David J. Bodycombe (born 1973) is a puzzle author and games consultant working in the UK, mainly on television and radio game shows (such as The Crystal Maze and X Marks the Spot), in newspapers (such as Metro's Think Tank column) and many puzzle books. He regularly appears on the BBC Radio 4 quiz, Puzzle Panel. He also runs the UKGameshows website, a wiki-based site cataloguing UK television gameshows. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... A puzzle is a problem or enigma presented as entertainment; that is written down, acted out, etc. ... A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... The Crystal Maze was a game show, produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1995. ... X Marks the Spot is a quiz or panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1998 which could be likened to be a more light-hearted version of Round Britain Quiz. ... Metro is the trading name of a free newspaper published by Associated Newspapers. ... BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Puzzle Panel is a light-hearted, though cerebral, panel game that has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1998. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Wiki Science A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. ...

Since May 2005 he has supplied sudoku puzzles to 150 newspapers around the world, including the mini 6x6 version used by the Daily Mail and the syndicated version used by the Universal Press Syndicate in the United States. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21: Subodh Mukherjee May 21: Stephen Elliott May 20... A Sudoku puzzle (image hyperlinked to solution) Sudoku (Japanese: 数独, sÅ«doku), sometimes spelled Su Doku, is a placement puzzle, also known as Number Place in the United States. ... The front page of the Daily Mail on February 7, 2005. ...

Main credits

Books

• The Mammoth Book of Brainstorming Puzzles (1996)
• The Mammoth Puzzle Carnival (1997)
• Lateral Puzzles (1998, reprinted in the US as Mind Benders: Adventures in Lateral Thinking)
• Optical Illusions and Picture Puzzles (1998)
• Codes and Ciphers (1999)
• Reader's Digest Compendium of Puzzles and Brain Teasers (2000, consulting contributor)
• How To Devise A Game Show (2003)
• Number Crunchers (2004)
• Visual Vexations (2004)
• Sudoku Classic 2006 Calendar (2005)
• "SU DOKU for alle" (2005)
• "SU DOKU Classic" (2005)
• "Master SU DOKU" (2005)
• Penguin 2006 Sudoku (2005)

Television series

• The Crystal Maze (1991-5) - games devisor
• The Mole (2001) - games devisor, UK series 2
• Treasure Hunt (2002-3) - clue writer
• Inside Clyde (2004) - games devisor

The Crystal Maze was a game show, produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1995. ... The Mole is generally thought to be one of the most complex and intelligent of the reality television game shows produced following the success of Survivor. ... This page is about Treasure Hunt, a UK game show. ...

External links

• Labyrinth Games, David J. Bodycombe's official website
• UK Gameshows website
• IMDB entry

See also

• puzzles