to him.
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| 1200 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out Day | To 1800.
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| 1300 | LIV | Four Weddings x5 | Hour-long episodes, too.
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| 1305 | TV5 | Fort Boyard
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| 1655 | BBC1 | The Weakest Link Special | Rock and pop, with guests including Richard "The Desert Forges" Fairbrass, Basshunter, Bernie "Popstar to Operastar" Nolan, Natasha Hamilton, and Paul "Reborn in the USA. Oh." Young.
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| 1735 | TV3 | Superstar Ding Dong Special | A music game between people who look like famous people.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | Fred Macaulay, Susan Calman, Liza Tarbuck, Charlie Brooker.
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| 1900 | ITV2 | Take Me Out
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2100 | LIV | Four Weddings
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| 2200 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Tuesday
| 0315 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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| 1900 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 2000 | ITV | Millionaire | Pat Cash and Annabel "Interceptor" Croft continue; Alison Steadman and Michael Elwyn; Robin "Fame Academy" Gibb and Mike "Pop Quiz" Read. Not STV.
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| 2000 | BBCH | Dragons' Den
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| 2000 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI
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| 2220 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You?
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Wednesday
| 0150 | BBC1 | Mastercrafts | Signed.
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| 0320 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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| 1930 | C5 | Heads or Tails
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| 2000 | STV | Millionaire Celebrity | As seen elsewhere three weeks ago.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us | We'd rather be watching Greek letters.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Greeks. How handy. Not NI.
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| 2200 | BBC7 | Whose Line Is it Anyway?
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| 2230 | ESPC | The Umpire Strikes Back | Dave Vitty and Graham "Simply the Best" Poll.
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| 2250 | 4MUS | Banzai x2
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Thursday
| 0110 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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| 0510 | C4 | Countdown
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| 2055 | BBC1 | Have I Got News For You | Jo Brand hosts, Armando Iannucci and Jon Richardson play.
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| 2100 | C4 | Channel 4's Alternative Election Night Special | Promises various game show-related fun including Come Dine with Me and You Have Been Watching, but contains Jimmy Carr, so at your own risk...
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us
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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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| 2155 | BBC1 | We Agree With Nick Gates - The Gameshow General Election 2010 Night Special | In a packed bar tonight, there's (deep breath) David Dimbleby, Jeremy Paxman, Anthony King, and Tim Vine's Brother (BBC-HD, News 24, BBC1 England, BBC2 elsewhere); Jackie Bird, Glenn Campbell, Brian Taylor (BBC1 Scotland and BBC Parliament); Noel Thompson and Jim Fitzpatrick (BBC1 Northern Ireland); Huw Edwards (BBC1 Wales); Dewi Llwyd (S4C); James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn (Radio 4); Victoria Derbyshire and John Pienaar (Radio 5); Alistair Stewart, Julie Etchingham, Tom Bradby, Colin Rallings (ITV); Bernard Ponsonby (STV); Miriam O'Callaghan and Brian Dobson (RTE1, from 2345); various cable and satellite channels; and coverage on local and national radio.
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| 2155 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice
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| 2200 | C4 | You Have Been Watching | Lauren Laverne, Chris Addison, Rufus Hound.
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| 2220 | DAVE | HIGNFY
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Friday
The children's schedule is shifted to BBC2 for the day.
| 0500 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1735 | TV5 | Fort Boyard
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| 1803 | RCym | Cwis Cymru
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | Jack Dee, Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins.
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | With guest captain Gary Speed, and a panel including Andrew "Divided" Castle.
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| 1930 | BBC4 | BBC Young Musician of the Year 2010 | Woodwind.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | In a show delayed from 16 April, it's Walter Raleigh, Ever Decreasing Circles, Sharpe, singles of the 1960, and Henry VIII.
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| 2000 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | Not STV.
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| 2000 | STV | Postcode Challenge
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| 2030 | BBC1 | QI | Film. Scotland: 1930 on BBC2.
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| 2030 | ALBA | Cocaire nan Cocairean
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| 2100 | ITV | Marco's Kitchen Burnout
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| 2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2100 | WTCH | Ballroom with the B-list
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| 2210 | DAVE | QI
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| 0330 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge
Challenge
Saturday
| 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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| 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 | Millionaire
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| 1400 | Take It or Leave It | Above two alternate until 1900.
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| 1900 | Family Fortunes x4
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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 | The People Versus 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 | Back in the Day 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 | The People Versus x2
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| 1100 | Pasquale's Price is Right x2
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| 1200 | Celeb Millionaire x11
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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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| 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 | Ninja Warrior x2
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| 1700 | Takeshi x2
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| 1800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1900 | Strike it Rich x2
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| 2000 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 2100 | Millionaire x2 | To 2300
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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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| 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
