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British TV programme GamesMaster is a British television programme which originally aired on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998. In 2021, it returned for a new series on YouTube and E4. It was the first UK television programme dedicated to video games. Dominik Diamond was the host for six of the original seven series while astronomer Sir Patrick Moore featured as the GamesMaster. He was replaced in 2021 with Sir Trevor McDonald.

E4 (TV channel)E4 (TV channel)E4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. The "E" stands for entertainment and the channel is primarily aimed at the 16–34 age group (similarly to BBC Three and ITV2).Dexter FletcherDexter FletcherDexter FletcherOBE (born 31 January 1966) is an English film director and actor. He has appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, as well as in television shows such as the comedy dramaHotel Babylon and the HBO series Band of Brothers and, earlier in his career, starred as Spike Thomson in the comedy drama Press Gang. His earliest acting role was in the 1973 comedy drama film Steptoe and Son Ride Again.Dave PerryDavid Roy Perry (born 21 May 1966) is a British broadcaster who was co-commentator on the UK computer and video games television shows GamesMaster and Games World. Perry famously reacted poorly on GamesMaster after a contest involving Super Mario 64, which was unreleased in the UK at the time. He was responsible for launching many games magazines, including Games World, Play, PowerStation, X-Gen, STATION and Mega Power.London Weekend TelevisionLondon Weekend TelevisionLondon Weekend Television (LWT; now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the home counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5:15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00.Julian RignallJulian RignallJulian "Jaz" Rignall (born 6 March 1965, London, England) is a writer and editor. He has also produced content for corporate websites such as GamePro Media, publisher of GamePro magazine and GamePro.com, marketing collateral and advertising campaigns. CareerEarly 1980s: Teenage gaming journalistRignall's career as a gaming journalist began in London in the early 1980s as a student competing in video game tournaments.ITV (TV network)ITV (TV network)ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK.Dominik DiamondDominik Paul Diamond (born 31 December 1969) is a Scottish television, radio presenter and newspaper columnist. He was the original presenter of Channel 4's video gaming programme GamesMaster before later hosting The Dominik Diamond Breakfast Show on XFM Scotland and as a columnist for the Daily Star. After moving to Canada in 2009, he has hosted radio shows for stations in Toronto, Halifax and Calgary, where he was host of the Morning Show on Jack FM from 2015 to 2018.Patrick MoorePatrick MooreSir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Moore's early interest in astronomy led him to join the British Astronomical Association at the age of 11. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and briefly taught before publishing his first book on lunar observation in 1953.Video gameVideo gameA video game, computer game, or simply game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visualfeedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.YouTubeYouTubeVideo-sharing platformYouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.Channel 4Channel 4British free-to-air television channelTrevor McDonaldTrevor McDonaldSir Trevor Lawson McDonald (born George McDonald; 16 August 1939) is a Trinidadian–British newsreader and journalist, best known for his career as a news presenter with Independent Television News (ITN). McDonald began his career working as a print and broadcast journalist for Naparima College's Blue Circle Network. He began his professional career with Radio Trinidad as a reporter and worked as a news reader and sports journalist for Trinidad Television.

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