A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 12 August 2006
Schedules subject to change.
Saturday 12 August
| 0700 | DISC | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 0900 | DOCU | Time Commanders
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| 1120 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1720)
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| 1230 | ITV | Millionaire Celeb | Repeated from last Saturday night, itself a repeat from last December.
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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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| 1800 | BBC1 | Weakest Link | Medics.
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| 1850 | BBC1 | Maria | Have they begun the studio bit yet?
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| 1850 | ITV | X-Fools (TV3 2000) New! | We tried to forget last year's debacle. ITV won't let us do that.
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| 1930 | RTE1 | Fame and Fortune
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| 1950 | BBC1 | Init To Winnit
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| 2025 | ITV | Millionaire
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| 2035 | RTE1 | Charity You're A Star | Mercifully, the last in the present series.
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| 2100 | G2 | HIGNFY Night
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| 2110 | C4 | Big Brother (S4C 2230)
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| 2125 | BBC2 | The Story of Light Entertainment | The Comics, leading inevitably to Antan Dec. If you're setting the video, allow an extra ten minutes for the Proms to over-run.
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| 2216 | TV5M | Fort Boyard | Including Stephane Traineau, judo; David Borye, rugbyman; and Marie Poissonnier, championne de saut a la perche.
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| 2300 | Rad4 | X Marks the Spot | In which someone gets to throw paper darts at Brian Sewell. Now we're jealous.
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| 2315 | ITV | Celebrity Love Island
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Sunday 13
| 0900 | DOCU | Time Commanders
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| 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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| 1220 | TV3 | Family Fortunes New! | Before ITV deigns to show it. And they wonder why we don't like 'em any more...
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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 | G2 | HIGNFY Night | Very much the pick, with Des and Marcus in the chair.
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| 2100 | C4 | Big Brother (S4C 2225)
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| 2200 | ITV | Celebrity Love Island
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Weekdays
| 0700 | STYL | Bargain Hunt (also 1400)
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| 0900 | DOCU | Time Commanders
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| 1000 | DISC | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 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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| 1130 | CBBC | Raven
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt New!
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| 1232 | TV5M | Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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| 1300 | MOR4 | Countdown (approx time) | C4 episodes from 28 July to 3 August.
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| 1330 | CBBC | Get Your Own Back
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| 1515 | BBC2 | Sudo-Q
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| 1530 | S4C | Deal or No Deal | Still flingin' 'em out.
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| 1545 | C4 | Countdown (S4C 1615, C4 rpt about 58 hours later.) | Melvyn Hayes in Dictionary Dell this week. For a moment, we got confused with Melvyn O'Doom, but remembered that this is not Muckdown. S4C is six episodes behind the rest of the UK.
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| 1630 | C4 | Come Dine With Me (S4C 1800)
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| 1635 | BBC1 | Raven (not Fr)
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| 1640 | CBBS | The Shiny Show
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| 1700 | ITV | Price is Right (TV3 1800) | In duplicate, except in Ulster.
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| 1730 | CBBC | Raven: The Island | It's a strange one, this.
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads Back | Still a repeat.
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| 1810 | MOR4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 2200 | C4 | Big Brother (Tues 2100. S4C Mo 2230, Tu-Th 2200)
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| 2200 | ITV | Love Island (also TV3)
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Monday 14
| 1230 | BBC7 | ISIHAC (also 1930)
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| 1330 | Rad4 | X Marks The Spot | Lars Tharp, Daphne Fowler, Robin Simon.
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| 1605 | BBC1 | Bamzooki
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Charles Collingwood, Iain Duncan-Smith.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | Continental Europe (!), Ash, Lorenzo de Medici, John Lowe.
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| 2030 | BBC2 | University Challenge (not 2W) | UCL v Pembroke Cambridge.
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| 2100 | LIV2 | The Amazing Race | Hawaii.
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Tuesday 15
| 1230 | BBC7 | The News Quiz (also 1930)
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| 1605 | BBC1 | Bamzooki
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| 2230 | BBC3 | Annually Retentive
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Wednesday 16
| 1230 | BBC7 | Wireless Wise
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| 1605 | BBC1 | 50/50 New!
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| 1733 | TV5M | Fort Boyard | That's "pole vault". Contestants here include Fabrice Tiozzo, boxer; Laurence Fischer, karateka; and Thomas Salsmann, comedian. Let's hope there isn't a prison of a salsmann.
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Thursday 17
| 1230 | BBC7 | Just a Minute (also 1930)
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| 1600 | S4C | Mama Mia
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| 1605 | BBC1 | 50/50
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Dragon's Den (Scot 2100)
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Friday 18
| 1900 | S4C | BB Cymru (also 2130, and on S4CD) Special | Family and friends of the Welsh-speaking contestants gather for a big party at Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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| 2002 | RTE1 | Buille Faoi Thuairim | A quiz in Irish, and pick of the night.
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| 2000 | C4 | Big Brother (also S4C) | Continues 2200.
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| 2130 | C4 | 8 out of 10 Cats (S4C 0100 Sat) Special | A Big Brother special.
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Saturday 19 (provisional)
| 0700 | DISC | Scrapheap Challenge
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| 0900 | DOCU | Time Commanders
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| 1120 | CBBS | The Shiny Show
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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
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| 1850 | ITV | X-Factor
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| 1950 | BBC1 | Init To Winnit
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| 2000 | RTE1 | Fame and Fortune
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| 2025 | ITV | Millionaire
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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
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Sunday 20 (provisional)
| 0930 | CITV | Eliminator
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| 0950 | ITV2 | Millionaire
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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 and Sunday
| 0700 | Takeshi
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| 0730 | Catchphrase (Sun: Takeshi)
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| 0800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 0900 | Knockout
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| 1000 | Catchphrase x3
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| 1130 | Family Fortunes x3
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| 1300 | Millionaire
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| 1400 | Bullseye x3
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| 1530 | Dodgeball
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| 1600 | Knockout
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| 1700 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1800 | Takeshi x2
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| 1900 | Bullseye x2 (Sun: Takeshi)
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| 2000 | Can You Tell? x2 (Sun: Takeshi)
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| 2100 | Fear Factor
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| 2200 | Blackjack
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| 2300 | Can You Tell? x2
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Monday - Friday
| 0700 | Takeshi x2
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| 0800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 0900 | Price is Right x2
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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
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| 1430 | Catchphrase
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| 1500 | Fifteen-to-One x2
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| 1600 | Eggheads x2
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| 1700 | Knockout
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| 1800 | Takeshi x2
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| 1900 | The Crystal Maze
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| 2000 | Stars in Their Eyes
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| 2100 | Fear Factor
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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
