A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 29 July 2006
Schedules subject to change.
Saturday 29 July
| 0700 | DISC | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 1120 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1720)
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| 1231 | RWal | Extra Time Quiz (also 1732)
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| 1400 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1430 | CBBC | 50/50
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| 1600 | CITV | Eliminator
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| 1630 | S4C | Deal or No Deal
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| 1800 | BBC1 | Weakest Link | Soap stars, postponed from 1 July. Over on ITV, there's been a change to the advertised programme. It's Now Or Never has been replaced by an emergency ratings-puller, It'll Be Alright On The Night MDCCLXXXII.
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| 1830 | RTE1 | Charity You're A Star. New! | Sometimes, we're slightly relieved that Tara TV is no longer broadcasting. Continues Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
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| 1850 | BBC1 | How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? New! | Caution: Contains Andrew Lloud Webber. And John Barrowman.
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| 1950 | BBC1 | Init To Winnit
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| 2005 | RTE1 | Fame and Fortune
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| 2115 | C4 | Big Brother (S4C 2130)
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| 2125 | BBC2 | The Story Of Light Entertainment | All-round entertainers, including Bruce and Bob.
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| 2200 | MOR4 | The West Wing Quiz (also 1930 Su) Special | So that'll be Lucy, Trevor, Geordie...
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| 2216 | TV5M | Fort Boyard | With subtitles in French on TV5Text p 891.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | X Marks the Spot New!
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| 2305 | ITV | Celebrity Love Island
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Sunday 30
| 0930 | CITV | Eliminator
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| 1120 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1720)
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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| 1300 | MOR4 | Scrappy Races
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| 1400 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1430 | CBBC | 50/50
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| 1740 | MOR4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1745 | C4 | Britain's Top Dog
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother (S4C 2200)
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| 2130 | RTE1 | Charity You're A Star
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| 2200 | ITV | Celebrity Love Island
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Weekdays
| 1000 | DSCI | Junkyard Wars (also 1300, 1700)
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| 1025 | TV5M | La cible
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| 1030 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1100 | RTE2 | The Memoriser
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| 1130 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hint
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| 1232 | TV5M | Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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| 1300 | CBBC | Beat the Boss New! | Because it's worth it.
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| 1300 | MOR4 | Countdown (approx time) | C4 episodes from 14 to 20 July.
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| 1330 | CBBC | Get Your Own Back
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| 1400 | STYL | Bargain Hint
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| 1530 | S4C | RTS Daytime Programme Of The Year Deal or No Deal
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| 1545 | C4 | Countdown (S4C 1615, C4 rpt about 58 hours later.) | Wendi Peters.
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| 1605 | BBC1 | Bamzooki (not Fr)
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| 1630 | C4 | Come Dine With Me (S4C 1800)
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| 1635 | BBC1 | Raven (not Fr) | Blimey, this is the fourth and most recent series.
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| 1640 | CBBS | The Shiny Show
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| 1700 | ITV | Price is Right (TV3 1800) | And now in duplicate, except in Ulster.
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| 1715 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link (Fr not NI)
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads (Fr not NI)
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| 1810 | MOR4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 2200 | C4 | Big Brother (Tues 2100. S4C Mo 2230, Tu 2230, We 2200, Th 2210)
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| 2200 | ITV | No Celebrity Love Island (also TV3)
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Monday 31
| 1230 | BBC7 | ISIHAC (also 1930)
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| 1330 | Rad4 | X Marks The Spot | Hilary Kay, David Edwards, Simon Fanshawe.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Julian Clary, Pauline McLynn.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Venomous Snakes, Robert Fitzroy, World Cup Football 1930-2002, and the "Hilda Tablet" Plays.
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| 2030 | BBC2 | University Challenge: The Professionals (not 2W) | Prospect v Royal Statistical Society in the second semi-final.
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| 2100 | BBC2 | Have I Got Old News For You? (not 2W) New! | Jeremy Clarkson, Germaine Greer, Danny Baker.
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| 2100 | G2 | Have I Got Old News For You? New! | Kirsty Young, Ian McMillan, Julian Fellowes. Remote-jockeys will have a ball.
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| 2100 | LIV2 | The Amazing Race | Malaysia.
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Tuesday 1 August
| 1230 | BBC7 | The News Quiz (also 1930)
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| 2030 | BBC2 | University Challenge: The Professionals (not 2W) | The grand final pits the Bodleian Library against last night's winners.
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| 2100 | FTN | Crazy Drivers
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| 2130 | RTE1 | Charity You're A Star
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| 2230 | BBC3 | Annually Retentive
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Wednesday 2
| 1230 | BBC7 | Wireless Wise
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| 1733 | TV5M | Fort Boyard | Contestants this week include Marc Lievremont, rugby trainer; and Celin Geraud, presenter.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The Personality Test | Jennie Bond is the final host in the current series.
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| 2130 | RTE1 | Charity You're A Star
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Thursday 3
| 1230 | BBC7 | Just a Minute (also 1930)
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| 1600 | S4C | Mama Mia
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Dragons' Den New!
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Friday 4
| 2030 | C4 | Big Brother (also S4C) | Continues 2200 (S4C 2300).
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Saturday 5 (provisional)
| 0700 | DISC | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 1231 | RWal | Extra Time Quiz (also 1732)
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| 1400 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1430 | CBBC | 50/50
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| 1600 | CITV | Eliminator
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| 1805 | BBC1 | Weakest Link | A repeat.
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| 1850 | BBC1 | Maria | Continues 2125.
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| 1950 | BBC1 | Init To Winnit
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| 1950 | Rad3 | The Proms Quiz Special | Stephanie Hughes puts questions to Tasmin Little, Ally Groves, and - aargh! - David Mellor.
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| 2000 | ITV | Millionaire New! | This show has a shorter off-season than the football. More celebs tonight.
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| 2005 | RTE1 | Fame and Fortune
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother
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| 2216 | TV5M | Fort Boyard
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| 2300 | Rad4 | X Marks the Spot
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| 2315 | ITV | Celebrity Love Island | They said, optimistically.
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Sunday 6 (provisional)
| 0930 | CITV | Eliminator
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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| 1400 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1430 | CBBC | 50/50
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| 1810 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother
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| 2200 | ITV | Celebrity Love Island
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Challenge?
Saturday
| 0700 | Don't Try This at Home
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| 0800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 0900 | Knockout
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| 1000 | Takeshi
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| 1100 | Catchphrase x2
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| 1200 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 1300 | Millionaire
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| 1400 | Blankety Blank x2
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| 1530 | Bullseye
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| 1600 | It's a Knockout
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| 1700 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1800 | Takeshi
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| 1900 | Blankety Blank x2
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| 2030 | Bullseye
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| 2100 | Gambling
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Sunday
As Saturday, except
| 0700 | Takeshi
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| 1900 | Takeshi x4
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Monday - Friday
| 0700 | Takeshi
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| 0730 | Catchphrase
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| 0800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 0900 | Supermarket Sweep
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| 0930 | Wheel of Fortune
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| 1000 | Fifteen-to-One x2
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| 1100 | Eggheads x2
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| 1200 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 1300 | Millionaire
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| 1400 | Bullseye x2
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| 1500 | Catchphrase x2
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| 1600 | Price is Right x2
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| 1700 | Gladiators (We-Fr Knockout)
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| 1800 | Takeshi x2
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| 1900 | The Crystal Maze
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| 2000 | Family Fortunes x2
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| 2100 | Bullseye x2
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| 2200 | Millionaire
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| 2300 | Gambling
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Channel abbreviations:
| AONE | Adventure One
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| BBC1 | BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| BBC2 | BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
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| 2W | BBC2 Wales digital service
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| BBC3 | BBC3
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| BBC4 | BBC4
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| BBC7 | BBC7 (Radio)
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| C5 | Five
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| CBBC | CBBC
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| CBBS | Cbeebies
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| DHL | Discovery Home and Leisure
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| DISC | Discovery
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| DSCI | Discovery Science
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| FTN | FTN
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| G2 | UKTV G2
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| GOLD | UKTV Gold
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| ITV | ITV (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 | UK Living TV
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| LIV2 | UK Living TV 2
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| MOR4 | More 4
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| PLYR | Player
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| Rad1 | BBC Radio 1
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| Rad2 | BBC Radio 2
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| Rad4 | BBC Radio 4
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| RSct | 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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| RTR1 | RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
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| S4C | S4C (analogue)
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| S4CD | S4C Digidol
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| SCOT | Scottish / Grampian (ITV in Scotland)
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| SKY1 | Sky Onc
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| SKY3 | Sky Thrcc
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| TV3 | TV3 (Irish)
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| TV5M | TV5 Monde (Europe)
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| TG4 | TG 4 (Irish)
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| UTV | Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
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See also
TV Guide This Week
