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Welcome to '''UKGameshows.com''',  
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<pick>and we're gonna say to you, it's a real bobby-dazzler.</pick>
<pick>and we're gonna say to you, it's a real bobby-dazzler.</pick>
<pick>a veritable wonderwall of game show trivia.</pick>
<pick>a veritable wonderwall of game show trivia.</pick>
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<pick>over three thousand pages of bodging brilliance.</pick>
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<pick>over five thousand pages of bodging brilliance.</pick>
<pick>the site with a krypton factor of 60.</pick>
<pick>the site with a krypton factor of 60.</pick>
<pick>written by telly addicts, for telly addicts.</pick>
<pick>written by telly addicts, for telly addicts.</pick>
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<pick>operated manually by Eric.</pick>
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<pick>written from the 1970s office.</pick>
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<pick>the only thing not hosted by Rylan Clark-Neal.</pick>
<pick>spellcasting: U-K-G-A... you get the idea.</pick>
<pick>spellcasting: U-K-G-A... you get the idea.</pick>
<pick>we'd bet our eyebrows on it.</pick>
<pick>we'd bet our eyebrows on it.</pick>
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<pick>we're closing your restaurant. But the chippy might still be open.</pick>
<pick>we're closing your restaurant. But the chippy might still be open.</pick>
<pick>the site that can't get enough of Sarah Willingham's tutting.</pick>
<pick>the site that can't get enough of Sarah Willingham's tutting.</pick>
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<pick>the site that made Len Goodman pickle his walnuts.</pick>
<pick>the site that made Len Goodman pickle his walnuts.</pick>
<pick>bring on the wall!</pick>
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<pick>whose tipping point hasn't been found.</pick>
<pick>whose tipping point hasn't been found.</pick>
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<pick>the site for all your very hard questions.</pick>
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<pick>for facts' sake.</pick>
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<pick>where everybody leaves empty-handed.</pick>
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<pick>where every day is Double Points Friday.</pick>
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'''[[Poll of the Year 2018]] - RESULTS WRITE-UP!'''<br/>
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'''[[Impact of Covid-19]]'''<br/>
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The ballot box is now closed for the UKGameshows/Bother's Bar Poll of the Year 2018 and the voting has been brisk. The final report is now available - what DID you vote for?
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The Covid-19 pandemic has turned everything upside down, and the world of game shows is no exception, so we now have a dedicated page to keep tabs on the shows affected. Do give us a shout if you know of something we've missed.
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[[Dragons' Den]] Christmas special: BBC2, 15 December<br>
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[[Britain's Brightest Family]] celebrity series: ITV, 28 May<br>
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[[8 Out of 10 Cats]] Christmas special: E4, 15 December<br>
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[[Britain's Best Parent?]]: Channel 4, 28 May<br>
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[[Come Dine with Me]] Christmas special: E4, 16 December<br>
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[[QI]] series R: BBC2, 28 May<br>
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[[Top Class]] Christmas special: CBBC, 19 December<br>
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[[Epic Gameshow|Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow]]: ITV, 30 May<br>
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[[I'll Get This]] Christmas special: BBC2, 19 December<br>
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[[In for a Penny]] Christmas special: ITV, 21 December<br>
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[[Masterchef Goes Large|Masterchef The Professionals Rematch]]: BBC2, 23 December<br>
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[[The Crystal Maze]] Christmas special: C4, 23 December<br>
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[[Strictly Come Dancing]] Christmas special: BBC1, 25 December<br>
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[[The Great British Bake Off|The Great Festive Bake Off]]: C4, 25 December<br>
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[[Who Wants to be a Millionaire]] Christmas special: ITV, 25 December<br>
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[[Les Quiz]] The Musical Panel Game: Radio Scotland, 26 December<br>
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[[Tenable]] All Stars: ITV, 26 December<br>
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[[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]: C4, 26 December<br>
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[[Hewlfa Drysor]]: S4C, 26 December<br>
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[[A Question of Sport]] at 50: BBC1, 27 December<br>
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[[The Unbelievable Truth]]: Radio 4, 30 December<br>
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[[Re-Play|Alan Carr's Celebrity Re-Play 2019]]: ITV, 30 December<br>
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[[Britain's Best Home Cook|Best Home Cook]] series 2: BBC1, 2 January<br>
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<div class="square" style="float:right">[[Image:Square love island.jpg|75px|Love Island]]</div>20 December '''Writ Ins Whitmore'''<br/>[[Laura Whitmore]] has been announced as the new host of 2020's Winter [[Love Island]] and show narrator [[Iain Stirling]] her Aftersun co-host. It is currently unknown as to whether [[Caroline Flack]] will return for subsequent series, summer series or no series.<br/><br/>
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<div class="square" style="float:left">[[Image:Square love island.jpg|75px|Love Island]]</div>17 December '''Flack's off'''<br/>[[Caroline Flack]] has stepped down as host of [[Love Island]]. The presenter was arrested on 12 December after an altercation with her boyfriend at their shared Islington home. A replacement host will be named for the winter series, scheduled to begin on 8 January.<br/><br/>
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<div class="square" style="float:right">[[File:Gary rhodes headshot.jpg|75px|Gary Rhodes]]</div>27 November '''Gary Rhodes'''<br/>The death has been announced of TV chef [[Gary Rhodes]] at age 59 at his home in Dubai. In the game show world he was best known as a seatwarmer for the shows [[Masterchef]] and [[Hell's Kitchen]].<br/><br/>
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<div class="square" style="float:left">[[Image:Square eurovision logo.jpg|Eurovision Song Contest]]</div>13 November '''Forty-One Open Up to Eurovision 2020'''<br/>The European Broadcasting Union has announced that 41 entries will compete in the 2020 [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in Rotterdam, Netherlands after the country claimed their fifth victory after their last win in 1975. Bulgaria and Ukraine will return to the contest after a one year absence while Hungary and Montenegro will not.<br/><br/>
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<div class="square" style="float:right">[[Image:Square eurovision logo.jpg|A Song for Europe]]</div>16 September '''BMG: You Decide'''<br/>The BBC has announced that it is teaming up with music company BMG to select the United Kingdom's entry for the 2020 [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This comes after four years of [[A Song for Europe|selection by public vote]] producing very modest results, with this year's entrant Michael Rice finishing last in Tel Aviv, Israel.<br/><br/>
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Revision as of 19:00, 4 June 2020

Contents

Introduction

Telly Addicts

Welcome to UKGameshows.com, which turnsabout to become moc.swohsemagku. We currently have 5,954 articles for you to read. Here are some of our newest articles. Enjoy your visit, and please use the Feedback form below if you have any information to add to our site.

Site news

Impact of Covid-19

Impact of Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has turned everything upside down, and the world of game shows is no exception, so we now have a dedicated page to keep tabs on the shows affected. Do give us a shout if you know of something we've missed.

Poll of the Year 2019

Poll of the Year 2019 - THE RESULTS!
We asked, you answered, and now it's time to see what you voted for in the UKGameshows.com/Bother's Bar Poll of the Year!

Greatest Game Shows

The 100 Most Popular Game Shows
One question you almost certainly haven't been asking yourself is "What are the 100 most popular articles on this site?". Well, tough, because we have and you can see the result of our Greatest Game Shows - it lists stalwarts like The Crystal Maze and Interceptor to surprises such as Kate Thornton's Dishes. Who knew?

Before They Were Famous

While UKGameshows.com is (even if we say so ourselves) the most comprehensive guide to the genre anywhere on - or off - the web, with over 2100 programmes already in our database it is inevitable that even we're stumped sometimes. So we're asking for your help. A number of our "most wanted" shows are now listed here and a team of volunteers is standing by, waiting to add your contributions to our compendium of game show knowledge. Go on, help us out. It's what Mumsy would want.

In the pipeline

New Shows

Britain's Brightest Family celebrity series: ITV, 28 May
Britain's Best Parent?: Channel 4, 28 May
QI series R: BBC2, 28 May
Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow: ITV, 30 May
Gêm Gartre: S4C, 5 June
The Bidding Room: BBC1, 8 June

 

Featured Show

Number One

Game show news

The 1% Club
7 March The 1% Club's future 100% assured
It's only been three weeks since the third series began but The 1% Club has been commissioned for a further two series as well as Christmas specials. The second episode of the current series received 5.3 million viewers, making it ITV's second biggest entertainment series of 2024 so far, behind Saturday Night Takeaway.

Tony Green
4 March Tony Green
Tony Green has died at the age of 85. A veteran commentator and referee in the world of darts, he was best known as Jim Bowen's right hand man on Bullseye.

Steve Wright
13 February Steve Wright
Radio presenter Steve Wright has passed away at the age of 69. He was best known for presenting his afternoon radio show for over 40 years on first Radio 1, then Radio 2, with his latter tenure including daily feature The Big Quiz, which ran from 1999 to 2007.

Picture Slam
13 February Alan Slams more Pictures in his Carr
Picture Slam has been given an extended second series of 10 episodes. The BBC say the first series received an average of 3.3 million viewers during its run, making it the biggest entertainment launch on the Beeb last year.

Deal or No Deal
29 January An Extended Deal
It has been confirmed that the revival of Deal or No Deal has been commissioned for an extended second series including four celebrity specials. ITV have been very happy with the ratings for its first run, which saw an audience increase of 38% over the 4pm slot average - the berth typically filled by Tipping Point.

Previous stories can be found in our News Archive. For more in-depth analysis, check out Weaver's Week, usually published every Sunday.

 

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