TV Guide This Week
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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).
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==Week 1==
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Schedules subject to change.
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Picks of week one: the '''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''' final (BBC1, 6.30 Sat; also 5pm Christmas Day), the '''[[Fort Boyard]]''' final (CITV, 8.25am Sun), '''[[Just a Minute|Just a Minute at Christmas]]''' (Radio 4, 6.30 Mon), the '''[[Only Connect (2)|Only Connect]]''' final (BBC4, 8.30 Mon), '''[[World's Strongest Man]]''' (C5, Boxing Day to New Year's Eve), and a '''[[3-2-1]]''' Christmas special from 1979 (Challenge, 6.05 Christmas Day).
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 14 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 15|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 16|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 17|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 18|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 19|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 20|Fri]]
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The selection box for week two: 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), '''[[University Challenge|Christmas University Challenge]]''' and '''[[Mastermind|Celebrity Mastermind]]''' (most evenings, BBC2 and BBC1 respectively), a [[Blue Peter]] edition of '''[[Pointless]]''' (BBC1, 5.10 Thu), and — sorry! — '''[[Big Brother|Celebrity Big Brother]]''' (C5, 9pm Fri).
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===Saturday 14 December===
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 21 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 22|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 23|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 24|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 25|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 26|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 27|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2|Week 2]]
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Schedules subject to change. New series are not marked.
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===Saturday 21 December===
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|0830||CITV||The Munch Box||Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
|0830||CITV||The Munch Box||Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
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|1055||ITV2||The X Factor Us x2
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|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
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|1100||Rad5||Fighting Talk||Christian O'Connell.
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|1100||Rad5||Fighting Talk
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|1110||ITV2||The X Factor Us 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||Continues through the holidays, daily except Su.
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|1530||TV5||Questions Pour un Champion
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|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
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|1630||C4||Come Dine with Me x5||Cardiff.
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|1725||BBC2||Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two||NI only; Wales 1730. Seen in England, Scotland yesterday.
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|1730||ITV||The Chase With Celebrities||Russell Grant, Liz McClarnon, Sherrie Hewson, [[Des O'Connor]].
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|1740||BBC1||Pointless Celebrities||It's panto season, with the Chuckle Brothers, Keith Harris and Orville, Linda Lusardi and Sam Kane, Roy Wood and Father Christmas.
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|1830||BBC2||Mastermind||Wales only; NI 1910.
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|1830||BBC1||Strictly Come Dancing||The grand final. Concludes at 2040.
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|1905||BBC2||University Challenge||Kent (Fi Glover, James Wong) ''v'' Lancaster (Matthew Fort, Roger Ashton-Griffiths). Wales 2030, after yesterday's episode at 2000. NI has yesterday's episode at 1840.
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|2000||ITV2||The Xtra Factor||The winners' story.
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|2020||RTE1||Winning Streak||Repeated 1340 tomorrow.
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|2300||Rad4||Brain of Britain
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|2355||ITV2||Celebrity Juice
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===Sunday 22===
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|0830||CITV||Fort Boyard||The grand final. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
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|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
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|1204||Rad4||I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
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|1400||BBC1||When Miranda Met Bruce||Another chance to miss the dull-as-ditchwater interview.
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|1435||ITV||Show Me the Telly||Another chance to see the Text Santa special.
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|1540||BBC2||The Weakest Link||Another Dr Who special.
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|1455||BBC2||University Challenge||NI only.
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|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
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|1600||C4||Come Dine with Me x5||Christmas in south-east London.
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|1610||Mor4||Come Dine With Me x5||Celebs.
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|1700||BBC2||Mastermind||Wales only.
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|1915||TG4||An Gig Jig||The grand final.
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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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|2000||TV3||Famous Family Fortunes
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|1840||BBC1||Strictly Come Dancing||Semi-final week.
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|2000||CHAL||UK's Strongest Man 2013
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|1900||ITV||The Chase With Celebrities||Arlene Philips, Diarmuid Gavin, Helen Skelton, Micky Flanagan.
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|2100||4MUS||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|1900||BBC3||Winter Wipeout
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|2200||BBC2||QI XL||Wales 2220, NI 2250, not Scotland.
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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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|2350||ITV||The Cube
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 21 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 22|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 23|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 24|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 25|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 26|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 27|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2|Week 2]]
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===Monday 23===
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|2020||RTE1||Winning Streak||Repeated 1340 tomorrow.
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|1005||TV5||Mot de Passe||Password, in French. Continues weekdays through the fortnight.
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|2200||BBC2||QI XL
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|1300||CHAL||Celebrity Millionaire||To 2300.
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|2300||Rad4||Brain of Britain
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|1500||Rad4||Brain of Britain
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|1540||C4||Deal or No Deal||Ideal Christmas. AudioD.
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|1640||C4||Come Dine with Me||Celebrities.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||A repeat from last year.
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|1830||Rad4||Just a Minute||Christmas special: Pam Ayres, Stephen Mangan, Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton.
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|1900||BBC1||Celebrity Mastermind||Shaun Keaveny, Mark Watson, Bunny Campione, Frank Cottrell Boyce.
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|1930||BBC1||A Question of Sport||Christmas. Wales, NI 2335.
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|2000||BBC2||University Challenge||Keele (Steve Jackson (Fighting Fantasy)) ''v'' Aberystwyth (Elfyn Llwyd, Dan Jarvis).
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|2030||BBC4||Only Connect||The grand final.
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|2030||BBC1||Would I Lie to You?||A festive edition, with Stephen Mangan, Barry Cryer, Miles Jupp, and Lookingglass F. Rabbit.
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|2100||4MUS||8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2
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|2200||ITV2||Celebrity Juice
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|2220||BBC2||QI XL||Keeps. Not Wales.
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|2305||ITV2||Celebrity Juice
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|2305||BBC2||Never Mind the Buzzcocks||An old Christmas show.
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|2325||ITV||Take Me Out
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|2345||ITV||Famous Family Fortunes||Jodie Prenger and Gareth Gates fill a hole. Not UTV.
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===Sunday 15===
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===Tuesday 24===
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|0800||CBBC||Splatalot
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|0840||CBBS||Swashbuckle
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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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|1130||ITV||Catchphrase
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|1000||DAVE||Total Wipe Out Australia||Call my buff.
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|1210||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD. Classic Noel at 2100 on BBC4, with ''Top of the Pops 1978''.
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|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
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|1500||Mor4||Come Dine With Me x5||Glasgow. A one-hour episode at 2100.
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|1204||Rad4||I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
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|1730||CBBC||The Slammer Returns||[[Jedward]]! In jail! Happy Christmas, everyone!
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|1415||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|1815||Rad4||15 Minute Musical||It's A One-Hit Wonderful Life. Simon Cowell and Susan Boyle.
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|1535||ITV||The X Factor||Repeat. TV3 1300.
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|2100||BBC2||QI XL||New: Kris Kringle, with Jo Brand, Brendan O'Carroll, Phill Jupitus.
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 21 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 22|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 23|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 24|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 25|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 26|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 27|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2|Week 2]]
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===Wednesday 25===
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|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
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|0625||ITV2||Britain's Got More Talent x2
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|1725||Mor4||Come Dine With Me x5||Chelmsford.
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|0835||CBBS||Swashbuckle||And same time all week.
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|1830||ITV||The Chase With Celebrities||Chris Bisson, Gareth Thomas, Naga Munchetty, Harry Judd.
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|0855||MOR4||Come Dine With Me Down Under||And same time all week.
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|1845||TV3||Famous Family Fortunes
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|0920||MOR4||Brendan's Love Cruise||Because nothing says Christmas like episode 18 of a flop series. It's here all week, too.
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|1900||BBC1||Strictly Come Dancing||The results show, with ''Pointless'' singer Céline Dion.
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|1125||ITV||The Chase With Celebrities||Another chance to see last week's Text Santa special.
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|1915||TG4||An Gig Jig||Into the semi-finals.
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|1245||CHAL||The Crystal Maze Specials x3||Three sets of children prove they're better than adults.
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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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|1515||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD.
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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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|1610||MOR4||Come Dine With Me x5||Celebrities.
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|2000||CHAL||UK's Strongest Man 2013
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|1700||BBC1||Strictly Come Dancing||Sit back and relax.
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|1805||CHAL||3-2-1||"Dickens", the Christmas special from 1979. Look, it's better than ''Call the Blimmin' Midwife''.
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|1915||TV3||Famous Family Fortunes||Keith Duffy and Jennie McAlpine.
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|2130||4Mus||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|2305||BBC2||QI
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===Thursday 26===
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|0900||RLLY||Three In A Bed x11||To 2000.
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|1230||CBBC||Jedward's Big Adventure x5||Two-and-a-half hours with the big-haired twins. ''Blue Peter'' (1730) will come as a blessed relief.
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|1300||CHAL||Family Fortunes x18||To 2200.
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|1535||C4||Deal or No deal||AudioD.
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|1635||C4||Come Dine with Me||Comedians Christmas special, repeated.
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|1700||CITV||Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge||Repeat from Sunday.
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|1945||BBC2||University Challenge||Yet another Oxbridge battle. Joining the Grinch for this five-star event are Gonville and Caius Cambridge (Lars Tharp) and Christ Church Oxford (Andrew Graham-Dixon).
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|2015||C5||World'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||Through the Keyhole <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2100||C4||Big Fat Quiz of the Year||Jack Whitehall and Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and Kristen Schaal, Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade.
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|2200||BBC2||QI XL||Wales 2220, NI 2250, not Scotland.
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|2200||ITV2||Celebrity Juice||Clip shows, part 2.
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|2335||BBC2||Never Mind the Buzzcocks||Not Scotland.
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|2355||BBC1||Have I Got A Bit More News for You||Best of 2013.
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 14 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 15|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 16|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 17|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 18|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 19|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 20|Fri]]
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===Friday 27===
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|0920||MOR4||Brendan's Love Cruise
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|0825||ITV||Dinner Date
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|1005||TV5 ||Mot de Passe
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|1025||ITV||Dickinson's Real Deal
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|1215||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|1240||MOR4||Come Dine with Me x5||Newport
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|1330||CBBC||Total Wipeout
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|1300||CHAL||Strike it Rich x18||To 2200.
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|1345||BBC1||Perfection||The new Going for Gold.
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|1330||RTR1||Don't Quote Me!||Se&aacute;n Hughes with the wordy game show.
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|1430||CBBC||The Slammer
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|1515||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD.
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|1500||ITV||Dickinson's Real Deal
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|1545||ITV||The Chase
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|1510||C4||Countdown||Richard Madeley is on the runway for Finals Week.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Theatreland.
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|1530||TV5 ||Questions Pour un Champion
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|1930||BBC2||Christmas University Challenge||St Hugh's Oxford (Rowan Pelling) ''v'' Stirling (Richard Lochhead).
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|1600||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD.
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|2000||C5||World's Strongest Man 2013
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|1600||ITV||Show Me the Telly
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|2000||C4||Come Dine with Me||Hugo Taylor, Daniella Westbrook, Louie Spence, Sinitta. Another episode at 1615.
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|1700||C4||Four in a Bed
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|2030||BBC1||A Question of Sport||Wales only.
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|1700||ITV||The Chase||Mostly repeats.
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|2200||CHAL||Blankety Blank||With Les Dawson.
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|1715||BBC1||Pointless
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|2335||ITV||The Cube
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 21 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 22|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 23|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 24|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 25|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 26|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 27|Fri]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Week 2|Week 2]]
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==Week 2==
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The selection box for week two: 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), '''[[University Challenge|Christmas University Challenge]]''' and '''[[Mastermind|Celebrity Mastermind]]''' (most evenings, BBC2 and BBC1 respectively), a [[Blue Peter]] edition of '''[[Pointless]]''' (BBC1, 5.10 Thu), and &mdash; sorry! &mdash; '''[[Big Brother|Celebrity Big Brother]]''' (C5, 9pm Fri).
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Week 1|Week 1]]|[[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 28 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 29|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 30|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 31|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 1|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 2|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 3|Fri]]
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===Saturday 28 December===
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|1730||C4||Come Dine With Me||Christmas celebrities. Four old episodes at 1205.
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|0900||Rd4X||Let's Get Quizzical||Russell Davies' trawl through radio quiz and panel games. Also 1900.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||See daily listings for details.
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|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
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|1800||ITV2||Dinner Date
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|1100||Rad5||Fighting Talk||Christian O'Connell presents a tenth birthday party.
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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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|1135||ITV||Dinner Date
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|1400||WTCH||Total Wipe Us Out
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|1400||CHAL||Firsts Weekend (part 1)||Inaugral editions of classic shows, beginning with [[Supermarket Sweep]]. Then 1430 [[Takeshi's Castle]], 1500 [[1 vs 100|One Versus One Hundred]], 1550 [[Going for Gold]], 1620 [[Bob's Full House]].
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|1415||BBC1||Bargain Hunt||AudioD.
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|1530||TV5||Questions Pour un Champion
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|1535||C4||Celebrity Come Dine with Me x5
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|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
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|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]].
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|1730||BBC1||Celebrity Mastermind||Gail Porter, Danny John-Jules, Prue Leith, Mike Bushell.
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|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.
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|1800||ITV||The Chase With Celebrities||Rebecca Adlington, Kate Garraway, Ritchie Neville, Rosemary Shrager.
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|1900||ITV||Famous Family Fortunes||First in a new series: Dancing on Ice ''v'' Coronation Street.
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|2000||ITV||The Cube||Denise Welch, Sherrie Hewson, Lisa Maxwell, Greg Rutherford.
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|2000||C5||World's Strongest Man 2013
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|2010||RTE1||Winning Streak||Repeated 1315 tomorrow.
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|2300||Rad4||Brain of Britain
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|1900||C5||World's Strongest Man Qualifiers <font color=red>New!</font>
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|2310||ITV2||Celebrity Juice
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===Monday 16===
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===Sunday 29===
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|1500||Rad4||Brain of Britain
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|1100||CBBS||Swashbuckle
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Sports greats: Gareth Chilcott, Scott Hastings, Jeff Probyn, Richard Pitman, Eddie Edwards.
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|1300||CHAL||Ultimate Strongman||Children compete.
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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.
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|1340||E4||Come Dine With Me||Made in Chelsea.
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|2000||BBC2||University Challenge
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|1400||WTCH||Total Wipe Us Out x2||And at this time all week.
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|2030||BBC4||Only Connect||Lasletts ''v'' Bakers.
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|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.
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|2100||4MUS||8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2
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|1520||BBC1||That Puppet Game Show||Superstition: Richard Hammond and Ortis&eacute; JLS.
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|2100||DISC||Get Out Alive||The mountains will give strength.
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|1600||CITV||Fort Boyard
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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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|1600||Mor4||Come Dine With Me x5
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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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|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]].
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|1900||ITV||Catchphrase||Celebrities: Michelle Collins, Michael Ball, Carol Vorderman. UTV 2215.
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|1950||TV3||Famous Family Fortunes||Christmas 2011.
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|2000||C5||World's Strongest Man 2013
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|2100||C4||8 Out of 10 Cats
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|2200||BBC2||QI
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 14 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 15|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 16|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 17|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 18|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 19|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 20|Fri]]
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Week 1|Week 1]]|[[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 28 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 29|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 30|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 31|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 1|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 2|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 3|Fri]]
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===Tuesday 17===
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===Monday 30===
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Apprentice failures: Stephen Brady, Tom Gearing, Katie Wright, Laura Hogg, Adam Corbally.
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|1025||ITV||Dickinson's Real Deal
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|1900||BBC3||Winter Wipeout
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|1100||BBC2||The Great British Bake Off x2||Repeats from this year. Continues all week.
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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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|1215||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|-
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|2000||BBC2||The Great British Bake Off Masterclass||Mary and Paul help you bake some things.
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|1300||CHAL||Catchphrase x 13||To 1930.
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|-
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|2115||4Mus||8 Out of 10 Cats
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|1350||BBC1||A Question of Sport||Not Wales.
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|-
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|1350||ITV||Dinner Date
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|-
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|1450||ITV||Catchphrase||The celeb edition shown yesterday.
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|-
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|1500||Rad4||Brain of Britain||May be more brain-taxing than ''Catchphrase''. Possibly. A bit.
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|-
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|1600||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD.
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|-
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|1700||C4||Celebrity Come Dine with Me
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|-
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||The Eastenders, but without Barrie they have no chance.
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|-
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|1800||S4C||Y Lifft||Last year's celebrity edition.
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|-
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|1830||Rad4||The Unbelievable Truth||Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn, Bridget Christie, Ed Byrne (comedian) start a new series.
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|1900||BBC1||Celebrity Mastermind||James Allen, David Bradley, Chris Ramsey, Shobu Kapoor.
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|-
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|2000||BBC2||University Challenge||Leicester (Sue Cook, Heather Couper) ''v'' Sussex (Rob Bonnet, The OC's Alice Arnold).
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|2030||C5||World's Strongest Man 2013
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|2300||Rd4X||Genius||Paul Daniels and the 99p coin.
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===Tuesday 31===
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Tom O'Connor, Roy Walker, Syd Little, Mick Miller, Johnnie Casson.
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|1100||ITV||Dickinson's Real Deal
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|2100||4Mus||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|1200||ITV||Famous Family Fortunes
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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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|1200||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|-
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|1300||CHAL||Bullseye x 13||To 1930.
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|-
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|1500||ITV||The Cube
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|-
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|1600||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD.
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|-
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|1700||C4||Come Dine with Me||Footballers.
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|-
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||House and home experts (and game show hosts Ed Hall and Laura Hamilton).
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|1900||C4||Deal or No Deal||Christmas Stars; a special edition. AudioD.
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|-
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|1900||BBC1||Celebrity Mastermind||Josh Widdicombe, Katharine Merry, Sian Reese-Williams, Nick Baker.
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|1930||BBC2||University Challenge||King's London (Rory Bremner, Susan Hill) ''v'' Southampton (Stefan Buczacki). NI 1945.
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|-
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|2000||C4||Fifteen-to-One The Celebrity Show||From September.
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|-
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|2000||C5||World's Strongest Man 2013||The grand final.
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|-
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|2200||BBC2||Mock the Week||Pick of the year. NI 2300.
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|-
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|2310||RTE2||Next Year's News||Ring in the new year with a panel show hosted by Eoghan MacDermott.
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|2325||ITV2||Celebrity Juice x4||Or with Keith and Holly and Fearne.
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|}
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===Thursday 19===
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Week 1|Week 1]]|[[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 28 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 29|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 30|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 31|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 1|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 2|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 3|Fri]]
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===Wednesday 1===
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
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|1700||CITV||Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge||Repeat from Sunday.
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|0900||RLLY||Three in a Bed x 11||To 2000.
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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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|1040||C5||World's Strongest Man 2013 x2||Whole series repeated on 5* from 1440.
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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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|1205||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD.
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|2200||BBC2||Mock the Week Again
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|1220||ITV||Dickinson's Real Deal
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|2200||4MUS||8 Out of 10 Cats x2
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|1255||CBBC||Copycats
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|2200||ITV2||Celebrity Juice||Clip shows, part 1.
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|1500||MOR4||Come Dine With Me x5||Kingston.
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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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|1725||BBC2||University Challenge||First semi-final.
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|2220||C4||Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2013
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===Friday 20===
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===Thursday 2===
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|1500||ITV||Dickinson's Real Deal||Text Santa begins here, with an edition from Birmingham.
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|1200||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|1600||ITV||Show Me the Telly||Text Santa continues: TV critics versus TV stars.
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|1300||CHAL||Supermarket Sweep x13
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|1700||ITV||The Chase||The annual Text Santa celebrity edition.
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|1400||ITV||All-Star Mr and Mrs
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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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|1600||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD.
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|1830||Rad4||The News Quiz
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|1600||ITV||Tipping Point
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|1930||BBC1||A Question of Sport||As Wednesday. Not Scotland.
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|1700||C4||Come Dine With Me||More celebrities.
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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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|1700||ITV||The Chase||Back!
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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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|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.
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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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|1730||CBBC||Blue Peter||Featuring ... oh, a profile of Radze Chinyanganya. Still, bonkers scheduling!
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|2100||BBC1||Have I Got News for You||Best of the year. NI 2320.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Footballing greats.
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|-
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|2200||CHAL||Blankety Blank||With Les Dawson.
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|1900||BBC3||Winter Wipeout
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|-
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|1900||BBC1||Celebrity Mastermind||Adil Ray, Mark Porter, Kevin Eldon, Jordan Stephens.
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|-
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|1930||BBC2||University Challenge||The second semi-final.
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|-
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|2200||ITV2||Fake Reaction||With Helen Flanagan, Marlon Davis, and Stepping Out's Brian and Vogue.
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===Friday 3===
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|1200||BBC1||Bargain Hunt
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|1300||CHAL||Bruce's Price is Right x13
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|1400||ITV||All-Star Mr and Mrs
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|1600||C4||Deal or No Deal||AudioD.
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|1600||ITV||Tipping Point
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|1700||C4||Come Dine With Me||More celebrities.
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|1700||ITV||The Chase
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|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.
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|1800||BBC2||Celebrity Eggheads||Dr Who.
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|1900||BBC1||Celebrity Mastermind||John Cooper Clarke, Ben Faulks, Roy Hudd, Frank Turner.
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|1930||BBC1||A Question of Sport||Steve Redgrave, Neil Back, Shay Given, Sally Gunnell. Wales 2030.
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|2030||BBC2||Christmas University Challenge||The final. NI 2105.
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|-
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|2100||C5||Celebrity Big Brother||Who are these people? ''Bit on the Side'' follows at 2300.
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|2100||C4||8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
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|2200||BBC2||QI||Ice, repeated.
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|2210||CHAL||Blankety Blank||With Les Dawson.
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 14 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 15|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 16|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 17|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 18|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 19|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 20|Fri]]
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Shortcuts: [[TV Guide This Week#Week 1|Week 1]]|[[TV Guide This Week#Saturday 28 December|Sat]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Sunday 29|Sun]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Monday 30|Mon]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Tuesday 31|Tue]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Wednesday 1|Wed]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Thursday 2|Thu]] | [[TV Guide This Week#Friday 3|Fri]]
===Channel abbreviations===
===Channel abbreviations===

Revision as of 07:07, 19 December 2013

Contents

Week 1

Picks of week one: the Strictly Come Dancing final (BBC1, 6.30 Sat; also 5pm Christmas Day), the Fort Boyard final (CITV, 8.25am Sun), Just a Minute at Christmas (Radio 4, 6.30 Mon), the Only Connect final (BBC4, 8.30 Mon), World's Strongest Man (C5, Boxing Day to New Year's Eve), and a 3-2-1 Christmas special from 1979 (Challenge, 6.05 Christmas Day).

The selection box for week two: 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).

Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Week 2

Schedules subject to change. New series are not marked.

Saturday 21 December

0830CITVThe Munch BoxAlso ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
1055ITV2The X Factor Us x2
1100CBBSSwashbuckle
1100Rad5Fighting Talk
1228Rad4The News Quiz
1530TV5Questions Pour un ChampionContinues through the holidays, daily except Su.
1600CITVFort Boyard
1630C4Come Dine with Me x5Cardiff.
1725BBC2Strictly Come Dancing It Takes TwoNI only; Wales 1730. Seen in England, Scotland yesterday.
1730ITVThe Chase With CelebritiesRussell Grant, Liz McClarnon, Sherrie Hewson, Des O'Connor.
1740BBC1Pointless CelebritiesIt's panto season, with the Chuckle Brothers, Keith Harris and Orville, Linda Lusardi and Sam Kane, Roy Wood and Father Christmas.
1830BBC2MastermindWales only; NI 1910.
1830BBC1Strictly Come DancingThe grand final. Concludes at 2040.
1905BBC2University ChallengeKent (Fi Glover, James Wong) v Lancaster (Matthew Fort, Roger Ashton-Griffiths). Wales 2030, after yesterday's episode at 2000. NI has yesterday's episode at 1840.
2000ITV2The Xtra FactorThe winners' story.
2020RTE1Winning StreakRepeated 1340 tomorrow.
2300Rad4Brain of Britain
2355ITV2Celebrity Juice

Sunday 22

0830CITVFort BoyardThe grand final. Also ITV Breakfast Broadcasting.
1100CBBSSwashbuckle
1204Rad4I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1400BBC1When Miranda Met BruceAnother chance to miss the dull-as-ditchwater interview.
1435ITVShow Me the TellyAnother chance to see the Text Santa special.
1455BBC2University ChallengeNI only.
1600CITVFort Boyard
1610Mor4Come Dine With Me x5Celebs.
1915TG4An Gig JigThe grand final.
2000TV3Famous Family Fortunes
2000CHALUK's Strongest Man 2013
21004MUS8 Out of 10 Cats x2
2200BBC2QI XLWales 2220, NI 2250, not Scotland.
2350ITVThe Cube

Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Week 2

Monday 23

1005TV5Mot de PassePassword, in French. Continues weekdays through the fortnight.
1300CHALCelebrity MillionaireTo 2300.
1500Rad4Brain of Britain
1540C4Deal or No DealIdeal Christmas. AudioD.
1640C4Come Dine with MeCelebrities.
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsA repeat from last year.
1830Rad4Just a MinuteChristmas special: Pam Ayres, Stephen Mangan, Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton.
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindShaun Keaveny, Mark Watson, Bunny Campione, Frank Cottrell Boyce.
1930BBC1A Question of SportChristmas. Wales, NI 2335.
2000BBC2University ChallengeKeele (Steve Jackson (Fighting Fantasy)) v Aberystwyth (Elfyn Llwyd, Dan Jarvis).
2030BBC4Only ConnectThe grand final.
2030BBC1Would I Lie to You?A festive edition, with Stephen Mangan, Barry Cryer, Miles Jupp, and Lookingglass F. Rabbit.
21004MUS8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut x2
2200ITV2Celebrity Juice
2220BBC2QI XLKeeps. Not Wales.
2305BBC2Never Mind the BuzzcocksAn old Christmas show.
2345ITVFamous Family FortunesJodie Prenger and Gareth Gates fill a hole. Not UTV.

Tuesday 24

0840CBBSSwashbuckle
1130ITVCatchphrase
1210C4Deal or No DealAudioD. Classic Noel at 2100 on BBC4, with Top of the Pops 1978.
1500Mor4Come Dine With Me x5Glasgow. A one-hour episode at 2100.
1730CBBCThe Slammer ReturnsJedward! In jail! Happy Christmas, everyone!
1815Rad415 Minute MusicalIt's A One-Hit Wonderful Life. Simon Cowell and Susan Boyle.
2100BBC2QI XLNew: Kris Kringle, with Jo Brand, Brendan O'Carroll, Phill Jupitus.

Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Week 2

Wednesday 25

0625ITV2Britain's Got More Talent x2
0835CBBSSwashbuckleAnd same time all week.
0855MOR4Come Dine With Me Down UnderAnd same time all week.
0920MOR4Brendan's Love CruiseBecause nothing says Christmas like episode 18 of a flop series. It's here all week, too.
1125ITVThe Chase With CelebritiesAnother chance to see last week's Text Santa special.
1245CHALThe Crystal Maze Specials x3Three sets of children prove they're better than adults.
1515C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1610MOR4Come Dine With Me x5Celebrities.
1700BBC1Strictly Come DancingSit back and relax.
1805CHAL3-2-1"Dickens", the Christmas special from 1979. Look, it's better than Call the Blimmin' Midwife.
1915TV3Famous Family FortunesKeith Duffy and Jennie McAlpine.
21304Mus8 Out of 10 Cats x2
2305BBC2QI

Thursday 26

0900RLLYThree In A Bed x11To 2000.
1230CBBCJedward's Big Adventure x5Two-and-a-half hours with the big-haired twins. Blue Peter (1730) will come as a blessed relief.
1300CHALFamily Fortunes x18To 2200.
1535C4Deal or No dealAudioD.
1635C4Come Dine with MeComedians Christmas special, repeated.
1700CITVFort Boyard Ultimate ChallengeRepeat from Sunday.
1945BBC2University ChallengeYet another Oxbridge battle. Joining the Grinch for this five-star event are Gonville and Caius Cambridge (Lars Tharp) and Christ Church Oxford (Andrew Graham-Dixon).
2015C5World's Strongest Man 2013
21004MUS8 Out of 10 Cats x2
2100C4Big Fat Quiz of the YearJack Whitehall and Jonathan Ross, Dara O'Briain and Kristen Schaal, Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade.
2200ITV2Celebrity JuiceClip shows, part 2.
2355BBC1Have I Got A Bit More News for YouBest of 2013.

Friday 27

0825ITVDinner Date
1025ITVDickinson's Real Deal
1240MOR4Come Dine with Me x5Newport
1300CHALStrike it Rich x18To 2200.
1330RTR1Don't Quote Me!Seán Hughes with the wordy game show.
1515C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1545ITVThe Chase
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsTheatreland.
1930BBC2Christmas University ChallengeSt Hugh's Oxford (Rowan Pelling) v Stirling (Richard Lochhead).
2000C5World's Strongest Man 2013
2000C4Come Dine with MeHugo Taylor, Daniella Westbrook, Louie Spence, Sinitta. Another episode at 1615.
2030BBC1A Question of SportWales only.
2200CHALBlankety BlankWith Les Dawson.
2335ITVThe Cube

Shortcuts: Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Week 2

Week 2

The selection box for week two: 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).

Shortcuts: Week 1|Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

Saturday 28 December

0900Rd4XLet's Get QuizzicalRussell Davies' trawl through radio quiz and panel games. Also 1900.
1100CBBSSwashbuckle
1100Rad5Fighting TalkChristian O'Connell presents a tenth birthday party.
1135ITVDinner Date
1400WTCHTotal Wipe Us Out
1400CHALFirsts 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.
1415BBC1Bargain HuntAudioD.
1530TV5Questions Pour un Champion
1535C4Celebrity Come Dine with Me x5
1600CITVFort Boyard
1700CHALFirsts 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.
1730BBC1Celebrity MastermindGail Porter, Danny John-Jules, Prue Leith, Mike Bushell.
1800BBC1Pointless CelebritiesThe eighties coming back: Stephanie Beacham and Emma Sams; Anne Diamond and Rustie Lee; Denise and Steadman Pearson; Tessa Sanderson and Willie Thorne.
1800ITVThe Chase With CelebritiesRebecca Adlington, Kate Garraway, Ritchie Neville, Rosemary Shrager.
1900ITVFamous Family FortunesFirst in a new series: Dancing on Ice v Coronation Street.
2000ITVThe CubeDenise Welch, Sherrie Hewson, Lisa Maxwell, Greg Rutherford.
2000C5World's Strongest Man 2013
2010RTE1Winning StreakRepeated 1315 tomorrow.
2300Rad4Brain of Britain
2310ITV2Celebrity Juice

Sunday 29

1100CBBSSwashbuckle
1300CHALUltimate StrongmanChildren compete.
1340E4Come Dine With MeMade in Chelsea.
1400WTCHTotal Wipe Us Out x2And at this time all week.
1400CHALFirsts 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.
1520BBC1That Puppet Game ShowSuperstition: Richard Hammond and Ortisé JLS.
1600CITVFort Boyard
1600Mor4Come Dine With Me x5
1745CHALFirsts Weekend (part four)A final slew of openers with Stars in Their Eyes, then 1815 Treasure Hunt, 1915 Knightmare, 1945 Bullseye, 2015 Blankety Blank.
1900ITVCatchphraseCelebrities: Michelle Collins, Michael Ball, Carol Vorderman. UTV 2215.
1950TV3Famous Family FortunesChristmas 2011.
2000C5World's Strongest Man 2013
2100C48 Out of 10 Cats
2200BBC2QI

Shortcuts: Week 1|Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

Monday 30

1025ITVDickinson's Real Deal
1100BBC2The Great British Bake Off x2Repeats from this year. Continues all week.
1215BBC1Bargain Hunt
1300CHALCatchphrase x 13To 1930.
1350BBC1A Question of SportNot Wales.
1350ITVDinner Date
1450ITVCatchphraseThe celeb edition shown yesterday.
1500Rad4Brain of BritainMay be more brain-taxing than Catchphrase. Possibly. A bit.
1600C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1700C4Celebrity Come Dine with Me
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsThe Eastenders, but without Barrie they have no chance.
1800S4CY LifftLast year's celebrity edition.
1830Rad4The Unbelievable TruthArthur Smith, Henning Wehn, Bridget Christie, Ed Byrne (comedian) start a new series.
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindJames Allen, David Bradley, Chris Ramsey, Shobu Kapoor.
2000BBC2University ChallengeLeicester (Sue Cook, Heather Couper) v Sussex (Rob Bonnet, The OC's Alice Arnold).
2030C5World's Strongest Man 2013
2300Rd4XGeniusPaul Daniels and the 99p coin.

Tuesday 31

1100ITVDickinson's Real Deal
1200ITVFamous Family Fortunes
1200BBC1Bargain Hunt
1300CHALBullseye x 13To 1930.
1500ITVThe Cube
1600C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1700C4Come Dine with MeFootballers.
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsHouse and home experts (and game show hosts Ed Hall and Laura Hamilton).
1900C4Deal or No DealChristmas Stars; a special edition. AudioD.
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindJosh Widdicombe, Katharine Merry, Sian Reese-Williams, Nick Baker.
1930BBC2University ChallengeKing's London (Rory Bremner, Susan Hill) v Southampton (Stefan Buczacki). NI 1945.
2000C4Fifteen-to-One The Celebrity ShowFrom September.
2000C5World's Strongest Man 2013The grand final.
2200BBC2Mock the WeekPick of the year. NI 2300.
2310RTE2Next Year's NewsRing in the new year with a panel show hosted by Eoghan MacDermott.
2325ITV2Celebrity Juice x4Or with Keith and Holly and Fearne.

Shortcuts: Week 1|Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

Wednesday 1

0900RLLYThree in a Bed x 11To 2000.
1040C5World's Strongest Man 2013 x2Whole series repeated on 5* from 1440.
1205C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1220ITVDickinson's Real Deal
1255CBBCCopycats
1500MOR4Come Dine With Me x5Kingston.
1725BBC2University ChallengeFirst semi-final.
2220C4Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2013

Thursday 2

1200BBC1Bargain Hunt
1300CHALSupermarket Sweep x13
1400ITVAll-Star Mr and Mrs
1600C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1600ITVTipping Point
1700C4Come Dine With MeMore celebrities.
1700ITVThe ChaseBack!
1710BBC1Pointless CelebritiesBlue Peter: Peter Purves and Yvette Fielding, Simon Groom and Janet Ellis, Anthea Turner and Tim Vincent, Barney Harwood and Lindsey Russell.
1730CBBCBlue PeterFeaturing ... oh, a profile of Radze Chinyanganya. Still, bonkers scheduling!
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsFootballing greats.
1900BBC3Winter Wipeout
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindAdil Ray, Mark Porter, Kevin Eldon, Jordan Stephens.
1930BBC2University ChallengeThe second semi-final.
2200ITV2Fake ReactionWith Helen Flanagan, Marlon Davis, and Stepping Out's Brian and Vogue.

Friday 3

1200BBC1Bargain Hunt
1300CHALBruce's Price is Right x13
1400ITVAll-Star Mr and Mrs
1600C4Deal or No DealAudioD.
1600ITVTipping Point
1700C4Come Dine With MeMore celebrities.
1700ITVThe Chase
1710BBC1Pointless CelebritiesTheatre: David Bradley and Simon Williams; Les Dennis and Warwick Davis; Bill Kenwright and Jenny Seagrove; Clive Mantle and Connie Fisher.
1800BBC2Celebrity EggheadsDr Who.
1900BBC1Celebrity MastermindJohn Cooper Clarke, Ben Faulks, Roy Hudd, Frank Turner.
1930BBC1A Question of SportSteve Redgrave, Neil Back, Shay Given, Sally Gunnell. Wales 2030.
2030BBC2Christmas University ChallengeThe final. NI 2105.
2100C5Celebrity Big BrotherWho are these people? Bit on the Side follows at 2300.
2100C48 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2210CHALBlankety BlankWith Les Dawson.

Shortcuts: Week 1|Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri

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

Other stations explained in the programme description.

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

TV Guide Last Week

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