The calm before the storm, as next week looks very busy. This week, we've difficult episodes of Only Connect (BBC2, 7.30 weekdays, except Wales), Celebrity Juice (ITV2, 10pm Thursday), and Munud i Fynd, a panel show on S4C that might not even be a game.
Schedules subject to change.
Saturday 24 August
0830 | ITV | Dinner Date
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0900 | CBBC | Gory Games
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1100 | CBBS | Swashbuckle
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1225 | ITV | The Chase | Classic episodes.
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1245 | BBC2 | University Challenge | Repeat from Monday.
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1300 | DAVE | QI XL Day | To 2000.
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1455 | TG4 | Total Wipe Us Out
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1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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1610 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x4 | Worcestershire.
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1655 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1725 | TV5 | Fort Boyard | Stéphane Diagana, Nelson Montfort, Richard Dacoury, Louise Ekland, Frédérique Jossinet, Jérôme Alonzo.
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1735 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Scott Mills and Gemma Cairney, Michael Buerk and Jenny Eclair, Ken Bruce and Anneka Rice, Shelagh Fogarty and Christian O'Connell.
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1825 | BBC1 | That Puppet Game Show | Jack Dee from Celebrity Big Brother and Alex Jones from The Nod Show.
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1905 | BBC1 | I Love My Country | Tinchy Stryder, Rita Simons, Chris Packham, Rachel Riley from The Bank Job, Peter Shilton from goal, and Alex Jones from That Puppet Game Show.
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1950 | BBC1 | Break the Safe
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2015 | RTE1 | The Big Money Game | Repeated 1250 tomorrow.
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2025 | TG4 | Survivor
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2100 | TV3 | The Cube
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2100 | DAVE | Mock the Week night
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2200 | C5 | Big Brother | Followed by the spinoff slap-bang in the middle of your weekend: Bit on the Psyche at 2300.
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2210 | BBC2 | QI XL | Inequality.
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2300 | Rad4 | Quote Unquote
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Sunday 25
0825 | CBBC | Splatalot
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1000 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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1100 | CBBS | Swashbuckle
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1100 | CBBC | The Slammer
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1145 | C5 | Big Brother Bit on the Side: Rylan's Supersized Celebrity Sunday
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1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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1205 | ITV2 | Britain's Got Talent Us x2
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1655 | CITV | Jungle Run
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1725 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Reading.
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1900 | ITV | Tipping Point Lucky Stars | Liz McClarnon, Dan Whiston, Keith Duffy.
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1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | The grand final.
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1900 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes
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1900 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake-Off
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2000 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den
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2000 | DAVE | QI XL night
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2000 | TV3 | Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr.
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2000 | C4 | Celebrity Deal or No Deal | Gok Wan. AudioD.
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2100 | C5 | Celebrity Big Brother
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2200 | BBC2 | QI | Jobs.
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2225 | BBC1 | Room 101 Extra Storage | Scotland 2310.
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2250 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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2305 | BBC1 | That Puppet Game Show | Scotland 2350.
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Weekdays
0900 | CBBC | Alesha's Street Dance Stars | Also 1630.
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1200 | DAVE | Total Wipe Us Out | Not Mo.
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1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Some episodes SD. Also BBC2 0730.
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1415 | BBC1 | Perfection | Mo 1330.
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1500 | ITV | Secret Dealers | Mo 1420.
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1510 | C4 | Countdown | Nicki Chapman turns into Jonathan Edwards on Wed.
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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 | BBC1 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | Mo 1515.
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1700 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Hour-long repeats.
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1700 | ITV | Take on the Twisters | Mo 1520. Last week of the series.
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1715 | BBC1 | Pointless
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1800 | NICK | Figure it Out
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1800 | RLLY | Three in a Bed
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1800 | CHAL | Winter Wipeout | We-Fr.
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1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads
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1930 | BBC2 | Only Connect New to BBC2 | In order: Gamblers v Epicurians; winners v Crossworders; Analysts v Scribes; Davids v Eggheads; Crossworders v Masterminders. Five of the most impenetrable episodes they could find. Mo, Tu SD, Scot not Th, and not Wales at all, they'd rather show "Weatherman Walking".
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2100 | C5 | Big Brother | Bit on the Side follows at 2300. Tu 2200.
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Monday 26
1500 | Rad4 | Quote, Unquote | Martin Bell, Viv Groksop, Edward Petherbridge, David Schneider.
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1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Sue, Paul, Russell Kane, and ... Blowers?!
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1900 | DAVE | QI XL Night
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2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | Brasenose Oxford v Manchester.
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2030 | BBC3 | Would I Lie to You?
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2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2
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2200 | BBC2 | QI | Not NI.
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2235 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | NI 2335.
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Tuesday 27
2000 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off | Bread.
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2100 | DAVE | QI XL | Also 1900.
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2100 | ITV2 | Hell's Kitchen Us
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2300 | E4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut
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2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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2340 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Wednesday 28
1810 | S4C | Y Lifft | Repeats.
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1900 | DAVE | QI XL | Also 2100.
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2000 | BBC1 | Celebrity Masterchef | Top eight.
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2100 | ITV2 | Girlfriends
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2100 | 4Mus | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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2100 | BBC1 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Nick Hewer from Countdown. AudioD.
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2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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2340 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Thursday 29
2000 | BBC1 | Celebrity Masterchef
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2000 | LIV | Four Weddings
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2025 | S4C | Munud i Fynd New! | Some sort of panel show, according to the billing.
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2100 | LIV | Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model
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2100 | DAVE | QI XL | Also 1900.
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2200 | CHAL | Killer Karaoke
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2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice New!
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2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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2340 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Friday 30
2000 | C4 | Four Rooms
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2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Six Feed Under, James Ramsay MacDonald, Parish churches of Wren, Alun Lewis.
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2030 | BBC1 | Celebrity Masterchef
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2100 | DAVE | QI XL | Also 1900.
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2100 | Sky1 | A League of Their Own | Sara Cox and 60% of One Direction. That's going to annoy Mr. Cox.
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2200 | CHAL | Fun House
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2230 | CHAL | Knightmare
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2235 | BBC1 | Would I Lie to You | Repeats.
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2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week
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2340 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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Channel abbreviations
4MUS | 4 Music
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ALBA | BBC Alba
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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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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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CHAL | Challenge
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DAVE | Dave
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ESPT | Eurosport
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ESP2 | Eurosport 2
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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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MOR4 | More 4
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PICK | Pick TV
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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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RSco | BBC Radio Scotland
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RUls | BBC Radio Ulster
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RWal | BBC Radio Wales
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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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S4C | S4C
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SKY1 | Sky 1
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SKYA | Sky Atlantic
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STV | STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland)
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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, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV2, E4, Dave, Sky Living, and Sky One are in HD unless specified as SD. Shows on other channels are marked as HD.
See also
TV Guide This Week