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- 18:21, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (→Synopsis: thanks for explaining the full rules of the main game, Des ;))
- 18:08, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (→Synopsis: added link to the 100% article)
- 18:06, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (Actually, why *did* the practice of italicising shows when linking to their articles die out? It probably doesn't matter here or anywhere - but, unfortunately, I *am* a stickler for consistency... ;))
- 17:57, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (...and that the music was composed by Dave Arch, in between Wipeout and that big ballroom dancing show. ;) It's not actually mentioned on his site - but there aren't any other Dave Arches, are there?)
- 17:29, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (Also on YouTube are the closing credits of the second episode, from 5 August 2000 - which reveal that this was yet another format devised by the Chatterbox Partnership...)
- 17:23, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (Yes! A decent slab of an episode on YouTube at last - specifically the fifth episode, from 26 August 2000)
- 17:00, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: oops - forgot the bullet :))
- 16:59, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (A query as regards the three On the Spots)
- 16:25, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Index O (Oops - the Grand Slam with Nicholas Rowe was the second show of that title. (The first one, about bridge, *did* air several years before I was born...))
- 16:17, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Pump it Up (I can't help but be a stickler for consistency... "co-host" is usually hyphenated ;))
- 16:06, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Pump it Up (I think putting Julia and Fearne on separate lines (by means of <br> tags) is neater than having it as "(and Julia in 1999 / Fearne in 2000)". Makes sense too as they both had equal billing with Andy)
- 03:16, 31 May 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (There was a makeover in 2000, and in 2004, and in 2013 - and there'll be one to accompany Amol's arrival too. Perhaps the heading for this section should reflect its content that bit better...?)
- 03:06, 31 May 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Yet another millennium makeover: tidying up as regards the 2009-10 series having more tiebreakers than any other Paxman Era series)
- 02:56, 31 May 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Cor blimey, the "win twice before you lose twice" quarter-final format has lasted 14 years now (and no indication that it won't continue into the Amol Era). Is this explanation of it any better?)
- 02:17, 31 May 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→The big picture: well, now that the Paxman Era is over...)
- 02:15, 31 May 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: congrats on becoming the fifth member of the Three or More Club, Durham ;))
- 02:08, 31 May 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Champions: "2022-3" -> "2022-23". Though I myself am guilty of going between one digit and two for the end year in year ranges within a single calendar decade... ;))
- 01:59, 31 May 2023 (hist) (diff) New Shows Archive (→2006: again, I don't think The West Wing ever dropped the definite article from its name)
- 01:53, 31 May 2023 (hist) (diff) New Shows Archive (Changed all instances of "Stunt/dare show" to "Stunts and dares", for consistency across this page and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 02:32, 17 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (→Merchandise: "...and each and every one of you will take away with you tonight a copy of the board game, so you can play the game at home." Happened in at least four of the Lucky series)
- 01:50, 17 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (Well he said this every episode too, didn't he? I should point out that I've ordered the catchphrases according to when in the episode they'd be spoken, though I accept this probably doesn't matter ;))
- 01:35, 17 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (MB: "Nero really struck it lucky when he became the ruler of which empire in 54 AD?" Couple: "Roman!" MB: "Is that your answer?" Couple: "Yes!" MB: "You're going on to tonight's final!")
- 01:23, 17 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky ("I'll ask you again, and I must have an answer." That was before asking the main Strike it Lucky/Rich question wasn't it? Almost all the time, of course, Barrymore only needed to ask the question once)
- 23:05, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (→Synopsis: another better-resolution screengrab, this time of a question category and accompanying answers. The caption... well, I think Richard Whiteley would have been proud ;))
- 23:00, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:SILFineCutCategory.jpg (An appropriately-titled question category on Strike it Lucky in 1989) (top)
- 22:42, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (→Synopsis: and a better-quality screengrab of Barrymore bantering with the contestants before the game. A boring caption this time, unfortunately)
- 22:39, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Strike it Lucky (→Synopsis: a better-resolution screengrab of MB doing his "Alwight" intro, with a caption playing on what was said in this intro (and referring to his attire in every episode until 1993))
- 22:29, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:MichaelBarrymoreBanter.jpg (Michael Barrymore banters with the contestants on Strike it Lucky in 1989) (top)
- 22:26, 16 May 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:MichaelBarrymoreAlwight.jpg (Michael Barrymore does his "Alwight" intro on Strike it Lucky in 1989) (top)
- 01:41, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Slight rewording as regards the second- or third-placed couple gambling on almost every occasion that the Prize Board couple did not, and the two occasions when all three couples declined to gamble)
- 01:00, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (And if the second-placed couple declined the gamble...? In fact, in one episode in 1995, the second-placed couple didn't even come back because the non-dart player had already flatly refused to gamble)
- 00:46, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (...and, of course, the lady contestants got goblets instead of tankards ;))
- 00:37, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (It was as late as the eleventh series (1991-92) when the 101 gamble became prizes *and* money, and "BFH" entered the show's lexicon. And the couple got their Bendy Bullies and tankards regardless...)
- 00:18, 9 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Clarified that the couple had six darts all told to throw the 101. And "the" standard dart board, because of course it had already been used for Pounds for Points and the charity throw ;))
- 23:27, 8 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye ("You have won the dishwasher, the tumble dryer, and Bully's Special Prize tonight, the midi hi-fi. Would you like to gamble those prizes against tonight's Star Prize, which is hiding behind Bully?")
- 23:14, 8 May 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye ("We've had a lovely day" was sort of a catchphrase for declining the 101 gamble; couples saying it would then continue with "and we'll let someone else have a go" or something along these lines)
- 04:38, 22 February 2023 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (There was a gamble in 1990 where the NDP scored 69 and the DP threw 20, 1, 8 (making 98). Certainly one thing these painful gambles had in common was that the DP threw one single or treble 1 too many)
- 01:59, 26 January 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: updated Christmas episode and series counts under Lifted)
- 01:47, 26 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: is six days too soon to add the sixteenth Champion of Champions...? ;))
- 00:21, 10 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Miscellaneous: Rachel's not so new now, of course - but the person who anagrammed RELAUNCH into NURACHEL on her, Jeff's and the first blue set's debut is still a genius all these years later ;))
- 00:04, 10 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Miscellaneous: series 60's GF also had an apposite conundrum - not referring to the departure of any presenters, but to the fact that this was the final episode recorded in Leeds)
- 23:54, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Miscellaneous: the ERACLOSES conundrum was more of a reference to Carol's departure from the show after 26 years, though of course Desso left with her)
- 23:41, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Miscellaneous: pretty apposite conundrum scrambles for Jeff Stelling's and Nick Hewer's respective last shows too, IMO... ;))
- 23:23, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: always fun rearranging the table of regular series champs after each series... ;))
- 22:47, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2012-01-15 (If it's all right with IW, there's one little correction I'd like to make here: Bob's SNT appearance was in 2004. Westlife, the Pet Shop Boys and Sally Lindsay were in this particular episode too ;)) (top)
- 19:49, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (→Participants: can't go without what they're known for, can we? ;) Thanks to Woody Cook, I've got "The Rockafeller Skank" playing in my head now...)
- 19:32, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (→Participants: if CWTS does go on for several more years, I assume it will continue to be annual like Strictly and I'm A Celeb. Makes perfect sense to list the participants by year, in that case)
- 19:15, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (→Broadcast: the second series aired between 7 June and 12 July 2022 (again, six episodes). Any word yet on a third series?)
- 19:06, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:South Shore Productions (And here's South Shore's logo)
- 19:02, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:SouthShoreLogo.jpg (The logo of South Shore Productions) (top)
- 18:56, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (CWTS is probably South Shore's biggest game show production thus far)
- 18:52, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) The Greatest Snowman (→Participants: added link to LLB's profile)
- 18:49, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) The Greatest Snowman (South Shore have been fairly busy the last two years or so as regards shows that can be called game... ;))
- 18:42, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Don't Rock the Boat (I'd like to know where South Shore got the notion to rock the boat... ;) Was this the first game show they produced?) (top)
- 18:37, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Flipping Fast (South Shore are behind quite a few of the new shows of 2022... ;))
- 18:34, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Aldi's Next Big Thing (Not the only new show of 2022 that's a South Shore production... ;))
- 18:33, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) N Category:South Shore Productions (South Shore appears to be a true indie - not part of ITV Studios, Banijay, Fremantle, All3Media or any other production company group)
- 18:28, 9 January 2023 (hist) (diff) Field of Dreams (I'm back. :) When sifting through 2022's new shows, I couldn't help but notice that quite a few of them are South Shore productions... ;))
- 00:04, 29 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: I'm taking a break from editing for a while)
- 22:48, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Simon, why do you find it so difficult to accept how this article is worded? Sort out any obvious errors in it, by all means. But wording you just don't agree with? Better off putting up with it, IMHO)
- 22:38, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (I hate to say this, Simon - but if this was Wikipedia, you'd be well on your way to being blocked for edit warring *and* for ownership of content. And no-one would be happy about that, would they?)
- 20:18, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: darn, forgot that dart players at the Prize Board would also be told by Greeny to make their last three darts count. To quote Rag'n'Bone Man, "I'm only human after all..." ;))
- 17:47, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Did the BBC *and* the EBU announce that the shortlist was down to two? They'll certainly make the final decision together, according to Eurovision.tv. *Now* are we near the end of this argy-bargy?)
- 17:41, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Boy, oh boy, oh boy... when was the last time there was *this* much argy-bargy over how a game show story should be worded?)
- 14:01, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (Well, Eurovision.tv doesn't say "chosen city" either. And I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, there is no difference between "winning" and "chosen". Now please let's end this silly edit war...)
- 02:08, 28 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (The Challenge revival was simply a Granada production - as, indeed, was Countdown at the time. The "Granada Yorkshire" name was dropped in January 2006, when the "ITV Productions" one was introduced)
- 23:56, 27 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Gladiators (→Catchphrases: should have remembered that what John A said before the Eliminator was almost the same as what he said before the Wall)
- 23:29, 27 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (What's the difference between "winning" and "chosen"? The winning city is the one that the BBC and the EBU choose, and the chosen city is the one that wins. The Beeb's own article says "winning", too)
- 17:34, 27 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (→Game show news: the headline can be shorter and (IMO) snappier, too. Once again, no disrespect intended :))
- 17:32, 27 September 2022 (hist) (diff) News Archive (No disrespect intended - but, IMHO, this latest story regarding Eurovision 2023 can be a *lot* shorter. And - again, no disrespect intended - I'm not sure the bit about TaP is important or relevant)
- 22:29, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: as I said, Dave's "throwers and knowers" catchphrase wasn't that original... but to set the record straight, he didn't nick it wholesale from Jim in any way ;))
- 22:17, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Greeny's catchphrases *at* the Prize Board are somewhat less memorable than "Iiiiiiin one..." and "And Bully's Special Priiiiize..." - so they can stay on the one line, which itself can be shortened)
- 21:02, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: Greeny would cry out "That's the bullseye!" when Bully's Special Prize was won, and also when a dart player threw £200/£150 on the Category Board)
- 21:00, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: probably not necessary to point this out, but it was the professional dart player whom Greeny would tell to "make these last three darts count")
- 20:57, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: well, there *were* eight red sectors on Bully's Prize Board (excluding the bullseye), and iiiiin all of them the prize could have been rubbish, like a cafetiere or a terrarium... ;))
- 20:45, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (Here's a catchphrase that Jim used some variation of just before the game began, from around 1992 onwards. As you can see, Dave's "throwers and knowers" wasn't *that* original... ;))
- 20:32, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (→Catchphrases: "It's a bullseye! And here's your host, Aaantaaan Deeec / Daaave Spiiikeeey / Vernon Kaaay!" ;))
- 20:19, 24 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Bullseye (I've properly grouped together the respective catchphrases spoken by Jim, Greeny and Dave - aside from Greeny's intro, which obviously opened the show and also changed depending on the host)
- 15:27, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Battlechefs (→Trivia: P&O *Cruises*, to distinguish from P&O *Ferries*, which among other things is under different ownership) (top)
- 15:00, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Index B (→Shows: fixed typo in "Lifestyle" for The Big Fish Off)
- 14:58, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) New Shows (→2022: fixed typo in "Lifestyle" for Bad Chefs)
- 14:57, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) New Shows (→2022: can't suppress my desire for consistency (no disrespect intended, of course)... clarified that Gwrach y Rhibyn and Loggerheads are regional-only shows)
- 14:46, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) New Shows Archive (→2015: fixed typo in "Lifestyle" for The Big Fish Off)
- 14:44, 23 September 2022 (hist) (diff) New Shows Archive (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", for consistency (which I can't help but be a stickler for... ;)) and to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 00:27, 12 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Cuibhlichean an Fhortain (I can't say I've watched this show - but I can certainly translate the title ;))
- 00:16, 12 September 2022 (hist) (diff) Index C (Changed all instances of "Action/adventure" to "Action and adventure", again to match the name of the corresponding category)
- 23:59, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: full agreement with Thomas. If by chance I'm coming across as being a bit obnoxious here, it's not intended :))
- 23:40, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: just seen Thomas's edits)
- 23:29, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: talking about The Voice UK again, but this time about the presenters and how they should be styled)
- 22:54, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) The Voice UK (Sorry, Simon, but at this point I must disagree. IMO, "Presenter X (yr1-yr3) (and Co-Presenter A from yr1-yr2)" is the untidy way, while the other way is the tidy one. Will raise on the Staffers page)
- 21:33, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Recipe for success: the image is from the 1987 series, where they went back to the usual split-screen effect after just one series of "one team really above the other" malarkey)
- 21:15, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - September 2022: as regards UC, everything's separated out now)
- 20:28, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: finally, the Christmas series. Ten episodes in each series bar the first, which had only eight)
- 19:12, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: this probably doesn't matter - but I suppose they *have* been "BBC One" and "BBC Two", rather than "BBC1" and "BBC2", since 4 October 1997... ;))
- 18:59, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Here's the Professionals series. This infobox - to borrow a Wikipedia term - is getting pretty long, but I suppose that's inevitable for a 60-year-old show that's had so many spin-offs and specials ;))
- 18:36, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Here, then, is the Reunited series. I'm pretty sure this was always intended to be a one-off series, so I'd argue that there's no great need to say "in 1 series" here. Feel free to disagree, though :))
- 18:17, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (There was the Reunited series, there were five Professionals series, there have been eleven Christmas series so far (the last one under Lifted)... perhaps everything should be separated out here)
- 17:41, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (I've added the episode, series and special count for Lifted as of the end of the 2021-22 series. These can be updated at each series' end, and un-commented out if the production company changes again)
- 17:34, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: the 2019 Comic Relief special and the 2020 CIN special were under ITV Studios too, while the 2021 CIN special was under Lifted)
- 17:16, 11 September 2022 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: assuming "Universe Challenge" counts (why shouldn't it?), this was made by Grant Naylor rather than Granada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSoQJKyM8Sg&ab_channel=GreatApocryphator)
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