A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 30 September 2006
New and notable this week:
One Against One Hundred (BBC1, 7.35 Saturday)
- In which Dermot O'Leary hosts the new Dutch import that's going to take the country by storm. As we've been saying since 2002. It had better be good.
The Great North Run (BBC1, 9.30 Sunday morning)
- Kathryn Apanowicz, Susie Dent, and Carol Vorderman will be walking in memory of Richard Whiteley. Donations
Battle of the Geeks (BBC2, 8pm Sunday)
- In a pre-recorded programme, Richard Hammond asks teams of scientists and engineers to transport an egg across the Fish River Canyon in Namibia. Without breaking the egg or the canyon.
The Match (Sky1, 7pm Sunday and 10pm weeknights)
- Graham Taylor has chosen his twenty-one celebrities, and must pick a starting line-up of eleven for next Sunday's match.
Jungle Run (ITV, 3.30 weekdays)
- A repeat of last year's series. Still the best thing the channel will show all week.
Showbiz Darts (Challenge, 10.30 weekdays)
- Celebrities playing darts, surprisingly.
Skatoony (Cartoon Network, 5pm Friday)
- Real children compete against real cartoon characters for real prizes.
Saturday 30 September
| 0900 | DOCU | Time Commanders
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk (also R Scotland) New!
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| 1200 | STYL | Bargain Hunt New!
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1410 | ITV | Millionaire
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1530 | TV5 | Questions Pour un Champion
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| 1740 | BBC2 | Eggheads (Scotland only)
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| 1755 | ITV | X-Factor | The boo camp. Continues 2010. There is no Millionaire this week.
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| 1800 | C4 | Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
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| 1855 | ITV | Saturday Night Takeaway
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| 1935 | BBC1 | One Against One Hundred New!
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| 2000 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2217 | TV5 | La Carte aux Trésors | As reviewed in the next Week.
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| 2240 | BBC2 | QI New!
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain | "He was so convinced that he had come top of the exam that he sent his servant to find who finished second. It was him."
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| 2310 | BBC2 | Mock the Week
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Sunday 1 October
| 0900 | DOCU | Time Commanders
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| 0930 | BBC1 | The Great North Run
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| 1204 | Rad4 | Just a Minute
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1805 | Mor4 | Deal or No Deal
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| 1900 | SKY1 | The Match New!
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| 2000 | BBC2 | Battle of the Geeks New!
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Weekdays
| 0700 | STYL | Bargain Hunt (also 1400)
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| 0900 | DOCU | Time Commanders
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| 1025 | TV5M | La cible
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| 1130 | C4 | The Deadly Knowledge Show
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| 1232 | TV5M | Des Chiffres et des Lettres
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| 1300 | MOR4 | Countdown (approx time) | C4 episodes from 14 to 20 September.
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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) | Richard Digance is in the Dell.
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| 1530 | ITV | Jungle Run New!
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| 1605 | BBC1 | Crush New! | We've never quite worked out if this is a game show. Not Friday.
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| 1615 | C4 | RTS Daytime Show Of the Year Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425, Mor4 1805)
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| 1715 | BBC2 | The Weakest Link (We 1710)
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| 1800 | BBC2 | Eggheads (Scot not Th) | New episodes.
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| 2200 | SKY1 | The Match New!
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Monday 2
| 1230 | BBC7 | ISIHAC (also 1930)
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| 1330 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain 2006 | Heat 5: The Midlands. Hosted by Spangler Arlington McGrew.
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Quote Unquote | Both Mastermind and University Challenge have been yanked from the schedule in favour of Bill Oddie's Autumnwatch. Neither show returns until 16 November.
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Tuesday 3
| 1230 | BBC7 | The News Quiz (also 1930)
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| 2300 | BBC4 | Old News Special | As part of Jack Dee Night, an episode featuring Jack Dee.
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Wednesday 4
| 1230 | BBC7 | Wireless Wise
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| 1830 | Rad4 | Banter New! | The Top Three programme, hosted by Andrew Collins.
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| 2320 | BBC2 | The Apprentice USA
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Thursday 5
| 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 | 6: Match Game
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| 2100 | ITV | Ladette to Lady
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| 2200 | BBC2 | Mock the Week | Andy Parsons, Mark Watson, Shappi Khorsandi.
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| 2320 | BBC2 | The Apprentice USA
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Friday 6
| 1700 | BBC1 | The Slammer
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| 1700 | TOON | Skatoony New!
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| 1830 | Rad4 | The News Quiz (also 1228 Sat)
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| 1900 | 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
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| 2132 | RWal | Jest a Minute
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| 2200 | BBC2 | QI (not 2W) | The next episode airs on BBC4 at 2230.
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Saturday 7 (provisional)
| 0900 | DOCU | Time Commanders
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| 1100 | Rad5 | Fighting Talk (also R Scotland)
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| 1228 | Rad4 | The News Quiz
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| 1530 | CITV | Jungle Run
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| 1755 | ITV | X Factor
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| 1855 | ITV | Saturday Night Takeaway
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| 2005 | BBC1 | One Against One Hundred
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| 2010 | ITV | Millionaire Back
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| 2015 | RTE1 | Winning Streak
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| 2235 | BBC2 | QI (NI 2345)
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| 2300 | Rad4 | Brain of Britain
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Sunday 8 October (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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| 1730 | C4 | Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615) | Moved from Saturday to avoid a clash with the football. Wimp!
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Challenge?
Saturday
| 0700 | The Crystal Maze
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| 0800 | Gladiators | Leaving the 1996 International Tournament in a precarious position.
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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 x4
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| 1600 | Miss World Vote For Me
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| 1900 | Miss World The Live Final
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| 2100 | More Miss World Nonsense
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| 2300 | Gambling Comes as a Merciful Relief
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Sunday
As Saturday except
| 1400 | Miss World The Live Final Repeated
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| 1600 | Catchphrase
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| 1630 | Takeshi
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| 1700 | Gladiators
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| 1800 | The Crystal Maze
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| 1900 | Yet More Miss World Gubbins
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Monday - Friday
| 0700 | Going for Gold New! | Well, hurrah!
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| 0730 | Catchphrase
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| 0800 | The Crystal Maze New! | It's like 1991 all over again.
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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 New!
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| 1500 | Fifteen-to-One x2
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| 1600 | Eggheads x2
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| 1700 | Family Fortunes
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| 1730 | Catchphrase
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| 1800 | Fear Factor
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| 1900 | Roller Jam x2 New! | Roller derby meets professional wrestling.
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| 2000 | Bullseye x2
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| 2100 | Millionaire
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| 2200 | Bullseye
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| 2230 | Showbiz Darts x2 New! | What are you expecting here?
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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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| TOON | Cartoon Network
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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 Last Week
