Can you not tell Lulu from Anita Dobson? Help is at hand: Strictly Come Dancing's preview show (BBC1, 6.10 Saturday) introduces all the contestants. BBC2 has a QI night (from 9pm; 9.45 in Northern Ireland), including a "Making Of" documentary. With Red or Black turning up double-zero, ITV tries again with feelgood show Holding Out for a Hero (7pm Sun) and wintry survival challenge 71 Degrees North (9pm Tue). Masterchef Goes Large fans are being spoiled right now, with the UK Celebrity edition is on BBC1 (2.15 weekdays; highlights at 8.30 Friday). That adds to two different series of the Australian programme on Really and Watch, and the Irish version on RTE2.
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Saturday 10 September
| 0415 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0825 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1005 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | Kenny Logan, Eleanor Oldroyd, Josh Widdicombe, Gary O'Reilly.
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| 1105 | TV5 | A Table!
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| 1115 | BBC2 | Blast Lab
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| 1135 | C5 | Big Brother | HD.
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| 1200 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1520 | DAVE | Genius
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1635 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | HD.
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| 1700 | TV3 | Mr and Mrs
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| 1725 | BBC1 | Epic Win | HD.
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| 1800 | TV3 | The Cube
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| 1805 | ITV | Family Fortunes | Joe McElderry and Jo Joyner. HD.
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| 1810 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing New! | Who are these people? HD.
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| 1900 | ITV | Red or Black? | Last in the present series. Concludes at 2115. HD. Also TV3.
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| 1900 | DAVE | The Bubble
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| 1930 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2000 | BBC1 | Secret Fortune
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| 2015 | ITV | The X Factor | HD. Also TV3. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3.
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| 2020 | DAVE | Have I Got News For You
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| 2100 | BBC2 | QI XL New! | Not NI, where Gerry Adams is More Interesting. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2115 | C4 | The Million Pound Drop Live | HD.
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| 2145 | C5 | Big Brother | HD. Bit on the Side follows on 5*.
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| 2145 | BBC2 | The Making of QI New! | Followed by three classic episodes.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz
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Sunday 11
| 0525 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0625 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia x6
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| 0755 | BBC2 | Junior Masterchef
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| 0825 | CBBC | Trapped
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| 1000 | MOR4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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| 1005 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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| 1200 | C5 | Big Brother
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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| 1315 | CBBC | Escape from Scorpion Island
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| 1415 | ITV | The X Factor | Repeat from last night. HD. TV3 1500.
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| 1420 | Mor4 | Four in a Bed x5
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| 1440 | ITV2 | 71 Degrees North x2 | End the old series before the new one starts. HD.
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| 1530 | TV3 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1635 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1705 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1725 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | Repeat from last night. HD.
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| 1735 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1800 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out
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| 1900 | ITV | Holding Out for a Hero New! | Doing a lot of work for charity, and talking a lot about it. HD.
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| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia
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| 1900 | DAVE | QI
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| 1915 | TV3 | Family Fortunes
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| 1940 | DAVE | The Bubble
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| 2000 | ALBA | Cocaire nan Cocairean
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| 2000 | ITV | The X Factor | HD. Also TV3. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3.
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| 2100 | FDNT | Chopped
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| 2200 | C5 | Big Brother | HD. Bit on the Side follows on 5*.
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| 2300 | Rd4x | Swots
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| 2300 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Not Scotland.
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Weekdays
| 0500 | C4 | Cookery School | Not Mo.
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| 0800 | BBC2 | Trapped
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| 1000 | CBBC | Blast Lab
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| 1100 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia
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| 1125 | CBBC | Trapped: Ever After
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| 1205 | C4 | Three in a Bed
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1300 | QUES | Cash Cab
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| 1400 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1400 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1415 | BBC1 | Celebrity Masterchef New! | Linda Lusardi, Nick Pickard, Michelle Mone, Darren Campbell. HD.
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| 1430 | MOR4 | Come Dine With Me Down Under
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| 1500 | MOR4 | Coach Trip
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| 1500 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | We: not Scot.
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| 1510 | C4 | Countdown | Paul Zenon, and all's well.
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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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| 1600 | ITV3 | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1700 | C4 | Coach Trip
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| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | HD.
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| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless
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| 1715 | BBC2 | Antiques Road Trip
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| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Essex. HD.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads
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| 1800 | FOOD | Perfect...
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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 | Masterchef Australia
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| 1920 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You
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| 2100 | FDNT | Chopped
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| 2200 | C5 | Big Brother | Th 2210. Not Fr. Bit on the Side follows on C5 (Mo, Th), 5* (Tu, We). Repeats at 1215 on C5, 1600 on 5*.
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Monday 12
| 0100 | BBC1 | Dragons' Den | Signed. Not Wales.
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| 0445 | C4 | Wogan's Perfect Recall
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| 0515 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1230 | Rd4X | Just a Minute | As heard on Radio 4 last week. Also 2200.
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | Wales v Midlands. (cowers for shelter.)
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Sheila Hancock, Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Tony Hawks.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | King's Cambridge v The Queen's Oxford.
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| 2000 | SKY1 | Safebreakers | HD.
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| 2030 | BBC2 | Antiques Master | Second semi-final.
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| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Fantasy Footballers v Antiquarians. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2100 | LIV | Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model | HD.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Hell's Kitchen Us
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| 2100 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den | Goo goo ga ga ga. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Shooting Stars | Tamsin Outhwaite, Mani Stone Rose, Micky Tightwad Flanagan, Charlie Higson.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | HD. NI 2335.
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| 2240 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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| 2335 | BBC1 | The Celebrity Apprentice Us | Scotland 0005, NI 2335 Tu.
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Tuesday 13
| 0130 | BBC1 | The Great British Bake-Off | Signed. NI 0040 Thu-Fri.
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| 0250 | BBC1 | Antiques Road Trip | Signed.
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| 0930 | Rd4X | The Personality Test | Jennie Bond.
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| 1800 | DAVE | Dragons' Den Canada
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| 1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout
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| 1900 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den | Also BBC-HD. Not Wales.
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| 1900 | RTE1 | Craft Master | Ceramics.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake-Off
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| 2000 | ITV2 | Minute to Win It | HD.
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| 2000 | SKY1 | Showboaters New! | Excellence in cruise ship entertainment. HD.
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| 2100 | RLLY | Tool Academy | AudioD.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2100 | ITV | 71 Degrees North New! | HD.
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| 2130 | RTE2 | Masterchef Ireland
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| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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| 2240 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You
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Wednesday 14
| 0240 | BBC1 | Antiques Road Trip | Signed.
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| 0930 | Rd4X | All the Way from Memphis
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| 1600 | BBC1 | School of Silence
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| 1700 | DAVE | Dragons' Den Ireland
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| 1705 | S4C | Meindia dy Fusnes
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| 1730 | RTE2 | The Mountain New! | Sci-fi challenges.
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| 1730 | S4C | Busnes-a
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| 1930 | TG4 | Survivor
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| 2000 | ITV2 | Take Me Out
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| 2000 | SKY1 | The Glee Project | Be glad, it's the final. HD.
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| 2000 | TV3 | Come Dine with Me
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| 2030 | 5* | Silent Library
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| 2030 | TG4 | Ceist GAA le Hector New! | The inter-club competition returns.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got News for You
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got Old News For You
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| 2220 | DAVE | QI
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| 2300 | DAVE | Argumental
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| 2300 | C5 | The Beat Goes On | HD.
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Thursday 15
| 0425 | C4 | Countdown
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| 1630 | BBC1 | Blast Lab
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| 1730 | RTE2 | The Mountain
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| 1800 | DAVE | Shark Tank
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| 2000 | RLLY | Hair Battle Spectacular
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| 2130 | RTE2 | Masterchef Ireland
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | Samia Smith and Sam Faires. HD.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Miles Jupp, Carl Donnelly, Ava Vidal.
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| 2240 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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Friday 16
| 0005 | ITV | 71 Degrees North | Not STV.
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| 0340 | BBC1 | Antiques Road Trip | Signed.
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| 0430 | C4 | Countdown
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| 0930 | Rd4X | Trivia Test Match | From 1992.
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| 1130 | Rad4 | The Write Stuff | Edgar Allan Poe.
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| 1230 | Rd4X | The News Quiz | As heard on Radio 4 last week. An extended version at 2200.
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| 1700 | CBBC | The Slammer New!
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1920 | DAVE | QI
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| 2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Telford. HD.
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| 2030 | BBC1 | Celebrity Masterchef New! | Highlights of the week's shows doesn't get tougher than this.
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| 2100 | C5 | Big Brother | The Two Minute Hate follows at 2143.
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| 2100 | C4 | The Million Pound Drop Live | HD.
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| 2130 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? | Robert Webb, Terry Wogan, Katy Wix, Kevin Bridges. Scotland 2305. HD.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | International. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2200 | C5 | The Bachelor | HD.
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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 Channel
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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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| FDNT | Food Network
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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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| QUES | Quest
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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
