TV Guide This Week

A guide to game shows broadcast in the UK and Ireland for the seven days beginning 26 July 2008

Schedules are subject to change.

Highlights this week:

Help! Teacher is Coming to Stay (BBC2, 9am Saturday)

Children spend the weekend teaching their teachers about their hobbies, with Teacher taking a test on Monday morning. Kirsten O'Brien and Johnny Pitts present.

The Weakest Link Special (BBC1, 6pm Saturday)

Stars of the soap operas Casualty and Holby City. As seen on BBC2 during Wimbledon.

Mastermind (BBC4, 8.30 Saturday)

Fred Housego's final. Showing as part of Cab Night, an evening of programmes about the taxi-cab.

Who Wants to be a Superhero? (Sci-Fi, 8pm Sunday)

Another series of the fun little show where real people try to become comic-book characters. Our money's on the spiky-haired kid in the red-and-black jumper.

Battle of the Brains (BBC2, 6pm weekdays)

Paddy O'Connell pits two teams against each other. The series winners will represent the UK at next year's Eurovision Quiz Contest.

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

Saturday

0400	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Also 1000.
0525	C4	Countdown
0600	VIR1	Millionaire
0800	VIR1	Gladiators	Also 1700.
0825	CBBC	Best of Friends
0855	S4C	Shipwrecked 2008
0900	BBC2	Help! Teacher is Coming to Stay New!
0900	CBBC	Brain-Jitsu
0900	VIR1	Ninja Warrior
1000	BBC2	50/50
1005	C5	Britain's Strongest Man	Also FIVR 1715 today and 2200 tomorrow.
1030	BBC2	The Slammer
1130	BBC2	Celebrity Masterchef	A repeat of the Friday final.
1140	CBBC	Clutter Nutters
1300	C4	Air Races	Also S4C.
1333	RWal	Extra Time Quiz	Also 1833.
1525	BBC2	Beat the Boss
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1530	ITV2	All-Star Family Fortunes	Willoughby v Holmes.
1600	C4	Deal or No Deal
1625	S4C	Crafwr
1700	CBBC	Hider in the House
1700	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2
1800	BBC1	The Weakest Link Special	Wonder if the athletics will over-run...
1800	TV3	All-Star Family Fortunes	Richards v Falconer.
1845	TV3	Best of Antan Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
1855	BBC1	Last Choir Standing	The first performance show. Also BBC-HD from 1900.
1935	C5	Superteams	Repeated from last night. Also FIVR 2300 tonight, 1900 tomorrow, 2200 Tu.
1955	ITV	Who Dares, Sings!	Also TV3.
2000	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2005	BBC1	This Time Tomorrow
2030	BBC4	Mastermind Special	The specialist subjects tonight: Tower of London (Fred Housego); House of Godwin 1016-66 (John Keogh); Joseph Haydn (Samuel Mortimer); The Crusades 1095-1192 (Ingram Wilcox).
2030	RTE1	The Big Money Game
2100	BBC2	Have I Got Old News For You?	Dara O'Briain, Stephen Frost, Stephen Pound.
2100	DAVE	QI Night Special
2100	C4	Big Brother	S4C 2230.
2130	BBC2	Mock the Week
2235	TV5M	La Carte aux Tresors
2300	Rad4	Round Britain Quiz	The champion of the world, the bringer of Christianity to Vectis, a group of penguin fans in Perth, the starlover and the star, and blasts on a car horn. Which four complete the set? Answers on Sunday.

Sunday

0400	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Also 1000.
0515	C4	Countdown
0600	VIR1	Millionaire
0630	ITV2	Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon	4: The Golden Shot.
0800	BBC2	Best of Friends
0800	VIR1	Gladiators	Also 1700.
0830	BBC2	Raven - The Secret Temple
0900	VIR1	Ninja Warrior
0900	Mor4	Scrapheap Challenge x4
1140	CBBC	Clutter Nutters
1204	Rad4	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
1230	C4	Shipwrecked 2008	The reunion.
1350	Mor4	Coach Trip x5
1525	CBBC	Beat the Boss
1635	Mor4	Come Dine With Me x5
1700	CBBC	Best of Friends
1745	C4	Scrapheap Challenge Special	The tenth anniversary contest, racing hovercraft.
1900	BBC2	Dragons' Den
1935	BBC1	Last Choir Standing New!	Including a performance by Libera from When Will I be Famous?.
2030	RTE1	Heat
2100	C4	Big Brother	S4C 2200.
2100	DAVE	Mock the Week
2100	DAVE	HIGNFY
2300	DAVE	QI

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

Weekdays

0410	VIR1	Takeshi's Castle x2	Also 0900.
0600	VIR1	Millionaire
0700	VIR1	Catchphrase x2
0740	DAVE	A Question of Sport	Also 1340.
0900	CBBC	Best of Friends
0900	BBC2	Raven
0945	TV5M	Des Chiffres et des Lettres
1000	BBC2	Get 100
1000	CBBC	Escape from Scorpion Island	Also 1400.
1015	TV5M	Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place
1100	CBBC	The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1130	CBBC	Raven - The Secret Temple
1200	CBBC	Hider in the House
1215	BBC1	Bargain Hunt
1400	C5US	Whose Line Is It Anyway? x2	Also 1800.
1415	BBC1	Step Up to the Plate
1500	ITV	Daily Cooks Challenge
1525	RTE2	Quiz Zone	Repeated 1100 next day.
1529	TV5M	Questions pour un Champion
1630	BBC2	Eating with the Enemy
1630	C4	Come Dine With Me New!	Celebrity week.
1700	ITV	Goldenballs	Not STV.
1700	STV	Postcode Challenge
1700	CITV	Jungle Run New!
1715	BBC1	The Weakest Link
1735	TG4	Bog Stop
1800	BBC2	Battle of the Brains
1830	BBC2	Eggheads
1930	BBC2	Return to Castaway New!	A chance to catch up with the stars of the 2000 series. So long as no-one mentions the revival, they'll be fine. Not We, also Th 1900. Scotland 1900 Mo; NI not Fr; 2W not at all.
2100	DAVE	HIGNFY

Monday

1330	Rad4	Round Britain Quiz	(6/12) Wales v South
1330	S4C	Deal or No Deal
1415	S4C	Countdown
1625	S4C	Campyfan
1745	S4CD	Crafwr
1830	Rad4	Just a Minute New!	(1/10) Merton, Freud, Noble, Jupitus. From Southwold.
2000	BBC2	University Challenge	(4/31) Surrey v Warwick. Scotland 1930.
2100	BBC2	Dragons' Den
2100	DAVE	QI New!
2105	TG4	Survivor China
2140	DAVE	Mock the Week
2200	BBC2	Would I Lie to You?	Not 2W.
2200	C4	Big Brother	Also S4C.
2220	DAVE	Buzzcocks
2300	DAVE	Would I Lie to You?

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

Tuesday

1900	DAVE	Whose Line x2
2000	TG4	Shabby go Chic
2100	BBC3	Britain's Missing Top Model	The final.
2200	C4	Big Brother	Also S4C.
2235	BBC1	Panic Attack	NI only.
2300	Rad4	Quote Unquote New!	Welcome to Insomnia FM.
2315	DAVE	They Think It's All Over

Wednesday

1230	BBC7	Trivia Test Match	Also 1930.
1715	CBBC	Best of Friends
1723	TV5M	La Carte aux Tresors	This week, from the Haut Jura.
1900	C5US	Whose Line x2
1930	BBC2	Sport Mastermind	Just the one episode this week. Desert Orchid, World Heavyweight Boxing Champions, the Super Bowl, FA Cup Finals since 1970. Repeated 0100.
2100	C4	Big Brother	S4C 2230.
2100	LIV	Diet on the Dancefloor
2200	TV3	Hell's Kitchen

Thursday

1605	BBC1	Best of Friends
1635	BBC1	Hider in the House
2100	BBC2	Mock the Week	Michael McIntyre, Mark Watson. Not 2W.
2100	C4	Big Brother	S4C 2245.
2100	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2200	BBC2	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Not NI, 2W.
2200	DAVE	QI
2200	TG4	Paisean Faisean
2235	E4	Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong New!

Friday

1230	BBC7	Just a Minute	Eclair, Frost, Jones, Rice, from 1999. Also 1930.
1605	BBC1	Best of Friends
1630	CBBC	The Slammer
1635	S4C	Crafwr
1900	DAVE	Dragons' Den
2000	C5	Superteams	This week, the Whites (Redgrave) take on the Blues (Catt).
2100	BBC1	Would I Lie to You?	NI 2130, Scotland 2320.
2100	C4	Big Brother	Continues 2235. S4C 2230.
2100	ITV2	America's Got Talent
2100	ESPT	Strongest Man	Sofia.
2230	RTR1	Buille Faoi Thuairim

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

Challenge?

Saturday

0000	Home Video Heroezzzz
0100	Gambling
0300	3-2-1	To 0400.
0700	Dodgeball
0800	Gladiators
0900	The Crystal Maze
1000	Takeshi x3
1130	Wheel of Fortune x3
1300	Take It or Leave It x2
1500	Home Video Heroezzzz x4
1700	Take Your Pick x2
1800	Wipeout x3
1930	Bullseye x3
2100	Take It or Leave It x2
2300	Home Video Heroezzzz

Sunday

As Saturday except

1000	Takeshi x3	To 1130.
1700	Celebrity Weakest Link x4	To 2100.

Monday - Friday

0000	Home Video Heroezzzz
0100	Gambling
0300	3-2-1	To 0400.
0700	Strongman of the Year	For 2006 (Mo), 2007 (Tu-Fr).
0730	Ninja Warrior
0800	Takeshi
0900	The Crystal Maze x2
1100	Family Fortunes x2
1200	Catchphrase x2
1300	Small Talk x2
1400	Wipeout x2
1500	Millionaire
1600	Take It or Leave It
1700	Home Video Heroezzzz
1800	Gladiators
1900	Family Fortunes x2
2000	Home Video Heroezzzz
2100	Take It or Leave It
2200	Millionaire
2300	Distraction
2330	Your Face or Mine

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

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
BORD	Border (ITV in Cumbria, south Scotland, and Isle of Man)
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
RCym	BBC Radio Cymru
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 (ITV in North/Central 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

See also

TV Guide Last Week