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16 March Housing MaSheens Game Longer With Michael
The BBC has announced that Michael Sheen will take over House of Games from Richard Osman. His previous game show credits include hosting an episode of Have I Got News for You, announcing an episode of Saturday Night Takeaway, captaining teams throughout There's Something About Movies, and playing Chris Tarrant on the Who Wants to be a Millionaire dramatisation Quiz.

13 March Two Many Cooks
Matt Tebbutt has reiterated that he will only be doing one series of Masterchef: The Professionals, having never claimed to be doing anything else but one series. The Sun has claimed that producers have declined to replace Tebbutt in favour of trimming the show's personnel to Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti; we'd approve. Tebbutt's series remains on air and is scheduled to finish on 26 March.

3 March House of Departure
Richard Osman announced during an episode of his podcast The Rest is Entertainment that he will be leaving his role as host of House of Games, which he had presented 817 episodes of since 2017. He has stated that he will film five further episodes in which he hands over to the new host.

27 February Drusilla Beyfus
The death has been announced of etiquette journalist Drusilla Beyfus aged 98. In the game show world, she was a team captain on Call My Bluff and a permanent panellist on First Impressions.

4 February John Virgo
The death has been announced of John Virgo, aged 79. As well as playing and commentating on snooker, with his memorable catchphrase "Where's the cue ball going?!", Virgo was also the referee on Big Break, establishing a good double act with Jim Davidson and also getting to perform some of his famous trick shots.

Previous stories can be found in our News Archive. For more in-depth analysis, check out Weaver's Week, usually published every Sunday.

Poll of the Year 2025
IT'S THE RESULTS! Thanks for all your votes, We hope your favourites did well.

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.

Taskmaster series 21: Channel 4, 9 April
Celebrity Bridge of Lies series 4: BBC1, 11 April
Blankety Blank new series: BBC1, 11 April
Your Song: Channel 4, 12 April
The News Quiz series 120: Radio 4, 17 April
Interior Design Masters series 7: BBC One, 21 April
Masterchef 2026: BBC One, 21 April
The Neighbourhood: ITV, 24 April
Bridge of Lies series 5: BBC1, 27 April

Blast Lab Bright Ideas
Richard Hammond
Buy it now!
One of a whole series of Blast Lab tie-ins to educate, inform and entertain. He's not just Clarkson's sidekick, you know.

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