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Since 2001, Iain Weaver has given us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news. This is an archive page of very old columns; the [[Weaver's Week|recent editions]] are listed elsewhere.
Since 2001, Iain Weaver has given us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news. This is an archive page of very old columns; the [[Weaver's Week|recent editions]] are listed elsewhere.
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==2006 archive==
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|'''Date'''
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|'''Topics'''
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-12-31|31st December 2006]]
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|The Week of the Year 2006
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-12-24|24th December 2006]]
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|They think it's all over - Countdown
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-12-17|17th December 2006]]
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|Dying off
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-12-10|10th December 2006]]
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|Learning the hard way
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-12-03|3rd December 2006]]
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|X Marks the Code
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-11-26|26th November 2006]]
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|That's Numberplace! - Sudo-Q
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-11-19|19th November 2006]]
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|Star of Fortune - Mastermind Final, All-Star Family Fortunes
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-11-12|12th November 2006]]
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|Eight-one - Unanimous
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-11-05|5th November 2006]]
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|Charlie Five - In The Grid
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-10-29|29th October 2006]]
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|Take It or Not
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-10-22|22nd October 2006]]
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|Tooning In
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-10-15|15th October 2006]]
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|Those New Lottery Shows - Everyone's a Winner and 1 vs 100
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-10-08|8th October 2006]]
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|Desperately Seeking Talent
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-10-01|1st October 2006]]
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|Bad News and Treasure Maps
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-09-24|24th September 2006]]
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|Is this entertainment?
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-09-17|17th September 2006]]
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|Alaunus Held Hostage
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-09-10|10th September 2006]]
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|Five Years On
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-09-03|3rd September 2006]]
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|Fore!
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-08-27|27th August 2006]]
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|Big Brother 7
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-08-20|20th August 2006]]
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|Marlow and Maria
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|-
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-08-13|13th August 2006]]
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|Reviews in Brief
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-08-06|6th August 2006]]
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|Fort Boyard
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|-
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-07-30|30th July 2006]]
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|Sports Relief
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-07-23|23rd July 2006]]
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|ITV In Crisis, part two - Love Island
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-07-16|16th July 2006]]
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|ITV In Crisis, part one - Poker Face
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-07-09|9th July 2006]]
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|Full stop, question mark
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-07-02|2nd July 2006]]
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|Boss-beaters
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-06-25|25th June 2006]]
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|Scrambled X
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-06-18|18th June 2006]]
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|Winningest
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-06-11|11th June 2006]]
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|More long words
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-06-04|4th June 2006]]
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|Schulze-Condorcet, and other big words
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-05-28|28th May 2006]]
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|Eurovision Countdown
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-05-21|21st May 2006]]
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|"We are the winners. Of University Challenge" - also Eurovision semi
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-05-14|14th May 2006]]
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|The Price is Right?
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-05-07|7th May 2006]]
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|The category's still there - Bullseye, Sitcom Showdown
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-04-30|30th Apr 2006]]
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|Stat and More Stat
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-04-23|23rd Apr 2006]]
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|School Daze (2) - That'll Test 'Em, Top of the Form
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-04-16|16th Apr 2006]]
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|School Daze (1) - School's Out
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-04-09|9th Apr 2006]]
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|History Today - Classic Comeback
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-04-02|2nd Apr 2006]]
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|Front Page News - Countdown, Mastermind
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-03-26|26th Mar 2006]]
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|Ready... - The Games, Eurovision draw
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-03-19|19th Mar 2006]]
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|The West Lothian Question - Just the Two of Us
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-03-12|12th Mar 2006]]
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|Teenage Kicks - A Song for Europe
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-03-05|5th Mar 2006]]
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|The worst week of the Week
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-02-26|26th Feb 2006]]
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|Countdown, Deal, Poll
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-02-19|19th Feb 2006]]
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|Geekdom's only skin deep - Beauty and the Geek
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-02-12|12th Feb 2006]]
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|Iced Tea - Dancing on Ice
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-02-05|5th Feb 2006]]
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|Great shows
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-01-29|29th Jan 2006]]
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|Great hosts
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-01-22|22nd Jan 2006]]
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|Whose house is it? - Finders Keepers, Big Brother
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-01-15|15th Jan 2006]]
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|Do we have to spell it out? - Hard Spell, Spelling Bee
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|[[Weaver's Week 2006-01-08|8th Jan 2006]]
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|The year ahead
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==2005 archive==
==2005 archive==

Revision as of 15:59, 10 February 2013

Since 2001, Iain Weaver has given us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news. This is an archive page of very old columns; the recent editions are listed elsewhere.

Contents

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 - Mastermind Final, All-Star Family Fortunes
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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