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- 10:56, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (→Biography: Aspel did the Antiques Roadshow for eight years - has Fiona Bruce already been doing it nearly twice as long? And, of course, he succeeded the great Hugh Scully)
- 10:50, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (Aspel presented This Is Your Life for fifteen years - on ITV from 1988 to 1994, and then on the Beeb until it ended in 2003. And, lest we forget, Eamonn Andrews surprised him in 1980 ;))
- 09:56, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (→Biography: clarified that he was a BBC newsreader - ITN was around in those days too, of course - and pointed out two of his colleagues, one of whom has a UKGS profile of his own ;))
- 09:31, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (→Biography: Aspel turned 90 in January, so I thought I'd expand his biog a bit. He is, of course, one of the more famous WW2 evacuees)
- 09:01, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wawffactor (→Web links: diolch i'r nefoedd am y Wayback Machine ;)) (top)
- 16:46, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Remember the big, turning golden "RG" at the end of GFG, Keynotes, Celeb Squares Mk 2, and other Grundy shows up to around spring 1997? Not ashamed to say it's one of my fave logos - and here it is ;))
- 16:36, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:SquareRG.jpg (The golden "RG" logo used by Grundy's international arms (British, American etc.) from 1987 to 1997) (top)
- 16:28, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Reg therefore outlived his company *and* his brand, though I'm sure he didn't mind too much. Quoting Weaver in 2016, "he had the privilege of picking his work". Here's his impressive lifespan)
- 16:19, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (If the 'Pedia is right, then it was 2013 when the German and Italian arms became UFA Show & Factual and Fremantle Italia respectively, and the Grundy brand was finally retired)
- 16:03, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (...and at once the British arm's remaining shows - Fort Boyard Mk 1, Lily Savage's 'Blank, and Night Fever - became Thames productions, while the Grundy name lived on at the end of Neighbours till '06)
- 15:54, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Grundy, Thames, and Pearson's other television assets became parts of FremantleMedia in 2001 (and, of course, the "Media" was dropped seventeen years later)...)
- 15:38, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (PYCR Mk 2, Bruce's Price is Right and Supermarket Sweep all became Grundy productions in 1999, having been Talbot / Fremantle (UK) productions before then)
- 15:25, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Grundy's British arm specialised in game shows, of course - I believe GFG was its first show, and did it produce any other non-game shows besides the BBC's How Do They Do That? in the mid '90s?)
- 15:19, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (The Pearson *conglomerate*, because in 1995 it had a fair few publishing interests, including Longman Books (which it still owns) and the Financial Times. And it owned Thames by then, of course)
- 15:14, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Quite a bit to say about Grundy, I think... First, I believe Reg had grown it into the world's largest independent production company when he sold it to Pearson)
- 14:01, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (The late, great Victor Lewis-Smith ripped into this show, and Cheggers, in his Evening Standard column - probably the biggest bit of attention the show ever got. So, here's an extract... ;))
- 17:09, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Index T (A tiebreaker usually does take the form of a question - but not on Countdown. ;) (Not on PYCR either - though that show's TB was a whole three-card game, rather longer (usually) than other shows' TBs))
- 16:07, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Harry Hill (Harry became HIGNFY's 126th guest host the Friday before last) (top)
- 16:00, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Index L (Converted "Live show" from italics to bold)
- 00:26, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (The credits also reveal that the show was recorded at BBC Television Centre (woo-hoo!), and that Olav Bjortomt and Jenny "The Vixen" Ryan verified the questions ;)) (top)
- 00:16, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (→Inventor: he was also one of two exec producers - Mark Wells was the other, for Granada)
- 00:14, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (→Inventor: there are three episodes on YouTube, and watching these we see that Kevin Ball's credit was "executive producer & format creator" - the latter being a slightly unusual term, IMO)
- 23:41, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (→Broadcast: the show was produced by Granada in association with C*T*TV, which was Tarrant's own production company ;))
- 23:30, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (Here's the logo. Why was it done such that it appeared that the emphasis was on the "What", when surely it was supposed to be on the "You"? God only knows)
- 23:27, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:ItsNotWhatYouKnowLogo.jpg (The logo for It's Not What You Know (why it was done such that it appeared that the emphasis was on the "What" when surely it was supposed to be on the "You", heaven knows)) (top)
- 22:41, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's Telly Years (And here is a series 1 ep. Not much that can be done about it being a 4:3 show within a 16:9 upload, alas)
- 21:38, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's Telly Years (There are actually quite a few eps of NTY (er, yes) on YouTube - and from these, we now know that the show was made by Unique in association with the Beeb in Birmingham ;))
- 20:23, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Trivia: Elizabeth II's *Golden* Jubilee... wasn't that back in 2002?)
- 19:59, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (And we know who did the music, too. ;) We *don't* know who came up with the format, however - no such credit appears)
- 19:53, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (Now we know what year this aired, and what channel it was on... and also that Carlton were, in fact, not involved at all. Did Transmedia make any other game shows?)
- 19:47, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (YouTube, you've done it again... here's a full episode. ;) This was uploaded by one of the contestants, as seems to be so often the case with obscure shows)
- 17:29, 16 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: I feel that now is the time for me to make the biggest admission of all about myself)
- 18:18, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: time, I think, for me to state some observations (with no disrespect intended, of course) and admit a few more things about myself)
- 05:29, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: images of shows' logos again, but this time it's as regards the sizes at which they're displayed in the shows' corresponding articles)
- 04:59, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Future Food Stars (No offence intended but doesn't displaying the image of the show's logo at 400px perhaps make it a bit *too* big? Actually, another good thing to discuss - the ideal size for displaying such images ;))
- 04:42, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Pump it Up (Images of shows' logos can be positioned and displayed as desired without any obvious need for div tags. Unnecessary edit? Hey, people's mileages *do* vary - and in any case, I intend no offence ;))
- 04:32, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Five Guys a Week (If the image of the show's logo can be positioned and displayed as desired without div tags, then surely there's no need for these tags? Unless, of course, there *is* a need that isn't obvious...)
- 04:26, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Coach Trip (The image of the show's logo can be positioned and displayed as desired without div tags - so these tags are superfluous, right? Unless there *is* a need for them that's not obvious when editing...)
- 04:17, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) One and Six Zeros (Re-removed div tags from around the image of the show's logo. Sorry, folks, but if such images can be positioned and displayed as desired *without* these tags, then what need is there for these tags?)
- 19:22, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: C4 *was* set, not *were* set. Oopsie doodle... ;))
- 19:20, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: a new discussion on how long before we can declare a show to be dead, when the broadcaster of that show does not make public whether or not it has cancelled the show)
- 18:25, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) One and Six Zeros (TVZone: "We understand the show is unlikely to return." Five months later and, AFAIK, C4 is still silent. Actually, there's a good discussion to be had about when a show can be declared dead...)
- 17:10, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Hypothetical (Simon, Jennifer and everyone else, I'm not normally an attention seeker - but I do feel there's mileage left in the discussion on the Staffers page regarding div tags around images of show's logos...)
- 16:50, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (Simon, buddy, I take no pleasure in saying this, but this is another of your legendary rushes of blood to the head... ITV confirmed a third series in April, and even announced the celebs then)
- 01:46, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: may I hasten to add...)
- 01:30, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: me being a stickler for consistency once again, alas...)
- 22:49, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Can i Gymru (I added the logo at a time when I wasn't aware that <div> tags weren't necessary in this case... :)) (top)
- 22:11, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (Images of shows' logos don't need <div> tags, as it happens :))
- 22:08, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (I see what JT means about <div> tags not being needed for images of shows' logos... :))
- 21:58, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (→The Big Pork Pie: Noel's name and questions are italicised; "Victim" and their "no"s are not... I'd be more inclined to have all of these in upright text, with Noel's name and "Victim" in bold)
- 21:33, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (→The Big Pork Pie: the bits about all the other games (bar NTV, since that's the last game mentioned) end with "NEXT!" So, again, why shouldn't it be the same here? ;))
- 21:22, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (→Grab-a-Grand: all the other instances of "Next!" are in all caps - why shouldn't this one be the same? ;))
- 21:12, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (...Not much there, is there? Details of the S1 ep that was repeated on BBC4 last August (which isn't currently available to watch), and that's about it. So is it really worth linking to it at all?)
- 21:03, 11 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mental! - The Music Quiz (Well, *I* think this anyway - and I'm happy to be corrected. :) AFAIK, only Countdown and HIGNFY were still using such displays by 2003 - and HIGNFY still uses them today, though it isn't alone now ;)) (top)
- 18:50, 11 June 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: updated regular episode and series counts under Lifted. No Children in Need special last year; perhaps it was deemed not to be worth the expense)
- 18:36, 11 June 2023 (hist) (diff) TV Guide 2023-06-10 (Entertainment.ie said there'd be another Ireland's Smartest tonight; the RTÉ Player and my Virgin EPG said there'd be something with Nathan Carter. Turns out it was the latter two that were right...) (top)
- 00:46, 9 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Richard Osman (→Web links: here's Richard's Wikipedia entry, to go with his IMDb entry)
- 00:44, 9 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Richard Osman (→Trivia: clarified that while Richard was sitting in Colin's seat, Colin was sitting in Richard's, next to Susie. And pointed out the date that episode aired, because why not? ;))
- 23:20, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Well, the recommended style for year ranges within single calendar decades on That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver) *is* to use the last two digits, rather than just the last one, of the end year... ;))
- 23:13, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Co-hosts: Matt Chapman only announced and commentated on the first episode in 2018, of course, before the public basically told him "go back to horse racing")
- 23:04, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Co-hosts: the great Tony Gubba only stopped commentating when he passed away, of course. And didn't Simon Reed commentate on the full 2014 series?)
- 22:39, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Updated episode and series counts for Lifted, and added the date of the most recent episode (even though the show will almost certainly be back next year, despite everything that's gone on with Phil))
- 22:25, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: tidied the last sentence, so that the rest of that paragraph flows better into it)
- 22:02, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: and in fact it was the second time that series that the FA Cup - and, indeed, Liverpool FC - had gotten in the way, as Sam Matterface was needed to commentate on Pool's fourth-round match)
- 21:53, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: the 2022 final *might* have aired on 20 March as intended, had that Forest v Liverpool match not had a kick-off time of 6pm...)
- 21:27, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: well, despite the double standards, the 2022 series wasn't *quite* as beleaguered as the previous year's, because no celebs withdrew during it... ;))
- 21:18, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: further tidying up - including removing a duplicate link to Oti's article, and pointing out in which episode Arlene appeared on the panel)
- 21:02, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: tidied up as regards the double standards in the 2022 series, also clarifying that it was the semi-final that Holly missed and Phil presented alone)
- 01:52, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (Laura and Iain are now married - and they're parents too. ;) Also, a re-wording as regards her Eurovision involvement, following a reconsideration)
- 01:37, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (→Biography: and let's not forget her Eurovision involvement in 2014, or her Radio 5 show ;))
- 01:28, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (→Biography: yes, it really is *fifteen* years since Laura got her break. She presented ITV2's I'm a Celeb coverage for five series, and (of course) Love Island for three)
- 01:17, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (→Biography: ...and she's in pretty good company when it comes to female presenters who started out on MTV ;))
- 01:11, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (→Biography: actually, Laura's known for quite a few things at this stage, isn't she? MTV News was the first of those things...)
- 00:10, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Comedians Giving Lectures (Undo revision 97271 by Showells (Talk) No disrespect, but IMO that kind of edit is one for which an explanation might just be necessary...)
- 23:58, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Peter Snow (→Trivia: Peter and Dan have, in fact, worked together on *two* history series for BBC2, both of which made extensive use of CGI. And, of course, Jon left Channel 4 News a year and a half ago) (top)
- 22:47, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Are You an Egghead? (→See also: this might be a better way of styling the links to Weaver's three reviews) (top)
- 22:38, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Are You an Egghead? (→Host: should it be "2008-9" or "2008-09"? Well, That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver) *does* favour the latter style... ;))
- 22:00, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Are You an Egghead? (→Web links: well, the question mark *was* part of AYAE's title... wasn't it????? ;))
- 18:15, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mike McClean (If anyone wants to order a copy of Mike's book... ;)) (top)
- 17:26, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mike McClean (→Trivia: may I add who Brent was dressed up as, too? ;))
- 17:23, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mike McClean (→Trivia: Bubble was in BB2, of course (shit, 22 years ago now...). And Howard's last televised Halifax ad was, I believe, just before the 2008 crash... so perhaps it's time to add his surname ;))
- 17:13, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mike McClean (→Trivia: well, why not add links to the Blind Date and Big Brother articles when it's possible...? ;))
- 16:58, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) TV Guide 2023-06-03 (No, there *were* six heats, and the final *was* this past Sunday. I've watched all ten episodes, and kept stats. And the champion thoroughly deserved the accolade) (top)
- 01:42, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) All Star Musicals (→Broadcast: the regular episode in 2021 aired on 21 March of that year. Would have aired on the 28th, of course, but for DOI's troubles)
- 01:33, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Clarified that the 2021 series was reduced from ten episodes to eight. Also pointed out dates as appropriate, plus the title of the clip show that aired in place of the first scrapped episode)
- 01:03, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Having clarified that five celebs in all withdrew during the 2021 series, I shall now clarify that across all the previous series just three celebs had had to make mid-series withdrawals ;))
- 00:45, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: clarified, too, that five celebs in all had to withdraw during that 2021 series (while still pointing out which ones were injured and which ones tested positive for Covid))
- 00:31, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: clarified that the show lost its *live* audience - i.e. the one in the arena, as opposed to the viewers at home - when Covid struck)
- 22:10, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (The show's logo hardly sat still, but here it is nonetheless ;))
- 22:08, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:NationalLotteryOnTheSpot.jpg (The logo for The National Lottery On the Spot) (top)
- 19:18, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (→Co-hosts: six and a half years since the draws left BBC1, but Deadly's still the Voice of the Balls - and this was his credit here too ;))
- 18:21, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (→Synopsis: thanks for explaining the full rules of the main game, Des ;))
- 18:08, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (→Synopsis: added link to the 100% article)
- 18:06, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (Actually, why *did* the practice of italicising shows when linking to their articles die out? It probably doesn't matter here or anywhere - but, unfortunately, I *am* a stickler for consistency... ;))
- 17:57, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (...and that the music was composed by Dave Arch, in between Wipeout and that big ballroom dancing show. ;) It's not actually mentioned on his site - but there aren't any other Dave Arches, are there?)
- 17:29, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (Also on YouTube are the closing credits of the second episode, from 5 August 2000 - which reveal that this was yet another format devised by the Chatterbox Partnership...)
- 17:23, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (Yes! A decent slab of an episode on YouTube at last - specifically the fifth episode, from 26 August 2000)
- 17:00, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: oops - forgot the bullet :))
- 16:59, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (A query as regards the three On the Spots)
- 16:25, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Index O (Oops - the Grand Slam with Nicholas Rowe was the second show of that title. (The first one, about bridge, *did* air several years before I was born...))
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