TV Guide This Week

Contents 1 A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 14 October 2006 1.1 Saturday 14 October 1.2 Sunday 15 1.3 Weekdays 1.4 Monday 16 1.5 Tuesday 17 1.6 Wednesday 18 1.7 Thursday 19 1.8 Friday 20 1.9 Saturday 21 (provisional) 1.10 Sunday 22 October (provisional) 1.11 Challenge? 1.11.1 Saturday 1.11.2 Sunday 1.11.3 Monday - Friday 1.12 Channel abbreviations: 2 See also

A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 14 October 2006

New and notable this week:

The X Factor (ITV, 5.50pm Saturday)

Weighing in at a jaw-dropping two hours, it's abundently clear that ITV is devoid of programming ideas. Bring a pillow, and set the alarm for the second show at 9.10.

Cirque de Celebrité (Sky1, 7pm Sunday)

Ruby Wax invites various C-list celebrities (including, er, Zammo from Grange Hill) to perform circus stunts. It's a Star Academy for big top performers.

The Big Idea (Sky1, 9pm Sunday)

Ruth Badger (an Apprentice reject) hosts a Great British Invention competition. As it's shown on a minor cable channel, they can't get HRH Sir Prince Charles for the live final, and will instead rely on an Interactive Viewer Mega Phone-in. First viewer to call in and nominate an invention will determine the winner.

It Shouldn't Happen... (ITV, 10pm Tuesday)

"On a Hidden Camera Show" this week, with commentators including Dominik Diamond and Jeremy Beadle. And Tony Livesey, who could be a fantastic Countdown host.

The full listings

Saturday 14 October

1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1400	CBBC	Raven: The Island
1530	CITV	Jungle Run
1735	BBC2	Eggheads x2	For viewers in Scotland only.
1750	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	Continues at 2115.
1750	ITV	X Factor
1945	BBC1	One Against One Hundred	As reviewed in the next Week.
1950	ITV	Saturday Night Takeaway
2015	BBC2	QI
2025	RTE1	Winning Streak
2110	BBC2	Mock the Week
2145	TV3	The Box
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain	Just one-quarter as long as X-Factor, and a million times more interesting.

Sunday 15

1204	Rad4	Quote Unquote
1400	CBBC	Raven: The Island
1530	CITV	Jungle Run
1700	Mor4	Deal or No Deal
1750	C4	Deal or No Deal
1900	SKY1	Cirque de Celebrité New!
2030	S4C	Mastermind Cymru
2100	SKY1	The Big Idea New!

Weekdays

0700	STYL	Bargain Hunt (also 1400)
0900	DISC	Scrapheap Challenge
1000	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge (also 1300, 1700)	Different episodes.
1025	TV5M	La cible
1030	Mor4	Countdown (approx time)	2-6 October.
1115	Mor4	Deal or No Deal
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1232	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1400	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1400	ITV	The Price is Right New!
1515	BBC2	Through the Keyhole
1530	C4	Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later)	Auditioning this week: Tom O'Connor.
1600	ITV	Jungle Run
1615	BBC1	Crush
1615	C4	RTS Daytime Show Of the Year Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425, Mor4 1115 and 1805 next day)
1715	BBC2	The Weakest Link
1800	BBC2	Eggheads (Scot not Th)
1830	BBC2	Strictly Come Dancing (Scot not Th)	The daily editions.

Monday 16

1230	BBC7	ISIHAC (also 1930)
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain 2006	Heat 7: The Midlands.
1830	Rad4	Quote Unquote
2000	BBC2	Mastermind (Scot 1930) Back	R2: Edward I, Jim Carrey, "Gormanghast", Rosa Parks.
2030	BBC2	University Challenge (not 2W) Back	R1: Durham v Churchill Cambridge.
2200	BBC2	Have I Got News for You New!	A repeat of last Friday's edition.
2200	TV3	The Box
2200	LIV	Jade's Pa

Tuesday 17

1230	BBC7	The News Quiz (also 1930)
2200	ITV	It Shouldn't Happen... Special

Wednesday 18

1230	BBC7	Wireless Wise
1330	Rad4	Where In the World?	A global panel game.
1830	Rad4	Banter
2320	BBC2	The Apprentice USA

Thursday 19

1230	BBC7	Just a Minute (also 1930)
1830	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth New!	A panel game in which competitors are encouraged to tell lies and smuggle truth past their opponents. David Mitchell hosts, and he's now approaching Tony Slattery's levels of ubiquity.
2000	BBC2	The Best Bits of Dragon's Den
2100	ITV	Ladette to Lady
2200	BBC2	Mock the Week	Russell Howard should be here.
2320	BBC2	The Apprentice USA

Friday 20

1230	BBC7	Who Goes There? New!	A quiz about the famous, hosted by Martin Young. No, us neither.
1700	BBC1	The Slammer
1700	TOON	Skatoony
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz (also 1228 Sat)
1900	BBC1	A Question of Sport
2002	RTE1	Buille Faoi Thuairim
2100	BBC1	Have I Got News For You	Alistair McGowan hosts.
2200	BBC2	QI (not 2W)	The next episode airs on BBC4 at 2230.
2200	C4	8 Out of 10 Cats (also S4C) New!	Lee Mack is amongst the bookings.

Saturday 21 (provisional)

1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk (also R Scotland)
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1400	CBBC	Raven: The Island
1530	CITV	Jungle Run
1745	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	And 2130.
1750	BBC2	Eggheads	For viewers in Scotland only.
1755	ITV	X Factor	And 2110.
1955	ITV	Saturday Night Takeaway
1955	BBC1	One Against One Hundred
2000	RTE1	Winning Streak
2100	G2	Buzzcocks Night Special
2200	TV3	The Box
2245	BBC2	QI
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday 22 October (provisional)

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1204	Rad4	Quote Unquote
1530	CITV	Jungle Run
1700	Mor4	Deal or No Deal
1750	C4	Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
2030	S4C	Mastermind Cymru
2100	G2	Buzzcocks Night Special

Challenge?

Saturday

0700	Roller Jam
0800	The Crystal Maze
0900	Knockout
1000	Catchphrase x3
1130	Price is Right x3
1300	Millionaire x2
1500	Family Fortunes x3
1630	Bullseye x3
1800	Blankety Blank
1930	Family Fortunes
2000	Bullseye x2
2100	Fear Factor
2230	Showbiz Darts
2330	Gambling

Sunday

As Saturday until

1630	Dodgeball
1700	Gladiators x4
2100	Fear Factor
2230	Showbiz Darts
2330	Gambling

Monday - Friday

0700	Going for Gold
0730	Catchphrase
0800	The Crystal Maze
0900	Supermarket Sweep
0930	Wheel of Fortune
1000	Catchphrase x2
1100	Eggheads x2
1200	Family Fortunes x2
1300	Millionaire
1400	Bullseye
1430	Catchphrase
1500	Fifteen-to-One x2
1600	Eggheads x2
1700	Family Fortunes
1730	Catchphrase
1800	Fear Factor
1900	Roller Jam x2
2000	Bullseye x2
2100	Millionaire
2200	Bullseye
2230	Showbiz Darts
2330	Gambling

Channel abbreviations:

AONE	Adventure One
BBC1	BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2	BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
2W	BBC2 Wales digital service
BBC3	BBC3
BBC4	BBC4
BBC7	BBC7 (Radio)
C5	Five
CBBC	CBBC
CBBS	Cbeebies
DHL	Discovery Home and Leisure
DISC	Discovery
DSCI	Discovery Science
FTN	FTN
G2	UKTV G2
GOLD	UKTV Gold
ITV	ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	UK Living TV
LIV2	UK Living TV 2
MOR4	More 4
PLYR	Player
Rad1	BBC Radio 1
Rad2	BBC Radio 2
Rad4	BBC Radio 4
RSct	BBC Radio Scotland
RUls	BBC Radio Ulster
RWal	BBC Radio Wales
RTE1	RTE1 (Irish)
RTR1	RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C	S4C (analogue)
S4CD	S4C Digidol
SCOT	Scottish / Grampian (ITV in Scotland)
SKY1	Sky Onc
SKY3	Sky Thrcc
TOON	Cartoon Network
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5M	TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4	TG 4 (Irish)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)

See also

TV Guide Last Week