TV Guide Last Week

Christmas week begins with the Strictly Come Dancing Special (BBC1, 7pm Christmas Day), and there are special quizzes on Radios 2, 3, and 5. Highlight of Christmas Sunday is a two-hour Fighting Talk (Radio 5, 10am) and Total Wipeout coming to Freeview (Dave, 6pm). Boxing Day brings a new run of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio 4, 6.30), Celebrity Mastermind (BBC1, weekdays to 7 January), World's Strongest Man (Bravo, 8pm), a celebration of Welsh talent show talent (S4C 8pm), and the so hard it's after the watershed Grand Final of Only Connect (BBC4, 9pm). On Holiday Tuesday, RTÉ Radio 1 kicks off Before Our Time (1.30), quizzing young people about things that happened before they were born. Thursday 30 has special editions of Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC2, 9.30) and Shooting Stars (BBC2, 10pm), and New Year's Eve has Come Dine with Me (C4, 8.10) and the first News Quiz of the Year in many moons (Radio 4, 6.30). Readers are warned that that's followed by a Front Row quiz (7.15) featuring Mark Lawson. Accurancy will not be a problem.

The Magicians kicks off the new year with a spark (BBC1, 7.30); ITV's knock-off follows on Friday (Penn & Teller: Fool Us, 9pm). Obscurantism includes The Superstars 1980 on ESPN Classic (4pm), Almost Famous (BBC3, 10.30), and Only Men Aloud's gala concert (S4C, 8.30). 2 January features The Cube (ITV, 8pm) with Jennie McAlpine and Ricky Hatton. That's up against the opener of Famous and Fearless (C4, 8pm, continues all week) in which famous people do terrifying things, like be interviewed by Cliff Evans and Clare Balding. RTÉ1 has a celebration of two decades of Winning Streak (12.20), and Derek Mooney still doesn't get the rules. Normal service begins to resume on 3 January with Mission 2110 on BBC2 (8am), The Chase returns (ITV, 5pm), and Deal or No Deal expands into its new bloated slot (C4, 3.55). The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse is BBC4's biopic (9pm), and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year goes out here (C4, 9.30). The Weakest Link and Eggheads also return on the 3rd, Pointless follows on the 4th, where it's joined by repeats of Puzzle Panel from 1998 (BBC7, 2pm). And if it's normal service you're after, A Question of Sport, Mastermind, and QI all come back on Friday 7 January.

Contents

Christmas Day

0900CBBCHole in the Wall
1000CBBCThe SlammerMore episodes throughout the day.
1025CBBCCopycatsMore episodes throughout the day.
1300DAVEGenius
1300ITV2I'm a CelebHighlights through the day.
1400Rad5Game of Two HalvesMiranda Sawyer presides as Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie answer questions on the events of 2010.
1530TV5Questions Pour un Champion
1550C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1600BRVOUK's Strongest Man 2010All five episodes
1630CITVJungle Run
1755C4Come Dine With MeHD.
1800TV3Mr and MrsJoan Collins and Percy Gibson; Emma Bunton and Jade Jones; Andrew and Nichola Whyment.
1900DAVEHave I Got News for You
1900BBC1Strictly Come DancingFern Britton, Ronni Ancona, Vince Cable, June Brown, John Barrowman. HD. TV3 1945 St Stephen's Day.
1940DAVEQI
2000ITVITV Cross-Promotional FortunesThis Morning v Emmerdale. HD. TV3 1845 St Stephen's Day.
2000BBC4Only ConnectThe semi-finals.
2100Rad2The Radio 2 Christmas QuizCliff Evans hosts a pop quiz.
2100DAVEQI Night
2155Rad3The Right Notes in the Wrong OrderMusic and comedy. Frank Skinner hosts as Steve Punt, Rainer Hersch, Katy Brand, and Tim Key answer. CAUTION: may contain gratuitous hand bells.
2300Rad4Brain of Britain
2315BBC2Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Christmas Sunday

0700SKY3Don't Forget the LyricsContinues to 1900.
0900CBBCHole in the Wall
0900LIVFour Weddings x3
1000Rad5Fighting TalkEight regulars compete as four teams. Well, it's different.
1015RTE2Test the Teachers
1300DAVEGenius
1300BRVOWorld's Strongest Man 2010: Giants Live x4The qualifying tour.
1525BBCHCopycats
1550BBCHMission 2110 x2
1630CITVJungle Run
1715Mor4Come Dine With Me x5
1800DAVETotal Wipe Us OutNew for Freeviewers.
1855RTE1Winning Streak
1900DAVEHave I Got News For You
1940DAVEQI
2100DAVEHave I Got a Bit More News for You Night
2100LFCQuiz is Anfield x3Two semis and one final.
2300BBCHQI XL

Boxing Day

0600DRTCome Dine With Me DayContinues until closedown.
0900CBBCHole in the Wall
0925BBC1The Slammer
1000WTCHTotal Wipe Us Out
1015MOR4Come Dine With Me x7
1200WTCHOuttake TVCelebrity Weakest Link.
1200BBC7I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
1305TV5Mission Millennium
1330Rad4Brain of BritainFour from the top.
1420MOR4Coach Trip
1530CBBSKerwhizz
1600BBCHMission 2110 x2The finals.
1610C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1715S4CBusnes-a
1830Rad4I'm Sorry I Haven't a CluePhill Jupitus is on the panel, and Jack Dee is the guest host.
1940DAVEHave I Got News for You
2020DAVEQI
2000BRVOWorld's Strongest Man 2010The finals begin; continues all week.
2000S4CCyngerdd Mawr Talent CymruA celebration of Welsh talent from casting shows, including Rhydian X Factor, Tara I'd Do Anything, Ysgol Glanawthey of Last Choir Standing, Shaheen Britain's Got Talent, Sophie Evans from Over the Rainbow, and Mark Evans from Your Country Needs You.
2030BBC1Celebrity MastermindMark Lawrenson, Hilary Kay, Samantha Giles, Richard Herring.
2030ALBACocaire nan Cocairean
2100BBC4Only ConnectRadio Addicts v Epicureans in the final so hard it has to go out after the watershed.
21004MUSYour Face or Mine
2225BBC1A Question of SportStrictly Come Dancing, with Len Goodman, Anton du Beke, Chris Hollins. Scotland 2335.
2235BBCHQIAnother episode at 0000.
2300BBC2Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Holiday Tuesday

0120BBC1The ApprenticeSigned.
0825ITV2Britain's Got More Talent
0900CBBCHole in the Wall
0900SKY3Coach Trip DayTo 2000. Concludes 0900-1300 tomorrow.
0955RTE2Test the Teachers
1025MOR4Come Dine With Me x6
1100DAVEDragons' Den
1330RTR1Before Our TimeA challenge for 21-year-olds on events prior to 1989.
1420MOR4Coach Trip
1530CBBSKerwhizz
1610C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1700C4Celebrity Come Dine With Me
1745BBC2The Weakest LinkUnpopular jobs. Also BBC-HD.
1800DAVETotal Wipe Us OutAlso Watch 1000.
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindGiles Coren, Dean Macey, Pixie McKenna, Samira Ahmed.
1940DAVEHave I Got News for You
1945TG4Ceist GAA le Hector
2000BRVOWorld's Strongest Man 2010
2020DAVEQI
21004MUSYour Face or Mine
2100DAVEMock the Week Night
2300BBCHShooting Stars
2315TV5Mission Millennium

Wednesday 29

0900CBBCHole in the Wall
0950RTE2Test the Teachers
1330RTR1Before Our Time
1340DAVEHave I Got News for You
1420DAVEQI
1530TV5Questions Pour un Champion
1555ITV2Coronation Street: The Big 50
1610C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1615BBC2The Weakest LinkAnimal Crackers. Also BBC-HD.
1700C4Come Dine With MeCoronation Street
1800DAVETotal Wipe Us Out
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindFrank Gardner, Levi Roots, Helen Chamberlain, Pam Rhodes.
1900S4CFferm FfactorHighlights of the series.
2000BRVOWorld's Strongest Man 2010
21004MUSYour Face or Mine
2230BBC2QI XLHocus-Pocus. Also BBC-HD; Scotland 2315.
2315BBCHQIHodge Podge.

Thursday 30

0900CBBCHole in the Wall
0925BBC1The Slammer
0945RTE2Test the Teachers
1330RTR1Before Our Time
1340DAVEHave I Got News For You
1420DAVEQI
1530CBBSKerwhizz
1610C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1700C4Celebrity Come Dine With Me
1800DAVETotal Wipe Us Out
1800RTE2OMG! It's JedwardThe name's a dead giveaway, isn't it.
1815BBC2The Weakest LinkLoud for a Living. Also BBC-HD.
1815S4C10 JonathanHighlights of the series.
1815Rad415 Minute MusicalAnt and Dec.
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindDavid Threlfall, James Redmond, Hattie Hayridge, Ortis Deley.
2000BRVOWorld's Strongest Man 2010
2130BBC2Never Mind the BuzzcocksRobert Webb, Cee Lo Green, Chris Packham, Example, Andi Osho.
2200ITV2Celebrity Juice
2200BBC2Shooting StarsBBC-HD 2235.
2230BBC2Mock the Week

New Year's Eve

0900CBBCHole in the Wall
0950RTE2Test the Teachers
1330RTR1Before Our Time
1530TV5Questions Pour un Champion
1600C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1700C4Celebrity Come Dine With Me
1830Rad4News Quiz of the Year 2010Sue Perkins, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Francis Wheen.
1830RTE1The All-Ireland Talent Show
1830CBBCThe Slammer
1900DAVEHave I Got News For You
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindAdam Boulton, Toby Buckland, Kirsten O'Brien, Rhys Thomas.
1915Rad4Front RowQuiz of the year. CAUTION: contains Mark Lawson being wrong.
1930BBC1A Question of SportStrictly Come Sporting.
1940DAVEQI
2000STVPostcode Challenge
2000BRVOWorld's Strongest Man 2010
2010C4Come Dine With MeWakefield. HD.
2110RTE1Celebrity Wining Streak

New Year's Day

0600WTCH50 Years of EurovisionHung over? Can't go to sleep? Let Terry help.
0700BBC2Basil's Game ShowHappy new year, everyone.
0800DRTCome Dine With Me DayContinues all day. Literally.
0800BBC2Da Dick and Dom DairiesAlso 0930.
0900CBBCHole in the Wall
1050RTE2Test the Teachers
1228Rad4News Quiz of Last Year
1520BBCHCopycats
1525C4RTS Daytime Programme of the Year Come Dine With Me x5HD.
1530TV5Questions Pour un Champion
1600LIVCelebrity Four Weddings x3They really haven't got the hang of this scheduling lark, have they?
1600ESPCThe SuperstarsUK final 1980.
1625CITVScratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom
1900TV3The Cube New Years Day SpecialJoe Swash and Kelly Osbourne.
1900DAVETotal Wipe Us Out
1930BBC1The MagiciansTrick and/or treat. HD. Also TV3 2000.
2020DAVEQI Night
2030ITVTake Me OutHD.
2030S4COnly Men AloudSerendipity and Bonnie Tyler join the choir.
2130RTE1Winning Streak
2230BBC3Almost Famous IVThe seasonal crop of what people did before they made it big. Featuring Olly Murs on an obscure game show: The Egg Factor, if we're not mistaken.
2300Rad4Brain of Britain

Sunday 2 January

0705BBC2Basil's Game Show
0800DRTCome Dine With MeAnother all-day marathon.
0900CBBCHole in the Wall
1000MOR4Scrapheap Challenge x4Includes the Best Of at 1205.
1030RTE2Test the Teachers
1204Rad4I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1220RTE1The Twenty Year StreakYes, two decades of Winning Streak.
1230BBC2Bargain Hunt Famous FindsTony Blackburn and Alvin Stardust
1410MOR4Coach Trip x5
1455CBBCDa Dick and Dom DairiesSigned, allowing us to find out the BSL interpretation of "creamy muck-muck".
1600BBCHCopycats
1625CITVScratch 'n' Sniff's Den of Doom
1655Mor4Come Dine With Me x5
1800BBCHThe Magicians
1800SKY1Got to Dance x2Auditions.
2000ITVThe CubeJennie McAlpine and Ricky Hatton.
2000C4Famous and FearlessCelebrities do crazy things for charity.
2100DAVEWould I Lie to You Night
2300BBC2Never Mind the BuzzcocksNot Wales, NI.

Holiday Monday

0755ITV3Dickinson's Real Deal
0800BBC2Mission 2110Series 2 begins for terrestrial viewers.
0850ITV3Daily Cooks Challenge
0900CBBCHole in the Wall
0900DRTCome Dine With MeContinues all day.
0925ITV2Family FortunesHD.
0925C4Famous and FearlessRepeated from last night.
1030RTE2Test the Teachers
1330Rad4Brain of BritainFour from the bottom.
1400DAVEDragons' Den
1500C4Celebrity Come Dine With MeContinues on and off until 1800. HD. Also More4 at 1855.
1530CBBSKerwhizz
1540ITV2Take Me Out
1555C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1600S4CDiwedd y Byd
1625S4CBusnes-a
1700ITVThe ChaseHD. Not STV.
1715BBC1The Weakest LinkHD.
1800BBC2EggheadsAlso BBC-HD.
1830Rad4I'm Sorry I Haven't a CluePhill Jupitus is on the panel, and Jack Dee is the guest host.
1830TV3Come Dine With Me
2000C4Famous and Fearless
2030BBC1Celebrity MastermindRobert Webb, Sports Personality of the Year Helen Skelton, Stephen Mangan, Clive Sinclair.
2030ALBACocaire nan Cocairean
2100DAVEHave I Got a Bit More News for You Night
2100BBC4The Secret Life of Bob MonkhouseA fictionalisation of the entertainer's life.
2130C4Big Fat Quiz of the YearJoining CAUTION Jimmy Carr are Jonathan Ross, Ruth Jones, Alan Carr, Noel Fielding, Michael McIntyre, and Richard Ayoade.
2200BBC2Never Mind the BuzzcocksFrankie Boyle, Michelle Williams, Goldie, Professor Green, Miles Jupp. NI 2200 tomorrow.
2225BBC1A Question of SportNI 2255, Scotland 2345.

Weekdays

0800BBC2Mission 2110
0900CBBCCopycats
0925ITV2Family Fortunes
0925CBBCBlast Lab
0925C4Famous and Fearless
0955CBBCRelic: Guardians of the Museum
1030RTE2Test the Teachers
1150CBBCThe Slammer
1215BBC1Bargain Hunt
1500ITVDickinson's Real DealNot STV.
1505MOR4Coach Trip
1525TV5 Questions Pour un Champion
1530CBBSKerwhizz
1555 C4 Deal or No DealAudioD.
1630BBC2Pointless
1640S4CCofiwch y Stwffin
1640RTE2Watch Your Language
1700C4RTS Daytime Show of the Year Celebrity Come Dine With MeHD.
1700ITVThe ChaseNot STV.
1715BBC1The Weakest Link
1800DAVEDragons' Den
1800BBC2EggheadsAlso BBC-HD.
1830TV3Come Dine With Me
1840DAVEHave I Got News for You
1920DAVEQI
2000C4Famous and FearlessNew live shows.

Tuesday 4

1400BBC7Puzzle Panel OldChris Maslanka invites David Singmaster, William Harston, and Angela Newing to agitate their grey matter. From June 1998.
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindMichael Buerk, Cerrie Burnell, Elaine C Smith, Robert Llewellyn.
1900ITV2Family FortunesHD.
1910RTE2Masterchef The Professionals
2100ALBAFarpaisean Chon-Chaorach New!Sheepdog trials.
2100DAVEQI XL night
2135C4David Walliams' Awfully Good SpecialMistaken ideas in television history.
2200BBC2Have I Got Old News for YouNot NI, where it's Buzzcocks.

Wednesday 5

1600S4CDiwedd y Byd
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindSimon O'Brien, Jason Merrells, Digby Jones, Terry Christian.
1930TG4Survivor New!Heroes v Villains.
2100TV3Celebrity Come Dine With Me
2200BBC2Never Mind the BuzzcocksDavid O'Doherty hosts the best bits of the last series. Not NI.
2220DAVEMock the Week
2300DAVEWould I Lie to You?
2355RTE1Dragons' Den

Thursday 6

1600BBC1CopycatsHD.
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindDerek Martin, Arthur Smith, Brian Moore, Countdown's Alex Horne.
1900ITV2Mr and Mrs
2200DAVEMock the Week
2235ITVOdd One In
23504MUSYour Face or Mine? X2

Friday 7

1750CBBCTotal WipeoutAlso WTCH 2000.
1803RCymBechingalw New!Nigel Owens presents Geraint Lovgreen, Lyn Ebenezer, and others in a comedy game show.
1830Rad4The News QuizSue Perkins, Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Francis Wheen.
1830CBBCThe Slammer
1855MOR4Come Dine With Me
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindKristina Rihanoff, Micky Flanagan, Martin Roberts, Seeta Indrani.
1930BBC1A Question of SportNot Wales, NI.
2000STVPostcode Challenge
2000BBC2MastermindAlfred Hitchcock, John Hunter, Harry Potter, Welsh settlement of Patagonia. Not Wales, NI.
2000ITV2The CubeHD.
2030BBC1QIHypnosis, Hallucinations and Hysteria. Also BBC-HD 2230.
2100ITVPenn and Teller: Fool Us New!Jonathan Ross hosts. HD.
2305ITVTake Me OutNot STV, UTV; TV3 2100.

Channel abbreviations

4MUS4 Music
ABSRAbsolute Radio
ALBABBC Alba
ARTSSky Arts
BBC1BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC3BBC3
BBC4BBC4
BBCHBBC-HD
BORDBorder (ITV in Cumbria and south-west Scotland)
C4 Channel 4
C5 Channel 5
CBBCCBBC
CBBSCbeebies
CHA1Channel One
CLASClassic FM (Radio)
DAVEDave
DISNDisney Channel
DMAXD-MAX
DRT Discovery Real Time
ESPCESPN Classic
ESPTEurosport
ESP2Eurosport 2
FIVRFiver
FOODUKTV Good Food
GOLDUKTV Gold
HOMEUKTV Home
HTV HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
ITV ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2ITV2
ITV3ITV3
ITV4ITV4
LIV UK Living TV
LIV2UK Living TV It
LFCLFC TV
MOR4More 4
NICKNickelodeon
Rad1BBC Radio 1
Rad2BBC Radio 2
Rad3BBC Radio 3
Rad4BBC Radio 4
Rad5BBC Radio 5
Rad7BBC Radio 7
RCymBBC Radio Cymru
RSctBBC Radio Scotland
RUlsBBC Radio Ulster
RWalBBC Radio Wales
RLLYUKTV Really
RTE1RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4CDS4C Digidol
SKY1Sky1
SKY2Sky2
SKY3Sky3
STV STV (ITV1 in North and Central Scotland)
TLKSTalk Sport (radio)
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.

HD - Also shown in high-definition.

Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.

See also

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