This page lists the most recent game show debuts and other shows almost ready for transmission. More long-term info about new formats can be found on our In the Pipeline section on the home page and in the Weaver's Week updates.
(R) indicates a revival.
2006
| September
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| 1 vs 100
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| August
|
| Let Me Entertain You
| Variety
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| July
|
| Britain's Top Dog
| Lifestyle
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| How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
| Variety, reality
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| Only Fools On Horses
| Sport
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| PokerFace
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Sport Relief Gets Sub'd
| Childrens, Sport
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| The Ultimate West Wing Challenge
| Quiz, themed (West Wing)
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| June
|
| Nobody's Inn
| Lifestyle
|
| May
|
| Beat the Boss
| Childrens
|
| House of Games
| Puzzle
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| Kitchen Showdown
| Lifestyle
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| Never Mind the Full Stops
| Panel game
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| April
|
| Bullseye (R)
| Family game show
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| Classic Comeback
| Quiz, themed (TV nostalgia)
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| Great British Menu
| Lifestyle
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| The Mint
| Puzzle
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| School's Out
| Comedy panel game
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| Showbiz Poker
| Poker
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| Sitcom Showdown
| Quiz, themed (sitcoms)
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| That'll Test 'Em
| Quiz, themed (the school curriculum)
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| Television Top of the Form (R)
| Quiz, academic
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| March
|
| no new shows
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| February
|
| Beauty and the Geek
| Reality
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| Just the Two of Us
| Variety
|
| Perfect Housewife
| Lifestyle
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| Petrolheads
| Comedy panel game, stunt/dare show
|
| January
|
| Britain's Psychic Challenge
| Reality
|
| Dancing on Ice
| Variety
|
| Shipwrecked
| Reality
|
| Soapstar Superstar
| Variety
|
| Launch date TBC
|
| Battle of the Geeks
| Technology, Action/Adventure
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| Codex
| Puzzle
|
| For The Rest Of Your Life
| Decision Making
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| Press Ganged
| Reality
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| Show Me What You've Got
| Quiz, general knowledge
|
| Unanimous
| Reality
|
Coming up
- The Race is a motorsports contest featuring D-list celebs (C-list, if we're lucky) under the tutelage of Eddie Irvine and David Coulthard. Denise Van Outen hosts. (Townhouse for Sky One, this autumn)
- Cirque de Celebrité sees E-list celebs (D-list, if we're lucky) learning circus skills and being eliminated by voting and/or serious injury. Ruby Wax hosts. (Sky One, this autumn)
- The Big Idea is a competition for inventors with the overall winner getting a £100,000 development grant. Ruth Badger (runner-up on The Apprentice 2) hosts. (Sky One, this autumn)
- Jerry Springer is piloting a show called Aladdin's Cave, where a couple goes into a cave of prizes and can pick any three, although if they pick the wrong ones they leave with nothing. Amazing.
- Challenge's stable of original programming expands even further with Showbiz Blackjack and Showbiz Darts coming later in the year. They've already done Showbiz Poker, you might see a theme developing here.
- Business Class: Business reality show created by Peter Jones of Dragons' Den. (ITV1)
- The Inventor: Also created by Peter Jones, essentially Innovation Nation on a larger scale. (Fremantle/Syco/Peter Jones Productions, channel TBA)
- You Bet Your Ass: Irreverent pop-culture quiz based on a Canadian format. (Lone Eagle Entertainment, channel unknown)
- Take It or Leave It, the UK version of a quiz show that's been quite popular in Italy (Endemol for Challenge, "winter" 2006-7)
- Click City sends kids on a treasure hunt with mobile phones. (Lion TV, channel unknown)
- Space Pirates: virtual reality adventure game for children. (Lion TV, channel unknown)
- Best in Preschool: Lorraine Kelly and Dominic Wood test pre-schoolers on stuff. (ITV1, later this year)
- Sell Sell Sell: seeking Britain's top salesperson. (ITV daytime)
- Extreme: thecustard.tv says: "game show featuring men aged 45 to 60 competing in dangerous challenges". (ITV1)
- The Swot Team: quiz in which contestants take on child prodigies. (BBC One)
- Pants On Fire: Angus Deayton hosts a panel game based on tall stories. David Mitchell and Alan Carr are team captains. (BBC)
- Best of the Worst: Panel game in which celebs attempt to name the worst things in a given category. Alexander Armstrong hosts, David Mitchell (again) and Johnny Vaughan are team captains. (C4, filming May/June for broadcast from September)
- Celebrity Bowls: Celebrity bowls. With Gail Porter. Apparently. (Channel 4)
- Big Bluffer - famous faces gamble their own money on the outcome of stunts. Hosted by Alex Zane. (Zeppotron(?) for Channel 4)
- The Rich List: make lists, get rich. Now that's what we call a pitch! Contestants can apparently win "an unlimited amount of money". Eamonn Holmes does his level best to destabilise the world economy. (12 Yard for ITV1)
- National Village Show brings yer traditional village fete contests (flower arranging, jam-making, growing enormous leeks, that sort of thing) to proper telly. There's probably a reason why no-one's done this before. (12 Yard for BBC, filming this summer/autumn for broadcast 2007)
- Tough Decisions, a comedy quiz with Patrick McGuinness (Objective for E4)
2005 archive
| December
|
| Millionaire Manor
| Family game show
|
| Space Cadets
| Action/adventure, reality
|
| Sudo-Q
| Puzzle
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| Vorderman's Big Brain Game
| Puzzle
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| November
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| Bamboozle
| Stunt/dare show
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| The Deadly Knowledge Show
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Fact Hunt
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| The Golden Lot
| Quiz, themed (antiques)
|
| Make Me a Million
| Educational
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| Win Your Own Home
| Lifestyle
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| October
|
| A Brush with Fame
| Lifestyle
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| The Biggest Loser UK
| Lifestyle, reality
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| Commando VIP
| Action/Adventure, reality
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| Deal or No Deal
| Family game show
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| Mighty Truck of Stuff
| Childrens
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| The Name's the Same (R)
| Panel game
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| Play it Again
| Game show documentary
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| What's My Line? (R)
| Panel game
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| September
|
| Art School
| Lifestyle
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| Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon (R)
| Family gameshow
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| Britain's Next Top Model
| Reality
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| Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver Live!
| Reality, lifestyle
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| Hot Tub Ranking
| Reality
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| ITV Soap Challenge
| Quiz, themed (ITV soap operas)
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| Mechannibals
| Technological
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| Name That Tone
| Childrens
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| Stars in Fast Cars
| Stunt/dare show
|
| August
|
| All Star Cup
| Sports
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| Late Night Poker Ace
| Sports
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| Quizmania
| Puzzle
|
| Vegas Virgins
| Reality
|
| Watching the Detectives
| Quiz, themed (crime & detectives)
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| July
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| All Star Poker Challenge
| Sports
|
| Dealing with Dickinson
| Lifestyle, educational
|
| Harry Potter at the Castle
| Quiz, themed (Harry Potter)
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| Keeping Up with the Joneses
| Lifestyle
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| Natural Born Dealers
| Lifestyle
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| Rock Around the Block
| Lifestyle, variety
|
| Spelling Bee
| Quiz, themed (spelling)
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| Vorderman's Sudoku Live
| Puzzle
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| June
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| The Big Call
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Cash Cab
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Chef V Britain
| Lifestyle
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| 8 Out Of 10 Cats
| Comedy panel game
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| Fat Families
| Lifestyle
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| Ladette to Lady
| Lifestyle, reality
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| Mock the Week
| Comedy panel game
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| May
|
| Back in the Day
| Quiz, themed (recent history)
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| Celebrity Love Island
| Reality
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| Mind Your Manners
| Lifestyle
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| Sky Quiz Live
| Puzzle
|
| April
|
| Ask the Family (R)
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Celebrity Wrestling
| Sports, reality
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| Perseverance
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Playing it Straight
| Reality, dating
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| Splash Camp
| Childrens, sports
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| March
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| Coach Trip
| Lifestyle
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| Dance Factory
| Childrens
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| Dance Film Academy
| Variety
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| The Great Garden Challenge
| Lifestyle
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| Strictly Dance Fever
| Variety
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| February
|
| The Apprentice
| Reality
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| Desperately Seeking Sheila
| Dating, reality
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| Masterchef Goes Large
| Lifestyle
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| January
|
| Come Dine with Me
| Lifestyle
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| Dealing Duel
| See: Natural Born Dealers
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| Dragons' Den
| Educational
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| Geronimo!
| Technological
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| Name Your Price
| Lifestyle
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| Scream! If You Want to Get Off
| Action/adventure
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| 29 Minutes of Fame
| Panel game / Quiz, themed (celebrities)
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| Vote for Me
| Educational
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|
|
2004 archive
| December
|
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
| Quiz, themed (recent events)
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| Fighting Talk
| Panel game
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| I'm an Aussie... Get Me Out of Here!
| Reality
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| November
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| Can't Sing Singers
| Variety
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| Ed Vs Spencer
| Stunt/dare show
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| Fool Around...
| Dating, reality
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| Hard Spell
| Childrens
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| Hard Spell Abbey
| Childrens
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| 9 Live Quiz TV
| Puzzle
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| Play the Game
| Childrens
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| The Simpsons Quiz Show
| Quiz, themed (The Simpsons)
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| Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting
| Lifestyle
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| Too Many Cooks
| Lifestyle
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| What the Butler Saw
| Reality
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| October
|
|
| Beg, Borrow or Steal
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Big Art Challenge
| Lifestyle
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| Deck Dates
| Dating
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| Fat Chance
| Lifestyle
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| The Match
| Sports
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| The 1970s Office
| Reality
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| September
|
|
| Bognor or Bust
| Quiz, themed (current affairs)
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| The Farm
| Reality
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| The Jules and Lulu Show
| Lifestyle
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| Public Opinion
| Panel game
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| Scary Sleepover
| Childrens
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| The X Factor
| Variety
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| August
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| The Block
| Lifestyle
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| The Great Love Swindle
| Dating, reality
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| House of Games
| Family game show
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| Junior Mastermind
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Private Stars
| Reality
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| Road Raja
| Action/adventure
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| July
|
|
| The Agents
| Childrens
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| Britain's Toughest Family
| Action/adventure
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| Headjam
| Quiz, themed (pop culture)
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| House Race
| Lifestyle
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| Passport to Paradise
| Family game show
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| Simply the Best
| Family game show
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| Spy
| Action/adventure, reality
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| June
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| Car Hunt
| Lifestyle
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| The Cram
| Quiz, themed (current affairs)
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| The Interrogators
| Reality
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| May
|
| Boot Sale Treasure Hunt
| Lifestyle
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| Hell's Kitchen
| Lifestyle, reality
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| Strictly Come Dancing
| Variety
|
| April
|
| Blank Screen
| Puzzle
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| Building the Dream
| Lifestyle
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| Come and Have a Go If You Think You're Smart Enough
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Home Values
| Lifestyle
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| Million Pound Hoax
| Stunt/dare show
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| Monster Garage
| Technological
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| Superhuman
| Action/adventure
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| Trouble in Paradise
| Lifestyle
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| Win, Lose or Draw Late
| Panel game
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| March
|
| Bamzooki
| Childrens
|
| Best of Friends
| Childrens
|
| Memory Bank
| Puzzle
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| The Other Boat Race
| Sports
|
| Zero to Hero
| Technological
|
| February
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| Back to Reality
| Reality
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| The Carrot or the Stick
| Reality
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| Crisis Command: Could You Run The Country?
| Puzzle
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| Eliminator
| Childrens
|
| Love on a Saturday Night
| Dating
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| The Price of Fish
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| There's Something About Miriam
| Dating
|
| Three's a Crowd
| Dating
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| Traitor
| Puzzle
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| 24 Hour Quiz
| Quiz, general knowledge
|
| January
|
| Beat the Nation
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Britain's Hardest
| Action/adventure
|
| Crazy Drivers
| Quiz, themed (motoring)
|
| Demolition Day
| Technological
|
| Didn't They Do Well!
| Quiz, general knowledge
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| Inside Clyde
| Childrens
|
| The Great British Test
| Quiz, themed (various)
|
| Hercules
| Action/adventure
|
| Mutant Machines
| Technological
|
| The Sack Race
| Stunt/dare show
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| Shattered
| Reality
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| Spook Squad
| Childrens
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| Star Portraits
| Lifestyle
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