TV Guide This Week

The first Saturday night of the year has new series of The Magicians (BBC1, 6.35), Take Me Out (ITV, 7.30), Who Dares Wins (BBC1, 7.50), and a documentary series on the history of the talent show (ITV, 8.30). Two big series later in the week: Dancing on Ice (ITV, 6.30 Sunday) and The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (BBC2, from 8pm Tuesday). Nick Hewer takes over Countdown (C4, 3.10 weekdays), The Exit List reaches ITV (8pm Tuesday, not UTV), and The Million Pound Drop Live returns (C4, 9pm Friday).

Schedules subject to change.

Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

0700	BBC2	Blast Lab
0800	CBBC	Total Wipeout
0900	ITV	Fort Boyard - Ultimate Challenge	Not NI, Wales.
0930	CBBC	Splatalot
1000	CBBC	Hole in the Wall
1030	BBC2	Trapped: Ever After
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk	Live from the darts in Essex, with Bobby George, David Croft, Bob Mills, Perry Groves.
1200	TV5	A Table!
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1325	TG4	Total Wipe Us Out
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1600	C4	Come Dine With Me x4	HD.
1630	ITV2	The Cube	HD. Also TV3 1900.
1630	CITV	Jungle Run
1730	ITV2	Family Fortunes	HD.
1735	BBC1	Winter Wipeout	Bring on the snow balls! HD.
1835	BBC1	The Magicians New!	Darren McMullan hosts, with guests including Keith Duffy from The Door. HD.
1930	ITV	Take Me Out New!	HD. Followed by Take Me Out - The Gossip on ITV2.
1935	RTE1	Winning Streak
1940	DAVE	QI x2
1950	BBC1	Who Dares Wins New!
2000	TV3	Mr and Mrs
2030	C4	The Bank Job	HD. Last in the series.
2030	C5	Big Brother	HD. Followed by Big Brother's Bit on the Side on 5*.
2030	ITV	Talent Show Story New!	A series on the history of the talent show. Investigative journalism on Saturday night ITV?
2100	DAVE	Have I Got A Bit More News For You Night
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

0015	ITV	Celebrity Juice	A soap special.
0700	BBC2	Blast Lab
0830	CBBC	Gory Games
1000	MOR4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
1145	C4	Shipwrecked	HD.
1204	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth
1400	BBC1	Bargain Hunt Famous Finds	Not Scotland.
1425	MOR4	Four in a Bed x5
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1630	CITV	Jungle Run
1700	Mor4	Celebrity Come Dine With Me x5
1735	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Dan Walker, Martin Lewis, Nihal Arthanayake, Sarah Storey. Scotland Mon 1930.
1800	SKY1	Got to Dance	Auditions 3. HD.
1800	WTCH	Total Wipe Us Out	HD.
1805	CBBC	Splatalot
1830	ITV	Dancing on Ice New!	HD; concludes 2130. Also TV3.
1915	Rad4	It's Your Round
2200	C5	Big Brother	HD. Bit on the Side follows on 5*.
2300	BBC2	QI XL	Also BBC-HD. Wales 2330.
2305	C4	Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2011	HD.

Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

0800	BBC2	Copycats
1000	CBBC	Blast Lab
1100	RLLY	Masterchef Australia
1125	CBBC	Escape from Scorpion Island	Signed We, Th.
1150	CBBC	Trapped	Signed We, Th.
1205	C4	Celebrity Five Go To...	HD.
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	PICK	Four Weddings
1400	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal	HD.
1405	CBBC	The Slammer
1435	MOR4	Come Dine With Me
1510	C4	Countdown New!	Nick Hewer hosts, with Paul Zenon in Dictionary Dell.
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1535	BBC1	Splatalot
1600	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1630	BBC2	Perfection
1700	C4	Celebrity Come Dine With Me	HD.
1700	ITV	The Chase	HD.
1715	BBC2	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
1715	BBC1	Pointless
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Also BBC-HD.
2000	FDNT	Cupcake Wars
2000	BBC2	The Great Sport Relief Bake-Off New!	A charity spin-off starring Mel. Not Mo. AudioD. Also BBC-HD.
2100	C5	Celebrity Big Brother	HD. Tuesday 2200. BOTS at 2300 (2200 Thu).
2200	FOOD	Masterchef The Professionals
2300	4Mus	8 Out of 10 Cats	Mo-We only.

0930	Rd4X	Foul Play
1500	Rad4	Brain of Britain
1735	S4C	Meindia dy Fusnes Selebs
1800	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1830	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth	Tony Hawks, Alan Davies, Tom Wrigglesworth, John Finnemore.
1930	BBC2	A Question of Taste
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	Worcester Oxford v Newcastle.
2030	BBC4	Only Connect	The Masterminders (Gavin Fuller, Stephen Allen, Nancy Dickmann) take on the Champions of Champions of Champions.
2100	DAVE	QI XL
2100	E4	Playing it Straight New!	Are these suitors straight, or queer? Jameela Jamil and Alan Carr host. HD.
2200	DAVE	QI
2200	C5	When Paddy Met Sally New!	Shows that wouldn't be made without Celeb BB 1: It's not Wife Swap, honest. HD.
2235	BBC1	Have I Got a Bit More 2011 News for You	Highlights from last year. Wales 2305.
2240	DAVE	Mock the Week
2320	BBC1	Would I Lie to You?	Not Wales.

Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

0225	BBC1	Masterchef The Professionals	Signed.
1800	DAVE	Driving Wars	HD.
1900	BBC3	Winter Wipeout
1900	C5	Celebrity Wedding Planner Special	Shows that wouldn't be made without Celeb BB 2: The couple who entrusted their wedding to celebrity haircuts Jedward. HD.
2000	ITV	The Exit List New!	Matt Alwright tries to remember his shopping. HD. UTV 2300.
2000	E4	Shipwrecked	Are two heads better than one? HD.
2100	LIV2	The Biggest Loser Australia
2100	ITV	The Biggest Loser	HD. Also TV3.
2100	DAVE	QI XL
2200	BBC2	Have I Got Old News for You
2200	DAVE	QI
2240	BBC2	Mock the Week

0235	BBC1	Masterchef The Professionals	Signed.
0405	C4	Scrapheap Challenge	Signed.
0930	Rd4X	Whispers
1400	DAVE	Dragons' Den
1735	S4C	Medina dy Fusnes
1830	ITV2	Family Fortunes	HD.
2000	SKYA	The Devil's Dinner Party	From the microblogger files: "@Satan_666, My place, 8pm Wednesday. Flame-grilled burger OK? Bring a bottle."
2100	DAVE	Have I Got a Bit More News for You
2200	BBC2	Mock the Week
2300	DAVE	Mock the Week

0305	BBC1	Masterchef The Professionals	Signed.
0930	Rd4x	The 99p Challenge
1730	ALBA	Gleusta
2100	DAVE	Mock the Week x2
2200	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2300	C5	It's All About Amy	This week, Amy Childs watches West Ham Nil. Remember, Forgiving Dr Mengele is on PBS. HD.

1630	CBBC	Copycats
1730	RTE2	The Mountain
1755	TG4	Wipeout USA
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz
1900	BBC2	Mastermind x2	Wales only. As seen elsewhere last week.
1920	DAVE	QI
1935	C4	Come Dine With Me	Isle of Wight. HD.
2000	C5	World's Toughest Trucker	Leaving Alice Springs.
2100	DISC	One Man Army	Time bomb.
2100	C4	The Million Pound Drop New!	HD.
2200	BBC2	QI XL	Illness. Jo Brand, Ben Goldacre, Andy Hamilton. Also BBC-HD.
2330	DAVE	Mock the Week
0325	BBC1	Masterchef The Professionals	Signed.

Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

4MUS	4 Music
ABSR	Absolute Radio
ALBA	BBC Alba
ARTS	Sky Arts
BBC1	BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2	BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC3	BBC3
BBC4	BBC4
BBCH	BBC-HD
BORD	Border (ITV in Cumbria and south-west Scotland)
C4	Channel 4
C5	Channel 5
CBBC	CBBC Channel
CBBS	Cbeebies
CLAS	Classic FM (Radio)
DAVE	Dave
DISN	Disney Channel
DMAX	D-MAX
DRT	Discovery Real Time
ESPC	ESPN Classic
ESPT	Eurosport
ESP2	Eurosport 2
FDNT	Food Network
FOOD	UKTV Good Food
FSTR	5*
GOLD	UKTV Gold
HOME	UKTV Home
HTV	HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
ITV	ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	Sky Living
LIV2	Sky Living It
LFC	LFC TV
MOR4	More 4
NICK	Nickelodeon
PICK	Pick TV
QUES	Quest
Rad1	BBC Radio 1
Rad2	BBC Radio 2
Rad3	BBC Radio 3
Rad4	BBC Radio 4
Rad5	BBC Radio 5
Rd4X	BBC Radio 4Xtra
RCym	BBC Radio Cymru
RSct	BBC Radio Scotland
RUls	BBC Radio Ulster
RWal	BBC Radio Wales
RLLY	UKTV Really
RTE1	RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2	RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1	RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4CD	S4C Digidol
SKY1	Sky 1
SKY2	Sky 2
SKYA	Sky Atlantic
STV	STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland)
TLKS	Talk Sport (radio)
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5	TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4	TG 4 (Irish)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV1 in Northern Ireland)
WTCH	Watch

AudioD - Audio Description for the blind.

HD - Also shown in high-definition.

Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.

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