Talk:Through the Keyhole

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[edit] Format changes

I can recall some changes in format which I do not have dates for -

• overseas properties - possibly with the advent of Catherine Gee in 2003
• giving keys to all guests rather than to those 'beating' the panel

John 18:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A few points...

WIth regard to Stefanie Powers, does the USA bit after her name mean there was an American version of TTKH/it was filmed in America, or just that she's an American who happened to present the show? It's not quite clear what it means. Also the 'currently airs on BBC 2', I don't usually watch BBC2 in the afternoons but I'm sure it's not been on for a while. Anyone got any info on whether it's been axed etc? I'll probably go digging for info later.

On a final note, I see there are referneces placed at the end, but would it not be...'neater?' I guess to place direct citations within the article? Considering two or three references have been included, it'd be nice to see them with citations, if that makes sense. londonsista | ^Prod 12:28, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

I've performed a copyedit to clear things up. As a matter of conjecture, being the businessman he is I'd say that Frost was looking for an opportunity to sell the format into the US and taking on an American presenter and touring US properties was to facilitate that. As far as I'm aware, it has not paid off and he's left with half a show which is harder for a UK audience to participate in. I don't know if it will be axed in the foreseeable future, rather like the Spice Girls, it seems to take a rest from time to time before reappearing. I believe inline refs are required by Wikipedia for their higher article ratings, but my problem with them is that they do make a mess of the source text unless sensibly formatted. Here's a discussion I had on the issue on another article Talk:British_Airways_Flight_38#Format_of_references and the resulting text - [1]. I'm happy for them to be moved inline using the that format unless they appear so frequently that it negatively effects readability. Cheers -- John (Daytona2 · Talk · Contribs) 18:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the copyedit, makes more sense in my head now! And after writing my above post I read some Wiki guidelines on citing, I guess there's no immediate need for inline citation and the references are adequately provided so, yeah, thank you. :) londonsista | ^Prod 18:53, 31 January 2008 (UTC)