Masterchef's back, and scheduling doesn't get simpler than BBC1, 9pm Tues-Thu. New series of Coach Trip and Come Dine with Me on Channel 4 daytimes (from 5pm), the return of Pop Idle Us (ITV2, from 9pm Thursday), The Write Stuff (Radio 4, 11.30 Friday), and Room 101 becomes a game show (BBC1, 8.30 Friday). Two new shows in Ireland: An G Team (TG4, 8pm Sunday), and Who Knows Ireland Best? (RTE1, 8.30 Friday).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Saturday 14 January
| 0700 | BBC2 | Blast Lab
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| 0800 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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| 0900 | ITV | Fort Boyard - Ultimate Challenge
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| 0900 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall
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| 0930 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 1030 | BBC2 | Trapped: Ever After
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | The role of Colin Murray is played by Nick Hancock.
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| 1200 | TV5 | A Table!
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| 1220 | C4 | Playing It Straight | HD.
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1320 | DAVE | QI
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| 1330 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1445 | ITV | Family Fortunes
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1630 | TG4 | Total Wipe Us Out
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1635 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | HD.
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| 1735 | BBC1 | Winter Wipeout | Blunderland! HD.
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| 1835 | BBC1 | The Magicians | HD. Caution: includes portions of David Hasselhoff's ego.
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| 1900 | TV3 | The Cube
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| 1900 | DAVE | QI XL Night
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| 1915 | ITV | Take Me Out | HD. Followed by Take Me Out - The Gossip on ITV2.
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| 1935 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 1950 | BBC1 | Who Dares Wins
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| 2000 | TV3 | Mr and Mrs
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| 2030 | C5 | Big Brother | HD. Followed by Big Brother's Bit on the Side on 5*.
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| 2030 | ITV | Talent Show Story | 2: New Faces.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News For You Night
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| 2130 | C4 | The Million Pound Drop Live | HD.
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| 2245 | ITV | Celebrity Juice | Classic episodes are repeated on the analogue channel. This week: Professor Green stars with Antan Dec. HD. Not STV.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain
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Sunday 15
| 0700 | BBC2 | Blast Lab
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| 0830 | CBBC | Gory Games
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| 1000 | MOR4 | Scrapheap Challenge x4
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| 1130 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth
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| 1215 | C4 | Shipwrecked | HD.
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| 1300 | ITV2 | Paddy's 2011 Show and Telly | HD.
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| 1355 | ESPC | The Superteams | Two episodes.
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| 1420 | MOR4 | Four in a Bed x5
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| 1505 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt Famous Finds | Not Scotland.
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| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1700 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1725 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1800 | SKY1 | Got to Dance x2 | Auditions 5 and 6. HD.
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| 1800 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out | HD.
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| 1800 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 1805 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 1830 | ITV | Dancing on Ice | HD; concludes 2130. Also TV3.
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| 1830 | RTE1 | The Voice of Holland Ireland | More attempts to find the new Mary Byrne.
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| 1915 | Rad4 | It's Your Round | Andrew Maxwell, Celia Pacquola, Will Smith, Jason Solomons.
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| 2000 | TG4 | An G Team New! | Non-Gaelic communities compete for a €40,000 prize.
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| 2200 | C5 | Big Brother | HD. Bit on the Side follows on 5*.
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
| 0800 | BBC2 | Copycats
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| 1000 | CBBC | Blast Lab
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| 1100 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia
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| 1125 | CBBC | Escape from Scorpion Island | Signed We, Th.
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| 1150 | CBBC | Trapped | Signed We, Th.
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| 1205 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | HD.
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1300 | PICK | Four Weddings
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| 1400 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | HD.
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| 1405 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1435 | MOR4 | Come Dine With Me
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| 1510 | C4 | Countdown | Mystery guest is mysterious.
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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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| 1630 | BBC2 | Perfection
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| 1700 | C4 | Celebrity Coach Trip New! | HD.
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| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | HD.
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| 1715 | BBC2 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
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| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless
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| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me New! | East Lancashire. HD.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Also BBC-HD.
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| 2000 | FDNT | Cupcake Wars
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| 2100 | C5 | Celebrity Big Brother | HD. Tuesday 2200. BOTS at 2300 (2200 Thu).
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| 2300 | 4Mus | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Mo-We only.
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Monday 16
| 0930 | Rd4X | Foul Play
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| 1500 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain
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| 1630 | CBBC | Copycats
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| 1735 | S4C | Meindia dy Fusnes
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| 1800 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | Lee Mack, Jack Dee, Rufus Hound, Graeme Garden.
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| 1930 | BBC2 | A Question of Taste | Also BBC-HD.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | Clare Cambridge v Homerton Cambridge.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2100 | E4 | Playing it Straight | HD.
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| 2200 | DAVE | QI
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| 2200 | C5 | When Paddy Met Sally | HD.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Have I Got Old News for You | Rhod Gilbert, Louise Bagshawe. Not Wales.
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| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Laura Davies, Ryan Sidebottom, Andy Cole, Tim with a Spoon. Wales 2305. HD.
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| 2240 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2320 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Tuesday 17
| 0225 | BBC1 | Masterchef The Professionals | Signed.
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| 1900 | BBC3 | Winter Wipeout
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| 1900 | C5 | Celebrity Wedding Planner | Shows that wouldn't be made without Celeb BB 4: The couple who entrusted their wedding to Kerry Cat Owner. HD.
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| 2000 | ITV | The Exit List | HD. UTV 2300.
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| 2000 | E4 | Shipwrecked | Stags and hens. HD.
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| 2000 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2100 | LIV2 | The Biggest Loser Australia
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| 2100 | ITV | The Biggest Loser | HD. Also TV3.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef New! | On ITV, slimming; on BBC1, cooking. There's a moral here. HD.
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| 2240 | BBC2 | Mock the Week
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Wednesday 18
| 0255 | BBC1 | Masterchef The Professionals | Signed.
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| 0510 | C4 | Scrapheap Challenge | Signed.
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| 0930 | Rd4X | Whispers
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| 1400 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 1735 | S4C | Medina dy Fusnes
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| 2000 | SKYA | The Devil's Dinner Party | Tramp, or tram b?
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| 2100 | DAVE | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | HD.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | HD.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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Thursday 19
| 0300 | BBC1 | Masterchef The Professionals | Signed.
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| 0930 | Rd4x | The 99p Challenge
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| 1730 | ALBA | Gleusta
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| 2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week x2
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us New! | Introducing Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. HD.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Masterchef | HD.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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| 2300 | C5 | It's All About Amy | This week, Amy Childs watches West Ham Nil. Remember, Forgiving Dr Mengele is on PBS. HD.
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| 2310 | E4 | Chris Moyles' Quiz Night.
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Friday 20
| 0930 | Rd4X | We've Been Here Before
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| 1130 | Rad4 | The Write Stuff New! | John Betjeman.
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| 1630 | CBBC | Copycats
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| 1730 | RTE2 | The Mountain
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1920 | DAVE | QI
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| 1935 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Scarborough. HD.
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| 2000 | WTCH | Wipeout USA | Also TG4 1755.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind x2 | The Archers 1980 - preent, Apollo space programme, China 1919-89, Nick Drake. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2000 | C5 | World's Toughest Trucker | Brazil. HD.
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| 2030 | BBC1 | Room 101 New! | Fern Britton, Robert Webb, Danny Baker try to get things thrown away. HD.
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| 2030 | RTE1 | Who Knows Ireland Best? New! | Derek Mooney asked 1000 people. In other news, the HSE notes a large increase in hand injuries, caused by punching dense objects.
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| 2100 | DISC | One Man Army | To Hell and Back.
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| 2100 | C4 | The Million Pound Drop | HD.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us | HD.
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| 2100 | TV3 | Take Me Out
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI XL | Inland Revenue: Sandi Toksvig, Al Murray, Dara O'Briain. Also BBC-HD. Not Wales.
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| 2235 | C4 | Chris Moyles' Hollywood Stars Quiz Night | John Bishop, Ruth Jones, Jason Derulo. HD.
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| 2330 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2600 | BBC1 | Masterchef The Professionals | Signed.
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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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| SKYA | Sky Atlantic
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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
