TV Guide This Week
A quiet start to the week, nothing more interesting than Eurovision Young Musicians (eurovision.tv, 8pm Sat). Then we get Big Brother (C5, 9pm Thu), The News Quiz (Radio 4, 6.30 Fri), Fifteen-to-One The Celebrity Edition (C4, 8pm Fri), and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4, 9pm Fri).
Schedules subject to change.
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Contents |
Saturday 31 May
| 0600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | From 2012. Signed. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting. |
| 0730 | BBC2 | Great British Menu x5 | |
| 0825 | CBBC | The Slammer Returns | |
| 1020 | ITV2 | Take Me Out | |
| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk | |
| 1200 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD. |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1610 | C4 | Come Dine with Me x2 | Chelmsford. |
| 1635 | ITV | Tipping Point Lucky Stars | |
| 1700 | CBBS | Swashbuckle | |
| 1705 | CBBC | Trade Your Way to the USA | |
| 1735 | CBBC | Celebrity Driving Academy | |
| 1900 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Academics, from 14 October. |
| 1900 | ITV | Britain's Got Talent | Results at 2130. Also TV3. More Talent follows on SM:TV2 and TV3 at 2200. |
| 1915 | CHAL | 3-2-1 | Riverboat. With Ken Colyer's Jazzmen, Frazer Hines, Terry Seabrook, and Jerry Stevens. From 7 February 1981. |
| 1950 | BBC1 | In It to Win It | Play along on Super Ceefax page 301. |
| 2000 | EURO | Eurovision Young Musicians Special | The 2014 final, live from Köln on eurovision.tv. Luke Fisher commentates. Such is the BBC's commitment to high culture and European co-existence that (er) they're not showing this event. Insular philistines! |
| 2020 | RTE1 | Winning Streak | Repeated 1310 tomorrow. |
| 2030 | TV3 | The Cube | |
| 2030 | TG4 | Survivor New! | Fans versus veterans. |
| 2300 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | The London team is not Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong. Honest. |
Sunday 1
| 0600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | From 2012. Signed. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting. |
| 0830 | CBBC | Splatalot | |
| 0900 | CBBC | Copycats | |
| 0925 | ITV | May the Best House Win | Not STV. |
| 1200 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD. |
| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | |
| 1255 | CBBC | The Slammer Returns | |
| 1600 | CITV | Fort Boyard | |
| 1700 | CBBS | Swashbuckle | |
| 1720 | Mor4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | Inverness. |
| 1740 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. |
| 1745 | BBC1 | Pointless Celebrities | Nicholas Parsons and Rick Wakeman. From the weekday series, 19 December. |
| 1845 | CHAL | 3-2-1 | Casablanca. With Marian Montgomery, Carl Rigg, Kenny Whymark and Charlie Williams. From 24 January 1981. |
| 1900 | C4 | Four Rooms | |
| 1900 | ITV | Catchphrase | "Celebrities", with Denise Van Outen, Charlie Condou, and Jo Brand making it up as she goes along. Also TV3. |
| 2000 | ITV | A Night to Remember: Michael Flatley Special | He's not sorry for Riverdance. |
| 2130 | RTE1 | Junior Dragons' Den |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Weekdays
| 1030 | CHAL | Blockbusters x2 | The first series, from 1983. |
| 1100 | C4 | Come Dine With Me x5 | |
| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt | AudioD. Mo 1200, Fr BBC2 at 1100 as BBC1 clears its schedules. |
| 1330 | BBC2 | Breakaway | Another chance to see the best new show of 2012. Not Fr. |
| 1340 | C4 | French Collection | |
| 1415 | BBC1 | The Link | Fr BBC2 at 1330. |
| 1440 | C4 | Countdown | Myleene Klass (Mo-We), then Chris Packham (Th), then horses. |
| 1500 | ITV | Dickinson's Real Deal | |
| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion | |
| 1530 | C4 | Deal or No Deal | AudioD. Not Fr. |
| 1555 | CBBC | Who Let the Dogs Out | |
| 1600 | ITV | Ejector Seat | |
| 1625 | DISN | Win Lose or Draw | |
| 1630 | CBBC | Gory Games Playalong | |
| 1630 | C4 | Draw It! | Christopher Biggins and Stacey Solomon. |
| 1700 | C4 | Come Dine With Me | Hourlongs. |
| 1700 | ITV | The Chase | |
| 1715 | BBC1 | Pointless | |
| 1755 | CBBC | The Joke Machine | Th 1800, Fr 1850. |
| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads | |
| 1800 | ITV2 | Dinner Date | |
| 1900 | BBC2 | Great British Menu | Hour-long shows for finals week. We: Wales 2130. |
| 2000 | CHAL | The Chase | |
| 2300 | ITV2 | Celebrity Juice | Tu 2315, Fr 2310. |
Monday 2
| 1500 | Rad4 | Round Britain Quiz | Midlands v Wales. Hard hats, everyone! |
| 1730 | S4C | Ludus | Barry. |
| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Paul Merton, Kevin Eldon, Joe Lycett, Sheila Hancock. |
| 2030 | BBC4 | Only Connect | Welsh Learners v Record Collectors. |
| 2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2 | |
| 2245 | BBC1 | Have I Got A Bit More News For You | NI, Wales 2315; Scot 2345. |
| 2335 | ITV | The Cube |
Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
Tuesday 3
| 1735 | S4C | Cog1nio | A repeat from last year, we think. |
| 2100 | 4Mus | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2 | |
| 2200 | BBC2 | QI | Not NI. |
| 2235 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport | Tom Shanklin, Luke Campbell, Brad Friedel, Laura Davies. Wales, NI 2305, Scotland 2335. |
| 2305 | BBC1 | Room 101 | NI, Wales 2335, Scotland 0005. |
Wednesday 4
| 1700 | CBBC | DNN | Kelly Fornia looks at talent shows. |
| 1830 | ALBA | Gleusta | |
| 2000 | TV3 | The Chase With Celebrities | |
| 2030 | ALBA | Aibisidh | |
| 2100 | 4MUS | 8 Out of 10 Cats x2 | |
| 2100 | TV3 | The Great Irish Bake Off |
Thursday 5
| 1735 | S4C | Cog1nio | |
| 2100 | C5 | Big Brother New! | This year's theme (to be discarded after twelve days) is "Power trip". Bit on the Side follows at 2235. |
Friday 6
| 0815 | BBC2 | The Great British Sewing Bee | Signed. |
| 1720 | CBBC | The Slammer Returns | |
| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz New! | Hugo Rifkind, Elis James. |
| 2000 | C4 | Fifteen-to-One: The Celebrity Edition New! | For values of "celebrity" including Johnny Vegas, Ann Widdecombe, and Heston Blumineck. |
| 2000 | TV3 | Crossfire | |
| 2100 | C5 | Big Brother | Listings for this year's edition of Big Brother are sponsored by the West Sussex tourist board and Upworthing. They'll bring a message each week from next week. Side at 2235. |
| 2100 | C4 | 8 Out of 10 Cats New! | Jonathan Ross and Roisin Conarty. |
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.
