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- 23:58, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index G (Clarified that all the shows yn y Gymraeg are regional)
- 23:42, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Gladiators: Train to Win (→Synopsis: added punctuation that was missing when it probably shouldn't have been, and spelled out the single-digit numbers) (top)
- 23:32, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Gladiators: Train to Win (→Host: putting Margherita's co-hosts on separate lines (by means of <br> tags) is neater, IMO)
- 23:28, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index G (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:17, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index F (Changed both instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:12, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index E (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:10, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: again, call me picky - but only one link to Colin's article is necessary :))
- 23:07, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Jenny Eclair (Sorry, Simon, but this is another situation where not explaining your actions is not good - especially as Colin Murray has confirmed on Twitter that Jenny, like Les, stepped in while he had Covid)
- 23:58, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index D (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again for consistency and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:54, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index B (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:53, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index A (Changed "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again for consistency across the page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:07, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (The TalkbackThames demerger took place on New Year's Day 2012; Fremantle's non-comedy entertainment programmes have been produced under the Thames brand since then)
- 22:53, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (One sentence, rather than two, regarding Thames's merger with Talkback and where on this site one is to find the programmes made by TalkbackThames)
- 22:47, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (Thames, along with Pearson's other TV interests (Grundy, Talkback, etc.), became part of FremantleMedia in 2001. Fremantle is still owned by RTL to this day, despite dropping the "Media" in 2018)
- 22:25, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (There were, in fact, only months between Thames leaving the ITV network and its acquisition by Pearson - which also owned the Financial Times and half of The Economist, and still owns Longman Books)
- 22:06, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (Here's Thames's final ident, introduced in 1990 and used until New Year's Eve 1992. Thames continued to use the triangle logo for its first few years as an independent production company)
- 21:56, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Thames1990.jpg (Thames ident used from 3 September 1990 to 31 December 1992 (before only regional programmes at first, then before all programmes from 4 November 1991 onwards). After becoming an independent production company, Thames continued to use the triangle logo un) (top)
- 19:49, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (That programme aired, of course, on the night of 31 December 1992. And it shouldn't be forgotten that Thames lost its franchise to Carlton in an auction)
- 19:45, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (From Thames's final programme as an ITV station: "On Tuesday 30th July 1968, Thames Television went on-air and launched a new era in broadcasting." Worth pointing out this precise date, I think ;))
- 19:21, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Oci Oci Oci! (There's a full episode from the latest series on YouTube, and in the credits it says "Fformat: Ian Melding". I take that to mean he's the creator, though I'm hapus to be corrected ;))
- 17:45, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (→Trivia: I may as well add what Richard said about the show in that Grauniad article, because (1) it's funny, of course, and (2) he mentions Don't Scare the Hare as well ;)) (top)
- 17:31, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Richard Osman (→Shows: Richard seemed more than happy to admit in 2012 that he created the abomination that was 24 Hour Quiz... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/oct/26/uk-tv-worst-ever-gameshows)
- 17:28, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (Yes, really, Richard Osman was the creator of 24 Hour Quiz - he seemed more than happy to admit it in 2012: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/oct/26/uk-tv-worst-ever-gameshows)
- 17:07, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (→Web links: it's been twelve years since Off the Telly closed down, and since then its pages have been transferred to the URL of sister site TV Cream)
- 16:48, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (Thanks to the end of the vid, we can add this to the list of game shows for which Paul Farrer did some or all of the music ;))
- 16:36, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (Here's a vid...)
- 14:32, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Without any disrespect intended, I can't fight the urge to rewrite the Eurovision article... Think it's worth pointing out, too, that this will be the first time the UK has hosted it this century)
- 14:18, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: call me picky, call me pedantic, call me whatever... but when we refer to a person for the second time, don't we usually do so by their surname rather than their Christian name?)
- 00:28, 24 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Site news: well, the WHO and the NHS *do* style it COVID-19, and that's how the "Impact of..." page styles it too ;))
- 00:17, 24 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: five's the limit innit? ;))
- 18:08, 21 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (And here's a frame from one of Carlton's brightly-coloured visual pun idents, used from November 1996 to September 1999. I grew up in Ealing in the '90s, so I'm *very* familiar with these idents... ;))
- 17:55, 21 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Carlton1996.jpg (A frame from one of the Carlton idents used from 25 November 1996 to 3 September 1999) (top)
- 17:39, 21 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (Here's one of Carlton's light-based idents used from September 1995 to November 1996 - a reminder that it only added the star to its logo in September 1999)
- 17:29, 21 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Carlton1995.jpg (One of the Carlton idents used from 4 September 1995 to 22 November 1996) (top)
- 21:37, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions (Given the rather complicated history of ITV in North and South Wales prior to 20 May 1968, it's probably better to simply say that Harlech/HTV took over from TWW)
- 21:25, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Iain Stirling (With all due respect, Ian Stirling (with only one I in his first name) *was* most famous for being a continuity announcer on Westward and TSW for many years, even if you didn't live in the South West) (top)
- 21:18, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Russell Davies (And as is customary, here are his That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver) and IMDb entries ;))
- 21:14, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Russell Davies (Of course, there's another famous Welshman named Russell Davies... *Doctor Who theme plays*)
- 21:07, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Russell Davies (Russell's arguably one of the most famous people from Barmouth ;))
- 21:01, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Russell Davies (Surprisingly, not many images of Russell on the interwebs - but this one will do)
- 20:59, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:RussellDavies.jpg (top)
- 19:51, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (I can't fight the urge to simplify the Chris Stuart story, even though it's four days old. Founding the production company behind OC *was* what he was best known for in the game show world, wasn't it?)
- 00:31, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Yung Filly (Here's YF's real name, so that one doesn't have to go looking elsewhere for it ;))
- 19:36, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) People's Quiz (→Synopsis: tidied the paragraph about the end game slightly)
- 17:41, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) People's Quiz (→Champion: Olav Bjortomt was a finalist too, and of course he and the Beast both took part in Grand Slam)
- 15:30, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - July 2022: "http://" or "https://"?)
- 14:44, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) People's Quiz (→Web links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/peoplesquiz/ now redirects to a page for the National Lottery Draws (which the Beeb doesn't show any more, of course). Thank heavens for the Wayback Machine :))
- 14:37, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) People's Quiz (Worth pointing out that Stephanie beat Mark "The Beast" Labbett, and that Will "Magdalen" Cudmore was one of the other finalists (not often someone goes on UC having already appeared on another quiz))
- 03:46, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Eggheads (Undo revision 91400 by Showells (Talk) With respect, that's a matter of opinion...)
- 04:07, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Prize destinations: I misspelled "Mediterranean" there, didn't I? Oopsie doodle :))
- 02:45, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Miscellaneous: and is it reasonable to suggest, too, that the cash Wonderwalls were discontinued on cost grounds? Winning Lines *was* one of the more expensive Lottery game shows, after all)
- 02:36, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Miscellaneous: there were 22 cash Wonderwalls, and the £5k top prize was won only once - is it reasonable to suggest that the lack of pitstops played a part in this?)
- 02:32, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (A rewrite regarding the midweek cash Wonderwalls of 2001. I believe the teenage me suggested the addition of this bit all the way back in 2006 (with rather different wording back then, of course)...)
- 02:04, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Theme music: since the music is mentioned in the third paragraph of the synopsis, and the Strachans were geniuses, perhaps it's better to say that they composed *the* full score ;))
- 02:02, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Synopsis: "permanantly" -> "permanently". Also, I think only one link to the Reverend Mayo's article is necessary in the first paragraph)
- 01:13, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Trivia: Wonderwalls from all six series - including the third series before and after 9/11 - are currently on YouTube, so we can note *all* the changes that were made to the prize destinations :))
- 23:48, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Synopsis: Winning Lines ended *eighteen* years ago (brrrr), so I wonder if Pip should now be described as the *second* host rather than the *new* host?)
- 23:22, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Postscript: although Who Dares Wins began some three years after the 'Lines ended, it too lasted longer)
- 23:11, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (I suspect most people already know that the Strachans were responsible for Winning Lines' music - but for those who don't... :))
- 23:01, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Index D (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:50, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) The Wall (→Inventor: I think it should be pointed out that a certain basketball player had a hand in the creation of this show...)
- 22:40, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) The Wall (C'était le logo de la version française. Voici le logo des versions en anglais, dont la version britannique ;))
- 22:32, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:TheWallLogoEnglish.jpg (The logo for English-language versions of The Wall) (top)
- 22:23, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Dale Winton (→Biography: may I add the names of the Nottingham and Wolverhampton radio stations Dale worked at? These names are long gone, but are presumably still fondly remembered in their respective cities)
- 22:17, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Dale Winton (→Biography: if In It to Win It is mentioned, then surely the 'Sweep has to be mentioned too? Might be worth pointing out as well that IITWI was the longest-running Lottery game show)
- 21:29, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: following a reconsideration, this is probably a better headline. Also, with the exception of two specials, the 'Juice has been on ITV2 all its life, hasn't it?)
- 21:21, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Celebrity Juice (The 'Juice is coming to an end four years after it qualified for this site's Long-Running category)
- 21:18, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: old news because it was yesterday, but I think it's still worth adding as the 'Juice does qualify for this site's Long-Running category...)
- 20:58, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: I hope I'm not being disrespectful here in adding Hilary's and Our Graham's respective ages. It's purely for the purpose of expanding these two stories ever so slightly)
- 20:46, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Sally Lindsay (Is it OK to change "actor" to "actress"? No sexism intended, of course. Also, Sally's very much a lady of Granadaland, so it's worth pointing out where in it she was born)
- 20:37, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Catchphrases: with all due respect, folks, no-one likes what That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver) terms "edit wars"... Anyway, tidied up a bit regarding Bruce's "when I was a Chippendale..." quote)
- 15:13, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Trivia: added missing full stop :))
- 15:09, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Title music: changed "Title" to "Theme", again purely for consistency)
- 15:06, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: some more picture switching, so that the Chuckie Egg one immediately follows "The best way to explore games..." and the Tetris one immediately follows "Each week's final challenge...")
- 14:55, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: and putting the picture of the audience vote immediately below the line about it. Also, just in case people don't remember Brucie rapping on YB!...)
- 14:47, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: for instance, putting the picture of the rotating stage immediately below the line starting "And there's a gimmick...")
- 14:44, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: changed "revolving" to "rotating" purely for consistency. I intend to swap most, if not all, of these pictures around, so that - shall we say - they're better connected to the text)
- 14:35, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: AFAIK, Dara never made any Pointless references on this show, though obviously Ellie's role was not dissimilar to Richard's)
- 14:22, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: the You Bet! reference is obvious and natural, the Moment of Truth reference... not so much)
- 14:18, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: aren't those meant to be pixels rather than cubes?)
- 14:02, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Mousetrap (→Pictures: italicised the caption)
- 12:41, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Index W (→People: consistency for consistency's sake :))
- 12:29, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Jailbreak (Now we know the composer(s) of that wonderful Erasure-meets-Hammond organ music, courtesy of YouTube (what else?). Wonder if the full soundtrack is lurking around somewhere on the interwebs?)
- 12:15, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Perfection (Will Slater tends to provide the scores for 12 Yard shows, and this was no exception. He had a slightly unusual credit here, however)
- 11:25, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: I trust it's not too soon to add the Series 85 champion. ;) I said that doing so would be fun, and so it's proved - in terms of rearranging the table, of course)
- 16:36, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2022: in case anyone's still wondering, the episode of Countdown that was supposed to be aired today (8 June) will not be aired for the foreseeable future)
- 16:25, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (Couldn't help but notice that we were stuck in a time warp... :))
- 16:06, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Hit Me Baby One More Time (→Key Moments: italicised "Toxic" for consistency)
- 16:03, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Hit Me Baby One More Time (→Participants: oopsie doodle)
- 16:00, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Hit Me Baby One More Time (→Participants: with respect, I don't see any need to italicise the names of the singers/bands whose songs were covered)
- 15:11, 15 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2022-05-15 (...it wasn't clear to me. Sorry, Iain and Thomas. :( Feel perfectly free to change it back to "guests" again, however - and as ever, no disrespect intended in any way at any stage :))
- 00:59, 15 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2022-05-15 ("Too many bloviators from the fringes of current affairs, and not enough people who were friendly and welcoming; a similar complaint applied to the guests." I take it you meant "host", Iain :))
- 20:05, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Catchphrases: Bruce would usually point out how important it was to get control of the board on a sudden-death question or a tiebreaker)
- 19:57, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: and if it got to one game each, it would be a tiebreaker that was played, to be pedantic ;))
- 19:47, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: should be pointed out, too, that a game went to sudden death if there was no winner after three questions)
- 19:24, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Catchphrases: and more often than not, Bruce had to remind a couple getting a free go that they couldn't change the card they were on)
- 19:21, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: a couple had to guess higher or lower even if they changed the card, of course. And one very important rule was that a couple getting a free go didn't have the change option ;))
- 18:59, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: clarification as regards the survey questions; also clarified it's the couple answering first that gives a number and the couple answering second that guesses higher or lower)
- 18:31, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: there were a few couples in the '80s and '90s that hadn't yet tied the knot - and in 2002, brothers and sisters could play as well as husbands, wives, fiancés and fiancées)
- 18:25, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: in the '80s, couples attempted to win a car (and they weren't so fabulous back then, of course); in the '90s, a car and cash; and in 2002, cash only)
- 13:10, 11 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Tara Bethan (That should be Pobol Y *Cwm* ;))
- 22:01, 10 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Edith Bowman (Edith's been famous for quite a while now, and she still doesn't have a biography? Better put that right... :)) (top)
- 15:35, 10 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (If one wants to be pedantic, this will actually be Colin's *fourth* stint as host (after 21-23 December 2020, 13 January-9 February 2021, and 3-16 March 2021). But why quibble? ;))
- 14:56, 10 May 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Colin Murray will take Robbo's place on Countdown, at least on a temporary basis: https://twitter.com/ColinMurray/status/1523962488009764868. Why not give him the job full-time, if he wants it?)
- 14:22, 10 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (Colin will again be in the presenter's chair after Anne leaves, at least until the autumn: https://twitter.com/ColinMurray/status/1523962488009764868. Give him the job permanently, for heaven's sake)
- 20:13, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) National Lottery shows (→Synopsis: well, I guess we can safely assume now that Who Dares Wins is no more) (top)
- 19:52, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Meridian Productions (An expanded history. Admittedly more about Meridian's owners than Meridian itself - but then Meridian was a significant part of a media empire, rather like fellow 1993 ITV company Carlton TV) (top)
- 18:44, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Britain's Missing Top Model (→Winner: only one series and hence only one winner, so the year is superfluous)
- 18:40, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Love Productions (And here's Love's history too :))
- 18:36, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Love Productions (Here's the logo ;))
- 18:31, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:LoveProductionsLogo.jpg (Love Productions' logo) (top)
- 18:19, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Studio Lambert Productions (In case anyone's wondering why it's called Studio Lambert... ;))
- 22:33, 1 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week (This smaller, less cumbersome image of the C4 logo doesn't inadvertently push the 2022 archive to the right and create an unattractive gap. Again, no disrespect intended towards Weaver or anyone :))
- 22:23, 1 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2022-05-01 (I wouldn't ever dream of rewriting Weaver's articles, of course - but I can't fight the urge to add a smaller, and less cumbersome, image of the C4 logo. As ever, no disrespect intended towards anyone) (top)
- 22:14, 1 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Channel 4 logo Horseferry Road.jpg (The Channel 4 logo as seen on the channel's HQ at 124 Horseferry Road, London) (top)
- 23:46, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Ejector Seat (→Catchphrases: not *every* contestant was called John, of course ;)) (top)
- 23:44, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Ejector Seat (→Synopsis: "whoever's left *after* five right answers loses" sounds better)
- 23:42, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Ejector Seat (Add this to the already large list of shows for which Mr Sylvan has been the music composer... ;) Also worth pointing out where it was recorded)
- 22:40, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Jon Snow (Jon signed off from Channel 4 News for the final time last December) (top)
- 22:32, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Play Darts (→Participants: Bobby George's son is called Richie, not Robbie ;))
- 22:28, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Play Darts (→Participants: corrected the respective spellings of Roisin Conaty's surname and (for 2015) Deta Hedman's first name)
- 22:24, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Play Darts (→Trivia: just in case anyone who isn't familiar with darts doesn't know where the Lakeside is. Also, the BDO went under in 2020)
- 22:08, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Magic Numbers (Messrs Bolam and Foster composed the music, and had a rather unusual credit (see 47:04 in this YouTube vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN-g8jQd0cU&ab_channel=Kym-Marsh.com))
- 21:54, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Walk the Line (Does Walk the Line qualify for the Big Prize category on account of its half-million jackpot - or is this contentious?)
- 21:48, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) No Win, No Fee (Not easy to make out the music composer's name in the credits at the end of the video, due to the poor quality of the tape - but here it is nonetheless :)) (top)
- 21:31, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index Y (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 21:27, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index W (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 21:21, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) The Ultimate West Wing Challenge (I don't think The West Wing ever did what (The) Weakest Link did and went without the definite article in its name... did it?) (top)
- 21:18, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index U (→Shows: I don't think The West Wing dropped the definite article from its name at any point... did it?)
- 21:14, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index U (Changed both instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 21:11, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index T (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 21:09, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index S (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:38, 15 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index P (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:36, 15 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index O (Changed "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:35, 15 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index N (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:33, 15 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (Shouldn't that be "a few more months under his *belt*"?)
- 03:58, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: tidied and updated the paragraph under the table of Paxman Era champs)
- 03:25, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: I don't think I'd be spoiling things too much if I added the latest champs (and, of course, the person that presented the trophy) nearly a week after the final... ;))
- 03:19, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: bolded all the sub-headings, as per the Mastermind article's own Champions section)
- 03:16, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: and, again, added non-breaking spaces to widen the Series column and thus make the table that bit more presentable)
- 03:15, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: may as well put the Bamber Era champs into a proper table too, albeit one with only two columns rather than three)
- 03:06, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: added non-breaking spaces after the respective longest entries in the Series and Champions columns of the table of Paxman Era champs, to make the table that bit more presentable)
- 03:02, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (And should Trin Cam be listed as champs for 1994-95, Imperial for 1995-96, and so on? Among other things, the current trophy lists the champions by split year, rather than just the year of the final)
- 02:49, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (I wonder, too, should the Paxman Era champions be in a proper table - with separate columns for the series, the champions themselves, and the guests that presented the trophy)
- 02:07, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Should the Bamber Era champions and Paxman Era champions be separated? Among other things, I'm fairly sure no guests were invited on in the Bamber Era to present the champions with their prize)
- 15:05, 8 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Granada Productions (Both the Yorkshire area and Yorkshire TV are mentioned in the second paragraph, so it's probably a good idea to make extra clear which one is being mentioned in the third paragraph)
- 14:51, 8 April 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: oopsie doodle)
- 14:51, 8 April 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: Richard Osman leaving daytime Pointless is pretty big news, even if the show isn't as big as it once was)
- 14:34, 8 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Square richard osman.jpg (top)
- 22:58, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index M (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:55, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index L (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:18, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index J (Changed "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:16, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index I (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:15, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index H (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:13, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index G (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:10, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index F (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:08, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index E (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:05, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index C (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 18:58, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index B (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 18:54, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index A (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 02:16, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Saturday Night Takeaway (Added to the Lifted Entertainment category)
- 02:15, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Saturday Night Takeaway (→Broadcast: SNT is now under ITV Studios' Lifted Entertainment label. Looks like the last few episodes of last year's series were the first ones under this label, but can someone confirm this?)
- 02:00, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Love Island (→Host: putting Patrick Kielty's respective co-hosts on separate lines is neater, IMO)
- 01:56, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Love Island (Added to the new Lifted Entertainment category)
- 01:55, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Love Island (→Broadcast: 49 episodes in last year's series)
- 01:54, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Love Island (→Broadcast: last year's series was the first under the Lifted Entertainment label)
- 01:42, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Lifted Entertainment Productions (...we could be lifted, from the shadows, liiifteeed...)
- 01:39, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:LiftedEntertainmentLogo.jpg (The logo for ITV Studios label Lifted Entertainment, renamed from ITV Studios Entertainment in March 2021) (top)
- 01:24, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Lifted Entertainment Productions (Oopsie doodle :))
- 01:21, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Added to the new Lifted Entertainment category)
- 01:19, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Category:Lifted Entertainment Productions (I've got the Lighthouse Family playing in my head as I type this definition...)
- 01:13, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (I'm going to be bold and create a Lifted Entertainment category. If other ITV Studios labels like Potato can have their own categories then why can't Lifted? ;))
- 00:58, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (The final regular episode of the Bamber Era aired on Friday 4 September 1987, the second game in the best-of-three between Keble and Univ Oxford (Keble won both games, so the third game wasn't needed))
- 00:52, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: the first episode of the series just ended was the first under ITV Studios' Lifted Entertainment label)
- 00:42, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: added the Series 83 and Series 84 champions. Adding the Series 85 champion, when (s)he is known, will be fun... ;))
- 00:23, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Broadcast: Countdown came under ITV Studios' Lifted Entertainment label during Nick's last series - thanks to All 4 for keeping up every episode since the start of 2021 :))
- 16:42, 31 March 2022 (hist) (diff) Index H (Four new HIGNFY guest presenters in 2021 including Clive Myrie (who now qualifies for his own UKGS profile, right?) and Aisling Bea)
- 16:18, 31 March 2022 (hist) (diff) Greed (Again with the greatest of respect, Simon, not giving an explanation here is not helpful (believe me, I take no pleasure whatsoever in saying that). What's wrong with "https" and the padlock symbol?)
- 16:09, 31 March 2022 (hist) (diff) Matt Dawson (Now that Dawson's no longer a QoS captain...)
- 22:54, 30 March 2022 (hist) (diff) Take the Plunge (Undo revision 86504 by Showells (Talk) As explained, different transmission dates on Anglia and Central; hence the "but see Trivia")
- 01:34, 17 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Category:Zeppotron Productions (Not too surprising to learn that Charlie Brooker was one of Zeppotron's founders ;)) (top)
- 01:16, 17 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Category:Remarkable Television Productions (With all due respect, is a comma after "In 2015" *absolutely* necessary?) (top)
- 06:40, 12 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Trak Trix (→Trivia: ah, the days when S4C showed many of C4's programmes, but at different times (and even dates) to the rest of the UK... Taken from listings in the Guardian and the Observer from the period) (top)
- 06:19, 12 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Trak Trix (→Broadcast: ten episodes in all, each airing on Friday evenings (in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, anyway))
- 05:42, 12 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Telly Phonin' (→Synopsis: linked to Sul Y Ffôn. Also only one L in "notability" ;))
- 05:06, 12 January 2021 (hist) (diff) When Will I be Famous? (→Synopsis: "Old skool talent show" and "Live Saturday night variety show"... these could be combined into one, right?)
- 01:33, 11 January 2021 (hist) (diff) You Have Been Watching (→Trivia: "On 6 May 2011 as part of C4's Alternative Election Night"... shouldn't that be 2010?) (top)
- 23:51, 4 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Romesh Ranganathan (→Shows: Romesh was the only new HIGNFY guest host in 2020)
- 23:46, 4 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Index H (Updated the number of people who have served as HIGNFY guest presenters - Romesh Ranganathan was the only new one in 2020)
- 21:34, 4 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Britain's Best Parent? (→Synopsis: corrected minor typo - no 'a's in Patrick Freyne's surname ;))
- 07:15, 2 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow (Five does seem to be the official number of series, too. What, however, was the official last-ever show? The last-ever *live* show was on 11th March 2006; what aired on the 18th was a highlights show)
- 07:00, 2 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow (→Broadcast: ...and it certainly should be pointed out in some way that the airings on BBC1 and 2 were simulcasts with the CBBC Channel)
- 06:57, 2 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow (→Broadcast: there's certainly merit in saying "CBBC Channel" rather than just "CBBC", anyway...)
- 06:54, 2 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow (With all the respect in the world, Simon, I feel this is a situation in which you should have explained what you were doing and why, rather than leave the rest of us to work it out for ourselves...)
- 20:47, 19 December 2020 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: is it spoilerific to point out the Series 82 champion a day and a bit after the broadcast of the Grand Final? If so, feel free to delete, then add them back when it isn't)
- 20:44, 19 December 2020 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: added the Series 81 champion. This means a 21st row for this table - hoping my copying and pasting skills haven't let me down here)
- 18:07, 7 December 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: we will see Nick hosting Countdown in 2021, but not beyond. I think it's worth pointing out, too, that he's lasted longer in the role than Des, Des and Jeff)
- 18:03, 7 December 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: with all due respect, this is probably a less cumbersome way of referring to the best-known Europe song ;))
- 09:29, 3 December 2020 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2020-11-22 (Oui, c'est Banijay :))
- 09:23, 3 December 2020 (hist) (diff) Name That Tune (→The Crown Jools: *four* links to Jools' article in this section? Surely only one is sufficient... I also think "Monarch of the Melody" should be between quotation marks rather than italicised :))
- 13:04, 30 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (→Key moments: pointed out the date of Richard Deeley's game. According to the press, he subsequently claimed that he had intended his actions as a joke - inspired by Chris, no less)
- 07:45, 29 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Jacpot (→Trivia: well, since it was based on the American show Jackpot - and also since just about every Welsh-language word containing 'J' is adopted from English (others: jar, garej, jiraff)... ;)) (top)
- 21:05, 24 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Index G (→Shows: shouldn't all the "Great" shows be listed alphabetically *and* without regard to definite articles? And without regard to hosts' names, too)
- 20:46, 24 November 2020 (hist) (diff) The Great British Bake Off (Ten years - and three months - since the first ever signature challenge)
- 03:01, 24 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Winning Combination (I don't mean to steal David B's job here - but I don't think any of us want to see what Wikipedia terms an edit war. Perhaps the memorability of these moments should be discussed on the Staffers page?)
- 21:01, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (→Synopsis: no longer a Lottery tie-in, obvs)
- 20:59, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (Interestingly enough, the change occurred *during* the ninth series - the first four episodes of this series went out in October and November '16, and the remaining nine between January and April '17)
- 20:56, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (There were three other Lottery shows besides WDW still running at the end of 2016 - and I don't think it's unfair to say that not listing these shows is unfinished business... ;))
- 20:50, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (To be pedantic, it was late November 2016 when the Beeb announced that the Lottery draws would no longer be shown on BBC1 - their final airing on the channel being that New Year's Eve, of course)
- 19:59, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) 1 vs 100 (→Trivia: with respect, this is probably a better way to describe where each series was filmed)
- 19:50, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) 1 vs 100 (All the music was composed by Augustin Bousfield)
- 20:11, 22 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof (→Theme music: clarified that Woolmans composed a full score) (top)
- 20:08, 22 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Don't Try This at Home! (Think it's worth pointing out that Mike Woolmans composed the incidental music, especially as he had an on-screen credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAEzdog2RU&ab_channel=TonyWiseman (at 52:18)) (top)
- 20:01, 22 November 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - November 2020: in response to David B, I still think we should mention anyone not responsible for a show's main theme but responsible for the same show's incidental music)
- 19:30, 22 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Tiger Aspect Productions (Endemol UK and Endemol Shine Group were not the exact same entity, as far as I'm aware...) (top)
- 15:06, 17 November 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - November 2020: where a composer or composers wrote a full score for a show, should the heading be just "Music" rather than "Theme music"?)
- 14:40, 16 November 2020 (hist) (diff) The Chase (→Catchphrases: of course, there are variations of "Time to face the Chaser" for when (s)he first comes on set, and for the Final Chase)
- 13:07, 15 November 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: pointed out the great age that Des was, and how far his career stretched back)
- 16:23, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Herio'r Ddraig (→Trivia: here's the translation of the title)
- 15:57, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Index H (Since HIGNFY has used guest presenters for 18 years, and the number of people to have served as one has reached three figures... Also added Xander and Brucie as the most frequent and best respectively)
- 15:15, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Nick Hewer (→Web links: corrected the link to Nick's Wikipedia article) (top)
- 15:14, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Nick Hewer (→Biography: time for an update, as it's been six years now since Nick sat next to Alan and Karren for the final time. Also added his middle name)
- 14:39, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Index H (→People: no link to Nick Hewer's article? Better put that right ;))
- 14:31, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: ...juuuuust in case anyone unfamiliar with Countdown wonders "who's Nick?" ;))
- 20:01, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) File:StrikeItLucky1989.jpg (Oops - somehow forgot to tell my left from my right there...) (top)
- 19:59, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (A higher resolution image of the Strike it Lucky logo, taken from a repeat of a 1989 episode (not much that can be done about the Challenge DOG at the top left, alas))
- 19:55, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:StrikeItLucky1989.jpg (The Strike it Lucky logo in 1989. Not much that can be done about the Challenge DOG at the top right, alas.)
- 04:46, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Can i Gymru (Y logo Cân i Gymru)
- 04:41, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:Can-i-gymru.jpeg (Y logo Cân i Gymru) (top)
- 04:15, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Concro'r Cwm (Here's one bit of info, anyway - the translation of the title :))
- 04:02, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: a better image (I hope) of the Sky logo for the Chop story)
- 03:55, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:SkyLogoMulticoloured.jpg (The multi-coloured variant of the current (as of 2020) Sky logo) (top)
- 01:35, 30 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof (Call me picky here - but I don't think there's any great need for Action Time's name to be italicised, or for Bob's full name to be stated in three picture captions rather than just the first ;))
- 01:20, 30 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof (Three clips of the end game on YouTube, and in each, the 54 question categories were the exact same - so I'm assuming they were the same for all 17 episodes. Might as well list them in that case ;))
- 01:21, 28 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Weakest Link (Anne almost always picked up on when a team had a chain of nine or more correct answers in a round yet failed to reach the £1,000 target, and usually asked "Who kept banking?" or something similar)
- 04:26, 26 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Index P (→Shows: Pen Campau is the first of the "Pe" shows alphabetically)
- 23:41, 23 October 2020 (hist) (diff) The Family Brain Games (→Broadcast: fewer words, as all eight eps aired in a single calendar month) (top)
- 16:01, 23 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Poll of the Year 2019 (Impossible ----> !mpossible ;))
- 00:25, 14 October 2020 (hist) (diff) The People Versus (→Broadcast: corrected the date on which the show began - it was, of course, around 21 hours before people heard "You are the Weakest Link, goodbye" for the first time)
- 03:19, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Freeze Out (→Title music: Will Slater's credit was a relatively long-winded one, but still not a particularly unusual one like "Musical Director" - hence it's only really necessary to state just his name)
- 03:15, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Freeze Out (→Inventor: corrected the spelling of Stefan Iriarte's surname. The magic of YouTube once more ;))
- 02:58, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Divided (Ten years since the show last aired on ITV, and it probably won't be repeated on Challenge any time soon - so how the theoretical maximum prize could be won can now be described in the past tense)
- 02:47, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Divided (Amazing what you learn from YouTube - that man Sylvan composed the music for this show too ;))
- 02:28, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) The Edge (→Theme Music: I also see no real need to state Marc Sylvan's specific credit here, as it wasn't an unusual one like "Musical Director")
- 02:25, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) The Edge (Got the urge to make one more caption change. With all due respect, while Going for Gold references just about work here, Bob Monkhouse and $64K Question references feel a little *too* out of place...)
- 01:45, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (On the other hand, "Gareth" Fitzgerald wasn't *that* silly - the GB Public's knowledge of Irish politicians was rather overestimated there (Éamon de Valera was also given as an answer and scored zero))
- 01:32, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (Another silly answer from that "famous Irishman" round...)
- 01:25, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (Ah, Brian Dowling's "les bean" - for me, anyway, the best moment of the Vernon era. Re-ordered it alphabetically)
- 01:19, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (From 1994: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdwOyT9Erso&ab_channel=MrGazMac. "Sheep" would have been a good answer to *this* question, as it was the top answer)
- 01:03, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (Corrected spelling of "accidentally")
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