TV Guide This Week
Celebrities join the stars of The Chase (ITV, 7pm Sat), Channel 4 asks Was It Something I Said? (10.05 Sun), and we're back with Beat the Ancestors (C5, 7pm Mon).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Contents |
Saturday 5 October
| 0830 | CITV | The Munch Box New! | The description suggests a cooking contest for young people. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting. |
| 1100 | CBBS | Swashbuckle | |
| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | Matt Johnson in the chair. |
| 1130 | BBC2 | University Challenge | Repeat from Monday. |
| 1235 | ITV | Catchphrase | |
| 1315 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | SD. |
| 1420 | ITV | The X Factor | Repeat from Sunday. TV3 1430. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1610 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x4 | Bury St Edmunds. |
| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1700 | BBC2 | Mastermind | NI only. Wales 1900. |
| 1730 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Jodie Prenger and Gary Wilmot, Kerry Elis and Tim Rice, Paul Nicholas and Ben Foster, Danielle Hope and Richard Blackwood. |
| 1820 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | Fifteen couples become one. |
| 1900 | ITV | The Chase With Celebrities New! | Hilary Jones, Tina Malone, Charlotte Jackson, and Jon Culshaw. And an actual celebrity in The Chaser. |
| 1900 | TV3 | The Cube | Subject to cancellation if the Seanad referendum is decided by Jaegerbombs at the Dail bar. |
| 2000 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | |
| 2000 | ITV | The X Factor | Houses rented by or on behalf of the judges, and their celebrity assistants. Half of whom have been on Deal or No Deal. Also TV3, and ITV2 at 0105. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3. |
| 2025 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1305 tomorrow. |
| 2150 | ITV | Through the Keyhole | Simon Gregson and Mollie from The Saturdays. |
| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Wales only. |
| 2240 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Not Wales, NI 0055 on Su/Mo. |
| 2250 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | |
| 2300 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | Fred and Marcel are singing "Dreadlock Holiday". |
Sunday 6
| 0730 | Rd4X | The Unbelievable Truth | Repeats from 2009. Also 2200. |
| 0900 | DAVE | Total Wipe Out Australia New! | Contestants hope not to fall up onto the big red balls. |
| 1000 | WTCH | Junior Masterchef Australia | |
| 1100 | CBBS | Swashbuckle | |
| 1315 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | |
| 1325 | ITV | The X Factor | Repeat. TV3 1215. |
| 1520 | DAVE | QI | |
| 1540 | ITV | Big Star's Little Star | Repeat from Wednesday. STV 1515. |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1630 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1725 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Warks. |
| 1810 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes | |
| 1830 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake-Off | Not Scotland, Wales 1745. |
| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia | |
| 1910 | ITV | The X Factor | Also TV3. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3. |
| 1915 | TG4 | An Gig Jig | The best Irish dancers. |
| 1920 | BBC1 | Strictly Come Dancing | The results show. And a performance by one-third of Bros. Matt? Luke? Or Ken?! |
| 2000 | DAVE | Have I Got a Bit More News for You x3 | |
| 2200 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
| 2205 | C4 | Was It Something I Said? New! | Jimmy Carr and Charlie Higson in a show looking too much like Quote Unquote. |
| 2230 | BBC2 | QI XL | Scotland 2300, not NI. |
| 2315 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | NI 0025, not Scotland. |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
| 0905 | CBBC | Copycats | |
| 1000 | C4 | Four Rooms | |
| 1135 | RLLY | Masterchef New Zealand | Also 1800. From Tu. |
| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Some episodes SD. |
| 1300 | BBC2 | Classic Mastermind | Deep into the 2007-8 series of blessed memory. SD. Wales not Tu, We. |
| 1330 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link | Wales 1300 Tu, We; Scot 1530 We. |
| 1400 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | Some episodes SD. |
| 1415 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Wales not Tu, two eps from 1345 We. |
| 1510 | C4 | Countdown | Michaela Strachan, Kate Adie from Thu. |
| 1515 | BBC1 | Perfection | |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1600 | ITV | Tipping Point | |
| 1630 | BBC1 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | |
| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | Older episodes TV3 at 1300. |
| 1700 | C4 | Four in a Bed | |
| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless | |
| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Cheltenham. |
| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | |
| 1800 | ITV2 | Dinner Date | |
| 1830 | BBC2 | Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two | |
| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia | |
| 1900 | DAVE | Have I Got A Bit More News for You |
Monday 7
| 1500 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | North of England -v- Midlands. |
| 1900 | C5 | Beat the Ancestors New! | Byzantine flame-throwing boat. First in a resumed series. |
| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | St John's Oxford v Downing C*mr*dg*. |
| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Oenophiles v Science Editors. What's an Oenophile? Us, referring to the prior billing. |
| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL | |
| 2100 | TV3 | The Celebrity Apprentice | Not So Friendly Competition. Or, who can shift the hottest ticket in town, an event that literally sells itself? You're Fired follows at 2220. |
| 2100 | LIV | The Face | Eat that, rubbish fanfic writers. |
| 2115 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut | |
| 2200 | DAVE | Would I Lie to You? | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Peter Andre, accustomed to losing ratings battles to Only Connect; with Jason Gardiner, Ana Matronic, Charles Cave, and Tony Law. |
| 2235 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News for You | Scot 2305, Wales 2320, NI 0005. |
| 2240 | DAVE | Mock the Week | |
| 2300 | E4 | Big Fat Quiz of the 80s | |
| 2305 | ITV | Through the Keyhole | Repeat from Saturday. STV 2335, UTV 0005.. |
| 2320 | DAVE | Never Mind the Buzzcocks |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 8
| 2000 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off | Unconventional. |
| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL | |
| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | |
| 2250 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
| 2300 | DAVE | QI |
Wednesday 9
| 2000 | ITV | Big Star's Little Star | Sally Bercow, Diarmuid Gavin, Suzanne Shaw. |
| 2100 | 4Mus | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2 | |
| 2200 | DAVE | Mock the Week | |
| 2305 | BBC1 | Room 101 | Not NI, Scotland 2355, Wales 0005. |
Thursday 10
| 2000 | DAVE | QI XL | |
| 2000 | ITV2 | The X Factor Us | |
| 2000 | ITV4 | The Chase With Celebrities | |
| 2100 | TV3 | The Great Irish Bake Off | Desserts. |
| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | |
| 2300 | DAVE | Mock the Week |
Friday 11
| 1830 | RWal | What's the Story | |
| 1900 | C5 | World's Strongest Man 2012 | |
| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Dad's Army, Faraday and Winter novels, French Revolution, European Football Championships since 1980. |
| 2000 | ITV2 | The X Factor Us | TV3 has next week's shows at 2200. |
| 2100 | Sky1 | A League of Their Own | Alan Shearer, Jason Manford, Frankie Sandford. |
| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | |
| 2100 | DAVE | QI XL | Also 1900. |
| 2100 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats | |
| 2200 | CHAL | Fun House | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Killers: Sandi Toksvig, Trevor Noah, Jason Manford. |
| 2230 | CHAL | Knightmare | |
| 2230 | Rd4X | New Comedy Awards 2013 | Susan Calman hosts the heats. Stay tuned at 2330 for The Mary Whitehouse Experience, still without "Shag or Die". |
| 2250 | C4 | Was It Something I Said? | An extended edition. |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Channel abbreviations
| 4MUS | 4 Music |
| ALBA | BBC Alba |
| BBC1 | BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| BBC2 | BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| BBC3 | BBC3 |
| BBC4 | BBC4 |
| C4 | Channel 4 |
| C5 | Channel 5 |
| CBBC | CBBC Channel |
| CBBS | Cbeebies |
| CHAL | Challenge |
| DAVE | Dave |
| ESPT | Eurosport |
| ESP2 | Eurosport 2 |
| HTV | HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted) |
| ITV | ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted) |
| ITV2 | ITV2 |
| ITV3 | ITV3 |
| ITV4 | ITV4 |
| LIV | Sky Living |
| LIV2 | Sky Living It |
| MOR4 | More 4 |
| PICK | Pick TV |
| Rad1 | BBC Radio 1 |
| Rad2 | BBC Radio 2 |
| Rad3 | BBC Radio 3 |
| Rad4 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Rad5 | BBC Radio 5 |
| Rd4X | BBC Radio 4Xtra |
| RCym | BBC Radio Cymru |
| RSco | BBC Radio Scotland |
| RUls | BBC Radio Ulster |
| RWal | BBC Radio Wales |
| RTE1 | RTE1 (Irish) |
| RTE2 | RTE2 (Irish) |
| RTR1 | RTE Radio 1 (Irish) |
| S4C | S4C |
| SKY1 | Sky 1 |
| SKYA | Sky Atlantic |
| STV | STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland) |
| TV3 | TV3 (Irish) |
| TV5 | TV5 Monde (Europe) |
| TG4 | TG 4 (Irish) |
| UTV | Ulster Television (ITV1 in Northern Ireland) |
| WTCH | Watch |
Other stations explained in the programme description.
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.
