Help
Zingzing TV Listings is designed to make finding television programmes simple, quick and intuitive as possible.
Drag and Drop
To tweak the programme grid position, you can drag and drop the programme grid directly by clicking and holding the mouse down while moving your mouse.
Changing Time
Drag the time slider (located at the top of the programme grid) left and right to change time. Dragging the slider all the way to the right hand side will scroll the schedule into the next day.
Changing Channel
Drag the channel slider (located on the left hand side of the programme grid) up and down to scroll the channels up and down.
Resetting Grid Location
Click on the “Home” button located in the top left hand corner to reset the grid location to the current time and the first channel. Clicking on the zingzing logo in the header will also reset the grid.
Full Screen View
Zingzing has the ability to grow to the full size of your browser window so you can fit many more channels into view. To enable full screen view, click on the full screen button located next to the home button at the top left hand side of the interface. To exit full screen, click once more on the full screen icon.
Setting Your Channel Prefrences
You can localize you channels by clicking on the “Channel Options” button in the toolbar, then your preferred provider and location. Zingzing will remember your preferences between visits.
Viewing Programme Details
To get more information about a particular programme, simply click on the programme within the grid or search results info pane. Clicking on related programmes will scroll the grid to the location of that show and bring up its details.
[S] = Subtitles
[AD] = Audio Description
Keyboard Shortcuts
As well as a using your mouse, you can also use your keyboard to navigate around zingzing. Please visit the access keys page for detailed instructions.
Print Friendly Version (PDF)
Zingzing has the ability to generate a printer friendly PDF TV listings, perfect for planning your evenings viewing away from the computer. To access this feature, scroll to the bottom of the homepage where you will find options to generate your listings. Select the date you would like to export followed by the channels of your choice. You will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print your listings.
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TV Guide
Popular Channels
- BBC 1
- BBC 2
- ITV1
- Channel 4
- FIVE
- ITV2
- ITV3
- ITV4
- BBC 1 HD
- BBC THREE
- BBC FOUR
- BBC HD
- Sky1
- Sky2
- Pick TV
- Pick TV
- Dave
- LIVING
- Challenge
- E4
- More4
- CBS Reality
- CBS Action
- CBS Drama
- Quest
- FIVE USA
- FIVER
- UKTV Style
- Really
- UKTV Food
- Film4
- Zone Horror
- True Movies
- movies4men
- VIVA
- 4Music
- Sky Sports News
- Sky News
- BBC NEWS
- BBC Parliament
- Russia Today
- Yesterday
- CBBC Channel
- CBeebies
- CITV
Popular Programmes
- Salvage Hunters
- Coronation Street Omnibus
- Maternity Ward
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
- Top Gear
- The Official UK Top 40
- Got To Dance: Auditions Uncut
- How It's Made
- Hollyoaks
- Come Dine with Me
- Fleabag Monkeyface
- The Big Bang Theory
- World's Toughest Trucker
- Don't Tell the Bride
- BBC News
- Random Acts
- Hairy Bikers' Best of British
- Coronation Street
- The Hungry Sailors
- Africa Cup Of Nations Highlights
- Four Weddings
- My Phone Genie
- Tracy Beaker Returns
- EastEnders
- The Real A & E
- Borgen
- Teleshopping
- Horrid Henry
- 10 Years Younger
- Loose Women
- Party Paramedics
- Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
- Earthflight
- Call the Midwife
- Family Guy
- The Jeremy Kyle Show
- Professor Green Unseen: After Hours
- Daybreak
- Deaf Teens: Hearing World
- Midsomer Murders
It would be nice to be able to position my favourite viewing channels to the top of the lisiting so that they could be seen at start up. For example if I wanted to see Movies4Men and BBC1 on the same screen, that is currently not possible.
Regards Roger
I was looking for he meanings of abbreviations in [] at the end of descriptions, but couldn’t find them.
I also noticed the incorrect use of the apostophe in the ‘Viewing Programme Details’ section. A possessive pronoun does not have an apostrophe, but you had “it’s details”, which is an abbreviation of “it is details”. “Its”, like “his”, does not have an apostrophe.
[S] = Subtitles
[AD] = Audio Description
Thanks. I have added this to the help content above and will look into making it clear when on the grid what these are.
Can we filter the programs on the basis of availability of subtitles?
I am working on this and hope to see it live in the next couple of weeks once it is 100% bug free.
where can i found out of the blue?
Is there a Zingzing iPhone or iPod Touch app?
Hi,
There is a version in development but it is still quite buggy and not ready for the prime time.
Marco from Zingzing
The default option for Region is “London” and the default option for Provider is “Freeview”.
I want them to read “Tyne” & “My Channels” but it keeps going back to the default.
What am I doing wrong?
Hi Michael,
Unfortunately there was an error in the site that was causing this issue. I have now fixed it and you should now be able to set your channel preferences properly. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Marco from Zingzing
Is it possible to create a listing for each channel with the channel on top…
eg. BBCI BBC2
programme programme
programme programme
programme programme
etc.
Hell,
There is a print only option available that formats the listings like this on the bottom of the homepage. The normal grid does not support this yet.
Marco from Zingzing
For some reason the settings I specify aren’t saved once I’ve left the site and returned later.
Any idea why please? (Incidentally I do take the save option!)
Hi,
If preferences are remembered when you press save but forgotten when you come back to the site, this is usually due to some anti virus or browsers clearing the zingzing cookie. Often this is done for privacy reasons and can be disabled.
If when you press save and the grid reverts immediately back to the default view, this can be a sign that cookies are disabled or your system date is set incorrectly.
In extremely rare circumstances, the zingzing cookie can go “wrong”. This link will reset it completely:
http://www.zingzing.co.uk/?cookie=clear
Marco from zingzing
Hi
Tried the link and unfortunately still doesn’t solve the problem.
When I’ve pressed save the channel list that I’ve selected doesn’t revert back to default but once I’ve come out of the website then go back in this is when the site goes back to default. Any other suggestions please?
Tony,
I have had a chance to look at my log files and know exactly why your preferences are resetting. The URL of the zingzing browser bookmark you are using has a parameter on it that automatically sets the channel preferences to “Freesat”. If you delete and recreate the bookmark, ensuring that the URL of the bookmark is “http://www.zingzing.co.uk/” your problem should fix its self.
This is an undocumented “feature” of the site that got out and was published everywhere. Unfortunately loads of people bookmarked and redistributed that URL.
Marco from zingzing
Thats sorted it!
Many thanks
Hi Marco,
I’ve just upgraded to IE9 64 bit. When moving the mouse over a program in the guide, the pop up no longer appears. Also when clicking on the program nothing happens. Had the same problem with IE8 64 bit but 32 bit was OK.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Roger
Hi. Recently i can no longer use zingzing tv.com. No listings populate, cannot gain access to options creen. I am using internet explorer 8. I believe this started to happen after i temporarily installed chrome. Any ideas?
Brilliant TV Lisi=tings site by the way.
A simple request – an option to start in fullscreen mode.
Great site, use it a lot, but having to put it in fullscreen manually every single time is very irritating…
adm.
Would it be possible to include programme descriptions within the search results
I.e. search for Tony Robinson, shows no results, however Tony Robinson string exists in the programme description for time team
Would it be possible to download the channel list to usb so I can use it on my dreambox?
Cannot find the following: –
Print Friendly Version (PDF)
Zingzing has the ability to generate a printer friendly PDF TV listings, perfect for planning your evenings viewing away from the computer. To access this feature, scroll to the bottom of the homepage where you will find options to generate your listings. Select the date you would like to export followed by the channels of your choice. You will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print your listings.
Hi, love your website, so easy to use and I appreciate the different customisation available. I’m on a Mac and running Firefox 3.6.19 and a couple days ago the website stopped working properly – the left hand scroll bar is gone, the hour range is gone, the current time white line is gone. I’m not able to adjust anything or scroll, etc. Everything is fine if I use Safari. Is there anything I can do to get the site working again on Firefox? I have other sites I use often that don’t work well on Safari….thank you!
Heidi,
I’ve installed that version of firefox on my mac and fixed the error. Thanks so much for pointing it out. The site should be up and running for you now.
Regards,
Marco from Zingzing
Thank you Marco!
How do i save the settings I have just made?
There are no cookies. I had some saved and now I need to alter the view and it will not save new ones
Bob
Bob,
I am having a bit of trouble understanding your problem. The site requires cookies in order to save your channel details. This is done automatically as you change your channel settings on the options page. (http://www.zingzing.co.uk/options/) Channel settings should be stored for a period of one year. Make sure you have your system clock set to the correct date. Bar that you may try clearing your Zingzing cookie as something may have corrupted it.
Regards,
Marco
Thanks. I have been trying things (automatic cookie update) and at the moment I think I have worked it out.
Operating system is xp pro ver 2002 sp3.
Thanks for the very quick reponce.
If I have any more propblems I get back to you
Thanks again
Bob
Firstly thanks for a great program, very useful if like me you live in Spain but is it possible to change the clock, it can get a bit confusing having to remember to add an hour to everything.
Just to show you there’s problems viewing your website operating the most recent release of Opera on windows xp, the words to the article keeps running down the webpage as if it is to short.
I can’t drag the zingzing screen about any more. It has been fine for months, but suddenly stopped working! I am using Chrome 16.0.912.75 m and Vista.
It works in Firefox and IE, but I would prefer to use Chrome, if possible.
Any ideas?
Thanks