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- 22:42, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (→Synopsis: and a better-quality screengrab of Barrymore bantering with the contestants before the game. A boring caption this time, unfortunately)
- 22:39, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (→Synopsis: a better-resolution screengrab of MB doing his "Alwight" intro, with a caption playing on what was said in this intro (and referring to his attire in every episode until 1993))
- 22:29, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:MichaelBarrymoreBanter.jpg (Michael Barrymore banters with the contestants on Strike it Lucky in 1989) (top)
- 22:26, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:MichaelBarrymoreAlwight.jpg (Michael Barrymore does his "Alwight" intro on Strike it Lucky in 1989) (top)
- 01:41, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Slight rewording as regards the second- or third-placed couple gambling on almost every occasion that the Prize Board couple did not, and the two occasions when all three couples declined to gamble)
- 01:00, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (And if the second-placed couple declined the gamble...? In fact, in one episode in 1995, the second-placed couple didn't even come back because the non-dart player had already flatly refused to gamble)
- 00:46, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (...and, of course, the lady contestants got goblets instead of tankards ;))
- 00:37, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (It was as late as the eleventh series (1991-92) when the 101 gamble became prizes *and* money, and "BFH" entered the show's lexicon. And the couple got their Bendy Bullies and tankards regardless...)
- 00:18, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Clarified that the couple had six darts all told to throw the 101. And "the" standard dart board, because of course it had already been used for Pounds for Points and the charity throw ;))
- 23:27, 8 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye ("You have won the dishwasher, the tumble dryer, and Bully's Special Prize tonight, the midi hi-fi. Would you like to gamble those prizes against tonight's Star Prize, which is hiding behind Bully?")
- 23:14, 8 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye ("We've had a lovely day" was sort of a catchphrase for declining the 101 gamble; couples saying it would then continue with "and we'll let someone else have a go" or something along these lines)
- 04:38, 22 February 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (There was a gamble in 1990 where the NDP scored 69 and the DP threw 20, 1, 8 (making 98). Certainly one thing these painful gambles had in common was that the DP threw one single or treble 1 too many)
- 01:59, 26 January 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: updated Christmas episode and series counts under Lifted)
- 01:47, 26 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: is six days too soon to add the sixteenth Champion of Champions...? ;))
- 00:21, 10 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Miscellaneous: Rachel's not so new now, of course - but the person who anagrammed RELAUNCH into NURACHEL on her, Jeff's and the first blue set's debut is still a genius all these years later ;))
- 00:04, 10 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Miscellaneous: series 60's GF also had an apposite conundrum - not referring to the departure of any presenters, but to the fact that this was the final episode recorded in Leeds)
- 23:54, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Miscellaneous: the ERACLOSES conundrum was more of a reference to Carol's departure from the show after 26 years, though of course Desso left with her)
- 23:41, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Miscellaneous: pretty apposite conundrum scrambles for Jeff Stelling's and Nick Hewer's respective last shows too, IMO... ;))
- 23:23, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: always fun rearranging the table of regular series champs after each series... ;))
- 22:47, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2012-01-15 (If it's all right with IW, there's one little correction I'd like to make here: Bob's SNT appearance was in 2004. Westlife, the Pet Shop Boys and Sally Lindsay were in this particular episode too ;)) (top)
- 19:49, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (→Participants: can't go without what they're known for, can we? ;) Thanks to Woody Cook, I've got "The Rockafeller Skank" playing in my head now...)
- 19:32, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (→Participants: if CWTS does go on for several more years, I assume it will continue to be annual like Strictly and I'm A Celeb. Makes perfect sense to list the participants by year, in that case)
- 19:15, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (→Broadcast: the second series aired between 7 June and 12 July 2022 (again, six episodes). Any word yet on a third series?)
- 19:06, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:South Shore Productions (And here's South Shore's logo)
- 19:02, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:SouthShoreLogo.jpg (The logo of South Shore Productions) (top)
- 18:56, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (CWTS is probably South Shore's biggest game show production thus far)
- 18:52, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) The Greatest Snowman (→Participants: added link to LLB's profile)
- 18:49, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) The Greatest Snowman (South Shore have been fairly busy the last two years or so as regards shows that can be called game... ;))
- 18:42, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Don't Rock the Boat (I'd like to know where South Shore got the notion to rock the boat... ;) Was this the first game show they produced?) (top)
- 18:37, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Flipping Fast (South Shore are behind quite a few of the new shows of 2022... ;))
- 18:34, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Aldi's Next Big Thing (Not the only new show of 2022 that's a South Shore production... ;))
- 18:33, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N Category:South Shore Productions (South Shore appears to be a true indie - not part of ITV Studios, Banijay, Fremantle, All3Media or any other production company group)
- 18:28, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Field of Dreams (I'm back. :) When sifting through 2022's new shows, I couldn't help but notice that quite a few of them are South Shore productions... ;))
- 00:04, 29 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: I'm taking a break from editing for a while)
- 22:48, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Simon, why do you find it so difficult to accept how this article is worded? Sort out any obvious errors in it, by all means. But wording you just don't agree with? Better off putting up with it, IMHO)
- 22:38, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (I hate to say this, Simon - but if this was Wikipedia, you'd be well on your way to being blocked for edit warring *and* for ownership of content. And no-one would be happy about that, would they?)
- 20:18, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: darn, forgot that dart players at the Prize Board would also be told by Greeny to make their last three darts count. To quote Rag'n'Bone Man, "I'm only human after all..." ;))
- 17:47, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Did the BBC *and* the EBU announce that the shortlist was down to two? They'll certainly make the final decision together, according to Eurovision.tv. *Now* are we near the end of this argy-bargy?)
- 17:41, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Boy, oh boy, oh boy... when was the last time there was *this* much argy-bargy over how a game show story should be worded?)
- 14:01, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Well, Eurovision.tv doesn't say "chosen city" either. And I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, there is no difference between "winning" and "chosen". Now please let's end this silly edit war...)
- 02:08, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (The Challenge revival was simply a Granada production - as, indeed, was Countdown at the time. The "Granada Yorkshire" name was dropped in January 2006, when the "ITV Productions" one was introduced)
- 23:56, 27 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Gladiators (→Catchphrases: should have remembered that what John A said before the Eliminator was almost the same as what he said before the Wall)
- 23:29, 27 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (What's the difference between "winning" and "chosen"? The winning city is the one that the BBC and the EBU choose, and the chosen city is the one that wins. The Beeb's own article says "winning", too)
- 17:34, 27 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: the headline can be shorter and (IMO) snappier, too. Once again, no disrespect intended :))
- 17:32, 27 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (No disrespect intended - but, IMHO, this latest story regarding Eurovision 2023 can be a *lot* shorter. And - again, no disrespect intended - I'm not sure the bit about TaP is important or relevant)
- 22:29, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: as I said, Dave's "throwers and knowers" catchphrase wasn't that original... but to set the record straight, he didn't nick it wholesale from Jim in any way ;))
- 22:17, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Greeny's catchphrases *at* the Prize Board are somewhat less memorable than "Iiiiiiin one..." and "And Bully's Special Priiiiize..." - so they can stay on the one line, which itself can be shortened)
- 21:02, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: Greeny would cry out "That's the bullseye!" when Bully's Special Prize was won, and also when a dart player threw £200/£150 on the Category Board)
- 21:00, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: probably not necessary to point this out, but it was the professional dart player whom Greeny would tell to "make these last three darts count")
- 20:57, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: well, there *were* eight red sectors on Bully's Prize Board (excluding the bullseye), and iiiiin all of them the prize could have been rubbish, like a cafetiere or a terrarium... ;))
- 20:45, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Here's a catchphrase that Jim used some variation of just before the game began, from around 1992 onwards. As you can see, Dave's "throwers and knowers" wasn't *that* original... ;))
- 20:32, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: "It's a bullseye! And here's your host, Aaantaaan Deeec / Daaave Spiiikeeey / Vernon Kaaay!" ;))
- 20:19, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (I've properly grouped together the respective catchphrases spoken by Jim, Greeny and Dave - aside from Greeny's intro, which obviously opened the show and also changed depending on the host)
- 15:27, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Battlechefs (→Trivia: P&O *Cruises*, to distinguish from P&O *Ferries*, which among other things is under different ownership) (top)
- 15:00, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Index B (→Shows: fixed typo in "Lifestyle" for The Big Fish Off)
- 14:58, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) New Shows (→2022: fixed typo in "Lifestyle" for Bad Chefs)
- 14:57, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) New Shows (→2022: can't suppress my desire for consistency (no disrespect intended, of course)... clarified that Gwrach y Rhibyn and Loggerheads are regional-only shows)
- 14:46, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) New Shows Archive (→2015: fixed typo in "Lifestyle" for The Big Fish Off)
- 14:44, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) New Shows Archive (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", for consistency (which I can't help but be a stickler for... ;)) and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 00:27, 12 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Cuibhlichean an Fhortain (I can't say I've watched this show - but I can certainly translate the title ;))
- 00:16, 12 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Index C (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:59, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: full agreement with Thomas. If by chance I'm coming across as being a bit obnoxious here, it's not intended :))
- 23:40, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: just seen Thomas's edits)
- 23:29, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: talking about The Voice UK again, but this time about the presenters and how they should be styled)
- 22:54, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) The Voice UK (Sorry, Simon, but at this point I must disagree. IMO, "Presenter X (yr1-yr3) (and Co-Presenter A from yr1-yr2)" is the untidy way, while the other way is the tidy one. Will raise on the Staffers page)
- 21:33, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Recipe for success: the image is from the 1987 series, where they went back to the usual split-screen effect after just one series of "one team really above the other" malarkey)
- 21:15, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: as regards UC, everything's separated out now)
- 20:28, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: finally, the Christmas series. Ten episodes in each series bar the first, which had only eight)
- 19:12, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: this probably doesn't matter - but I suppose they *have* been "BBC One" and "BBC Two", rather than "BBC1" and "BBC2", since 4 October 1997... ;))
- 18:59, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Here's the Professionals series. This infobox - to borrow a Wikipedia term - is getting pretty long, but I suppose that's inevitable for a 60-year-old show that's had so many spin-offs and specials ;))
- 18:36, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Here, then, is the Reunited series. I'm pretty sure this was always intended to be a one-off series, so I'd argue that there's no great need to say "in 1 series" here. Feel free to disagree, though :))
- 18:17, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (There was the Reunited series, there were five Professionals series, there have been eleven Christmas series so far (the last one under Lifted)... perhaps everything should be separated out here)
- 17:41, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (I've added the episode, series and special count for Lifted as of the end of the 2021-22 series. These can be updated at each series' end, and un-commented out if the production company changes again)
- 17:34, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: the 2019 Comic Relief special and the 2020 CIN special were under ITV Studios too, while the 2021 CIN special was under Lifted)
- 17:16, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: assuming "Universe Challenge" counts (why shouldn't it?), this was made by Grant Naylor rather than Granada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSoQJKyM8Sg&ab_channel=GreatApocryphator)
- 16:54, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: Sean Blanchflower's site lists 13 specials between 1994 and 2009 - including the two Comic Relief ones with Angus Deayton, and six as part of mini celeb tournaments in 2004 and 2005)
- 16:44, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: there was also the special "Champion of Champions" episode on 19 April 2014 - a Saturday, interestingly - between Magdalen Oxford and Manchester)
- 16:38, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Thank you, Jenny. :) And Simon, buddy, no disrespect, but it *is* possible *and* easy to be more careful when editing in the future... :) Anyway, every regular series since 2009-10 has had 37 episodes)
- 23:06, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! ("Louise Minchin from BBC Breakfast Time"... I assume, and accept, that this was a joke. Trouble is, when it's Breakfast *Time* I automatically think of Frank and Selina... No disrespect intended, obvs)
- 22:11, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Fastest Finger First (No disrespect, Thomas, but I don't think Brexit jokes work here... :( Anyway, had that tortilla (mmmm... :)) question been for £2,000 or greater, then obviously John wouldn't have gone home with zilch)
- 21:50, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Fastest Finger First (→Trivia: "52% of people being wrong - that's never happened before has it?" Hasn't it happened before that *81%* of the audience have been wrong?)
- 17:44, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Index B (Wouldn't Big Star's Little Star (Big S-t...) come between Big 7 (Big S-e...) and Big Ticket (Big T...)?)
- 15:18, 10 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: perhaps I should admit another reason why I changed the style of the single-decade year ranges on The Voice UK's article (with no disrespect intended, of course)...)
- 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)
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