Sudoku is No 7 in the Hottest
100 Web Searches of 2005
It will come as no surprise to readers just how popular sudoku has become on the web. And this week the proof of the phenomenon hit UK television screens when Channel 4 broadcast a 5-day series of The 100 Hottest Web Searches 2005. Sudoku.org.uk founder Michael Mepham was the expert among a collection of celebrities asked for their thoughts on the success of sudoku in the UK.
Described as entertaining and informative, the series looked at the 100 most searched words on the internet. A host of celebrities, experts and young web surfers examined the stories behind each of the search strings.
In lighthearted interviews, commentators including Ann Widdecombe MP, comedian Shappi Khorsandi, Radio 1 DJ Emma B, journalist Jennie Bond, newsreader Penny Smith and Michael Mepham squeezed some irony from the fact that our number puzzle was up there, way ahead of Michael Jackson's trial, Harry Potter, tsunamis, hurricanes and every publicity-hungry celebrity in the world.
Not surprisingly, Ann Widdecombe got the very last word in the final programme of the series. Her comment on the fact that the No 1 spot was taken by BBC TV soap EastEnders was "...I'd rather it was sudoku"
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