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• 02:32, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Brainbox Challenge ‎ (Thanks to the presence of a full episode on YouTube, here are the music composers)
• 01:53, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Travel Bug ‎ (According to BBC Genome, the series began on 1 October '95 (rather than 24 September), and there were 13 episodes, all airing on Sunday mornings at around 10am)
• 01:13, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Quisine ‎ (From the end of the video, we now know who created the format on which the show was based, and who composed the music)
• 01:07, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Quisine ‎ (Specifically, it was the summer of '99 when BBC2 surprisingly showed repeats)
• 00:58, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Quisine ‎ (Woo-hoo! A full episode courtesy of the wonder that is YouTube)
• 00:42, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Index T ‎ (Terror Towers precedes the "Test" shows alphabetically)
• 00:38, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Main Page ‎ (→Game show news: again, no disrespect intended whatsoever, but I think there's a more apt headline for Sandi leaving GBBO... ;))
• 19:35, 17 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Backdate ‎ (Pointed out the composers of Backdate's theme (and incidental music). Interesting, actually, since Simon Etchell seemed to be Action Time's go-to composer at the time)
• 19:10, 17 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Index O ‎ (Nostalgia was the theme of On the Air (as it was with Today's the Day and Backdate). Also, wouldn't this show come between On Stage and On The Ball alphabetically?)
• 19:00, 17 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Index O ‎ (As a BBC Radio Scotland show, Oh Yes It Is, Oh No It Isn't fits neatly into the regional (Scotland) genre)
• 21:37, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) John Craven ‎ (Worth pointing out where and when John was born. Also italicised all programme names in his bio and the Trivia, for purposes of consistency more than anything else)
• 21:21, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Duncan Bannatyne ‎ (→Biography: pointed out the year in which Duncan received his OBE) (top)
• 21:11, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Duncan Bannatyne ‎ (Duncan is currently a Curtis Brown client, along with the likes of Bradley Walsh, Sue Perkins and Clive Anderson. Also added a link to his Wikipedia article, for consistency more than anything else)
• 20:37, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Bradley Walsh ‎ (Bradders is currently signed to Curtis Brown. He was signed to Debi Allen Associates, along with Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck, before CB took over. Also added a link to his Wikipedia article)
• 20:29, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Sue Perkins ‎ (Along with Debi Allen's other clients (and Debi herself), Sue is now signed to Curtis Brown)
• 20:24, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Liza Tarbuck ‎ (Debi Allen and her clients - including Liza, Bradley Walsh, and Sue Perkins - are all now with Curtis Brown)
• 20:06, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Lee Mack ‎ (The address for Lee's Avalon page has changed)
• 20:03, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Lee Mack ‎ (Lee is a man of Lancashire - born in Southport and raised for a time in Blackburn, according to the majority of sources I've seen, although some suggest it was the other way round)
• 05:26, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Rory Bremner ‎ (Rory is currently signed to PBJ Management, along with many other funny celebs)
• 05:15, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Richard Ayoade ‎ (Ayoade was actually born in London (Hammersmith, to be precise), although he *was* raised in Ipswich. Also pointed out his parentage)
• 04:53, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Richard Ayoade ‎ (Ayoade is currently signed to PBJ Management, along with many other comedians)
• 04:46, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Alexander Armstrong ‎ (Xander is currently signed to PBJ Management, along with many other comedians including Rowan Atkinson, Lenny Henry, Vic 'n' Bob, and Richard Ayoade)
• 04:31, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) The Wager ‎ (If the TV listings in copies of The Guardian from July and August 2001 are anything to go by, there were only six episodes - all airing on Friday mornings as part of T4) (top)
• 23:35, 15 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Would I Lie to You? (1) ‎ (→Inventor: worth pointing out that the Truth or Consequences format was created by Ralph Edwards, who also created a certain show featuring a big red book (on this side of the Atlantic, anyway)) (top)
• 16:39, 12 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes ‎ (Since Andy Collins *hasn't* disappeared from public life, I've changed the caption accompanying his picture - inspired by the caption accompanying the pic of Dave Spikey in the Chain Letters article)
• 14:50, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen ‎ (The question actually didn't feature the word "official" - so "One Out of Many" was sort of correct. But then again, so was "In God We Trust", even though it's not taken from any Latin source...)
• 03:34, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Anna Ryder Richardson ‎ (Whoops... I inadvertently hit "Save Page" before I was completely satisfied with my summary for that last edit. Anyway, Arlington dropped the "Enterprises" from its name some time ago)
• 03:29, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Anna Ryder Richardson ‎ (→Trivia: hardly needs to be said that there's another Anna Richardson on TV now. And she too is signed to Arlington, so there's even more reason not to confuse ARR with her///)
• 03:10, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Andy Collins ‎ (→Biography: what's Andy up to these days? Answer: he presents the breakfast show on one of the Beeb's local radio stations)
• 02:37, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Matthew Kelly ‎ (Probably no real need to point out where and when Matthew was born - but he *is* one of Urmston's finest...)
• 02:07, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen ‎ (→Trivia: of course, LLB and his wife only won £500k on Millionaire after being offered a second £1m question. Nearly fourteen years later, they're still the show's biggest celeb winners)
• 18:45, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions ‎ (And finally, added the date on which HTV, along with Carlton, Granada and most of the other ITV stations, lost its on-air identity)
• 18:33, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions ‎ (Following a reconsideration, switched round "taken over" and "acquired". They do mean basically the same thing, but "acquired" sounds that bit better for "most of the company's assets")
• 18:18, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions ‎ (HTV was sold on to Granada in 2000, but the regulations of the time meant that Granada were forced to sell most of HTV's assets (including its licence) to Carlton Communications later that year)
• 18:08, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions ‎ (Added some more history: the acquistion by UNM, who of course also owned Meridian and Anglia)
• 17:42, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions ‎ (In line with other ITV station categories, added some of HTV's history: when it came on air, when it changed its name from "Harlech" to "HTV", and when its Welsh-language programmes transferred to S4C)
• 17:11, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Helen Chamberlain ‎ (→Biography: forgot to italicise Soccer AM, there) (top)
• 17:08, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Helen Chamberlain ‎ (It's now been two years since "Hells Bells", as she's commonly known, left Soccer AM. Also mentioned her Pontins and Chessington work prior to joining Sky)
• 16:50, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) The Chase ‎ (→Catchphrases: Bradley's usual sign-off has to be considered a catchphrase too)
• 16:48, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) The Chase ‎ (→Catchphrases: Shaun's "...just another day at the office" has to be considered a catchphrase, right?)
• 16:29, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore ‎ (Laura hails from Bray in County Wicklow, just south of Dublin - as, indeed, does Dara Ó Briain)
• 16:20, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Dara Ó Briain ‎ (→Trivia: here's the correct pronunciation of Dara's surname, from someone who has lived in Ireland for 18 years and understands a reasonable amount of Gaeilge ;))
• 15:34, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions ‎ (Further tidying up regarding the acquisition of TVS's archive by IFE and eventually Disney, and the misplacement of the corresponding paperwork)
• 15:02, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions ‎ (There was of course the original American version of The Family Channel, also owned by IFE. Following acquisition by Disney, this channel became ABC Family in 2001, and then Freeform in 2016)
• 14:30, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions ‎ (Pointed out the exact dates on which TVS replaced Southern and was replaced by Meridian. And it probably should be pointed out how it lost its franchise, too - TSW lost its own for the same reason)
• 14:12, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Index O ‎ (Worth pointing out the decade in which On Safari aired, since I don't think it's *quite* as well-remembered as other shows from the period (not helped, of course, by the state of the TVS archive))
• 13:54, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Index O ‎ (Although OOV certainly applies to Robin Houston on 100% and Nicholas Rowe on Grand Slam, it's more of a general TV term - most commonly applying to news reports where the reporter isn't seen on screen)
• 12:18, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Main Page ‎ (→Game show news: with the greatest of respect, I think Iain's original "Flack's off" headline is that bit better. ITV *are* keeping the door open for Caroline, for the time being at least)
• 02:34, 18 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Iain Stirling ‎ (Mention Iain's name to older people in Devon and Cornwall, and they might first think of the very-similarly-named Westward and TSW continuity announcer (whose colleagues included one Ruth Langsford))
• 01:26, 18 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Tim Gudgin ‎ (Pointed out when Tim died)

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