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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 - 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!

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?

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

Fighting Talk 2020-21: Radio 5, 12 September
Catchphrase celebrity editions: ITV, 12 September
One Man and His Dog 2020: BBC1, 20 September
Family Fortunes revival: ITV, 20 September
Only Connect series 16: BBC2, 21 September
The Great British Bake Off series 11: Channel 4, 22 September
Celebrity Karaoke Club: ITV2, 23 September
The Hit List series 3: BBC1, 26 September
The Search: BBC1, 26 September
Have I Got News for You series 60: BBC1, 2 October
Strictly Come Dancing series 18: BBC1, 12 October

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Game show news

20 October Chop Scotched
Sky History has pulled its woodworking show, The Chop, after one of its contestants was accused of sporting white supremacist facial tattoos. It is unclear whether the remaining episodes will be broadcast.

13 September A Question of Split
The BBC has announced that Sue Barker, Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are all leaving A Question of Sport. Barker has hosted the show since 1997, while Dawson and Tufnell have been team captains since 2004 and 2008 respectively. Their final series together will be broadcast next year, with no word yet on who will replace them.

11 September Fear wins the jackpot
Donald Fear has become the sixth winner of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, having correctly answered Blackbeard to the question "In 1718, which pirate died in battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina?" (Calico Jack, Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, or Captain Kidd). His win beats his brother Davyth Fear's win of £500,000 last September.

11 September Buzzcocks revival for Sky
Talkback is to produce a revival of the music panel game Never Mind the Buzzcocks for Sky, according to the British Comedy Guide. The original show ran on BBC Two from 1996 until 2015, the same year Sky broadcast its own music panel game Bring the Noise. There has been no word yet on team captains or whether any of the previous hosts will be returning.

7 August I'm a Celeb to film in the UK
ITV has confirmed that due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! 2020 will be broadcast from "a ruined castle in the [UK] countryside" instead of its traditional location in the Australian bush.

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

Prize Pound

Shooting Stars
The 2010 Series
Buy it now!
Generally reckoned to be back on form, here's the entire 2010 series of Vic & Bob's celebrity showbiz quiz.

For more game show goodies, visit the Prize Pound.

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-'''[[Poll of the Year 2018]] - RESULTS WRITE-UP!'''<br/>
+'''[[Impact of Covid-19]]'''<br/>
-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?
+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.
+<div class="square" style="float:right;">
+[[Image:Square Vote.jpg|Poll of the Year 2019]]</div>
+'''[[Poll of the Year 2019]] - THE RESULTS!'''<br/>
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 '''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 [[:Category:Information Needed|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 [[The Crystal Maze|Mumsy]] would want.
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-[[Your Face or Mine]] new episodes: Comedy Central, 2 October<br>
+[[Fighting Talk]] 2020-21: Radio 5, 12 September<br>
-[[Rupaul's Drag Race]]: BBC 3 (online), 3 October<br>
+[[Catchphrase]] celebrity editions: ITV, 12 September<br>
-[[Headhunters]]: BBC1, 7 October<br>
+[[One Man and His Dog]] 2020: BBC1, 20 September<br>
-[[Make Me a Dealer]] series 2: BBC1, 7 October<br>
+[[Family Fortunes]] revival: ITV, 20 September<br>
-[[Your Room or Mine?]]: Channel 4, 7 October<br>
+[[Only Connect (2)|Only Connect]] series 16: BBC2, 21 September<br>
-[[House of Games (3)|House of Games]] series 3: BBC2, 7 October<br>
+[[The Great British Bake Off]] series 11: Channel 4, 22 September<br>
-[[Coach Trip|Celebrity Coach Trip]]: E4, 7 October<br>
+[[Celebrity Karaoke Club]]: ITV2, 23 September<br>
-[[Pants on Fire]]: E4, 10 October<br>
+[[The Hit List]] series 3: BBC1, 26 September<br>
-[[There's Something About Movies]] series 2: Sky 1, 10 October<br>
+[[The Search (2)|The Search]]: BBC1, 26 September<br>
-[[Celebrity Juice]] series 22: ITV2, 10 October<br>
+[[Have I Got News for You]] series 60: BBC1, 2 October<br>
-[[Have I Got News for You]] series 58: BBC1, 11 October<br>
+[[Strictly Come Dancing]] series 18: BBC1, 12 October
-[[The Wall]]: BBC1, 12 October<br>
-[[The X Factor]] Celebrity: ITV, 12 October<br>
-Celebrity [[Hunted]]: Channel 4, 13 October<br>
-[[Tenable]] series 4: ITV, 14 October<br>
-[[Mock the Week]] series 18 resumes, 1 November
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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/>
-<div class="square" style="float:left">[[File:Rylan clark.jpg|75px|Rylan Clark]]</div>3 September '''Rylan's channel hopping'''<br/>[[Rylan Clark]] is on a game show roll this week as the new series of [[Supermarket Sweep]] begins on ITV2 next Monday, but wait, there's more, Channel 4 have announced that Rylan will take over hosting duties for a Christmas-themed series of [[Buy It Now]] later this year, and if that wasn't enough, the BBC announced that they were bringing back [[Ready Steady Cook]] with Rylan on BBC One. What will Channel 5 have for Rylan? Hosting duties for [[Blind Date]]? Only time will tell.<br/><br/>
-<div class="square" style="float:right">[[File:Great british bake off title 2010.jpg|75px|The Great British Bake Off]]</div>5 June '''I like children, and I like baking, but which is better? There's only one way to find out...'''<br/>Channel 4 have announced the return of [[The Great British Bake Off|Junior Bake Off]] with a new line-up. [[Harry Hill]] will take over duties as host. [[Prue Leith]] remains the same as a judge, but Paul Hollywood will not - he will be replaced by Liam Charles.<br/><br/>
-<div class="square" style="float:left">[[File:Alan carr grey suit.jpg|75px|Alan Carr]]</div>30 May 2019 '''Alan Carr's Fabulous Five'''<br/>[[Alan Carr]] is to host one-offs of five classic game shows in a new ITV series. The shows are [[Play Your Cards Right]], [[Take Your Pick]], [[Strike it Lucky]], [[Bullseye]], and [[The Price is Right]]. Carr previously hosted a one-off of ''The Price is Right'' for Channel 4 in 2017.<br/><br/>
-<div class="square" style="float:right">[[Image:Dara_o_briain_headshot_small.jpg|75px|Dara Ó Briain]]</div>3 December '''I'll have an Ó please Briain...'''<br/>[[Dara Ó Briain]] has been named as the host of the latest [[Blockbusters]] revival, which will be broadcast on Comedy Central in 2019.<br/><br/>
-''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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