Each week, Iain Weaver gives us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news.
| Date
| Topics
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| 6th January 2013
| The Week of the Year
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| 23rd December 2012
| Countdown and Only Connect finals
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| 16th December 2012
| Bob's Full House
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| 9th December 2012
| S4C shows: Y Lifft, Jacpot
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| 2nd December 2012
| 1001 Things You Should Know
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| 25th November 2012
| DIY Media 2: The Line Up
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| 18th November 2012
| DIY Media 1: Twenty One Questions Wrong
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| 11th November 2012
| Jewish Mum of the Year
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| 4th November 2012
| The Indoor League
|
| 28th October 2012
| Topical quizzes
|
| 21st October 2012
| Baggage
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| 14th October 2012
| Comedy World Cup
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| 7th October 2012
| Top Dog Model
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| 30th September 2012
| One Man and His Dog
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| 23rd September 2012
| Jacques Antoine
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| 16th September 2012
| Secret Interview
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| 9th September 2012
| Red or Black 2.0
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| 2nd September 2012
| Channel 4 comedies - Lucky Sexy Winners, 8 out of 10 Cats Countdown
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| 26th August 2012
| Don't Blow the Inheritance
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| 19th August 2012
| Big Brother 13
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| 12th August 2012
| First Class, Four Square
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| 5th August 2012
| The Krypton Factor (1980s versions)
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| 29th July 2012
| The Krypton Factor (overseas 90s versions)
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| 22nd July 2012
| Tipping Point, Superstar
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| 15th July 2012
| Kitchen Wars, Let's Get Gold
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| 8th July 2012
| "Is there a picture round?"
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| 1st July 2012
| Countdown's 66th finals week
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| 24th June 2012
| The Exclusives, Aibisidh, A Short History of Everything Else
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| 17th June 2012
| Love Shaft, Britain Unzipped, Scream Extreme
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| 10th June 2012
| Backdate and Today's the Day
|
| 3rd June 2012
| Eurovision Song Contest final
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| 27th May 2012
| Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals
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| 20th May 2012
| The Voice UK
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| 13th May 2012
| Mastermind final
|
| 6th May 2012
| "I can't see what I've got to do!" - Total Blackout from Norway
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| 29th April 2012
| School of Hard Sums
|
| 22nd April 2012
| Wordaholics, Just a Minute
|
| 15th April 2012
| Breakaway
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| 8th April 2012
| The Weakest Link says "Goodbye"
|
| 1st April 2012
| Forthcoming Attractions
|
| 25th March 2012
| University Challenge final
|
| 18th March 2012
| The Mad Bad Ad Show
|
| 11th March 2012
| Fixtures of broadcasting - Countdown, Brain of Britain
|
| 4th March 2012
| The $64,000 Question
|
| 26th February 2012
| Jedward's Big Adventure
|
| 19th February 2012
| Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge
|
| 12th February 2012
| A Question of Taste
|
| 5th February 2012
| The Exit List
|
| 29th January 2012
| Celebrity Big Brother for 2012
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| 22nd January 2012
| The Bank Job
|
| 15th January 2012
| Bob Holness; Raise the Roof
|
| 8th January 2012
| The Only Connect Championship of Champions of Champions
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| Date
| Topics
|
| 1st January 2012
| The Week of the Year 2011
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| 18th December 2011
| Countdown finals; Wall Night
|
| 11th December 2011
| Only Connect 5 final; History Repeats Itself; Dilemma
|
| 4th December 2011
| Sorority Girls - a non-review
|
| 27th November 2011
| The X Factor
|
| 20th November 2011
| Strictly Come Dancing
|
| 13th November 2011
| Booing Big Brother
|
| 6th November 2011
| 2.8 Hours Later
|
| 30th October 2011
| Deal or No Deal Live
|
| 23rd October 2011
| High Stakes
|
| 16th October 2011
| Impossible?
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| 9th October 2011
| The Beat Goes On
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| 2nd October 2011
| Holding Out for a Hero
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| 25th September 2011
| Minute to Win It
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| 18th September 2011
| Red or Black
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| 11th September 2011
| Celebrity Big Brother 2011
|
| 4th September 2011
| Epic Win
|
| 28th August 2011
| The Radio Shadow
|
| 21st August 2011
| Robert Robinson
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| 14th August 2011
| Pop Up Pop Quiz, Camp Orange
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| 7th August 2011
| Born to Shine, Show Me the Funny
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| 31st July 2011
| Improvisation My Dear Mark Watson, Silent Library
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| 24th July 2011
| Quiz Trippers, Spam and Beans
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| 17th July 2011
| The Marriage Ref, Krypton Factor 1995
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| 10th July 2011
| Copycats
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| 3rd July 2011
| Gory Games, Splatalot
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| 26th June 2011
| Compete for the Meat, Big Ask
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| 19th June 2011
| Four Rooms, Style the Nation
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| 12th June 2011
| So You Think Britain's Got Talent
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| 5th June 2011
| Countdown's finals week
|
| 29th May 2011
| Don't Scare the Hare, Sing If You Can
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| 22nd May 2011
| Blue is not your colour - Eurovision review
|
| 15th May 2011
| Scott and Sara's Eurovision
|
| 8th May 2011
| Three from Radio Four
|
| 1st May 2011
| A Brief History of Voting in British Game Shows
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| 24th April 2011
| Fighting Talk and Around the Horn
|
| 17th April 2011
| Mastermind final, Gleusta
|
| 10th April 2011
| University Challenge final, A Table
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| 3rd April 2011
| Them Next Door
|
| 27th March 2011
| Great British Hairdresser
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| 20th March 2011
| Glee Club and Comic Relief
|
| 13th March 2011
| Trade Your Way to the USA
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| 6th March 2011
| Push the Button 2.0 Live
|
| 27th February 2011
| Secret Fortune
|
| 20th February 2011
| A Farmer's Life for Me
|
| 13th February 2011
| Tool Academy
|
| 6th February 2011
| Perfection
|
| 30th January 2011
| Michel Roux's Service
|
| 23rd January 2011
| The Magicians; OC/UC challenge match
|
| 16th January 2011
| Fool Us; Only Connect Championship of Champions
|
| 9th January 2011
| Famous and Fearless
|
| Date
| Topics
|
| 2nd January 2011
| The Week of the Year 2010
|
| 19th December 2010
| Countdown finals week for series 63
|
| 12th December 2010
| Drop Zone
|
| 5th December 2010
| 10 Jonathan, Voodoo Hussy
|
| 28th November 2010
| Meet the Parents; The Love Bus
|
| 21st November 2010
| Men's Television — Beer & Pizza Club, Mark Watson Kicks Off
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| 14th November 2010
| Celebrity Juice
|
| 7th November 2010
| Fee Fi Fo Yum
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| 31st October 2010
| Ramsay's Best Restaurant
|
| 24th October 2010
| Moments of Genius
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| 17th October 2010
| The King is Dead
|
| 10th October 2010
| Secret Dealers
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| 3rd October 2010
| 71 Degrees North
|
| 26th September 2010
| Glyph or No Glyph
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| 19th September 2010
| Quiz me well
|
| 12th September 2010
| A Big Brother scrapbook
|
| 5th September 2010
| Yet more cookery - Dinner Date, Great British Bake Off
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| 29th August 2010
| The Boss is Coming to Dinner, New New Millionaire
|
| 22nd August 2010
| ...and don't stop believing
|
| 15th August 2010
| ITV's summer Saturdays - Odd One In, Magic Numbers
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| 8th August 2010
| Mastermind Championship of Champions
|
| 1st August 2010
| Escape in Time
|
| 25th July 2010
| 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow
|
| 18th July 2010
| A Game Show Marathon - includes Antiques Master
|
| 11th July 2010
| Cooking up something - Family Food Fight, Celebrity Pressure Cooker
|
| 4th July 2010
| Umpires, Rollercoasters, and deities
|
| 27th June 2010
| The Million Pound Drop
|
| 20th June 2010
| The 62nd Countdown finals week
|
| 13th June 2010
| Mission 2110
|
| 6th June 2010
| Eurovision Song Contest final
|
| 30th May 2010
| Mastermind final, Eurovision semi-finals
|
| 23rd May 2010
| The Adventure Game 1986 part two
|
| 16th May 2010
| The Adventure Game series 4
|
| 9th May 2010
| Gameshow General Election exit poll
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| 2nd May 2010
| The Whole 19 Yards
|
| 25th April 2010
| The Door
|
| 18th April 2010
| The Third Only Connect final; also Four Weddings
|
| 11th April 2010
| The University Challenge final
|
| 4th April 2010
| Dating in the Dark
|
| 28th March 2010
| Push-button shows
|
| 21st March 2010
| Your Country Needs Help
|
| 14th March 2010
| Minor British Institutions - Countdown, Raven
|
| 7th March 2010
| Come ITV With Me - Dining Stars, May the Best House Win
|
| 28th February 2010
| The Boys in The Bubble
|
| 21st February 2010
| Popstar to Operastar
|
| 14th February 2010
| Relic: Guardians of the Museum
|
| 7th February 2010
| Augmented Reality Technology Rules! - Bamzooki
|
| 31st January 2010
| What do children know?
|
| 24th January 2010
| So You Think You Can Dance
|
| 17th January 2010
| Take Me Out
|
| 10th January 2010
| Tossers' Challenge - Heads or Tails
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| Date
| Topics
|
| 3rd January 2010
| The Week of the Year 2009
|
| 20th December 2009
| It's Countdown finals week again!
|
| 13th December 2009
| Weaver's Decade VI - Is that your identity? Was that your interaction?
|
| 6th December 2009
| We Need Answers, not Argumentals
|
| 29th November 2009
| Weaver's Decade V - Well done, young warrior
|
| 22nd November 2009
| Keep Your Nevars Close
|
| 15th November 2009
| Weaver's Decade IV - Singing for survival
|
| 8th November 2009
| Britain's Best Brain
|
| 1st November 2009
| Weaver's Decade III - Big Brother house, this is Davina.
|
| 25th October 2009
| Design for Life
|
| 18th October 2009
| Weaver's Decade II - who should be voted off the team?
|
| 11th October 2009
| Clever v Stupid, Big Food Fight
|
| 4th October 2009
| Weaver's Decade I - but we don't want to give you that!
|
| 27th September 2009
| CBBC's Game Show Zone
|
| 20th September 2009
| Pointless
|
| 13th September 2009
| Cubed
|
| 6th September 2009
| It's the Only Connect final!
|
| 30th August 2009
| The Drogna Game
|
| 23rd August 2009
| The Adventure Game 3
|
| 16th August 2009
| Knowalotts
|
| 9th August 2009
| Tellyheads: You Have Been Watching, As Seen on TV
|
| 2nd August 2009
| Guess or estimate
|
| 26th July 2009
| University Challenges - Accumulate!
|
| 19th July 2009
| Fused
|
| 12th July 2009
| Chasers
|
| 5th July 2009
| That's Totally Saturday!
|
| 28th June 2009
| Obituaries - Patrick Dowling and Steve Race
|
| 21st June 2009
| Finals for Countdown and Mastermind
|
| 14th June 2009
| Scotland's Quality Shows
|
| 7th June 2009
| Hannah-oke
|
| 31st May 2009
| The Despicable Factor - Divided
|
| 24th May 2009
| Eurovision final
|
| 17th May 2009
| Eurovision semi-final
|
| 10th May 2009
| Speak! - The Speaker
|
| 3rd May 2009
| Tonight's the Night, The Generation Game '73
|
| 26th April 2009
| Wordplay
|
| 19th April 2009
| Ego week - Clement Freud, Chris Moyles' Quiz
|
| 12th April 2009
| A Question of Genius
|
| 5th April 2009
| Raven: The Dragon's Eye
|
| 29th March 2009
| The inevitable Jade Goody obituary
|
| 22nd March 2009
| Pretty in Pink - Paris Hilton
|
| 15th March 2009
| Seeing red - The Colour of Money
|
| 8th March 2009
| Colour us flabbergasted
|
| 1st March 2009
| That University Challenge Final in Full
|
| 22nd February 2009
| Controlling any crisis
|
| 15th February 2009
| Superheroes, Who Wants to be one
|
| 8th February 2009
| Like, totally Wipeout
|
| 1st February 2009
| Your Country Needs Something - Eurovision, Countdown, University Challenge
|
| 25th January 2009
| Blast and Botheration Lab
|
| 18th January 2009
| Jeff Chiffres et Rachel Lettres - the new Countdown team
|
| 11th January 2009
| The Krypton Factor
|
| Date
| Topics
|
| 28th December 2008
| The Week of the Year
|
| 21st December 2008
| The Last Millionaire
|
| 14th December 2008
| Carol Singers - Countdown series final
|
| 7th December 2008
| Raven once more - series 8 reviewed
|
| 30th November 2008
| Election fever
|
| 23rd November 2008
| Bachelorette - Spin Star
|
| 16th November 2008
| The Eggheads crack'd: are you one?
|
| 9th November 2008
| A little more stay-in-the-fight - Going for Gold in English and French
|
| 2nd November 2008
| Don't Panic - Panic Attack
|
| 26th October 2008
| Britain's Got the Pop Factor
|
| 19th October 2008
| Natural Born Sellers
|
| 12th October 2008
| SM:TV 2008 - Hot Rods, Scene Stealers
|
| 5th October 2008
| Silhouette of Passage - Hole in the Wall
|
| 28th September 2008
| The What, Why, How, and Who In the World Quiz
|
| 21st September 2008
| The OC - Only Connect
|
| 14th September 2008
| What are you like, eh?
|
| 7th September 2008
| Recalling Wogan, Perfectly
|
| 31st August 2008
| Conductor School - Maestro
|
| 24th August 2008
| Sports desk
|
| 17th August 2008
| Choiring the Pitch - Last Choir Standing
|
| 10th August 2008
| Jam Spoons for All - Battle of the Brains
|
| 3rd August 2008
| Superstars V; also Countdown and fines for the BBC
|
| 27th July 2008
| This Time Tomorrow
|
| 20th July 2008
| Who Dares Sings!
|
| 13th July 2008
| How Television Changed Britain: Intelligence
|
| 6th July 2008
| Dragons, dragons everywhere - Adventure Game 1981
|
| 29th June 2008
| It's a yellow one, sir, surely you can see that! - Adventure Game 1981
|
| 22nd June 2008
| Countdown series 58 finals
|
| 15th June 2008
| Challenge daytimes - Crosswords, Wipeout
|
| 8th June 2008
| It's Not What You Know
|
| 1st June 2008
| Eurovision Song Contest post mortem
|
| 25th May 2008
| Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals
|
| 18th May 2008
| Young Musicians of the Year
|
| 11th May 2008
| Beat the Star, Fleece the Public - ITV's fines
|
| 4th May 2008
| Mournington Crescent - Humphrey Lyttelton, Banter
|
| 27th April 2008
| All right, other half? - The Kids are All Right, Mr and Mrs
|
| 20th April 2008
| Mark Speight, Come Dine with Me
|
| 13th April 2008
| Words and Music - Book Quiz, Counterpoint
|
| 6th April 2008
| Radio Activity - The Garden Quiz, ...Spanish Inquisition
|
| 30th March 2008
| Mastermind final, Eurovision voting
|
| 23rd March 2008
| Lightly foxed - Basil's Game Show, Stake Out
|
| 16th March 2008
| Zed 53 - Bingolotto
|
| 9th March 2008
| Finding champions - University Challenge, Eurovision Your Decision
|
| 2nd March 2008
| Brain power
|
| 24th February 2008
| Warriors, ready! - Raven
|
| 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
|
| 20th January 2008
| Stars In Their Eyes Academy
|
| 13th January 2008
| Finger of suspicion
|
| 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 - The Generation Game Now and Then
|
| 2nd December 2007
| Not By Strength, By Guile - Who Dares Wins
|
| 25th November 2007
| Les Pretend - The Great Pretender, Codex
|
| 18th November 2007
| Performance - Classical Star, E4 School
|
| 11th November 2007
| 4OD - Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, Don't Call Me Stupid
|
| 4th November 2007
| Saboteur Watch - Trapped, Dirty Rotten Cheater UK
|
| 28th October 2007
| Dining Out - also Alan Coren
|
| 21st October 2007
| Jiggy Pokey - Premium rate scandal continues, Mastermind analysis
|
| 14th October 2007
| Paul Coia's Pleasure - Countdown 1982, Ofcom childrens enquiry
|
| 7th October 2007
| Elven - The World's Greatest Elvis, also Ned Sherrin and Ronnie Hazlehurst
|
| 30th September 2007
| Escape for Some - Premium rate scandal, Escape From Scorpion Island
|
| 23rd September 2007
| Who are ya? - Identity, BBC fakery scandal
|
| 16th September 2007
| Changes in the air - Millionaire, Brain of Britain, Deal or No Deal
|
| 9th September 2007
| The Eurovision Song And Dance Contest, Without The Singing
|
| 2nd September 2007
| Beat the Temple - Raven, also Test the Nation
|
| 26th August 2007
| Is it all fitting together, in a stupid fashion? - The Adventure Game continued
|
| 19th August 2007
| You are in a twisty maze of television studios, all different - The Adventure Game
|
| 12th August 2007
| Wage seekers - Win My Wage, premium rate scandal rumbles on
|
| 5th August 2007
| Slightly booked - The Book Quiz
|
| 29th July 2007
| Challenge, lyrically - Sing It Back
|
| 22nd July 2007
| Sorcery Today - The Sorceror's Apprentice
|
| 15th July 2007
| Fine, then - ICSTIS and OFCOM reports on fakery scandals
|
| 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? - Big Brother naughtiness
|
| 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
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