Since 2001, Iain Weaver has given us a take on the week's game show programmes and related news. This is an archive page of very old columns; the recent editions are listed elsewhere.
Date
| Topics
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3rd January 2016
| The Week of the Year 2015
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20th December 2015
| Television's Toughest Quiz
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13th December 2015
| Humble Pie, Money Pit
|
6th December 2015
| Bring the Noise, Welsh shows
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29th November 2015
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest
|
22nd November 2015
| Pick Me!, children's television
|
15th November 2015
| Eternal Glory
|
8th November 2015
| US shows: Best Time Ever, Hellevator
|
1st November 2015
| Deal or No Deal at 10
|
25th October 2015
| Blink, The Ten Million Club
|
18th October 2015
| The Totally Senseless Gameshow, Funz and Gamez
|
11th October 2015
| Hive Minds final, Almost Impossible Gameshow, MIPCOM
|
4th October 2015
| Y Gemau Gwyllt, Rhestr, BBC at Eurovision
|
27th September 2015
| One Hundred and Eighty
|
20th September 2015
| 6 Degrees of Separation; Now Play This
|
13th September 2015
| Taskmaster
|
6th September 2015
| 5 Star Family Reunion
|
30th August 2015
| Freeze Out and Rebound
|
23rd August 2015
| Flockstars and BBQ Champ
|
16th August 2015
| Guess This House and Hello Campers
|
9th August 2015
| Cilla Black
|
2nd August 2015
| Hive Minds
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26th July 2015
| King of the Nerds
|
19th July 2015
| Big Brother and Love Island
|
12th July 2015
| Cult television
|
5th July 2015
| Prized Apart
|
28th June 2015
| The Box; crowdfunding events
|
21st June 2015
| Benchmark
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14th June 2015
| Beat the Brain, Countdown finals
|
7th June 2015
| "Bad Show", by Woffinden and Plaskett
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31st May 2015
| Eurovision Song Contest final
|
24th May 2015
| Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals
|
17th May 2015
| From the sky: Relatively Clever, Wild Things
|
10th May 2015
| ITV Super Saturdays: Ninja Warrior UK, Play to the Whistle
|
3rd May 2015
| Decimate
|
26th April 2015
| Brain of Britain final, The Edge
|
19th April 2015
| University Challenge final, The Quizeum
|
12th April 2015
| I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse
|
5th April 2015
| Only Connect final, and series 10 best questions
|
29th March 2015
| Mastermind final; Bear Grylls Mission Survive
|
22nd March 2015
| The Big Painting Challenge
|
15th March 2015
| 1000 Heartbeats
|
8th March 2015
| Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief
|
1st March 2015
| Reality Bites
|
22nd February 2015
| Shipping Wars
|
15th February 2015
| Celwydd Noeth
|
8th February 2015
| Get Your Act Together
|
1st February 2015
| Harry Hill's Stars in Their Eyes
|
25th January 2015
| The Fanatics
|
18th January 2015
| Frank Sinatra Our Way
|
11th January 2015
| Win Your Wish List
|
Date
| Topics
|
4th January 2015
| The Week of the Year
|
21st December 2014
| The first half of the 2010s
|
14th December 2014
| Parlour games: "country" on Pointless, University Challenge
|
7th December 2014
| It's Academic
|
30th November 2014
| The Great Interior Design Challenge
|
23rd November 2014
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest
|
16th November 2014
| Strictly Come Dancing and tie-breaks
|
9th November 2014
| Keep It In the Family
|
2nd November 2014
| Pyramid, Munud i Fynd
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26th October 2014
| Sam and Mark's Sport Showdown
|
19th October 2014
| Which game shows have had the most contestants, worldwide, ever?
|
12th October 2014
| Bad Bridesmaid, Hip Hop Mastermind
|
5th October 2014
| Who's Doing the Dishes?
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28th September 2014
| Celebrity Squares (2014)
|
21st September 2014
| Tumble, and a celebration of Pointless
|
14th September 2014
| Two Tribes
|
7th September 2014
| Gift Wrapped, Win It Cook It
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31st August 2014
| 21, 31 Questions, Ice cream, and more
|
24th August 2014
| Appalong: The Singer Takes It All, First Person
|
17th August 2014
| Big Brother 15
|
10th August 2014
| Mike Smith
|
3rd August 2014
| Channel 4's Daytime Tat - Ultimate Dealer, French Collection
|
27th July 2014
| Stand By Your Man
|
20th July 2014
| University Challenge: Class of 2014
|
13th July 2014
| Only Connect series 9
|
6th July 2014
| 3-2-1 78-81
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29th June 2014
| Countdown series 70
|
22nd June 2014
| Ctrl Freaks
|
15th June 2014
| Draw It!
|
8th June 2014
| The Link
|
1st June 2014
| Ejector Seat
|
25th May 2014
| "Our Mum ought to be on your show, because she knows everything!" - Daphne Fowler
|
18th May 2014
| Eurovision Song Contest final
|
11th May 2014
| Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals
|
4th May 2014
| Amazing Greys, The Guess List
|
27th April 2014
| The 2014 Mastermind final
|
20rd April 2014
| Fifteen-to-One revived
|
13th April 2014
| University Challenge Final 2014
|
6th April 2014
| Catchphrase
|
30th March 2014
| Timeline
|
23rd March 2014
| Battle of the Generations: Hair, OFCOM v Big Brother
|
16th March 2014
| Revenge of the Egghead
|
9th March 2014
| Top and Superstar Dogs
|
2nd March 2014
| Ludus, The Dog Ate My Homework
|
23rd February 2014
| The Taste
|
16th February 2014
| The Jump
|
9th February 2014
| 23¾ Years of KYTV (part two)
|
2nd February 2014
| 23¾ Years of KYTV (part one)
|
26th January 2014
| Reflex
|
19th January 2014
| Britain's Best Bakery
|
12th January 2014
| Seven Teatime Friends: The Chase, Pointless, Tipping Point
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
Date
| Topics
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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
|
Date
| Topics
|
31st December 2006
| The Week of the Year 2006
|
24th December 2006
| They think it's all over - Countdown
|
17th December 2006
| Dying off
|
10th December 2006
| Learning the hard way
|
3rd December 2006
| X Marks the Code
|
26th November 2006
| That's Numberplace! - Sudo-Q
|
19th November 2006
| Star of Fortune - Mastermind Final, All-Star Family Fortunes
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12th November 2006
| Eight-one - Unanimous
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5th November 2006
| Charlie Five - In The Grid
|
29th October 2006
| Take It or Not
|
22nd October 2006
| Tooning In
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15th October 2006
| Those New Lottery Shows - Everyone's a Winner and 1 vs 100
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8th October 2006
| Desperately Seeking Talent
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1st October 2006
| Bad News and Treasure Maps
|
24th September 2006
| Is this entertainment?
|
17th September 2006
| Alaunus Held Hostage
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10th September 2006
| Five Years On
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3rd September 2006
| Fore!
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27th August 2006
| Big Brother 7
|
20th August 2006
| Marlow and Maria
|
13th August 2006
| Reviews in Brief
|
6th August 2006
| Fort Boyard
|
30th July 2006
| Sports Relief
|
23rd July 2006
| ITV In Crisis, part two - Love Island
|
16th July 2006
| ITV In Crisis, part one - Poker Face
|
9th July 2006
| Full stop, question mark
|
2nd July 2006
| Boss-beaters
|
25th June 2006
| Scrambled X
|
18th June 2006
| Winningest
|
11th June 2006
| More long words
|
4th June 2006
| Schulze-Condorcet, and other big words
|
28th May 2006
| Eurovision Countdown
|
21st May 2006
| "We are the winners. Of University Challenge" - also Eurovision semi
|
14th May 2006
| The Price is Right?
|
7th May 2006
| The category's still there - Bullseye, Sitcom Showdown
|
30th Apr 2006
| Stat and More Stat
|
23rd Apr 2006
| School Daze (2) - That'll Test 'Em, Top of the Form
|
16th Apr 2006
| School Daze (1) - School's Out
|
9th Apr 2006
| History Today - Classic Comeback
|
2nd Apr 2006
| Front Page News - Countdown, Mastermind
|
26th Mar 2006
| Ready... - The Games, Eurovision draw
|
19th Mar 2006
| The West Lothian Question - Just the Two of Us
|
12th Mar 2006
| Teenage Kicks - A Song for Europe
|
5th Mar 2006
| The worst week of the Week
|
26th Feb 2006
| Countdown, Deal, Poll
|
19th Feb 2006
| Geekdom's only skin deep - Beauty and the Geek
|
12th Feb 2006
| Iced Tea - Dancing on Ice
|
5th Feb 2006
| Great shows
|
29th Jan 2006
| Great hosts
|
22nd Jan 2006
| Whose house is it? - Finders Keepers, Big Brother
|
15th Jan 2006
| Do we have to spell it out? - Hard Spell, Spelling Bee
|
8th Jan 2006
| The year ahead
|
Date
| Topics
|
30th Dec 2005
| Weaver's Year 2005
|
18th Dec 2005
| Wealthwatch - Golden Lot, Millionaire Manor
|
11th Dec 2005
| Question or number - Sudo-Q, Junior Eurovision
|
4th Dec 2005
| Factor X
|
27th Nov 2005
| Strictly Weekly
|
20th Nov 2005
| Channel Four, Daily - Countdown and Deal or No Deal
|
13th Nov 2005
| The Mastermind Champion
|
6th Nov 2005
| The end of the marathon
|
30th Oct 2005
| Congratulations - Eurovision 50
|
23rd Oct 2005
| Glycosaminoglycan - it's Star Spell week
|
16th Oct 2005
| And now the questions go up - Sale of the Century
|
9th Oct 2005
| Hard Hat Area - The Golden Shot
|
2nd Oct 2005
| Pick Your Own
|
25th Sep 2005
| Old Friends Return - University Challenge, The Price is Right
|
18th Sep 2005
| Driving Up That Hill
|
11th Sep 2005
| Greatest Games - ITV's history, part three
|
4th Sep 2005
| Would Like To Find - ITV's history, part two
|
28th Aug 2005
| The Prize is Right - ITV's history, part one
|
21st Aug 2005
| The Annual Big Brother Review
|
14th Aug 2005
| Ride and win - Cash Cab, Raven
|
7th Aug 2005
| Watching Watching the Detectives
|
31st Jul 2005
| Poker Nights
|
24th Jul 2005
| Wizard Spelling - the Spelling Bee, Harry Potter quiz
|
17th Jul 2005
| As easy as 1-2-3 - Sudoku Live
|
10th Jul 2005
| Countdown's Finals Week
|
3rd Jul 2005
| Richard Whiteley - a national treasure
|
25th Jun 2005
| It's for yoo-hoo - The Big Call
|
18th Jun 2005
| Mock the Cats - also a Countdown Final Preview
|
11th Jun 2005
| The game show review review - Our Survey Said, Back in the Day
|
4th Jun 2005
| Europe Votes
|
29th May 2005
| One amazing evening
|
22nd May 2005
| The Awakening - Junior Mastermind, Eurovision semi
|
15th May 2005
| The University Challenge Final
|
8th May 2005
| People are coming, everyone's trying - Going For Gold remembered
|
1st May 2005
| They came, they had a go
|
24th Apr 2005
| It's All Oxford - and Splash Camp
|
17th Apr 2005
| Here's one we asked earlier - Perseverance
|
10th Apr 2005
| Growing Old Disgracefully (part three) - Ask The Family
|
3rd Apr 2005
| Growing Old Disgracefully (part two) - Double Your Money
|
27th Mar 2005
| Growing Old Disgracefully (part one) - Old Shows Reborn
|
20th Mar 2005
| The University Challenge Meta-Review
|
13th Mar 2005
| Something To Sing About - A Song for Europe, and Celeb Fame Academy
|
6th Mar 2005
| A new broom - The Apprentice
|
27th Feb 2005
| Park -v- Kielty Redux
|
20th Feb 2005
| Weaver's Week - Gold!
|
13th Feb 2005
| The Sunday Paper Review
|
6th Feb 2005
| Geronimo!
|
30th Jan 2005
| A short half hour
|
23rd Jan 2005
| Big Bother
|
16th Jan 2005
| Such Is Politics: Vote for Me
|
9th Jan 2005
| A new year miscellany
|
Date
| Topics
|
28th Dec 2004
| Weaver's Year 2004
|
18th Dec 2004
| Tension mounts: Countdown's finals week
|
11th Dec 2004
| Spellcasting: Hard Spell and the Mastermind final
|
4th Dec 2004
| Scrap for All: Scrapheap Challenge, and a preview of the Countdown finals
|
27th Nov 2004
| Nine Live: Four hours of quiz tv
|
20th Nov 2004
| It Could Be Bunnies: Play the Game
|
13th Nov 2004
| Ten Years of the National Lottery
|
6th Nov 2004
| Begging the Question: Beg, Steal, and Borrow; and Paxman gets annoyed.
|
30th Oct 2004
| Look who's back!: An old friend returns, and we test our spelling
|
23rd Oct 2004
| OFCOM Rules OK: The Big Brother ruling
|
16th Oct 2004
| Spies Like Us: Spy
|
9th Oct 2004
| Let the Scrapping -- begin! Scrapheap Challenge and Jungle Run
|
2nd Oct 2004
| Playing Catchup: Countdown, and an unhappy winner
|
25th Sep 2004
| Scares on Thursday: Scary Sleepover, Mad Mad House
|
18th Sep 2004
| Crisis? What Crisis?: UC returns
|
11th Sep 2004
| Bognor? Bust?: Bognor or Bust, Crisis Command
|
4th Sep 2004
| Summer Review: International King of Sports
|
28th Aug 2004
| Ye Weyvere's Weeke: Bullseye, Catchphrase retrospective
|
21st Aug 2004
| Games Without Front Ears: House of Games
|
14th Aug 2004
| Let the Challenge - Begin!: Raven II
|
7th Aug 2004
| Big sigh of relief: Big Brother 5 summary
|
31st Jul 2004
| In the box: Dean from Big Brother's book
|
24th Jul 2004
| Good enough?: Simply the Best
|
17th Jul 2004
| Saturday Night Passport: Passport to Paradise
|
10th Jul 2004
| More preserve, sir?: Head Jam
|
3rd Jul 2004
| Results week: BB5 comments
|
26th Jun 2004
| Countdown Finals
|
19th Jun 2004
| Ask me another: The Interrogators
|
12th Jun 2004
| Cramming it in: The Cram
|
5th Jun 2004
| Kat's in the kitchen: More BB5
|
29th May 2004
| Voting procedures: Eurovision breakdown
|
22nd May 2004
| Euro Vision
|
15th May 2004
| A thousand times worse than Jemini: Quarantine
|
8th May 2004
| Looking back with Weaver's Week: Crisis Command, BBC 2 at 40
|
1st May 2004
| Four!: Blank Screen, Win Lose or Draw Late, Totally Top Trumps
|
24th Apr 2004
| Playing games: The Games return
|
17th Apr 2004
| University Challenge grand final
|
10th Apr 2004
| Smart enough?: Come and Have a Go...
|
3rd Apr 2004
| Universities Challenged: UC special
|
27th Mar 2004
| Saturday Night In: Ant and Dec
|
20th Mar 2004
| Still prejudiced?: Without Prejudice?
|
13th Mar 2004
| Don't forget to miss it: Memory Bank
|
6th Mar 2004
| Another song for Eurosong: Making Your Mind Up
|
28th Feb 2004
| The annual UC stats pack
|
21st Feb 2004
| Seventeen: 24 Hour Quiz
|
14th Feb 2004
| The Six o'Clock Blues: Traitor, Genies en herbe
|
7th Feb 2004
| Borg, ready: Beat the Cyborgs
|
31st Jan 2004
| Didn't They Do Well?
|
24th Jan 2004
| Stronger: Hercules
|
17th Jan 2004
| Beat the Nation
|
10th Jan 2004
| Stay up late with Weaver's Week: Shattered
|
3rd Jan 2004
| Bob Monkhouse tribute
|
Date
| Topics
|
27th Dec 2003
| Weaver's Year
|
20th Dec 2003
| Weaver's Finals Week: Countdown
|
13th Dec 2003
| Fifteen to One remembered
|
6th Dec 2003
| University Challenged: UC, Eurovision
|
29th Nov 2003
| A painful read: Distraction, Junior Eurovision
|
22nd Nov 2003
| Eggheads, 19 Keys
|
15th Nov 2003
| All around the planet: Wright Around the World
|
8th Nov 2003
| Catchup already: Mastermind, UC
|
1st Nov 2003
| Thirty: Weaver's favourite gameshows
|
25th Oct 2003
| Revival week: Superstars, Fort Boyard
|
18th Oct 2003
| He is: I'm the Answer
|
11th Oct 2003
| Amazing talent contest shock: Fame Academy
|
4th Oct 2003
| In command of time: Time Commanders
|
27th Sept 2003
| Judgement Square
|
20th Sept 2003
| The Games
|
13th Sept 2003
| Familiar Faces
|
6th Sept 2003
| Journey into Space
|
30th Aug 2003
| Gobbet of the Week
|
23rd Aug 2003
| The FA:Q
|
16th Aug 2003
| Diluting the brand
|
9th Aug 2003
| On target
|
2nd Aug 2003
| Smartass Popularity Survey
|
26th Jul 2003
| Big Brother's Finished
|
19th Jul 2003
| A very hot week
|
12th Jul 2003
| The return of Mastermind
|
5th Jul 2003
| ITV's good night: Judgement Day
|
28th Jun 2003
| Transcontinental adventures
|
21st Jun 2003
| Going down with the ship
|
14th Jun 2003
| We have brains
|
7th Jun 2003
| Big Brother, Little Score
|
31st May 2003
| This Song, That Brother
|
24th May 2003
| Playing catch up
|
17th May 2003
| The Countdown To Big Brother 4
|
10th May 2003
| Talking with sausages
|
3rd May 2003
| Returning links
|
26th Apr 2003
| Dirty Rotten Cheaters
|
19th Apr 2003
| Murder, Treasure Hunt (guest reviewer: Nick Gates)
|
12th Apr 2003
| UC: Professionals (guest reviewer: Nick Gates)
|
5th Apr 2003
| One challenge ends, another begins: The Murder Game
|
29th Mar 2003
| A General Viewer writes...
|
22nd Mar 2003
| Weaver's Miscellany - HS, B&G, Nicked, Eurovision
|
15th Mar 2003
| Continuing topics
|
8th Mar 2003
| Boys and Girls
|
1st Mar 2003
| Are you sitting comfortably?
|
22nd Feb 2003
| Trading futures
|
15th Feb 2003
| All University Challenge statistics
|
8th Feb 2003
| More for the children
|
1st Feb 2003
| XX
|
25th Jan 2003
| Champion Countdown
|
18th Jan 2003
| Here comes the sun
|
11th Jan 2003
| No prejudice
|
4th Jan 2003
| Raving about old shows
|
Date
| Topics
|
31st Dec 2001
| Weaver's Year 2001
|
24th Dec 2001
| Christmas game show guide
|
17th Dec 2001
| You Say We Pay, Make My Day
|
10th Dec 2001
| Stake Out, Jet Set Departure Lounge
|
3rd Dec 2001
| Shafted Shafted, Millionaire Interactive
|
26th Nov 2001
| WWTBAM meets Nicked!
|
19th Nov 2001
| Mastermind, Hot Property
|
12th Nov 2001
| Shafted!
|
5th Nov 2001
| No Win No Fee, Nicked!
|
29th Oct 2001
| Televised Democracy
|
22nd Oct 2001
| Under Crossfire
|
15th Oct 2001
| The Race begins
|
8th Oct 2001
| Get Lost
|
1st Oct 2001
| Some polite disagreements
|
25th Sep 2001
| Ahem...
|
18th Sep 2001
| Big Game hunting
|
11th Sep 2001
| UC, foreigners and real-life
|
4th Sep 2001
| Countdown goes Mental
|
28th Aug 2001
| Charmless pt. 2, Weakest Link one year on
|
21st Aug 2001
| Reality, Charming, Weak
|
14th Aug 2001
| Countdown rumours, Heat is On, King of the Castle
|
7th Aug 2001
| After the storm
|
31st Jul 2001
| TPV, UC, Survivor, BB
|
24th Jul 2001
| The week before the storm
|
17th Jul 2001
| Forging through
|
10th Jul 2001
| Back in the loop
|
3rd Jul 2001
| American vacation
|
19th Jun 2001
| BB and Survivor update
|
12th Jun 2001
| Flags on the beach: Survivor flops, BB
|
5th Jun 2001
| Big Brother vs Survivor, ticket call, what's new?
|
29th May 2001
| It's all go! BB2, Survivor, Number One
|
22nd May 2001
| Greed, Survivor
|
15th May 2001
| Coming attractions
|
8th May 2001
| Ted Rogers, Big Brother 2, Greed
|
1st May 2001
| Familiar formats
|
24th Apr 2001
| Coming and over there
|
17th Apr 2001
| Dog Eat Dog, Channel hopping
|
10th Apr 2001
| Irene Thomas, Weakest Merchandise, Gopherman
|
3rd Apr 2001
| Twister, University Challenge
|
27th Mar 2001
| University Challenge semis, Chained
|
13th Mar 2001
| UC, Touch the Truck, Celeb Big Brother
|
6th Mar 2001
| Hull, Wales, Truck, Mole
|
27th Feb 2001
| The Mole gives a winner
|
20th Feb 2001
| UC Quarter Finals, Mole
|
13th Feb 2001
| Strong Link, UC, Mole
|
6th Feb 2001
| Mole, UC, The Weakest Link: US
|
30th Jan 2001
| The usual suspects plus Jet Set
|
23rd Jan 2001
| Scheduling, UC, The Mole 2
|
16th Jan 2001
| Weakest Link, The Mole
|
9th Jan 2001
| It's Not the Answer, Millionaire Couples
|