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- 14:22, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index 0-9 (Bill McKaig was, of course, the only person to achieve Fifteen-to-One's perfect 433 score. Also mentioned the two nearest misses - Daphne Fowler's 432 and Michael Penrice's 423)
- 14:13, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index 0-9 (Added Kevin Ashman's record Mastermind score. 41 also happens to be a prime number - and prime numbers are usually fun numbers (433 is prime, too) ;))
- 13:28, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Marti Caine (Marti was a genuine South Yorkshire lass, of course) (top)
- 13:14, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Linkpix (We also now know from Genome who the host/inventor was. It appears from IMDb and other sites that Dan Gillan was a stage name used by Norman Cusden, after he used his real name at first) (top)
- 13:04, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Linkpix (Thanks to the wonder that is BBC Genome, we now know who the panellists were for this one-off: https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/651fab83e5ca4b21a231bcd08e5b92ee)
- 03:19, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Cooks to Market (→Trivia: I presume the remaining episodes still haven't been burned off nearly seven years later, though I'm happy to be corrected)
- 03:16, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Cooks to Market (→Trivia: if the show was commissioned for twenty episodes, then it must have performed pretty badly for only the first six to air, right?)
- 02:34, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index C (→Shows: Connect 4 was a board game conversion)
- 02:31, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index M (→Shows: Mousetrap was, of course, a board game conversion)
- 02:22, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes (→Pictures: shortened the captions accompanying the respective pics of Les's question card pose and him with Mr Babbage. I don't think there's any real need for them to be *that* fancy... ;))
- 02:04, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) The Main Event (→Inventor: corrected spelling of Sotheby's) (top)
- 01:58, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index Y (Corrected the spelling of Wetten dass..?)
- 01:55, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index Y (→Shows: Your Word Against Mine was a radio quiz)
- 01:35, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index G (→Shows: some consistency as regards "action/adventure")
- 13:15, 22 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index S (Re-worded the bit about Television Scrabble and TV Scrabble, including pointing out when each aired)
- 13:08, 22 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index S (→Shows: some consistency as regards "action/adventure")
- 13:01, 22 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Your Number Please (→Trivia: tidied the bit about the show's filming schedule and the proposed winners' episode)
- 19:22, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index M (Re-worded the bit about WWTBAM not being the first UK TV show to give away a million pounds (Chris Evans' name has to be mentioned, surely? He devised that segment himself, too))
- 18:54, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index H (→Shows: some consistency as regards "action/adventure")
- 18:44, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Eamonn Holmes (→Trivia: corrected the words spoken by Eamonn when GMTV launched (and here they are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gh54IrWHhE))
- 18:05, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Dimbleby (→Biography: Jonathan has just left Any Questions?, a few months after David's departure from Question Time. Also mentioned On The Record, hosted by Jonathan for its first five years)
- 17:48, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Insert Name Here (→Trivia: tidied up regarding the three pilots)
- 16:41, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Britain's Sexiest (→Key moments: neater to spell out "two" here) (top)
- 16:25, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over (→Synopsis: if the celeb editions of University Challenge for the 2003 and 2005 Red Nose Days should be mentioned, then it probably should be mentioned too that Deayton stayed on to host both)
- 16:10, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over (Expanded the synopsis by pointing out that on both occasions, Angus Deayton hosted while the teams were captained by Nick Hancock and either of the then-current Buzzcocks captains)
- 16:06, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over (Red Nose Day has only been held in odd-numbered years since 1989 - so perhaps it makes more sense to say "in 1999 and 2001", rather than "between" (and likewise for 2003 and 2005))
- 15:37, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Public Enemy Number One (→Trivia: "In an Noel-style end of series revenge stunt" ----> "In a Noel-style end-of-series revenge stunt", which is neater)
- 15:27, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (Now that the 'Mind is co-produced by Hat Trick...)
- 15:06, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (Pointed out Carlton's loss of its on-air identity, and Carlton Communications' ultimate merger with Granada to form today's ITV plc)
- 14:58, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (I also mention Planet 24 - acquired by Carlton in 1999 - because, of course, this company made two absolutely huge shows in The Big Breakfast and The Word, as well as, um, Watercolour Challenge)
- 14:51, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (Carlton's parent company had become a media juggernaut by 2000, so it's worth mentioning the acquisitions of Central, Westcountry and Action Time (which, of course, made Catchphrase for Carlton))
- 13:22, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (Pointed out the exact date on which Carlton replaced Thames as the ITV London weekday station)
- 12:40, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes (→Synopsis: if one is being pedantic, Les was the host of the second incarnation, while Max was the second host of the first incarnation. Might be better to say what number hosts they were overall)
- 11:56, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:LWT Productions (Pointed out the exact date on which LWT began broadcasting; also pointed out its takeover by Granada and the loss of its on-air identity) (top)
- 11:40, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) You'd Better Believe It (→Synopsis: "a excursion" ----> "an excursion")
- 11:35, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Channel Islands (Made the definition slightly more formal, and mentioned the now-defunct Channel Television (which produced all four shows listed)) (top)
- 01:23, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:ATV Productions (Pointed out that ATV was the second ITV station to go on air; also pointed out the respective dates on which it began broadcasting to London at weekends and the Midlands on Mondays to Fridays)
- 01:19, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:ATV Productions (Pointed out the exact date on which ATV went the full week in the Midlands, and clarified that the ITV franchises were reorganised at this time (which also involved Granadaland being split in two))
- 01:00, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:ATV Productions (Pointed out the exact date on which ATV became Central, and that the restructuring was done in order to place more focus on the Midlands (ATV wasn't particularly renowned for its local programming))
- 00:21, 21 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Greed (→Web links: the Buzzerblog link to Shaun Wallace's appearance is no more (and Flash Player was required to view the clip anyway). Fortunately, the clip found its way to YouTube in January 2012)
- 23:49, 20 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Girlfri3nds (→Sypnosis: "targetted" ----> "targeted" and "chromosones" ----> "chromosomes")
- 23:42, 20 August 2019 (hist) (diff) The Olympic Game (→Host: corrected the spelling of Steve Rider's surname) (top)
- 23:34, 20 August 2019 (hist) (diff) The Zone (→Broadcast: remove superfluous "2007" from date of first episode) (top)
- 23:33, 20 August 2019 (hist) (diff) The Zone (→Synopsis: add link to Make Your Play)
- 23:32, 20 August 2019 (hist) (diff) The Zone (→Synopsis: "6 episodes" ----> "six episodes", which is neater IMO)
- 23:19, 20 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Passport to Paradise (→Synopsis: "noone" ----> "no-one")
- 00:10, 2 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:TSW Productions (Pointed out the precise dates on which TSW began and ceased broadcasting; also clarified that, like with Westward and Westcountry, most of its programmes aired only locally)
- 19:45, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Grampian Productions (I'm being pedantic once again, but when what is now STV Group acquired Grampian, it was still known as Scottish Media Group. At the time, it owned several local newspapers in addition to Scottish TV)
- 19:11, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Grampian Productions (I mention Grampian's Gaelic shows, since its area included the Gaelic heartlands of north-west Scotland and the Western Isles, and it made a fair few such shows (including the three games listed here))
- 18:49, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Grampian Productions (Like with Border, Channel, Westward and other small ITV stations, most of Grampian's programmes (prior to losing its identity) aired only locally)
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