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Recent updates: UKGameshows.com never sleeps! New articles in the week to 7 September: Britain's Best Dish, Ulster Schools Quiz, Hot Pursuits, Côr Cymru and Casa Dudley. We've also added synopses for All Mixed Up, The What in the World? Quiz and Battle of the Brains, plus a scary photo of Carol Vorderman. All this, and Weaver examines Wogan's new quiz.
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Only Connect: From 15 September 2008
Strictly Come Dancing: From 20 September 2008
Who Dares Wins Series 2: From 13 September 2008
All Star Family Fortunes Series 3: From 13 September 2008
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Series 24: From 18 August 2008
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29 August Geoffrey Perkins
Former director of Hat Trick Productions and BBC Head of Comedy, Geoffrey Perkins, has died in a road accident. He was 55. Perkins was the devisor of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue's signature game Mornington Crescent and in 1990 hosted the short-lived panel game Don't Quote Me.
25 July Vorderman quits, too
Carol Vorderman has also announced she is to leave Countdown at the end of the year. Carol has been with the show since it started in 1982 and since 1989, has been sole hostess. In a statement released today, Carol's manager John Mills said she is 'extremely sad'.
(BBC)
23 July O'Connor quits Countdown
Des O'Connor is to leave his role as host of Countdown at the end of the current series in November. Des, aged 76, has presented the Channel 4 show since January 2007, when he took over from Des Lynam, the original replacement for the late Richard Whiteley. O'Connor says he has no plans to retire and is working on new projects.
(BBC)
8 May Record fine for ITV plc
Ofcom has fined ITV plc a record £5.675 million for misconduct over its premium rate phone services - the biggest fine ever imposed by the regulator. The fine follows a report by Deloitte last year which identified "serious editorial issues" within Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Gameshow Marathon and Soapstar Superstar. ITV will also have to broadcast six summaries of the regulator's adjudication.
(BBC)
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