The Chase gains some celebrities and a Saturday night slot (ITV and TV3, 6pm), and The Cube makes its return (ITV, 7pm Sunday). Cookery fans have professional contest Best Dish - The Chefs (ITV, 5pm weekdays) and children's show Junior Bake Off (CBBC, 6.20 Mo-Th). There are new runs of Argumental (Dave, 10pm Thursday) and the long-awaited return of Mastermind (BBC2, 8pm Friday, not Wales). For all this yang there must be some yin, and it comes in a second run of Tool Academy (E4, 10pm Tuesday). Don't forget to miss it.
Schedules subject to change.
Saturday 29 October
| 0605 | WTCH | The Weakest Link | TV and tabloids.
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| 0825 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 0835 | BBC2 | Splatalot
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| 1000 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 1005 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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| 1020 | TG4 | Wipeout Australia
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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| 1105 | TV5 | A Table!
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| 1120 | C4 | Shipwrecked | The history.
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| 1150 | C5 | Big Brother | HD.
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1430 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out | HD.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1545 | BBC2 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip x2 | Scotland only. NI one episode at 1640.
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| 1610 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | HD.
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| 1630 | BBCH | Copycats x2
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| 1710 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | HD.
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| 1800 | ITV | The Chase New! | Sally Lindsay, Shaun Williamson, Barry McGuigan, Jenny Frost. HD. Also TV3, as "The Celebrity Chase".
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| 1830 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | Fright night, in which Bruce introduces his new wig. HD. With additional commentary on BBCi.
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| 2000 | ITV | The X Factor | Also TV3. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3. HD.
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| 2005 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2020 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You
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| 2020 | DAVE | QI
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| 2100 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News For You
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| 2140 | BBC2 | QI XL | Also BBC-HD.
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| 2145 | C5 | Big Brother | HD. Bit on the Side follows on 5*.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz
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| 2345 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | HD.
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Sunday 30
| 0625 | WTCH | The Weakest Link | Elvii.
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| 1000 | MOR4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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| 1005 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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| 1045 | RTE2 | Sing!
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| 1210 | S4C | Fferm Ffactor
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| 1240 | C5 | Big Brother | HD. Subject to delay if the Great South Run, er, over-runs.
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| 1250 | C4 | Shipwrecked | HD.
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| 1400 | ITV | The X Factor | Repeat from last night. HD. TV3 1305.
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| 1420 | Mor4 | Four in a Bed x5
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| 1600 | SKY1 | Showboaters | HD.
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1700 | RTE1 | All-Ireland School Choir of the Year
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| 1705 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1725 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1800 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out | HD.
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| 1830 | RTE1 | Celebrity Bainisteoir
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| 1900 | ITV | The Cube New! | 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 live performances by Nicole Scherzinger, Cher, and Lloyd. HD. Also TV3. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3.
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| 2000 | DAVE | Driving Wars | HD.
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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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| 2225 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | HD. NI 2255, Scotland 2325.
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| 2320 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Scotland 0005, not Wales.
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Weekdays
| 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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| 1110 | RLLY | Celebrity Masterchef
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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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| 1410 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1415 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | Wales not Tu, Scot not We.
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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 | Marking the 29th birthday with Mark Durden-Smith.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | This week's gimmick is "Bankenstein's Monsters". AudioD.
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| 1600 | ITV | There's No Taste Like Home
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| 1700 | C4 | Four In a Bed | HD.
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| 1700 | ITV | Best Dish - The Chefs New! | A contest for professional chefs; this week, Westward and Channel. HD.
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| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless
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| 1715 | BBC2 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
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| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Edinburgh. HD.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads
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| 1800 | PICK | Four Weddings
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| 1820 | CBBC | Junior Bake Off New! | Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood judge the young cooks. Repeated BBC1 at 1505 next day, and in 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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| 1900 | BBC2 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Wales 1930 Mo; Scot not Tu; NI not We; Th England only; and NI only on Fri. Also BBC-HD Mo-Th.
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| 2200 | C5 | Big Brother | Th 2210, not Fr. Bit on the Side follows at 2300 on C5 (5* Tu, We), 2330 Fr.
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Monday 31
| 0300 | BBC1 | A Farmer's Life for Me | Signed. Not Scotland.
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | Scotland v Northern Ireland v the listeners. Last in the present series.
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| 1330 | RTR1 | Before Your Time
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| 1730 | RTE2 | Sing!
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Eoin Morgan, Mark Blundell, Vernon Kay, Matt Holland. HD. Scotland only; England 2235, Wales 2305, NI 2315.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | Birmingham v Newcastle.
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| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Analysts v Technologists. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Hell's Kitchen Us
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Young The Apprentice | Bringing up babies, and each other. HD.
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| 2100 | TV3 | The Apprentice | Save energy in the home. The Apprentice You're Fired follows at 2220, and Behind the Scenes on 3e at 2300.
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| 2100 | LIV | Singed by Katie Price | Poster girls. HD.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Sinitta, Mark Watson, Paul Foot, Toddla T. NI 2320, not Scotland.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Poetry Slam
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| 2300 | DAVE | QI XL
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Tuesday 1 November
| 0040 | BBC1 | The Great British Bake-Off Masterclass x2 | Signed. Wales one ep at 0140.
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| 0110 | C4 | Late Night Poker
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| 1500 | DAVE | Dragons' Den Canada
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| 1800 | ESP2 | Strongest Man | Slovakia.
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| 1930 | C5 | Family Cook Off | Kensington Gardens. It's only the grand final, everyone! Anyone? HD.
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| 2000 | ITV | High Stakes | Contender, ready! HD. UTV 2305.
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| 2000 | E4 | Shipwrecked | Contestants include Kitten and Bear. Shall we just call this The Menagerie and be done with it? HD.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL | HD.
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| 2100 | ITV | 71 Degrees North | On top of Europe. Not STV. HD.
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| 2100 | LIV | Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model Us | "oooh". HD.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2200 | ITV4 | Beer and Pizza Club | Amir Khan, Holly Walsh, Tom Deacon, Joe Swash.
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| 2200 | E4 | Tool Academy New! | Good grief, they made another series of this tripe? HD.
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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 2
| 0930 | Rd4X | The Personality Test
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| 1400 | ESP2 | Strongest Man | Finland.
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| 1535 | TV3 | The Biggest Loser UK
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| 1730 | S4C | Sawl Seren Sy' 'Na? Special | The winner's story.
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| 1930 | TG4 | Survivor | Bíonn cinneadh deacair le déanamh ag duine de na hiomaitheoirí.
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| 2025 | S4C | Fferm Ffactor
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| 2030 | TG4 | Ceist GAA le Hector
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| 2100 | BBC3 | Hot Like Us New! | This may or may not be a game show.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Driving Wars | HD.
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| 2200 | WTCH | Ballroom with the B-list | HD.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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| 2255 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2300 | C5 | Impossible | John and Craig.
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| 2335 | ITV | Ladette to Lady | Not STV, UTV.
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| 2335 | DAVE | QI
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Thursday 3
| 1600 | BBC1 | Copycats | HD.
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| 1600 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 1900 | DAVE | Driving Wars | HD.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2100 | S4C | Only Men Aloud | Musicals!
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | Aston and Ortise from The Jls, Rizzle and Kicks, and Claire From Steps from Steps. HD.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Argumental New! | Sean Lock hosts, Robert Webb debates. HD.
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| 2240 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2325 | E4 | Chris Moyles' Quiz Night | HD.
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Friday 4
| 0930 | Rd4X | Foul Play
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| 1700 | CBBC | The Slammer | Mimer's Strike.
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| 1730 | RNaG | De Do Nadiheachd?
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Dom Joly.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind New! | Robert Bruce Lockhart, Human parasites, Siege of Malta, AC Swinburne. Also BBC-HD. Not Wales.
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| 2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Isle of Man. HD.
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| 2030 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | England, NI only. HD.
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| 2100 | C5 | Big Brother | 90 minutes of ejection as seven become the finalists.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | The X Factor Us | Also TV3. HD.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | With Greg Davies. HD.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL | HD.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Susan Boyle: An Unlikely Superstar Special | Woman gets backing of Simon Cowell, becomes huge star. What's unlikely about that? HD.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Illness. Jo Brand, Ben Goldacre, Andy Hamilton. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2215 | S4C | Fferm Ffactor | AudioD.
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| 2235 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | 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
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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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| 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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| 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 This Week
