TV Guide This Week

A guide to game shows for the nine days commencing Saturday 16 September 2006

New and notable this week:

TMI, 9am Saturday, BBC2 and CBBC

The replacement for Dick 'n' Dom is hosted by Sam and Mark from Pop Idle II. Game show content is yet to be determined.

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, BBC1, 6.45 and 9.15 Saturday.

It's the grand final; by 10 o'clock, we will know who will be Maria on a west end stage. At least for one day.

Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV, 7.45 Saturday.

Antan Dec's house party returns for the first series in eighteen months. Little Ant and Little Dec are back, New items include Beat The Boys, a racing challenge with Fern Cotton and Gopherman, The Jiggy Bank, and Hook A Duck. Poker Face was two months ago.

Quote... Unquote, Radio 4, 6.30 Monday.

Don't forget to miss it.

Trust Me I'm A Holiday Rep, 11pm weekdays, Channel 5

Moderate celebs (Noel from Hearsay, Nancy Lam, Rowland Rivron) gee unwilling holidaymakers into a life of hedonism. If you're visiting Crete this week, beware.

The Slammer, BBC1, 5pm Friday.

Four teams of comedians enter a jail. Only the funniest will win their freedom. Look, it's better than X-Factor.

The full listings

Saturday 16 September

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
0900	BBC2	TMI New!
1305	ITV	Millionaire
1530	CITV	Jungle Run
1620	S4C	Deal or No Deal x2
1745	ITV	Millionaire	It's not as though they've lost confidence or anything.
1750	C4	Deal or No Deal
1755	BBC1	Weakest Link New!
1800	BBC2	Eggheads	Scotland only
1845	BBC1	Maria
1845	ITV	X-Factor	The tedious trio are run out of town in Dublin, Glasgow, and Birmingham.
1945	ITV	Saturday Night Takeaway New!
1945	BBC1	Init To Winnit
2020	RTE1	Winning Streak
2216	TV5M	Fort Boyard
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain	Everyone on the show this week is over 60. Except Jorkins.

Sunday 17

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1204	Rad4	Just a Minute
1530	CITV	Jungle Run
1750	BBC1	Celebrity Masterchef	Scotland only.
1800	TRUB	Bump And Grind Ill New!	In which athletic dancers compete in a talent contest. Judges include Liz from Atomic Kitten.
1810	Mor4	Deal or No Deal

Weekdays

0700	STYL	Bargain Hunt (also 1400)
1000	DSCI	Junkyard Wars (also 1300, 1700)
1025	TV5M	La cible
1125	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1525)
1130	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1130	C4	The Deadly Knowledge Show New!
1230	ITV	The Price is Right
1232	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1300	MOR4	Countdown (approx time)	C4 episodes from 31 August to 7 September.
1400	CBBC	Get Your Own Back
1515	BBC2	Through the Keyhole
1530	C4	Countdown (S4C 1510, C4 rpt about 58 hours later; 1525 Mon)	Dr Phil Hammond will solve all your problems. Apart from the numbers games.
1615	C4	Come Dine With Me
1630	BBC1	50/50 (not Fri)
1645	C4	RTS Daytime Show Of the Year Deal or No Deal (S4C 1425, Mor4 1810)
1715	BBC2	The Weakest Link (We 1710)
1800	BBC2	Eggheads (Scot not Th; 2W not Fr)
1900	BBC1	Celebrity Masterchef (Scot: not Th)
2300	C5	Trust Me I'm A Holidy Rep New!

Monday 18

1230	BBC7	ISIHAC (also 1930)
1330	Rad4	Brain of Britain 2006	Heat 3: The Home Counties.
1830	Rad4	Quote Unquote New!
2000	BBC2	Mastermind	R2: William Joyce, Sandman, Nobel Prize, Jilly Cooper.
2030	BBC2	University Challenge (not 2W)	R1: Girton Cambridge v Sussex.

Tuesday 19

1230	BBC7	The News Quiz (also 1930)
2200	BBC2	Old News New!	Kirsty Young, Andy Hamilton, Peter Oborne. First broadcast 6 May 2005.

Wednesday 20

1230	BBC7	Wireless Wise
2320	BBC2	The Apprentice USA	NI 2350, 2W 0020

Thursday 21

1230	BBC7	Just a Minute (also 1930)
2000	BBC2	Dragon's Den (Scot 2100)
2000	ITV2	Gameshow Marathon US	4: Press Your Luck
2200	BBC2	Mock the Week	Ed Byrne, Jo Brand, Andy Parsons.
2350	BBC2	The Apprentice USA	NI 0020

Friday 22

1830	Rad4	The News Quiz (also 1228 Sat)
1930	BBC1	A Question of Sport
2002	RTE1	Buille Faoi Thuairim
2030	C5	All Star Talent Show
2130	C4	Best Of The Worst
2132	RWal	Jest a Minute

Saturday 23 (provisional)

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1530	CITV	Jungle Run
1745	C4	Deal or No Deal (S4C 1615)
1810	ITV	Saturday Night Takeaway
1910	ITV	X-Factor
1940	BBC1	Noel Edmonds Does The Lottery
2010	ITV	Millionaire
2015	RTE1	Winning Streak
2300	Rad4	Brain of Britain

Sunday 24 (provisional)

0810	CBBS	The Shiny Show (also 1410)
1204	Rad4	Just a Minute
1530	CITV	Jungle Run
1810	Mor4	Deal or No Deal

Challenge?

Saturday and Sunday

0700	The Crystal Maze
0800	Gladiators
0900	Knockout
1000	Catchphrase x3
1130	Family Fortunes x3
1300	Millionaire
1400	Bullseye x3
1530	Dodgeball
1600	Knockout
1700	Gladiators
1800	The Crystal Maze
1900	Bullseye x2 (Su Takeshi x2)
2000	Fear Factor x2 (Su Takeshi x2, Fear Factor x1)
2200	Gambling

Monday - Friday

0700	Knightmare
0730	Catchphrase
0800	Gladiators
0900	Supermarket Sweep
0930	Wheel of Fortune
1000	Catchphrase x2
1100	Eggheads x2
1200	Family Fortunes x2
1300	Millionaire
1400	Bullseye
1430	Catchphrase
1500	Fifteen-to-One x2
1600	Eggheads x2
1700	Family Fortunes New!
1730	Catchphrase New!
1800	Fear Factor
1900	Gladiators
2000	Bullseye
2100	Fear Factor
2200	Bullseye
2230	Millionaire
2330	Gambling

Channel abbreviations:

AONE	Adventure One
BBC1	BBC1 (Network unless otherwise noted)
BBC2	BBC2 (Network unless otherwise noted)
2W	BBC2 Wales digital service
BBC3	BBC3
BBC4	BBC4
BBC7	BBC7 (Radio)
C5	Five
CBBC	CBBC
CBBS	Cbeebies
DHL	Discovery Home and Leisure
DISC	Discovery
DSCI	Discovery Science
FTN	FTN
G2	UKTV G2
GOLD	UKTV Gold
ITV	ITV (Network unless otherwise noted)
ITV2	ITV2
ITV3	ITV3
ITV4	ITV4
LIV	UK Living TV
LIV2	UK Living TV 2
MOR4	More 4
PLYR	Player
Rad1	BBC Radio 1
Rad2	BBC Radio 2
Rad4	BBC Radio 4
RSct	BBC Radio Scotland
RUls	BBC Radio Ulster
RWal	BBC Radio Wales
RTE1	RTE1 (Irish)
RTR1	RTE Radio 1 (Irish)
S4C	S4C (analogue)
S4CD	S4C Digidol
SCOT	Scottish / Grampian (ITV in Scotland)
SKY1	Sky Onc
SKY3	Sky Thrcc
TV3	TV3 (Irish)
TV5M	TV5 Monde (Europe)
TG4	TG 4 (Irish)
UTV	Ulster Television (ITV in Northern Ireland)