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• 17:04, 2 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Weakest Link ‎ (Removed the videos as, unfortunately, they're blocked by BBC Studios on copyright grounds)
• 17:03, 2 October 2020 (hist) (diff) Tara Palmer-Tomkinson ‎ (→Biography: pointed out the precise date in February 2017 on which TPT passed away) (top)
• 15:37, 2 October 2020 (hist) (diff) This Time Tomorrow ‎ (→Videos: made the frame wider, to increase the size of the picture and remove much of the black from the top and bottom. The show *was* in 16:9, after all ;))
• 16:09, 30 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Gridlock ‎ (Here is said video. It's a 4:3 picture in a 16:9 frame, with unremovable black bars either side - so the width and height here are such that the picture isn't too small *and* the frame isn't too wide)
• 15:44, 30 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Gridlock ‎ (We also know from this video where the show was recorded, and who composed the music)
• 15:18, 30 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Gridlock ‎ (There's a video on YouTube with two full episodes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY67tyk5k48&ab_channel=beauraing); from this, we learn that Clive Doig *didn't* devise this show all by himself)
• 01:59, 29 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes ‎ (Marc Sylvan is behind the latest rearrangement of Mike Alexander's theme. As it's the fourth, and similar to the ones in '93 and 2000, it might be worth describing the one used during the Vernon years)
• 00:49, 29 September 2020 (hist) (diff) This Time Next Year ‎ (May as well point out who composed the music)
• 00:35, 29 September 2020 (hist) (diff) That Puppet Game Show ‎ (→Trivia: slightly less cumbersome wording. And to be pedantic, the first six episodes all aired before 8pm, and the last two at around 3:30pm. No disrespect intended at any point here, of course)
• 16:29, 27 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (→Trivia: pointed out why Mel left midway through the third series, and corrected the number of episodes that Gabby presented)
• 16:25, 27 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (→Trivia: I wouldn't *quite* say "a rate of knots", as Mel Sykes hosted precisely half of the 32 episodes. For genuine rates of knots, see Chain Letters, or the first few years of Call My Bluff)
• 19:09, 22 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (→Trivia: gotta mention the four occasions on which the jackpot was won by a home caller, too - and especially the last of these)
• 16:38, 22 September 2020 (hist) (diff) All Time Winners List ‎ (Unless I'm mistaken, Kwan Loo's Vault jackpot win was on the 15th of June 2002, rather than the 19th. The first series of The Vault aired on Saturday nights, and the 19th was a Wednesday)
• 16:32, 22 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (→Trivia: may as well point out their respective jackpot questions, too - these not being *quite* as well-known as questions about Eleanor of Aquitaine, Quercus robur or the Rank gongman)
• 16:26, 22 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (→Trivia: the jackpot was won by a studio player on just two occasions - so here are those two winners, the respective dates on which they won, and their respective total prizes)
• 19:47, 19 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2012-01-15 ‎ (→Raise the Roof: obviously, I wouldn't ever dream of rewriting Weaver's articles - but there is one tiny little change I'd like to make in this one, and that's to correct Mike Woolmans' first name)
• 04:26, 19 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof ‎ (→High Five: you could get one question wrong and still win the house, provided you got the other four questions right)
• 04:05, 19 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof ‎ (This change is really one for consistency's sake; the trend now is to state only the composer's name (plus their credit if it's an unusual one like "Musical Director", which wasn't the case here))
• 04:00, 19 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Raise the Roof ‎ (RTR aired some 17 years before The Bank Job, and they didn't have *that* much in common besides the hosts using question tablets. So here's a shorter, less cumbersome caption for Bob with his tablet)
• 21:04, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Magnus Magnusson ‎ (Magnus was diagnosed with cancer on his 77th birthday, and died a little under three months later - hence, and with no disrespect intended, there's no real need to state what age he was when he died) (top)
• 20:57, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Matt Dawson ‎ (I probably should say *former* rugby union scrum-half, too. ;) Also added his headshot)
• 20:13, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Matt Dawson ‎ (Should probably point out the year in which Dawson became a QoS captain. He is indeed the longest-serving; I presume he's also made more appearances than Ally McCoist (who made 363 in only 11 years))
• 19:55, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Matt Dawson ‎ (→Biography: Dawson played for Northampton and Wasps - and, of course, he was a member of England's 2003 World Cup winning team)
• 19:45, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Matt Dawson ‎ (→Biography: rugby *union*, of course (it's a very popular sport in my family). Also pointed out his position - but feel free to change to simply "player" if it's too confusing for non-rugby fans)
• 17:05, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (→Game show news: I suppose "A Question of Split" *is* shorter... ;) Added a link to the new article on Dawson)
• 03:36, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (→Game show news: whoopsie doodle :))
• 03:29, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (→Game show news: just come up on the BBC site that Sue, Matt and Phil are all leaving A Question of Sport. Guess the hosting job *wasn't* Sue's for as long as she wanted it, after all...)
• 03:12, 13 September 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:Square QoS.jpg ‎ (The current logo for A Question of Sport, introduced in 2017) (top)
• 16:57, 12 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (Might be worth pointing out that while the first two series aired on Saturday nights, the third aired in what is still a "death slot" for ITV - Tuesdays at 8pm, opposite some big medical drama on BBC1)
• 04:11, 12 September 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Wants to be a Millionaire? ‎ (→Trivia: six millionaires now ;))
• 20:42, 1 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (→Broadcast: and for the record, there were 32 episodes in all - eight in the first series, nine in the second, and fifteen (out of seventeen planned) in the third)
• 20:41, 1 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (→Broadcast: ...something like this :))
• 20:40, 1 September 2020 (hist) (diff) The Vault ‎ (→Broadcast: it pains me to be really, *really* picky here - but I'm fairly sure that what was done in those last seven edits could have been done in just *one* edit...)
• 15:46, 30 August 2020 (hist) (diff) Who Dares Wins ‎ (→Broadcast: just in case it's not coming back; it's been over a year and a half now since the last series was recorded)
• 00:29, 14 August 2020 (hist) (diff) My Man Can ‎ (Dies ist ein deutsches Format, nein?)
• 23:58, 8 August 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Granada Productions ‎ (I should clarify at the start that Granada was (and technically still is) an ITV company. It's also one of the original four such companies, along with Associated-Rediffusion, ATV and ABC)
• 23:22, 8 August 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Granada Productions ‎ ("From the North, Granada presents". Replaced one of the images of the "G-Arrow" with this visual reminder of the company pre-1968)
• 23:10, 8 August 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:FromTheNorthGranada.jpg ‎ (A recreation of one of Granada's pre-1968 logos, a reminder that it once broadcast to Yorkshire and didn't always combine the arrow with the letter 'G') (top)
• 22:20, 8 August 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Granada Productions ‎ (Finally, clarified when ITV plc retired the use of the Granada brand in the UK (it continued to be used in other countries for a few more years, but I think that's outside the scope of this category))
• 22:10, 8 August 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Granada Productions ‎ (Although Granada lost its on-air identity on 28 October 2002, the merger with Carlton Communications to form ITV plc didn't take place until just over fifteen months later)
• 22:04, 8 August 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Granada Productions ‎ (Of course, Granada survived all the ITV franchise rounds, then bought several other ITV companies - most notably LWT and Yorkshire, two other members of the so-called "Big Five")
• 21:57, 8 August 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Granada Productions ‎ (There's quite a lot to say about Granada... First, the precise date in 1956 on which it began broadcasting, and the date on which it started serving the North West for the full week)
• 17:15, 8 August 2020 (hist) (diff) Be' Ti'n Gwylio? ‎ (Is it too soon to say what the title translates as?)
• 18:30, 30 July 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:S4C Programmes ‎ (Y logo S4C a gyflwynwyd yn Ebrill 2014)
• 18:21, 30 July 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:S4Clogo2014.jpg ‎ (Y logo S4C a gyflwynwyd yn Ebrill 2014) (top)
• 23:28, 26 July 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions ‎ (Corrected spelling of "subsidiary")
• 22:40, 26 July 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:HTV Productions ‎ (Replaced one of the three images of the 1993 HTV logo with an image of the original Harlech logo of 1968. Feel free to revert, however, if it's too much of a strain on the eyes ;))
• 22:32, 26 July 2020 (hist) (diff) N File:Harlech1968.jpg ‎ (The original, eye-straining Harlech logo of 1968) (top)
• 15:33, 26 July 2020 (hist) (diff) Greed ‎ (With all due respect, Simon, I think you *should* explain why you don't believe the link to this Shaun Wallace clip should be present - especially as the clip *hasn't* been deleted from YouTube)
• 02:51, 26 July 2020 (hist) (diff) Category:Remarkable Television Productions ‎ (Pointed out how Remarkable was created, and corrected the year. And of course, along with all the other Endemol (Shine) subsidiaries, it's now part of Banijay)

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