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Poll of the Year 2018

Poll of the Year 2018 - RESULTS WRITE-UP!
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?

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?

Escape in Time

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.

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New Shows

Dress to Impress series 2: ITV2, 9 December
The X Factor: The Band: ITV, 9 December
Celebrity Juice Christmas special: ITV2, 12 December
Dragons' Den Christmas special: BBC2, 15 December
8 Out of 10 Cats Christmas special: E4, 15 December
Come Dine with Me Christmas special: E4, 16 December
Top Class Christmas special: CBBC, 19 December
The Big Quiz (2): ITV, 19 December
A League of Their Own Christmas special: Sky1, 19 December
I'll Get This Christmas special: BBC2, 19 December
The Chase Christmas specials: ITV, 21 and 25 December
In for a Penny Christmas special: ITV, 21 December
Catchphrase Christmas special: ITV, 22 December
Dancing on Ice at Christmas: ITV, 22 December
Christmas University Challenge: BBC2, 23 December
A Question of Sport Christmas special: BBC1, 23 December
Masterchef The Professionals Rematch: BBC2, 23 December
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Christmas special: C4, 23 December
The Crystal Maze Christmas special: C4, 23 December
Take Off with Bradley and Holly: BBC1, 24 December
Breaking the News Christmas special: BBC Scotland, 24 December
QI Christmas special: BBC2, 24 December
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special: BBC1, 25 December
Tipping Point Christmas special: ITV, 25 December
The Great Festive Bake Off: C4, 25 December
Who Wants to be a Millionaire Christmas special: ITV, 25 December
Les Quiz The Musical Panel Game: Radio Scotland, 26 December
Tenable All Stars: ITV, 26 December
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year: C4, 26 December
Hewlfa Drysor: S4C, 26 December
A Question of Sport at 50: BBC1, 27 December
Tenable series 4 continues: ITV, 6 January 2020

 

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Love Island
20 December Writ Ins Whitmore
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.

Love Island
17 December Whack Sacks Flack
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.

Gary Rhodes
27 November Gary Rhodes
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.

Eurovision Song Contest
13 November Forty-One Open Up to Eurovision 2020
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.

A Song for Europe
16 September BMG: You Decide
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 selection by public vote producing very modest results, with this year's entrant Michael Rice finishing last in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Rylan Clark
3 September Rylan's channel hopping
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.

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