This week's highlight is the University Challenge final (BBC2, 8pm Monday), pitting York against the winners of this past week's contest. Who Wants to be a Millionaire is back for one night only (ITV, 8.25 Saturday), and there's a new run of The Cube (ITV, Sunday 7pm [8pm Scotland]). Mary Nightingale takes over Britain's Best Dish (ITV, 5pm weekdays, not Scotland), there are returns for Great British Menu (BBC2, 6.30 weeknights), A Question of Sport (BBC1, Monday night) and Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9.30 Friday).
It's a new financial year at the BBC, and the radio stations get a facelift - BBC7 becomes Radio 4Xtra, and begins with Russell Davies's review of the radio panel game in Let's Get Quizzical (9am and 8pm Saturday). There are new runs of Counterpoint (Radio 4, 1.30 Monday) and The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30 Monday). And, if you like school games in Gaelic, Gleusta (BBC Alba, 6.30 Wednesday) could be for you.
Saturday 2 April
0525 | C4 | Countdown
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0610 | WTCH | The Weakest Link | Singing and/or dancing.
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0800 | BBC2 | Fee Fi Fo Yum
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0820 | CBBC | The Slammer
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0900 | Rd4X | Let's Get Quizzical New! | On Radio 4Xtra's launch day, Russell Davies tells the story of the radio panel game, with sample episodes of ISIHAC, JaM, and Jest a Minute. Also 2000.
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0925 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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1000 | BBC2 | Trapped Ever After | Also CBBC 1620.
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1045 | BBC2 | Copycats | Also BBCH 1455.
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1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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1105 | TV5 | A Table!
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1125 | C4 | Great British Hairdresser | HD.
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1330 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall
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1400 | DAVE | QI
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1410 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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1550 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us | Also TV3 1605.
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1625 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x4
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1630 | WTCH | Tonight's the Night
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1720 | BBC2 | Mastermind | NI only. Wales 2000.
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1730 | BBC1 | Total Wipeout | The awards.
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1755 | WTCH | Scream If You Know the Answer!
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1830 | BBC1 | So You Think You Can Dance | Auditions 2. HD.
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1905 | WTCH | Total Wipeout Australia
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1910 | ITV | Push the Button 2.0 Live | Also TV3. HD.
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1930 | BBC1 | Secret Fortune
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2010 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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2025 | TV3 | Mr and Mrs
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2025 | ITV | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? New! | David Walliams and Olly Murs compete with their mothers, Patsy Palmer with her son.
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2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week Night
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2300 | Rad4 | The 3rd Degree
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Sunday 3
0435 | C4 | Wogan's Perfect Recall
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0500 | C4 | Countdown
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0620 | WTCH | The Weakest Link | Music.
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0740 | CBBS | Buzz and Tell
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0800 | BBC2 | Fee Fi Fo Yum
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0900 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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0900 | MOR4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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0925 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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0925 | ITV | May the Best House Win | Not STV.
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1200 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall
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1025 | ITV | House Gift | Not STV.
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1130 | BBC2 | Masterchef
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1140 | TV3 | Dancing on Ice | Last week's show.
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1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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1230 | ITV | Dinner Date
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1310 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Scotland only; rest of the UK at 1500.
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1330 | MOR4 | Coach Trip x5
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1355 | C4 | Four In A Bed x5 | Wales.
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1500 | TV3 | Come Dine With Me
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1500 | BBCH | Copycats
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1610 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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1630 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1900 | STV | Monte Carlo or Bust New!
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1800 | SKY1 | Live to Dance | HD.
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1900 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Worcester. HD.
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1900 | ITV | The Cube New! | HD. STV 2000.
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1915 | TV3 | Family Fortunes
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1915 | TG4 | Feis and Blood
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1940 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You
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2020 | DAVE | QI
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2215 | S4C | Côr Cymru | Women's choirs.
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2130 | RTE1 | Dragons' Den
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Weekdays
0740 | CBBS | Buzz and Tell
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0900 | CBBC | Copycats | Also 1630.
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0930 | CBBC | My Genius Idea | Not Mo.
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1150 | CBBC | Trapped | Signed We, Th.
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1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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1410 | C4 | Cookery School
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1425 | S4C | 0 Ond 1 | Not Mo.
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1435 | MOR4 | Come Dine With Me
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1505 | MOR4 | Coach Trip
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1510 | C4 | Countdown | Dave Spikey.
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1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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1605 | ITV3 | Dickinson's Real Deal
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1625 | BBC2 | Pointless | 1630 Monday; it's making way for party political broadcasts at 1755.
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1700 | ITV | Britain's Best Dish New! | Hosted by Mary Nightingale, which rather spoils the joke. Not STV. HD.
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1715 | BBC1 | The Weakest Link
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1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Also BBC-HD.
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1800 | DAVE | Dragons' Den | Monday 2000.
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1830 | BBC2 | Great British Menu New! | Also BBC-HD.
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1830 | TV3 | Come Dine With Me
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1850 | MOR4 | Come Dine With Me
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1900 | WTCH | Celebrity Masterchef
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Monday 4
0135 | BBC1 | Masterchef | Signed.
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0455 | C4 | Wogan's Perfect Recall
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0520 | C4 | Countdown
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1230 | Rd4X | Just a Minute New! | As heard on Radio 4 last week. Also 2200.
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1330 | Rad4 | Counterpoint New! | The music quiz returns, chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
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1630 | S4C | Diwedd y Byd
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1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth New! | Alan Davies, Jack Dee, Marcus Brigstocke, and Lucy Porter.
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2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | York play last week's winners in the grand final.
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2030 | ALBA | Cocaire nan Cocairean
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2100 | ITV2 | Hell's Kitchen Us
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2100 | LIV | Four Weddings | HD.
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2140 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Not NI.
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2200 | E4 | Great British Hairdresser | Whoo! They're going to Ibiza. HD.
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2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport New! | Amir Khan, Rob Key, Clare Balding, Phil Taylor. Wales, Scotland 2305; NI 2335.
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2240 | STV | The Cube | A repeat.
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2255 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Tuesday 5
0120 | BBC1 | Masterchef | Signed.
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0325 | C4 | Codex | Ancient Egypt.
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1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout
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1910 | RTE2 | Masterchef The Professionals x2
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2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got Old News for You
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2240 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You
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2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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Wednesday 6
0030 | BBC1 | Michel Roux's Service | Signed. Wales 0150 next Saturday.
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0510 | C4 | Full Metal Challenge | Signed.
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0930 | Rd4X | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | April 1982.
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1600 | BBC1 | Trade Your Way to the USA | Souvenirs.
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1630 | S4C | Diwedd y Byd
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1830 | Rad4 | Act Your Age | Sean Walsh, Hal Crutenden, Dave Spikey.
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1830 | ALBA | Gleusta New! | Primary school teams have battles of brains and agility.
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1900 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You
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1930 | TG4 | Survivor
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1940 | DAVE | QI
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2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | HD.
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2100 | DAVE | Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got News for You | A Bruce Forsyth episode.
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2245 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? | Scotland 2245, Wales 2315, NI 2325.
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Thursday 7
0500 | C4 | Wogan's Perfect Recall
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0525 | C4 | Countdown
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0930 | Rd4X | Just a Minute | January 1998.
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1700 | S4C | Cwis Mwyaf Cymru
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1830 | Rad4 | So Wrong It's Right | Last week's episode on R4X at 1230 and 2200.
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1900 | BBCH | Masterchef | Johnny Vaughan, Alan Davies, Roisin Conaty, Arthur Smith.
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2000 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us
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2000 | C4 | Three In a Bed
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2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | CAUTION: George and Larry Lamb.
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Friday 8
0525 | C4 | Countdown
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0930 | Rd4X | Genius | November 2005.
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1620 | S4C | Sawl Seren?
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1700 | RTE2 | The Mountain New! | Science-based assault courses.
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1803 | RCym | Bechingalw
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1900 | ITV2 | Mr and Mrs
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2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Clive James, Discworld, Raymond Chandler, Victorian churches of London. Not Wales.
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2000 | WTCH | Total Wipeout Australia
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2025 | S4C | Cor Cymru | Highlights from the finalists.
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2030 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport New!
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2100 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us
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2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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2100 | TV3 | Head Chef New! | Sixteen hopefuls are chopped in Athlone.
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2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You New! | Celebrity Big Brother's Jack Dee hosts, Richard Madeley guests.
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2100 | MOR4 | Love Thy Neighbour | A transvestite and a single mother.
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2130 | BBC1 | QI | Not Scotland, NI.
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2130 | SKY1 | A League of Their Own | Boris Becker, Clare Balding.
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2220 | DAVE | QI
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2235 | ITV | Take Me Out | Not STV.
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2335 | ITV | The Cube | Not STV.
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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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BORD | Border (ITV in Cumbria and south-west Scotland)
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C4 | Channel 4
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C5 | Channel 5
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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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DISN | Disney Channel
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DMAX | D-MAX
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DRT | Discovery Real Time
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ESPC | ESPN Classic
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ESPT | Eurosport
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ESP2 | Eurosport 2
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FOOD | UKTV Good Food
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FSTR | 5*
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GOLD | UKTV Gold
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HOME | UKTV Home
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HTV | HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
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ITV | ITV1 (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 | Sky Living
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LIV2 | Sky Living It
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LFC | LFC TV
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MOR4 | More 4
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NICK | Nickelodeon
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PICK | Pick TV
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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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Rd4X | BBC Radio 4Xtra
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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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S4CD | S4C Digidol
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SKY1 | Sky 1
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SKY2 | Sky 2
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STV | STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland)
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TLKS | Talk Sport (radio)
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TV3 | TV3 (Irish)
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TV5 | TV5 Monde (Europe)
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TG4 | TG 4 (Irish)
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UTV | Ulster Television (ITV1 in Northern Ireland)
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WTCH | Watch
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AudioD - Audio Description for the blind.
HD - Also shown in high-definition.
Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.
See also
TV Guide Last Week