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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)
- 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)
- 16:00, 8 June 2022 (hist) (diff) Hit Me Baby One More Time (→Participants: with respect, I don't see any need to italicise the names of the singers/bands whose songs were covered)
- 15:11, 15 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2022-05-15 (...it wasn't clear to me. Sorry, Iain and Thomas. :( Feel perfectly free to change it back to "guests" again, however - and as ever, no disrespect intended in any way at any stage :))
- 00:59, 15 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2022-05-15 ("Too many bloviators from the fringes of current affairs, and not enough people who were friendly and welcoming; a similar complaint applied to the guests." I take it you meant "host", Iain :))
- 20:05, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Catchphrases: Bruce would usually point out how important it was to get control of the board on a sudden-death question or a tiebreaker)
- 19:57, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: and if it got to one game each, it would be a tiebreaker that was played, to be pedantic ;))
- 19:47, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: should be pointed out, too, that a game went to sudden death if there was no winner after three questions)
- 19:24, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Catchphrases: and more often than not, Bruce had to remind a couple getting a free go that they couldn't change the card they were on)
- 19:21, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: a couple had to guess higher or lower even if they changed the card, of course. And one very important rule was that a couple getting a free go didn't have the change option ;))
- 18:59, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: clarification as regards the survey questions; also clarified it's the couple answering first that gives a number and the couple answering second that guesses higher or lower)
- 18:31, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: there were a few couples in the '80s and '90s that hadn't yet tied the knot - and in 2002, brothers and sisters could play as well as husbands, wives, fiancés and fiancées)
- 18:25, 12 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Play Your Cards Right (→Synopsis: in the '80s, couples attempted to win a car (and they weren't so fabulous back then, of course); in the '90s, a car and cash; and in 2002, cash only)
- 13:10, 11 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Tara Bethan (That should be Pobol Y *Cwm* ;))
- 22:01, 10 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Edith Bowman (Edith's been famous for quite a while now, and she still doesn't have a biography? Better put that right... :)) (top)
- 15:35, 10 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (If one wants to be pedantic, this will actually be Colin's *fourth* stint as host (after 21-23 December 2020, 13 January-9 February 2021, and 3-16 March 2021). But why quibble? ;))
- 14:56, 10 May 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Colin Murray will take Robbo's place on Countdown, at least on a temporary basis: https://twitter.com/ColinMurray/status/1523962488009764868. Why not give him the job full-time, if he wants it?)
- 14:22, 10 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (Colin will again be in the presenter's chair after Anne leaves, at least until the autumn: https://twitter.com/ColinMurray/status/1523962488009764868. Give him the job permanently, for heaven's sake)
- 20:13, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) National Lottery shows (→Synopsis: well, I guess we can safely assume now that Who Dares Wins is no more) (top)
- 19:52, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Meridian Productions (An expanded history. Admittedly more about Meridian's owners than Meridian itself - but then Meridian was a significant part of a media empire, rather like fellow 1993 ITV company Carlton TV) (top)
- 18:44, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Britain's Missing Top Model (→Winner: only one series and hence only one winner, so the year is superfluous)
- 18:40, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Love Productions (And here's Love's history too :))
- 18:36, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Love Productions (Here's the logo ;))
- 18:31, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:LoveProductionsLogo.jpg (Love Productions' logo) (top)
- 18:19, 6 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Studio Lambert Productions (In case anyone's wondering why it's called Studio Lambert... ;))
- 22:33, 1 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week (This smaller, less cumbersome image of the C4 logo doesn't inadvertently push the 2022 archive to the right and create an unattractive gap. Again, no disrespect intended towards Weaver or anyone :))
- 22:23, 1 May 2022 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2022-05-01 (I wouldn't ever dream of rewriting Weaver's articles, of course - but I can't fight the urge to add a smaller, and less cumbersome, image of the C4 logo. As ever, no disrespect intended towards anyone) (top)
- 22:14, 1 May 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Channel 4 logo Horseferry Road.jpg (The Channel 4 logo as seen on the channel's HQ at 124 Horseferry Road, London) (top)
- 23:46, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Ejector Seat (→Catchphrases: not *every* contestant was called John, of course ;)) (top)
- 23:44, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Ejector Seat (→Synopsis: "whoever's left *after* five right answers loses" sounds better)
- 23:42, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Ejector Seat (Add this to the already large list of shows for which Mr Sylvan has been the music composer... ;) Also worth pointing out where it was recorded)
- 22:40, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Jon Snow (Jon signed off from Channel 4 News for the final time last December) (top)
- 22:32, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Play Darts (→Participants: Bobby George's son is called Richie, not Robbie ;))
- 22:28, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Play Darts (→Participants: corrected the respective spellings of Roisin Conaty's surname and (for 2015) Deta Hedman's first name)
- 22:24, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Play Darts (→Trivia: just in case anyone who isn't familiar with darts doesn't know where the Lakeside is. Also, the BDO went under in 2020)
- 22:08, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Magic Numbers (Messrs Bolam and Foster composed the music, and had a rather unusual credit (see 47:04 in this YouTube vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN-g8jQd0cU&ab_channel=Kym-Marsh.com))
- 21:54, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Walk the Line (Does Walk the Line qualify for the Big Prize category on account of its half-million jackpot - or is this contentious?)
- 21:48, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) No Win, No Fee (Not easy to make out the music composer's name in the credits at the end of the video, due to the poor quality of the tape - but here it is nonetheless :)) (top)
- 21:31, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index Y (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 21:27, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index W (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)
- 21:21, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) The Ultimate West Wing Challenge (I don't think The West Wing ever did what (The) Weakest Link did and went without the definite article in its name... did it?) (top)
- 21:18, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index U (→Shows: I don't think The West Wing dropped the definite article from its name at any point... did it?)
- 21:14, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index U (Changed both instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 21:11, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index T (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)
- 21:09, 21 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index S (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)
- 22:38, 15 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index P (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)
- 22:36, 15 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index O (Changed "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:35, 15 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index N (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:33, 15 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind (Shouldn't that be "a few more months under his *belt*"?)
- 03:58, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: tidied and updated the paragraph under the table of Paxman Era champs)
- 03:25, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: I don't think I'd be spoiling things too much if I added the latest champs (and, of course, the person that presented the trophy) nearly a week after the final... ;))
- 03:19, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: bolded all the sub-headings, as per the Mastermind article's own Champions section)
- 03:16, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: and, again, added non-breaking spaces to widen the Series column and thus make the table that bit more presentable)
- 03:15, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: may as well put the Bamber Era champs into a proper table too, albeit one with only two columns rather than three)
- 03:06, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: added non-breaking spaces after the respective longest entries in the Series and Champions columns of the table of Paxman Era champs, to make the table that bit more presentable)
- 03:02, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (And should Trin Cam be listed as champs for 1994-95, Imperial for 1995-96, and so on? Among other things, the current trophy lists the champions by split year, rather than just the year of the final)
- 02:49, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (I wonder, too, should the Paxman Era champions be in a proper table - with separate columns for the series, the champions themselves, and the guests that presented the trophy)
- 02:07, 10 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Should the Bamber Era champions and Paxman Era champions be separated? Among other things, I'm fairly sure no guests were invited on in the Bamber Era to present the champions with their prize)
- 15:05, 8 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Granada Productions (Both the Yorkshire area and Yorkshire TV are mentioned in the second paragraph, so it's probably a good idea to make extra clear which one is being mentioned in the third paragraph)
- 14:51, 8 April 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: oopsie doodle)
- 14:51, 8 April 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: Richard Osman leaving daytime Pointless is pretty big news, even if the show isn't as big as it once was)
- 14:34, 8 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Square richard osman.jpg (top)
- 22:58, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index M (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 22:55, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index L (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:18, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index J (Changed "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:16, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index I (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)
- 19:15, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index H (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)
- 19:13, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index G (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)
- 19:10, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index F (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 19:08, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index E (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)
- 19:05, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index C (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)
- 18:58, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index B (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)
- 18:54, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Index A (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)
- 02:16, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Saturday Night Takeaway (Added to the Lifted Entertainment category)
- 02:15, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Saturday Night Takeaway (→Broadcast: SNT is now under ITV Studios' Lifted Entertainment label. Looks like the last few episodes of last year's series were the first ones under this label, but can someone confirm this?)
- 02:00, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Love Island (→Host: putting Patrick Kielty's respective co-hosts on separate lines is neater, IMO)
- 01:56, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Love Island (Added to the new Lifted Entertainment category)
- 01:55, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Love Island (→Broadcast: 49 episodes in last year's series)
- 01:54, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Love Island (→Broadcast: last year's series was the first under the Lifted Entertainment label)
- 01:42, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Lifted Entertainment Productions (...we could be lifted, from the shadows, liiifteeed...)
- 01:39, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:LiftedEntertainmentLogo.jpg (The logo for ITV Studios label Lifted Entertainment, renamed from ITV Studios Entertainment in March 2021) (top)
- 01:24, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Lifted Entertainment Productions (Oopsie doodle :))
- 01:21, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Added to the new Lifted Entertainment category)
- 01:19, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) N Category:Lifted Entertainment Productions (I've got the Lighthouse Family playing in my head as I type this definition...)
- 01:13, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (I'm going to be bold and create a Lifted Entertainment category. If other ITV Studios labels like Potato can have their own categories then why can't Lifted? ;))
- 00:58, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (The final regular episode of the Bamber Era aired on Friday 4 September 1987, the second game in the best-of-three between Keble and Univ Oxford (Keble won both games, so the third game wasn't needed))
- 00:52, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: the first episode of the series just ended was the first under ITV Studios' Lifted Entertainment label)
- 00:42, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: added the Series 83 and Series 84 champions. Adding the Series 85 champion, when (s)he is known, will be fun... ;))
- 00:23, 5 April 2022 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Broadcast: Countdown came under ITV Studios' Lifted Entertainment label during Nick's last series - thanks to All 4 for keeping up every episode since the start of 2021 :))
- 16:42, 31 March 2022 (hist) (diff) Index H (Four new HIGNFY guest presenters in 2021 including Clive Myrie (who now qualifies for his own UKGS profile, right?) and Aisling Bea)
- 16:18, 31 March 2022 (hist) (diff) Greed (Again with the greatest of respect, Simon, not giving an explanation here is not helpful (believe me, I take no pleasure whatsoever in saying that). What's wrong with "https" and the padlock symbol?)
- 16:09, 31 March 2022 (hist) (diff) Matt Dawson (Now that Dawson's no longer a QoS captain...)
- 22:54, 30 March 2022 (hist) (diff) Take the Plunge (Undo revision 86504 by Showells (Talk) As explained, different transmission dates on Anglia and Central; hence the "but see Trivia")
- 01:34, 17 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Category:Zeppotron Productions (Not too surprising to learn that Charlie Brooker was one of Zeppotron's founders ;)) (top)
- 01:16, 17 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Category:Remarkable Television Productions (With all due respect, is a comma after "In 2015" *absolutely* necessary?) (top)
- 06:40, 12 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Trak Trix (→Trivia: ah, the days when S4C showed many of C4's programmes, but at different times (and even dates) to the rest of the UK... Taken from listings in the Guardian and the Observer from the period) (top)
- 06:19, 12 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Trak Trix (→Broadcast: ten episodes in all, each airing on Friday evenings (in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, anyway))
- 05:42, 12 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Telly Phonin' (→Synopsis: linked to Sul Y Ffôn. Also only one L in "notability" ;))
- 05:06, 12 January 2021 (hist) (diff) When Will I be Famous? (→Synopsis: "Old skool talent show" and "Live Saturday night variety show"... these could be combined into one, right?)
- 01:33, 11 January 2021 (hist) (diff) You Have Been Watching (→Trivia: "On 6 May 2011 as part of C4's Alternative Election Night"... shouldn't that be 2010?) (top)
- 23:51, 4 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Romesh Ranganathan (→Shows: Romesh was the only new HIGNFY guest host in 2020)
- 23:46, 4 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Index H (Updated the number of people who have served as HIGNFY guest presenters - Romesh Ranganathan was the only new one in 2020)
- 21:34, 4 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Britain's Best Parent? (→Synopsis: corrected minor typo - no 'a's in Patrick Freyne's surname ;))
- 07:15, 2 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow (Five does seem to be the official number of series, too. What, however, was the official last-ever show? The last-ever *live* show was on 11th March 2006; what aired on the 18th was a highlights show)
- 07:00, 2 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow (→Broadcast: ...and it certainly should be pointed out in some way that the airings on BBC1 and 2 were simulcasts with the CBBC Channel)
- 06:57, 2 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow (→Broadcast: there's certainly merit in saying "CBBC Channel" rather than just "CBBC", anyway...)
- 06:54, 2 January 2021 (hist) (diff) Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow (With all the respect in the world, Simon, I feel this is a situation in which you should have explained what you were doing and why, rather than leave the rest of us to work it out for ourselves...)
- 20:47, 19 December 2020 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: is it spoilerific to point out the Series 82 champion a day and a bit after the broadcast of the Grand Final? If so, feel free to delete, then add them back when it isn't)
- 20:44, 19 December 2020 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: added the Series 81 champion. This means a 21st row for this table - hoping my copying and pasting skills haven't let me down here)
- 18:07, 7 December 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: we will see Nick hosting Countdown in 2021, but not beyond. I think it's worth pointing out, too, that he's lasted longer in the role than Des, Des and Jeff)
- 18:03, 7 December 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: with all due respect, this is probably a less cumbersome way of referring to the best-known Europe song ;))
- 09:29, 3 December 2020 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2020-11-22 (Oui, c'est Banijay :))
- 09:23, 3 December 2020 (hist) (diff) Name That Tune (→The Crown Jools: *four* links to Jools' article in this section? Surely only one is sufficient... I also think "Monarch of the Melody" should be between quotation marks rather than italicised :))
- 13:04, 30 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (→Key moments: pointed out the date of Richard Deeley's game. According to the press, he subsequently claimed that he had intended his actions as a joke - inspired by Chris, no less)
- 07:45, 29 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Jacpot (→Trivia: well, since it was based on the American show Jackpot - and also since just about every Welsh-language word containing 'J' is adopted from English (others: jar, garej, jiraff)... ;)) (top)
- 21:05, 24 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Index G (→Shows: shouldn't all the "Great" shows be listed alphabetically *and* without regard to definite articles? And without regard to hosts' names, too)
- 20:46, 24 November 2020 (hist) (diff) The Great British Bake Off (Ten years - and three months - since the first ever signature challenge)
- 03:01, 24 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Winning Combination (I don't mean to steal David B's job here - but I don't think any of us want to see what Wikipedia terms an edit war. Perhaps the memorability of these moments should be discussed on the Staffers page?)
- 21:01, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (→Synopsis: no longer a Lottery tie-in, obvs)
- 20:59, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (Interestingly enough, the change occurred *during* the ninth series - the first four episodes of this series went out in October and November '16, and the remaining nine between January and April '17)
- 20:56, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (There were three other Lottery shows besides WDW still running at the end of 2016 - and I don't think it's unfair to say that not listing these shows is unfinished business... ;))
- 20:50, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins (To be pedantic, it was late November 2016 when the Beeb announced that the Lottery draws would no longer be shown on BBC1 - their final airing on the channel being that New Year's Eve, of course)
- 19:59, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) 1 vs 100 (→Trivia: with respect, this is probably a better way to describe where each series was filmed)
- 19:50, 23 November 2020 (hist) (diff) 1 vs 100 (All the music was composed by Augustin Bousfield)
- 20:11, 22 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof (→Theme music: clarified that Woolmans composed a full score) (top)
- 20:08, 22 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Don't Try This at Home! (Think it's worth pointing out that Mike Woolmans composed the incidental music, especially as he had an on-screen credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAEzdog2RU&ab_channel=TonyWiseman (at 52:18)) (top)
- 20:01, 22 November 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - November 2020: in response to David B, I still think we should mention anyone not responsible for a show's main theme but responsible for the same show's incidental music)
- 19:30, 22 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Tiger Aspect Productions (Endemol UK and Endemol Shine Group were not the exact same entity, as far as I'm aware...) (top)
- 15:06, 17 November 2020 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - November 2020: where a composer or composers wrote a full score for a show, should the heading be just "Music" rather than "Theme music"?)
- 14:40, 16 November 2020 (hist) (diff) The Chase (→Catchphrases: of course, there are variations of "Time to face the Chaser" for when (s)he first comes on set, and for the Final Chase)
- 13:07, 15 November 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: pointed out the great age that Des was, and how far his career stretched back)
- 16:23, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Herio'r Ddraig (→Trivia: here's the translation of the title)
- 15:57, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Index H (Since HIGNFY has used guest presenters for 18 years, and the number of people to have served as one has reached three figures... Also added Xander and Brucie as the most frequent and best respectively)
- 15:15, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Nick Hewer (→Web links: corrected the link to Nick's Wikipedia article) (top)
- 15:14, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Nick Hewer (→Biography: time for an update, as it's been six years now since Nick sat next to Alan and Karren for the final time. Also added his middle name)
- 14:39, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Index H (→People: no link to Nick Hewer's article? Better put that right ;))
- 14:31, 9 November 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: ...juuuuust in case anyone unfamiliar with Countdown wonders "who's Nick?" ;))
- 20:01, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) File:StrikeItLucky1989.jpg (Oops - somehow forgot to tell my left from my right there...) (top)
- 19:59, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (A higher resolution image of the Strike it Lucky logo, taken from a repeat of a 1989 episode (not much that can be done about the Challenge DOG at the top left, alas))
- 19:55, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:StrikeItLucky1989.jpg (The Strike it Lucky logo in 1989. Not much that can be done about the Challenge DOG at the top right, alas.)
- 04:46, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Can i Gymru (Y logo Cân i Gymru)
- 04:41, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:Can-i-gymru.jpeg (Y logo Cân i Gymru) (top)
- 04:15, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) Concro'r Cwm (Here's one bit of info, anyway - the translation of the title :))
- 04:02, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: a better image (I hope) of the Sky logo for the Chop story)
- 03:55, 2 November 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:SkyLogoMulticoloured.jpg (The multi-coloured variant of the current (as of 2020) Sky logo) (top)
- 01:35, 30 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof (Call me picky here - but I don't think there's any great need for Action Time's name to be italicised, or for Bob's full name to be stated in three picture captions rather than just the first ;))
- 01:20, 30 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof (Three clips of the end game on YouTube, and in each, the 54 question categories were the exact same - so I'm assuming they were the same for all 17 episodes. Might as well list them in that case ;))
- 01:21, 28 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Weakest Link (Anne almost always picked up on when a team had a chain of nine or more correct answers in a round yet failed to reach the £1,000 target, and usually asked "Who kept banking?" or something similar)
- 04:26, 26 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Index P (→Shows: Pen Campau is the first of the "Pe" shows alphabetically)
- 23:41, 23 October 2020 (hist) (diff) The Family Brain Games (→Broadcast: fewer words, as all eight eps aired in a single calendar month) (top)
- 16:01, 23 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Poll of the Year 2019 (Impossible ----> !mpossible ;))
- 00:25, 14 October 2020 (hist) (diff) The People Versus (→Broadcast: corrected the date on which the show began - it was, of course, around 21 hours before people heard "You are the Weakest Link, goodbye" for the first time)
- 03:19, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Freeze Out (→Title music: Will Slater's credit was a relatively long-winded one, but still not a particularly unusual one like "Musical Director" - hence it's only really necessary to state just his name)
- 03:15, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Freeze Out (→Inventor: corrected the spelling of Stefan Iriarte's surname. The magic of YouTube once more ;))
- 02:58, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Divided (Ten years since the show last aired on ITV, and it probably won't be repeated on Challenge any time soon - so how the theoretical maximum prize could be won can now be described in the past tense)
- 02:47, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Divided (Amazing what you learn from YouTube - that man Sylvan composed the music for this show too ;))
- 02:28, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) The Edge (→Theme Music: I also see no real need to state Marc Sylvan's specific credit here, as it wasn't an unusual one like "Musical Director")
- 02:25, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) The Edge (Got the urge to make one more caption change. With all due respect, while Going for Gold references just about work here, Bob Monkhouse and $64K Question references feel a little *too* out of place...)
- 01:45, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (On the other hand, "Gareth" Fitzgerald wasn't *that* silly - the GB Public's knowledge of Irish politicians was rather overestimated there (Éamon de Valera was also given as an answer and scored zero))
- 01:32, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (Another silly answer from that "famous Irishman" round...)
- 01:25, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (Ah, Brian Dowling's "les bean" - for me, anyway, the best moment of the Vernon era. Re-ordered it alphabetically)
- 01:19, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (From 1994: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdwOyT9Erso&ab_channel=MrGazMac. "Sheep" would have been a good answer to *this* question, as it was the top answer)
- 01:03, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (Corrected spelling of "accidentally")
- 00:31, 12 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (The "sheep" answer was given in Big Money, and its score *wasn't* zero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLna7na23U0&ab_channel=GameshowPlayer3000)
- 23:11, 9 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Golden Balls (→Trivia: and no-one won more on the show than her, AFAIK)
- 23:10, 9 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Golden Balls (→Trivia: darn, Endemol got that video blocked. Fortunately, Sarah's big steal has been uploaded to YouTube more than once)
- 22:39, 9 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Two Tribes (→Trivia: also courtesy of the credits from the eps on YouTube, the first series was recorded at Riverside Studios (shortly before it closed for redevelopment), and the second at Elstree)
- 22:28, 9 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Two Tribes (→Trivia: slightly less cumbersome wording as regards the slot in which the show aired (no disrespect intended, of course))
- 22:14, 9 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Two Tribes (Several full episodes are on YouTube, and from them, we learn that that man Sylvan was responsible for the music ;))
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