It's Eurovision Song Contest week, with the semi-finals on Tuesday and Thursday (8pm, BBC3 and RTE2; Tue also RTE Radio 1) and a whole host of supporting programming (A Little Bit Eurovision, 50 Years of Eurovision, From Abba to Azerbaijan, Eurovision's Dirty Secret). There is life beyond Baku - Off By Heart Shakespeare (BBC2, 9pm Sat) invites young people to remember the words of Little Billy. Penn and Teller Tell a Lie (Quest, 9pm Wed) features six truths and a little bitty fib. And Have I Got News for You (BBC1, 9pm Fri) brings together William Shatner and Charlie Brooker in one massive geek explosion.
Schedules subject to change.
Saturday 19 May
| 0755 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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| 0805 | BBC2 | Alesha's Street Dance Stars
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| 0900 | BBC2 | The Slammer
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| 1055 | BBC2 | Copycats
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | Steve Bunce, Martin Kelner, Greg Brady Via ISDN, Dougie Anderson. The Champions' League Final, we reckon.
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| 1100 | CHAL | Who Wants to be a Millionaire x7
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| 1140 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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| 1220 | STV | May the Best House Win
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1555 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | SD. AudioD.
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| 1620 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Scotland 1730, unless the cup final over-runs.
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| 1630 | CITV | Fort Boyard - Ultimate Challenge
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| 1630 | CBBC | School of Silence
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| 1640 | DAVE | Have I Got News for You
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| 1650 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | David Coulthard, Aldo Zilli, Shaun Williamson. Not Scotland.
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| 1655 | C4 | Come Dine With Me
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| 1830 | BBC1 | The Voice of Holland UK
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| 1900 | TV3 | The Cube
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| 2000 | BBC1 | In It to Win It | SD.
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| 2000 | TV3 | Mr and Mrs
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| 2020 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Off By Heart Shakeapeare Special | Recitals of the great bard's works.
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| 2220 | BBC2 | QI XL
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Counterpoint
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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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| 2340 | STV | Celebrity Juice
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Sunday 20
| 0825 | ITV | Dinner Date
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| 0855 | MOR4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 0955 | MOR4 | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 1030 | ITV | May the Best House Win | Not STV.
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| 1100 | CHAL | Who Wants to be a Millionaire x7
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| 1140 | CBBS | Kerwhizz
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| 1145 | MOR4 | Four in a Bed x5
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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| 1235 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | SD.
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| 1300 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Not Scotland.
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| 1400 | BBCH | Jedward's Big Adventure
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| 1500 | EXTR | Mantracker x6
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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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| 1830 | CBBC | Gory Games
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| 1840 | DAVE | QI
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| 1900 | ITV | Who Wants to be a Millionaire | Paddy McGuinnes and Christine Martin; Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford; James Cracknell and Beverley Turner.
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| 1900 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out | HD.
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| 1905 | C4 | Four Rooms | Last in the series.
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| 1920 | DAVE | Shooting Stars
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| 1925 | BBC1 | The Voice of Holland UK | The extended results show.
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| 2000 | C4 | Celebrity Deal or No Deal | With Katy Price, whoever she is. SD.
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| 2000 | TG4 | Feis and Blood
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| 2000 | WTCH | Scream Extreme | Sheridan Smith and Corey Feldman. HD.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Big Ask Night | HD.
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| 2130 | RTE1 | Dragons' Den On Tour | Catching up on previous years.
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| 2225 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | Joe Wilkinson guests. Wales 2305, not NI.
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
| 1130 | CBBC | Trapped | Signed We, Th.
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| 1145 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Some episodes SD.
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| 1200 | CBBC | Blast Lab | Signed We, Th.
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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 | 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 | Lesley Garrett. 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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| 1605 | RTE1 | A Little Bit Eurovision New! | Ireland's best bits, from Johnny Logan to Riverdance.
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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
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Also BBC-HD.
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| 1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia New! | New to DTTV.
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| 1930 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Also BBC-HD.
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| 2000 | CHAL | Blockbusters
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Monday 21
| 1500 | Rad4 | Counterpoint
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| 1740 | S4C | Meindia dy Fusnes
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| 1745 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall | Kate Lawler.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Alun Cochrane.
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| 1900 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2000 | DAVE | Dara O'Briain: School of Hard Sums | Alex Horne.
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| 2030 | BBC1 | Panorama Special | Eurovision's Dirty Secret: the poor human rights record of Azerbaijan.
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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 | Alex Cuthbert, Nathan Cleverly, Alistair Brownlee, Zoe Smith. Wales, Scotland 2305; NI 2335.
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| 2305 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 22
| 0305 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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| 1750 | S4C | Cog1nio
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| 1800 | DAVE | Dragons' Den | New episode.
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| 1920 | DAVE | QI
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| 2000 | LIV | The Biggest Loser Us
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| 2000 | BBC3 | Eurovision Song Contest 2012 New! | Live from Baku with Scott Mills and Sara Cox. Also RTE Radio 1 (from 1930, with Shay Byrne) and RTE2 (with Marty Whelan, in HD).
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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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 23
| 0055 | BBC1 | The Apprentice | Signed. NI, Wales 0155, not Scotland.
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| 0410 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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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
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| 1900 | ITV2 | Famous Family Fortunes
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| 1920 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You?
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| 2000 | YSTR | 50 Years of Eurovision Old! | From 2006, when Terry Wogan thought it was a joke. This is UKTV Yesterday.
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| 2030 | TG4 | Survivor South Pacific
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| 2100 | BBC1 | The Chance to Go Into Business with Alan Sugar | Ddgy dealing. 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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| 2100 | QUES | Penn and Teller Tell a Lie New! | Seven tales, which of them is Impossible? Discovery Quest, here.
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| 2200 | Rad2 | Englebert Humperdinck - What's in a Name? Special | Bill Kenwright talks to the BBC's entry to Eurovision.
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Thursday 24
| 0225 | BBC3 | Britain Unzipped
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| 0400 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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| 2000 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us | The final performances.
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| 2000 | BBC3 | Eurovision Song Contest 2012 | Semi-final 2, in which the UK votes. Also RTE2.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2100 | ITV2 | The Exclusives | This week, the hopelesses are making a mess on Kerrang. The loser is assured of a job on NME.
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| 2200 | Rad2 | From Abba to Azerbaijan Special | Maria McErlane talks Eurovision with people who have no clue, like Terry Wogan and Cheryl Baker.
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| 2230 | BBCH | QI XL
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| 2300 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Friday 25
| 0355 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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| 0930 | Rd4X | Puzzle Panel
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| 1755 | TG4 | Wipeout USA
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Ed Byrne (comedian).
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| 1930 | RTE1 | Conductor - Noel Kelehan Special | A tribute to the Eurovision legend.
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| 2000 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Crawley.
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| 2030 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You? | Huw Edwards, Sarah Millican, Bradley Walsh, Josie Lawrence.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Pop Idle Us | The grand final.
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | Set your videos! William Shatner, Charlie Brooker, Andy Hamilton.
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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 | SKY1 | A League of Their Own | Ronnie O'Sullivan, Christine Bleakley, but CAUTION Jimmy Carr.
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| 2100 | ITV | Piers Moron's Life Stories | Jimmy Tarbuck.
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| 2220 | DAVE | Big Ask
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| 2230 | BBCH | Shooting Stars
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| 2300 | DAVE | QI
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| 2805 | BBC1 | Great British Menu | Signed.
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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
