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Revision as of 10:17, 19 January 2014
Each week, Iain Weaver gives us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news.A companion guide to game shows on TV for the coming week is also published on a regular basis, usually on Thursdays.
Date | Topics |
19th January 2014 | Britain's Best Bakery |
12th January 2014 | Seven Teatime Friends: The Chase, Pointless, Tipping Point |
29th December 2013 | The Week of the Year |
22nd December 2013 | Countdown finals, Travis Penery |
Contents |
2013 archive
Date | Topics |
15th December 2013 | Celebrity Squares |
8th December 2013 | Show Me the Telly |
1st December 2013 | Sweat the Small Stuff |
24th November 2013 | Fferm Ffactor |
17th November 2013 | Pressure Pad |
10th November 2013 | Prize Island |
3rd November 2013 | Release the Hounds |
27th October 2013 | Who Wanted to be a Millionaire? |
20th October 2013 | Was It Something I Said? |
13th October 2013 | International Week - Irish Apprentice & Bake Off, MIPCOM |
6th October 2013 | Roland's Rat Race |
29th September 2013 | Fifteen-to-One 2013 |
22nd September 2013 | Stepping Out |
15th September 2013 | Big Star's Little Star |
8th September 2013 | Supermarket Sweep 1993 |
1st September 2013 | That Puppet Game Show |
25th August 2013 | Big Brother 2013 |
18th August 2013 | Break the Safe |
11th August 2013 | Only Connect 7 final, I Love My Country |
4th August 2013 | Take On the Twisters |
28th July 2013 | Blue Peter You Decide |
21st July 2013 | Your Face Sounds Familiar |
14th July 2013 | The Million Pound Drapp |
7th July 2013 | Whodunnit |
30th June 2013 | Countdown finals week, series 68 |
23rd June 2013 | Why does no-one watch Channel 4 daytimes? |
16th June 2013 | Britain's Got Talent (and a strong throwing arm) |
9th June 2013 | The DASH puzzle hunt, part 2 |
2nd June 2013 | The DASH puzzle hunt, part 1 |
26th May 2013 | Eurovision Song Contest - final and voting |
19th May 2013 | Eurovision Song Contest - semi-finals |
12th May 2013 | DIY Media 3: Knightmare |
5th May 2013 | The 2013 University Challenge final |
28th April 2013 | The Price is Right 1984 |
21st April 2013 | Côr Cymru |
14th April 2013 | Food Glorious Food |
7th April 2013 | The 2013 Mastermind final |
31st March 2013 | Beat the Pack |
24th March 2013 | My Little Princess |
17th March 2013 | The Common Denominator |
10th March 2013 | Can i Gymru 2013 |
3rd March 2013 | The Greatest Countdown Player Ever |
24th Febuary 2013 | Semi-finals week |
17th February 2013 | Staraoke |
10th February 2013 | Cheggers Plays Pop |
3rd February 2013 | Britain's Brightest |
27th January 2013 | Splash! |
20th January 2013 | Face the Clock |
13th January 2013 | Fake Reaction, Only Connect championship of champions |
2012 archive
Date | Topics |
6th January 2013 | The Week of the Year |
23rd December 2012 | Countdown and Only Connect finals |
16th December 2012 | Bob's Full House |
9th December 2012 | S4C shows: Y Lifft, Jacpot |
2nd December 2012 | 1001 Things You Should Know |
25th November 2012 | DIY Media 2: The Line Up |
18th November 2012 | DIY Media 1: Twenty One Questions Wrong |
11th November 2012 | Jewish Mum of the Year |
4th November 2012 | The Indoor League |
28th October 2012 | Topical quizzes |
21st October 2012 | Baggage |
14th October 2012 | Comedy World Cup |
7th October 2012 | Top Dog Model |
30th September 2012 | One Man and His Dog |
23rd September 2012 | Jacques Antoine |
16th September 2012 | Secret Interview |
9th September 2012 | Red or Black 2.0 |
2nd September 2012 | Channel 4 comedies - Lucky Sexy Winners, 8 out of 10 Cats Countdown |
26th August 2012 | Don't Blow the Inheritance |
19th August 2012 | Big Brother 13 |
12th August 2012 | First Class, Four Square |
5th August 2012 | The Krypton Factor (1980s versions) |
29th July 2012 | The Krypton Factor (overseas 90s versions) |
22nd July 2012 | Tipping Point, Superstar |
15th July 2012 | Kitchen Wars, Let's Get Gold |
8th July 2012 | "Is there a picture round?" |
1st July 2012 | Countdown's 66th finals week |
24th June 2012 | The Exclusives, Aibisidh, A Short History of Everything Else |
17th June 2012 | Love Shaft, Britain Unzipped, Scream Extreme |
10th June 2012 | Backdate and Today's the Day |
3rd June 2012 | Eurovision Song Contest final |
27th May 2012 | Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals |
20th May 2012 | The Voice UK |
13th May 2012 | Mastermind final |
6th May 2012 | "I can't see what I've got to do!" - Total Blackout from Norway |
29th April 2012 | School of Hard Sums |
22nd April 2012 | Wordaholics, Just a Minute |
15th April 2012 | Breakaway |
8th April 2012 | The Weakest Link says "Goodbye" |
1st April 2012 | Forthcoming Attractions |
25th March 2012 | University Challenge final |
18th March 2012 | The Mad Bad Ad Show |
11th March 2012 | Fixtures of broadcasting - Countdown, Brain of Britain |
4th March 2012 | The $64,000 Question |
26th February 2012 | Jedward's Big Adventure |
19th February 2012 | Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge |
12th February 2012 | A Question of Taste |
5th February 2012 | The Exit List |
29th January 2012 | Celebrity Big Brother for 2012 |
22nd January 2012 | The Bank Job |
15th January 2012 | Bob Holness; Raise the Roof |
8th January 2012 | The Only Connect Championship of Champions of Champions |
2011 archive
Date | Topics |
1st January 2012 | The Week of the Year 2011 |
18th December 2011 | Countdown finals; Wall Night |
11th December 2011 | Only Connect 5 final; History Repeats Itself; Dilemma |
4th December 2011 | Sorority Girls - a non-review |
27th November 2011 | The X Factor |
20th November 2011 | Strictly Come Dancing |
13th November 2011 | Booing Big Brother |
6th November 2011 | 2.8 Hours Later |
30th October 2011 | Deal or No Deal Live |
23rd October 2011 | High Stakes |
16th October 2011 | Impossible? |
9th October 2011 | The Beat Goes On |
2nd October 2011 | Holding Out for a Hero |
25th September 2011 | Minute to Win It |
18th September 2011 | Red or Black |
11th September 2011 | Celebrity Big Brother 2011 |
4th September 2011 | Epic Win |
28th August 2011 | The Radio Shadow |
21st August 2011 | Robert Robinson |
14th August 2011 | Pop Up Pop Quiz, Camp Orange |
7th August 2011 | Born to Shine, Show Me the Funny |
31st July 2011 | Improvisation My Dear Mark Watson, Silent Library |
24th July 2011 | Quiz Trippers, Spam and Beans |
17th July 2011 | The Marriage Ref, Krypton Factor 1995 |
10th July 2011 | Copycats |
3rd July 2011 | Gory Games, Splatalot |
26th June 2011 | Compete for the Meat, Big Ask |
19th June 2011 | Four Rooms, Style the Nation |
12th June 2011 | So You Think Britain's Got Talent |
5th June 2011 | Countdown's finals week |
29th May 2011 | Don't Scare the Hare, Sing If You Can |
22nd May 2011 | Blue is not your colour - Eurovision review |
15th May 2011 | Scott and Sara's Eurovision |
8th May 2011 | Three from Radio Four |
1st May 2011 | A Brief History of Voting in British Game Shows |
24th April 2011 | Fighting Talk and Around the Horn |
17th April 2011 | Mastermind final, Gleusta |
10th April 2011 | University Challenge final, A Table |
3rd April 2011 | Them Next Door |
27th March 2011 | Great British Hairdresser |
20th March 2011 | Glee Club and Comic Relief |
13th March 2011 | Trade Your Way to the USA |
6th March 2011 | Push the Button 2.0 Live |
27th February 2011 | Secret Fortune |
20th February 2011 | A Farmer's Life for Me |
13th February 2011 | Tool Academy |
6th February 2011 | Perfection |
30th January 2011 | Michel Roux's Service |
23rd January 2011 | The Magicians; OC/UC challenge match |
16th January 2011 | Fool Us; Only Connect Championship of Champions |
9th January 2011 | Famous and Fearless |
2010 archive
Date | Topics |
2nd January 2011 | The Week of the Year 2010 |
19th December 2010 | Countdown finals week for series 63 |
12th December 2010 | Drop Zone |
5th December 2010 | 10 Jonathan, Voodoo Hussy |
28th November 2010 | Meet the Parents; The Love Bus |
21st November 2010 | Men's Television — Beer & Pizza Club, Mark Watson Kicks Off |
14th November 2010 | Celebrity Juice |
7th November 2010 | Fee Fi Fo Yum |
31st October 2010 | Ramsay's Best Restaurant |
24th October 2010 | Moments of Genius |
17th October 2010 | The King is Dead |
10th October 2010 | Secret Dealers |
3rd October 2010 | 71 Degrees North |
26th September 2010 | Glyph or No Glyph |
19th September 2010 | Quiz me well |
12th September 2010 | A Big Brother scrapbook |
5th September 2010 | Yet more cookery - Dinner Date, Great British Bake Off |
29th August 2010 | The Boss is Coming to Dinner, New New Millionaire |
22nd August 2010 | ...and don't stop believing |
15th August 2010 | ITV's summer Saturdays - Odd One In, Magic Numbers |
8th August 2010 | Mastermind Championship of Champions |
1st August 2010 | Escape in Time |
25th July 2010 | 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow |
18th July 2010 | A Game Show Marathon - includes Antiques Master |
11th July 2010 | Cooking up something - Family Food Fight, Celebrity Pressure Cooker |
4th July 2010 | Umpires, Rollercoasters, and deities |
27th June 2010 | The Million Pound Drop |
20th June 2010 | The 62nd Countdown finals week |
13th June 2010 | Mission 2110 |
6th June 2010 | Eurovision Song Contest final |
30th May 2010 | Mastermind final, Eurovision semi-finals |
23rd May 2010 | The Adventure Game 1986 part two |
16th May 2010 | The Adventure Game series 4 |
9th May 2010 | Gameshow General Election exit poll |
2nd May 2010 | The Whole 19 Yards |
25th April 2010 | The Door |
18th April 2010 | The Third Only Connect final; also Four Weddings |
11th April 2010 | The University Challenge final |
4th April 2010 | Dating in the Dark |
28th March 2010 | Push-button shows |
21st March 2010 | Your Country Needs Help |
14th March 2010 | Minor British Institutions - Countdown, Raven |
7th March 2010 | Come ITV With Me - Dining Stars, May the Best House Win |
28th February 2010 | The Boys in The Bubble |
21st February 2010 | Popstar to Operastar |
14th February 2010 | Relic: Guardians of the Museum |
7th February 2010 | Augmented Reality Technology Rules! - Bamzooki |
31st January 2010 | What do children know? |
24th January 2010 | So You Think You Can Dance |
17th January 2010 | Take Me Out |
10th January 2010 | Tossers' Challenge - Heads or Tails |
2009 archive
Date | Topics |
3rd January 2010 | The Week of the Year 2009 |
20th December 2009 | It's Countdown finals week again! |
13th December 2009 | Weaver's Decade VI - Is that your identity? Was that your interaction? |
6th December 2009 | We Need Answers, not Argumentals |
29th November 2009 | Weaver's Decade V - Well done, young warrior |
22nd November 2009 | Keep Your Nevars Close |
15th November 2009 | Weaver's Decade IV - Singing for survival |
8th November 2009 | Britain's Best Brain |
1st November 2009 | Weaver's Decade III - Big Brother house, this is Davina. |
25th October 2009 | Design for Life |
18th October 2009 | Weaver's Decade II - who should be voted off the team? |
11th October 2009 | Clever v Stupid, Big Food Fight |
4th October 2009 | Weaver's Decade I - but we don't want to give you that! |
27th September 2009 | CBBC's Game Show Zone |
20th September 2009 | Pointless |
13th September 2009 | Cubed |
6th September 2009 | It's the Only Connect final! |
30th August 2009 | The Drogna Game |
23rd August 2009 | The Adventure Game 3 |
16th August 2009 | Knowalotts |
9th August 2009 | Tellyheads: You Have Been Watching, As Seen on TV |
2nd August 2009 | Guess or estimate |
26th July 2009 | University Challenges - Accumulate! |
19th July 2009 | Fused |
12th July 2009 | Chasers |
5th July 2009 | That's Totally Saturday! |
28th June 2009 | Obituaries - Patrick Dowling and Steve Race |
21st June 2009 | Finals for Countdown and Mastermind |
14th June 2009 | Scotland's Quality Shows |
7th June 2009 | Hannah-oke |
31st May 2009 | The Despicable Factor - Divided |
24th May 2009 | Eurovision final |
17th May 2009 | Eurovision semi-final |
10th May 2009 | Speak! - The Speaker |
3rd May 2009 | Tonight's the Night, The Generation Game '73 |
26th April 2009 | Wordplay |
19th April 2009 | Ego week - Clement Freud, Chris Moyles' Quiz |
12th April 2009 | A Question of Genius |
5th April 2009 | Raven: The Dragon's Eye |
29th March 2009 | The inevitable Jade Goody obituary |
22nd March 2009 | Pretty in Pink - Paris Hilton |
15th March 2009 | Seeing red - The Colour of Money |
8th March 2009 | Colour us flabbergasted |
1st March 2009 | That University Challenge Final in Full |
22nd February 2009 | Controlling any crisis |
15th February 2009 | Superheroes, Who Wants to be one |
8th February 2009 | Like, totally Wipeout |
1st February 2009 | Your Country Needs Something - Eurovision, Countdown, University Challenge |
25th January 2009 | Blast and Botheration Lab |
18th January 2009 | Jeff Chiffres et Rachel Lettres - the new Countdown team |
11th January 2009 | The Krypton Factor |
2008 archive
Date | Topics |
28th December 2008 | The Week of the Year |
21st December 2008 | The Last Millionaire |
14th December 2008 | Carol Singers - Countdown series final |
7th December 2008 | Raven once more - series 8 reviewed |
30th November 2008 | Election fever |
23rd November 2008 | Bachelorette - Spin Star |
16th November 2008 | The Eggheads crack'd: are you one? |
9th November 2008 | A little more stay-in-the-fight - Going for Gold in English and French |
2nd November 2008 | Don't Panic - Panic Attack |
26th October 2008 | Britain's Got the Pop Factor |
19th October 2008 | Natural Born Sellers |
12th October 2008 | SM:TV 2008 - Hot Rods, Scene Stealers |
5th October 2008 | Silhouette of Passage - Hole in the Wall |
28th September 2008 | The What, Why, How, and Who In the World Quiz |
21st September 2008 | The OC - Only Connect |
14th September 2008 | What are you like, eh? |
7th September 2008 | Recalling Wogan, Perfectly |
31st August 2008 | Conductor School - Maestro |
24th August 2008 | Sports desk |
17th August 2008 | Choiring the Pitch - Last Choir Standing |
10th August 2008 | Jam Spoons for All - Battle of the Brains |
3rd August 2008 | Superstars V; also Countdown and fines for the BBC |
27th July 2008 | This Time Tomorrow |
20th July 2008 | Who Dares Sings! |
13th July 2008 | How Television Changed Britain: Intelligence |
6th July 2008 | Dragons, dragons everywhere - Adventure Game 1981 |
29th June 2008 | It's a yellow one, sir, surely you can see that! - Adventure Game 1981 |
22nd June 2008 | Countdown series 58 finals |
15th June 2008 | Challenge daytimes - Crosswords, Wipeout |
8th June 2008 | It's Not What You Know |
1st June 2008 | Eurovision Song Contest post mortem |
25th May 2008 | Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals |
18th May 2008 | Young Musicians of the Year |
11th May 2008 | Beat the Star, Fleece the Public - ITV's fines |
4th May 2008 | Mournington Crescent - Humphrey Lyttelton, Banter |
27th April 2008 | All right, other half? - The Kids are All Right, Mr and Mrs |
20th April 2008 | Mark Speight, Come Dine with Me |
13th April 2008 | Words and Music - Book Quiz, Counterpoint |
6th April 2008 | Radio Activity - The Garden Quiz, ...Spanish Inquisition |
30th March 2008 | Mastermind final, Eurovision voting |
23rd March 2008 | Lightly foxed - Basil's Game Show, Stake Out |
16th March 2008 | Zed 53 - Bingolotto |
9th March 2008 | Finding champions - University Challenge, Eurovision Your Decision |
2nd March 2008 | Brain power |
24th February 2008 | Warriors, ready! - Raven |
17th February 2008 | Ding Dong |
10th February 2008 | ITV's weekends - Duel, Thank God You're Here |
3rd February 2008 | There goes our man from the council - Jeremy Beadle |
27th January 2008 | How We Used To Quiz - Spelling Bee 1938 |
20th January 2008 | Stars In Their Eyes Academy |
13th January 2008 | Finger of suspicion |
2007 archive
Date | Topics |
30th December 2007 | The Week of the Year |
23rd December 2007 | A big finals week - Countdown, Junior Mastermind |
16th December 2007 | Big Brother Book |
9th December 2007 | On the conveyor belt - The Generation Game Now and Then |
2nd December 2007 | Not By Strength, By Guile - Who Dares Wins |
25th November 2007 | Les Pretend - The Great Pretender, Codex |
18th November 2007 | Performance - Classical Star, E4 School |
11th November 2007 | 4OD - Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, Don't Call Me Stupid |
4th November 2007 | Saboteur Watch - Trapped, Dirty Rotten Cheater UK |
28th October 2007 | Dining Out - also Alan Coren |
21st October 2007 | Jiggy Pokey - Premium rate scandal continues, Mastermind analysis |
14th October 2007 | Paul Coia's Pleasure - Countdown 1982, Ofcom childrens enquiry |
7th October 2007 | Elven - The World's Greatest Elvis, also Ned Sherrin and Ronnie Hazlehurst |
30th September 2007 | Escape for Some - Premium rate scandal, Escape From Scorpion Island |
23rd September 2007 | Who are ya? - Identity, BBC fakery scandal |
16th September 2007 | Changes in the air - Millionaire, Brain of Britain, Deal or No Deal |
9th September 2007 | The Eurovision Song And Dance Contest, Without The Singing |
2nd September 2007 | Beat the Temple - Raven, also Test the Nation |
26th August 2007 | Is it all fitting together, in a stupid fashion? - The Adventure Game continued |
19th August 2007 | You are in a twisty maze of television studios, all different - The Adventure Game |
12th August 2007 | Wage seekers - Win My Wage, premium rate scandal rumbles on |
5th August 2007 | Slightly booked - The Book Quiz |
29th July 2007 | Challenge, lyrically - Sing It Back |
22nd July 2007 | Sorcery Today - The Sorceror's Apprentice |
15th July 2007 | Fine, then - ICSTIS and OFCOM reports on fakery scandals |
8th July 2007 | Feedback - Tycoon, Golden Balls |
1st July 2007 | Reasons to be grumpy - Brainteaser, People's Quiz, Britain's Got Talent |
24th June 2007 | Starter for Seven - Countdown finals |
17th June 2007 | Going Wild - People's Quiz Wildcard, Payday |
10th June 2007 | Naive? Nincompoop? Numpty? - Big Brother naughtiness |
3rd June 2007 | Repeat After Three - For the Rest of Your Life, That's the Question |
27th May 2007 | Think Big - Big Brother, Eurovision voting |
20th May 2007 | Flying the flag (upside down) |
13th May 2007 | Peer amid song contests |
6th May 2007 | Quiz Populi |
29th April 2007 | Four Against One Hundred |
22nd April 2007 | Headliners |
15th April 2007 | A brief history of 0898 |
8th April 2007 | We Blame Julia Bradbury |
1st April 2007 | Five, Ten |
25th March 2007 | Raising the Standard |
18th March 2007 | Here's one we made up earlier |
11th March 2007 | On the wreck of SS Premium Rate |
4th March 2007 | Checking it out |
25th February 2007 | Fame but no fortune |
18th February 2007 | Stranger and Stranger - also Junior Mastermind final |
11th February 2007 | Sought high and low |
4th February 2007 | Count Des |
28th January 2007 | Bread and Circuses |
21st January 2007 | A clash between pseudo-celebrity and real celebrity |
14th January 2007 | He educated us all - Magnus Magnusson |
7th January 2007 | View From Afar - some European shows |
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