TV Guide This Week

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A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 9 August 2008

Schedules are subject to change, and BBC daytimes suffer some major alterations from the Olympic coverage.

Highlights this week:

Xtra Factor: One Year On (ITV2, 8pm Saturday)

Whatever happened to last year's winner, ol' Whoever He Was.

Countdown Gold (Channel 4, 2.45 weekdays)

A week of episodes from July 2007.

Maestro (BBC2, 9pm Tuesday)

Clive Anderson guides eight celebrities into the murky world of conducting. The winner will work at a BBC-sponsored concert in September.

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Saturday

0400VIR1 Takeshi's Castle x2Also 1000.
0500VIR1 TV Scrablle x2
0600VIR1 Millionaire
0700DAVE A Question of Sport
0800VIR1 GladiatorsAlso 1800.
0825CBBC Best of Friends
0900BBC2 Help! Teacher is Coming to Stay
0900CBBC Brain-Jitsu
0900VIR1 Ninja Warrior x2
0940S4C Beauty and the Geek x2 New!The imported version.
1000BBC2 50/50
1000 C5 Britain's Strongest ManAlso FIVR 1700 today and 2100 tomorrow.
1030BBC2 The Slammer
1140CBBC Clutter Nutters
1520ITV2 All-Star Family FortunesLytton v Ball
1529TV5M Questions pour un Champion
1530BBC2 Beat the Boss
1545 C5 SuperteamsMoved due to live football. Also FIVR 2300 tonight, 2000 tomorrow, 2100 Tu.
1600C5US Whose Line Is It Anyway? x4
1700CBBC Hider in the House
1800ESPT VikingNot as though there's any other sport going on.
1800TV3 All-Star Family FortunesSanderson -v- Rusedski.
1900BBC1 Last Choir StandingAlso BBC-HD.
1900ITV Who Dares, Sings!Interestingly, not on TV3. Last in the present series.
2000BBC1 This Time Tomorrow
2000ITV2 Xtra Factor: One Year On Special
2015RTE1 The Big Money Game
2100BBC2 Have I Got Old News For YouWilliam Hague, Mark Mardell, Peter Serafinowicz.
2100 C4 Big BrotherS4C 2240.
2130BBC2 Mock the Week
2140RTE1 Failte Towers
2235TV5M La Carte aux Tresors
2300DAVE HIGNFY
2300Rad4 Round Britain QuizFDR had trust. Bixie and Dunk act as seconds, so do Virgil and Alan. Are you pondering what we're pondering?

Sunday

0320ITV2 Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon6: It's a bulls-eye, slap bang in the middle of the schedule.
0400VIR1 Takeshi's Castle x2Also 1000.
0500VIR1 GladiatorsAlso 0800, 1700.
0600VIR1 Millionaire
0800BBC2 Best of FriendsNext episode follows on CBBC.
0830BBC2 Raven - The Secret Temple
0900VIR1 Ninja Warrior x2
0900Mor4 Scrapheap Challenge x4
0925STV Golden Balls New!Can't they stick it out in the oh-so-valuable 4am spot?
1204Rad4 Just a Minute
1300S4C Scrapheap Challenge
1350Mor4 Coach Trip x5
1400C5US Whose Line is it Anyway? x2 New!
1530CBBC Beat the Boss
1635Mor4 Come Dine With Me x5
1645 C4 Scrapheap Challenge RoadshowArchery.
1700CBBC Best of Friends
1745 C4 Scrapheap Challenge RetrospectiveBest of the first decade.
1800BBC1 Last Choir Standing
1900BBC2 Dragons' Den
2000SCIF Who Wants to be a Superhero?
2000DAVE Dragons' Den New!
2030RTE1 Heat
2100 C4 Big BrotherS4C 2325.
2130RTE1 Failte Towers
2200DAVE Buzzcocks

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Weekdays

0410VIR1 Takeshi's Castle x2Also 0900.
0500VIR1 Gladiators
0600VIR1 Millionaire
0700VIR1 Catchphrase x2
0800DAVE A Question of Sport
0900CBBC Best of Friends
0900BBC2 Raven
0900Mor4 Deal or No DealAlso lunchtime.
0945TV5M Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1000BBC2 Get 100
1000DAVE Full Metal ChallengeAlso 1500.
1015TV5M Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1115BBC2 Bargain Hunt
1130CBBC Raven - The Secret Temple
1200CBBC Hider in the House
1400C5US Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2Also 1800.
1445 C4 Countdown Gold New!July 2007.
1500ITV Daily Cooks Challenge
1529TV5M Questions pour un Champion
1600STV House Guest New!
1630 C4 Come Dine With MeBeginning with Orange Lady.
1700ITV GoldenballsUTV 1400, STV 1630.
1700STV Postcode Challenge
1700CITV Jungle Run
1715BBC1 The Weakest Link
1800BBC2 Battle of the Brains
1830BBC2 Eggheads

Monday

0340BBC2 Celebrity MasterchefSigned repeat.
1330Rad4 Round Britain Quiz(8/12) Wales v Midlands
1830Rad4 Just a Minute(3/10) Freud, Merton, Noble, Ince; from Suffolk and controlled (!) by Parsons.
2000BBC2 University Challenge(6/31) Exeter v Pembroke Oxford. Scotland 1930.
2100BBC2 Dragons' Den
2100DAVE QI
2105TG4 Survivor China
2140DAVE Mock the Week
2200BBC2 Would I Lie to You?Not 2W.
2200 C4 Big BrotherS4C 2230.
2220DAVE Buzzcocks
2300DAVE HIGNFY

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Tuesday

0830BBC7 Whose Line is it Anyway?Also 2200.
1635S4C Crafwr
1900DAVE Whose Line x2
1900C5US Whose Line x2
1915ESP2 Strongest ManNetherlands.
2000LIV2 America's Psychic Challenge New!But you know how this will turn out.
2000TG4 Shabby go Chic
2100BBC2 Maestro New!
2100Mor4 Come Dine With MeSheffield.
2135RTE1 Failte Towers
2200 C4 Big BrotherAlso S4C.
2300Rad4 Quote Unquote
2335DAVE They Think It's All Over

Wednesday

1230BBC7 Trivia Test MatchAlso 1930.
1715CBBC Best of Friends
1723TV5M La Carte aux TresorsThis week, to Picardy.
1900C5US Whose Line x2
1930BBC2 Sport MastermindWimbledon Singles Championships; England Cricket under Duncan Fletcher; SPL; World Championship Snooker. A winning score of 26 will secure a place in next week's final. Repeated 0020.
2000 C5 Britain's Strongest Man
2100 C4 Big BrotherS4C 2200.
2100DAVE Buzzcocks
2100LIV Diet on the Dancefloor
2135RTE1 Failte Towers
2200TV3 Hell's Kitchen

Thursday

1605BBC1 Best of Friends
1715CBBC Trapped!
2100BBC2 Mock the WeekDavid Mitchell, Adam Hills.
2100 C4 Big BrotherS4C 2245.
2100DAVE Dragons' Den
2200BBC2 Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2200DAVE QINot 2W, NI.
2200TG4 Paisean Faisean
2235 E4 Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

Friday

1230BBC7 Just a MinuteMerton, Noble, Linda Smith, Freud, from 2003 and controlled (!) by Parsons. Also 1930.
1605BBC2 Best of Friends
1630CBBC The Slammer
1900DAVE Dragons' Den
2000 C5 SuperteamsThis week, the Whites (Redgrave) play the Yellows (Black).
2100BBC1 Would I Lie to You?Michael Buerk, Danny Baker, Russell Howard, Anton du Beke. NI 2130, Scotland 2320.
2100 C4 Big BrotherContinues 2235. S4C 2200. Coverage also continues on 4Music (the channel previously known as The Hits)
2100ITV2 America's Got TalentThe final.
2200BBC2 QINot Scotland, 2W.
2230RTR1 Buille Faoi Thuairim

Shortcuts: Highlights | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Challenge

Challenge?

Saturday

0000Bullseye x2
0100Gambling
0300Dog Eat DogTo 0400.
0700Dodgeball
0800Takeshi
0900The Crystal Maze
1000Ninja Warrior x4
1200Stars In Their Eyes
1300Celeb Millionaire
1400Take It or Leave It
1500Take Your Pick
1530Play Your Cards Right
1600Small Talk
1630Wipeout
1700Bruce's Price is Right
1730Catchphrase
1800Bullseye x2
1900Family Fortunes x2
2000Stars In Their Eyes
2100Celeb Millionaire
2200Take It or Leave It
23008 Out of 10 Cats x2

Sunday

0000Distraction x2
0100Gambling
0300Bullseye x2

Then as Saturday

Monday

0000Distraction
0100Gambling
0300Bullseye x2To 0400.
0700Strongman of the Year
0730Ninja Warrior
0800Takeshi
0900Gladiators
1000The Crystal Maze
1100Family Fortunes x2
1200Catchphrase x2
1300Celeb Weakest Link New!
1400Wipeout x2
1500Millionaire
1600Take It or Leave It
1700Takeshi
1800Gladiators
1900The Amazing Race
2000Family Fortunes x2
2100Take It or Leave It
2200Millionaire
2300Distraction x2

Tuesday - Friday

0000Bullseye
0100Gambling
0300Dog Eat DogCash Cab from Th. To 0400

Then as Monday.

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Channel abbreviations

BBC1BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
2W BBC2 Wales digital service
BBC3BBC3
BBC4BBC4
BBC7BBC7 (Radio)
BOOMBoomerang
BORDBorder (ITV in Cumbria, south Scotland, and Isle of Man)
BRVOBravo
C5 Five
CBBCCBBC
CBBSCbeebies
CLASClassic FM (Radio)
DAVEDave
DISCDiscovery
DISNDisney Channel
DRAMUKTV Drama
DRT Discovery Real Time
DSCIDiscovery Science
ESPTEurosport
ESP2Eurosport 2
GOLDUKTV Gold
HLMKHallmark
ITV ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2ITV2
ITV3ITV3
ITV4ITV4
LIV UK Living TV
LIV2UK Living TV 2
MOR4More 4
NICKNickelodeon
PCM1Paramount Comedy 1
PCM2Paramount Comedy 2
Rad1BBC Radio 1
Rad2BBC Radio 2
Rad3BBC Radio 3
Rad4BBC Radio 4
Rad5BBC Radio 5
RCymBBC Radio Cymru
RSctBBC Radio Scotland
RUlsBBC Radio Ulster
RWalBBC Radio Wales
RTE1RTE1 (Irish)
RTE2RTE2 (Irish)
RTR1RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C S4C (analogue)
S4CDS4C Digidol
SCI Sci-Fi
SKY3Sky Thrcc
STV STV (ITV in North/Central Scotland)
TLKSTalk Sport (radio)
TV3 TV3 (Irish)
TV5MTV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4 TG 4 (Irish)
UTV Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)
VIR1Virgin 1
VIRGVirgin Radio

See also

TV Guide Last Week

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