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- 17:11, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Helen Chamberlain (→Biography: forgot to italicise Soccer AM, there) (top)
- 17:08, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Helen Chamberlain (It's now been two years since "Hells Bells", as she's commonly known, left Soccer AM. Also mentioned her Pontins and Chessington work prior to joining Sky)
- 16:50, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) The Chase (→Catchphrases: Bradley's usual sign-off has to be considered a catchphrase too)
- 16:48, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) The Chase (→Catchphrases: Shaun's "...just another day at the office" has to be considered a catchphrase, right?)
- 16:29, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (Laura hails from Bray in County Wicklow, just south of Dublin - as, indeed, does Dara Ó Briain)
- 16:20, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Dara Ó Briain (→Trivia: here's the correct pronunciation of Dara's surname, from someone who has lived in Ireland for 18 years and understands a reasonable amount of Gaeilge ;))
- 15:34, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions (Further tidying up regarding the acquisition of TVS's archive by IFE and eventually Disney, and the misplacement of the corresponding paperwork)
- 15:02, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions (There was of course the original American version of The Family Channel, also owned by IFE. Following acquisition by Disney, this channel became ABC Family in 2001, and then Freeform in 2016)
- 14:30, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions (Pointed out the exact dates on which TVS replaced Southern and was replaced by Meridian. And it probably should be pointed out how it lost its franchise, too - TSW lost its own for the same reason)
- 14:12, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Index O (Worth pointing out the decade in which On Safari aired, since I don't think it's *quite* as well-remembered as other shows from the period (not helped, of course, by the state of the TVS archive))
- 13:54, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Index O (Although OOV certainly applies to Robin Houston on 100% and Nicholas Rowe on Grand Slam, it's more of a general TV term - most commonly applying to news reports where the reporter isn't seen on screen)
- 12:18, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Game show news: with the greatest of respect, I think Iain's original "Flack's off" headline is that bit better. ITV *are* keeping the door open for Caroline, for the time being at least)
- 02:34, 18 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Iain Stirling (Mention Iain's name to older people in Devon and Cornwall, and they might first think of the very-similarly-named Westward and TSW continuity announcer (whose colleagues included one Ruth Langsford))
- 01:26, 18 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Tim Gudgin (Pointed out when Tim died)
- 00:46, 18 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Mark Benton (→Biography: worth pointing out that Mark's a Yorkshireman)
- 23:54, 17 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Lauren Laverne (→Biography: Lauren's a Wearsider, of course. And regardless what one thinks of her as the presenter of Desert Island Discs, she's now been in this role for over a year)
- 23:27, 17 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Ted Moult (Tidied up Ted's biography - including pointing out where he was born, and what age he was when he took his own life)
- 22:56, 17 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Sean Hughes (→Biography: Sean was Irish, of course, although he was born in London. Also pointed out the precise date on which he died, and the tragically young age he was) (top)
- 22:39, 17 December 2019 (hist) (diff) John Humphrys (Call me pedantic, but I consider Desmond John Humphrys to be his "full" name, rather than his "real" name. Likewise with others who use(d) their second given names, like John Richard Whiteley)
- 22:29, 17 December 2019 (hist) (diff) John Humphrys (→Trivia: tidied up about Splott and the Reverend Roger Royle)
- 22:25, 17 December 2019 (hist) (diff) John Humphrys (→Trivia: moved the bits about when and where John was born to the top. Not entirely necessary, I admit, but then they *are* about the very start of his life...)
- 21:35, 17 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Jamie Theakston (Theako is currently signed to M&C Saatchi Merlin - whose other clients include his Heart colleague Ashley Roberts, as well as Gethin Jones, Kirsty Gallacher and Sir Trevor McDonald)
- 20:04, 17 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Jason Bradbury (→Contact: Arlington dropped the "Enterprises" from its name a while back) (top)
- 04:27, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) Andi Peters (Shouldn't "Web Links" be the heading above the link to Andi's IMDb entry? Also added a link to his Wikipedia article)
- 04:19, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) Andi Peters (→Trivia: tidying up. Also, Andi was a victim of Noel's gunge and NTV over a decade before Celeb Masterchef came along, so I've put this bit first)
- 03:56, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) Andi Peters (→Biography: it's hard to talk about Andi's career without mentioning Phillip Schofield, Edd the Duck... and Piers Morgan)
- 03:17, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) Stu Francis (→Trivia: worth pointing out the date on which Stu, and Phil Collins, were born)
- 02:44, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) The Chase (The Chase has caught qualification for the Long-Running category, right?)
- 02:23, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Dimbleby (→Biography: specifically, Jonathan's three election night programmes for ITV were in 1997, 2001 and 2005. And David won't be in the hot seat for the Beeb's coverage of next month's election)
- 04:07, 11 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (After another reconsideration, explicitly stated that, for instance, deciding on two balls and landing on the Edge in one still only meant you won half of your money)
- 03:16, 11 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (Yet another caption change, for the picture from the final. With respect, there's only so many references to, ahem, balls that one can make...)
- 03:09, 11 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (Re-described the third round and the final, including clarifying that (for instance) deciding on two balls and landing on the Edge in one still only meant you won half of the money you had accumulated)
- 01:36, 11 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (Following a reconsideration, decided to refer to the lanes by their colours, rather than their lengths - while still making clear that the green lane was the shortest, followed by the blue lane)
- 04:49, 10 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (Re-described the second round, including clarifying that the money won in the first round didn't count (hence, you could bowl £1,000 in the first round and still be eliminated in the second round))
- 03:23, 10 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (Another caption change, this time for the picture of the contestants bowling. Again, the new caption features some of the lyrics from a TV show's theme tune - but this time, it's a non-game show...)
- 03:15, 10 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (Again, I hope no-one minds me re-describing the layout of each lane, and the rest of the first round)
- 02:29, 10 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (A new caption for the picture of the podiums. It still refers to GFG, but ends in "oh, balls", which one can interpret as an exclamation or as an observation of the round things on the podiums...)
- 02:08, 10 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (I hope Weaver and others don't mind me rewriting the first bit of the synopsis, adding a bit more detail as regards the set and the first quiz round (including mentioning the balls on each podium))
- 21:07, 8 October 2019 (hist) (diff) The Edge (I don't think it's necessary for the caption accompanying the picture of Mark to reference that video of that dog in Richmond Park...)
- 03:32, 28 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Boomerang Productions (Probably no real need, but I've clarified that Boomerang is based in Cardiff)
- 02:01, 28 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Tenball (→Synopsis: tidied up regarding Tenball's two major differences from standard snooker, plus the special rules aimed at speeding things up; also further explained why 200 was the maximum break)
- 00:51, 28 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Tenball (→Synopsis: tidied the first two lines)
- 00:17, 28 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Tenball (→See also: added the year of Weaver's review - Tenball obviously *wasn't* a currently-running show when he reviewed it)
- 00:05, 28 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Can i Gymru (→Web links: "s4c.co.uk" ----> "s4c.cymru" and "offical" ----> "official")
- 23:53, 27 September 2019 (hist) (diff) It's Anybody's Guess (Basically, the same image of Paul's question card pose appears twice in this article - so I've replaced the version that doesn't show all of his card and all of his shirt, with the version that does) (top)
- 04:06, 25 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Game show news: rewrote the Alan Carr story, including mentioning the Channel 4 Price is Right one-off)
- 13:33, 17 September 2019 (hist) (diff) 3G Boss (→Broadcast: added parentheses, for consistency)
- 13:16, 17 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Aibisidh (→Web links: "officical" ----> "official")
- 13:11, 17 September 2019 (hist) (diff) John Junkin (→Trivia: tidied up regarding the PG Tips chimpanzee ads)
- 13:03, 17 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Impromptu (According to Genome, there were eight episodes, all airing on Monday nights (the first at 10pm, the others at 7:30))
- 12:59, 17 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Impromptu (BBC Genome suggests that the BFI is right and that this show *did* begin on 27 April 1964. The 17th, incidentally, was four days before BBC2's official launch)
- 12:25, 17 September 2019 (hist) (diff) The Best Show in the World... Probably (Corrected typos and added punctuation as appropriate) (top)
- 11:57, 17 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Main Page (I don't mean to pee you or anyone else off here, Thomas, but I feel compelled to rewrite this latest story - mentioning how many years the public vote element had been back for, plus Michael Rice)
- 01:19, 10 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Kenny Everett (→Trivia: Cuddly Ken's real name is already stated in the Biography)
- 20:08, 4 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Number One (46 episodes were ordered and made (source: "Guru-Murthy is C4's Number One", The Guardian, 18 April 2001), although I'm assuming the episode of 11 September 2001 did not air for obvious reasons)
- 16:03, 4 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Game show news: Denis Norden's passing is now in the News Archive, so it can be deleted from here to keep the number of stories at five)
- 15:59, 4 September 2019 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→2018: transfer from the main page the story about Denis Norden's departure)
- 15:57, 4 September 2019 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Game show news: this isn't updated very often these days, does it? So, from the Beeb, here's the news that Rylan is to host a reboot of Ready Steady Cook, to go with the new Supermarket Sweep)
- 21:04, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) N File:Sheree murphy 2.jpg (A smaller image of Sheree Murphy to be used in her article (the first one I uploaded turned out to be too big, and smaller renditions of it were blurred).) (top)
- 19:21, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) N File:Sheree murphy.jpg (Image of Sheree Murphy to be used in her article.) (top)
- 18:50, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (Added links to Sheree Murphy's article)
- 18:45, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index M (→People: add Sheree Murphy)
- 18:18, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Yes Chef (Add link to Sheree Murphy's article)
- 18:17, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) N Sheree Murphy (Murphy has presented one game show (Yes Chef) and participated in two others (I'm a Celeb in 2005 and Celeb Masterchef in 2015), so she qualifies for her own article on here, doesn't she?)
- 17:25, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Seconds Out (According to BBC Genome, there were just four episodes of this show - airing on the afternoons of 7 July, 21 July, 4 August and 18 August 1960 respectively) (top)
- 15:15, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Denis Norden (→Biography: pointed out the precise date on which Norden died) (top)
- 15:13, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Denis Norden (→Trivia: in turn, tidied up what's left of this section)
- 15:09, 30 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Denis Norden (Arguably, the younger generation will remember Norden more for ...Alright On The Night than for his partnership with Frank Muir - so I've moved this bit to the biography)
- 18:25, 29 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index Q (Queen Victoria Ate My Hamster fits neatly into the radio and regional (Scotland) genres, being a BBC Radio Scotland show)
- 14:22, 28 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Featured Show: got the urge to reorder the banners in complete alphabetical order of show (not counting definite articles). Shouldn't affect the pick-and-choose functionality)
- 13:43, 28 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Introduction: is there a line related to Tipping Point? No? Here's one in that case, based on what Ben says to eliminated contestants)
- 01:36, 28 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Score with The Scaffold (According to the wonder that is BBC Genome, the first series ran from 3 July to 11 September 1970 (eleven episodes), and the second from 6 August to 10 September 1971 (six episodes)) (top)
- 01:17, 28 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Pick of the Six (→Synopsis: "Provence" ----> "Province"; one other typo corrected)
- 23:11, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index B (Of course, Jim Bowen is sadly no longer with us. And is it right to describe Bullseye as "legendary", or might that be a bit *too* extreme?)
- 23:02, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index J (Tidied up the description of a progressive jackpot)
- 22:40, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index B (Added "burning off". This is more of a general TV term than a specific game show term, but it certainly applies to a good few game shows (For the Rest of Your Life, Iron Chef UK, Benchmark, etc.))
- 22:04, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index I (Re-worded the bit about Ice Warriors' set so that the show is described, instead of its name being repeated (this isn't quite as easy to achieve with the bit about Interceptor's theme tune))
- 21:35, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index I (Tidied up regarding "Rock Revolution")
- 21:20, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) The Tennis Elbow Foot Game (According to BBC Genome, there were 12 episodes on BBC2, rather than 10 - the first eight airing on Sunday nights, and the last four on Thursday nights)
- 16:26, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) The Big Breakfast (→Trivia: obviously, the house pre-dates the Olympic Stadium by a good 60 years)
- 16:21, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) The Big Breakfast (→Synopsis: band names don't need to be in italics, do they?)
- 15:56, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Wawffactor (Changed some of the present tenses in the synopsis to past tenses for consistency. Also, only one link to the X Factor article is sufficient)
- 14:36, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Anglia Productions (Added a short history (as per the pages for most other ITV stations), mentioning Anglia's launch date, its takeover by MAI, and its ultimate sale to Granada)
- 14:15, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Relative Knowledge (→Trivia: I suppose it *is* the general style for quotes to be in italics as well as between quotation marks :)) (top)
- 14:13, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Relative Knowledge (It was perhaps ironic that Titchy hosted the first series of this *and* the UK Gold version of Ask the Family two years later)
- 13:59, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Skull (Whoopsie doodle...)
- 13:27, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index K (Obviously, the Art of Noise's Krypton Factor theme tune is better-known than those by Mike Moran and Paul Farrer...)
- 13:04, 26 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Take the Tower (Don't think this qualifies for the Awaiting Review category any more... ;))
- 21:47, 25 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Don't Stop Me Now (Should this *really* be incorporated into the Trivia...? Anyway, tidied up regarding the show being pulled after the third episode, and the remaining five being burned off in a Sunday teatime slot)
- 21:19, 25 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Don't Stop Me Now (→Theme music: we all know who sung "Don't Stop Me Now" originally, don't we? And although it was McFly's cover that was used, it was an obvious choice of theme tune for this show)
- 21:01, 25 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index C ("Prizes on the first series of Celebrity Squares"... From the rest of the text, I assume that's the first series overall, in 1975, as opposed to the first series of the Central/Grundy revival, in 1993)
- 17:28, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Taro' Mlaen (→Synopsis: tidied up regarding the revival, which (obviously) was in English as opposed to the original's Cymraeg)
- 15:04, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) I'd Do Anything (2) (→Web links: thank heavens for the Wayback Machine when it comes to pages that have been deleted)
- 14:32, 24 August 2019 (hist) (diff) Index 0-9 (Deleted "ever" from the 433 fact, following a reconsideration)
- 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)
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