TV Guide Last Week

Challenge's Firsts Weekend (Sat and Sun from 2pm), a special edition of The Cube (ITV, 8pm Sat), That Puppet Game Show (BBC1, 3.20 Sun), a special Deal or No Deal (C4, 7pm New Year's Eve), Christmas University Challenge and Celebrity Mastermind (most evenings, BBC2 and BBC1 respectively), a Blue Peter edition of Pointless (BBC1, 5.10 Thu), and — sorry! — Celebrity Big Brother (C5, 9pm Fri).

0900	Rd4X	Let's Get Quizzical	Russell Davies' trawl through radio quiz and panel games. Also 1900.
1100	CBBS	Swashbuckle
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk	Christian O'Connell presents a tenth birthday party.
1135	ITV	Dinner Date
1400	WTCH	Total Wipe Us Out
1400	CHAL	Firsts Weekend (part 1)	Inaugral editions of classic shows, beginning with Supermarket Sweep. Then 1430 Takeshi's Castle, 1500 One Versus One Hundred, 1550 Going for Gold, 1620 Bob's Full House.
1415	BBC1	Bargain Hunt	AudioD.
1530	TV5	Questions Pour un Champion
1535	C4	Celebrity Come Dine with Me x5
1600	CITV	Fort Boyard
1700	CHAL	Firsts Weekend (part 2)	The debuts continue with Whittle, then 1730 Fun House, 1800 Ninja Warrior, 1900 Total Wipeout, 2000 Celebrity Squares, 2030 Strike it Lucky.
1730	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Gail Porter, Danny John-Jules, Prue Leith, Mike Bushell.
1800	BBC1	Pointless Celebrities	The eighties coming back: Stephanie Beacham and Emma Sams; Anne Diamond and Rustie Lee; Denise and Steadman Pearson; Tessa Sanderson and Willie Thorne.
1800	ITV	The Chase With Celebrities	Rebecca Adlington, Kate Garraway, Ritchie Neville, Rosemary Shrager.
1900	ITV	Famous Family Fortunes	First in a new series: Dancing on Ice v Coronation Street.
2000	ITV	The Cube	Denise Welch, Sherrie Hewson, Lisa Maxwell, Greg Rutherford.
2000	C5	World's Strongest Man 2013
2010	RTE1	Winning Streak	Repeated 1315 tomorrow.
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain
2310	ITV2	Celebrity Juice

Sunday 29

1100	CBBS	Swashbuckle
1300	CHAL	Ultimate Strongman	Children compete.
1340	E4	Come Dine With Me	Made in Chelsea.
1400	WTCH	Total Wipe Us Out x2	And at this time all week.
1400	CHAL	Firsts Weekend (part three)	Initial episodes begin with The Crystal Maze, then 1500 Take Your Pick with Des O'Connor, 1530 Deal or No Deal, 1615 Wipeout with Paul Daniels, 1645 3-2-1 with Janice Long.
1520	BBC1	That Puppet Game Show	Superstition: Richard Hammond and Ortisé JLS.
1600	CITV	Fort Boyard
1600	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1745	CHAL	Firsts Weekend (part four)	A final slew of openers with Stars in Their Eyes, then 1815 Treasure Hunt, 1915 Knightmare, 1945 Bullseye, 2015 Blankety Blank.
1900	ITV	Catchphrase	Celebrities: Michelle Collins, Michael Ball, Carol Vorderman. UTV 2215.
1950	TV3	Famous Family Fortunes	Christmas 2011.
2000	C5	World's Strongest Man 2013
2100	C4	8 Out of 10 Cats
2200	BBC2	QI

Monday 30

1025	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1100	BBC2	The Great British Bake Off x2	Repeats from this year. Continues all week.
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	CHAL	Catchphrase x 13	To 1930.
1350	BBC1	A Question of Sport	Not Wales.
1350	ITV	Dinner Date
1450	ITV	Catchphrase	The celeb edition shown yesterday.
1500	Rad4	Brain of Britain	May be more brain-taxing than Catchphrase. Possibly. A bit.
1600	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1700	C4	Celebrity Come Dine with Me
1800	BBC2	Celebrity Eggheads	The Eastenders, but without Barrie they have no chance.
1800	S4C	Y Lifft	Last year's celebrity edition.
1830	Rad4	The Unbelievable Truth	Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn, Bridget Christie, Ed Byrne (comedian) start a new series.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	James Allen, David Bradley, Chris Ramsey, Shobu Kapoor.
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	Leicester (Sue Cook, Heather Couper) v Sussex (Rob Bonnet, The OC's Alice Arnold).
2030	C5	World's Strongest Man 2013
2300	Rd4X	Genius	Paul Daniels and the 99p coin.

Tuesday 31

1100	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1200	ITV	Famous Family Fortunes
1200	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	CHAL	Bullseye x 13	To 1930.
1500	ITV	The Cube
1600	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1700	C4	Come Dine with Me	Footballers.
1800	BBC2	Celebrity Eggheads	House and home experts (and game show hosts Ed Hall and Laura Hamilton).
1900	C4	Deal or No Deal	Christmas Stars; a special edition. AudioD.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Josh Widdicombe, Katharine Merry, Sian Reese-Williams, Nick Baker.
1930	BBC2	University Challenge	King's London (Rory Bremner, Susan Hill) v Southampton (Stefan Buczacki). NI 1945.
2000	C4	Fifteen-to-One The Celebrity Show	From September.
2000	C5	World's Strongest Man 2013	The grand final.
2200	BBC2	Mock the Week	Pick of the year. NI 2300.
2310	RTE2	Next Year's News	Ring in the new year with a panel show hosted by Eoghan MacDermott.
2325	ITV2	Celebrity Juice x4	Or with Keith and Holly and Fearne.

Wednesday 1

0900	RLLY	Three in a Bed x 11	To 2000.
1040	C5	World's Strongest Man 2013 x2	Whole series repeated on 5* from 1440.
1205	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1220	ITV	Dickinson's Real Deal
1255	CBBC	Copycats
1500	MOR4	Come Dine With Me x5	Kingston.
1725	BBC2	University Challenge	First semi-final.
2220	C4	Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2013

Thursday 2

1200	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	CHAL	Supermarket Sweep x13
1400	ITV	All-Star Mr and Mrs
1600	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1600	ITV	Tipping Point
1700	C4	Come Dine With Me	More celebrities.
1700	ITV	The Chase	Back!
1710	BBC1	Pointless Celebrities	Blue Peter: Peter Purves and Yvette Fielding, Simon Groom and Janet Ellis, Anthea Turner and Tim Vincent, Barney Harwood and Lindsey Russell.
1730	CBBC	Blue Peter	Featuring ... oh, a profile of Radze Chinyanganya. Still, bonkers scheduling!
1800	BBC2	Celebrity Eggheads	Footballing greats.
1900	BBC3	Winter Wipeout
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	Adil Ray, Mark Porter, Kevin Eldon, Jordan Stephens.
1930	BBC2	University Challenge	The second semi-final.
2200	ITV2	Fake Reaction	With Helen Flanagan, Marlon Davis, and Stepping Out's Brian and Vogue.

Friday 3

1200	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1300	CHAL	Bruce's Price is Right x13
1400	ITV	All-Star Mr and Mrs
1600	C4	Deal or No Deal	AudioD.
1600	ITV	Tipping Point
1700	C4	Come Dine With Me	More celebrities.
1700	ITV	The Chase
1710	BBC1	Pointless Celebrities	Theatre: David Bradley and Simon Williams; Les Dennis and Warwick Davis; Bill Kenwright and Jenny Seagrove; Clive Mantle and Connie Fisher.
1800	BBC2	Celebrity Eggheads	Dr Who.
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Mastermind	John Cooper Clarke, Ben Faulks, Roy Hudd, Frank Turner.
1930	BBC1	A Question of Sport	Steve Redgrave, Neil Back, Shay Given, Sally Gunnell. Wales 2030.
2030	BBC2	Christmas University Challenge	The final. NI 2105.
2100	C5	Celebrity Big Brother	Who are these people? Bit on the Side follows at 2300.
2100	C4	8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2210	CHAL	Blankety Blank	With Les Dawson.

Channel abbreviations

4MUS	4 Music
ALBA	BBC Alba
BBC1	BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2	BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC3	BBC3
BBC4	BBC4
C4	Channel 4
C5	Channel 5
CBBC	CBBC Channel
CBBS	Cbeebies
CHAL	Challenge
DAVE	Dave
ESPT	Eurosport
ESP2	Eurosport 2
HTV	HTV (ITV in Wales; Wales only unless noted)
ITV	ITV1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	Sky Living
LIV2	Sky Living It
MOR4	More 4
PICK	Pick TV
Rad1	BBC Radio 1
Rad2	BBC Radio 2
Rad3	BBC Radio 3
Rad4	BBC Radio 4
Rad5	BBC Radio 5
Rd4X	BBC Radio 4Xtra
RCym	BBC Radio Cymru
RSco	BBC Radio Scotland
RUls	BBC Radio Ulster
RWal	BBC Radio Wales
RTE1	RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2	RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1	RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C	S4C
SKY1	Sky 1
SKYA	Sky 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)
WTCH	Watch

AudioD - Audio Description for the blind.

Signed - in-vision British Sign Language translation.

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