Saturday sees the first competition in Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1, 6.05) and The X Factor (ITV, 7.30). Readers will wish to lay on sleeping bags and extra provisions, because there's almost five hours of performance there. Low expectations for High Stakes (ITV1 and Channel, 8pm Tuesday), as viewers to UTV don't see it until 11pm, and those watching STV have something else entirely. Elsewhere, Singed by Katie Price (UK Living, 9pm Monday) follows around the Eurovision reject in search of better grammar, the return of Celebrity Coach Trip (C4, 5pm weekdays), and there's a special edition of The Write Stuff (Radio 4, 6.30 Wednesday). New runs of Fferm Ffactor (S4C, 8.25 Wednesday) and Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm Friday).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Saturday 8 October
0825 | CBBC | The Slammer
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0835 | BBC2 | Splatalot
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1005 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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1105 | TV5 | A Table!
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1115 | BBC2 | Blast Lab
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1130 | C5 | Big Brother | HD.
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1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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1345 | ITV | The X Factor | Repeat from last Sunday.
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1400 | DAVE | Dragons' Den x2
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1400 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off Masterclass | England, Wales 1535. NI 1600.
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1415 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | HD.
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1430 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out
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1445 | BBC1 | Don't Scare the Hare | One more show after this.
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1500 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off | Scotland only.
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1530 | BBC2 | Celebrity Masterchef | NI only; as seen elsewhere yesterday.
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1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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1625 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | HD.
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1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1630 | BBCH | Copycats x2
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1700 | RLLY | The OC | Victoria Coren asks difficult questions of Californians. Like, "what's your name?"
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1705 | BBC1 | Celebrity Masterchef | HD.
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1800 | ITV | Family Fortunes | Peter Andre v Kate Thornton. HD.
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1805 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | HD. With additional commentary on BBCi.
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1900 | DAVE | Have I Got News For You
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1930 | ITV | The X Factor | Live performances, two-and-a-half hours of. Bring your own coffee. Also TV3. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3. HD.
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2005 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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2050 | BBC1 | Secret Fortune | Play along on Super Ceefax. Actually, don't bother, it's rubbish.
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2100 | BBC2 | QI XL | Also BBC-HD. Scotland 2145, allowing coverage of a football match against Liechtenstein.
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2100 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You Night
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2200 | C4 | The Million Pound Drop Live | HD.
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2200 | C5 | Big Brother | HD. Bit on the Side follows on 5*.
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2300 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz
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2320 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Extended edition.
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Sunday 9
0600 | WTCH | The Weakest Link x3
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0710 | C4 | Stockton Rat Race | All we know about Stockton: they have great librarians.
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0805 | BBC2 | Junior Masterchef
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1000 | MOR4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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1000 | C5 | The Beat Goes On | To be reviewed in the next Week. HD.
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1005 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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1100 | C5 | Big Brother | HD.
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1130 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off | Not Scotland.
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1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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1320 | ITV | The X Factor | Repeat from last night. HD. TV3 1050.
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1410 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Not Scotland.
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1420 | Mor4 | Four in a Bed x5
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1420 | TV3 | Come Dine With Me
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1530 | BBCH | Copycats x2
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1535 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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1540 | CBBC | The Slammer
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1610 | CBBC | Alesha's Street Dance Stars
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1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1705 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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1730 | RTE2 | Masterchef Ireland x2
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1800 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out
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1800 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den | How to Win. Not Scotland.
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1830 | RTE1 | Celebrity Bainisteoir
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1900 | ITV | Holding Out for a Hero | HD.
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1900 | TV3 | Family Fortunes
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1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia
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1925 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | The results. HD.
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1930 | RTE1 | Put 'em Under Pressure
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1930 | TG4 | An Jig Gig
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2000 | ITV | The X Factor | With a performance from last year's winner, Biffy Clyro. HD. Also TV3. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3.
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2000 | PICK | Wayne Rooney's Street Striker
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2100 | C5 | Big Brother | HD. Bit on the Side follows on 5*.
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2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
0500 | C4 | Cookery School | Not Mo.
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0750 | ITV3 | Dickinson's Real Deal
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0800 | BBC2 | Trapped
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1000 | CBBC | Blast Lab
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1100 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | Mo-We only; Th-Fr Celebrity Masterchef Goes Large x2.
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1125 | CBBC | Escape from Scorpion Island
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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 | We've reached the semi-finals. HD.
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1430 | MOR4 | Come Dine With Me
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1500 | MOR4 | Coach Trip
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1510 | C4 | Countdown | Phil Hammond, MD.
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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 | ITV | There's No Taste Like Home
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1635 | CBBC | Splatalot
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1700 | C4 | Celebrity Coach Trip New! | Big Brother's Brian Belo and Spencer Smith; Gary Cockerill and Phil Turner; Lizzie Cundy and Emma B; Michael Barrymore and Maurice Leonard; Alex Best and Anyone But Lembit Öpik. HD.
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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 | Big Brother's Chantelle Houghton, Cleo Rocos, Andrew Stone; Pete Burns off of Dragons' Den, and Bobby George the dartist. HD.
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1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Also BBC-HD.
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1830 | BBC2 | Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
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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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2100 | FDNT | Chopped
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2200 | C5 | Big Brother | Not Fr. Bit on the Side follows on C5 (Mo, Th), 5* (Tu, We).
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Monday 10
0000 | BBC2 | Mock the Week
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0100 | BBC1 | A Farmer's Life for Me | Signed. Not Wales, NI Thu 0005.
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1330 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | Wales v The North.
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1415 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | Whose show is reduced to one episode this week?
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1730 | RTE2 | Sing!
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2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | The opening repechage match.
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2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Social Networkers v Antiquarians. Also BBC-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 | MOR4 | Three In a Bed
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2100 | TV3 | The Apprentice | The Apprentice You're Fired follows at 2220.
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2100 | LIV | Singed by Katie Price New! | Jordan searches for a new model. Try the Hornby shop. HD.
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2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | NI 2350.
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2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Ricky Hatton, Mark Lawrenson, Serge Betsen, Michael Owen. HD. NI 2305.
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2300 | DAVE | Shooting Stars
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 11
0100 | C4 | Late Night Poker | James Akenhead and Victoria Coren.
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0150 | BBC1 | The Great British Bake-Off | Signed.
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0930 | Rd4X | Whispers
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1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout
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1900 | RTE1 | Craft Master | The art of finishing a series with the closing credits.
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1930 | C5 | Family Cook Off | Portsmouth. HD.
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2000 | ITV | High Stakes New! | Jeremy Kyle's guessing game. HD. Not STV, where they prefer The Hour. UTV 2305, where perpetual fill-in Lesser Spotted Ulster takes precedence.
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2000 | ITV2 | Minute to Win It | HD.
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2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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2100 | ITV | 71 Degrees North | Sheer rock. Or is that STV's entry to Scotland's Greatest Album? HD.
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2100 | LIV | Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model Us | Tiffany starts a sentence. HD.
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2130 | RTE2 | Masterchef Ireland
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2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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2200 | ITV4 | Beer and Pizza Club | Rufus Hound, Seann Walsh, Alun Cochrane, and - introducing new rule! - Roisin Conaty.
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2240 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You
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2320 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Wednesday 12
0405 | C4 | Scrapheap Challenge | Water-powered machines.
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0930 | Rd4X | All the Way from Memphis
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1535 | TV3 | The Biggest Loser UK
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1705 | S4C | Meindia dy Fusnes
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1730 | S4C | Busnes-a
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1830 | Rad4 | The Write Stuff New! | Cheltenham Literature Festival special.
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1930 | TG4 | Survivor | Déanann duine de na hiomaitheoirí cibé a theastaíonn chun fanacht sa chluiche.
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2025 | S4C | Fferm Ffactor New! | Give ten farmers the key to a 4x4, and then take it from them.
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2030 | TG4 | Ceist GAA le Hector
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2100 | BBC2 | How to Win In the Den
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2220 | DAVE | QI
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2300 | DAVE | Argumental
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2300 | C5 | Impossible | Jeff Brazier and Jenny Frost. HD.
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2335 | ITV | Ladette to Lady | Not STV, UTV.
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Thursday 13
0930 | Rd4x | The 99p Challenge
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1600 | BBC1 | Copycats | HD.
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1830 | Rad4 | So Wrong It's Right | Richard Herring, Holly Walsh, Iain Morris.
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1900 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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2000 | ITV2 | The X Factor Us | HD.
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2000 | DAVE | QI XL
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2000 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off | Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood demonstrate how to make their food.
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2100 | S4C | Only Men Aloud | Film music.
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2130 | RTE2 | Masterchef Ireland
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2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | Soap special: Ricky Norwood, Michelle Collins, Natalie Anderson, Nick Pickard. HD.
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2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Bloke, bloke, bloke, bloke, bloke, bloke.
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2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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2325 | E4 | Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
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Friday 14
0930 | Rd4X | Foul Play
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1700 | CBBC | The Slammer | Dressed to Impress.
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1757 | TG4 | Wipeout Australia
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1800 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You?
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1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | Jeremy Hardy, Sarah Millican, Paul Sinha off of The Chase.
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1840 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Hampshire. HD.
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2030 | BBC1 | Celebrity Masterchef
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2100 | C5 | Big Brother | The Ten Minute Interview follows at 2300.
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2100 | ITV2 | The X Factor Us | HD. Two episodes on TV3 from 2100.
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2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You New! | Jo Brand hosts, Graham Linehan and Victoria Coren guest. HD. Scot 2235.
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2130 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? | Frank Skinner, Bill Oddie, Jon Richardson, Sarah Millican. HD; BBC-HD 2230.
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2200 | DAVE | Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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2200 | BBC2 | QI | Inventive. Also BBC-HD.
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2200 | C5 | The Bachelor | HD.
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2200 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Jack Dee, David O'Doherty, Stacey Solomon, Alex James. HD.
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2225 | S4C | Fferm Ffactor
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2245 | ESPT | Strongest Man New! | Poland.
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2340 | DAVE | QI
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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