Two performance series reach their finals: Britain's Got Talent (ITV, 7.30 Sat) and Maestro at the Opera (BBC2, 9pm Fri). Odd scheduling from the BBC, with Young Musician (BBC2, 6pm Sat; BBC2 and Radio 3, 6pm Sun) clashing with The Voice UK (BBC1, 6.10 Sat and 7.25 Sun). It feels like Just a Minute has been everywhere lately, and its third series of the year begins (Radio 4, 6.30 Mon); there's also a new series of So Wrong It's Right (Radio 4, 6.30 Wed). On the digital channels, Watch has Scream Extreme (8pm Sun), ITV2 has The Exclusives (9pm Thu), and Challenge features Blockbusters (8pm weekdays).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Saturday 12 May
| 0755 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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| 0805 | BBC2 | Alesha's Street Dance Stars | Also CBBC 1630.
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| 0900 | BBC2 | The Slammer
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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| 1100 | BBC2 | Copycats
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| 1140 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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| 1200 | TV5 | A Table!
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| 1215 | STV | May the Best House Win
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1555 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x4
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| 1630 | CITV | Fort Boyard - Ultimate Challenge
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| 1630 | CBBC | School of Silence
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| 1630 | BBCH | BBC Young Musician 2012 | As seen on BBC4 last night.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | BBC Young Musician 2012 New! | The semi-finals. Also BBC-HD.
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| 1810 | BBC1 | The Voice of Holland UK
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| 1830 | ITV | The Cube | Denise Lewis and Sally Gunnell. TV3 has a different episode at the same time.
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| 1930 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | The live final. Also TV3. Followed by Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2 and TV3.
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| 1945 | BBC1 | In It to Win It | SD.
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| 2000 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News For You Night
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| 2015 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Maestro at the Opera | Wales only.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Counterpoint
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| 2300 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2335 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News For You | AA, Reginald D Hunter, and Nadine Dorries. Slot-swap with Match of the Day.
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Sunday 13 - International Rachel Stevens Day
| 0825 | ITV | Dinner Date
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| 0855 | MOR4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1005 | MOR4 | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 1030 | ITV | May the Best House Win | Not STV.
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| 1100 | CHAL | Interceptor
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| 1110 | MOR4 | Four in a Bed x5
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| 1130 | ITV | The Cube | Can people spend Sunday mornings watching television made in ... The Cube?
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| 1140 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth
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| 1235 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | SD.
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| 1400 | BBCH | Jedward's Big Adventure
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| 1500 | EXTR | Mantracker x6
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| 1540 | ITV2 | Who Wants to be a Millionaire | Britain's Got Talent live show.
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| 1625 | ITV2 | Britain's Got Talent | The Live Final. Not live.
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| 1625 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. SD.
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| 1630 | BBCH | Bargain Hunt
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| 1630 | CITV | Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge
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| 1710 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1800 | LIV | The Love Machine | HD.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | BBC Young Musician 2012 | The not-quite-live final from Gateshead. Also Radio 3.
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| 1825 | CBBC | Gory Games
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| 1830 | ITV | Family Fortunes | Bill Tarmey v Samia Ghadie. A different episode on TV3 at 2000.
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| 1840 | DAVE | QI
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| 1900 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out | HD.
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| 1900 | C4 | Celebrity Deal or No Deal | With Peter Andre. SD.
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| 1925 | BBC1 | The Voice of Holland UK | The extended results show.
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| 2000 | TG4 | Feis and Blood
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| 2000 | WTCH | Scream Extreme New! | Bruno Toniolo and Craig Revel Horwood ride rollercoasters. HD.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL night
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| 2130 | RTE1 | Dragons' Den On Tour | Catching up on previous years.
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| 2205 | C4 | The Bank Job | A taped edition, hosted by Jason Statham.
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| 2225 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | Damian Lewis and Susan Calman. NI 2245, Wales 2255. Another episode on Dave at 2100.
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| 2300 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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| 2310 | BBC1 | Room 101 Extra Storage | Wales 2340, NI 2345 Mon.
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
| 1130 | CBBC | Trapped | Signed We, Th.
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| 1200 | CBBC | Blast Lab | Signed We, Th.
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Some episodes SD.
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| 1300 | PICK | Four Weddings | Some episodes AudioD.
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| 1400 | PICK | Dating in the Dark
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| 1405 | CBBC | Relic: Guardians of the Museum | Mo: Mission 2110. AudioD.
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| 1415 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | Wales not Tu, Scot not We.
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| 1430 | MOR4 | Come Dine With Me
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| 1500 | DAVE | Dragons' Den
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| 1500 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | Some episodes SD.
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| 1500 | PICK | The Biggest Loser Us
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| 1510 | C4 | Countdown | Janet Street-Porter. SD.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. SD.
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| 1600 | BBC1 | Copycats
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| 1700 | ITV | The Chase
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| 1700 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | One-hour editions.
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| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless
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| 1715 | BBC2 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | Not Th.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | We think Friday's is the 1000th edition, so well done them. Also BBC-HD.
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Also BBC-HD. Wales not Th.
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| 1930 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Also BBC-HD.
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| 2000 | ITV2 | Britain's Got Talent | Highlights. Mo-We only.
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| 2000 | CHAL | Blockbusters New! | Simon Mayo takes up the half-hour show.
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Monday 14
| 1500 | Rad4 | Counterpoint
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| 1745 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall | Sam and Mark.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute New! | Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Julian Clary, Greg Proops.
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| 1900 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2000 | DAVE | Dara O'Briain: School of Hard Sums | David O'Doherty is back for more.
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| 2040 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | HD.
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| 2120 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Wales, Scotland 2305; NI 2335.
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| 2300 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 15
| 1750 | S4C | Cog1nio
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| 1800 | DAVE | Dragons' Den | New episode.
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| 1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout
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| 1920 | DAVE | QI
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| 2000 | LIV | The Biggest Loser Us
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| 2100 | BBC3 | Britain Unzipped | With Kimberly Wyatt.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You
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| 2235 | ITV | Celebrity Juice | Not STV, UTV.
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Wednesday 16
| 0015 | BBC1 | The Apprentice | Signed. NI, Wales 0115, not Scotland.
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| 0930 | Rd4X | Counterpoint 2005
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| 1630 | BBC1 | Gory Games
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| 1745 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1830 | Rad4 | So Wrong It's Right New! | Lee Mack, Susan Calman, Daniel Maier.
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| 1920 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You?
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| 2030 | TG4 | Survivor South Pacific
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| 2100 | BBC1 | The Chance to Go Into Business with Alan Sugar | English bubbles. The Chance (etc) You're Fired follows on BBC2 and BBC-HD.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week x2
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Thursday 17
| 0410 | BBC3 | Britain Unzipped | Signed.
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| 1900 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2100 | ITV2 | The Exclusives New! | Aspiring journalists look for a job on a magazine.
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| 2300 | DAVE | Argumental Night | HD.
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Friday 18
| 0930 | Rd4X | Puzzle Panel
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| 1605 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Super Champion New! | Spéciale Grandes Écoles.
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| 1755 | TG4 | Wipeout USA
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Bob Mills, Matt Forde.
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| 1900 | RWal | What's the Story?
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| 2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Great Yarmouth.
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| 2030 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? | Bob Mortimer, Patsy Kensit, Greg Davies, Richard Osman.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You
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| 2100 | TV3 | Take Me Out
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| 2100 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Maestro at the Opera | The gala final. AudioD. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2100 | SKY1 | A League of Their Own | Mo Farah and Clare Balding.
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| 2220 | DAVE | Big Ask
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| 2230 | BBCH | Shooting Stars
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
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.
Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.
Shows on BBC1, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV2, E4, and Sky One are in HD unless specified as SD. Shows on other channels are marked as HD.
See also
TV Guide Last Week
