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