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• 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 ;))

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