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<div class="square" style="float:left">[[File:Great british bake off title 2010.jpg|75px|The Great British Bake Off]]</div>16 January '''Sandi Ups-Sticks'''<br/>[[Sandi Toksvig]] has announced that she is leaving [[The Great British Bake Off]] in order to focus on other work commitments; the due-for-Spring-broadcast The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will be her final series. Searches for a replacement are underway.<br/><br/>
<div class="square" style="float:right">[[Image:Square love island.jpg|75px|Love Island]]</div>20 December '''Writ Ins Whitmore'''<br/>[[Laura Whitmore]] has been announced as the new host of 2020's Winter [[Love Island]] and show narrator [[Iain Stirling]] her Aftersun co-host. It is currently unknown as to whether [[Caroline Flack]] will return for subsequent series, summer series or no series.<br/><br/>
<div class="square" style="float:right">[[Image:Square love island.jpg|75px|Love Island]]</div>20 December '''Writ Ins Whitmore'''<br/>[[Laura Whitmore]] has been announced as the new host of 2020's Winter [[Love Island]] and show narrator [[Iain Stirling]] her Aftersun co-host. It is currently unknown as to whether [[Caroline Flack]] will return for subsequent series, summer series or no series.<br/><br/>
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<div class="square" style="float:left">[[Image:Square eurovision logo.jpg|Eurovision Song Contest]]</div>13 November '''Forty-One Open Up to Eurovision 2020'''<br/>The European Broadcasting Union has announced that 41 entries will compete in the 2020 [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in Rotterdam, Netherlands after the country claimed their fifth victory after their last win in 1975. Bulgaria and Ukraine will return to the contest after a one year absence while Hungary and Montenegro will not.<br/><br/>
<div class="square" style="float:left">[[Image:Square eurovision logo.jpg|Eurovision Song Contest]]</div>13 November '''Forty-One Open Up to Eurovision 2020'''<br/>The European Broadcasting Union has announced that 41 entries will compete in the 2020 [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in Rotterdam, Netherlands after the country claimed their fifth victory after their last win in 1975. Bulgaria and Ukraine will return to the contest after a one year absence while Hungary and Montenegro will not.<br/><br/>
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<div class="square" style="float:right">[[Image:Square eurovision logo.jpg|A Song for Europe]]</div>16 September '''BMG: You Decide'''<br/>The BBC has announced that it is teaming up with music company BMG to select the United Kingdom's entry for the 2020 [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This comes after four years of [[A Song for Europe|selection by public vote]] producing very modest results, with this year's entrant Michael Rice finishing last in Tel Aviv, Israel.<br/><br/>
 
''Previous stories can be found in our [[News Archive]]. For more in-depth analysis, check out [[Weaver's Week]], usually published every Sunday.''
''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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Poll of the Year 2019 - VOTE CLOSED!
It's time for the 15th running of the UKGameshows.com/Bother's Bar Poll of the Year. The vote is now closed, look out for the results on Tuesday 21st January.

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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 - it lists stalwarts like The Crystal Maze and Interceptor to surprises such as Kate Thornton's Dishes. Who knew?

Britain's Best Dish

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.

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8 Out of 10 Cats new episodes: E4, 7 January
Got What It Takes? series 5: CBBC, 8 January
The Great Pottery Throw Down series 3: More4, 8 January
A League of Their Own Eurotrip 2: Sky1, 9 January
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown: Channel 4, 9 January
Love Island series 8: ITV2, 12 January
Round Britain Quiz: Radio 4, 13 January
Celebability series 4: ITV2, 16 January
Crackerjack revival: CBBC, 17 January
Portrait Artist of the Year 2020: Sky Arts, 21 January

 

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The Great British Bake Off
16 January Sandi Ups-Sticks
Sandi Toksvig has announced that she is leaving The Great British Bake Off in order to focus on other work commitments; the due-for-Spring-broadcast The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will be her final series. Searches for a replacement are underway.

Love Island
20 December Writ Ins Whitmore
Laura Whitmore has been announced as the new host of 2020's Winter Love Island and show narrator Iain Stirling her Aftersun co-host. It is currently unknown as to whether Caroline Flack will return for subsequent series, summer series or no series.

Love Island
17 December Flack's off
Caroline Flack has stepped down as host of Love Island. The presenter was arrested on 12 December after an altercation with her boyfriend at their shared Islington home. A replacement host will be named for the winter series, scheduled to begin on 8 January.

Gary Rhodes
27 November Gary Rhodes
The death has been announced of TV chef Gary Rhodes at age 59 at his home in Dubai. In the game show world he was best known as a seatwarmer for the shows Masterchef and Hell's Kitchen.

Eurovision Song Contest
13 November Forty-One Open Up to Eurovision 2020
The European Broadcasting Union has announced that 41 entries will compete in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands after the country claimed their fifth victory after their last win in 1975. Bulgaria and Ukraine will return to the contest after a one year absence while Hungary and Montenegro will not.

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