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[[The Bridge]]: Channel 4, 11 October<br>
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[[Three in a Bed|Four in a Bed]] new episodes: Channel 4, 12 October<br>
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[[The Cube|The Million Pound Cube]]: ITV, 17 October<br>
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[[Don't Hate the Playaz]] series 3: ITV2, 20 October<br>
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<div class="square" style="float:right">[[File:Parsons nicholas justaminute era.jpg|75px|Nicholas Parsons]]</div>28 January '''Nicholas Parsons'''<br/>The death has been announced of [[Nicholas Parsons]], aged 96, after a short illness. Although his showbiz career spanned three quarters of a century, Parsons was best known for chairing [[Just a Minute]] from its inception in 1967, as well as [[Sale of the Century]]. You can read Iain Weaver's two-part appreciation from 2017, starting with [[Weaver's Week 2017-08-13|part one]].<br/><br/>
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Introduction

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Welcome to UKGameshows.com, powered by the Ultra Quiz Epson QX10. 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?

Don't Scare the Hare

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

The Bridge: Channel 4, 11 October
The Bidding Room new episodes: BBC1, 12 October
Four in a Bed new episodes: Channel 4, 12 October
Richard Osman's House of Games series 4: BBC2, 12 October
Portrait Artist of the Year: Sky Arts, 14 October
Taskmaster series 10: Channel 4, 15 October
The Chop: Sky History, 15 October
Breaking the News new episodes: Radio Scotland, 16 October
Strictly Come Dancing series 18: BBC1, 17 October
The Million Pound Cube: ITV, 17 October
!mpossible series 7: BBC1, 19 October
Hollyoaks Does Come Dine with Me: E4, 19 October
Don't Hate the Playaz series 3: ITV2, 20 October
There's Something About Movies series 3: Sky One, 21 October
Celebrity Juice series 24: ITV2, 22 October
Mock the Week series 19: BBC2, 23 October

 

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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.

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