Weaver's Week
Each week, Iain Weaver gives us a take on the week's game show programmes and related news.
A companion guide to game shows on TV for the coming week is also published on a regular basis, usually on Thursdays.
Date | Topics |
9th January 2022 | Walk the Line |
2nd January 2022 | The Week of the Year 2021 |
19th December 2021 | Junior Eurovision |
12th December 2021 | Christmas 1980: Runaround, So You Think... |
Contents |
2021 archive
Date | Topics |
5th December 2021 | Moneybags; Het Jachtseizoen |
28th November 2021 | The Tournament; Tug of Words |
21st November 2021 | Moneyball; Sitting on a Fortune |
14th November 2021 | Murder Island, Handmade: Best Woodworker |
31st October 2021 | Question Team; Rob Beckett's Undeniable |
24th October 2021 | Outsiders; Alan Hawkshaw |
17th October 2021 | Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up |
3rd October 2021 | Take a Hike; The Complaints Department |
26th September 2021 | The Birthday Cake Game; under-rated shows |
19th September 2021 | Irish shows: The Big Deal, Home Advantage |
12th September 2021 | Under new management: Countdown, Mastermind, A Question of Sport |
29th August 2021 | Apocalypse Wow |
22nd August 2021 | Cooking With the Stars; Beat Me The Five Knockouts |
15th August 2021 | The Void |
8th August 2021 | Can I Improve My Memory? |
25th July 2021 | Tom O'Connor |
18th July 2021 | Michael Aspel (2) - Child's Play and Blockbusters |
11th July 2021 | Michael Aspel (1) - Give Us a Clue and Ultra Quiz |
27th June 2021 | Unbeatable |
20th June 2021 | The Answer Trap |
13th June 2021 | Quizness |
30th May 2021 | Eurovision Song Contest 2021 - the final |
23rd May 2021 | Eurovision Song Contest 2021 - the semi-finals |
16th May 2021 | Dutch shows: First & Last, Eurovision Song Quiz; Alan Carr's Name That Tune |
9th May 2021 | I Can See Your Voice |
2nd May 2021 | Mastermind final; which shows give great value for money? |
25th April 2021 | Game of Talents |
18th April 2021 | Bacon's Best Bits: This is My House, The Hustler |
11th April 2021 | Only Connect and University Challenge |
28th March 2021 | Unforgivable; Growing Pains |
21st March 2021 | Saturday Night Takeaway; six songs for Europe |
14th March 2021 | Bank Balance; House of Games |
28th February 2021 | Gettu Betur, an Icelandic quiz |
21st February 2021 | Lightning |
14th February 2021 | The new Mastermind host |
31st January 2021 | Lingo in the 21st century |
24th January 2021 | Lingo in the 20th century |
17th January 2021 | Michael McIntyre's The Wheel with Michael McIntyre |
10th January 2021 | Christmas shows: Blankety Blank, Miranda's Games with Showbiz Names |
2020 archive
Date | Topics |
27th December 2020 | The Week of the Year 2020 |
13th December 2020 | Winning Combination |
6th December 2020 | Junior Eurovision 2020 |
29th November 2020 | Don't Unleash the Beast; Nachtraven |
22nd November 2020 | The Bridge; Des O'Connor |
8th November 2020 | The Weakest Link (NBC); Cannon and Ball's Casino |
1st November 2020 | Guessable |
25th October 2020 | The Cube and The Chop |
18th October 2020 | Celebrity Karaoke Club |
11th October 2020 | Family Fortunes |
27th September 2020 | One Man and His Dog |
20th September 2020 | Winning Streak: the Derek Mooney and Marty Whelan years |
13th September 2020 | Winning Streak: the Mike Murphy years |
30th August 2020 | Rolling in It |
23rd August 2020 | What is a game show?; also It Pays to Behave |
16th August 2020 | From the Internets: Dan's Quiz, Google That!, Outright |
2nd August 2020 | Regis Philbin |
26th July 2020 | Gêm Gartre'; Belgian Switch |
19th July 2020 | Alan Carr's Epic Game Show |
12th July 2020 | The Bidding Room and Bares für Rares |
28th June 2020 | The Life and Career of Noel Edmonds: 3 - A Beard for History |
21st June 2020 | The Life and Career of Noel Edmonds: 2 - A Beard for Saturday Nights |
14th June 2020 | The Life and Career of Noel Edmonds: 1 - A Beard for Radio |
31st May 2020 | Radio fun - Talk Sport Quiz, Gloryhunters, My Generation |
24th May 2020 | Not Eurovision Week |
17th May 2020 | Scheduling Matters |
10th May 2020 | The People's Top Game Shows |
3rd May 2020 | Beat the Chasers |
26th April 2020 | Corner Shop Cook-Off, Caru Siopa |
19th April 2020 | Tim Brooke-Taylor |
12th April 2020 | 2, 12, 1, 9, 4, Stop. The Press Your Luck numbers. |
5th April 2020 | Five Guys a Week |
29th March 2020 | From 2000: Paranoia |
22th March 2020 | Two from BBC3: Don't Scream, Fight Dirty |
15th March 2020 | Very Hard Questions; Twee voor Twaalf; Dave Rainford |
8th March 2020 | The Masked Singer |
23rd February 2020 | Caroline Flack |
16th February 2020 | From Crackerjack to Crackerjack! |
9th February 2020 | A brief history of Crackerjack |
26th January 2020 | First & Last; The Crystal Maze on Nickelodeon |
19th January 2020 | Boyard Land |
12th January 2020 | Christmas highlights: Quizmaster, Hewlfa Drysor, Take Off |
2019 archive
Date | Topics |
29th December 2019 | The Week of the Year 2019 |
15th December 2019 | Weaver's Decade 6 - Entertainment |
8th December 2019 | Gigglequiz; Celebrity Countdown |
1st December 2019 | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 |
24th November 2019 | Weaver's Decade 5 - Craft shows and children's shows |
17th November 2019 | Killer Camp |
10th November 2019 | Gay Byrne; Cooking Up a Fortune; Your Room or Mine |
3rd November 2019 | Weaver's Decade 4 - Talent shows |
27th October 2019 | Headhunters and The Wall |
20th October 2019 | Snackmasters, Pasapalabra, and Der Quiz-Champion |
13th October 2019 | Weaver's Decade 3 - Quizzes |
6th October 2019 | Three German shows |
29th September 2019 | Supermarket Sweep, Chwilio am Seren |
22nd September 2019 | Weaver's Decade 2 - Reality shows |
15th September 2019 | The Cash Machine, Mastermind |
8th September 2019 | The Chefs' Brigade, Step Up to the Plate |
1st September 2019 | Weaver's Decade 1 - Cookery shows |
25th August 2019 | Jade Goody: a documentary |
18th August 2019 | Shipmates |
11th August 2019 | Eurovision Choirs 2019 |
4th August 2019 | The Great Garden Challenge |
28th July 2019 | Kirstie's Celebrity Craft Masters |
21st July 2019 | The Career of Alex Trebek (part two) |
14th July 2019 | The Career of Alex Trebek (part one) |
7th July 2019 | The Family Brain Games |
30th June 2019 | Beat the Chef; Countdown final |
23rd June 2019 | Popmaster; The Hit List |
16th June 2019 | The Mastermind final |
9th June 2019 | Got Talent? |
2nd June 2019 | There's Something About Movies; Gameshow of Thrones |
26th May 2019 | Eurovision Song Contest: final |
19th May 2019 | Eurovision Song Contest: semi-final |
12th May 2019 | Curiosity; The Hangover Games |
5th May 2019 | Only Connect final; In for a Penny |
28th April 2019 | University Challenge final; Blockbusters |
21st April 2019 | Catchpoint |
14th April 2019 | Race Across the World |
7th April 2019 | Hypothetical; Al Murray's Pub Quiz; Glow Up |
31st March 2019 | Wonderball |
24th March 2019 | Y Siambr |
17th March 2019 | Test Drive; Wie is de Mol final |
10th March 2019 | Rhannu; How Not to be a Millionaire |
3rd March 2019 | The Greatest Dancer |
24th February 2019 | Countdown: the road to 151 |
17th February 2019 | Small Fortune |
10th February 2019 | Eurovision You Decide - it's Michael Rice |
3rd February 2019 | Un Cwestiwn; Wie is de Mol? |
27th January 2019 | The Countdown Championship of Champions, Poll of the Year |
20th January 2019 | Celebrity Game Night |
13th January 2019 | The festive period recap |
2018 archive
Date | Topics |
30th December 2018 | The Week of the Year |
16th December 2018 | Dianc |
9th December 2018 | Beat the Internet |
2nd December 2018 | Junior Eurovision 2018 |
25th November 2018 | I'll Get This |
18th November 2018 | The Time it Takes |
11th November 2018 | For Facts Sake, Big Brother on 5 |
4th November 2018 | Don't Hate the Playaz |
28th October 2018 | ITV4 Chooseday: Take the Tower, Football Genius |
21st October 2018 | The Circle |
14th October 2018 | Chwilio am Seren Junior Eurovision; Y Ras |
7th October 2018 | Chase the Case; Gareth Malone's All Star Music Quiz |
30th September 2018 | Sorry voor Alles, the Golden Rose winner |
23rd September 2018 | How to learn Dutch through game shows |
16th September 2018 | University Challenge and gender-neutral questions |
9th September 2018 | Evil Monkeys; Call Yourself a Fan |
2nd September 2018 | The Crystal Maze: all the games reviewed |
26th August 2018 | Eurovision Young Musicians |
19th August 2018 | True Love or True Lies; Paradise Run; Gino's Win Your Wish List |
12th August 2018 | We do want to give you that - The Life and Career of Chris Tarrant (part two) |
5th August 2018 | Today is... - The Life and Career of Chris Tarrant (part one) |
29th July 2018 | Oci Oci Oci |
22th July 2018 | Pwy 'dy Bos y Gegin?!, Hard Quiz |
15th July 2018 | When we last thought football was coming home... |
8th July 2018 | Best Junior Doctors, Crystal Maze |
1st July 2018 | World Cup Countdown |
24th June 2018 | Countdown finals |
17th June 2018 | Best Home Cook; Buy It Now |
10th June 2018 | Hardball, and other daytime shows |
3rd June 2018 | Revolution; Carnage |
27th May 2018 | The Button |
20th May 2018 | Eurovision Song Contest grand final |
13th May 2018 | Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals |
6th May 2018 | Only Connect; Ready or Not |
29th April 2018 | Dale Winton, star of the stars |
22nd April 2018 | I Don't Like Mondays; Change Your Tune; Tenable app |
15th April 2018 | The Generation Game; Star Boot Sale |
8th April 2018 | The 2018 Mastermind final |
1st April 2018 | Swashbuckle |
25th March 2018 | Punchlines and 3-2-1 from 1983 |
18th March 2018 | Jim Bowen; What Would Your Kid Do? |
11th March 2018 | All Together Now |
4th March 2018 | Prosiect Z |
25th February 2018 | Last Commanders |
18th February 2018 | Spy School |
11th February 2018 | Destination Eurovision You Decide |
4th February 2018 | Britain's Brightest Family, The Wave |
28th January 2018 | And They're Off For Sport Relief |
21st January 2018 | Wedding Day Winners |
14th January 2018 | Raven |
7th January 2018 | The Price is Right |
2017 archive
Date | Topics |
31st December 2017 | The Week of the Year 2017 |
17th December 2017 | Keith Chegwin |
10th December 2017 | Armchair Detectives |
3rd December 2017 | Junior Eurovision 2017 |
26th November 2017 | The Weakest Link; Don't Say It, Bring It |
19th November 2017 | Sing |
12th November 2017 | Pigo dy Drwyn |
5th November 2017 | The Big Family Cooking Showdown |
29th October 2017 | Jigsaw - An Origin Story |
22nd October 2017 | The Crystal Maze |
15th October 2017 | Bromans |
8th October 2017 | Cannonball |
1st October 2017 | William G. Stewart - The People's Quizzer |
24th September 2017 | Richard Osman's House of Games |
17th September 2017 | Lego Masters |
10rd September 2017 | Streetmate, Dress to Impress |
3rd September 2017 | Partners in Rhyme |
27th August 2017 | Cheap Cheap Cheap |
20th August 2017 | Sale of the (last) Century - The Life and Career of Nicholas Parsons (part two) |
13th August 2017 | Just a Minute! - The Life and Career of Nicholas Parsons (part one) |
6th August 2017 | Letterbox |
30th July 2017 | Pitch Battle, Eurovision Choir of the Year |
23rd July 2017 | Blind Date on Channel 5 |
16th July 2017 | David Dickinson's Name Your Price |
9th July 2017 | Celebability |
2nd July 2017 | Your Face or Mine, Countdown finals |
25th June 2017 | Cythrel Canu, Curious Creatures |
18th June 2017 | The Wall Face au Mur |
11th June 2017 | Bigheads |
4th June 2017 | Don't Ask Me Ask The Viewing Public |
28th May 2017 | Babushka |
21st May 2017 | Eurovision Song Contest final |
14th May 2017 | Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals |
7th May 2017 | The Boss |
30th April 2017 | Culinary Genius |
23rd April 2017 | Tattoo Artist, Me and My Dog |
16th April 2017 | University Challenge, Bracket Genius |
9th April 2017 | Only Connect, MIPCOM |
2nd April 2017 | The Voice |
26th March 2017 | 5 Gold Rings |
19th March 2017 | Game of Clones, Alien Fun Capsule |
12th March 2017 | Remotely Funny, The Home Game |
5th March 2017 | The Mastermind Final |
26th February 2017 | Let It Shine |
19th February 2017 | The Fake News Show |
12th February 2017 | The Big Spell |
5th February 2017 | Dance Dance Dance |
29th January 2017 | Eurovision You Decide |
22nd January 2017 | International students and University Challenge |
15th January 2017 | !mpossible |
8th January 2017 | Christmas shows |
2016 archive
Date | Topics |
1st January 2017 | The Week of the Year 2016 |
18th December 2016 | The Crystal Maze Live |
11th December 2016 | Tenable |
4th December 2016 | The X Factor (2016) |
27th November 2016 | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |
20th November 2016 | Sorry, I Didn't Know; Fferm Ffactor; The Apprentice |
13th November 2016 | The Life and Career of Bruce Forsyth (part two) |
6th November 2016 | The Life and Career of Bruce Forsyth (part one) |
30th October 2016 | Meet the Parents |
23rd October 2016 | Go 8 Bit |
16th October 2016 | My Kitchen Rules |
9th October 2016 | Go For It |
2nd October 2016 | Top Class |
25th September 2016 | Debatable |
18th September 2016 | "Breadxit means breadxit, and they're going to make a success of it" |
11th September 2016 | 500 Questions |
4th September 2016 | Taking The Next Step |
28th August 2016 | Alphabetical, Spotless |
21st August 2016 | American shows and fast quizzes |
14th August 2016 | Cash Trapped |
7th August 2016 | Master of Photography |
31st July 2016 | Baking in the Dark |
24th July 2016 | The Question Jury |
17th July 2016 | It's Not Me, It's You |
10th July 2016 | Did Angus Deayton cause Brexit? (Spoiler: No.) |
3rd July 2016 | Britain's Most Spectacular Backyard Builds |
26th June 2016 | UK's Best Part Time Band, Countdown finals |
19th June 2016 | Game On |
12th June 2016 | Eurovision questions, and the world's best quizzer |
5th June 2016 | Reg Grundy |
29th May 2016 | The Code |
22nd May 2016 | Eurovision Song Contest final |
15th May 2016 | Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals |
8th May 2016 | Drive |
1st May 2016 | Bang on the Money |
24th April 2016 | Six cookery shows |
17th April 2016 | Think Tank |
10th April 2016 | Can't Touch This |
3rd April 2016 | Mastermind final |
27th March 2016 | Paul Daniels |
20th March 2016 | Pocket Money Pitch, Airmageddon |
13th March 2016 | Got What It Takes? |
6th March 2016 | Masterpiece, Bad Language |
28th February 2016 | Eurovision You Decide |
21st February 2016 | The Getaway Car, Eurovision voting changes |
14th February 2016 | Insert Name Here, BBC3 remembered |
7th February 2016 | Terry Wogan - an appreciation |
31st January 2016 | Lip Sync Battle UK |
24th January 2016 | Only Connect final, Countdown Championship of Champions |
17th January 2016 | For What It's Worth |
10th January 2016 | Race to Escape |
2015 archive
Date | Topics |
3rd January 2016 | The Week of the Year 2015 |
20th December 2015 | Television's Toughest Quiz |
13th December 2015 | Humble Pie, Money Pit |
6th December 2015 | Bring the Noise, Welsh shows |
29th November 2015 | Junior Eurovision Song Contest |
22nd November 2015 | Pick Me!, children's television |
15th November 2015 | Eternal Glory |
8th November 2015 | US shows: Best Time Ever, Hellevator |
1st November 2015 | Deal or No Deal at 10 |
25th October 2015 | Blink, The Ten Million Club |
18th October 2015 | The Totally Senseless Gameshow, Funz and Gamez |
11th October 2015 | Hive Minds final, Almost Impossible Gameshow, MIPCOM |
4th October 2015 | Y Gemau Gwyllt, Rhestr, BBC at Eurovision |
27th September 2015 | One Hundred and Eighty |
20th September 2015 | 6 Degrees of Separation; Now Play This |
13th September 2015 | Taskmaster |
6th September 2015 | 5 Star Family Reunion |
30th August 2015 | Freeze Out and Rebound |
23rd August 2015 | Flockstars and BBQ Champ |
16th August 2015 | Guess This House and Hello Campers |
9th August 2015 | Cilla Black |
2nd August 2015 | Hive Minds |
26th July 2015 | King of the Nerds |
19th July 2015 | Big Brother and Love Island |
12th July 2015 | Cult television |
5th July 2015 | Prized Apart |
28th June 2015 | The Box; crowdfunding events |
21st June 2015 | Benchmark |
14th June 2015 | Beat the Brain, Countdown finals |
7th June 2015 | "Bad Show", by Woffinden and Plaskett |
31st May 2015 | Eurovision Song Contest final |
24th May 2015 | Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals |
17th May 2015 | From the sky: Relatively Clever, Wild Things |
10th May 2015 | ITV Super Saturdays: Ninja Warrior UK, Play to the Whistle |
3rd May 2015 | Decimate |
26th April 2015 | Brain of Britain final, The Edge |
19th April 2015 | University Challenge final, The Quizeum |
12th April 2015 | I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse |
5th April 2015 | Only Connect final, and series 10 best questions |
29th March 2015 | Mastermind final; Bear Grylls Mission Survive |
22nd March 2015 | The Big Painting Challenge |
15th March 2015 | 1000 Heartbeats |
8th March 2015 | Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief |
1st March 2015 | Reality Bites |
22nd February 2015 | Shipping Wars |
15th February 2015 | Celwydd Noeth |
8th February 2015 | Get Your Act Together |
1st February 2015 | Harry Hill's Stars in Their Eyes |
25th January 2015 | The Fanatics |
18th January 2015 | Frank Sinatra Our Way |
11th January 2015 | Win Your Wish List |
2014 archive
Date | Topics |
4th January 2015 | The Week of the Year |
21st December 2014 | The first half of the 2010s |
14th December 2014 | Parlour games: "country" on Pointless, University Challenge |
7th December 2014 | It's Academic |
30th November 2014 | The Great Interior Design Challenge |
23rd November 2014 | Junior Eurovision Song Contest |
16th November 2014 | Strictly Come Dancing and tie-breaks |
9th November 2014 | Keep It In the Family |
2nd November 2014 | Pyramid, Munud i Fynd |
26th October 2014 | Sam and Mark's Sport Showdown |
19th October 2014 | Which game shows have had the most contestants, worldwide, ever? |
12th October 2014 | Bad Bridesmaid, Hip Hop Mastermind |
5th October 2014 | Who's Doing the Dishes? |
28th September 2014 | Celebrity Squares (2014) |
21st September 2014 | Tumble, and a celebration of Pointless |
14th September 2014 | Two Tribes |
7th September 2014 | Gift Wrapped, Win It Cook It |
31st August 2014 | 21, 31 Questions, Ice cream, and more |
24th August 2014 | Appalong: The Singer Takes It All, First Person |
17th August 2014 | Big Brother 15 |
10th August 2014 | Mike Smith |
3rd August 2014 | Channel 4's Daytime Tat - Ultimate Dealer, French Collection |
27th July 2014 | Stand By Your Man |
20th July 2014 | University Challenge: Class of 2014 |
13th July 2014 | Only Connect series 9 |
6th July 2014 | 3-2-1 78-81 |
29th June 2014 | Countdown series 70 |
22nd June 2014 | Ctrl Freaks |
15th June 2014 | Draw It! |
8th June 2014 | The Link |
1st June 2014 | Ejector Seat |
25th May 2014 | "Our Mum ought to be on your show, because she knows everything!" - Daphne Fowler |
18th May 2014 | Eurovision Song Contest final |
11th May 2014 | Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals |
4th May 2014 | Amazing Greys, The Guess List |
27th April 2014 | The 2014 Mastermind final |
20rd April 2014 | Fifteen-to-One revived |
13th April 2014 | University Challenge Final 2014 |
6th April 2014 | Catchphrase |
30th March 2014 | Timeline |
23rd March 2014 | Battle of the Generations: Hair, OFCOM v Big Brother |
16th March 2014 | Revenge of the Egghead |
9th March 2014 | Top and Superstar Dogs |
2nd March 2014 | Ludus, The Dog Ate My Homework |
23rd February 2014 | The Taste |
16th February 2014 | The Jump |
9th February 2014 | 23¾ Years of KYTV (part two) |
2nd February 2014 | 23¾ Years of KYTV (part one) |
26th January 2014 | Reflex |
19th January 2014 | Britain's Best Bakery |
12th January 2014 | Seven Teatime Friends: The Chase, Pointless, Tipping Point |
Columns from 2001-2013 are on a separate page.