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• 18:48, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous ‎ (Miriam Margolyes appeared on the very first series of UC, in fact (1962-3). And to save people the hassle of going elsewhere to find out which college she represented... :))
• 18:33, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Before They Were Famous ‎ (Sorted Aaron Bell's game show achievements chronologically. I remember his DOND appearance well, because he played the day before Lucy Harrington, who did a record 50 shows yet only won a fiver)
• 16:25, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Limitless Win ‎ (→Theme music: ...juuuust in case anyone's wondering "*That* Gary Barlow? Really?" ;))
• 16:18, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Limitless Win ‎ (→Catchphrases: shouldn't there be quotation marks here?)
• 15:52, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Strictly Come Dancing ‎ (→Participants: added the link to Robert Webb's article)
• 15:51, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Robert Webb ‎ (→Shows: Robert took part in the 2021 series of Strictly, but had to withdraw early on due to ill health) (top)
• 15:47, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Suzi Perry ‎ (→Contact: Suzi's now signed to Crown Talent Group, whose other clients include Dan Walker and Craig Doyle) (top)
• 15:39, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Index W ‎ (→People: added Dan Walker)
• 15:39, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Strictly Come Dancing ‎ (→Participants: I've just created Dan Walker's UKGS profile ;))
• 15:37, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Chase the Case ‎ (I've just created Dan's UKGS profile ;))
• 15:37, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N Dan Walker ‎ (Dan's presented Chase the Case and done Strictly, and that certainly qualifies him for a UKGS profile. ;) I've also pointed out the agency he's signed to, if this is still allowed) (top)
• 15:30, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:DanWalker.jpg ‎ (top)
• 14:40, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge ‎ (→Theme music: blimey, the Balanescu Quartet's version has been used for 22 years now... what are the chances of a new version when Amol takes over the host's chair?)
• 14:19, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Money Pit ‎ (→Theme music: plain "Music" is a common credit, so this sentence can be shorter ;))
• 14:05, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) RuPaul ‎ (→Trivia: may I add his full name?)
• 13:59, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Prickly Heat ‎ (→Host: "Presenter X with: Co-Presenter A (yr1-yr2), Co-Presenter B (yr2-yr3)" looks that bit better than "Presenter X (and Co-Presenter A from yr1-yr2 / Co-Presenter B from yr2-yr3)", IMO) (top)
• 01:10, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions ‎ (Did I change "Shows" at the start to "Productions"? Oops... I meant "Programmes", of course :))
• 01:03, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions ‎ (Tidied the last sentence. The acquisition of Shed by Time Warner (as was) took place in 2010)
• 00:55, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions ‎ (Twenty Twenty produces such shows as First Dates now, but it used to specialise in current affairs documentaries - Claudia Milne, who left when Shed took over, had previously worked on World in Action)
• 00:45, 7 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions ‎ (Mentioned the founders. You might get an idea why in my next edit... ;))
• 23:56, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance ‎ (→Participants: here's the 2017 line-up)
• 23:06, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance ‎ (→Champions: we're off to see the Chasers, the wonderful Chasers of Oz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUYo5CmWdfw&ab_channel=BBC)
• 22:55, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance ‎ (→Synopsis: updated to 2017. Obviously, the two series in even-numbered years were for Sport Relief ;))
• 20:40, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance ‎ (→Synopsis: clarified that the judging panel in the first series was ADB plus two guests)
• 20:29, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance ‎ (→Synopsis: I don't think "Comic Relief" needs to be italicised - it *is* a charity rather than a TV programme, after all. ;) For that matter, I see no great need to italicise "Sport Relief" either)
• 20:22, 6 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Let's Dance ‎ ("Presenter X (yr1-yr3) with: Co-Presenter A (yr1-yr2), Co-Presenter B (yr2-yr3)" is neater, I think, than "Presenter X (yr1-yr3) (and Co-Presenter A from yr1-yr2 / Co-Presenter B from yr2-yr3)")
• 21:20, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Survivor ‎ (→Trivia: a bit fussy, but I've moved the word "while" in the last sentence. The Beeb version will probably be in a third location, and of course the CBS version used to change location each season)
• 21:11, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Survivor ‎ (→Trivia: and her PYCR appearance was in 1999. Thanks for repeating it over and over, Challenge... ;))
• 21:08, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Survivor ‎ (→Co-hosts: Charlotte Hobrough's surname is only eight letters long ;))
• 21:07, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Survivor ‎ (...should we wait until it's actually in production? Also, this probably won't happen, but it *could* be produced and then get locked away in a BBC vault never to see the light of day...)
• 21:01, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (→Game show news: come to think of it, "the Beeb has spoken" is even better, isn't it? Tribe, Beeb... both one-syllable words ending with a 'b' sound ;))
• 21:00, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (Yes, I've rather rewritten this story. In particular, I think it should be mentioned that it'll be a Remarkable production for BBC1. Any bits that sound too snarky, feel free to remove or sweeten :))
• 20:40, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (→Game show news: this might be a better headline, based on "the tribe has spoken, you must leave")
• 20:37, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (→Game show news: as I said before - and again without any disrespect intended - images in this section are usually squares rather than rectangles)
• 20:34, 5 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Square Survivor UK Logo.jpg ‎ (Square image of the original Survivor UK logo) (top)
• 22:27, 1 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (→Game show news: no disrespect intended, but there's a good reason why the images in this section are usually squares rather than vertical rectangles...)
• 22:24, 1 September 2022 (hist) (diff) N File:Square bill turnbull.jpg ‎ (Square image of Bill Turnbull) (top)
• 22:14, 1 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (→Game show news: Bill presented Breakfast for *only* fifteen years. Dan Walker replaced him in 2016)
• 21:14, 1 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge ‎ (→Key moments: that incident with Messrs Turnbull and McGinty was in the 2012 series: https://www.blanchflower.org/uc/results_christmas.html#christmas2012)
• 21:36, 29 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Rebound ‎ (→Trivia: that's future *Chaser*, right? ;)) (top)
• 23:22, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind ‎ (→Celebrity Mastermind: blimey, Monty Don as well ;))
• 23:19, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind ‎ (→Celebrity Mastermind: Toyah has a UKGS article too, I notice ;))
• 23:15, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind ‎ (→Celebrity Mastermind: added non-breaking spaces after the respective longest names in each of the first four columns, to make the list that bit more presentable)
• 23:06, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind ‎ (→Celebrity Mastermind: at least nine other celebs in this list have UKGS articles. I expect a few more will qualify for an article at some point, too ;))
• 22:48, 26 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Mastermind ‎ (→Celebrity Mastermind: that should be *Graeme* Le Saux ;))
• 22:32, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive ‎ (Isn't it the Beeb as a whole that's reviving Gladiators, rather than the specific channel it'll be on? (Same with Sky in 2008.) Also pointed out the number of episodes that will be made)
• 16:51, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye ‎ (And of course, it happened at least three times that the non-dart player achieved the 101 with just two throws - and *any* non-dart player could do it, as the video I've added (from 1986) demonstrates)
• 15:56, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye ‎ (...but it certainly did happen at least twice that the non-dart player scored 60 or 70, and the dart player then threw two single or treble 1s and a single 20. And it *was* painful on both occasions)
• 15:51, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye ‎ (→Key moments: AFAIK, it never *quite* happened that the non-dart player scored 97 and the dart player then blew it by throwing three single 1s...)
• 15:30, 25 August 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye ‎ (Only from the fourth series (1984-85) onwards did Greeny cry out "It's a bullseye! And here's your host, Jim Bowen!" at the start. See, Challenge repeating the show to death *isn't* so bad... ;))

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