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Poll of the Year 2023 - RESULTS ARE IN!
Thanks for all your votes! They've been counted and the write up is now available, with all your usual witty comments and acute observations.
Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic turned everything upside down, and the world of game shows is no exception, so we now have a dedicated page to keep tabs on the shows affected. Do give us a shout if you know of something we've missed.
The 100 Most Popular Game Shows
One question you almost certainly haven't been asking yourself is "What are the 100 most popular articles on this site?". Well, tough, because we have and you can see the result of our Greatest Game Shows - now updated for 2022 and ranging from stalwarts like The Crystal Maze and Interceptor to, er, Man O Man. Who knew?
While UKGameshows.com is (even if we say so ourselves) the most comprehensive guide to the genre anywhere on - or off - the web, with over 2100 programmes already in our database it is inevitable that even we're stumped sometimes. So we're asking for your help. A number of our "most wanted" shows are now listed here and a team of volunteers is standing by, waiting to add your contributions to our compendium of game show knowledge. Go on, help us out. It's what Mumsy would want.
In the pipeline
Scotland's Home of the Year Christmas special: BBC1 Scotland, 16 December
QI Christmas special: BBC2, 17 December
Popmaster TV Christmas special: More4, 17 December
Never Mind the Buzzcocks Christmas special: Sky Max, 18 December
Wales' Home of the Year Christmas Special: BBC1 Wales, 19 December
The Great Celebrity Sewing Bee: BBC One, 19 December
World's Strongest Man 2024: Channel 5, 21 December
The Chase Christmas specials: ITV, 22 and 25 December
Bullseye Christmas special: ITV, 22 December
Pictionary Christmas specials: ITV, 23 and 26 December
Festive House of Games: BBC Two, 23 December
Celebrity Mastermind 2024-25: BBC Two, 23 December
Only Connect Christmas/New Year series: BBC Two, 23 December
University Challenge Christmas 2024 series: BBC Two, 23 December
Would I Lie to You? Christmas special: BBC One, 23 December
The Big Quiz: ITV, 23 December
The Great Christmas Bake Off: Channel 4, 24 December
Dubhlain DIY Christmas special: BBC Alba, 24 December
Weakest Link Christmas special: BBC One, 25 December
Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special: BBC One, 25 December
One Person Found This Helpful Christmas special: Radio 4, 25 December
The Piano at Christmas: Channel 4, 25 December
The Masked Singer Christmas special: ITV, 26 December
Blankety Blank Christmas special: BBC One, 26 December
The 1% Club Christmas special: ITV, 26 December
The Festive Pottery Throwdown: Channel 4, 26 December
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year: Channel 4, 27 December
Wheel of Fortune Christmas special: ITV, 28 December
Counterpoint 2025: Radio 4, 29 December
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Christmas special: ITV, 29 December
Taskmaster's New Year Treat: 29 December
Gladiators Celebrity special: BBC One, 1 January 2025
The Traitors series 3: BBC One, 1 January
Am Dro! Selebs: S4C, 1 January
Amour a Mynydd: S4C, 1 January
The News Quiz series 116: Radio 4, 3 January
The Great New Year Bake Off: Channel 4, 3 January
Have I Got Sport For You: BBC One, 3 January
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown new episodes: Channel 4, 3 January
Wheel of Fortune series 2: ITV, 4 January
The Masked Singer series 6: ITV, 4 January
Limitless Win series 4: ITV, 4 January
The Great Pottery Throw Down series 8: Channel 4, 5 January
Celebrity Hunted series 6: Channel 4, 5 January
Pictionary: ITV, 6 January
Lingo series 4: ITV, 6 January
Junior Bake Off series 10: Channel 4, 6 January
Popmaster TV series 3: More4, 7 January
Dragons' Den series 22: BBC One, 9 January
A League of Their Own series 19: Sky Max, 9 January
Would I Lie to You? series 18: BBC One, 10 January
Dancing on Ice series 17: ITV, 12 January
Love Island All-Stars: ITV2, 13 January
Beat the Chasers: ITV, 16 January
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Chris Tarrant is retiring from showbiz after more than 50 years in the limelight. From his early days as a newsreader on ATV Today, he quickly moved to Saturday mornings entertaining children on Tiswas, and spent over 20 years on Capital Radio. Chris hosted a number of game shows including Everybody's Equal and Man O Man; we wrote a two-part profile. His career highlight is the ground breaking Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
Gregg Wallace is to step away from presenting Masterchef while allegations of historical misconduct are investigated. Reports of inappropriate sexual comments had been made by people who worked with him between 2005 and 2022. Episodes of Masterchef The Professionals that have already been recorded will transmit as planned.
ITV have announced that Big Brother will be having a third civilian series alongside a second celebrity series. Both series will air in 2025, which is also the year that the show itself will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in the UK.
The BBC has commissioned a third series of The Finish Line after the success of the second series, which had a run of 30 episodes. Series three will also have 30 episodes and will air in 2025. Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene will again return as hosts.
ITV have signed Freddie Flintoff to host a Christmas special of Bullseye. If the special does well, then a full series could be commissioned. The original version ran between 1981 and 1995 with Jim Bowen in charge. A revival hosted by Dave Spikey for game show channel Challenge was made in 2006 but wasn't as popular as the original and only ran for one series.
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