Weaver's Week

Revision as of 11:09, 17 February 2008

Each week, Iain Weaver gives us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news.

A companion guide to game shows on TV for the coming week is also published on a regular basis, usually on Thursdays.

Date	Topics
17th February 2008	Ding Dong
10th February 2008	ITV's weekends - Duel, Thank God You're Here
3rd February 2008	There goes our man from the council - Jeremy Beadle
27th January 2008	How We Used To Quiz - Spelling Bee 1938

2008 archive

Date	Topics
20th January 2008	Stars In Their Eyes Academy
13th January 2008	Finger of suspicion

2007 archive

Date	Topics
30th December 2007	The Week of the Year
23rd December 2007	A big finals week - Countdown, Junior Mastermind
16th December 2007	Big Brother Book
9th December 2007	On the conveyor belt
2nd December 2007	Not By Strength, By Guile
25th November 2007	Les Pretend
18th November 2007	Performance - Classical Star, E4 School
11th November 2007	4OD
4th November 2007	Saboteur Watch - Trapped, Dirty Rotten Cheater UK
28th October 2007	Dining Out - also Alan Coren
21st October 2007	Jiggy Pokey
14th October 2007	Paul Coia's Pleasure
7th October 2007	Elven - also Ned Sherrin and Ronnie Hazlehurst
30th September 2007	Escape for Some
23rd September 2007	Who are ya?
16th September 2007	Changes in the air
9th September 2007	The Eurovision Song And Dance Contest, Without The Singing
2nd September 2007	Beat the Temple
26th August 2007	Is it all fitting together, in a stupid fashion?
19th August 2007	You are in a twisty maze of television studios, all different
12th August 2007	Wage seekers
5th August 2007	Slightly booked
29th July 2007	Challenge, lyrically
22nd July 2007	Sorcery Today
15th July 2007	Fine, then
8th July 2007	Feedback - Tycoon, Golden Balls
1st July 2007	Reasons to be grumpy - Brainteaser, People's Quiz, Britain's Got Talent
24th June 2007	Starter for Seven - Countdown finals
17th June 2007	Going Wild - People's Quiz Wildcard, Payday
10th June 2007	Naive? Nincompoop? Numpty?
3rd June 2007	Repeat After Three - For the Rest of Your Life, That's the Question
27th May 2007	Think Big - Big Brother, Eurovision voting
20th May 2007	Flying the flag (upside down)
13th May 2007	Peer amid song contests
6th May 2007	Quiz Populi
29th April 2007	Four Against One Hundred
22nd April 2007	Headliners
15th April 2007	A brief history of 0898
8th April 2007	We Blame Julia Bradbury
1st April 2007	Five, Ten
25th March 2007	Raising the Standard
18th March 2007	Here's one we made up earlier
11th March 2007	On the wreck of SS Premium Rate
4th March 2007	Checking it out
25th February 2007	Fame but no fortune
18th February 2007	Stranger and Stranger - also Junior Mastermind final
11th February 2007	Sought high and low
4th February 2007	Count Des
28th January 2007	Bread and Circuses
21st January 2007	A clash between pseudo-celebrity and real celebrity
14th January 2007	He educated us all - Magnus Magnusson
7th January 2007	View From Afar - some European shows

2006 archive

Date	Topics
31st December 2006	The Week of the Year 2006
24th December 2006	They think it's all over - Countdown
17th December 2006	Dying off
10th December 2006	Learning the hard way
3rd December 2006	X Marks the Code
26th November 2006	That's Numberplace! - Sudo-Q
19th November 2006	Star of Fortune
12th November 2006	Eight-one - Unanimous
5th November 2006	Charlie Five - In The Grid
29th October 2006	Take It or Not
22nd October 2006	Tooning In
15th October 2006	Those New Lottery Shows - Everyone's a Winner and 1 vs 100
8th October 2006	Desperately Seeking Talent
1st October 2006	Bad News and Treasure Maps
24th September 2006	Is this entertainment?
17th September 2006	Alaunus Held Hostage
10th September 2006	Five Years On
3rd September 2006	Fore!
27th August 2006	Big Brother 7
20th August 2006	Marlow and Maria
13th August 2006	Reviews in Brief
6th August 2006	Fort Boyard
30th July 2006	Sports Relief
23rd July 2006	ITV In Crisis, part two - Love Island
16th July 2006	ITV In Crisis, part one - Poker Face
9th July 2006	Full stop, question mark
2nd July 2006	Boss-beaters
25th June 2006	Scrambled X
18th June 2006	Winningest
11th June 2006	More long words
4th June 2006	Schulze-Condorcet, and other big words
28th May 2006	Eurovision Countdown
21st May 2006	"We are the winners. Of University Challenge" - also Eurovision semi
14th May 2006	The Price is Right?
7th May 2006	The category's still there - Bullseye, Sitcom Showdown
30th Apr 2006	Stat and More Stat
23rd Apr 2006	School Daze (2) - That'll Test 'Em, Top of the Form
16th Apr 2006	School Daze (1) - School's Out
9th Apr 2006	History Today - Classic Comeback
2nd Apr 2006	Front Page News - Countdown, Mastermind
26th Mar 2006	Ready... - The Games, Eurovision draw
19th Mar 2006	The West Lothian Question - Just the Two of Us
12th Mar 2006	Teenage Kicks - A Song for Europe
5th Mar 2006	The worst week of the Week
26th Feb 2006	Countdown, Deal, Poll
19th Feb 2006	Geekdom's only skin deep - Beauty and the Geek
12th Feb 2006	Iced Tea - Dancing on Ice
5th Feb 2006	Great shows
29th Jan 2006	Great hosts
22nd Jan 2006	Whose house is it? - Finders Keepers, Big Brother
15th Jan 2006	Do we have to spell it out? - Hard Spell, Spelling Bee
8th Jan 2006	The year ahead

2005 archive

Date	Topics
30th Dec 2005	Weaver's Year 2005
18th Dec 2005	Wealthwatch - Golden Lot, Millionaire Manor
11th Dec 2005	Question or number - Sudo-Q, Junior Eurovision
4th Dec 2005	Factor X
27th Nov 2005	Strictly Weekly
20th Nov 2005	Channel Four, Daily - Countdown and Deal or No Deal
13th Nov 2005	The Mastermind Champion
6th Nov 2005	The end of the marathon
30th Oct 2005	Congratulations - Eurovision 50
23rd Oct 2005	Glycosaminoglycan - it's Star Spell week
16th Oct 2005	And now the questions go up - Sale of the Century
9th Oct 2005	Hard Hat Area - The Golden Shot
2nd Oct 2005	Pick Your Own
25th Sep 2005	Old Friends Return - University Challenge, The Price is Right
18th Sep 2005	Driving Up That Hill
11th Sep 2005	Greatest Games - ITV's history, part three
4th Sep 2005	Would Like To Find - ITV's history, part two
28th Aug 2005	The Prize is Right - ITV's history, part one
21st Aug 2005	The Annual Big Brother Review
14th Aug 2005	Ride and win - Cash Cab, Raven
7th Aug 2005	Watching Watching the Detectives
31st Jul 2005	Poker Nights
24th Jul 2005	Wizard Spelling - the Spelling Bee, Harry Potter quiz
17th Jul 2005	As easy as 1-2-3 - Sudoku Live
10th Jul 2005	Countdown's Finals Week
3rd Jul 2005	Richard Whiteley - a national treasure
25th Jun 2005	It's for yoo-hoo - The Big Call
18th Jun 2005	Mock the Cats - also a Countdown Final Preview
11th Jun 2005	The game show review review - Our Survey Said, Back in the Day
4th Jun 2005	Europe Votes
29th May 2005	One amazing evening
22nd May 2005	The Awakening - Junior Mastermind, Eurovision semi
15th May 2005	The University Challenge Final
8th May 2005	People are coming, everyone's trying - Going For Gold remembered
1st May 2005	They came, they had a go
24th Apr 2005	It's All Oxford - and Splash Camp
17th Apr 2005	Here's one we asked earlier - Perseverance
10th Apr 2005	Growing Old Disgracefully (part three) - Ask The Family
3rd Apr 2005	Growing Old Disgracefully (part two) - Double Your Money
27th Mar 2005	Growing Old Disgracefully (part one) - Old Shows Reborn
20th Mar 2005	The University Challenge Meta-Review
13th Mar 2005	Something To Sing About - A Song for Europe, and Celeb Fame Academy
6th Mar 2005	A new broom - The Apprentice
27th Feb 2005	Park -v- Kielty Redux
20th Feb 2005	Weaver's Week - Gold!
13th Feb 2005	The Sunday Paper Review
6th Feb 2005	Geronimo!
30th Jan 2005	A short half hour
23rd Jan 2005	Big Bother
16th Jan 2005	Such Is Politics: Vote for Me
9th Jan 2005	A new year miscellany

2004 archive

Date	Topics
28th Dec 2004	Weaver's Year 2004
18th Dec 2004	Tension mounts: Countdown's finals week
11th Dec 2004	Spellcasting: Hard Spell and the Mastermind final
4th Dec 2004	Scrap for All: Scrapheap Challenge, and a preview of the Countdown finals
27th Nov 2004	Nine Live: Four hours of quiz tv
20th Nov 2004	It Could Be Bunnies: Play the Game
13th Nov 2004	Ten Years of the National Lottery
6th Nov 2004	Begging the Question: Beg, Steal, and Borrow; and Paxman gets annoyed.
30th Oct 2004	Look who's back!: An old friend returns, and we test our spelling
23rd Oct 2004	OFCOM Rules OK: The Big Brother ruling
16th Oct 2004	Spies Like Us: Spy
9th Oct 2004	Let the Scrapping -- begin! Scrapheap Challenge and Jungle Run
2nd Oct 2004	Playing Catchup: Countdown, and an unhappy winner
25th Sep 2004	Scares on Thursday: Scary Sleepover, Mad Mad House
18th Sep 2004	Crisis? What Crisis?: UC returns
11th Sep 2004	Bognor? Bust?: Bognor or Bust, Crisis Command
4th Sep 2004	Summer Review: International King of Sports
28th Aug 2004	Ye Weyvere's Weeke: Bullseye, Catchphrase retrospective
21st Aug 2004	Games Without Front Ears: House of Games
14th Aug 2004	Let the Challenge - Begin!: Raven II
7th Aug 2004	Big sigh of relief: Big Brother 5 summary
31st Jul 2004	In the box: Dean from Big Brother's book
24th Jul 2004	Good enough?: Simply the Best
17th Jul 2004	Saturday Night Passport: Passport to Paradise
10th Jul 2004	More preserve, sir?: Head Jam
3rd Jul 2004	Results week: BB5 comments
26th Jun 2004	Countdown Finals
19th Jun 2004	Ask me another: The Interrogators
12th Jun 2004	Cramming it in: The Cram
5th Jun 2004	Kat's in the kitchen: More BB5
29th May 2004	Voting procedures: Eurovision breakdown
22nd May 2004	Euro Vision
15th May 2004	A thousand times worse than Jemini: Quarantine
8th May 2004	Looking back with Weaver's Week: Crisis Command, BBC 2 at 40
1st May 2004	Four!: Blank Screen, Win Lose or Draw Late, Totally Top Trumps
24th Apr 2004	Playing games: The Games return
17th Apr 2004	University Challenge grand final
10th Apr 2004	Smart enough?: Come and Have a Go...
3rd Apr 2004	Universities Challenged: UC special
27th Mar 2004	Saturday Night In: Ant and Dec
20th Mar 2004	Still prejudiced?: Without Prejudice?
13th Mar 2004	Don't forget to miss it: Memory Bank
6th Mar 2004	Another song for Eurosong: Making Your Mind Up
28th Feb 2004	The annual UC stats pack
21st Feb 2004	Seventeen: 24 Hour Quiz
14th Feb 2004	The Six o'Clock Blues: Traitor, Genies en herbe
7th Feb 2004	Borg, ready: Beat the Cyborgs
31st Jan 2004	Didn't They Do Well?
24th Jan 2004	Stronger: Hercules
17th Jan 2004	Beat the Nation
10th Jan 2004	Stay up late with Weaver's Week: Shattered
3rd Jan 2004	Bob Monkhouse tribute

2003 archive

Date	Topics
27th Dec 2003	Weaver's Year
20th Dec 2003	Weaver's Finals Week: Countdown
13th Dec 2003	Fifteen to One remembered
6th Dec 2003	University Challenged: UC, Eurovision
29th Nov 2003	A painful read: Distraction, Junior Eurovision
22nd Nov 2003	Eggheads, 19 Keys
15th Nov 2003	All around the planet: Wright Around the World
8th Nov 2003	Catchup already: Mastermind, UC
1st Nov 2003	Thirty: Weaver's favourite gameshows
25th Oct 2003	Revival week: Superstars, Fort Boyard
18th Oct 2003	He is: I'm the Answer
11th Oct 2003	Amazing talent contest shock: Fame Academy
4th Oct 2003	In command of time: Time Commanders
27th Sept 2003	Judgement Square
20th Sept 2003	The Games
13th Sept 2003	Familiar Faces
6th Sept 2003	Journey into Space
30th Aug 2003	Gobbet of the Week
23rd Aug 2003	The FA:Q
16th Aug 2003	Diluting the brand
9th Aug 2003	On target
2nd Aug 2003	Smartass Popularity Survey
26th Jul 2003	Big Brother's Finished
19th Jul 2003	A very hot week
12th Jul 2003	The return of Mastermind
5th Jul 2003	ITV's good night: Judgement Day
28th Jun 2003	Transcontinental adventures
21st Jun 2003	Going down with the ship
14th Jun 2003	We have brains
7th Jun 2003	Big Brother, Little Score
31st May 2003	This Song, That Brother
24th May 2003	Playing catch up
17th May 2003	The Countdown To Big Brother 4
10th May 2003	Talking with sausages
3rd May 2003	Returning links
26th Apr 2003	Dirty Rotten Cheaters
19th Apr 2003	Murder, Treasure Hunt (guest reviewer: Nick Gates)
12th Apr 2003	UC: Professionals (guest reviewer: Nick Gates)
5th Apr 2003	One challenge ends, another begins: The Murder Game
29th Mar 2003	A General Viewer writes...
22nd Mar 2003	Weaver's Miscellany - HS, B&G, Nicked, Eurovision
15th Mar 2003	Continuing topics
8th Mar 2003	Boys and Girls
1st Mar 2003	Are you sitting comfortably?
22nd Feb 2003	Trading futures
15th Feb 2003	All University Challenge statistics
8th Feb 2003	More for the children
1st Feb 2003	XX
25th Jan 2003	Champion Countdown
18th Jan 2003	Here comes the sun
11th Jan 2003	No prejudice
4th Jan 2003	Raving about old shows

2002 archive

Date	Topics
28th Dec 2002	End of the year review
21st Dec 2002	Start the clock on finals week
14th Dec 2002	Brainy Daly
7th Dec 2002	Curious
30th Nov 2002	Celeb BB finishes
23rd Nov 2002	Celeb BB 2
16th Nov 2002	Fame, Star and One
9th Nov 2002	Staying in perspective
2nd Nov 2002	Channel 4's 20th birthday special
26th Oct 2002	Making use of old rubbish
19th Oct 2002	Book reviews
12th Oct 2002	Fame Academy
5th Oct 2002	Live fear
28th Sept 2002	Kids' stuff
21st Sept 2002	Cards, Fortune, Choice
14th Sept 2002	The Shallow Issue - Your Face, Judgemental
7th Sept 2002	The Chair, UC, Celeb Torture II
31st Aug 2002	I'm a Non-Entity, Keep Me on Screen!
24th Aug 2002	Lawsuit hunters, at the ready!
17th Aug 2002	Liar, Combat Cars
10th Aug 2002	Brain change
3rd Aug 2002	Under arrest
27th Jul 2002	The end of BB3
20th Jul 2002	Dropping a brick
13th Jul 2002	Chickens, frogs, robots
6th Jul 2002	Pulling the strings
29th Jun 2002	Countdown to zero
22nd Jun 2002	Choose at random
15th Jun 2002	Up and over
8th Jun 2002	TV's Mr Annoying
1st Jun 2002	Dance on!
25th May 2002	Light my fire
18th May 2002	Always on time
11th May 2002	Love 'n hugs (not)
4th May 2002	Golden eye
27th Apr 2002	Laundering the cash
20th Apr 2002	Standing on a log
13th Apr 2002	The taxman cometh
6th Apr 2002	Vote Robinson
30th Mar 2002	Together again
23rd Mar 2002	Boat Races and German Shows
16th Mar 2002	The challenge to survive...
9th Mar 2002	Five sale, Rose d'Or
2nd Mar 2002	Returning friends
23rd Feb 2002	A class act...?
16th Feb 2002	The final of one...
9th Feb 2002	No day like today
2nd Feb 2002	Fun QFs, Eden
26th Jan 2002	Britain's Brainiest, That Row In Full, UC last 8
19th Jan 2002	UC, Pop Idol, DiM
12th Jan 2002	What's ahead
5th Jan 2002	Interceptor

2001 archive

Date	Topics
31st Dec 2001	Weaver's Year 2001
24th Dec 2001	Christmas game show guide
17th Dec 2001	You Say We Pay, Make My Day
10th Dec 2001	Stake Out, Jet Set Departure Lounge
3rd Dec 2001	Shafted Shafted, Millionaire Interactive
26th Nov 2001	WWTBAM meets Nicked!
19th Nov 2001	Mastermind, Hot Property
12th Nov 2001	Shafted!
5th Nov 2001	No Win No Fee, Nicked!
29th Oct 2001	Televised Democracy
22nd Oct 2001	Under Crossfire
15th Oct 2001	The Race begins
8th Oct 2001	Get Lost
1st Oct 2001	Some polite disagreements
25th Sep 2001	Ahem...
18th Sep 2001	Big Game hunting
11th Sep 2001	UC, foreigners and real-life
4th Sep 2001	Countdown goes Mental
28th Aug 2001	Charmless pt. 2, Weakest Link one year on
21st Aug 2001	Reality, Charming, Weak
14th Aug 2001	Countdown rumours, Heat is On, King of the Castle
7th Aug 2001	After the storm
31st Jul 2001	TPV, UC, Survivor, BB
24th Jul 2001	The week before the storm
17th Jul 2001	Forging through
10th Jul 2001	Back in the loop
3rd Jul 2001	American vacation
19th Jun 2001	BB and Survivor update
12th Jun 2001	Flags on the beach: Survivor flops, BB
5th Jun 2001	Big Brother vs Survivor, ticket call, what's new?
29th May 2001	It's all go! BB2, Survivor, Number One
22nd May 2001	Greed, Survivor
15th May 2001	Coming attractions
8th May 2001	Ted Rogers, Big Brother 2, Greed
1st May 2001	Familiar formats
24th Apr 2001	Coming and over there
17th Apr 2001	Dog Eat Dog, Channel hopping
10th Apr 2001	Irene Thomas, Weakest Merchandise, Gopherman
3rd Apr 2001	Twister, University Challenge
27th Mar 2001	University Challenge semis, Chained
13th Mar 2001	UC, Touch the Truck, Celeb Big Brother
6th Mar 2001	Hull, Wales, Truck, Mole
27th Feb 2001	The Mole gives a winner
20th Feb 2001	UC Quarter Finals, Mole
13th Feb 2001	Strong Link, UC, Mole
6th Feb 2001	Mole, UC, The Weakest Link: US
30th Jan 2001	The usual suspects plus Jet Set
23rd Jan 2001	Scheduling, UC, The Mole 2
16th Jan 2001	Weakest Link, The Mole
9th Jan 2001	It's Not the Answer, Millionaire Couples

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