A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 9 September 2006
New and notable this week:
- Princess Nikki, Saturday 9.55am, C4
- When they told the twice-rejected Big Brother contestant that her efforts to gain employment would go out in the prestigious 10 o'clock slot, they didn't mean 10pm Friday...
- Television's 50 Greatest Stars, Saturday 5.30, ITV
- Remember when ITV made quality programmes that were the envy of the world? Bradley Walsh does, and he's going to remind us of those long-lost days.
- The Match, Sunday 7pm, Sky Onc
- Celebrities playing football. Hosted by Mark Durden-Smith; auditionees include Lee From Steps and Anthony From Last Year's Big Brother.
- Face the Music, Sunday 9pm, BBC4
- An episode from 1973; Joseph Cooper chairs, with Joyce Grenfell, Patrick Moore, and Robin Ray. Part of a Joyce Grenfell evening.
- Celebrity Masterchef, weekdays 7pm, BBC1
- Amongst those competing this week are Marie Helvin, Sheila Ferguson, and Isabella Hervey.
- Mock the Week, Thursday 10pm, BBC2
- A new series, with more untried comedians than before. Which explains why they've booked Clive Anderson and Gina Yashere.
The full listings
Saturday 9 September
| 0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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| 0955 | C4 | Princess Nikki New!
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1730 | ITV | Television's 50 Greatest Stars Special
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| 1745 | C4 | Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
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| 1810 | BBC1 | Weakest Link | Singers and/or dancers.
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| 1900 | BBC1 | Maria
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| 1900 | ITV | X-Factor | The tedious trio are still tearing up the country, looking for talent. If they don't find any, will they call off the show?
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| 2000 | BBC1 | Init To Winnit
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| 2000 | ITV | Millionaire | First in the new series proper; lines close in April.
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| 2015 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2100 | G2 | QI night Special
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| 2115 | BBC2 | The Story of Light Entertainment | Final episode of the series, Variety. It's been an entertaining way to pass a Saturday night, but each episode did go on a bit.
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| 2216 | TV5M | Fort Boyard
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain | The dipstick of the mind returns, hosted by the very non-dipstickish Robert Robinson.
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Sunday 10
| 0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | In which Marcus Brigstocke and Graham Norton discuss cosmic ordering.
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| 1810 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1900 | SKY1 | The Match New!
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| 2100 | G2 | QI night Special
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| 2100 | BBC4 | Face The Music Special
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Weekdays
| 0700 | STYL | Bargain Hunt (also 1400)
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| 1000 | DSCI | Junkyard Wars (also 1300, 1700)
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| 1025 | TV5M | La cible
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| 1125 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1525)
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| 1215 | BBC1 | Bargain Hunt
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| 1230 | ITV | The Price is Right
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| 1232 | TV5M | Des Chiffres et des Lettres | Le series 2006/7 commencez ici. C'est partie, par ils dit a Charente-Maritime.
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| 1300 | MOR4 | Countdown (approx time) | C4 episodes from 25 to 31 August.
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| 1400 | CBBC | Get Your Own Back
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| 1515 | BBC2 | Through the Keyhole
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| 1530 | C4 | Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later; 1525 Mon) | Caution: contains Pam Ayres.
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| 1615 | C4 | Come Dine With Me
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| 1630 | BBC1 | 50/50 (not Fri)
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| 1645 | C4 | RTS Daytime Show Of the Year Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425; Mor4 1810)
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| 1630 | BBC2 | Let Me Entertain You
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| 1715 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads (Scot: not Th) New! | More repeats.
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| 1900 | BBC1 | Celebrity Masterchef (Scot: not Th) New!
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Monday 11
| 1230 | BBC7 | ISIHAC (also 1930)
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain 2006 | Heat 2: London.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Just a Minute | Clement Freud, Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Tim Rice. Last in the present series.
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Mastermind | It's the last first round match! REM, Roger Brook, Summer Olympics, Che Guevara. There will be no University Challenge this week; instead, there will be a drama pretending to be a docudrama.
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Tuesday 12
| 1230 | BBC7 | The News Quiz (also 1930)
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Wednesday 13
| 1230 | BBC7 | Wireless Wise
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| 1733 | TV5M | Fort Boyard | The best moments, with all the characters we've come to know and love. Apart from those now working in the British Consulate overseas, natch.
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| 2320 | BBC2 | The Apprentice USA | NI 2350, 2W 0020
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Thursday 14
| 1230 | BBC7 | Just a Minute (also 1930)
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Dragon's Den (Scot 2100)
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| 2000 | ITV2 | Gameshow Marathon US | 3: Beat the Clock
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week New!
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| 2350 | BBC2 | The Apprentice USA | NI 0020
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Friday 15
| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz (also 1228 Sat)
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| 1930 | BBC1 | A Question of Sport
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| 2002 | RTE1 | Buille Faoi Thuairim
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| 2030 | C5 | All Star Talent Show
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| 2130 | C4 | Best Of The Worst | Two reasons to watch: Fearne Cotton and Mel Giedroyc.
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| 2132 | RWal | Jest a Minute
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Saturday 16 (provisional)
| 0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1745 | C4 | Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
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| 1800 | ITV | Saturday Night Takeaway New! | Antan Dec's house party returns.
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| 1855 | BBC1 | Maria
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| 1915 | ITV | X-Factor
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| 1955 | BBC1 | Init To Winnit
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| 2015 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2015 | ITV | Millionaire
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| 2216 | TV5M | Fort Boyard
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain
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Sunday 17 (provisional)
| 0810 | CBBS | The Shiny Show (also 1410)
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1810 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal
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Challenge?
Saturday and Sunday
| 0700 | The Crystal Maze
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| 0800 | Gladiators New!
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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 | Gladiators New!
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| 1800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1900 | Bullseye x2 New! (Su Takeshi x2)
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| 2000 | Fear Factor x2 (Su Takeshi x2, Fear Factor x1)
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| 2200 | Gambling
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Monday - Friday
| 0700 | Knightmare
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| 0730 | Catchphrase
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| 0800 | Gladiators
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| 0900 | Supermarket Sweep
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| 0930 | Wheel of Fortune
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| 1000 | Catchphrase 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 | Gladiators
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| 1800 | Fear Factor
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| 1900 | The Crystal Maze
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| 2000 | Bullseye
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| 2100 | Fear Factor
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| 2200 | Bullseye
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| 2230 | Millionaire
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| 2330 | 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
