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• 17:53, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: also, Rachel got to make the selections in these numbers games instead of Bevins and Davies ;))
• 17:46, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: there was actually another special episode, later in 2010, in which 12, 37, 62 and 87 were the "large" numbers instead of 25, 50, 75 and 100. I'll get to that one in a bit)
• 17:15, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: clarified that Bevins and Davies were, at the time, the two most recent series champs)
• 17:09, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (Bevins v Davies officially *wasn't* episode 4999 - it did immediately follow episode 4998, but it was the 26th episode in the separate "special" sequence. The official episode 4999 aired a week later)
• 02:39, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: may as well point out too what colours the tiles were on Calendar Countdown)
• 01:15, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: the end of 1990 saw the start of the fifth Championship of Champions (preceding series 21 proper), and with it, the introduction of the letter tile font that is still used today)
• 01:05, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (Probably worth pointing out the rather thick font that was used on the letter tiles in series 19 and 20 - here it is in action in an early series 20 ep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AJFXjgZfBA)
• 00:45, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: obviously, the white-on-blue scheme returned permanently at the start of series 19)
• 00:32, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: added Dr Yoga's full name for completeness)
• 00:30, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (According to the Countdown Wiki, several S18 contestants - not just Dr Yoga - were no longer available, so one assumes it wasn't just the finals that had to be broadcast with the problem tiles...)
• 00:14, 25 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (Here's an S18 ep with blue tiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiYcM3y1FGM. Going by the font, they are the tiles that were used from S11 to S17 - good thing YTV held on to them, then)
• 23:51, 24 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: so what colours were the letter and number tiles in the first 17 series? Yellow on grey the first 10; white on blue thereafter. Also pointed out the years as appropriate)
• 23:33, 24 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: ...and they didn't merely try to introduce it, did they, they actually *did* introduce it. Contestants disliked it, viewers disliked it, Richard disliked it too...)
• 23:28, 24 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Countdown ‎ (→Game equipment: the "jazzed-up version of the 30-second vamp"... that was the so-called "extra intensity" version, wasn't it, which was introduced in January 1996 and didn't last the month?)
• 23:14, 24 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Index Y ‎ (Undo revision 99669 by Showells (Talk) Pourquoi?)
• 21:45, 23 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Walk the Line ‎ (Walk the Line was a singing show, and there is a Singing category... ;))
• 23:18, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ ("But now on the UTV, who needs Dracula and Frankenstein when you've monster liar Cilla Battersby?" Sorry, but Julian Simmons *is* an absolute legend... ;) Anyway, here's the 1993 UTV logo) (top)
• 23:09, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:UTV1993.jpg ‎ (UTV logo used from 1993 to 2000) (top)
• 22:48, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (Here's the "telly on a stick", which was introduced for Ulster Television's 21st anniversary in 1980 and - for whatever reason - lasted until pretty close to the station's *30th* anniversary)
• 22:40, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:UlsterTV1980.jpg ‎ (Ulster Television's "telly on a stick", introduced for the station's 21st anniversary in 1980 and used until 1988) (top)
• 21:26, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Gutted ‎ (The Wayback Machine is a godsend ;)) (top)
• 18:28, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (The 1989 Ulster Television "oscilloscope" ident again, but with everything more centred (both horizontally and vertically). Also at 130px, as 100px is perhaps a little *too* small)
• 18:19, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:UlsterTV1989.jpg ‎ (Ulster Television's final "oscilloscope" ident, used from January 1989 to June 1993) (top)
• 04:08, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Great Wall of Comedy ‎ ("Title Music" -> "Theme music", for purposes of consistency) (top)
• 04:07, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Great Wall of Comedy ‎ (Why delete the official site when it has been archived by the good ol' Wayback Machine? ;))
• 03:53, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (COVID-19 effectively brought about the end of the UTV brand except for local programming - meaning, of course, the station is now ITV1 like in England, Wales, southern Scotland and the Channel Islands)
• 03:22, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (And what about its radio business? It belongs to the Murdochs now)
• 03:20, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (Included in the sale of the TV business were the unsuccessful ROI-only channel UTV Ireland (later passed on to what is now Virgin Media Ireland, and hence now VM3), as well as the UTV brand itself)
• 03:09, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (Pointed out the date on which the sale of UTV's TV business to ITV plc was confirmed (completion didn't occur until the following February, but that's probably neither here nor there for this site))
• 02:54, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (ITV plc only bought UTV's television business in 2015. Over the previous decade-and-a-half, UTV developed a media empire, which included Talksport and other radio stations in Britain and Ireland)
• 02:11, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (Julian Simmons: "But now on the UTV, as Jack Duckworth moves out, what is he gonna do with big Vera's ashes? It's Coronation Street." Pointed out the date on which UTV became the official name)
• 01:57, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:UTV Productions ‎ (Pointed out the date on which Ulster Television - as it was officially called for its first 34 years - began broadcasting)
• 01:42, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Freeze Out ‎ (→Videos: no disrespect intended... but I'm not sure a caption with a reference to *that* song from *that* Disney film works well. The many times Durders said "slide on", on the other hand... ;))
• 01:19, 20 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Triple Brew Media Productions ‎ (Logo reduced to 130px. I've made the same change to a number of other production company category pages, as I think that 150px is just a little *too* big. Could change my mind, of course... ;)) (top)
• 00:56, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:South Shore Productions ‎ (Logo reduced to 130px, as I've come to realise that 150px might be just a little *too* big. Could change my mind in the future, though... ;) The seagulls above the 'u' can still be made out) (top)
• 00:47, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Love Productions ‎ (Logo reduced to 130px. With respect where it's due, I think 150px is a little *too* big, while 100px might be a little *too* small. I'm well capable of changing my mind, though... ;)) (top)
• 00:44, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Lifted Entertainment Productions ‎ (Logo reduced to 130px. With no disrespect intended, I think 150px is a little *too* big, while 100px might be a little *too* small. Might change my mind, of course... ;)) (top)
• 00:36, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Gallowgate Productions ‎ (Logo reduced to 130px. There is a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px, no question about that - but with respect where it's due, I think 150px is a little *too* big) (top)
• 00:32, 16 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Possessed Productions ‎ (Logo reduced to 130px. There is certainly a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px - but with all due respect, I think 150px is just a little *too* big) (top)
• 00:27, 15 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions ‎ (Dooo, dooo, do-do-dooo, do-do-doooooo... Here's TVS's first ident again, but larger and 4:3 rather than square)
• 00:20, 15 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:TVS1982.jpg ‎ (TVS's first ident, used from January 1982 to September 1987) (top)
• 00:17, 15 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TVS Productions ‎ (While there is certainly a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px, I think - with respect where it's due - that 150px is just a little *too* big. So how about 130px?)
• 23:48, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Border Productions ‎ (Here's Border's blue ident used from 1971 to 1989 - probably the station's most famous ident, thanks to it being resolutely static (like Granada's ident of the period) and also, of course, to Mr & Mrs) (top)
• 23:40, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) N File:BorderTV1971.jpg ‎ (Border Television's blue ident used from 1971 to 1989) (top)
• 23:24, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Border Productions ‎ (While there is certainly a case for making the logos on these category pages bigger than 100px, I think - with all due respect - that 150px is just a little *too* big. So how about 130px?)
• 23:20, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Southern Productions ‎ (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
• 23:19, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:TWW Productions ‎ (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
• 23:18, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Westward Productions ‎ (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
• 23:17, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Twenty Twenty Productions ‎ (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)
• 23:15, 14 October 2023 (hist) (diff) Category:Studio Lambert Productions ‎ (Increased to 130px, after seeing that 125px messes up the layout of the definition text next to the ABC logo in that station's category page (at least on my laptop)) (top)

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