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- 15:53, 21 April 2020 (hist) (diff) For the Rest of Your Life (→Catchphrases: on every selection, Nicky said "Go to number (whatever)", and asked "Are you set on number (whatever)?" before the player "lit it up")
- 15:48, 21 April 2020 (hist) (diff) For the Rest of Your Life (A full game courtesy of YouTube. Think you can stay awake?)
- 00:23, 20 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Ruth Langsford (→Shows: Ruth was, of course, partnered with Anton du Beke in 2017 (they got as far as the week before Blackpool Week))
- 00:19, 20 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Ruth Langsford (→Trivia: it's been ten years now since Ruth and Eamonn tied the knot, and nearly 25 since their relationship began (although, of course, they kept it secret at first))
- 00:10, 20 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Ruth Langsford (Ruth's now been a regular presenter on This Morning for longer than Richard and Judy, believe it or not. And she was a Loose Women panellist in its earlier years, before becoming one of its anchors)
- 23:42, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Simon Rimmer (→Shows: Simon was in the 2017 Strictly line-up (he and Karen Clifton, as she was then, didn't get particularly far))
- 23:36, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Richard Coles (→Shows: Richard's also done Strictly, in 2017 (he was eliminated second after a poor paso doble))
- 23:27, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Tim Wonnacott (→Shows: Tim took part in the 2014 series of Strictly (he didn't get very far, unfortunately)) (top)
- 23:06, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Abbey Clancy (Abbey was champion of the 2013 series of Strictly, of course (some will say Susanna Reid should have won, but Abbey had the better story))
- 22:54, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Mike Smith (→Biography: may as well point out the precise date in 2014 on which Mike passed away, and the relatively young age he was) (top)
- 20:36, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Sabotage (...because, also according to listings in copies of the Guardian on Newspapers.com, they repeated the full series in the early autumn of 1995 - and again they put it in the weekday 9am slot) (top)
- 20:28, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Sabotage (Also according to said listings, the show aired on weekday mornings at 9am, in between the Big Breakfast and schools programmes. I'm guessing that this was one of those very "Channel 4" moves...)
- 20:18, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Sabotage (→Broadcast: if the TV listings in copies of the Guardian from February and March '94 on Newspapers.com are anything to go by, there were 30 episodes, all in one series)
- 19:07, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Joker in the Pack (Also according to Genome, this was an Action Time show, with Stephen Leahy serving as executive producer alongside Michael Leggo)
- 19:02, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Joker in the Pack (→Broadcast: twelve episodes was all this show got, according to BBC Genome. Euro 92 and the Barcelona Olympics notwithstanding, it stayed in BBC1's Friday 8:30pm slot throughout its run)
- 18:46, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Index J (→People: Duncan is the first of the three Jameses in alphabetical order of first name)
- 17:30, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Jo Brand (If Xander Armstrong is considered a "regular" HIGNFY guest host on here, then I think Jo should be considered one too - she's hosted 23 episodes, and hasn't missed a series since 37 in spring 2009)
- 17:22, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Danny Dyer (Danny became HIGNFY's 112th guest host during series 56 in autumn 2018. Also removed duplicate "hard man" from the first sentence)
- 16:32, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Anne Robinson (→Shows: Robbo was, of course, HIGNFY's second guest host (eighteen years ago now, good heavens...))
- 16:19, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Clare Balding (→Shows: Clare is HIGNFY's 83rd guest host (first episode of series 44 in autumn 2012, appropriately enough))
- 15:39, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Gregg Wallace (May as well point out that Gregg and John were the first - and so far only - co-hosts of an episode of HIGNFY)
- 15:32, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Gregg Wallace (→Shows: Gregg co-hosted a series 41 episode of HIGNFY (spring 2011) with John Torode)
- 15:19, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Gary Lineker (→Shows: I'm fairly sure Loyd Grossman wasn't anywhere to be seen on that Sport Relief Masterchef special... ;))
- 15:14, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Gary Lineker (→Shows: Gary is HIGNFY's 96th guest host, and has had four goes in the chair as of the time of this edit (in series 49, 51, 52 and 56))
- 15:10, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Katherine Ryan (→Shows: Katherine is HIGNFY's 102nd guest host, with three goes in the chair thus far (in series 51, 54 and 57 respectively))
- 15:05, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Index B (→People: Bruno Brookes' surname follows Charlie Brooker's alphabetically)
- 03:59, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Jeremy Paxman (→Trivia: I reckon *that* Michael Howard interview can be described in slightly fewer words. Also pointed out the exact date, as it was less than two weeks after Labour's landslide election win)
- 03:34, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Jeremy Paxman (Put all programme names without links in italics, for consistency purposes)
- 03:25, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Jeremy Paxman (→Shows: Paxo is HIGNFY's 110th guest host (first episode of series 55 in spring 2018))
- 02:39, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Dirty Money (Thanks to the presence of several episodes on YouTube, we know who specifically devised the show, and who composed the music) (top)
- 01:35, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) This Time Tomorrow (And from the credits, we know who's responsible for the music :))
- 01:32, 19 April 2020 (hist) (diff) This Time Tomorrow (Yes, yes, yes! The first episode courtesy of YouTube)
- 20:52, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Vicky Pattison (→Shows: Vicky participated in Celeb Masterchef last year)
- 18:04, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Participants: the 2019 Celeb line-up was also very eclectic - although Vicky Pattison does have a UKGS profile, and Joey, Oti and Jenny may well have profiles too at some point in the future)
- 16:14, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Participants: a *very* eclectic Celeb line-up for 2018 - and not a single celeb who qualifies for a UKGS profile at present...)
- 16:03, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Angellica Bell (→Shows: Angellica not only took part in Celeb Masterchef 2017 - she won it ;))
- 15:59, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Ulrika Jonsson (→Shows: Ulrika took part in Celeb Masterchef in 2017)
- 15:58, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Barney Harwood (→Shows: Barney was in the 2017 Celeb Masterchef line-up) (top)
- 15:56, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Participants: on to the 2017 Celeb line-up. Vic Reeves chose to compete under his real name, which supposedly left millions of Twitter users bewildered)
- 15:41, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Richard Coles (The convention for celebs taking part on Masterchef, Strictly, DOI etc seems to be that they're simply described as participants or winners of these shows. Of course, this might change in the future)
- 15:29, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Donna Air (→Shows: Donna was in the 2016 Celeb Masterchef line-up)
- 15:28, 17 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Participants: here's the 2016 Celeb line-up. Only two celebs with experience of hosting game shows)
- 18:03, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Arlene Phillips (→Shows: Arlene participated in the 2015 series of Celeb Masterchef)
- 18:02, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Sam Nixon (→Shows: Sam did Celeb Masterchef (without Mark) in 2015) (top)
- 18:00, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Yvette Fielding (→Shows: Yvette was in the 2015 Celeb Masterchef line-up) (top)
- 17:59, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Rylan Clark (→Shows: as if Rylan hasn't already done enough shows, he took part in Celeb Masterchef in 2015)
- 17:58, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Keith Chegwin (→Shows: Cheggers was a Celeb Masterchef participant in 2015)
- 17:37, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Participants: here's the 2015 Celeb line-up)
- 17:21, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Index R (→People: Rivron follows Rippon alphabetically)
- 17:20, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Participants: not entirely necessary, but I've put the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Celeb line-ups into full alphabetical order. And - many apologies - I've added a link to Rivron's profile too...)
- 16:04, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Jodie Kidd (→Shows: Jodie was in the 2014 Celeb Masterchef line-up)
- 16:03, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Russell Grant (→Shows: Russell took part in Celeb Masterchef in 2014) (top)
- 16:01, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Christopher Biggins (→Shows: Biggins participated in the 2014 series of Celeb Masterchef)
- 15:59, 16 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Participants: better late than never, here's the 2014 Celeb line-up. (Only two celebs whose surnames begin with a letter from the second half of the alphabet, one notices...))
- 01:23, 15 April 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - April 2020: new discussion: shouldn't the Endemol and Shine categories be merged into a single Endemol Shine category?)
- 01:33, 7 April 2020 (hist) (diff) The Great Egg Race (→Theme music: nowadays, of course, the full version can be found on YouTube. And it is, of course, a Denton and Cook composition)
- 23:58, 6 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Holding Out for a Hero (The fourth episode is on YouTube, and it includes the credits - so we know Will Slater did the music)
- 22:35, 6 April 2020 (hist) (diff) God's Gift (→Trivia: a little bit of proverbial spit and polish. And of course, Take Me Out has just been axed, so we'll have to refer to Paddy's hosting of it in the past tense now)
- 22:20, 6 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Diwedd y Byd? (May as well point out the English translation of the title)
- 22:06, 6 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Know Your Partner (Genome actually has scans of the corresponding pages of the Radio Times from this period, and from these, we now know who devised this show)
- 21:55, 6 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Know Your Partner (According to BBC Genome, this show ran for 12 episodes, all airing on Monday nights after 9pm in the second quarter of 1952)
- 21:31, 6 April 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - April 2020: reply)
- 03:21, 4 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:TWW Productions (Pointed out, in as few words as possible, the rather complicated situation that arose after TWW lost out to Harlech in the 1967 ITV franchise round)
- 16:21, 3 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (May as well point out the precise date in October 2002 on which Carlton lost its on-air identity)
- 16:20, 3 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions (Added a link to the newly-created TWW Productions category)
- 15:43, 3 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:TWW Productions (Can't help but be pedantic again... TWW only served the south of Wales at first, and only started serving the north when it took over Teledu Cymru in 1964)
- 18:41, 2 April 2020 (hist) (diff) The Chase (→Catchphrases: another catchphrase from Shaun, every time a player only needs one more correct answer to get back home and he's one step behind. Also the name of a Chase fan site, of course ;))
- 18:35, 2 April 2020 (hist) (diff) The Chase (→Catchphrases: Bradley doesn't tend to pause these days before saying "is on" at the start of a head-to-head)
- 18:10, 2 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Cooks to Market (→Broadcast: probably unnecessary, but I've added "see Trivia" to quickly direct readers to the reason why it took two years to air all twenty episodes)
- 18:05, 2 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Cooks to Market (Added the date of the sixth and last episode to air as originally scheduled, for those who like to keep track of dates and to indicate how much time there was before the remaining eps were burned off)
- 18:01, 2 April 2020 (hist) (diff) Cooks to Market (→Trivia: I can only assume these dates are right, as I'm not a regular Living viewer and don't pay attention to its schedules. Anyway, got the urge to add a bit of proverbial spit and polish)
- 02:20, 20 March 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - March 2020: "each of" these shows, I should have said)
- 02:06, 20 March 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - March 2020: an addition, regarding The Price is Right)
- 01:45, 20 March 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (New discussion: when it comes to certain shows that officially or unofficially feature(d) the presenters' names in their titles, what's the best way of styling each of these shows in the indexes?)
- 23:45, 19 March 2020 (hist) (diff) Index B ("Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask" appears to have been that show's official title, too, *and* Xander's name features at the end of the title sequence. Might be worth starting a discussion here...)
- 17:29, 14 March 2020 (hist) (diff) Index B (AFAIK, "Carol Vorderman's Better Homes" was always that show's official title. Absolutely no disrespect intended whatsoever, Simon, but I think explanations *are* necessary in situations like this one)
- 04:14, 28 February 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - February 2020)
- 06:53, 16 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Main Page (This is controversial, but I want to re-word the story about Laura replacing Caroline. The line "It is currently unknown as to whether Caroline will return..." feels somewhat wrong now, to me at least)
- 19:22, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (Here's who composed the music. If this wasn't pointed out, this article would be unfinished business ;))
- 15:31, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Wright Around the World (Here's who composed the music. When it comes to WATW and other shows that lasted only one or two series, YouTube is a godsend) (top)
- 15:08, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) In It to Win It (Here's the man and company responsible for the music)
- 14:57, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Eggheads (May as well add the man and company responsible for the music)
- 06:48, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes (→Theme music: the Vernon era theme was, of course, another rearrangement of the Mike Alexander theme, with Ash Alexander (any relation?) and Simon Darlow's credit not being dissimilar to Woolmans')
- 06:26, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes (→Theme music: Mike Alexander's theme was, of course, rearranged twice before Les left - on the second occasion by Mike Woolmans (whose credit was, funnily enough, "Musical Arranger"))
- 06:06, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes (→Theme music: like Paul Maguire on Fifteen-to-One, Mike Alexander (Michael in later years) always had the unusual credit of "Musical Director")
- 06:01, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes (→Theme Music: some simplification (and standardisation of sorts) here, prior to adding some new info about the 1987 and 2006 themes)
- 04:09, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Celebrity Squares (I think the composers' names should come *after* the corresponding date ranges, having seen this style used in articles for other game shows with more than one theme tune. Feel free to disagree though)
- 03:44, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) One to Win (2) (Thanks to the presence on YouTube of at least one-and-a-half episodes with the full credit sequence, we now know who composed the music) (top)
- 03:28, 13 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Whittle (No surprise to learn that Rick Turk composed Whittle's music, as he was more or less Grundy's go-to composer at the time)
- 20:59, 12 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Take the Plunge (And again assuming these listings aren't wrong, Anglia and Central aired the show at noticeably different times to most other ITV regions. Ah, the days of regional variations...)
- 20:37, 12 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Take the Plunge (Assuming the TV listings in copies of the Guardian from the period aren't wrong, there were ten episodes)
- 01:37, 12 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Gladiators (I think putting Ulrika's and Wright Wright Wright's respective co-hosts on separate lines (by means of <br> tags) is neater)
- 01:29, 12 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Gladiators (→Catchphrases: John also counted down before whistling to start the Eliminator - wonder if this should be listed separately?)
- 00:21, 12 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Gladiators (→Catchphrases: mustn't forget what John said to the contenders at the start of the Eliminator)
- 00:17, 12 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Gladiators (→Catchphrases: to be pedantic, John used the singular "contender" and "Gladiator" in the likes of Duel and Hang Tough, and also used "contender" in Gauntlet)
- 00:09, 12 February 2020 (hist) (diff) Index C (Catchpoint follows Catchphrase alphabetically)
- 19:57, 28 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Barry Davies (Barry has now retired, so I think it's time to make a start on his biography)
- 19:38, 28 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Main Page (I think it's worth pointing out how long Nick's showbiz career lasted, and mentioning "the Quiz of the Week, from Norwich")
- 22:08, 22 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Eggheads (It was Daphne who retired in 2014, and whose place Lisa took - Judith's still very much there)
- 22:04, 22 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Eggheads (It's been over three years now since Steve and Beth became, in all likelihood, the last Eggheads - the show's death seems to be imminent (and timely, IMHO), although the Beeb are still saying nothing)
- 23:40, 20 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Ian Messiter (→Web links: found the address for Messiter's Independent obituary. And again, not entirely necessary on my part, but the Guardian *did* change its URL some years ago)
- 23:30, 20 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Ian Messiter (Not entirely necessary, but I've pointed out the date in 1999 on which Messiter died, and the age he was)
- 23:07, 20 January 2020 (hist) (diff) False Evidence (According to the wonder that is BBC Genome, False Evidence went out on Saturday nights in November and December 1951 on what was then the Light Programme (now Radio 2))
- 22:50, 20 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Sioe Gwobrau Mawr (General tidying up)
- 22:34, 20 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Index S (Shammy Dab precedes the Shane Richie Experience and Shattered alphabetically)
- 23:57, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) X-Fire (Three of the twelve broadcast episodes are on YouTube, complete with credits - so here's the guy who devised the format, and the company that made the music)
- 23:27, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Blue Peter (→Broadcast: got to point out when in 1958 BP began, right?)
- 23:20, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Index C (Cash Trapped is the last of the "Cash" shows alphabetically (for now, anyway))
- 23:07, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (→Theme music: much to my delight, Hat Trick and Hindsight are using the original version of "Approaching Menace". Never warmed to the BBC Philharmonic version, truth be told)
- 03:25, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Best House in Town (Shouldn't we add this show to the Endemol category? Sidney Street is part of Endemol Shine UK)
- 02:55, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Brainchild (According to BBC Genome, the first series aired on Fridays from 5 July to 23 August 1974, and the second series on Tuesdays from 29 July to 9 September 1975 (with repeats on Saturday mornings)) (top)
- 02:43, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) The Brains Trust (According to BBC Genome, the BBC2 version in 1996 ran for six episodes, all airing on Monday nights after Newsnight)
- 02:32, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Brainbox Challenge (Thanks to the presence of a full episode on YouTube, here are the music composers)
- 01:53, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Travel Bug (According to BBC Genome, the series began on 1 October '95 (rather than 24 September), and there were 13 episodes, all airing on Sunday mornings at around 10am)
- 01:13, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Quisine (From the end of the video, we now know who created the format on which the show was based, and who composed the music)
- 01:07, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Quisine (Specifically, it was the summer of '99 when BBC2 surprisingly showed repeats)
- 00:58, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Quisine (Woo-hoo! A full episode courtesy of the wonder that is YouTube)
- 00:42, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Index T (Terror Towers precedes the "Test" shows alphabetically)
- 00:38, 19 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Game show news: again, no disrespect intended whatsoever, but I think there's a more apt headline for Sandi leaving GBBO... ;))
- 19:35, 17 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Backdate (Pointed out the composers of Backdate's theme (and incidental music). Interesting, actually, since Simon Etchell seemed to be Action Time's go-to composer at the time)
- 19:10, 17 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Index O (Nostalgia was the theme of On the Air (as it was with Today's the Day and Backdate). Also, wouldn't this show come between On Stage and On The Ball alphabetically?)
- 19:00, 17 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Index O (As a BBC Radio Scotland show, Oh Yes It Is, Oh No It Isn't fits neatly into the regional (Scotland) genre)
- 21:37, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) John Craven (Worth pointing out where and when John was born. Also italicised all programme names in his bio and the Trivia, for purposes of consistency more than anything else)
- 21:21, 16 January 2020 (hist) (diff) Duncan Bannatyne (→Biography: pointed out the year in which Duncan received his OBE) (top)
- 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)
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