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Contents

Introduction

Leslie Crowther

Welcome to UKGameshows.com, where you can go wild in the aisles. We currently have 6,068 articles for you to read. Here are some of our newest articles. Enjoy your visit, and please use the Feedback form below if you have any information to add to our site.

Site news

Poll of the Year 2024

Poll of the Year 2024 - VOTING OPEN!
Incredibly it's that time of year again. The voting is open for the 20th running of our annual poll, you've got until the evening of Sunday 12th January to vote.

Impact of COVID-19

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.

Greatest Game Shows

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 2025 and ranging from stalwarts like The Crystal Maze and Interceptor to, er, Man O Man. Who knew?

Raven

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

New Shows


Gladiators Celebrity special: BBC One, 1 January
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
The Bidding Room series 6: BBC One, 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
A League of Their Own: Sky Max, 16 January
Beat the Chasers: ITV, 16 January

 

Featured Show

Celebrity Squares

Game show news

Chris Tarrant
4 December Chris' Golden Retirement
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?.

Masterchef Goes Large
28 November Gregg Wallace steps aside from Masterchef
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.

Big Brother
15 November Big Brother's quarter of a century milestone
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 Finish Line
14 November Third time's the charm to cross The Finish Line
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.

Bullseye
3 October You can't beat a bit of... Freddie?
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.

Previous stories can be found in our News Archive. For more in-depth analysis, check out Weaver's Week, usually published every Sunday.

 

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