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• 16:22, 16 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Category:S4C Programmes ‎ (Got the urge to add a bit of hanes. S4C *is* an older TV station than Channel 4, after all... ;))
• 23:30, 9 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Turnabout (1) ‎ (If I may make the two "co-produced by..." credits into one, as per the Mastermind article. *All* game shows under BBC Elstree's auspices came under those of BBC North in 1992/3, unless I'm mistaken :))
• 23:22, 9 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Turnabout (1) ‎ (Turnabout and GFG moved to Manchester at the same time, unless I'm mistaken. Also, in 1993 it wasn't yet called "BBC Manchester" - that name only came about in the 1997 corporate revamp, UIM ;))
• 23:08, 9 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Turnabout (1) ‎ (→Trivia: just in case anyone isn't sure where Ewart/Capital Studios was... ;))
• 00:40, 7 February 2025 (hist) (diff) The Apprentice ‎ (→Trivia: surely Jennifer Maguire/Zamparelli ought to be mentioned here, since she's gone on to much success as a TV and radio presenter in Ireland (and not just Irish Strictly)?) (top)
• 21:06, 6 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Turnabout (1) ‎ (The series 3 grand final was uploaded to YouTube a few weeks ago, and Ms Hopkins' prize for winning it was not quite dictionaries - it was encyclopedias. Shades of Countdown all the same, though ;))
• 20:52, 6 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Turnabout (1) ‎ (There we are :))
• 20:48, 6 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Turnabout (1) ‎ (The notes about the pond are in the Key Moments... I think the note about it being introduced in the second series should be in the Synopsis, and the others should be in the Trivia :))
• 20:03, 6 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Turnabout (1) ‎ (→Key moments: well, Uni Chal *is* the most famous show in which the camera zooms in on the contestants when they buzz in, right? ;))
• 02:24, 1 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Millionaire Manor ‎ (Dan McGrath and Josh Phillips composed a score for the show, but pop songs and classical pieces were also used for the montages of how the previous ep's winning family spent their week living richly) (top)
• 02:08, 1 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Millionaire Manor ‎ (→Synopsis: Pot Noodle is a brand name... or am I being too pedantic here? ;))
• 02:04, 1 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Millionaire Manor ‎ (Removed duplicate links and added italics as appropriate :))
• 01:50, 1 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Millionaire Manor ‎ (→Synopsis: a bit more detail about the final round, including the prop that gave this round its name. I agree that how the winner was determined was rather lousy)
• 00:13, 1 February 2025 (hist) (diff) Millionaire Manor ‎ (→Synopsis: every episode bar one is up on YouTube, and from these, we learn that the first and second rounds had official names ;))
• 23:09, 31 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Millionaire Manor ‎ (→Co-hosts: if I may move the word "voiceover", sans parenthèses, from after Deadly's name to before - this is more or less the house style now ;))
• 22:57, 31 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Penny Smith ‎ (→Biography: de-italicised the link to the KF article, to fit the house style :)) (top)
• 22:49, 31 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Jet Set ‎ (→Synopsis: and if I may de-italicise the links to the articles for other game shows, too, as this definitely is the house style now ;)) (top)
• 22:44, 31 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Jet Set ‎ (→Co-hosts: if I may remove the parentheses from around "voiceover" and move the word from after Deadly's name to before, as this is more or less the house style now ;))
• 22:31, 31 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Guesstimation ‎ (→Inventor: what it says in the credits, as well as "Licensed by Talpa Content Exploitatie B.V." - so I don't think one can say it's not a Dutch format...) (top)
• 22:19, 31 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Guesstimation ‎ (The Strachans and Celador, Simon Etchell and Action Time, Will Slater and 12 Yard... and Augustin Bousfield and Endemol (mainly Initial). I wonder if it's worth studying at some point, IW? ;))
• 22:08, 31 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Guesstimation ‎ ("Guess what? It's the National Lottery: Guesstimation, with your host, Nick Knowles!" Deadly also announced the details of the holiday for the winning family)
• 18:01, 30 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Win, Lose or Draw ‎ (And may I change "artist" to "drawer"? 'Cause, y'know, Win, Lose or *Draw*... plus with all due respect, it's not as if any of the contestants were Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Picasso or Escher ;))
• 17:48, 30 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Win, Lose or Draw ‎ (→Synopsis: well, "Speed Round" *was* the final round's official name... ;))
• 17:33, 30 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Win, Lose or Draw ‎ (Messrs Boross and Marsh re-recorded their theme and Speed Round tunes for the Late version. You can listen to these in full, without anyone talking over them, on the music library sites :))
• 17:13, 30 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Tomorrow's World Christmas Quiz ‎ (The '87, '88, '89 and '91 quizzes are all on YouTube, and all used the regular TW themes of the time (Paul Hart's, then Chris Blackwell's). Presumably, then, all seven of them used the regular themes) (top)
• 13:26, 29 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Index C ‎ (→People: Barry Cryer is alphabetically the last of the "Cr"s ;))
• 14:45, 26 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Humdingers ‎ (→Trivia: now that I know for sure that italicising show names when linking to their articles goes against the house style... :)) (top)
• 14:44, 26 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Who's Bluffing Who? ‎ (→Trivia: now that I know for sure that the house style is *not* to italicise show names when linking to their articles... ;)) (top)
• 14:33, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (This isn't in Genome, but *is* in the Telegraph and a few local papers (my British Newspaper Archive subscription helps too). Presumably, Tone cranked up one granny while Diddy cranked up the other ;)) (top)
• 13:48, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ ("It was an arena-type show" - and it was indeed recorded in an actual indoor arena, but not the NIA. I've my Newspapers.com subscription to thank this time ;))
• 02:05, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Have I Got News for You ‎ (→Host: Alex Horne joined the list of guest hosts in between Phil Wang and Kevin Bridges ;))
• 02:01, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Alex Horne ‎ (→Shows: Alex became HIGNFY's 132nd guest host during 2024) (top)
• 01:59, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Jason Manford ‎ (→Shows: Jason became HIGNFY's 130th guest host during 2024) (top)
• 01:55, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Index H ‎ (Six new HIGNFY guest presenters during 2024, including Jason Manford and Amol Rajan)
• 00:53, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (Finally for now, the logo. The accompanying title sequence was, IMO, quite impressive)
• 00:48, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) N File:HappyFamiliesLogo.jpg ‎ (The logo for Happy Families. The one with Andrew O'Connor and Sarah Greene, that is) (top)
• 00:39, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (→Trivia: only half the granny crankers are listed on Genome (those for episodes 6-11), but episode 1's granny cranker is known too as this is one of the two eps on YouTube ;))
• 00:26, 23 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (Went looking on Genome to see if the granny crankers were listed, and made this rather remarkable discovery... I'd probably be laughed at on That Other Wiki (copyright Weaver), but certainly not here)
• 23:49, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (→Synopsis: on the other hand, there *is* a need to link to Saz's article in this section ;))
• 23:46, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (→Synopsis: "The Gladiators had already become bigger stars." That's Wolf, Jet, Hunter, Lightning et al, rather than the show itself, right? So no need for italics here either ;))
• 23:42, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (→Synopsis: the final round did have an official name - boomed out by the uncredited voiceover at the start, and stated on the winners' leaderboard at the end ;))
• 23:28, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (→Synopsis: de-italicised the links to Gladiators and That's My Dog, to fit today's house style ;))
• 23:26, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Happy Families (2) ‎ (There are in fact two full eps on YouTube, both complete with credits, so... ;) No great surprise about the composer; the theme *does* have a hint of Challenge Anneka (another Mentorn show) about it)
• 22:57, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) First & Last ‎ (It's stated in both the Synopsis and the Trivia that there were pilots with Justin Lee Collins and Lee Mack, so... ;)) (top)
• 22:47, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Film Buff of the Year ‎ (→Synopsis: if I may de-italicise the link to Screen Test here, to fit with today's house style :)) (top)
• 22:02, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Two Tribes ‎ (→Trivia: de-italicised the link to Eggheads, as per the house style) (top)
• 21:59, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) I Blame the Spice Girls ‎ (Here's the show's logo, without the aforementioned subtitle) (top)
• 21:56, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) N File:IBlameTheSpiceGirlsLogo.jpg ‎ (The logo for I Blame the Spice Girls, without the "The Monster Quiz of the Decade" subtitle) (top)
• 21:50, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) I Blame the Spice Girls ‎ (Now that I know *for sure* what the house style is when it comes to linking to articles on shows... I would think the remaining italicised links will themselves be de-italicised in due course ;))
• 21:40, 22 January 2025 (hist) (diff) Get It - Got It - Good ‎ (→Inventor: now that I know, for sure, that when shows with articles are first referred to, the house style is to link the shows' names *without* italicising them. Thanks, Iain :)) (top)

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