TV Guide This Week
Be very careful: Jedward's Big Adventure is back (CBBC, 4.30 weekdays), guiding tourists from disaster to disaster. Camp villain Ludus also plays (CBBC, 5pm Monday). It's the ITV National Television Awards (7.30 Wed) and a new run of Room 101 (BBC1, 8.30 Fri).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Contents |
Saturday 18 January
| 0730 | CITV | Scrambled! New! | A two-hour live show; surely will contain something gamey. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting. |
| 0930 | ITV | Dinner Date | |
| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | Christian O'Connell. |
| 1145 | ITV | Show Me the Telly | |
| 1200 | BBC2 | The Great Sport Relief Bake Off x2 | AudioD repeats. |
| 1225 | C4 | The Taste | A repeat from Tues. AudioD. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1600 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x5 | Huddersfield. |
| 1700 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1715 | TV3 | Celebrity Tipping Point | |
| 1730 | 3e | Pop Idle Us New! | Ireland only; no UK channel shows the series. |
| 1815 | TV3 | Famous Family Fortunes | |
| 1815 | BBC1 | Reflex | Shane Richie puts the "v" into "va-va-voom". |
| 1830 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Wales only. |
| 1900 | ITV | Splash! | "Trees! Made of gold!!!" Repeated 1410 tomorrow. |
| 1900 | BBC1 | BBC The Voice of Holland of UK | "Every now and then I fall apart." Also BBC3, 1915 tomorrow. |
| 1915 | TV3 | Catchphrase | |
| 2000 | TV3 | The Cube | |
| 2020 | BBC1 | Who Dares Wins | |
| 2030 | ITV | Take Me Out | An internet survey company are asking people to rate this show, second-by-second. Our meter stays firmly on "Off". |
| 2040 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1340 tomorrow. |
| 2145 | C5 | Celebrity Big Brother | Followed by Bit on the Side. |
| 2145 | ITV | The Jonathan Ross Show | Featuring Dermot O'Leary, but Russell Brand and James Blunt. |
| 2230 | BBC2 | QI XL | |
| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain |
Sunday 19
| 0900 | CBBC | The Dog Ate My Homework | Also 1700. |
| 0925 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | |
| 1130 | BBC2 | The Great Sport Relief Bake Off x2 | |
| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | |
| 1325 | ITV | Catchphrase | A classic episode. |
| 1400 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | Not Scotland. |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1700 | CITV | Jungle Run | |
| 1720 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Dudley. |
| 1730 | CBBC | Hole in the Wall | |
| 1745 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1805 | CBBC | Splatalot | |
| 1815 | ITV | Dancing on Ice | Continues 2030. Also TV3. |
| 1830 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | |
| 1830 | RTE1 | RTE The Voice of Ireland | Repeated 1930 Tue on RTE2. |
| 1900 | RTR1 | Documentary on One New! | "They Didn't Suit You", about a table quiz legend in Mayo. |
| 1945 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes | Lesley Joseph v Stephen K Amos. |
| 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 | |
| 1030 | CHAL | Whittle x2 | Followed by 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 | Dickinson's Real Deal | |
| 1500 | BBC1 | Perfection | |
| 1510 | C4 | Countdown | Matt Allwright, not half. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1600 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1600 | ITV | Britain's Best Bakery | Wales and Midlands. |
| 1630 | CBBC | Jedward's Big Adventure New! | OMG! The quiffed ones are back! And they're, like, guiding people round the Giant's Causeway, a Bath, a black pool, Stratford, and meeting Acton Scott. It'll be jubilant! |
| 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 | |
| 1900 | RLLY | Masterchef Australia | The civilians. |
| 1900 | WTCH | Masterchef Australia | The professionals. |
| 2100 | C5 | Celebrity Big Brother | The final on Friday has been postponed. Bit on the Side follows at 2300 (2200 We, Fr; 2350 Mo). |
Monday 20
| 1500 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain | |
| 1700 | CBBC | Ludus New! | Children rescue their friends and family from the set of "Jupiter Moon". |
| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | Lloyd Langford, Lucy Porter, Tom Wrigglesworth, Fred MacAulay. |
| 2000 | BBC2 | University Challenge | The second group phase match. |
| 2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2 | |
| 2235 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More Old News for You | Wales 2315, NI 0100 We night / Th morning. |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 21
| 1900 | BBC3 | Winter Wipeout | |
| 2000 | LIV2 | The Biggest Loser Australia | Behind the scenes with the England cricket side. |
| 2100 | C4 | The Taste | Comfort food this week. |
| 2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2 |
Wednesday 22
| 1930 | ITV | The ITV National Television Awards New! | We can cheer for Bake Off without upsetting anyone. |
| 2000 | TV3 | Celebrity Tipping Point | |
| 2000 | LIV2 | The Biggest Loser Australia | |
| 2000 | TLC | Four Weddings Us | |
| 2100 | 4Mus | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2 | |
| 2245 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Fran Halsall, Dominic Cork, Jason Gardener (sprinter), Geoff Parling. Wales 2315, NI 2345. |
Thursday 23
| 2000 | LIV | The Face Us | Be a runaway show. |
| 2200 | ITV2 | Fake Reaction | Louis Smith, Katherine Nash, Alex Brooker, Bobby Mair. |
Friday 24
| 1700 | CBBC | The Dog Ate My Homework | With Sam and Mark, Paul McCaffrey, and the super-smooth Victoria Cook from DNN. |
| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Not Wales, Scotland. |
| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Sun Records, Sharpe novels, Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. Not Wales. |
| 2000 | Rad2 | Friday Night is Music Night New! | Another chance to hear the Strictly special. |
| 2030 | BBC1 | Room 101 New! | Richard Osman, Joan Bakewell, Roisin Conaty. |
| 2100 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Dara O'Briain and Sharon Hogan. |
| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | VG part one. |
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.
