TV Guide This Week
This week, BBC1's Saturday night gives us Reflex (6.15) and BBC The Voice of UK (7pm). It's The Great Sport Relief Bake Off week (BBC2, Mon-Thu), and CBBC tells us The Dog Ate My Homework (5pm Fri). The Challenge channel in daytime has long-unseen episodes of Whittle, Strike it Lucky, Wipeout, and Wogan's Blankety Blank.
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Contents |
Saturday 11 January
| 0900 | Rd4X | The Rudest Man in Britain New! | Three hours on Gilbert Harding, including clips from Round Britain Quiz, What's My Line, and a complete Twenty Questions. Repeated at 1900. |
| 0930 | ITV | Dinner Date | |
| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | |
| 1230 | C4 | The Taste | AudioD repeat from Tues. |
| 1355 | ITV | The Chase | A classic episode. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1555 | ITV | Show Me the Telly | A classic episode. |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1635 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x5 | Nottingham. |
| 1700 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1715 | TV3 | Celebrity Tipping Point | |
| 1815 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes | |
| 1815 | BBC1 | Reflex New! | Shane Richie puts the "g" into "g-g-g-g-g-go!" |
| 1900 | ITV | Splash! | "You, caterpillar, would like the touch of King Midas." Repeated 1420 tomorrow. |
| 1900 | BBC1 | BBC The Voice of Holland of UK New! | Kylie Minogue and Ricky Wilson join Tom Jones and will.i.am for the Incrrrrrredible Spinning Chairs round. Repeated BBC3 1900 tomorrow. |
| 1915 | TV3 | Catchphrase | |
| 2000 | TV3 | The Cube | |
| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Wales only. |
| 2030 | BBC1 | Who Dares Wins | |
| 2030 | ITV | Take Me Out | |
| 2040 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1340 tomorrow. |
| 2130 | BBC2 | QI XL | |
| 2145 | C5 | Celebrity Big Brother | Followed by Bit on the Side. |
| 2145 | ITV | The Jonathan Ross Show | With Karren Brady (The Apprentice) and Torvill and Dean (Dancing on Ice). |
| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain |
Sunday 12
| 0810 | CBBC | Splatalot | |
| 0855 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall | |
| 0930 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | |
| 1055 | CBBC | Total Wipeout | |
| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | |
| 1335 | ITV | Catchphrase | A classic episode. |
| 1400 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | |
| 1550 | ITV | All Star Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr | Classic episode, a. |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1650 | ITV | The Chase With Celebrities | A - oh, you guessed. |
| 1725 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Oxford. |
| 1740 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | So, what's with the Sunday episodes returning? AudioD. |
| 1800 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | |
| 1815 | ITV | Dancing on Ice | Continues 2030. Also TV3. |
| 1830 | RTE1 | RTE The Voice of Ireland | Repeated 1930 Tue on RTE2. |
| 1900 | BBC1 | Celebrity Mastermind | Tony Livesey, Ava Vidal, Monty Halls, Richard Coles. |
| 1945 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes | Paul Potts v Ann Widdecombe. |
| 2100 | C5 | Celebrity Big Brother | |
| 2200 | TV3 | Celebrity Through the Keyhole | The 2013 remake. |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
| 0910 | CBBC | Copycats | |
| 1005 | TV5 | Mot de Passe | |
| 1030 | CHAL | Whittle x2 New! | New to this channel this decade. Followed by long-unseen episodes of Strike it Lucky (1130, 2 eps), Wipeout (1230), and Wogan's Blankety Blank (1430). |
| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | |
| 1300 | PICK | The Love Machine | |
| 1350 | CBBC | Junior Bake Off | |
| 1400 | ITV | All-Star Mr and Mrs | Repeats. |
| 1500 | BBC1 | Perfection | |
| 1500 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | |
| 1510 | C4 | Countdown | Helen Skelton (overlooked in the new year honours list, there). |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1600 | ITV | Britain's Best Bakery | |
| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | |
| 1700 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Four classic episodes at 1205. |
| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless | |
| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | |
| 1800 | ITV2 | Dinner Date | |
| 1830 | TV3 | Come Dine With Me Ireland | Kerry. |
| 1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | The civilians. |
| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia | The professionals. |
| 2100 | C5 | Celebrity Big Brother |
Monday 13
| 1500 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain | |
| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | Henning Wehn, Graeme Garden, Jeremy Hardy, Victoria Coren Mitchell (host's wife). |
| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | The first group phase match. |
| 2030 | BBC2 | The Great Sport Relief Bake Off New! | Michael Vaughan, Samantha Bond, Bonnie Wright, Johnny Vaughan (no relation), hosted by Sue Perkins. |
| 2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2 | |
| 2235 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More Old News for You | Wales 2315, not NI. Also Dave, 2100 Wed. |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 14
| 2000 | BBC2 | The Great Sport Relief Bake Off | Kirsty Young, Jane Horrocks, Greg Rutherford, Jason Gardiner, with Jo Brand hosting. |
| 2000 | LIV2 | The Biggest Loser Australia | Behind the scenes with the England cricket side. |
| 2100 | C4 | The Taste | Richard Corrigan asks for a prawn cocktail. AudioD. |
| 2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2 |
Wednesday 15
| 2000 | TV3 | Celebrity Tipping Point | |
| 2000 | LIV2 | The Biggest Loser Australia | |
| 2000 | TLC | Four Weddings Us | |
| 2000 | BBC2 | The Great Sport Relief Bake Off | Omid Djalili hosts, with Michael Ball, Emma Freud, Jamelia, and Victoria Pendleton. |
| 2100 | 4Mus | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2 | |
| 2200 | Rad2 | The Fuller Picture | A profile of Simon Fuller, creator of Pop Idol and 20% of The X Factor. |
| 2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week Again | |
| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Denise Lewis, Mark Butcher, David Florence, Mark Foster. Wales, Scot 2305, NI 2335. |
| 2340 | ITV | The Cube | Celebrities. UTV 0010, STV 2305 tomorrow. |
Thursday 16
| 1900 | BBC3 | Winter Wipeout | |
| 2000 | BBC2 | The Great Sport Relief Bake Off | Ed Byrne (comedian) hosts, with Alistair McGowan, Rochelle Humes, Doon Mackichan, and Helen Skelton from Countdown. |
| 2000 | LIV | The Face Us | The "Pull a silly face" contest. |
| 2200 | ITV2 | Fake Reaction | Mikey North, Kirk Norcross, Laura Whitmore, Tom Deacon. |
Friday 17
| 1700 | CBBC | The Dog Ate My Homework New! | With Jack Carroll from Britain's Got Talent, and our close personal friend Sam Fletcher from DNN. |
| 1930 | BBC1 | Celebrity Mastermind | In a postponement from the 10th: Clare Grogan, Newton Faulkner, Richard Whitehead, Quentin Letts. |
| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | None of this celebrity rubbish! Charles Rennie Mackintosh, England Test cricket since 1990, Sam Phillips and Sun Records, David Peace. Not Wales. |
| 2100 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Kathy Burke and Josh Widdicombe are counting tonight. |
| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Kaleidoscope: Liza Tarbuck, Susan Calman, Dame Sandi Toksvig. |
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.
