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Strictly Come Dancing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have announced they are standing down at the end of the current run. Daly has hosted the show since it began in 2004, making her the current longest-serving host of a TV game show. Winkleman joined her on the show in 2014 having previously hosted the weeknight spin-off It Takes Two.
A happy hundredth birthday to Pete Murray, who we believe to be the first UK game show host to make that mark. Best known as a DJ, his game show contributions have included commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest and Come Dancing, and eleven years on Pop Score.
ITV have announced two bumper commissions of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. The original version has been given a new 19 episode run, which will include seven celebrity specials. But not only that, the spin-off version originated in Australia called Millionaire Hot Seat is getting a UK adaption and is slated for airing in 2026. Both versions will have Jeremy Clarkson as host.
Blind Date is coming back. Ten episodes have been ordered by streaming platform Disney+, with no linear broadcast planned. Blind Date ran for almost twenty years hosted by Cilla Black, and was revived by Channel 5 with Paul O'Grady as host.
Previous stories can be found in our News Archive. For more in-depth analysis, check out Weaver's Week, usually published every Sunday.
Site news
Poll of the Year 2024 - The RESULTS!
The waiting is finally over, it's time to find out what you thought was really good and what you thought was a bit rubbish about the genre in 2024. Thanks for all your votes!
Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic turned everything upside down, and the world of game shows was no exception, so we have a dedicated page to keep tabs on the shows affected. Do give us a shout if you know of something we've missed.
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 - now updated for 2025 and ranging from stalwarts like The Crystal Maze and Interceptor to, er, Man O Man. Who knew?
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.
In the pipeline
The Answer Run series 2: BBC One, 18 August
Just a Minute series 95: Radio 4, 18 August
007: Road to a Million series 2: Amazon Prime Video, 22 August
The Chase new episodes: ITV, 27 August
Dating Naked UK series 2: Paramount+, 29 August
You Bet! On Tour: ITV, 30 August
Beat the Chasers: ITV, 31 August
The Inheritance: Channel 4, 31 August
The Great British Bake Off series 16: Channel 4, 2 September
Strictly Come Dancing series 23: BBC One, 20 September
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Prize Pound
The University Challenge Quiz Book
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3500 questions from the show styled "Britain's most difficult quiz".
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