Challenge's Firsts Weekend (Sat and Sun from 2pm), a special edition of The Cube (ITV, 8pm Sat), That Puppet Game Show (BBC1, 3.20 Sun), a special Deal or No Deal (C4, 7pm New Year's Eve), Christmas University Challenge and Celebrity Mastermind (most evenings, BBC2 and BBC1 respectively), a Blue Peter edition of Pointless (BBC1, 5.10 Thu), and — sorry! — Celebrity Big Brother (C5, 9pm Fri).
Saturday 28 December
| 0900 | Rd4X | Let's Get Quizzical | Russell Davies' trawl through radio quiz and panel games. Also 1900.
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| 1100 | CBBS | Swashbuckle
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | Christian O'Connell presents a tenth birthday party.
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| 1135 | ITV | Dinner Date
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| 1400 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out
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| 1400 | CHAL | Firsts Weekend (part 1) | Inaugral editions of classic shows, beginning with Supermarket Sweep. Then 1430 Takeshi's Castle, 1500 One Versus One Hundred, 1550 Going for Gold, 1620 Bob's Full House.
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| 1415 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1535 | C4 | Celebrity Come Dine with Me x5
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| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard
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| 1700 | CHAL | Firsts Weekend (part 2) | The debuts continue with Whittle, then 1730 Fun House, 1800 Ninja Warrior, 1900 Total Wipeout, 2000 Celebrity Squares, 2030 Strike it Lucky.
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| 1730 | BBC1 | Celebrity Mastermind | Gail Porter, Danny John-Jules, Prue Leith, Mike Bushell.
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| 1800 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | The eighties coming back: Stephanie Beacham and Emma Sams; Anne Diamond and Rustie Lee; Denise and Steadman Pearson; Tessa Sanderson and Willie Thorne.
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| 1800 | ITV | The Chase With Celebrities | Rebecca Adlington, Kate Garraway, Ritchie Neville, Rosemary Shrager.
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| 1900 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes | First in a new series: Dancing on Ice v Coronation Street.
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| 2000 | ITV | The Cube | Denise Welch, Sherrie Hewson, Lisa Maxwell, Greg Rutherford.
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| 2000 | C5 | World's Strongest Man 2013
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| 2010 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1315 tomorrow.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain
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| 2310 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice
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Sunday 29
| 1100 | CBBS | Swashbuckle
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| 1300 | CHAL | Ultimate Strongman | Children compete.
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| 1340 | E4 | Come Dine With Me | Made in Chelsea.
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| 1400 | WTCH | Total Wipe Us Out x2 | And at this time all week.
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| 1400 | CHAL | Firsts Weekend (part three) | Initial episodes begin with The Crystal Maze, then 1500 Take Your Pick with Des O'Connor, 1530 Deal or No Deal, 1615 Wipeout with Paul Daniels, 1645 3-2-1 with Janice Long.
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| 1520 | BBC1 | That Puppet Game Show | Superstition: Richard Hammond and Ortisé JLS.
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| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard
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| 1600 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1745 | CHAL | Firsts Weekend (part four) | A final slew of openers with Stars in Their Eyes, then 1815 Treasure Hunt, 1915 Knightmare, 1945 Bullseye, 2015 Blankety Blank.
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| 1900 | ITV | Catchphrase | Celebrities: Michelle Collins, Michael Ball, Carol Vorderman. UTV 2215.
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| 1950 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes | Christmas 2011.
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| 2000 | C5 | World's Strongest Man 2013
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| 2100 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI
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Monday 30
| 1025 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1100 | BBC2 | The Great British Bake Off x2 | Repeats from this year. Continues all week.
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1300 | CHAL | Catchphrase x 13 | To 1930.
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| 1350 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Not Wales.
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| 1350 | ITV | Dinner Date
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| 1450 | ITV | Catchphrase | The celeb edition shown yesterday.
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| 1500 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain | May be more brain-taxing than Catchphrase. Possibly. A bit.
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| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1700 | C4 | Celebrity Come Dine with Me
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Celebrity Eggheads | The Eastenders, but without Barrie they have no chance.
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| 1800 | S4C | Y Lifft | Last year's celebrity edition.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn, Bridget Christie, Ed Byrne (comedian) start a new series.
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| 1900 | BBC1 | Celebrity Mastermind | James Allen, David Bradley, Chris Ramsey, Shobu Kapoor.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | Leicester (Sue Cook, Heather Couper) v Sussex (Rob Bonnet, The OC's Alice Arnold).
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| 2030 | C5 | World's Strongest Man 2013
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| 2300 | Rd4X | Genius | Paul Daniels and the 99p coin.
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Tuesday 31
| 1100 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1200 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes
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| 1200 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1300 | CHAL | Bullseye x 13 | To 1930.
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| 1500 | ITV | The Cube
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| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1700 | C4 | Come Dine with Me | Footballers.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Celebrity Eggheads | House and home experts (and game show hosts Ed Hall and Laura Hamilton).
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| 1900 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | Christmas Stars; a special edition. AudioD.
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| 1900 | BBC1 | Celebrity Mastermind | Josh Widdicombe, Katharine Merry, Sian Reese-Williams, Nick Baker.
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| 1930 | BBC2 | University Challenge | King's London (Rory Bremner, Susan Hill) v Southampton (Stefan Buczacki). NI 1945.
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| 2000 | C4 | Fifteen-to-One The Celebrity Show | From September.
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| 2000 | C5 | World's Strongest Man 2013 | The grand final.
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Pick of the year. NI 2300.
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| 2310 | RTE2 | Next Year's News | Ring in the new year with a panel show hosted by Eoghan MacDermott.
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| 2325 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice x4 | Or with Keith and Holly and Fearne.
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Wednesday 1
| 0900 | RLLY | Three in a Bed x 11 | To 2000.
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| 1040 | C5 | World's Strongest Man 2013 x2 | Whole series repeated on 5* from 1440.
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| 1205 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1220 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1255 | CBBC | Copycats
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| 1500 | MOR4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Kingston.
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| 1725 | BBC2 | University Challenge | First semi-final.
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| 2220 | C4 | Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2013
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Thursday 2
| 1200 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1300 | CHAL | Supermarket Sweep x13
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| 1400 | ITV | All-Star Mr and Mrs
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| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1600 | ITV | Tipping Point
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| 1700 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | More celebrities.
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| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | Back!
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| 1710 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Blue Peter: Peter Purves and Yvette Fielding, Simon Groom and Janet Ellis, Anthea Turner and Tim Vincent, Barney Harwood and Lindsey Russell.
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| 1730 | CBBC | Blue Peter | Featuring ... oh, a profile of Radze Chinyanganya. Still, bonkers scheduling!
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Celebrity Eggheads | Footballing greats.
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| 1900 | BBC3 | Winter Wipeout
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| 1900 | BBC1 | Celebrity Mastermind | Adil Ray, Mark Porter, Kevin Eldon, Jordan Stephens.
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| 1930 | BBC2 | University Challenge | The second semi-final.
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Fake Reaction | With Helen Flanagan, Marlon Davis, and Stepping Out's Brian and Vogue.
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Friday 3
| 1200 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1300 | CHAL | Bruce's Price is Right x13
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| 1400 | ITV | All-Star Mr and Mrs
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| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1600 | ITV | Tipping Point
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| 1700 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | More celebrities.
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| 1700 | ITV | The Chase
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| 1710 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Theatre: David Bradley and Simon Williams; Les Dennis and Warwick Davis; Bill Kenwright and Jenny Seagrove; Clive Mantle and Connie Fisher.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Celebrity Eggheads | Dr Who.
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| 1900 | BBC1 | Celebrity Mastermind | John Cooper Clarke, Ben Faulks, Roy Hudd, Frank Turner.
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Steve Redgrave, Neil Back, Shay Given, Sally Gunnell. Wales 2030.
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| 2030 | BBC2 | Christmas University Challenge | The final. NI 2105.
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| 2100 | C5 | Celebrity Big Brother | Who are these people? Bit on the Side follows at 2300.
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| 2100 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
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| 2210 | CHAL | Blankety Blank | With Les Dawson.
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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
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