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• 18:06, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Konnie Huq ‎ (→Trivia: ...because her elder sister attended the same school and is now quite famous herself - and also because I myself lived in Ealing for 13 years, and fairly close to that school too :D ;)) (top)
• 17:58, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Konnie Huq ‎ (→Trivia: and can I also point out the school she was attending when she appeared on the 'Busters...)
• 17:55, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Konnie Huq ‎ (→Trivia: can I point out the specific Cambridge college Konnie attended, just in case she ever does Christmas University Challenge? ;))
• 13:27, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Eat Your Words (1) ‎ (I've come across a few eps of this on YouTube, from when Simon Parkin hosted. Actually had quite a bit in common with Turnabout - the same music composer and studios as well as the same inventor ;)) (top)
• 12:51, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Beat That, Einstein ‎ (May as well point out, too, the day and time this aired... Children's Hospital was on BBC1 and The Bill on ITV; I assume this was still meant to be an alternative to them rather than a competitor) (top)
• 11:30, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Beat That, Einstein ‎ (Mcasso is usually spelled with just the 'M' capitalised, I believe. If you don't already know, the name's derived from the initials of the three founders: Mike Connaris, Alan Swinden, Stefan Oprych ;))
• 11:20, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Beat That, Einstein ‎ (→Broadcast: and if I may clarify, too, that one series was all this lasted for)
• 11:19, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Beat That, Einstein ‎ (If I may de-italicise the link to the WLIIA? article, to fit today's house style... ;))
• 10:44, 13 June 2025 (hist) (diff) The Other Half ‎ (If I may de-italicise some links here to fit today's house style... ;)) (top)
• 20:32, 6 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Poll of the Year 2017 ‎ (Is this me being overly fussy (and quite selfish too), or is it the norm for the articles for these polls to have "fame" in the heading in all caps...?) (top)
• 20:22, 6 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Duel ‎ (→Trivia: well, nothing wrong with sticking a full stop at the end, right? :)) (top)
• 19:26, 4 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Duel ‎ (→Trivia: is this too trivial and too self-promoting? Freely delete if so. :) Duel and OC certainly were the best two new shows of '08 in either order, though... ;))
• 00:19, 3 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Thumbs Up ‎ (An earlier revision had Stephen Leahy and Valerie Pye down as the devisors - which is, in fact, correct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxpvV9Sh0Q (at 7:03). Trish Kinane was the exec producer) (top)
• 00:10, 3 June 2025 (hist) (diff) Thumbs Up ‎ (→Broadcast: looks like five eps is all this got, all on Thursdays at 3:40pm during the '97 summer hols)
• 23:50, 28 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Babushka ‎ (→Trivia: I've done my calculations right here, haven't I? Given the game's mechanics, I assume the biggest winners did not come close to this amount) (top)
• 00:58, 24 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Main Page ‎ (→Site news: for that matter, has the "now" become superfluous as well?)
• 00:55, 24 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Main Page ‎ (→Site news: three years now since the worst of Covid passed, and two since the WHO declared the emergency over; can we now say "the world of game shows *was* no exception"?)
• 22:27, 22 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Christine Bleakley ‎ (→Biography: and just to clarify *which* Frank Lampard. The senior one only played for West Ham and Southend, and only won two England caps - though he is of course now Christine's father-in-law ;)) (top)
• 22:21, 22 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Christine Bleakley ‎ (No game show credits of any kind since the original DOI ended... she *will* get another one at some point, won't she? Also, she and Frank Lampard were together for six years before they tied the knot)
• 22:04, 22 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Christine Bleakley ‎ (→Shows: Christine went quite a long way into the 2008 series of Strictly)
• 21:49, 22 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Let Me Entertain You (1) ‎ (Made in Teddington, according to TV Studio History and also this old Belfast Telegraph article by Christine herself: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/bb-final-was-a-blast/28098467.html) (top)
• 00:37, 21 May 2025 (hist) (diff) University Challenge ‎ (→Champions: I think *now* we can add Christ's win. ;) I was gutted for Warwick - but then again it *is* nice to see an institution winning the regular series for the first time) (top)
• 01:57, 13 May 2025 (hist) (diff) University Challenge ‎ (No spoiling the result of the latest regular final just yet (RTÉ have done so, alas, as one of the captains is Irish), but the regular episode and series counts under Lifted *can* be updated ;))
• 22:29, 7 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Waffle ‎ (→Synopsis: if I may de-italicise another link here, to fit today's house style ;)) (top)
• 20:55, 7 May 2025 (hist) (diff) David Tennant ‎ (And yes, while Tracey Ullman *was* officially the 100th guest host and was promoted as such, David *was* the actual 100th person to take up this role ;)) (top)
• 20:32, 7 May 2025 (hist) (diff) Have I Got News for You ‎ (→Host: David Tennant's got a UKGS profile now... ;)) (top)
• 20:30, 7 May 2025 (hist) (diff) David Tennant ‎ (→Shows: David will be hosting HIGNFY for the ninth time this coming Friday ;))
• 14:32, 2 May 2025 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers ‎ (→Edit queries - June 2024: oops on my part)
• 15:31, 29 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Richard Coles ‎ (A photo of Richard was missing... until now ;))
• 15:29, 29 April 2025 (hist) (diff) N File:RichardColes.jpg ‎ (top)
• 10:59, 15 April 2025 (hist) (diff) The Chase ‎ (Fixed typo :)) (top)
• 11:22, 3 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Wordplay ‎ (→Synopsis: further tidying up) (top)
• 11:19, 3 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Wordplay ‎ ("Starting with KID, change a letter, clue: Assist." That's how you play-ay-ay Chain Letters! Chain Letters! Well you can see the similarities, can't you (the Tie the Leader round in particular)?)
• 10:55, 3 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Wordplay ‎ (→Synopsis: if I may substitute "one" and "two" for '1' and '2' when it comes to points on offer, for consistency :))
• 10:49, 3 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Wordplay ‎ (→Host: Jenny and Jenni rotated, too, didn't they?)
• 10:46, 3 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Wordplay ‎ (→Synopsis: "The production company, the host and even the games may be different". Shouldn't that be "hosts", plural?)
• 10:44, 3 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Wordplay ‎ (→Synopsis: "A few years back, Five brought us Brainteaser"... it's now two decades ago, and Wordplay is itself one-and-a-half decades ago. Apologies for making everyone feel old here...)
• 17:55, 1 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Blockbusters ‎ (→Channel hopping: also 25 years since Liza's version, which really wasn't all *that* bad - and it's certainly fair to say that she was a much more enthusiastic host than Aspel) (top)
• 14:13, 1 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Blockbusters ‎ (→Channel hopping: Aspel's version was nearly 30 years ago now. Let that sink in...)
• 12:24, 1 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Pointless ‎ (Then it left Elstree again - out of its hands this time - and moved first to Versa London, then to Riverside. Is it still at the latter? "Studio Facilities: BBC Studioworks" isn't a helpful credit...)
• 12:06, 1 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Pointless ‎ (→Trivia: ...it then returned to TVC (https://tvstudiohistory.co.uk/bbc-tv-centre/the-programmes/), but not for long before GMB, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women forced it back to Elstree)
• 11:59, 1 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Pointless ‎ (→Trivia: Pointless has moved around West London quite a bit since it first came on air. It started at BBC Television Centre, of course, then moved to Elstree Studios...)
• 11:16, 1 April 2025 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups ‎ (Actually, the Sound of Music song question had a fair few bizarre answers, not unlike the famous Irishman question... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSLgFnHlgBo&t=251s&ab_channel=GameshowPlayer3000) (top)
• 02:17, 25 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The 21st Question ‎ (Gethin's effortless pronunciation of it *was* quite a contrast to Bradders' "Llanfair-pwill-gwiggy-gilly-go-go-erry..." If not considered a memorable moment, feel perfectly free to delete ;)) (top)
• 02:06, 25 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The 21st Question ‎ (I'm watching MisterDoc's videos again, and... well, it's not often that a TV or radio quiz features a question about Llanfair PG (for short), is it? ;))
• 22:17, 17 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Jools Holland ‎ (→Biography: de-italicised the link to the DFYT article, to fit today's house style ;)) (top)
• 01:45, 17 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The Void ‎ (The Void is currently on Virgin Media Ireland's catch-up service. Heaven knows why - but I'm glad it is, because I can add a few more details about it as a result... ;)) (top)
• 15:09, 13 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Alex Kramer ‎ (→Shows: yes, really: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL_Oe6kgRCo&t=631s&ab_channel=MisterDoc. She'd have been in primary school when the original GFG started) (top)
• 15:06, 13 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Going for Gold ‎ (When, presumably, John Suchet decided that the business of asking 0898 questions was not for him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL_Oe6kgRCo&t=631s&ab_channel=MisterDoc) (top)
• 23:06, 12 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Index P ‎ (→People: Katy Pullinger has a UKGS profile too. I'm a bit of a fan of hers as well, I'm not ashamed to admit...)

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