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- 21:01, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: come to think of it, "the Beeb has spoken" is even better, isn't it? Tribe, Beeb... both one-syllable words ending with a 'b' sound ;))
- 21:00, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Yes, I've rather rewritten this story. In particular, I think it should be mentioned that it'll be a Remarkable production for BBC1. Any bits that sound too snarky, feel free to remove or sweeten :))
- 20:40, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: this might be a better headline, based on "the tribe has spoken, you must leave")
- 20:37, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: as I said before - and again without any disrespect intended - images in this section are usually squares rather than rectangles)
- 20:34, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Square Survivor UK Logo.jpg (Square image of the original Survivor UK logo) (top)
- 22:27, 1 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: no disrespect intended, but there's a good reason why the images in this section are usually squares rather than vertical rectangles...)
- 22:24, 1 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Square bill turnbull.jpg (Square image of Bill Turnbull) (top)
- 22:14, 1 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: Bill presented Breakfast for *only* fifteen years. Dan Walker replaced him in 2016)
- 21:14, 1 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Key moments: that incident with Messrs Turnbull and McGinty was in the 2012 series: https://www.blanchflower.org/uc/results_christmas.html#christmas2012)
- 21:36, 29 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Rebound (→Trivia: that's future *Chaser*, right? ;)) (top)
- 23:22, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (→Celebrity Mastermind: blimey, Monty Don as well ;))
- 23:19, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (→Celebrity Mastermind: Toyah has a UKGS article too, I notice ;))
- 23:15, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (→Celebrity Mastermind: added non-breaking spaces after the respective longest names in each of the first four columns, to make the list that bit more presentable)
- 23:06, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (→Celebrity Mastermind: at least nine other celebs in this list have UKGS articles. I expect a few more will qualify for an article at some point, too ;))
- 22:48, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (→Celebrity Mastermind: that should be *Graeme* Le Saux ;))
- 22:32, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Isn't it the Beeb as a whole that's reviving Gladiators, rather than the specific channel it'll be on? (Same with Sky in 2008.) Also pointed out the number of episodes that will be made)
- 16:51, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (And of course, it happened at least three times that the non-dart player achieved the 101 with just two throws - and *any* non-dart player could do it, as the video I've added (from 1986) demonstrates)
- 15:56, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (...but it certainly did happen at least twice that the non-dart player scored 60 or 70, and the dart player then threw two single or treble 1s and a single 20. And it *was* painful on both occasions)
- 15:51, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Key moments: AFAIK, it never *quite* happened that the non-dart player scored 97 and the dart player then blew it by throwing three single 1s...)
- 15:30, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Only from the fourth series (1984-85) onwards did Greeny cry out "It's a bullseye! And here's your host, Jim Bowen!" at the start. See, Challenge repeating the show to death *isn't* so bad... ;))
- 13:52, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Big Big Talent Show (→Trivia: a live element in the whole of the first series but only in the final of the second series, and the same with phone votes... this bit can be described in fewer words, then ;)) (top)
- 13:30, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Big Big Talent Show (→Synopsis: the second sentence of the fourth paragraph can be pruned)
- 13:25, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Big Big Talent Show (→Synopsis: GB's mentioned in both the second and the second-last paragraph, and I've just linked to his article - so there's probably no need to say "from tabloid rag The Sun" any more)
- 12:59, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Big Big Talent Show (→Synopsis: there are links to Wossy's and Ed Byrne's articles in this section, but no link to Garry Bushell's article... better put that right. And no, I wouldn't wipe my bottom with The Sun)
- 12:53, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Big Big Talent Show (→Synopsis: removed superfluous parentheses from the third paragraph)
- 12:46, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Jon Richardson (→Shows: Jon is HIGNFY's 122nd and, at the time of writing, latest guest host)
- 12:44, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Miles Jupp (→Shows: Miles is HIGNFY's 121st guest host)
- 12:43, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Have I Got News for You (→Host: list of guest hosts updated to the end of Series 63)
- 12:24, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Answer Trap ("A small improvement here would be for Anita to actually read out all the answers..." Since the show's not coming back, I wonder if this bit should be in the past tense?)
- 13:16, 22 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Krypton Factor (A slight rewrite of this paragraph - clarifying that Alison Heath finished runner-up in that '87 final, and that both of the revival's finals were all-male)
- 13:01, 22 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Krypton Factor (Perhaps "champion" might be a better word than "winner" in this paragraph - particularly as regards Ms Chanter's achievement, as plenty of other ladies won heats and Group Finals)
- 12:45, 22 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Krypton Factor (David Lee was 21 when he became the 1988 UK Superperson - unless, of course, he lied about his age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3W3bP7N-Q&ab_channel=SlavaUkraini)
- 09:57, 18 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind ("Maybe Stephen Mangan could succeed John Humphrys as the show's main host sometime in the future?" He won't now)
- 06:45, 17 August 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (And of course, the official title of that Britney song has only four words, not six ;))
- 06:43, 17 August 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Yesterday *was* a busy day news-wise, wasn't it? Anyway, here's the Darius story again with improved vocab, plus a mention of Popstar to Operastar. And God rest him)
- 06:35, 17 August 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (I obviously don't intend to be disrespectful to Darius, his family or anyone else here - but, Simon, there *is* a better way of going about this *and* you know it...)
- 17:55, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Golden Balls (→Trivia: so many shows were recorded at BBC Television Centre prior to its redevelopment - and Golden Balls, despite not being a Beeb show, was one of them ;))
- 17:43, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Golden Balls (→Theme music: Marc Sylvan's credit was plain "Music", so I assume he composed the full score ;))
- 17:38, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Golden Balls (→Trivia: italicised titles as appropriate)
- 17:35, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Golden Balls (→Trivia: I'm assuming that the potential £168,100 jackpot on 11 February '08 was still the largest when the show ended, though I'm happy to be proven wrong ;))
- 17:30, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Golden Balls (May I add that the 'Balls also came joint third in the vote for the Worst New Show of '07? It's not often that a new show places top five in both the Hall of Fame *and* the Hall of Shame, after all ;))
- 15:17, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Index M (→People: now that Clive Myrie has a UKGS profile... ;))
- 15:15, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (→Host: I've just created Clive's UKGS profile ;))
- 15:15, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N Clive Myrie (Clive hosts Mastermind and is HIGNFY's 118th guest host - so he qualifies for a profile on here. ;) Can it also be pointed out which football team he supports?) (top)
- 15:08, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:CliveMyrie.jpg (top)
- 14:13, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Expanded the Duggie Brown article slightly. Since Free Spin was nearly half a century ago, it probably should be pointed out that it was a Radio 2 show. I think 3-2-1 should be mentioned, too ;))
- 14:05, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (All we need is five, five, five is all we need... ;))
- 13:54, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Deal or No Deal (Well, DOND *was* a Remarkable show at the end of its life... ;))
- 12:50, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Showbiz Blackjack (Obviously, the site closed ages ago - and all the Wayback Machine has of it is the home page's text. None of the other pages were archived, and nor were any of the site's images. Shame, really) (top)
- 12:28, 16 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Index 0-9 (Changed "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 20:27, 8 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Index Y (→Shows: Y Talwrn is a Radio Cymru show, so it qualifies for the Regional (Wales) genre ;))
- 20:24, 8 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Index Y (Some re-ordering of genres, mainly to put the Regional (area) genre last. As before, purely for consistency's sake ;))
- 20:18, 8 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Index X (Changed "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", to match the name of the corresponding category) (top)
- 20:16, 8 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Index W (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again for consistency and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:37, 6 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (→Trivia: "When RTL4 were making their own Dutch version of NHP" -> "When Dutch station RTL4 was making its own version of NHP", which IMO flows a bit better)
- 19:30, 6 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (Undo revision 91930 by Showells (Talk) No-one likes edit wars - and it's also not good when an edit is not explained when it should be...)
- 19:27, 6 August 2022 (hist) (diff) The Generation Game (Undo revision 91931 by Showells (Talk) Oh, here we go with another potential edit war...)
- 14:34, 2 August 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - August 2022: should Opportunity Knocks be on the list of shows in Darren Day's article? He was a contestant on it, but he wasn't famous beforehand)
- 15:33, 1 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Index U (Changed "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 00:20, 31 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Impact of COVID-19 (Eh? Much as the new QoS is very different to the old one with Sue, Matt and Phil, it's still the same production by the same company at the same location, and with more or less the same theme tune too)
- 17:13, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Scary Sleepover (The quality of the video of the second ep (just the one team in this one) is such that the credits - including the name of the music composer - are easier to read than in the video of the first ep ;)) (top)
- 17:08, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Scary Sleepover (Guess what, YouTube has not one, but two full episodes... ;) Here's the first of those, featuring two teams (in such episodes, did it ever happen that *both* teams failed?))
- 14:44, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index T (Some more re-ordering of genres, mainly to put the Regional (area) genre last. I'm a bit of a stickler for consistency, unfortunately... ;))
- 14:33, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index T (Traed Oer only aired on S4C, so it qualifies for the Regional (Wales) genre ;))
- 14:31, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index T (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 14:21, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Survival of the Fittest (2) (→Trivia: this article is fairly short, so I think only one link to the Love Island article is necessary. ;) May as well point out when it was that Laura took over from Caroline as LI host, too) (top)
- 13:58, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Survival of the Fittest (2) (→Synopsis: "the ITV press office *promised*", since it was four years ago now ;))
- 13:55, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index S (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" - yes, all fourteen of them - to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 00:39, 30 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (With all due respect, Simon and Thomas, I think we may be jumping the gun here... the BBC is only in talks with MGM according to the Guardian, and the Beeb itself has nothing yet on its site)
- 17:54, 29 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index R (Risg was only shown on S4C, so qualifies for the Regional (Wales) genre. And The Raw Deal was a BBC Radio Scotland show, so it must qualify for the Radio genre ;))
- 17:43, 29 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index R (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:40, 29 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index R (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" and plain "Stunts" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across the page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 13:28, 29 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index Q (Changed "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:44, 28 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index P (Some re-ordering of genres here and there, mainly putting the Childrens genre first and the Regional (area) genre last. Once again, purely for consistency's sake - as ever, no disrespect intended ;))
- 17:32, 28 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index P (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" and plain "Adventure" to "Action and adventure", again for consistency and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:29, 28 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index P ("Point of view, also: POV". No disrespect intended, but as POV is the initialism I'd substitute "for short" for "also")
- 17:20, 28 July 2022 (hist) (diff) O Fan i Fan (No eps or clips on YouTube at present, it appears - but while we're waiting, here's the translation of the title ;)) (top)
- 17:16, 28 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index O (Changed plain "Adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:12, 28 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index N (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:09, 28 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (And, again without any disrespect intended, isn't five stories the limit?)
- 17:07, 28 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: no disrespect intended by any means, but Bernard did live to a pretty good age)
- 19:07, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Nicholas Owen (People in the Croydon area will be very, *very* familiar with Nicholas's voice... ;))
- 18:50, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Nicholas Owen (→Web links: well, several other Nicholas Owens have Wikipedia articles - including Nick Owen, of course ;))
- 18:44, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Nicholas Owen (→Web links: it's been a decade and a half since Nicholas left ITN... fortunately, his profile has been archived by the Wayback Machine :))
- 18:39, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Nicholas Owen (→Biography: Nicholas Owen was born in 1947... guess what, Nick Owen was too. ;) Nicholas was born in February, Nick in November)
- 18:23, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) The Mint (→Trivia: I'm not sure whether or not Nicholas Owen would like to be reminded of his contribution to this show - but since he has a UKGS article...) (top)
- 18:16, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) The Mint (→Synopsis: only three sentences, so only one link to the Quizmania article is necessary. ;) Also replaced existing italics with quotation marks, which IMO are better for The Mint Mansion malarkey)
- 18:04, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) The Mint (Every ITV Play show qualifies for both the Phone-in and Interactive categories, right? ;))
- 17:53, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index M (...while The Mint, like all other ITV Play shows, qualifies for the Phone-in and Interactive categories. Don't recall it having anywhere near as much of a puzzle element as Countdown or Catchphrase...)
- 17:50, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index M (Mission Survive is only in the Reality category at present...)
- 17:34, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index M (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:28, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index L (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure show" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:25, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index K (Changed "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:23, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index J (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 17:20, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index I (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 02:21, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Moneybags (→Trivia: Moneybags is another show to come out of Dock10 ;))
- 02:14, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Moneybags (→Trivia: the technical failure was, of course, at Channel 4, and also caused the postponement of that day's Countdown)
- 02:06, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Moneybags (→Trivia: reworded the bit about the postponed episode 20)
- 02:02, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Moneybags (Plain "Music" is a common credit, and usually means that the composer was responsible for the show's full score (theme, bed, stings, etc). And I'm fairly sure that is indeed the case here with Dobs ;))
- 01:19, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 50/50 ("This video contains content from Sony Pictures, who has blocked it on copyright grounds." Nadgers)
- 00:39, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Helfa Drysor (→Inventor: je suis pédant, mais c'est "trésors", pas "trèsors" ;)) (top)
- 00:35, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Helfa Drysor (→Synopsis: I think only one link to the TH article is necessary ;))
- 00:34, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Helfa Drysor (→Host: eliminated Robin's role altogether - this too is for consistency with the Treasure Hunt article, and also I suspect most readers will twig anyway that he was Kenneth's Welsh equivalent ;))
- 00:31, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Helfa Drysor (→Co-host: eliminated the parentheses around "skyrunner", for consistency with the Treasure Hunt article)
- 00:27, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index H (Helfa Drysor's sole episode aired only on S4C, ergo it qualifies for the regional (Wales) genre ;))
- 00:24, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index H (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 00:21, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Jenny Eclair (→Web links: ...and here's her IMDb entry ;))
- 00:19, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Jenny Eclair (→Trivia: ...here's her real name...)
- 00:16, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Jenny Eclair (Here's a pic of Jenny...)
- 00:15, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:JennyEclair.jpg (top)
- 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)
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