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| - | <div class="square">[[Image:Square BBC Radio 4.jpg|Weaver's Week 2011-05-08]]</div> Each week, Iain Weaver gives us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news. | + | <div class="square">[[Image:Eurovision 2011 heart scott mills.jpg|100px|Weaver's Week 2011-05-15]]</div> Each week, Iain Weaver gives us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news. |
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| | A companion [[TV Guide This Week|guide to game shows on TV]] for the coming week is also published on a regular basis, usually on Thursdays. | | A companion [[TV Guide This Week|guide to game shows on TV]] for the coming week is also published on a regular basis, usually on Thursdays. |
Each week, Iain Weaver gives us his take on the week's game show programmes and related news.
| Date
| Topics
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| 2nd January 2011
| The Week of the Year 2010
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| 19th December 2010
| Countdown finals week for series 63
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| 12th December 2010
| Drop Zone
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| 5th December 2010
| 10 Jonathan, Voodoo Hussy
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| 28th November 2010
| Meet the Parents; The Love Bus
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| 21st November 2010
| Men's Television — Beer & Pizza Club, Mark Watson Kicks Off
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| 14th November 2010
| Celebrity Juice
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| 7th November 2010
| Fee Fi Fo Yum
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| 31st October 2010
| Ramsay's Best Restaurant
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| 24th October 2010
| Moments of Genius
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| 17th October 2010
| The King is Dead
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| 10th October 2010
| Secret Dealers
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| 3rd October 2010
| 71 Degrees North
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| 26th September 2010
| Glyph or No Glyph
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| 19th September 2010
| Quiz me well
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| 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
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| 22nd August 2010
| ...and don't stop believing
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| 15th August 2010
| ITV's summer Saturdays - Odd One In, Magic Numbers
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| 8th August 2010
| Mastermind Championship of Champions
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| 1st August 2010
| Escape in Time
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| 25th July 2010
| 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow
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| 18th July 2010
| A Game Show Marathon - includes Antiques Master
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| 11th July 2010
| Cooking up something - Family Food Fight, Celebrity Pressure Cooker
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| 4th July 2010
| Umpires, Rollercoasters, and deities
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| 27th June 2010
| The Million Pound Drop
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| 20th June 2010
| The 62nd Countdown finals week
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| 13th June 2010
| Mission 2110
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| 6th June 2010
| Eurovision Song Contest final
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| 30th May 2010
| Mastermind final, Eurovision semi-finals
|
| 23rd May 2010
| The Adventure Game 1986 part two
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| 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
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| 25th April 2010
| The Door
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| 18th April 2010
| The Third Only Connect final; also Four Weddings
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| 11th April 2010
| The University Challenge final
|
| 4th April 2010
| Dating in the Dark
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| 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
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| 28th February 2010
| The Boys in The Bubble
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| 21st February 2010
| Popstar to Operastar
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| 14th February 2010
| Relic: Guardians of the Museum
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| 7th February 2010
| Augmented Reality Technology Rules! - Bamzooki
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| 31st January 2010
| What do children know?
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| 24th January 2010
| So You Think You Can Dance
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| 17th January 2010
| Take Me Out
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| 10th January 2010
| Tossers' Challenge - Heads or Tails
|
| Date
| Topics
|
| 3rd January 2010
| The Week of the Year 2009
|
| 20th December 2009
| It's Countdown finals week again!
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| 13th December 2009
| Weaver's Decade VI - Is that your identity? Was that your interaction?
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| 6th December 2009
| We Need Answers, not Argumentals
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| 29th November 2009
| Weaver's Decade V - Well done, young warrior
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| 22nd November 2009
| Keep Your Nevars Close
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| 15th November 2009
| Weaver's Decade IV - Singing for survival
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| 8th November 2009
| Britain's Best Brain
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| 1st November 2009
| Weaver's Decade III - Big Brother house, this is Davina.
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| 25th October 2009
| Design for Life
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| 18th October 2009
| Weaver's Decade II - who should be voted off the team?
|
| 11th October 2009
| Clever v Stupid, Big Food Fight
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| 4th October 2009
| Weaver's Decade I - but we don't want to give you that!
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| 27th September 2009
| CBBC's Game Show Zone
|
| 20th September 2009
| Pointless
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| 13th September 2009
| Cubed
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| 6th September 2009
| It's the Only Connect final!
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| 30th August 2009
| The Drogna Game
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| 23rd August 2009
| The Adventure Game 3
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| 16th August 2009
| Knowalotts
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| 9th August 2009
| Tellyheads: You Have Been Watching, As Seen on TV
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| 2nd August 2009
| Guess or estimate
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| 26th July 2009
| University Challenges - Accumulate!
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| 19th July 2009
| Fused
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| 12th July 2009
| Chasers
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| 5th July 2009
| That's Totally Saturday!
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| 28th June 2009
| Obituaries - Patrick Dowling and Steve Race
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| 21st June 2009
| Finals for Countdown and Mastermind
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| 14th June 2009
| Scotland's Quality Shows
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| 7th June 2009
| Hannah-oke
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| 31st May 2009
| The Despicable Factor - Divided
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| 24th May 2009
| Eurovision final
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| 17th May 2009
| Eurovision semi-final
|
| 10th May 2009
| Speak! - The Speaker
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| 3rd May 2009
| Tonight's the Night, The Generation Game '73
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| 26th April 2009
| Wordplay
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| 19th April 2009
| Ego week - Clement Freud, Chris Moyles' Quiz
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| 12th April 2009
| A Question of Genius
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| 5th April 2009
| Raven: The Dragon's Eye
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| 29th March 2009
| The inevitable Jade Goody obituary
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| 22nd March 2009
| Pretty in Pink - Paris Hilton
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| 15th March 2009
| Seeing red - The Colour of Money
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| 8th March 2009
| Colour us flabbergasted
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| 1st March 2009
| That University Challenge Final in Full
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| 22nd February 2009
| Controlling any crisis
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| 15th February 2009
| Superheroes, Who Wants to be one
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| 8th February 2009
| Like, totally Wipeout
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| 1st February 2009
| Your Country Needs Something - Eurovision, Countdown, University Challenge
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| 25th January 2009
| Blast and Botheration Lab
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| 18th January 2009
| Jeff Chiffres et Rachel Lettres - the new Countdown team
|
| 11th January 2009
| The Krypton Factor
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| Date
| Topics
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| 28th December 2008
| The Week of the Year
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| 21st December 2008
| The Last Millionaire
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| 14th December 2008
| Carol Singers - Countdown series final
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| 7th December 2008
| Raven once more - series 8 reviewed
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| 30th November 2008
| Election fever
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| 23rd November 2008
| Bachelorette - Spin Star
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| 16th November 2008
| The Eggheads crack'd: are you one?
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| 9th November 2008
| A little more stay-in-the-fight - Going for Gold in English and French
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| 2nd November 2008
| Don't Panic - Panic Attack
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| 26th October 2008
| Britain's Got the Pop Factor
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| 19th October 2008
| Natural Born Sellers
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| 12th October 2008
| SM:TV 2008 - Hot Rods, Scene Stealers
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| 5th October 2008
| Silhouette of Passage - Hole in the Wall
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| 28th September 2008
| The What, Why, How, and Who In the World Quiz
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| 21st September 2008
| The OC - Only Connect
|
| 14th September 2008
| What are you like, eh?
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| 7th September 2008
| Recalling Wogan, Perfectly
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| 31st August 2008
| Conductor School - Maestro
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| 24th August 2008
| Sports desk
|
| 17th August 2008
| Choiring the Pitch - Last Choir Standing
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| 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
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| 20th July 2008
| Who Dares Sings!
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| 13th July 2008
| How Television Changed Britain: Intelligence
|
| 6th July 2008
| Dragons, dragons everywhere - Adventure Game 1981
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| 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
|
| Date
| Topics
|
| 31st December 2006
| The Week of the Year 2006
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| 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
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| 19th November 2006
| Star of Fortune - Mastermind Final, All-Star Family Fortunes
|
| 12th November 2006
| Eight-one - Unanimous
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| 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
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| 10th September 2006
| Five Years On
|
| 3rd September 2006
| Fore!
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| 27th August 2006
| Big Brother 7
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| 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
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| 25th June 2006
| Scrambled X
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| 18th June 2006
| Winningest
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| 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?
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| 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
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| 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
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| 26th Feb 2006
| Countdown, Deal, Poll
|
| 19th Feb 2006
| Geekdom's only skin deep - Beauty and the Geek
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| 12th Feb 2006
| Iced Tea - Dancing on Ice
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| 5th Feb 2006
| Great shows
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| 29th Jan 2006
| Great hosts
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| 22nd Jan 2006
| Whose house is it? - Finders Keepers, Big Brother
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| 15th Jan 2006
| Do we have to spell it out? - Hard Spell, Spelling Bee
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| 8th Jan 2006
| The year ahead
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