Each week, Iain Weaver gives us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news.
| Date
| Topics
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| 30th December 2005
| Weaver's Year 2005
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| 18th December 2005
| Wealthwatch - Golden Lot, Millionaire Manor
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| 11th December 2005
| Question or number - Sudo-Q, Junior Eurovision
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| 4th December 2005
| Factor X
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| 27th November 2005
| Strictly Weekly
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| 20th November 2005
| Channel Four, Daily - Countdown and Deal or No Deal
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| 13th November 2005
| The Mastermind Champion
|
| 6th November 2005
| The end of the marathon
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| 30th October 2005
| Congratulations - Eurovision 50
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| 23rd October 2005
| Glycosaminoglycan - it's Star Spell week
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| 16th October 2005
| And now the questions go up - Sale of the Century
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| 9th October 2005
| Hard Hat Area - The Golden Shot
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| 2nd October 2005
| Pick Your Own
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| 25th September 2005
| Old Friends Return - University Challenge, The Price is Right
|
| 18th September 2005
| Driving Up That Hill
|
| 11th September 2005
| Greatest Games - ITV's history, part three
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| 4th September 2005
| Would Like To Find - ITV's history, part two
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| 28th August 2005
| The Prize is Right - ITV's history, part one
|
| 21st August 2005
| The Annual Big Brother Review
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| 14th August 2005
| Ride and win - Cash Cab, Raven
|
| 7th August 2005
| Watching Watching the Detectives
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| 31st July 2005
| Poker Nights
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| 24th July 2005
| Wizard Spelling - the Spelling Bee, Harry Potter quiz
|
| 17th July 2005
| As easy as 1-2-3 - Sudoku Live
|
| 10th July 2005
| Countdown's Finals Week
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| 3rd July 2005
| Richard Whiteley - a national treasure
|
| 25th June 2005
| It's for yoo-hoo - The Big Call
|
| 18th June 2005
| Mock the Cats - also a Countdown Final Preview
|
| 11th June 2005
| The game show review review - Our Survey Said, Back in the Day
|
| 4th June 2005
| Europe Votes
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| 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
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| 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
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| 27th Feb 2005
| Park -v- Kielty Redux
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| 20th Feb 2005
| Weaver's Week - Gold!
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| 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
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| 9th Jan 2005
| A new year miscellany
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| Date
| Topics
|
| 28th Dec 2004
| Weaver's Year 2004
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| 18th Dec 2004
| Tension mounts: Countdown's finals week
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| 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
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| 20th Nov 2004
| It Could Be Bunnies: Play the Game
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| 13th Nov 2004
| Ten Years of the National Lottery
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| 6th Nov 2004
| Begging the Question: Beg, Steal, and Borrow; and Paxman gets annoyed.
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| 30th Oct 2004
| Look who's back!: An old friend returns, and we test our spelling
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| 23rd Oct 2004
| OFCOM Rules OK: The Big Brother ruling
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| 16th Oct 2004
| Spies Like Us: Spy
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| 9th Oct 2004
| Let the Scrapping -- begin! Scrapheap Challenge and Jungle Run
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| 2nd Oct 2004
| Playing Catchup: Countdown, and an unhappy winner
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| 25th Sep 2004
| Scares on Thursday: Scary Sleepover, Mad Mad House
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| 18th Sep 2004
| Crisis? What Crisis?: UC returns
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| 11th Sep 2004
| Bognor? Bust?: Bognor or Bust, Crisis Command
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| 4th Sep 2004
| Summer Review: International King of Sports
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| 28th Aug 2004
| Ye Weyvere's Weeke: Bullseye, Catchphrase retrospective
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| 21st Aug 2004
| Games Without Front Ears: House of Games
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| 14th Aug 2004
| Let the Challenge - Begin!: Raven II
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| 7th Aug 2004
| Big sigh of relief: Big Brother 5 summary
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| 31st July 2004
| In the box: Dean from Big Brother's book
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| 24th July 2004
| Good enough?: Simply the Best
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| 17th July 2004
| Saturday Night Passport: Passport to Paradise
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| 10th July 2004
| More preserve, sir?: Head Jam
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| 3rd July 2004
| Results week: BB5 comments
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| 26th June 2004
| Countdown Finals
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| 19th June 2004
| Ask me another: The Interrogators
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| 12th June 2004
| Cramming it in: The Cram
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| 5th June 2004
| Kat's in the kitchen: More BB5
|
| 29th May 2004
| Voting procedures: Eurovision breakdown
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| 22nd May 2004
| Euro Vision
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| 15th May 2004
| A thousand times worse than Jemini: Quarantine
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| 8th May 2004
| Looking back with Weaver's Week: Crisis Command, BBC 2 at 40
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| 1st May 2004
| Four!: Blank Screen, Win Lose or Draw Late, Totally Top Trumps
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| 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...
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| 3rd Apr 2004
| Universities Challenged: UC special
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| 27th Mar 2004
| Saturday Night In: Ant and Dec
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| 20th Mar 2004
| Still prejudiced?: Without Prejudice?
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| 13th Mar 2004
| Don't forget to miss it: Memory Bank
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| 6th Mar 2004
| Another song for Eurosong: Making Your Mind Up
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| 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
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| 7th Feb 2004
| Borg, ready: Beat the Cyborgs
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| 31st Jan 2004
| Didn't They Do Well?
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| 24th Jan 2004
| Stronger: Hercules
|
| 17th Jan 2004
| Beat the Nation
|
| 10th Jan 2004
| Stay up late with Weaver's Week: Shattered
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| 3rd Jan 2004
| Bob Monkhouse tribute
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| Date
| Topics
|
| 27th Dec 2003
| Weaver's Year
|
| 20th Dec 2003
| Weaver's Finals Week: Countdown
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| 13th Dec 2003
| Fifteen to One remembered
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| 6th Dec 2003
| University Challenged: UC, Eurovision
|
| 29th Nov 2003
| A painful read: Distraction, Junior Eurovision
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| 22nd Nov 2003
| Eggheads, 19 Keys
|
| 15th Nov 2003
| All around the planet: Wright Around the World
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| 8th Nov 2003
| Catchup already: Mastermind, UC
|
| 1st Nov 2003
| Thirty: Weaver's favourite gameshows
|
| 25th Oct 2003
| Revival week: Superstars, Fort Boyard
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| 18th Oct 2003
| He is: I'm the Answer
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| 11th Oct 2003
| Amazing talent contest shock: Fame Academy
|
| 4th Oct 2003
| In command of time: Time Commanders
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| 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 July 2003
| Big Brother's Finished
|
| 19th July 2003
| A very hot week
|
| 12th July 2003
| The return of Mastermind
|
| 5th July 2003
| ITV's good night: Judgement Day
|
| 28th June 2003
| Transcontinental adventures
|
| 21st June 2003
| Going down with the ship
|
| 14th June 2003
| We have brains
|
| 7th June 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)
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| 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
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| 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!
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| 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 July 2001
| TPV, UC, Survivor, BB
|
| 24th July 2001
| The week before the storm
|
| 17th July 2001
| Forging through
|
| 10th July 2001
| Back in the loop
|
| 3rd July 2001
| American vacation
|
| 19th June 2001
| BB and Survivor update
|
| 12th June 2001
| Flags on the beach: Survivor flops, BB
|
| 5th June 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 April 2001
| Coming and over there
|
| 17th April 2001
| Dog Eat Dog, Channel hopping
|
| 10th April 2001
| Irene Thomas, Weakest Merchandise, Gopherman
|
| 3rd April 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 Febr 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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