Pointless Celebrities is back this week (BBC1, 5.40 Saturday) with H from Steps and Scott Mills. On the other hand, there's a new run of Tool Academy (E4, 10pm Tuesday), and apparently A League of Their Own (Sky1, 10pm Friday) is back as well.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Weekdays | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Saturday 20 October
| 0755 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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| 0830 | BBC2 | Trapped Ever After
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| 0900 | CBBC | Gory Games
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk
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| 1120 | ITV | Dinner Date Australia | Manu Fidel is the host.
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| 1155 | RTE1 | Dinner Date
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| 1200 | CBBC | The Slammer
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| 1225 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1300 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1400 | DAVE | QI x3 | More at 2240.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1555 | C4 | Come Dine with Me Ireland x5
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| 1635 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1720 | E4 | Baggage | You didn't watch this three weeks ago? There's no avoiding it!
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| 1740 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities New! | Faye and H from Steps, Sinitta and Chico, Scott Mills and Hugh Stephens, Liz and Natasha Atomickitten.
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| 1830 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | Additional commentary on Super Ceefax.
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| 1900 | C4 | World Cup of Comedy | At least there's no third-place play-off.
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| 1905 | ITV | Take Me Out | Take Me Out The Gossip follows on ITV2 at 2320.
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| 2000 | C4 | The Million Pound Drapp Live | Peter Andrex ends the series.
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| 2000 | CHAL | Bob's Full House
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| 2015 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2020 | ITV | The X Factor | May be delayed if Louis Walsh is still pithering about his week one vote. Also TV3. The Xtra Factor at 2220 on ITV2 and TV3.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News For You
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| 2100 | BBC2 | QI XL | Also BBC-HD.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz
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Sunday 21
| 0745 | BBC2 | Copycats
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| 0930 | ITV | House Gift
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| 1025 | ITV | There's No Taste Like Home
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| 1125 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1130 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off
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| 1330 | S4C | Fferm Ffactor | Signed, AudioD.
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| 1340 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | SD. Not Scotland.
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| 1400 | ITV | The X Factor | TV3 1020.
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| 1405 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1550 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | SD. AudioD.
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| 1635 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1725 | CBBC | Trade Your Way to the USA
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| 1830 | RTE1 | Celebrity Bainisteoir - The Rivals | The grand final.
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| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia
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| 1915 | TG4 | An Jig Gig
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| 1920 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | The results.
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| 2000 | ITV | The X Factor | With Reg "Reg" Snipton and the Sniptones, and dithering from Louis Walsh. Also TV3, and The Xtra Factor on TV3 and ITV2 at 2100. Subsequent programmes may run very late.
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den | Also BBC-HD. Additional footage on BBCi.
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| 2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week Night
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Weekdays
| 0700 | BBC2 | Escape from Scorpion Island
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| 1205 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x4
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Some episodes SD.
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| 1400 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1415 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | Tu not Wales, We not Scotland.
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| 1510 | C4 | Countdown | Phil Hammond, MD. SD.
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| 1525 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. SD.
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| 1600 | ITV | May the Best House Win | A series in France and Spain.
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| 1600 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Not We, Fr.
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| 1630 | BBC2 | Breakaway | Also BBC-HD.
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| 1640 | DAVE | QI x2 | Not We, Fr.
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| 1700 | ITV | The Chase
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| 1715 | BBC2 | Antiques Road Trip
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| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless
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| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Also BBC-HD.
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two | Also BBC-HD.
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| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia
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Monday 22
| 1500 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | Scotland v Northern Ireland
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | New Oxford v Homerton Cambridge
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| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Into round two! Draughtsmen v Numerists
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| 2100 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You
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| 2100 | LIV | America's Next Top Model | Cat Deeley commentates. Hope she does her line from Pop Factor.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Lee Mack hosts. Also BBC-HD. NI 2350.
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| 2200 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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| 2200 | DAVE | QI XL
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2235 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | Postponed to Wednesday.
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Tuesday 23
| 1630 | BBC1 | Trade Your Way to the USA
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| 1900 | BBC3 | Total Wipeout
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| 2000 | ITV4 | The Chase with Celebrities | The biggest win.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off | Catching up with last year's contestants.
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| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL
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| 2100 | C4 | Jewish Mum of the Year | "Respect thy mother and father" - G'd.
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| 2200 | E4 | Tool Academy New! | Just when we thought this show had been quietly dropped comes this.
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| 2200 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You
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| 2255 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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| 2300 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Wednesday 24
| 0300 | ITV | Golden Balls | Not STV.
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| 1740 | S4C | Y Lifft
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| 1900 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off Masterclass | Mary and Paul demonstrate how to make cakes. Also BBC-HD.
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| 2000 | ITV | Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr | Les and Claire Dennis, Paula Lane and Tom, John and Andrea Barnes.
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| 2000 | TV3 | Ireland's Top Debutante | For a top prize of five guineas.
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| 2025 | S4C | Fferm Ffactor | In the milking parlour.
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Girlfri3nds | Day in.
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| 2200 | BBC3 | Britain Unzipped | Signed repeat 0250 Fri.
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Thursday 25
| 0930 | Rd4X | Just a Minute | February 1978, Williams and Nimmo and Freud are joined by Patrick Moore (still alive).
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| 2000 | ITV2 | The X Factor Us
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| 2130 | RTE2 | Masterchef Ireland | Lunching the Kilkenny Triathlon.
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | The Wanted.
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| 2200 | E4 | Big Fat Quiz of the 80s
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Friday 26
| 1425 | CBBC | The Slammer | Signed.
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| 1700 | RTE2 | Football's Next Star
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz | Jeremy Hardy, Miles Jupp.
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| 1900 | ITV2 | I'm a Celebrity | Trial highlights.
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| 1930 | BBC4 | Leeds International Piano Competition | Last in the series.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Waltons, Bernard Sampson novels, Nigel Gresley, Palmeston. Also BBC-HD. Not Wales, NI.
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| 2000 | C4 | Baggage
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| 2025 | S4C | Jacpot
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| 2100 | ITV2 | The X Factor Us
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| 2100 | TV3 | Alan Hughes' Irish Family Fortunes | Masterson v Kelly
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | Armstrong hosts, Victoria Coren and Lord Black of Crossharbour guest.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Journalism. Also BBC-HD. Not Wales.
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| 2200 | SKY1 | A League of Their Own New! | Mo Farah (The Cube) and Louis Smith (Unzipped) are grubbing it here.
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| 2220 | DAVE | Mock the Week x2
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| 2330 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You?
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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.
Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.
Shows on BBC1, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV2, E4, Sky Living, and Sky One are in HD unless specified as SD. Shows on other channels are marked as HD.
See also
TV Guide Last Week
