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- 18:06, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: only 12 and 37 were drawn in this episode, but Rachel did indeed outdo Bevins and Davies by easily spotting 37 x (5 + 3) = 296 ;))
- 17:53, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: also, Rachel got to make the selections in these numbers games instead of Bevins and Davies ;))
- 17:46, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: there was actually another special episode, later in 2010, in which 12, 37, 62 and 87 were the "large" numbers instead of 25, 50, 75 and 100. I'll get to that one in a bit)
- 17:15, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: clarified that Bevins and Davies were, at the time, the two most recent series champs)
- 17:09, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (Bevins v Davies officially *wasn't* episode 4999 - it did immediately follow episode 4998, but it was the 26th episode in the separate "special" sequence. The official episode 4999 aired a week later)
- 02:39, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: may as well point out too what colours the tiles were on Calendar Countdown)
- 01:15, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: the end of 1990 saw the start of the fifth Championship of Champions (preceding series 21 proper), and with it, the introduction of the letter tile font that is still used today)
- 01:05, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (Probably worth pointing out the rather thick font that was used on the letter tiles in series 19 and 20 - here it is in action in an early series 20 ep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AJFXjgZfBA)
- 00:45, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: obviously, the white-on-blue scheme returned permanently at the start of series 19)
- 00:32, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: added Dr Yoga's full name for completeness)
- 00:30, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (According to the Countdown Wiki, several S18 contestants - not just Dr Yoga - were no longer available, so one assumes it wasn't just the finals that had to be broadcast with the problem tiles...)
- 00:14, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (Here's an S18 ep with blue tiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiYcM3y1FGM. Going by the font, they are the tiles that were used from S11 to S17 - good thing YTV held on to them, then)
- 23:51, 24 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: so what colours were the letter and number tiles in the first 17 series? Yellow on grey the first 10; white on blue thereafter. Also pointed out the years as appropriate)
- 23:33, 24 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: ...and they didn't merely try to introduce it, did they, they actually *did* introduce it. Contestants disliked it, viewers disliked it, Richard disliked it too...)
- 23:28, 24 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Game equipment: the "jazzed-up version of the 30-second vamp"... that was the so-called "extra intensity" version, wasn't it, which was introduced in January 1996 and didn't last the month?)
- 23:14, 24 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Index Y (Undo revision 99669 by Showells (Talk) Pourquoi?)
- 21:45, 23 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Walk the Line (Walk the Line was a singing show, and there is a Singing category... ;)) (top)
- 23:18, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ("But now on the UTV, who needs Dracula and Frankenstein when you've monster liar Cilla Battersby?" Sorry, but Julian Simmons *is* an absolute legend... ;) Anyway, here's the 1993 UTV logo) (top)
- 23:09, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:UTV1993.jpg (UTV logo used from 1993 to 2000) (top)
- 22:48, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (Here's the "telly on a stick", which was introduced for Ulster Television's 21st anniversary in 1980 and - for whatever reason - lasted until pretty close to the station's *30th* anniversary)
- 22:40, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:UlsterTV1980.jpg (Ulster Television's "telly on a stick", introduced for the station's 21st anniversary in 1980 and used until 1988) (top)
- 21:26, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Gutted (The Wayback Machine is a godsend ;)) (top)
- 18:28, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (The 1989 Ulster Television "oscilloscope" ident again, but with everything more centred (both horizontally and vertically). Also at 130px, as 100px is perhaps a little *too* small)
- 18:19, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:UlsterTV1989.jpg (Ulster Television's final "oscilloscope" ident, used from January 1989 to June 1993) (top)
- 04:08, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Great Wall of Comedy ("Title Music" -> "Theme music", for purposes of consistency) (top)
- 04:07, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Great Wall of Comedy (Why delete the official site when it has been archived by the good ol' Wayback Machine? ;))
- 03:53, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (COVID-19 effectively brought about the end of the UTV brand except for local programming - meaning, of course, the station is now ITV1 like in England, Wales, southern Scotland and the Channel Islands)
- 03:22, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (And what about its radio business? It belongs to the Murdochs now)
- 03:20, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (Included in the sale of the TV business were the unsuccessful ROI-only channel UTV Ireland (later passed on to what is now Virgin Media Ireland, and hence now VM3), as well as the UTV brand itself)
- 03:09, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (Pointed out the date on which the sale of UTV's TV business to ITV plc was confirmed (completion didn't occur until the following February, but that's probably neither here nor there for this site))
- 02:54, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (ITV plc only bought UTV's television business in 2015. Over the previous decade-and-a-half, UTV developed a media empire, which included Talksport and other radio stations in Britain and Ireland)
- 02:11, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (Julian Simmons: "But now on the UTV, as Jack Duckworth moves out, what is he gonna do with big Vera's ashes? It's Coronation Street." Pointed out the date on which UTV became the official name)
- 01:57, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions (Pointed out the date on which Ulster Television - as it was officially called for its first 34 years - began broadcasting)
- 01:42, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Freeze Out (→Videos: no disrespect intended... but I'm not sure a caption with a reference to *that* song from *that* Disney film works well. The many times Durders said "slide on", on the other hand... ;))
- 01:19, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Triple Brew Media Productions (Logo reduced to 130px. I've made the same change to a number of other production company category pages, as I think that 150px is just a little *too* big. Could change my mind, of course... ;)) (top)
- 00:56, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:South Shore Productions (Logo reduced to 130px, as I've come to realise that 150px might be just a little *too* big. Could change my mind in the future, though... ;) The seagulls above the 'u' can still be made out) (top)
- 00:47, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Love Productions (Logo reduced to 130px. With respect where it's due, I think 150px is a little *too* big, while 100px might be a little *too* small. I'm well capable of changing my mind, though... ;)) (top)
- 00:44, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Lifted Entertainment Productions (Logo reduced to 130px. With no disrespect intended, I think 150px is a little *too* big, while 100px might be a little *too* small. Might change my mind, of course... ;)) (top)
- 00:36, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Gallowgate Productions (Logo reduced to 130px. There is a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px, no question about that - but with respect where it's due, I think 150px is a little *too* big) (top)
- 00:32, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Possessed Productions (Logo reduced to 130px. There is certainly a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px - but with all due respect, I think 150px is just a little *too* big) (top)
- 00:27, 15 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions (Dooo, dooo, do-do-dooo, do-do-doooooo... Here's TVS's first ident again, but larger and 4:3 rather than square)
- 00:20, 15 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:TVS1982.jpg (TVS's first ident, used from January 1982 to September 1987) (top)
- 00:17, 15 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions (While there is certainly a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px, I think - with respect where it's due - that 150px is just a little *too* big. So how about 130px?)
- 23:48, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Border Productions (Here's Border's blue ident used from 1971 to 1989 - probably the station's most famous ident, thanks to it being resolutely static (like Granada's ident of the period) and also, of course, to Mr & Mrs) (top)
- 23:40, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:BorderTV1971.jpg (Border Television's blue ident used from 1971 to 1989) (top)
- 23:24, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Border Productions (While there is certainly a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px, I think - with all due respect - that 150px is just a little *too* big. So how about 130px?)
- 23:20, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Southern Productions (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
- 23:19, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TWW Productions (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
- 23:18, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Westward Productions (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
- 23:17, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
- 23:15, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Studio Lambert Productions (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
- 23:14, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:ATV Productions (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
- 23:13, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TSW Productions (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
- 23:10, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:ABC Productions (150px is, IMO, a little *too* big... but I see that 125px makes a bit of a mess of how the definition text is laid out next to the logo, at least on my laptop. How about 130px, then?) (top)
- 23:02, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Southern Productions (While there *is* a case for making the logos in these category pages bigger than 100px, I think - with respect where it's due - that 150px is a little *too* big. So how about going halfway with 125px?)
- 22:58, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TWW Productions (While there is certainly a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px, I think - with respect - that 150px is just a little *too* big. So how about 125px, the midpoint?)
- 22:55, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Westward Productions (While there *is* a case for making the logos in these category pages bigger than 100px, I think - with all due respect - that 150px is just a little *too* big. So how about 125px, the halfway house?)
- 22:47, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions (There *is* a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px... but with all due respect, I think 150px is just a little *too* big. So how about going in the middle with 125px?)
- 22:45, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Studio Lambert Productions (There's certainly a case for making the logos in these category pages bigger than 100px... but with all due respect, I think 150px is just a little *too* big. So how about the midpoint, 125px?)
- 22:41, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:ATV Productions (There *is* a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px... but with respect where it's due, I think 150px is a little *too* big. So how about going halfway with 125px?)
- 22:37, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TSW Productions (There's certainly a case for making the logos in these category pages bigger than 100px... but with respect, I think 150px might be just a little *too* big. So how about 125px, the halfway house?)
- 01:19, 7 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Being pedantic here, but it's plain Peterhouse - no "College" afterwards ;))
- 01:06, 7 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (Hey, the Christmas champions haven't been recorded yet... Since famous people take part and there's no trophy, I've pointed out the members of each team (only three of whom have UKGS profiles, AFAIK))
- 14:10, 3 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge ("Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 1979 (trophy presented by Stephen Fry)". May I pluralise "trophy" here, since each member of the team got one, as opposed to them all having to share one?)
- 14:05, 3 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (The resolution isn't perfect - hence I've set the height at 450px - but here is a picture of the Sidney Sussex team. Taken from Sean Blanchflower's site; I assume he took it from elsewhere)
- 13:50, 3 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:SidneySussexReunited.jpg (The Sidney Sussex, Cambridge team of 1979, champions of University Challenge Reunited in 2002, with Jeremy Paxman and Stephen Fry (who presented the trophies). Left to right: Nicholas Graham, David Lidington, Paxman, Fry, John Adams, John Gilmore.) (top)
- 13:31, 3 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Into the 21st century: Sidney Sussex beat Somerville 390-90, and Keele 375-185 - who can say they *didn't* deserve the "champion of champions" title?)
- 13:20, 3 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Into the 21st century: it *was* pleasing that most of the contestants had gone on to high things, and not so pleasing that only the four highest-scoring teams continued in the competition)
- 13:15, 3 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Into the 21st century: obviously, the teams were competing to become the "champion of champions", but that's not all that happened ;))
- 13:03, 3 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Into the 21st century: the Reunited series was, of course, done to celebrate the show's ruby anniversary. Also pointed out how many teams took part in it, including how many series champions)
- 20:43, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Strictly Come Dancing (Here are the 2023 participants. One *has* to point out Les Dennis's most famous show; same with Annabel Croft; and is it OK to point out who Bobby Brazier's mother is?)
- 19:42, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Bill Bailey (→Shows: Bill wasn't *merely* a participant on Strictly, of course... ;) And without intending to be ageist, it's not unlikely that he'll remain the oldest champ for a while yet)
- 19:07, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Index G (→People: I've just created Krishnan Guru-Murthy's profile ;))
- 19:05, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Number One (Krish now has his own UKGS profile thanks to Strictly ;)) (top)
- 19:04, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N Krishnan Guru-Murthy (Krish hasn't presented a game show since Number One, 22 (twenty-two!!) years ago - but he does now qualify for a UKGS profile thanks to Strictly ;)) (top)
- 18:57, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:KrishnanGuruMurthy.jpg (top)
- 16:41, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Into the 21st century: the 2000-04 reddy-brown set *was* very nice, though. The 2004-13 blue-and-purple set was probably a step sideways, though it lasted over twice as long)
- 16:32, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge ("We're can't say we're fans of the new music." Twenty-odd years on, the BBC Media Centre describes it as "perfect", and the Balanescu Quartet must have made a fair amount of dough...)
- 16:19, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (No-one says "the year" 2000 any more, do they? Especially now that - shudder - we're nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century)
- 14:41, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Gift Wrapped (Amazingly, VMTV is *still* repeating Gift Wrapped nearly ten years later (why not The 21st Question in that case?). Does mean, though, that one can add the format developers and the music composer ;))
- 13:40, 2 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Index G (Wasn't Gift Wrapped just a general knowledge quiz? The couples on it were all engaged, of course, while Eamonn and Ruth were already husband and wife - but there was no actual dating, AFAIK)
- 15:08, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (The "slave" answer, too - but could a case be made that this *wasn't* a cockup? It *did* score zero, but it got next to no laughs compared to "squirrel", or any of Charlie's bizarre answers) (top)
- 14:23, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": the other "squirrel" answer was in that episode, too. Bit of a shame the question asked for "an animal", rather than the more broad "something"... ;))
- 13:53, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (Charlie gave "Sooty" when playing for control of the board; his opponent - no more familiar with Mr Enfield - then gave a bizarre answer of her own. Les: "Harry, I hope you're watching, mate..." ;))
- 13:37, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (And what do you want to know, Charlie gave the "Sooty" answer too. *Three* bizarre answers; *surely* he deserves to stand on the same pedestal as Bob "Turkey" Johnson... ;) ;))
- 13:21, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": Les: "We're back to Red Riding Hood again!" xD ;))
- 13:10, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": Charlie: "Porridge." Les: "We've had that as well. So was Goldilocks, I think." It doesn't end there... ;))
- 13:00, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": I *have* seen the Red Riding Hood one, though, which is from 1997. God bless you, Charlie Santer... ;))
- 12:40, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (Haven't yet seen the "fish" one either, but that card game is of course *Go* Fish, which of course is two words. Might revisit this one if I come across it on Challenge, or indeed YouTube)
- 12:16, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": stopped "Tin Man" from being rendered in bold, and also italicised and hyphenated "The X-Files". Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-dooooooooo... ;))
- 12:03, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": that's Sooty the bear, right? So no italics required there. Haven't seen this one yet, but I assume the contestant had the wrong Harry in mind... ;))
- 11:57, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": some alphabetical re-ordering (disregarding definite and indefinite articles, i.e. "the" and "a"))
- 11:44, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": italicised "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Doo-do-do-dooooo, doo-do-dooooo, doo-do-do-dooooo, doo-do-do-do-do... ;))
- 11:39, 30 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": from a 2001 episode repeated on Challenge just now. Les: "I'm gonna go down there and look for some nuts..." ;))
- 12:51, 11 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": the same contestant also confused Stan and Ollie with Charlie Chaplin... I'd like to think she enjoyed the experience all the same ;))
- 12:42, 11 September 2023 (hist) (diff) Family Fortunes Cockups (→"We asked 100 people to name...": this was on Challenge just now. When this contestant's family had the chance to steal, Les suggested "tiger" ;))
- 21:36, 5 July 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown (→Champions: a week since the Series 87 final, so time to add the latest champ... ;) Adding the Series 88 winner, which I assume will be around Christmas time, will be much more straightforward ;))
- 21:16, 5 July 2023 (hist) (diff) News Archive (With the very greatest of respect, it *does* pay to press the "Show preview" button, read over what you've typed, and change it if you're not satisfied - all *before* you press the "Save page" button)
- 21:11, 5 July 2023 (hist) (diff) News Archive (...Let's start that again, shall we?)
- 00:40, 5 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (AFAIK, Jeremy Kyle (spit, spit, spit) seldom took a break, and the same with Trisha - even when kids were off school for the summer, she'd be on at 9:25)
- 00:25, 5 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (Trisha's show was very similar to Vanessa's - indeed it could be considered a continuation, as both were made by Anglia in Norwich)
- 23:51, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (...because the 'Sweep was the only one of the remaining 9:25 games to survive. (Of course, Win, Lose or Draw came back six years later, but in a much ruder form and at a time closer to 9:25 at night))
- 23:39, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (Vanessa's show not only replaced the 'Sweep et al, but also The Time, The Place, which was somewhat less trashy a talk show. Perhaps appropriate that a repeat of the 'Sweep should close this era...)
- 23:33, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (I *do* love Vanessa, but even she can't deny how American her talk show was in style - and no-one can deny that it was cheaper than the 9:25 games, in more ways than one)
- 20:59, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (Take two... I've mentioned TV-am, and I've mentioned Thames, so I may as well mention that both had left the network come 1995. Of course, Carlton owned Central by then as well)
- 20:43, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (Undo revision 97859 by Deselmes (Talk) Shit, hit the wrong button before I finished that edit summary...)
- 20:42, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (I've mentioned Thames and TV-am, so I may as well mention that by 1995 they had gonbe)
- 20:41, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (...because the ITV Network Centre was a thing by then, and it almost certainly decided that there couldn't be more than one show from the same company at 9:25 - hence Crosswits moving)
- 20:33, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (Chain Letters came back in '95 after several years away, and displaced Crosswits to afternoons...)
- 20:29, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (So many shows in the earlier years, but by 1995 there were just three - one made by a "Big Five" company, and another by a fairly major company that, of course, also made Wheel of Fortune and Taggart)
- 20:12, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (...and it *is* true that many of the 9:25 shows were made by the smaller ITV companies. One of them was even an Ulster show, when that company hardly ventured across the Irish Sea...)
- 20:08, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (Well, it *is* true that, until the early '90s, the ITV schedules were dominated by the various companies from London, the Midlands and the North of England...)
- 19:42, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (Well, why *not* point out what this cheep 'n' cheerful tat encompassed? I mention Pictionary, because that's what Win, Lose or Draw essentially was... ;))
- 19:25, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (7 September '87 was, of course, when ITV introduced its new morning schedule, which also included The Time, The Place (remember that?). This Morning followed just over a year later)
- 19:09, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (This bit may seem both complicated and irrelevant, but it explains how the 9:25 time (time, that is, not slot) came to be. Jeff Wayne's Good Morning Britain theme playing in my head as I type it... ;))
- 18:44, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) ITV's 9.25 shows (So how, exactly, did the 9:25 slot come about? Here begins a history lesson. ;) 16 October 1972 was also the day on which Emmerdale Farm (as was) first aired, which wasn't a coincidence... ;))
- 16:43, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) A League of Their Own (→Trivia: good thing the 'Pedia has a pretty comprehensive list of ALOTO episodes, including the guests and scores in each one - and the original air dates too ;))
- 16:34, 4 July 2023 (hist) (diff) A League of Their Own (→Trivia: "On Series 3, Episode 3..." This may be my Asperger's talking, but that feels a bit *too* formal, especially capitalising both "series" and "episode")
- 04:29, 1 July 2023 (hist) (diff) Weaver's Week 2023-06-11 (→Ireland's Smartest: if it's all right with Weaver, clarified that the series ended on 4 June, with no extra episodes since) (top)
- 21:32, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (→Key moments: after watching It'll Be Alright on the Night 11 on YouTube, and seeing the AWT outtake, here's a little bit more detail :))
- 14:51, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (Scottish made 14 series, didn't they? One Nicky/Angela, five Nicky/Carol, two Nicky/Jenny, one Bradley/Jenny, three John/Jenny (one primetime, two daytime), one John/Terri, and one Paul/Terri)
- 14:12, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (Losing contestants also took home any prizes they had won for solving puzzles, of course. Possible to win four prizes and still not make the final, in fact, because you didn't have the most points...)
- 14:02, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Synopsis: another screenshot, this time of an as-yet unsolved puzzle in the main game whose answer should be clear as crystal... ;) ;))
- 13:49, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:WoFPuzzle.jpg (An as-yet unsolved Wheel of Fortune puzzle. The answer should be clear as crystal, though... *wink, wink*) (top)
- 03:02, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Synopsis: here's a screenshot of a contestant facing the final puzzle, and struggling to solve it - he ultimately failed - after none of the letters he chose were in the famous person's surname)
- 02:52, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:WoFFinal.jpg (A contestant tries to solve the final puzzle on Wheel of Fortune in 2000 (the answer was David Hockney)) (top)
- 02:40, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Synopsis: the contestant had 15 seconds to solve the final puzzle, of course, after the letters they had chosen had been put into it)
- 01:22, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Synopsis: the consolation prize for losing contestants was always a watch - and in some series, they received the handheld electronic game too)
- 00:57, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (The last round could be a speed round in its entirety or partly, or not at all - it depended on how much time there was left. The host always gave the wheel one final spin at this point, of course)
- 00:40, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Synopsis: and here's what landing on "Free Spin" meant. Happened more often than not that a contestant earned a "Free Spin" token, then forgot to play it when the opportunity was there...)
- 00:32, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (I take it trying to buy a vowel that wasn't there ended your turn too. And of course, you could land on "Bankrupt" and lose your points, but then get another turn and get some of those points back ;))
- 00:16, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Synopsis: "Can I buy a vowel, please? E for Edward." A vowel always cost 250 points per instance)
- 00:06, 29 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Synopsis: "400." "T for Tommy." "Two of them, that's 800 points." Just clarifying things; if by chance I'm turning this into "Wheel of Fortune for Dummies" it's not intended... ;))
- 23:41, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) ("You can't spin the wheel until you've answered a question", Bruce Forsyth might have said. ;) From the fourth series (1992) onwards, one question on the buzzer determined who spun first in the round)
- 23:30, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) ("This puzzle has X words, and they make up a well-known phrase / singer and song / actor and film etc." Most series, the host said this - but Angela did it in the first, and Terri did it in the last)
- 23:18, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (→Synopsis: no images of the true star of the show, the wheel itself? Better put that right... ;) Here it is in its second form, the rainbow one from 1994 to 2000 - which, IMO, was the best one)
- 23:13, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) File:WoFWheel2nd.jpg (On second thoughts, "guise" probably isn't the right word... "form" might be better) (top)
- 23:06, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:WoFWheel2nd.jpg (The Wheel of Fortune wheel in its second guise, from 1994 to 2000)
- 23:03, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wheel of Fortune (2) (Starting a rewrite of the format of the game by clarifying how many contestants took part, and describing the wheel itself (spare a thought for the "Free Spin" segment...))
- 12:34, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grampian Productions (Pointed out the precise date on which Grampian was rebranded on-air as STV; also pointed out that Scottish TV was so rebranded at the same time)
- 11:35, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:STV Productions (Finally, SMG became STV Group in 2008, after it sold off most of its non-television interests (it held on to Pearl & Dean before finally selling it off in 2010))
- 10:49, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:STV Productions (Although Scottish and Grampian were rebranded on-air as STV in 2006, the two companies retain separate licences - and this is reflected in their respective legal names)
- 10:35, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:STV Productions (Scottish TV survived all the ITV franchise rounds, then established SMG to acquire not only Grampian and Ginger Productions but also Pearl & Dean and a number of Glasgow newspapers (since sold off))
- 10:15, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:STV Productions (...the more rural northern and southern parts of the country being served by Grampian and Border respectively, which both took to the air a full four years after Scottish TV)
- 10:11, 28 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:STV Productions (As per all the other ITV companies, pointed out the date on which Scottish TV began broadcasting. Up until it took over Grampian, it only served the mainly urban Central Scotland...)
- 16:51, 27 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:ABC Productions (Pointed out the date on which ABC ceased broadcasting to the Midlands and the North of England; also pointed out that Thames - of which ABC had majority control - began broadcasting two days later)
- 16:38, 27 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:ABC Productions (How ABC came to merge with Rediffusion to form Thames requires *some* explanation of the 1967 ITV franchise round)
- 16:08, 27 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:ABC Productions (Pointed out that ABC was one of the original four ITV companies; also pointed out the respective dates on which it began broadcasting to the Midlands and the North of England)
- 10:41, 25 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Index N (→Shows: Not a Cross Word aired only in Scotland, by the looks of things. Indeed its host, Cliff Hanley, was Glaswegian)
- 10:38, 25 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Not a Cross Word (Digging further, looks like this was only shown in Scotland, with Songs of Praise airing in the rest of the UK at the same time. Indeed, Cliff Hanley was Glaswegian) (top)
- 10:14, 25 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Not a Cross Word (→Broadcast: clarified that there were only six episodes. Thanks once again, BBC Genome ;))
- 09:36, 25 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:BBC Birmingham Productions ("BBC Pebble Mill" (after the studios, of course) gave way to "BBC Birmingham" in the October '97 makeover of the Beeb, didn't it? Just as "BBC North" gave way to "BBC Manchester" at the same time) (top)
- 09:05, 25 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's Telly Years (The video is 665px in width, because any narrower and the unattractive black bars at the top and bottom will be bigger. Again, doesn't help much that it's a 4:3 show within a 16:9 upload)
- 08:49, 25 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (The video is 500px in width, because any narrower and the picture shrinks when not watching in full-screen mode on this page, with unattractive black bars popping up at the top and bottom)
- 05:04, 22 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Z for Fake (As per the Trivia, this was Victor Lewis-Smith's Associated-Rediffusion, rather than the ITV London weekday franchisee of the '50s and '60s. The Rediffusion category should only concern the latter ;))
- 12:34, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (→Biography: changed "media" to "broadcasting" following a reconsideration) (top)
- 12:32, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (When Eamonn Andrews died, Aspel believed TIYL would die with him - and he also initially ruled himself out of the running to replace Andrews. See: http://www.bigredbook.info/michael_aspel_feature.html)
- 11:11, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (Watch this brilliant, brilliant video, and you'll see just why the ITV Telethons are slagged off to this day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0hc-n61WA0&ab_channel=BobtheFishProductions)
- 11:07, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (The ITV Telethons of '88, '90 and '92 deserve their less-than-sparkling reputations - but Aspel really can't be faulted for his hosting of all three of them, and in fact he deserves some kudos for it)
- 10:56, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (→Biography: Aspel did the Antiques Roadshow for eight years - has Fiona Bruce already been doing it nearly twice as long? And, of course, he succeeded the great Hugh Scully)
- 10:50, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (Aspel presented This Is Your Life for fifteen years - on ITV from 1988 to 1994, and then on the Beeb until it ended in 2003. And, lest we forget, Eamonn Andrews surprised him in 1980 ;))
- 09:56, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (→Biography: clarified that he was a BBC newsreader - ITN was around in those days too, of course - and pointed out two of his colleagues, one of whom has a UKGS profile of his own ;))
- 09:31, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Michael Aspel (→Biography: Aspel turned 90 in January, so I thought I'd expand his biog a bit. He is, of course, one of the more famous WW2 evacuees)
- 09:01, 21 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Wawffactor (→Web links: diolch i'r nefoedd am y Wayback Machine ;)) (top)
- 16:46, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Remember the big, turning golden "RG" at the end of GFG, Keynotes, Celeb Squares Mk 2, and other Grundy shows up to around spring 1997? Not ashamed to say it's one of my fave logos - and here it is ;))
- 16:36, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:SquareRG.jpg (The golden "RG" logo used by Grundy's international arms (British, American etc.) from 1987 to 1997) (top)
- 16:28, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Reg therefore outlived his company *and* his brand, though I'm sure he didn't mind too much. Quoting Weaver in 2016, "he had the privilege of picking his work". Here's his impressive lifespan)
- 16:19, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (If the 'Pedia is right, then it was 2013 when the German and Italian arms became UFA Show & Factual and Fremantle Italia respectively, and the Grundy brand was finally retired)
- 16:03, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (...and at once the British arm's remaining shows - Fort Boyard Mk 1, Lily Savage's 'Blank, and Night Fever - became Thames productions, while the Grundy name lived on at the end of Neighbours till '06)
- 15:54, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Grundy, Thames, and Pearson's other television assets became parts of FremantleMedia in 2001 (and, of course, the "Media" was dropped seventeen years later)...)
- 15:38, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (PYCR Mk 2, Bruce's Price is Right and Supermarket Sweep all became Grundy productions in 1999, having been Talbot / Fremantle (UK) productions before then)
- 15:25, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Grundy's British arm specialised in game shows, of course - I believe GFG was its first show, and did it produce any other non-game shows besides the BBC's How Do They Do That? in the mid '90s?)
- 15:19, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (The Pearson *conglomerate*, because in 1995 it had a fair few publishing interests, including Longman Books (which it still owns) and the Financial Times. And it owned Thames by then, of course)
- 15:14, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Grundy Productions (Quite a bit to say about Grundy, I think... First, I believe Reg had grown it into the world's largest independent production company when he sold it to Pearson)
- 14:01, 20 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (The late, great Victor Lewis-Smith ripped into this show, and Cheggers, in his Evening Standard column - probably the biggest bit of attention the show ever got. So, here's an extract... ;))
- 17:09, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Index T (A tiebreaker usually does take the form of a question - but not on Countdown. ;) (Not on PYCR either - though that show's TB was a whole three-card game, rather longer (usually) than other shows' TBs))
- 16:07, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Harry Hill (Harry became HIGNFY's 126th guest host the Friday before last) (top)
- 16:00, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Index L (Converted "Live show" from italics to bold)
- 00:26, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (The credits also reveal that the show was recorded at BBC Television Centre (woo-hoo!), and that Olav Bjortomt and Jenny "The Vixen" Ryan verified the questions ;)) (top)
- 00:16, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (→Inventor: he was also one of two exec producers - Mark Wells was the other, for Granada)
- 00:14, 18 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (→Inventor: there are three episodes on YouTube, and watching these we see that Kevin Ball's credit was "executive producer & format creator" - the latter being a slightly unusual term, IMO)
- 23:41, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (→Broadcast: the show was produced by Granada in association with C*T*TV, which was Tarrant's own production company ;))
- 23:30, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) It's Not What You Know (1) (Here's the logo. Why was it done such that it appeared that the emphasis was on the "What", when surely it was supposed to be on the "You"? God only knows)
- 23:27, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:ItsNotWhatYouKnowLogo.jpg (The logo for It's Not What You Know (why it was done such that it appeared that the emphasis was on the "What" when surely it was supposed to be on the "You", heaven knows)) (top)
- 22:41, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's Telly Years (And here is a series 1 ep. Not much that can be done about it being a 4:3 show within a 16:9 upload, alas)
- 21:38, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's Telly Years (There are actually quite a few eps of NTY (er, yes) on YouTube - and from these, we now know that the show was made by Unique in association with the Beeb in Birmingham ;))
- 20:23, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Masterchef Goes Large (→Trivia: Elizabeth II's *Golden* Jubilee... wasn't that back in 2002?)
- 19:59, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (And we know who did the music, too. ;) We *don't* know who came up with the format, however - no such credit appears)
- 19:53, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (Now we know what year this aired, and what channel it was on... and also that Carlton were, in fact, not involved at all. Did Transmedia make any other game shows?)
- 19:47, 17 June 2023 (hist) (diff) The Heat is On (1) (YouTube, you've done it again... here's a full episode. ;) This was uploaded by one of the contestants, as seems to be so often the case with obscure shows)
- 17:29, 16 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: I feel that now is the time for me to make the biggest admission of all about myself)
- 18:18, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: time, I think, for me to state some observations (with no disrespect intended, of course) and admit a few more things about myself)
- 05:29, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: images of shows' logos again, but this time it's as regards the sizes at which they're displayed in the shows' corresponding articles)
- 04:59, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Future Food Stars (No offence intended but doesn't displaying the image of the show's logo at 400px perhaps make it a bit *too* big? Actually, another good thing to discuss - the ideal size for displaying such images ;))
- 04:42, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Pump it Up (Images of shows' logos can be positioned and displayed as desired without any obvious need for div tags. Unnecessary edit? Hey, people's mileages *do* vary - and in any case, I intend no offence ;))
- 04:32, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Five Guys a Week (If the image of the show's logo can be positioned and displayed as desired without div tags, then surely there's no need for these tags? Unless, of course, there *is* a need that isn't obvious...)
- 04:26, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Coach Trip (The image of the show's logo can be positioned and displayed as desired without div tags - so these tags are superfluous, right? Unless there *is* a need for them that's not obvious when editing...)
- 04:17, 14 June 2023 (hist) (diff) One and Six Zeros (Re-removed div tags from around the image of the show's logo. Sorry, folks, but if such images can be positioned and displayed as desired *without* these tags, then what need is there for these tags?)
- 19:22, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: C4 *was* set, not *were* set. Oopsie doodle... ;))
- 19:20, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: a new discussion on how long before we can declare a show to be dead, when the broadcaster of that show does not make public whether or not it has cancelled the show)
- 18:25, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) One and Six Zeros (TVZone: "We understand the show is unlikely to return." Five months later and, AFAIK, C4 is still silent. Actually, there's a good discussion to be had about when a show can be declared dead...)
- 17:10, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Hypothetical (Simon, Jennifer and everyone else, I'm not normally an attention seeker - but I do feel there's mileage left in the discussion on the Staffers page regarding div tags around images of show's logos...)
- 16:50, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Cooking With the Stars (Simon, buddy, I take no pleasure in saying this, but this is another of your legendary rushes of blood to the head... ITV confirmed a third series in April, and even announced the celebs then)
- 01:46, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: may I hasten to add...)
- 01:30, 13 June 2023 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers (→Edit queries - June 2023: me being a stickler for consistency once again, alas...)
- 22:49, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Can i Gymru (I added the logo at a time when I wasn't aware that <div> tags weren't necessary in this case... :)) (top)
- 22:11, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (Images of shows' logos don't need <div> tags, as it happens :))
- 22:08, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (I see what JT means about <div> tags not being needed for images of shows' logos... :))
- 21:58, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (→The Big Pork Pie: Noel's name and questions are italicised; "Victim" and their "no"s are not... I'd be more inclined to have all of these in upright text, with Noel's name and "Victim" in bold)
- 21:33, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (→The Big Pork Pie: the bits about all the other games (bar NTV, since that's the last game mentioned) end with "NEXT!" So, again, why shouldn't it be the same here? ;))
- 21:22, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (→Grab-a-Grand: all the other instances of "Next!" are in all caps - why shouldn't this one be the same? ;))
- 21:12, 12 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Noel's House Party (...Not much there, is there? Details of the S1 ep that was repeated on BBC4 last August (which isn't currently available to watch), and that's about it. So is it really worth linking to it at all?)
- 21:03, 11 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mental! - The Music Quiz (Well, *I* think this anyway - and I'm happy to be corrected. :) AFAIK, only Countdown and HIGNFY were still using such displays by 2003 - and HIGNFY still uses them today, though it isn't alone now ;)) (top)
- 18:50, 11 June 2023 (hist) (diff) University Challenge (→Broadcast: updated regular episode and series counts under Lifted. No Children in Need special last year; perhaps it was deemed not to be worth the expense)
- 18:36, 11 June 2023 (hist) (diff) TV Guide 2023-06-10 (Entertainment.ie said there'd be another Ireland's Smartest tonight; the RTÉ Player and my Virgin EPG said there'd be something with Nathan Carter. Turns out it was the latter two that were right...) (top)
- 00:46, 9 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Richard Osman (→Web links: here's Richard's Wikipedia entry, to go with his IMDb entry)
- 00:44, 9 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Richard Osman (→Trivia: clarified that while Richard was sitting in Colin's seat, Colin was sitting in Richard's, next to Susie. And pointed out the date that episode aired, because why not? ;))
- 23:20, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Well, the recommended style for year ranges within single calendar decades on That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver) *is* to use the last two digits, rather than just the last one, of the end year... ;))
- 23:13, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Co-hosts: Matt Chapman only announced and commentated on the first episode in 2018, of course, before the public basically told him "go back to horse racing")
- 23:04, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Co-hosts: the great Tony Gubba only stopped commentating when he passed away, of course. And didn't Simon Reed commentate on the full 2014 series?)
- 22:39, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Updated episode and series counts for Lifted, and added the date of the most recent episode (even though the show will almost certainly be back next year, despite everything that's gone on with Phil))
- 22:25, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: tidied the last sentence, so that the rest of that paragraph flows better into it)
- 22:02, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: and in fact it was the second time that series that the FA Cup - and, indeed, Liverpool FC - had gotten in the way, as Sam Matterface was needed to commentate on Pool's fourth-round match)
- 21:53, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: the 2022 final *might* have aired on 20 March as intended, had that Forest v Liverpool match not had a kick-off time of 6pm...)
- 21:27, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: well, despite the double standards, the 2022 series wasn't *quite* as beleaguered as the previous year's, because no celebs withdrew during it... ;))
- 21:18, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: further tidying up - including removing a duplicate link to Oti's article, and pointing out in which episode Arlene appeared on the panel)
- 21:02, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: tidied up as regards the double standards in the 2022 series, also clarifying that it was the semi-final that Holly missed and Phil presented alone)
- 01:52, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (Laura and Iain are now married - and they're parents too. ;) Also, a re-wording as regards her Eurovision involvement, following a reconsideration)
- 01:37, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (→Biography: and let's not forget her Eurovision involvement in 2014, or her Radio 5 show ;))
- 01:28, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (→Biography: yes, it really is *fifteen* years since Laura got her break. She presented ITV2's I'm a Celeb coverage for five series, and (of course) Love Island for three)
- 01:17, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (→Biography: ...and she's in pretty good company when it comes to female presenters who started out on MTV ;))
- 01:11, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Laura Whitmore (→Biography: actually, Laura's known for quite a few things at this stage, isn't she? MTV News was the first of those things...)
- 00:10, 8 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Comedians Giving Lectures (Undo revision 97271 by Showells (Talk) No disrespect, but IMO that kind of edit is one for which an explanation might just be necessary...)
- 23:58, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Peter Snow (→Trivia: Peter and Dan have, in fact, worked together on *two* history series for BBC2, both of which made extensive use of CGI. And, of course, Jon left Channel 4 News a year and a half ago) (top)
- 22:47, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Are You an Egghead? (→See also: this might be a better way of styling the links to Weaver's three reviews) (top)
- 22:38, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Are You an Egghead? (→Host: should it be "2008-9" or "2008-09"? Well, That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver) *does* favour the latter style... ;))
- 22:00, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Are You an Egghead? (→Web links: well, the question mark *was* part of AYAE's title... wasn't it????? ;))
- 18:15, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mike McClean (If anyone wants to order a copy of Mike's book... ;)) (top)
- 17:26, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mike McClean (→Trivia: may I add who Brent was dressed up as, too? ;))
- 17:23, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mike McClean (→Trivia: Bubble was in BB2, of course (shit, 22 years ago now...). And Howard's last televised Halifax ad was, I believe, just before the 2008 crash... so perhaps it's time to add his surname ;))
- 17:13, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Mike McClean (→Trivia: well, why not add links to the Blind Date and Big Brother articles when it's possible...? ;))
- 16:58, 7 June 2023 (hist) (diff) TV Guide 2023-06-03 (No, there *were* six heats, and the final *was* this past Sunday. I've watched all ten episodes, and kept stats. And the champion thoroughly deserved the accolade) (top)
- 01:42, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) All Star Musicals (→Broadcast: the regular episode in 2021 aired on 21 March of that year. Would have aired on the 28th, of course, but for DOI's troubles) (top)
- 01:33, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Clarified that the 2021 series was reduced from ten episodes to eight. Also pointed out dates as appropriate, plus the title of the clip show that aired in place of the first scrapped episode)
- 01:03, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (Having clarified that five celebs in all withdrew during the 2021 series, I shall now clarify that across all the previous series just three celebs had had to make mid-series withdrawals ;))
- 00:45, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: clarified, too, that five celebs in all had to withdraw during that 2021 series (while still pointing out which ones were injured and which ones tested positive for Covid))
- 00:31, 2 June 2023 (hist) (diff) Dancing on Ice (→Trivia: clarified that the show lost its *live* audience - i.e. the one in the arena, as opposed to the viewers at home - when Covid struck)
- 22:10, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (The show's logo hardly sat still, but here it is nonetheless ;))
- 22:08, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:NationalLotteryOnTheSpot.jpg (The logo for The National Lottery On the Spot) (top)
- 19:18, 1 June 2023 (hist) (diff) On the Spot (1) (→Co-hosts: six and a half years since the draws left BBC1, but Deadly's still the Voice of the Balls - and this was his credit here too ;))
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