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'''[[Good Game Guide 1 Poll of the Year|(1) Poll of 2005]]'''
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===Record books===
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*[[UK Game Show Records]]
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*[[All Time Winners List]] - highest-earning contestants
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*[[Award Winners|Award-winning game shows]]
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'''[[Good Game Guide 2 Contact Details For Game Show Companies|(2) Contact addresses for game show companies]]'''
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===Polls===
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*[[Gameshow General Election 2010]] - All-time poll.
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*[[All-time Poll|2006 Poll: Top 30 Game Shows]] of all time
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*[[All Time Top 30 Hosts|2006 Poll: Top 30 Game Show Hosts]] of all time
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*[[2002 Poll|2002 Poll: Top 30 Shows and Hosts]] - archived results
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*[[Greatest Game Shows]] - based on popularity on this site
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*[[Poll of the Year 2005]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2006]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2007]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2008]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2009]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2010]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2011]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2012]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2013]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2014]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2015]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2016]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2017]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2018]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2019]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2020]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2021]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2022]]
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*[[Poll of the Year 2023]]
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'''[[Good Game Guide 3 UK Game Show FAQ|(3) UK Game show FAQ]]'''
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===Background===
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*[[UK Game Show FAQ]]
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*[[History of the Game Show]]
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*[[The Ingrams Millionaire Trial]] - special report
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'''[[Good Game Guide 4 History Of the Game Show|(4) History of the game show]]'''
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===Useful information===
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*[[Contact Details For Game Show Companies]]
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*[[Auditioning For Game Shows]] - tips
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'''[[Good Game Guide 5 Auditioning For Game Shows|(5) Auditioning for game shows]]'''
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===Trivia===
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*[[Game Show Spoofs]] - spoofs in other UK films and TV programmes
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*[[Before They Were Famous]] - famous people who were former game show contestants
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*[[Consolation Prizes]] - a list of parting gifts
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*[[Game Show Computers]] - dubious acronyms ahoy!
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*[[Impact of Covid-19]] - a round-up of shows affected by the pandemic
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*[[ITV's 9.25 shows]] - the canonical list of shows which filled that all-important first-thing-in-the-morning slot
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'''[[Good Game Guide 6 All-time Poll|(6) All-time Poll]]'''
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===Bonus features===
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*[[Answering the Question Before Last]] - the script from the lesser known stage version of the classic Two Ronnies [[Mastermind]] skit.
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'''[[Good Game Guide 7 Ingrams Millionaire Trial|(7) The Ingrams Millionaire trial]] - SPECIAL REPORT'''
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*[[Ask the Family Quiz]] - a selection of questions from the [[Ask the Family]] quiz books.
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*[[Big Brother Reports]] - the first two series mercilessly dissected.
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'''[[Good Game Guide 8 All Time Winners List|(8) All-time big prize winners list]]'''
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*[[Eurovision Voting Map]] - those "political" blocs revealed in schematic form.
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*[[Family Fortunes Cockups]] - silly answers from the long-running survey game.
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'''[[Good Game Guide 9 Game Show Spoofs|(9) Game show spoofs in other UK films and TV programmes]]''' - '''NEW!'''
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*[[Iron Chef UK Press Release]] - interviews from Channel 4 to promote [[Iron Chef UK]].
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*[[Mastermind Subjects]] - a few of the more interesting "specialisms".
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'''[[Good Game Guide 10 Before They Were Famous|(10) Famous people who were former game show contestants]]'''
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*[[Most Shocking Talent Show Moments 2011]] - A list of the 50 Most Shocking Talent Show Moments, as compiled by Channel 5 in April 2011.
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*[[Most Shocking Talent Show Moments 2013]] - An updated version of the above, as compiled by Channel 5 in November 2013.
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(11) Coming soon
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*[[Mr and Mrs Application Form]] - it's a bit late to apply now, but here's a scan of the official 1970s rules and application form.
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*[[The Crystal Maze Background]] - Game designer David J. Bodycombe reveals all.
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*[[The Crystal Maze Cyberdrome]] - A look at the leisure attraction based on the Greatest Game Show of All Time.
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*[[The Search Press Release]] - how Channel 4 announced Theakston's continent-hopping adventure series.
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'''[[Good Game Guide 13 Consolation Prizes|(13) A list of consolation prizes]]'''
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*[[Unanimous Press Release]] - more exciting than the actual programme (allegedly).
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*[[Sub Zero Press Release]] and [[Sub Zero Ariel 1999-02-16|''Ariel'' article]] - BBC promotions for the groundbreaking interactive kids' show.
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*[[Top of the Klass with Myleene Klass]] - A classic Wikipedia hoax.
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*[[Wanted Launch]] - the 1996 press release heralding this lost classic, plus [[Wanted Rules|the rules]] and [[Wanted Trackers|the trackers]].
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*Who Wants to be a Millionaire? results from [[Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Results 1|series 1]], [[Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Results 2|series 2]], [[Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Results 3|series 3]] and  [[Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Results 4|series 4]].
==How to help==
==How to help==

Current revision as of 17:50, 25 May 2024

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