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• 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 ;))
• 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... :))
• 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... :))

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