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- 17:49, 1 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Loyd Grossman (→Biography: arise Sir Loyd! :D https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2v17qy8dno) (top)
- 00:34, 1 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Game Show Spoofs (→Spoofs of real game shows: eine Parodie auf Going for Gold von Fry und Laurie ;)) (top)
- 23:42, 31 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Game Show Spoofs (→Spoofs of real game shows: another spoof by Messrs McCourt and Wood ;))
- 22:51, 31 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Game Show Spoofs (This counts as a Krypton Factor spoof, right, even if it's just of *one* round rather than the whole show? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9-dGiDaxXE&ab_channel=SootyGuy (starts in earnest at 8:22))
- 21:03, 31 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (A shame to delete the comments by Mr Thomas and Mr Carmody - but they *were* made quite a long time ago, when YouTube was still in its infancy, and now that everything *has* been cleared up... :)) (top)
- 21:00, 31 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Heaven knows why Ant & Dec pointed out that Bristow's 380 was the record, with no regard to Evans' 401 *or* the other 380s... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8M-bLcmAgw&ab_channel=UzumakiPlayroom)
- 20:47, 31 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Trivia: in fact, *five* pros scored 380 following the introduction of the Bronze Bully: Old Stoneface, the Limestone Cowboy and the Artist, as well as the Crafty Cockney and Gregory ;))
- 20:39, 31 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Trivia: here is Alan Evans' 401: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBowkrRq0G0&ab_channel=meganoikz. And it was just the flight that fell out on his last treble 20, not the whole dart)
- 20:23, 31 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Trivia: Bullseye in Manchester... am I the only one who feels that that doesn't seem right, even though Jim, Dave and Freddie were/are all men of Granadaland? https://lostintv.com/tv-show?id=1344)
- 20:16, 31 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Trivia: since Greeny is no longer with us. Also, "Kirkstall" was missing the second 'k' ;))
- 00:24, 27 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Penny Smith (→Biography: well it is, isn't it? And I certainly *don't* hold it against her. ;) AFAIK, Gordon has never spoken negatively of her, though he *has* said the show just didn't work with two hosts) (top)
- 00:18, 27 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Penny Smith (→Biography: John Stapleton hasn't been mentioned much on UKGS (if indeed at all) up to now, has he? I may as well mention him here, because he and Penny *did* form a good double act on GMTV ;))
- 00:13, 27 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Penny Smith (Penny had already achieved quite a few things when she joined GMTV - including being a colleague of Robin Houston, and being seen on Sky News *before* Kay Burley ;))
- 23:36, 26 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The 21st Question (To clarify: three right answers for half the prize fund, two more right answers for the full prize fund, and one final right answer for double the prize fund. That *is* how Gethin described it ;)) (top)
- 23:16, 26 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The 21st Question (→Trivia: may as well point out where it was recorded too ;))
- 23:13, 26 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The 21st Question ('Im again! Mr Sylvan's credit here was "Title Music", though I'd be led to believe he did the full score)
- 23:11, 26 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The 21st Question (→Inventor: from the second episode onwards, the credit was simply "format devised by Chocolate Media"; perhaps listing seven people was deemed overkill)
- 23:08, 26 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The 21st Question (The first six eps are on YouTube, courtesy of MisterDoc, and the credits for the first ep reveal that *seven* men devised the format... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Algck38Zuic&ab_channel=MisterDoc)
- 12:57, 23 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: effing yes!! Sorry, I'm just so delighted that a 26-year wait for a female series champion is over... :)) (top)
- 23:27, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The Price is Right (→Theme music: Lawrence Oakley did the full score for Joe's version (hence his plain "Music" credit). Nothing imported from the other side of the Atlantic this time - not even the "losing horns") (top)
- 23:11, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The Price is Right (→Theme music: forgot that Bob's version didn't air in just *one* calendar year... :))
- 23:09, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The Price is Right (After being absent in '95, the "losing horns" returned in '96. As for the rest of the BPIR score, I'm thinking Kevin Kitchen - some of his compositions for Supermarket Sweep sound *very* similar)
- 22:41, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The Price is Right (→Theme music: the sax arrangement used on Bruce's version also came over from Stateside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmG68kv8Tc&ab_channel=markyyy)
- 22:29, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) The Price is Right (At least two Bob Warman eps on YouTube, and from them we learn that not only was the original American theme used here, but the "come on down" music and "losing horns" came over from Stateside too :))
- 21:50, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Humdingers (If I may be pedantic and say that this show and Who's Bluffing Who? appeared in the *late spring* of '91. Summer technically starts on 21 June, and kids aren't out of school until late July... ;)) (top)
- 21:43, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Who's Bluffing Who? (If I may be pedantic and say that this show and Humdingers appeared in the *late spring* of 1991. After all, 21 June is the first day of summer and kids stay in school for another month afterwards ;)) (top)
- 21:24, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Sky Star Search (→Synopsis: just spotted a third 'i' in "hilarious" :)) (top)
- 21:23, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Sky Star Search (→Synopsis: basically made the first paragraph flow better, removing the superfluous "there was", and also the parentheses around "with Peter Marshall" since there are none around "with Bob Warman")
- 21:08, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Winner Takes All ("Michael Dixon's £7455 in 1986 remained the record cash prize for over a decade." Actually, only eight years later Wheel of Fortune contestants were winning £10,000 for solving the final puzzle ;)) (top)
- 21:04, 18 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Winner Takes All ("The set of Winner Takes All. The contestants indicated their "bet" via the lights in front of their desks." That's Geoffrey and Vicky in the middle, isn't it? So, specifically, the late '80s set)
- 18:49, 17 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Catchphrase (→Theme music: on the other hand, the present theme *is* the Welch theme, or rather a rave arrangement thereof - hence Welch *does* get a credit) (top)
- 18:42, 17 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Catchphrase (→Theme music: and of course, Etchell himself danced it up for the Weir and Curry eras)
- 18:41, 17 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Catchphrase (Etchell's theme was clearly based on Welch's, yet there was no need to give Welch a credit because it was different enough. Might be worth pointing this out - but feel perfectly free to disagree :))
- 18:27, 17 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Midas Touch (→Trivia: a Central show, in the mid '90s - so it couldn't have been made anywhere other than Nottingham, right? ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35GU5P3bvuU&ab_channel=MisterDoc) (top)
- 18:18, 17 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Sabotage (...and that this was *yet another* Action Time show for which Simon Etchell composed the music :)) (top)
- 18:16, 17 December 2024 (hist) (diff) Sabotage (Did you watch this clip too, Gareth? :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpugZdLjR8U&ab_channel=61citystars We can also see that Messrs Leahy and O'Connor were exec producers as well as the creators...)
- 16:33, 4 September 2024 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (→Good morning from Central!: removing repetition of "providing" following a reconsideration) (top)
- 14:13, 4 September 2024 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": put "leapfrog" after all the 'K's and "leaf cleanser", and - just because I'm fussy - italicised "Coronation Street" ;)) (top)
- 14:08, 4 September 2024 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": just now on a 1988 episode on Challenge. Les: "It's finger-licking good, but it's the wrong part of America..." ;))
- 00:12, 28 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Dirty Money (→Catchphrases: what Marcus said to eliminated contestants ;))
- 00:11, 28 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Dirty Money (→Catchphrases: the rest of the "clock is ticking" catchphrase ;))
- 23:12, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Index B (→Shows: Bury Your Hatchet should precede all the "Bus" shows, and The Bunker: Crisis Command (as it was piloted) should precede all the "Bur" shows ;))
- 22:46, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Pot of Gold (→Synopsis: British *TV* game show, I should probably clarify) (top)
- 22:31, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Jackpot!: continuing the series numbers, it was 7, 8, 9 and 10 in which the contestant played for £20k or the car)
- 22:16, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Jackpot!: ...but then, of course, along came Raise the Roof)
- 22:08, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Jackpot!: viewers of Pot of Gold could win up to £25,000. WoF series 6's occasional package of two cars and £10,000 can't have been far off that figure, if indeed not bigger...)
- 21:42, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Pot of Gold (→Synopsis: if the jackpot total matched what was on your game card, you stood to win up to £25k - which, in fact, was the biggest jackpot offered on a British game show at the time)
- 21:26, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Pot of Gold (→Synopsis: the highest-scoring act *did* go through to an "all-winners" final, and won a grand too)
- 21:08, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Pot of Gold (→Synopsis: fifty pounds was the prize for you if an act's total score matched that on your game card. You had to write in to claim it, though)
- 20:29, 27 August 2024 (hist) (diff) Pot of Gold (Here's the logo, in the correct 4:3 aspect ratio ;))
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