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• 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...) (top)
• 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...) (top)
• 22:29, 12 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Index K ‎ (→People: hang on, Alex Kramer has had a UKGS profile all along? I make no secret of the fact that I'm a bit of a fan of hers, and have been ever since she did Make Your Play all those years ago) (top)
• 21:37, 12 March 2025 (hist) (diff) UKGameshows:Staffers ‎ (→Edit queries - March 2025: a big thank you and an apology to SH)
• 14:06, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Eye 2 Eye ‎ (I mention TW and The Bill, because (1) they were Thursday 8pm fixtures in '90, and (2) at this time C4's shows were still alternatives to BBC1's and ITV's offerings, rather than competitors like today) (top)
• 13:48, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Eye 2 Eye ‎ (Where would we be without Newspapers.com? ;) For the record, Christmas Day fell on a Tuesday in '90)
• 13:39, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Eye 2 Eye ‎ (→Broadcast: five episodes was all this ran for, the first four on Thursdays and the fifth on the Friday after Christmas Day)
• 01:03, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Caught in the Act ‎ (Even the logo - and the accompanying title sequence - weren't original ideas...) (top)
• 01:01, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N File:CaughtInTheActLogo.jpg ‎ (The logo for Caught in the Act. If this show ripped off You've Been Framed!, this logo - and the accompanying title sequence - ripped off 20th Century Fox) (top)
• 00:48, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Caught in the Act ‎ (The music composer's name can still be disclosed, can't it? ;) I'm taking it that Simon Etchell hadn't become Action Time's go-to composer just yet)
• 00:42, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Caught in the Act ‎ (I'm going to assume, too, that David B wasn't lying here. Of course, most people only had four channels in '92 - and the only real competition was Gardeners' World and the sitcom Second Thoughts)
• 00:29, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Caught in the Act ‎ (Again, this is assuming that every episode aired. These days, of course, a show like this would be pulled after three or four eps, and the remainder burned off or locked away permanently in a vault...)
• 00:21, 10 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Caught in the Act ‎ (I make it twelve episodes that were made, all airing on Fridays at 8:30pm. Unless two never made it to air for whatever reason?)
• 23:33, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Lucky Ladders ‎ (It was, of course, the original American show that Bob Stewart created. ;) Incidentally, Basada Inc's name was derived from those of Stewart's three sons (Barry, Sande and David)) (top)
• 23:11, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Category:Action Time Productions ‎ (Catchphrase was arguably AT's biggest show - but of course it was imported from Stateside, not created by AT itself. Quite a few AT shows were imported from the other side of the Atlantic, in fact ;)) (top)
• 23:05, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Category:Action Time Productions ‎ (Jeremy Fox founded AT; Stephen Leahy headed it during its '90s halcyon days. Apparently, Mr Fox has now re-established AT, but the name's return to UK TV is still awaited: https://www.actiontime.tv/)
• 22:55, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Category:Action Time Productions ‎ (Action Time closed in 2004; I'm fairly sure that Carlton's merger with Granada to form ITV plc that year was not a coincidence)
• 22:11, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The Stocks and Shares Show ‎ (No full eps on YouTube - but there is the opening to the second one, from 17 January '88, including the show's none-more-late-80s logo) (top)
• 22:07, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N File:StocksAndSharesShowLogo.jpg ‎ (The none-more-late-80s logo for The Stocks and Shares Show) (top)
• 21:57, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The Stocks and Shares Show ‎ (Eleven of the twelve eps aired at 8:15pm; the ep of 21 February '88 aired at 8:30pm. What would we do without Newspapers.com? ;))
• 21:51, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The Stocks and Shares Show ‎ (→Broadcast: this show was *very* Channel 4, even as regards the time it aired - after 8pm on Sunday evenings. Twelve episodes in all)
• 21:06, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Andrew O'Connor ‎ (→Shows: add Carlton's Home Truths from 1998 to the list of shows Andrew co-devised with Stephen Leahy ;)) (top)
• 21:02, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Home Truths (2) ‎ (...or who composed the music. Interesting that on this occasion "Composer" was Mr Etchell's actual credit; usually it was plain "Music") (top)
• 20:59, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Home Truths (2) ‎ (This being an Action Time show, it shouldn't come as a surprise who the creators were...)
• 20:56, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Home Truths (2) ‎ (Would you believe it, MisterDoc has only gone and uploaded an episode of this show to YouTube. Legend! ;) First, here's the rather ugly logo)
• 20:51, 9 March 2025 (hist) (diff) N File:HomeTruths1998Logo.jpg ‎ (The logo for Action Time/Carlton's Home Truths from 1998) (top)
• 16:20, 7 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The Colour of Money ‎ (Hang on, sixteen years ago already?! I'll be in a retirement home before I know it... O.O Anyway, this was yet another 12 Yard show for which Will Slater composed the music) (top)
• 03:15, 7 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Battle of the Brains ‎ (Add this to the list of shows for which Paul Farrer composed the music ;)) (top)
• 14:42, 6 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Pressure Cooker ‎ (→Trivia: de-italicised the link to the PIR article, to suit today's house style :)) (top)
• 14:40, 6 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Index P ‎ (→Shows: Project Catwalk precedes Project Icon alphabetically :))
• 14:14, 6 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Payday ‎ (→Broadcast: if I may substitute "to" for the hyphen here, because I'm assuming this is the house style :)) (top)
• 13:57, 6 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The Olympic Game ‎ (→Synopsis: de-italicised the links to the QoS and Odd One Out articles, to suit today's house style ;)) (top)
• 13:56, 6 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The Olympic Game ‎ (→Co-hosts: clarified that Daley and Steve were team captains, rather than full-blown co-hosts)
• 15:02, 5 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Index S ‎ (→Shows: disregarding hosts' names, Saturday Showdown follows Saturday Night Line Up and SNT alphabetically, doesn't it? :)) (top)
• 14:52, 5 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Revenge of the Egghead ‎ (Quite a few eps on YT, but this is the only one I've come across with credits, including the format developers and the music composer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImswWVWGQoI&ab_channel=ChrisJones) (top)
• 14:34, 5 March 2025 (hist) (diff) The Railway Carriage Game ‎ (→Co-hosts: to fit what I believe is the house style nowadays :)) (top)
• 14:33, 5 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Index R ‎ (Disregarding the definite article, The Railway Carriage Game precedes Raise the Roof alphabetically ;)) (top)
• 15:26, 4 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Hot Pursuits ‎ (→Broadcast: this company is now Waddell Media ;)) (top)
• 22:08, 2 March 2025 (hist) (diff) Index R ‎ (→Shows: Re-Play with Richard Osman - it was only called that in 2018; in 2019 it was called Alan Carr's Celebrity Re-Play ;))

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