TV Guide Last Week

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It's a quiet week, though we do have '''[[Perfection]]''' (BBC1, 2.15 weekdays), '''[[Brain of Britain]]''' (Radio 4, 3pm Mon), the return of '''[[Eggheads|Celebrity Eggheads]]''' (BBC2, 6pm weekdays), and the final of the '''[[BBC New Comedy Award]]''' (Radio 2, 8pm Mon).
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Mid-December brings Finals Week for '''[[The X Factor]]''' (ITV, 7.30 Sun), '''[[Countdown]]''' (C4, 3.10 weekdays), and the final live edition of '''[[Who Wants to be a Millionaire]]''' (ITV, 9pm Thu). Mid-December also means Christmas is coming, with special editions of '''[[The Great British Sewing Bee|Sewing Bee]]''' (BBC2, 7.40 Sun) and '''[[The Great British Bake Off|Bake Off]]''' (BBC2, 8pm Tue), '''[[World's Strongest Man]]''' (C5, 7pm weekdays), and '''[[University Challenge|Christmas University Challenge]]''' (BBC2, 7.30 Fri). It's also ITV's annual '''''Text Santa''''' appeal (all day, Fri).
Schedules subject to change.
Schedules subject to change.
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===Saturday 7 December===
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===Saturday 14 December===
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|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
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|1100||Rad5||Fighting Talk||Matt Johnson.
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|1100||Rad5||Fighting Talk||Christian O'Connell.
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|1100||S4C||Fferm Ffactor||Signed. AudioD repeat at 1345 Sunday.
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|1110||ITV2||The X Factor Us x2
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|1200||ITV2||The X Factor Us x2
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|1200||BBC2||Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds x2
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|1228||Rad4||The News Quiz
|1228||Rad4||The News Quiz
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|1510||BBC2||Dr Who Mastermind||A repeat from 2005.
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|1530||TV5||Questions Pour un Champion
|1530||TV5||Questions Pour un Champion
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|1540||BBC2||The Weakest Link||Another Dr Who special.
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|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
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|1600||C4||Come Dine with Me x4||"Kent Riviera", whatever that is.
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|1600||C4||Come Dine with Me x5||Christmas in south-east London.
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|1630||CITV||Jungle Run
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|1700||BBC2||Mastermind||Wales only.
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|1800||BBC2||Eggheads||Scotland only.
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|1750||BBC1||Pointless Celebrities||Clemency Burton-Hill and Graeme Garden; Dan Snow and Susie Dent; Robert Peston and Steph McGovern; Michael Mosley and Germaine Greer.
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|1815||BBC1||Pointless Celebrities||''The Eastenders'': Nitin Ganatra, Rita Simons, Peter Dean, Todd Carty, Shaun Williamson, Lucy Speed, Shona McGarty, Tony Discipline.
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|1840||BBC1||Strictly Come Dancing||Semi-final week.
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|1830||BBC2||Mastermind||Wales only.
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|1900||ITV||The Chase With Celebrities||Arlene Philips, Diarmuid Gavin, Helen Skelton, Micky Flanagan.
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|1900||DAVE||QI x2
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|1900||BBC3||Winter Wipeout
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|1910||BBC1||Strictly Come Dancing||Tess and Claudia once more.
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|2015||ITV||The X Factor||Live finale. Also TV3. ''The Xtra Factor'' follows on ITV2 and TV3.
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|1915||ITV||The Chase With Celebrities||Karen Barber, Dick Strawbridge, Catherine Tyldesley, Russell Kane
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|2020||RTE1||Winning Streak||Repeated 1340 tomorrow.
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|2015||ITV||The X Factor||Semi-final week. Also TV3. The Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3.
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|2200||BBC2||QI XL
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|2020||RTE1||Winning Streak||Repeated 1310 tomorrow.
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|2300||Rad4||Brain of Britain
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|2020||DAVE||Would I Lie to You?
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|2305||ITV2||Celebrity Juice
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|2145||ITV||I'm a Celebrity||Also 3e. ''Get Me Out of Here Now!'' follows on ITV2 and 3e.
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|2325||ITV||Take Me Out
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|2200||BBC2||QI XL||Subject to delay if the snooker drags on.
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|2300||Rad4||Round Britain Quiz
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|2345||ITV2||Fake Reaction
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===Sunday 8===
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===Sunday 15===
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|0800||CBBC||Splatalot
|0800||CBBC||Splatalot
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|0830||CITV||Fort Boyard||Red and White duke it out for a place in the final; the losers spot 100 coins to the Greens next week. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
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|0830||CITV||Fort Boyard||So the Whites are in, and the Greens need 1400 to pip the Reds to the final. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
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|1000||DAVE||Total Wipe Out Australia||Gawds, there are speedoes involved.
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|1000||DAVE||Total Wipe Out Australia||Call my buff.
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|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
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|1204||Rad4||I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
|1204||Rad4||I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
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|1315||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|1415||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|1400||DAVE||QI||Also 1520
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|1535||ITV||The X Factor||Repeat. TV3 1300.
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|1440||DAVE||Have I Got News for You
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|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
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|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard||Into one-hour shows.
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|1630||ITV||The X Factor||Repeat. TV3 1340.
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|1725||Mor4||Come Dine With Me x5||Chelmsford.
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|1720||Mor4||Come Dine With Me x5||Portsmouth.
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|1830||ITV||The Chase With Celebrities||Chris Bisson, Gareth Thomas, Naga Munchetty, Harry Judd.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Antiques Road Trip||Wales only.
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|1845||TV3||Famous Family Fortunes
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|1815||TV3||Famous Family Fortunes
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|1900||BBC1||Strictly Come Dancing||The results show, with ''Pointless'' singer Céline Dion.
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|1915||TG4||An Gig Jig||Into the semi-finals.
|1915||TG4||An Gig Jig||Into the semi-finals.
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|1920||BBC1||Strictly Come Dancing||The results show, with ''Deal or No Deal'' researcher Robbie Williams.
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|1930||ITV||The X Factor||With more guest celebs than we can list here. (Read: many are not yet confirmed). Also TV3. ''Xtra Factor'' follows on ITV2 and TV3.
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|2000||ITV||The X Factor||Leona Lewis plugs her festive album, Michael Bublé sings from his. Also TV3. ''Xtra Factor'' follows on ITV2 and TV3.
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|1940||BBC2||The Great British Sewing Bee <font color=red>Special</font>||Not interested in ''X Fac''? Or sport? Or Tim Vine on ITV4? The last four return to make various festive items. Scotland 2000.
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|2000||CHAL||UK's Strongest Man 2013
|2000||CHAL||UK's Strongest Man 2013
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|2100||4MUS||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
|2100||4MUS||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|2100||ITV||I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!||The grand final. Also 3e. ''Get Me Out of Here Now!'' follows on ITV2 and 3e.
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|2100||ITV||Through the Keyhole <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2100||DAVE||Mock the Week Night
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|2200||BBC2||QI XL||Wales 2220, NI 2250, not Scotland.
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|2330||BBC2||Never Mind the Buzzcocks||Not NI.
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|2335||BBC2||Never Mind the Buzzcocks||Not Scotland.
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===Weekdays===
===Weekdays===
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|0745||CBBC||Gory Games
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|0920||MOR4||Brendan's Love Cruise
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|0900||CBBC||Copycats
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|0920||MOR4||Brendan's Love Cruise||Brendan Sheerin plays matchmaker in the Med. Relegated from Channel 4 teatime.
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|1005||TV5 ||Mot de Passe
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|1215||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|1415||BBC1||Perfection <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1330||CBBC||Total Wipeout
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|1345||BBC1||Perfection||The new Going for Gold.
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|1430||CBBC||The Slammer
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|1500||ITV||Dickinson's Real Deal
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|1510||C4||Countdown||Dan Walker guides us into Finals Week from Thu.
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|1510||C4||Countdown||Richard Madeley is on the runway for Finals Week.
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|1530||TV5 ||Questions Pour un Champion
|1530||TV5 ||Questions Pour un Champion
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|1700||C4||Four in a Bed
|1700||C4||Four in a Bed
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|1700||ITV||The Chase||Mostly repeats.
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|1715||BBC1||Pointless
|1715||BBC1||Pointless
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|1730||C4||Come Dine With Me||York. Four old episodes at 1205.
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|1730||C4||Come Dine With Me||Christmas celebrities. Four old episodes at 1205.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads <font color=red>New!</font>||See daily listings for details.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||See daily listings for details.
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|1800||ITV2||Dinner Date
|1800||ITV2||Dinner Date
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|1830||BBC2||Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two
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|1830||BBC2||Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two||One hour on Fri, but nothing in Wales, NI.
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|1900||DAVE||QI XL
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|1900||C5||World's Strongest Man Qualifiers <font color=red>New!</font>
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|1900||DAVE||Have I Got A Bit More News for You
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===Monday 9===
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===Monday 16===
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|1500||Rad4||Brain of Britain <font color=red>New!</font>||Heat 1 of the 2014 series.
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|1500||Rad4||Brain of Britain
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Sports commentators: Andrew Cotter, Rob Walker, Lee McKenzie, Mitch Fenner, Karen Pickering.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Sports greats: Gareth Chilcott, Scott Hastings, Jeff Probyn, Richard Pitman, Eddie Edwards.
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|1830||Rad4||I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue||With celebrity husband David Mitchell. Jack Dee is hosting in M***** K*****. Best place for him.
|1830||Rad4||I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue||With celebrity husband David Mitchell. Jack Dee is hosting in M***** K*****. Best place for him.
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|1900||BBC3||Winter Wipeout
 
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|2000||BBC2||University Challenge
|2000||BBC2||University Challenge
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|2000||Rad2||BBC Radio New Comedy Award||The live final. Result at 2200.
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|2030||BBC4||Only Connect||Lasletts ''v'' Bakers.
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|2030||BBC4||Only Connect||Oenophiles ''v'' Board Gamers.
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|2030||BBC2||Masterchef The Professionals||Finals week.
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|2100||4MUS||8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2
|2100||4MUS||8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2
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|2100||DAVE||Have I Got A Bit More News for You
 
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|2100||DISC||Get Out Alive||The mountains will give strength.
|2100||DISC||Get Out Alive||The mountains will give strength.
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|2200||BBC2||Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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|2200||BBC2||Never Mind the Buzzcocks||Johnny Vegas hosts, with Brian McFadden, Jessica Hynes, DJ Locksmith and Sara Pascoe. NI 2350 Tu.
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|2200||DAVE||Mock the Week
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|2235||BBC1||Have I Got A Bit More News for You||Wales 2305; Scotland, NI 2335.
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|2340||DAVE||Never Mind the Buzzcocks||Scotland 2320, NI 2350.
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|2235||BBC1||Have I Got A Bit More News for You||Wales 2305, Scotland 2335, not NI.
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===Tuesday 10===
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===Tuesday 17===
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Actors: Nick Cochrane, Mark Moraghan, Ian Aspinall, Paul Usher, Dean Sullivan.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Apprentice failures: Stephen Brady, Tom Gearing, Katie Wright, Laura Hogg, Adam Corbally.
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|1900||BBC3||Winter Wipeout
|1900||BBC3||Winter Wipeout
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|2000||BBC2||Masterchef The Professionals
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|1900||BBC2||The Great British Sewing Bee||Watching ''X Fac'' / the sport on Sunday? Here's a repeat. England, NI only.
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|2100||DAVE||QI XL
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|2000||BBC2||The Great British Bake Off Masterclass||Mary and Paul help you bake some things.
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|2115||4Mus||8 Out of 10 Cats
|2115||4Mus||8 Out of 10 Cats
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Tom O'Connor, Roy Walker, Syd Little, Mick Miller, Johnnie Casson.
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|2100||4Mus||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|2340||DAVE||School of Hard Sums
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|2235||BBC1||A Question of Sport||Ian Thorpe, Ryan Sidebottom, Tim Visser, Sarah Storey. Scotland and NI 2305, Wales 2320.
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===Wednesday 11===
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Breakfast: Jayne Irving, Lizzie Webb, Sally Jones, Diana Moran, Kaye Adams.
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|1700||CITV||Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge||Repeat from Sunday.
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|2000||ITV||I'm a Celebrity
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Suzanne Charlton, Penny Tranter, Jim Bacon, Francis Wilson, and John Kettley are weathermen.
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|2000||BBC2||Masterchef The Professionals
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|2100||ITV||Who Wants to be a Millionaire <font color=red>Special</font>||A live greatest hits edition, with Alex and Eamonn again.
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|2100||4Mus||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|2200||BBC2||Mock the Week Again
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|2100||DAVE||QI XL
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|2235||BBC1||A Question of Sport||In an episode postponed from two weeks ago: Paul Robinson, Greig Laidlaw, Dan Evans, Eilidh Child. Wales 2305, Scot 0005.
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|2200||ITV2||Celebrity Juice||Clip shows, part 1.
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|2310||DAVE||Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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|2200||RTE2||My Best Shot <font color=red>New!</font>||Contestants decide on a future date by picking a childhood photo from the past. Bernard O'Shea hosts.
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|1500||ITV||Dickinson's Real Deal||Text Santa begins here, with an edition from Birmingham.
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|1600||ITV||Show Me the Telly||Text Santa continues: TV critics versus TV stars.
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|2000||BBC2||Masterchef The Professionals.||The grand final.
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|1700||ITV||The Chase||The annual Text Santa celebrity edition.
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|2100||DAVE||QI XL
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Screen greats: Patti Boulaye, Diane Keen, Anna Karen, Shirley-Anne Field, Anita Harris.
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|1830||Rad4||The News Quiz
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|1830||Rad4||The News Quiz||Samira Ahmed, Hugo Rifkind, Rufus Hound, Jeremy Hardy.
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|1930||BBC1||A Question of Sport||As Wednesday. Not Scotland.
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|1930||BBC1||A Question of Sport||As Wednesday.
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|1930||BBC2||Christmas University Challenge <font color=red>New!</font>||Reading (Jay Wynne, Joan Smith) ''v'' Emmanuel Cambridge (Rory McGrath, Mary-Ann Ochota). Not Wales, NI.
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|2000||BBC2||Mastermind||Philadelphia soul, Elizabeth Gaskell, German expressionist art, Blackadder.
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|2000||BBC2||Mastermind||None of this celebrity rubbish! JFK, Peter Carey, boxing, James Clerk Maxwell. Not Wales, NI.
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|2100||BBC1||Have I Got News for You||Martin Clunes, Bernard Cribbins, Jennifer Saunders.
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|2000||ITV||Text Santa <font color=red>Special</font>||Entertainment and charity, including an edition of ''Take Me Out'' with people who remember when Paddy's routine was new.
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|2100||DAVE||Mock the Week Night
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|2100||BBC1||Have I Got News for You||Best of the year. NI 2320.
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|2200||CHAL||Blankety Blank||With Les Dawson.
|2200||CHAL||Blankety Blank||With Les Dawson.
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|2200||BBC2||QI||Kitchen Sink: Victoria Wood, Richard Osman, Jason Manford.
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Revision as of 07:05, 19 December 2013

Mid-December brings Finals Week for The X Factor (ITV, 7.30 Sun), Countdown (C4, 3.10 weekdays), and the final live edition of Who Wants to be a Millionaire (ITV, 9pm Thu). Mid-December also means Christmas is coming, with special editions of Sewing Bee (BBC2, 7.40 Sun) and Bake Off (BBC2, 8pm Tue), World's Strongest Man (C5, 7pm weekdays), and Christmas University Challenge (BBC2, 7.30 Fri). It's also ITV's annual Text Santa appeal (all day, Fri).

Schedules subject to change.

Contents

Saturday 14 December

0830CITVThe Munch BoxAlso ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
1100CBBSSwashbuckle
1100Rad5Fighting TalkChristian O'Connell.
1110ITV2The X Factor Us x2
1228Rad4The News Quiz
1510BBC2Dr Who MastermindA repeat from 2005.
1530TV5Questions Pour un Champion
1540BBC2The Weakest LinkAnother Dr Who special.
1600CITVFort Boyard
1600C4Come Dine with Me x5Christmas in south-east London.
1700BBC2MastermindWales only.
1750BBC1Pointless CelebritiesClemency Burton-Hill and Graeme Garden; Dan Snow and Susie Dent; Robert Peston and Steph McGovern; Michael Mosley and Germaine Greer.
1840BBC1Strictly Come DancingSemi-final week.
1900ITVThe Chase With CelebritiesArlene Philips, Diarmuid Gavin, Helen Skelton, Micky Flanagan.
1900BBC3Winter Wipeout
2015ITVThe X FactorLive finale. Also TV3. The Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3.
2020RTE1Winning StreakRepeated 1340 tomorrow.
2200BBC2QI XL
2300Rad4Brain of Britain
2305ITV2Celebrity Juice
2325ITVTake Me Out

Sunday 15

0800CBBCSplatalot
0830CITVFort BoyardSo the Whites are in, and the Greens need 1400 to pip the Reds to the final. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
1000DAVETotal Wipe Out AustraliaCall my buff.
1100CBBSSwashbuckle
1204Rad4I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1415BBC1Bargain Hunt
1535ITVThe X FactorRepeat. TV3 1300.
1600CITVFort Boyard
1725Mor4Come Dine With Me x5Chelmsford.
1830ITVThe Chase With CelebritiesChris Bisson, Gareth Thomas, Naga Munchetty, Harry Judd.
1845TV3Famous Family Fortunes
1900BBC1Strictly Come DancingThe results show, with Pointless singer Céline Dion.
1915TG4An Gig JigInto the semi-finals.
1930ITVThe X FactorWith more guest celebs than we can list here. (Read: many are not yet confirmed). Also TV3. Xtra Factor follows on ITV2 and TV3.
1940BBC2The Great British Sewing Bee SpecialNot interested in X Fac? Or sport? Or Tim Vine on ITV4? The last four return to make various festive items. Scotland 2000.
2000CHALUK's Strongest Man 2013
21004MUS8 Out of 10 Cats x2
2100ITVThrough the Keyhole New!
2200BBC2QI XLWales 2220, NI 2250, not Scotland.
2335BBC2Never Mind the BuzzcocksNot Scotland.

Weekdays

0920MOR4Brendan's Love Cruise
1005TV5 Mot de Passe
1215BBC1Bargain Hunt
1330CBBCTotal Wipeout
1345BBC1PerfectionThe new Going for Gold.
1430CBBCThe Slammer
1500ITVDickinson's Real Deal
1510C4CountdownRichard Madeley is on the runway for Finals Week.
1530TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1600C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1600ITVShow Me the Telly
1700C4Four in a Bed
1700ITVThe ChaseMostly repeats.
1715BBC1Pointless
1730C4Come Dine With MeChristmas celebrities. Four old episodes at 1205.
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsSee daily listings for details.
1800ITV2Dinner Date
1830BBC2Strictly Come Dancing It Takes TwoOne hour on Fri, but nothing in Wales, NI.
1900C5World's Strongest Man Qualifiers New!

Monday 16

1500Rad4Brain of Britain
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsSports greats: Gareth Chilcott, Scott Hastings, Jeff Probyn, Richard Pitman, Eddie Edwards.
1830Rad4I'm Sorry I Haven't a ClueWith celebrity husband David Mitchell. Jack Dee is hosting in M***** K*****. Best place for him.
2000BBC2University Challenge
2030BBC4Only ConnectLasletts v Bakers.
21004MUS8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2
2100DISCGet Out AliveThe mountains will give strength.
2200BBC2Never Mind the BuzzcocksJohnny Vegas hosts, with Brian McFadden, Jessica Hynes, DJ Locksmith and Sara Pascoe. NI 2350 Tu.
2235BBC1Have I Got A Bit More News for YouWales 2305, Scotland 2335, not NI.

Tuesday 17

1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsApprentice failures: Stephen Brady, Tom Gearing, Katie Wright, Laura Hogg, Adam Corbally.
1900BBC3Winter Wipeout
1900BBC2The Great British Sewing BeeWatching X Fac / the sport on Sunday? Here's a repeat. England, NI only.
2000BBC2The Great British Bake Off MasterclassMary and Paul help you bake some things.
21154Mus8 Out of 10 Cats

Wednesday 18

1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsTom O'Connor, Roy Walker, Syd Little, Mick Miller, Johnnie Casson.
21004Mus8 Out of 10 Cats x2
2235BBC1A Question of SportIan Thorpe, Ryan Sidebottom, Tim Visser, Sarah Storey. Scotland and NI 2305, Wales 2320.

Thursday 19

1700CITVFort Boyard Ultimate ChallengeRepeat from Sunday.
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsSuzanne Charlton, Penny Tranter, Jim Bacon, Francis Wilson, and John Kettley are weathermen.
2100ITVWho Wants to be a Millionaire SpecialA live greatest hits edition, with Alex and Eamonn again.
2200BBC2Mock the Week Again
22004MUS8 Out of 10 Cats x2
2200ITV2Celebrity JuiceClip shows, part 1.
2200RTE2My Best Shot New!Contestants decide on a future date by picking a childhood photo from the past. Bernard O'Shea hosts.

Friday 20

1500ITVDickinson's Real DealText Santa begins here, with an edition from Birmingham.
1600ITVShow Me the TellyText Santa continues: TV critics versus TV stars.
1700ITVThe ChaseThe annual Text Santa celebrity edition.
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsScreen greats: Patti Boulaye, Diane Keen, Anna Karen, Shirley-Anne Field, Anita Harris.
1830Rad4The News Quiz
1930BBC1A Question of SportAs Wednesday. Not Scotland.
1930BBC2Christmas University Challenge New!Reading (Jay Wynne, Joan Smith) v Emmanuel Cambridge (Rory McGrath, Mary-Ann Ochota). Not Wales, NI.
2000BBC2MastermindNone of this celebrity rubbish! JFK, Peter Carey, boxing, James Clerk Maxwell. Not Wales, NI.
2000ITVText Santa SpecialEntertainment and charity, including an edition of Take Me Out with people who remember when Paddy's routine was new.
2100BBC1Have I Got News for YouBest of the year. NI 2320.
2200CHALBlankety BlankWith Les Dawson.
2200BBC2QIIce, repeated.

Channel abbreviations

4MUS4 Music
ALBABBC Alba
BBC1BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC3BBC3
BBC4BBC4
C4 Channel 4
C5 Channel 5
CBBCCBBC Channel
CBBSCbeebies
CHALChallenge
DAVEDave
ESPTEurosport
ESP2Eurosport 2
HTV HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
ITV ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2ITV2
ITV3ITV3
ITV4ITV4
LIV Sky Living
LIV2Sky Living It
MOR4More 4
PICKPick TV
Rad1BBC Radio 1
Rad2BBC Radio 2
Rad3BBC Radio 3
Rad4BBC Radio 4
Rad5BBC Radio 5
Rd4XBBC Radio 4Xtra
RCymBBC Radio Cymru
RScoBBC Radio Scotland
RUlsBBC Radio Ulster
RWalBBC Radio Wales
RTE1RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C S4C
SKY1Sky 1
SKYASky Atlantic
STV STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland)
TV3 TV3 (Irish)
TV5 TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4 TG 4 (Irish)
UTV Ulster Television (ITV1 in Northern Ireland)
WTCHWatch

AudioD - Audio Description for the blind.

Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.

Shows on BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV2, E4, Dave, Sky Living, and Sky One are in HD unless specified as SD. Shows on other channels are marked as HD.

See also

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