TV Guide This Week

Revision as of 18:49, 29 October 2007

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 27 October 2007

Schedules are subject to change.

New and notable this week:

All Star Family Fortunes (ITV, 7.45 Saturday)

Kym Ryder and Brian Dowling invite us to get excited about Single Money.

Celebrity Scissorhands (BBC3, from Sunday)

"It's for charity" meets "It's rubbish".

Swizzcall (C4, 11.50 Sunday)

Call in! Answer silly questions! Win prizes! It's totally bonkers!

Food Poker (BBC2, 4.30 weekdays)

It's a cookery contest, with ingredients determined by the turn of a card. Matt Allwright hosts.

Treasure Hunt (More4, 11.05pm Tuesday)

The first ever episode, the Egypt special from 1982.

Countdown (C4, 2.55 Friday)

A repeat from 2 November 1982.

Countdown 25th Birthday Special (C4, 3.25 Friday)

Celebrities and fans say hello to Carol and whichever Des is hosting this week. Appearances from Terry Wogan, Alex Ferguson, Patrick Moore, and Richard Attenborough.

The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz (C4, 10pm Friday)

Frank Skinner, Jack Dee, Alan Carr, David Mitchell, Carol Vorderman, Richard Ayoade, Jimmy Carr.

Saturday 27 October

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle	Also 0900, except DTTV.
0700	DAVE	Headjam
0740	DAVE	A Question of Sport x2
0800	BBC2	Hider in the House
0900	DAVE	Whose Line x2
0930	Mor4	Junkyard Wars
0935	CBBC	Dance Factory
1100	Rad5	Fighting Talk
1103	RUls	The Blame Game
1130	CBBC	Best of Friends
1200	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland only.
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2	Also 1500.
1200	CBBC	Hider in the House
1228	Rad4	The News Quiz
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1615	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1730	ESP2	Viking
1745	ITV	The X Factor	Also 2030; coverage continues on ITV2. Also TV3.
1815	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	The American Smoothie, and the Samba. Also BBC-HD.
1815	C4	Deal or No Deal
1930	RTR1	Buille Faoi Thuairim
1945	ITV	All Star Family Fortunes New!	Also TV3.
2000	BBC1	In It to Win It
2025	RTE1	Winning Streak
2120	TG4	Glor Tire
2210	BBC2	Have I Got a Bit More News for You	Omid Djalili, Stewart Lee, Julian Fellowes.
2230	TV5	La Carte aux Tresors
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday 28

Remember, clocks go back this morning. An extra hour in bed.

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle	Also 0900, except DTTV.
0900	CBBC	Hider in the House
0925	ITV2	All Star Family Fortunes New!
0930	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x3
1125	CBBC	Best of Friends
1200	C5US	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2	Also 1500.
1335	ITV	The X Factor	For those who missed it last night. 0015 and 1740 on ITV2 (plus other repeats during the week), and 0955 on TV3.
1530	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1630	CBBC	Trapped
1810	BBC1	A Question of Sport	Not Scotland.
1830	RTE1	Class Act	The final.
1850	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing	The results. Also BBC-HD.
1900	LIV	Pete Burns' Pa
2030	TG4	Glas Vegas
2100	BBC3	Celebrity Scissorhands New!
2200	BBC7	The News Quiz	From nine days ago.
2350	C4	Swizzcall Special

Weekdays

0100	Mor4	Countdown (not Mo)
0350	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	0410 Monday.
0440	VIR1	Bullseye x2	Not Monday.
0700	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Not Monday, not DTTV.
0800	DAVE	HeadJam
0900	Mor4	Deal or No Deal	Also approx. 1300.
0900	VIR1	Classic Millionaire.	Also 1400. Not DTTV.
0945	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1010	TV5M	Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1200	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
1300	VIR1	Take It or Leave It	Not DTTV.
1325	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1415	S4C	Countdown
1435	BBC1	Dirty Rotten Cheater	NI: Mon, Tue 1545 on BBC2.
1525	C4	Countdown	Paul Zenon. Something unusual for Friday.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1600	BBC1	Raven: The Secret Temple
1615	C4	Deal or No Deal	Also More4, 1805.
1630	BBC2	Food Poker New!
1630	CBBC	The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1715	BBC2	The Weakest Link
1740	DAVE	A Question of Sport x2	Also 0840, 1240.
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland: not Thursday.
1800	VIR1	Take It or Leave It
1830	BBC2	Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two	Scotland: not Thursday.
1900	DAVE	Whose Line is it Anyway? x2	Also 1400.
1900	DSCI	Scrapheap Challenge
2000	BBC3	Celebrity Scissorhands	2030 Monday and Friday, 2100 Thursday.

Monday 29

1230	BBC7	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue	Also 1930.
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain 2007	(8/17) Heat 8: UK.
1800	S4C	Pen Campau New!	Preview programme.
1930	BBC2	Mastermind	(16/31) Heat 16: Joe Orton, American Independent Cinema, Trees of the British Isles, Chelsea FC. Scotland: 1900.
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	Second round, 1/7: SOAS v Exeter. Scotland: 1930.
2100	BBC2	Dragons' Den
2100	ITV2	Hell's Kitchen US x2
2100	DAVE	QI
2140	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2200	BBC2	Have I Got News For You	Last Friday's edition. England only.
2200	TG4	Paisean Faisean
2220	DAVE	HIGNFY

Tuesday 30

0035	TV3	Pokerface
1230	BBC7	Wireless Wise	Also 1930.
1830	S4C	Pen Campau	First round - Llanbedr Pont Steffan vs Gwynllyw
1900	BBC2	Dragons' Den	England, Wales (analogue) only.
1930	UTV	The Price is Right New!
2000	ITV	Millionaire	An open edition.
2002	RTR1	Backchat	Last in the present series, sadly.
2100	BBC2	Classical Star	This week, the surviving seven record a piece in a professional studio.
2140	DAVE	QI
2300	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2305	Mor4	Treasure Hunt Special

Wednesday 31

1230	BBC7	The News Quiz	Also 1930.
1730	TV5	La Carte Aux Tresors
1830	S4C	Pen Campau	First round - Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham vs Ystalyfera
2000	TG4	Glas Vegas
2030	ITV	National Television Awards Special	Competition is hot for the new award, Most Egregious Television Rip-Off.
2200	BBC2	Buzzcocks	Not Scotland, 2W.
2200	E4	E4 School of Performing Arts
2230	TG4	Glor Tire
2300	DAVE	HIGNFY

Thursday 1 November

0215	C4	Your Face or Mine
1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Also 1930.
2000	ITV2	Street Mate
2100	DAVE	The Apprentice
2130	BBC2	The Peter Serafinowicz Show	Including a visit to the Bristol Graveyard for Dead or Un-Dead.
2200	DAVE	Dragon's Den
2300	DAVE	All Over New!

Friday 2

0035	TV3	I'm a Celebrity
1230	BBC7	Foul Play	Also 1930.
1455	C4	Countdown Special
1525	C4	Countdown 25th Birthday Special Special
1700	BBC1	Trapped
1830	Rad4	The News Quiz
1900	ESPT	Strongest Man Special	Sofia.
2000	GOLD	Dancing With the Stars	CAUTION: Contains Jennifer Lopez.
2100	BBC1	Have I Got News For You	Wales 2130.
2130	BBC1	The Blame Game	NI only.
2200	BBC2	QI	Next episode on BBC4. Not 2W
2200	C4	The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz Special

Challenge?

Saturday

0700	Don't Try This at Home
0800	Takeshi x2
0900	The Crystal Maze
1000	Supermarket Sweep x3
1130	Catchphrase x3
1300	Millionaire x2
1500	Play Your Cards Right x3
1630	Bullseye x3
1800	Brice's Price is Right x3
1930	Family Fortunes x3
2100	Fear Factor x2
2300	Gambling

Sunday

As Saturday except

0700	The Moment of Truth
1500	Takeshi's Castle x2
1600	Ninja Warrior x10

Monday - Friday

0700	The Krypton Factor x2
0800	Ninja Warrior x2
0900	Supermarket Sweep x2
1000	The People Versus
1030	Bruce's Price is Right
1100	Catchphrase
1130	Play Your Cards Right
1200	Family Fortunes
1230	Bullseye
1300	Millionaire
1400	Supermarket Sweep x2
1500	Strike it Rich x2
1600	The People Versus
1630	Family Fortunes
1700	Takeshi x2
1800	Ninja Warrior x2
1900	Family Fortunes x2
2000	Celebrity Weakest Link
2100	Millionaire
2200	Take It or Leave It
2300	8 Out of 10 Cats (Fri Gambling)
2330	Distraction (Fri Gambling)

Channel abbreviations

BBC1	BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2	BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
2W	BBC2 Wales digital service
BBC3	BBC3
BBC4	BBC4
BBC7	BBC7 (Radio)
BOOM	Boomerang
BRVO	Bravo
C5	Five
CBBC	CBBC
CBBS	Cbeebies
CLAS	Classic FM (Radio)
DAVE	Dave
DISC	Discovery
DISN	Disney Channel
DRAM	UKTV Drama
DRT	Discovery Real Time
DSCI	Discovery Science
ESPT	Eurosport
ESP2	Eurosport 2
GOLD	UKTV Gold
HLMK	Hallmark
ITV	ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	UK Living TV
LIV2	UK Living TV 2
MOR4	More 4
NICK	Nickelodeon
PCM1	Paramount Comedy 1
PCM2	Paramount Comedy 2
Rad1	BBC Radio 1
Rad2	BBC Radio 2
Rad3	BBC Radio 3
Rad4	BBC Radio 4
Rad5	BBC Radio 5
RSct	BBC Radio Scotland
RUls	BBC Radio Ulster
RWal	BBC Radio Wales
RTE1	RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2	RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1	RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C	S4C (analogue)
S4CD	S4C Digidol
SCI	Sci-Fi
SKY3	Sky Thrcc
STV	STV, and Border Scotland (ITV in Scotland)
TLKS	Talk Sport (radio)
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5M	TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4	TG 4 (Irish)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
VIR1	Virgin 1
VIRG	Virgin Radio

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