It's all go this week! The Link arrives on BBC1 (1.25 Mo, then 2.15), and Channel 4 has Draw It! (4.30 weekdays). Eurovision Song Contest week (BBC3 and RTE2, 8pm Tue and Thu) is heralded by a Radio 2 popup station – BBC Eurovision is on air from midday Thursday on the internet and DAB.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Saturday 3 May
| 0730 | BBC2 | Great British Menu x5
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| 0825 | CBBC | The Dare Devil
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| 0900 | CBBC | Total Wipeout
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| 1000 | CHAL | Robot Wars x2 New! | Craig Charles and Phillippa Forrester host series 2.
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| 1050 | Mor4 | Come Dine with Me Ireland x5
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | Jonathan Pearce.
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| 1300 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes | Also TV3 1745.
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard
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| 1610 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x2 | York.
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| 1700 | CBBS | Swashbuckle
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| 1705 | CBBC | Trade Your Way to the USA
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| 1735 | CBBC | Celebrity Driving Academy
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| 1830 | 3e | Pop Idle Us
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| 1830 | TV3 | Catchphrase
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| 1850 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Lisa Maxwell, Mark Wingett, Sue Cook, Donal MacIntyre, Helen Fraser, Jack Ellis, Laura Wilson, Mark Billingham.
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| 1915 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | More Talent follows on SM:TV2 and 3e at 8.30. Also TV3.
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| 1940 | BBC1 | In It to Win It | Play along on Super Ceefax page 301, then endure the BBC's Eurovision entry.
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| 1950 | CHAL | 3-2-1 | The Sea, from 10 January 1980.
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| 2025 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1310 tomorrow.
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| 2030 | ITV | Amazing Greys
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| 2030 | TV3 | The Cube
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| 2100 | S4C | Band Cymru 2014 | A contest for brass, wind, and jazz bands.
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| 2120 | BBC1 | The Guess List | David Walliams, Kian Egan, Kate Silverton, Ronnie Corbett, Tess Daly.
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| 2205 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice
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| 2250 | ITV2 | Crazy Beaches
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| 2300 | Rad4 | The 3rd Degree
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| 2345 | ITV | Through the Keyhole
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Sunday 4
| 0600 | LIV2 | Four Weddings Day | To 2100.
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| 0835 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 0905 | CBBC | Copycats
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| 0925 | ITV | May the Best House Win | Not STV.
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| 1204 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth
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| 1230 | ITV | Big Star's Little Star
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| 1240 | MOR4 | The Taste Us | Seduction.
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| 1255 | CBBC | The Slammer Returns
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| 1315 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD. Not Scotland.
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| 1405 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Last night's episode. TV3 1340.
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| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard
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| 1700 | CBBS | Swashbuckle
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| 1700 | RWal | The Dylan Thomas Pub Quiz New! | Chris Corcoran asks a celebrity panel about the Swansea poet.
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| 1720 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Yeovil.
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| 1735 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1745 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | West End. First seen on 5 October.
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| 1845 | CHAL | 3-2-1 | Historical Legends. Like, four Chuckle Brothers?
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| 1845 | ITV | Catchphrase | TV3 1915.
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| 2000 | TV3 | Famous Mr and Mrs, Miss, or Mr
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| 2130 | RTE1 | Dragons' Den
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| 2225 | BBC1 | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Jack Dee, Charlie Brooker, Bridget Christie. Wales 2305, Scotland 2310.
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| 2300 | BBC2 | QI XL | Jobs. Subject to delay if the snooker runs long.
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
| 0745 | BBC2 | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | Signed. Not Mo.
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| 0800 | DISN | Win Lose or Draw New! | Disney Channel stars play the sketching game. Not Mo.
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| 1100 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x5
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| 1200 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD.
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| 1415 | BBC1 | The Link New! | Join unrelated answers, or something. Mark Williams hosts. Mo 1325.
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| 1440 | C4 | Countdown | Tony Jacklin (Mo, Tu), then hosses.
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| 1500 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1530 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD.
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| 1600 | ITV | Ejector Seat
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| 1630 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 1630 | C4 | Draw It! New! | Nadia Sawalha and Anton du Beke.
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| 1700 | FOOD | Masterchef The Professionals | Not Mo.
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| 1700 | C4 | Four in a Bed New!
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| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless | Mo 1745.
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| 1730 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Glasgow.
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| 1800 | ITV2 | Dinner Date | Not Mo.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | Not Mo.
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| 1830 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Thames.
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| 2000 | CHAL | The Chase
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Monday 5
| 1200 | ITV | Dinner Date
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| 1315 | ITV | Famous Family Fortunes | Keith Duffy and Jennie McAlpine from The Door.
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| 1600 | Rad4 | The 3rd Degree | Nottingham. Note: an hour later.
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| 1630 | CBBC | Splatalot
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| 1730 | S4C | Ludus | Challengers from Swansea.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The Unbelievable Truth | Tony Hawks, Susan Calman, Phill Jupitus, Miles Jupp.
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| 1830 | RWal | The Dylan Thomas Pub Quiz | Part 2.
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| 2000 | STV | The Lie
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| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Erstwhile Athletes v Record Collectors.
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| 2100 | MOR4 | Monty Don's Real Craft | Glassblowers.
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| 2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 6
| 2000 | BBC2 | The Big Allotment Challenge | Greenhouse.
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| 2000 | ITV4 | The Chase With Celebrities
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| 2000 | BBC3 | Eurovision Song Contest 2014 New! | Semi-final 1. Scott is joined by Laura Whitmore. Expect earworms by 8.11, and no voting. Also RTE2.
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| 2030 | RTE1 | Masterchef Ireland
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| 2100 | 4Mus | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice
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| 2200 | BBC3 | Sweat the Small Stuff | Marvin Humes, Foxes, Yasmine Akram, Bobby Mair.
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| 2310 | BBC1 | The Guess List | NI 2335, Scotland 0005.
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Wednesday 7
| 1700 | CBBC | DNN New! | Jahmene Mann is on the hunt for great air guitarists.
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| 1835 | ALBA | Gleusta
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| 2000 | TV3 | The Chase With Celebrities
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| 2000 | ITV | Big Star's Little Star | Jake Wood, Austin Healey, Sunetra Sarker.
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| 2000 | BBC1 | Masterchef | Semi-finals week.
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| 2030 | RTE1 | Masterchef Ireland | The grand final!
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| 2030 | ALBA | Aibisidh
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| 2100 | ITV2 | Through the Keyhole
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Keys. Not NI.
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| 2340 | BBC1 | Room 101 | Scotland 0005, Wales 0010, not NI.
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Thursday 8
| 1200 | Rd2E | Copenhagen Calling! New! | Paddy O'Connell introduces Radio 2 Eurovision, a pop-up station for the duration of the contest. Includes a profile of Danish music at 1630, and an interview with Bonnie Tyler at 1800.
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| 1930 | RTE2 | Father Ted | We have to lose that sax solo.
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| 2000 | LIV | America's Next Top Model | Even they're getting into Eurovision season, with lovely horseback riding.
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| 2000 | BBC1 | Masterchef
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| 2000 | BBC3 | Eurovision Song Contest | Semi-final 2, in which UK and Ireland vote. Also RTE2, RTE Radio 1, and Radio 2 Eurovision.
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| 2100 | CHAL | Timeline
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| 2200 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | Richard Rawson, Chris Ramsey.
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Friday 9
| 0930 | Rad2 | Eurovision season continues | At 1030, Scott Mills and Marty Whelan play Popmaster. Over on Radio 2 Eurovision, Ken Bruce has his favourite BBC entries at 1330, Katrina's at 1500, Michael Ball talks to songwriters at 1600, and Ryan Tubridy investigates Riverdance at 2300.
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| 1830 | Rd4X | Play As I Please Old! | Humphrey Lyttelton reflects on his long, extraordinary life as jazz trumpeter, broadcaster and raconteur. First broadcast in 1993.
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport
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| 1930 | BBC4 | BBC Young Musician of the Year | Keyboard.
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| 2000 | BBC3 | How to Win Eurovision | A repeat from last year.
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| 2000 | TV3 | Crossfire
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| 2030 | BBC1 | Masterchef
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| 2100 | BBC1 | Have I Got News for You | Celebrity husband David Mitchell hosts, Andy Hamilton panels.
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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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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.
See also
TV Guide Last Week
