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- 14:19, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Dress to Impress (→Trivia: spelling out "two" is more formal than using the digit. Feel free to call me a fusspot...)
- 13:58, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) The Voice UK (→Synopsis: I'm well aware that this isn't *my* wiki, but I simply can't help but refine here and there... In particular, there's no colon in MediaCityUK ;))
- 12:15, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) The Voice UK (→Co-hosts: the same here. The grown-up version's coaching line-up has always been three men and one woman, yet there have now been as many female coaches as male ones... No sexism intended, obvs)
- 12:00, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) The Voice UK (→Host: I wonder if, when stating year ranges within a single decade, the last two digits of the end year should be stated (so 2014-16, instead of just 2014-6)? Seems to be the convention elsewhere)
- 11:52, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) The Voice UK (→Host: this change is probably unnecessary - but IMO, it makes crystal clear that the show always had two presenters in the BBC era, and that Emma has always been the sole presenter in the ITV era)
- 11:41, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) The Voice UK (Is it *really* ten years since those spinning red chairs arrived in Blighty? Good heavens... They probably won't be spinning for much longer, mind)
- 03:43, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Walk the Line (Isn't Syco styled with a small 'c' rather than a capital 'C'? In any case, no great need for a Syco category when all of its shows are Cowell's work and this is reflected in his UKGS profile ;))
- 03:37, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Walk the Line (→Broadcast: since Lifted has its own category, I suppose there's no great need to point out here that it's part of ITV Studios. Cuts down on parentheses, too ;))
- 02:09, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Host: after Phil and Holly, I think I would put all the other hosts in strict chronological order of their respective debuts, so to speak - so Coleen precedes Christine, and Stephen comes last)
- 01:57, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Broadcast: and there were ten episodes in the 2022 series)
- 01:55, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (There were ten episodes in each of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 series, and eight in the 2021 series. Good thing, perhaps, that the results aren't broadcast separately from the main shows these days...)
- 01:33, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Oops, forgot to re-add this to the Lifted category...)
- 01:31, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Broadcast: what *is* certain, however, is that there have been five series so far since the 2018 return, and that the entire 2022 series was under Lifted)
- 01:24, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Did the 2021 final go out under ITV Studios or Lifted? The change took place around the time this final was broadcast - which I didn't watch, and which doesn't seem to be anywhere on the Net at the mo)
- 23:50, 9 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Saturday Night Takeaway (→Broadcast: nine series thus far since 2013, with seven episodes in each series bar 2018, which had only six)
- 23:46, 9 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Saturday Night Takeaway (I have said before that the last few episodes of the 2021 series look to have been the first ones under Lifted. Can someone confirm or disprove this, *and* summarise as well (no disrespect intended)?)
- 19:24, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous ("...with Alexandra Burke pictured at the bottom right". I'm probably being ultra fussy here (without intending to be disrespectful, of course), but I see no great need for the word "pictured" ;))
- 19:20, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous (→Music: the bit about the Star for a Night junior one-off is *immediately* below the corresponding picture, and so I see no great need for a link to the show's article in the picture's caption)
- 19:13, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous (→Music: the sentence about Alexandra Burke can be shorter, and less repetitive (no disrespect intended, of course) :))
- 18:56, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous (→Actors/Presenters/Broadcasters: "Actor, presenter and The X Factor judge Amanda Holden..." Oops, wrong Syco show ;))
- 18:53, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous (→Actors/Presenters/Broadcasters: ...and likewise with Stephen Fry. ;) Worth pointing out his team nearly won that particular series, too)
- 18:48, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous (Miriam Margolyes appeared on the very first series of UC, in fact (1962-3). And to save people the hassle of going elsewhere to find out which college she represented... :))
- 18:33, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous (Sorted Aaron Bell's game show achievements chronologically. I remember his DOND appearance well, because he played the day before Lucy Harrington, who did a record 50 shows yet only won a fiver)
- 16:25, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Limitless Win (→Theme music: ...juuuust in case anyone's wondering "*That* Gary Barlow? Really?" ;))
- 16:18, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Limitless Win (→Catchphrases: shouldn't there be quotation marks here?)
- 15:52, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Strictly Come Dancing (→Participants: added the link to Robert Webb's article)
- 15:51, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Robert Webb (→Shows: Robert took part in the 2021 series of Strictly, but had to withdraw early on due to ill health) (top)
- 15:47, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Suzi Perry (→Contact: Suzi's now signed to Crown Talent Group, whose other clients include Dan Walker and Craig Doyle) (top)
- 15:39, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Index W (→People: added Dan Walker)
- 15:39, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Strictly Come Dancing (→Participants: I've just created Dan Walker's UKGS profile ;))
- 15:37, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Chase the Case (I've just created Dan's UKGS profile ;))
- 15:37, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N Dan Walker (Dan's presented Chase the Case and done Strictly, and that certainly qualifies him for a UKGS profile. ;) I've also pointed out the agency he's signed to, if this is still allowed) (top)
- 15:30, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:DanWalker.jpg (top)
- 14:40, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Theme music: blimey, the Balanescu Quartet's version has been used for 22 years now... what are the chances of a new version when Amol takes over the host's chair?)
- 14:19, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Money Pit (→Theme music: plain "Music" is a common credit, so this sentence can be shorter ;))
- 14:05, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) RuPaul (→Trivia: may I add his full name?)
- 13:59, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Prickly Heat (→Host: "Presenter X with: Co-Presenter A (yr1-yr2), Co-Presenter B (yr2-yr3)" looks that bit better than "Presenter X (and Co-Presenter A from yr1-yr2 / Co-Presenter B from yr2-yr3)", IMO) (top)
- 01:10, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions (Did I change "Shows" at the start to "Productions"? Oops... I meant "Programmes", of course :))
- 01:03, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions (Tidied the last sentence. The acquisition of Shed by Time Warner (as was) took place in 2010)
- 00:55, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions (Twenty Twenty produces such shows as First Dates now, but it used to specialise in current affairs documentaries - Claudia Milne, who left when Shed took over, had previously worked on World in Action)
- 00:45, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions (Mentioned the founders. You might get an idea why in my next edit... ;))
- 23:56, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance (→Participants: here's the 2017 line-up)
- 23:06, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance (→Champions: we're off to see the Chasers, the wonderful Chasers of Oz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUYo5CmWdfw&ab_channel=BBC)
- 22:55, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance (→Synopsis: updated to 2017. Obviously, the two series in even-numbered years were for Sport Relief ;))
- 20:40, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance (→Synopsis: clarified that the judging panel in the first series was ADB plus two guests)
- 20:29, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance (→Synopsis: I don't think "Comic Relief" needs to be italicised - it *is* a charity rather than a TV programme, after all. ;) For that matter, I see no great need to italicise "Sport Relief" either)
- 20:22, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance ("Presenter X (yr1-yr3) with: Co-Presenter A (yr1-yr2), Co-Presenter B (yr2-yr3)" is neater, I think, than "Presenter X (yr1-yr3) (and Co-Presenter A from yr1-yr2 / Co-Presenter B from yr2-yr3)")
- 21:20, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Survivor (→Trivia: a bit fussy, but I've moved the word "while" in the last sentence. The Beeb version will probably be in a third location, and of course the CBS version used to change location each season)
- 21:11, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Survivor (→Trivia: and her PYCR appearance was in 1999. Thanks for repeating it over and over, Challenge... ;))
- 21:08, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Survivor (→Co-hosts: Charlotte Hobrough's surname is only eight letters long ;))
- 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 ;))
- 01:19, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 50/50 ("This video contains content from Sony Pictures, who has blocked it on copyright grounds." Nadgers)
- 00:39, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Helfa Drysor (→Inventor: je suis pédant, mais c'est "trésors", pas "trèsors" ;)) (top)
- 00:35, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Helfa Drysor (→Synopsis: I think only one link to the TH article is necessary ;))
- 00:34, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Helfa Drysor (→Host: eliminated Robin's role altogether - this too is for consistency with the Treasure Hunt article, and also I suspect most readers will twig anyway that he was Kenneth's Welsh equivalent ;))
- 00:31, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Helfa Drysor (→Co-host: eliminated the parentheses around "skyrunner", for consistency with the Treasure Hunt article)
- 00:27, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index H (Helfa Drysor's sole episode aired only on S4C, ergo it qualifies for the regional (Wales) genre ;))
- 00:24, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index H (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 00:21, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Jenny Eclair (→Web links: ...and here's her IMDb entry ;))
- 00:19, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Jenny Eclair (→Trivia: ...here's her real name...)
- 00:16, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Jenny Eclair (Here's a pic of Jenny...)
- 00:15, 27 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:JennyEclair.jpg (top)
- 23:58, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index G (Clarified that all the shows yn y Gymraeg are regional)
- 23:42, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Gladiators: Train to Win (→Synopsis: added punctuation that was missing when it probably shouldn't have been, and spelled out the single-digit numbers) (top)
- 23:32, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Gladiators: Train to Win (→Host: putting Margherita's co-hosts on separate lines (by means of <br> tags) is neater, IMO)
- 23:28, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index G (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:17, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index F (Changed both instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:12, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index E (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:10, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: again, call me picky - but only one link to Colin's article is necessary :))
- 23:07, 26 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Jenny Eclair (Sorry, Simon, but this is another situation where not explaining your actions is not good - especially as Colin Murray has confirmed on Twitter that Jenny, like Les, stepped in while he had Covid)
- 23:58, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index D (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again for consistency and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:54, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index B (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:53, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Index A (Changed "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again for consistency across the page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:07, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (The TalkbackThames demerger took place on New Year's Day 2012; Fremantle's non-comedy entertainment programmes have been produced under the Thames brand since then)
- 22:53, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (One sentence, rather than two, regarding Thames's merger with Talkback and where on this site one is to find the programmes made by TalkbackThames)
- 22:47, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (Thames, along with Pearson's other TV interests (Grundy, Talkback, etc.), became part of FremantleMedia in 2001. Fremantle is still owned by RTL to this day, despite dropping the "Media" in 2018)
- 22:25, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (There were, in fact, only months between Thames leaving the ITV network and its acquisition by Pearson - which also owned the Financial Times and half of The Economist, and still owns Longman Books)
- 22:06, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (Here's Thames's final ident, introduced in 1990 and used until New Year's Eve 1992. Thames continued to use the triangle logo for its first few years as an independent production company)
- 21:56, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Thames1990.jpg (Thames ident used from 3 September 1990 to 31 December 1992 (before only regional programmes at first, then before all programmes from 4 November 1991 onwards). After becoming an independent production company, Thames continued to use the triangle logo un) (top)
- 19:49, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (That programme aired, of course, on the night of 31 December 1992. And it shouldn't be forgotten that Thames lost its franchise to Carlton in an auction)
- 19:45, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Thames Productions (From Thames's final programme as an ITV station: "On Tuesday 30th July 1968, Thames Television went on-air and launched a new era in broadcasting." Worth pointing out this precise date, I think ;))
- 19:21, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Oci Oci Oci! (There's a full episode from the latest series on YouTube, and in the credits it says "Fformat: Ian Melding". I take that to mean he's the creator, though I'm hapus to be corrected ;))
- 17:45, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (→Trivia: I may as well add what Richard said about the show in that Grauniad article, because (1) it's funny, of course, and (2) he mentions Don't Scare the Hare as well ;)) (top)
- 17:31, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Richard Osman (→Shows: Richard seemed more than happy to admit in 2012 that he created the abomination that was 24 Hour Quiz... https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/oct/26/uk-tv-worst-ever-gameshows)
- 17:28, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (Yes, really, Richard Osman was the creator of 24 Hour Quiz - he seemed more than happy to admit it in 2012: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/oct/26/uk-tv-worst-ever-gameshows)
- 17:07, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (→Web links: it's been twelve years since Off the Telly closed down, and since then its pages have been transferred to the URL of sister site TV Cream)
- 16:48, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (Thanks to the end of the vid, we can add this to the list of game shows for which Paul Farrer did some or all of the music ;))
- 16:36, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) 24 Hour Quiz (Here's a vid...)
- 14:32, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Without any disrespect intended, I can't fight the urge to rewrite the Eurovision article... Think it's worth pointing out, too, that this will be the first time the UK has hosted it this century)
- 14:18, 25 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: call me picky, call me pedantic, call me whatever... but when we refer to a person for the second time, don't we usually do so by their surname rather than their Christian name?)
- 00:28, 24 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Main Page (→Site news: well, the WHO and the NHS *do* style it COVID-19, and that's how the "Impact of..." page styles it too ;))
- 00:17, 24 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: five's the limit innit? ;))
- 18:08, 21 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (And here's a frame from one of Carlton's brightly-coloured visual pun idents, used from November 1996 to September 1999. I grew up in Ealing in the '90s, so I'm *very* familiar with these idents... ;))
- 17:55, 21 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Carlton1996.jpg (A frame from one of the Carlton idents used from 25 November 1996 to 3 September 1999) (top)
- 17:39, 21 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Carlton Productions (Here's one of Carlton's light-based idents used from September 1995 to November 1996 - a reminder that it only added the star to its logo in September 1999)
- 17:29, 21 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Carlton1995.jpg (One of the Carlton idents used from 4 September 1995 to 22 November 1996) (top)
- 21:37, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions (Given the rather complicated history of ITV in North and South Wales prior to 20 May 1968, it's probably better to simply say that Harlech/HTV took over from TWW)
- 21:25, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Iain Stirling (With all due respect, Ian Stirling (with only one I in his first name) *was* most famous for being a continuity announcer on Westward and TSW for many years, even if you didn't live in the South West) (top)
- 21:18, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Russell Davies (And as is customary, here are his That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver) and IMDb entries ;))
- 21:14, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Russell Davies (Of course, there's another famous Welshman named Russell Davies... *Doctor Who theme plays*)
- 21:07, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Russell Davies (Russell's arguably one of the most famous people from Barmouth ;))
- 21:01, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Russell Davies (Surprisingly, not many images of Russell on the interwebs - but this one will do)
- 20:59, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:RussellDavies.jpg (top)
- 19:51, 17 July 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (I can't fight the urge to simplify the Chris Stuart story, even though it's four days old. Founding the production company behind OC *was* what he was best known for in the game show world, wasn't it?)
- 00:31, 11 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Yung Filly (Here's YF's real name, so that one doesn't have to go looking elsewhere for it ;))
- 19:36, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) People's Quiz (→Synopsis: tidied the paragraph about the end game slightly)
- 17:41, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) People's Quiz (→Champion: Olav Bjortomt was a finalist too, and of course he and the Beast both took part in Grand Slam)
- 15:30, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - July 2022: "http://" or "https://"?)
- 14:44, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) People's Quiz (→Web links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/peoplesquiz/ now redirects to a page for the National Lottery Draws (which the Beeb doesn't show any more, of course). Thank heavens for the Wayback Machine :))
- 14:37, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) People's Quiz (Worth pointing out that Stephanie beat Mark "The Beast" Labbett, and that Will "Magdalen" Cudmore was one of the other finalists (not often someone goes on UC having already appeared on another quiz))
- 03:46, 2 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Eggheads (Undo revision 91400 by Showells (Talk) With respect, that's a matter of opinion...)
- 04:07, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Prize destinations: I misspelled "Mediterranean" there, didn't I? Oopsie doodle :))
- 02:45, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Miscellaneous: and is it reasonable to suggest, too, that the cash Wonderwalls were discontinued on cost grounds? Winning Lines *was* one of the more expensive Lottery game shows, after all)
- 02:36, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Miscellaneous: there were 22 cash Wonderwalls, and the £5k top prize was won only once - is it reasonable to suggest that the lack of pitstops played a part in this?)
- 02:32, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (A rewrite regarding the midweek cash Wonderwalls of 2001. I believe the teenage me suggested the addition of this bit all the way back in 2006 (with rather different wording back then, of course)...)
- 02:04, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Theme music: since the music is mentioned in the third paragraph of the synopsis, and the Strachans were geniuses, perhaps it's better to say that they composed *the* full score ;))
- 02:02, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Synopsis: "permanantly" -> "permanently". Also, I think only one link to the Reverend Mayo's article is necessary in the first paragraph)
- 01:13, 1 July 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Trivia: Wonderwalls from all six series - including the third series before and after 9/11 - are currently on YouTube, so we can note *all* the changes that were made to the prize destinations :))
- 23:48, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Synopsis: Winning Lines ended *eighteen* years ago (brrrr), so I wonder if Pip should now be described as the *second* host rather than the *new* host?)
- 23:22, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (→Postscript: although Who Dares Wins began some three years after the 'Lines ended, it too lasted longer)
- 23:11, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Winning Lines (I suspect most people already know that the Strachans were responsible for Winning Lines' music - but for those who don't... :))
- 23:01, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Index D (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:50, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) The Wall (→Inventor: I think it should be pointed out that a certain basketball player had a hand in the creation of this show...)
- 22:40, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) The Wall (C'était le logo de la version française. Voici le logo des versions en anglais, dont la version britannique ;))
- 22:32, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:TheWallLogoEnglish.jpg (The logo for English-language versions of The Wall) (top)
- 22:23, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Dale Winton (→Biography: may I add the names of the Nottingham and Wolverhampton radio stations Dale worked at? These names are long gone, but are presumably still fondly remembered in their respective cities)
- 22:17, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Dale Winton (→Biography: if In It to Win It is mentioned, then surely the 'Sweep has to be mentioned too? Might be worth pointing out as well that IITWI was the longest-running Lottery game show)
- 21:29, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: following a reconsideration, this is probably a better headline. Also, with the exception of two specials, the 'Juice has been on ITV2 all its life, hasn't it?)
- 21:21, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Celebrity Juice (The 'Juice is coming to an end four years after it qualified for this site's Long-Running category)
- 21:18, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: old news because it was yesterday, but I think it's still worth adding as the 'Juice does qualify for this site's Long-Running category...)
- 20:58, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: I hope I'm not being disrespectful here in adding Hilary's and Our Graham's respective ages. It's purely for the purpose of expanding these two stories ever so slightly)
- 20:46, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Sally Lindsay (Is it OK to change "actor" to "actress"? No sexism intended, of course. Also, Sally's very much a lady of Granadaland, so it's worth pointing out where in it she was born)
- 20:37, 30 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Catchphrases: with all due respect, folks, no-one likes what That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver) terms "edit wars"... Anyway, tidied up a bit regarding Bruce's "when I was a Chippendale..." quote)
- 15:13, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Trivia: added missing full stop :))
- 15:09, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Title music: changed "Title" to "Theme", again purely for consistency)
- 15:06, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: some more picture switching, so that the Chuckie Egg one immediately follows "The best way to explore games..." and the Tetris one immediately follows "Each week's final challenge...")
- 14:55, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: and putting the picture of the audience vote immediately below the line about it. Also, just in case people don't remember Brucie rapping on YB!...)
- 14:47, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: for instance, putting the picture of the rotating stage immediately below the line starting "And there's a gimmick...")
- 14:44, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: changed "revolving" to "rotating" purely for consistency. I intend to swap most, if not all, of these pictures around, so that - shall we say - they're better connected to the text)
- 14:35, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: AFAIK, Dara never made any Pointless references on this show, though obviously Ellie's role was not dissimilar to Richard's)
- 14:22, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: the You Bet! reference is obvious and natural, the Moment of Truth reference... not so much)
- 14:18, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Go 8 Bit (→Synopsis: aren't those meant to be pixels rather than cubes?)
- 14:02, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Mousetrap (→Pictures: italicised the caption)
- 12:41, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Index W (→People: consistency for consistency's sake :))
- 12:29, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Jailbreak (Now we know the composer(s) of that wonderful Erasure-meets-Hammond organ music, courtesy of YouTube (what else?). Wonder if the full soundtrack is lurking around somewhere on the interwebs?)
- 12:15, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Perfection (Will Slater tends to provide the scores for 12 Yard shows, and this was no exception. He had a slightly unusual credit here, however)
- 11:25, 25 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: I trust it's not too soon to add the Series 85 champion. ;) I said that doing so would be fun, and so it's proved - in terms of rearranging the table, of course)
- 16:36, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2022: in case anyone's still wondering, the episode of Countdown that was supposed to be aired today (8 June) will not be aired for the foreseeable future)
- 16:25, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (Couldn't help but notice that we were stuck in a time warp... :))
- 16:06, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Hit Me Baby One More Time (→Key Moments: italicised "Toxic" for consistency)
- 16:03, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Hit Me Baby One More Time (→Participants: oopsie doodle)
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