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- 21:11, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Duncan Bannatyne (Duncan is currently a Curtis Brown client, along with the likes of Bradley Walsh, Sue Perkins and Clive Anderson. Also added a link to his Wikipedia article, for consistency more than anything else)
- 20:37, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Bradley Walsh (Bradders is currently signed to Curtis Brown. He was signed to Debi Allen Associates, along with Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck, before CB took over. Also added a link to his Wikipedia article)
- 20:29, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Sue Perkins (Along with Debi Allen's other clients (and Debi herself), Sue is now signed to Curtis Brown)
- 20:24, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Liza Tarbuck (Debi Allen and her clients - including Liza, Bradley Walsh, and Sue Perkins - are all now with Curtis Brown)
- 20:06, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Lee Mack (The address for Lee's Avalon page has changed)
- 20:03, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Lee Mack (Lee is a man of Lancashire - born in Southport and raised for a time in Blackburn, according to the majority of sources I've seen, although some suggest it was the other way round)
- 05:26, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Rory Bremner (Rory is currently signed to PBJ Management, along with many other funny celebs)
- 05:15, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Richard Ayoade (Ayoade was actually born in London (Hammersmith, to be precise), although he *was* raised in Ipswich. Also pointed out his parentage)
- 04:53, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Richard Ayoade (Ayoade is currently signed to PBJ Management, along with many other comedians)
- 04:46, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Alexander Armstrong (Xander is currently signed to PBJ Management, along with many other comedians including Rowan Atkinson, Lenny Henry, Vic 'n' Bob, and Richard Ayoade)
- 04:31, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) The Wager (If the TV listings in copies of The Guardian from July and August 2001 are anything to go by, there were only six episodes - all airing on Friday mornings as part of T4) (top)
- 23:35, 15 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Would I Lie to You? (1) (→Inventor: worth pointing out that the Truth or Consequences format was created by Ralph Edwards, who also created a certain show featuring a big red book (on this side of the Atlantic, anyway)) (top)
- 16:39, 12 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes (Since Andy Collins *hasn't* disappeared from public life, I've changed the caption accompanying his picture - inspired by the caption accompanying the pic of Dave Spikey in the Chain Letters article)
- 14:50, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (The question actually didn't feature the word "official" - so "One Out of Many" was sort of correct. But then again, so was "In God We Trust", even though it's not taken from any Latin source...)
- 03:34, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Anna Ryder Richardson (Whoops... I inadvertently hit "Save Page" before I was completely satisfied with my summary for that last edit. Anyway, Arlington dropped the "Enterprises" from its name some time ago)
- 03:29, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Anna Ryder Richardson (→Trivia: hardly needs to be said that there's another Anna Richardson on TV now. And she too is signed to Arlington, so there's even more reason not to confuse ARR with her///)
- 03:10, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Andy Collins (→Biography: what's Andy up to these days? Answer: he presents the breakfast show on one of the Beeb's local radio stations)
- 02:37, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Matthew Kelly (Probably no real need to point out where and when Matthew was born - but he *is* one of Urmston's finest...)
- 02:07, 1 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (→Trivia: of course, LLB and his wife only won £500k on Millionaire after being offered a second £1m question. Nearly fourteen years later, they're still the show's biggest celeb winners)
- 18:45, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions (And finally, added the date on which HTV, along with Carlton, Granada and most of the other ITV stations, lost its on-air identity)
- 18:33, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions (Following a reconsideration, switched round "taken over" and "acquired". They do mean basically the same thing, but "acquired" sounds that bit better for "most of the company's assets")
- 18:18, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions (HTV was sold on to Granada in 2000, but the regulations of the time meant that Granada were forced to sell most of HTV's assets (including its licence) to Carlton Communications later that year)
- 18:08, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions (Added some more history: the acquistion by UNM, who of course also owned Meridian and Anglia)
- 17:42, 20 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions (In line with other ITV station categories, added some of HTV's history: when it came on air, when it changed its name from "Harlech" to "HTV", and when its Welsh-language programmes transferred to S4C)
- 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)
- 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)
- 18:25, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Grampian Productions (Pointed out the precise date on which Grampian began broadcasting)
- 16:40, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Try for Ten (→Trivia: corrected the spelling of Bury St Edmunds)
- 15:38, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Southern Productions (Pointed out that Southern was the first ITV station for the South of England (while still mentioning its broadcast area); also pointed out its launch date)
- 15:28, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) David Frost (→Biography: I know I'm being pedantic again, but TV-am's launch took place on 1st February 1983)
- 00:27, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) National Lottery shows (→Trivia: ITV's results show doesn't actually feature the main Lotto draw itself, and overlooks the Thunderball draw completely (but then that draw's prizes are much lower, aren't they?))
- 00:22, 30 July 2019 (hist) (diff) National Lottery shows (→Trivia: spruced up the last note. Info about ITV's results show to come...)
- 23:47, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) National Lottery shows (→Trivia: reworded the first sentence about the BBC's showing of the midweek draws. Like with the Saturday draws, sometimes there'd be a show around them, and other times there wouldn't)
- 23:44, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) National Lottery shows (→Trivia: swapped round the respective notes about the BBC's showing of the midweek draws, and the gameshow celebs who hosted non-gameshow lottery formats on Saturdays or at midweek)
- 23:29, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) National Lottery shows (Added a conclusion of sorts - regarding the draws leaving BBC1, only Who Dares Wins continuing on this channel as a result, and Win Your Wish List moving to Channel 5)
- 19:29, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) National Lottery shows (→Synopsis: the Beeb no longer televise the draws, of course, and so they no longer deign to build game show formats around them)
- 18:35, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Westward Productions (Pointed out that Westward was the first ITV station for the South West of England; also pointed out its launch date (yes, viewers in Plymouth, Exeter and Truro had to wait *that* long for ITV...))
- 18:17, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Tyne Tees Productions (Added a short history (as per the pages for most other ITV stations), featuring Tyne Tees' launch date, its merger with YTV, and its ultimate takeover by Granada) (top)
- 17:38, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Border Productions (Border dabbled in independent local radio in the 1990s, and this resulted in it being taken over in 2000 by Capital Radio - who then sold on the television assets to Granada)
- 16:44, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Border Productions (Call me pedantic here, but Border also served most, if not all, of south-east Scotland (via the Selkirk transmitter). It also served the Isle of Man from 1965 onwards)
- 16:23, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Border Productions (Pointed out the date on which Border began broadcasting)
- 15:22, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Category:Rediffusion Productions (Pointed out that Associated-Rediffusion was the first ITV station to go on air, and also pointed out the date on which it came off air to merge with ABC and form Thames)
- 14:10, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Eamonn Holmes (→Trivia: finally, changed it to "not one, but two BBC shows". Not often that one Irishman replaces another on two shows from the same British broadcaster, five years apart...)
- 14:03, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Eamonn Holmes (→Trivia: pointed out what kind of show How Do They Do That? was. Although it ran for five series over three years, it doesn't seem to be remembered by many people these days...)
- 14:00, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Eamonn Holmes (→Trivia: pointed out the respective years in which Eamonn replaced Des on the Holiday programme and How Do They Do That? (Isn't BBC Genome great?))
- 13:55, 29 July 2019 (hist) (diff) Eamonn Holmes (→Trivia: Des Lynam isn't an *Ulster* man. Ulster is the *north* of Ireland, and Des is originally from Ennis, County Clare, in the *west* of Ireland)
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