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CALL MY BLUFF UK / BBC / x30m-e / 1965-continuing Creators: Mark Goodson, Bill Todson Panel show. Two teams of three celebrities try to bluff each other over the meaning of bizarre words from the dictionary. One of UK TV's longest running quiz shows the original host was Robin Ray and then Robert Robinson. Original captains were Frank Muir and Robert Morley. After a spell off air the show currently airs weekday lunchtimes and is hosted by Bob Holness with captains being Sandi Toksvig and Alan Coren. The show was based on an American original that ran on NBC in 1965.
CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS UK / Channel Five / 15x30m-e / 1999 Producer: Crispin Leyser Game show. Melinda Messenger attempts to reconcile former partners whose relationships have gone awry.
CAR BOOT TREASURE HUNT UK / ITV-LNN Factuals / x30 minute episodes / 2004-2005 CARNAL KNOWLEDGE UK / Granada-Rapido / x60m-e / 1996 Creator: Maria McErlane, Rapido TV / Music: Simon Bass, Peter Stuart / Producer: Delissa Needham Quiz. Sex based late night show in which couples are quizzed on the more intimate moments in their lives. Hosted by Maria McErlane and Graham Norton.
CASTING COUCH UK / Granada / 6x30m-e / 1999 15 November - 18 December Mondays 10.30pm Producer: Robert Popper / Theme Music: Paul Hofner / Executive Producers: Andy Harries, Justin Judd / Director: John F.D. Northover Panel show. Comedy based quiz about celebrity gossip and popular culture. Hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins with resident team captains DJ Chris Moyles and 'IT' girl Tamara Beckwith, also on hand were resident comedians Kevin Day and Marcus Brigstocke.
UK / ITV / x30m-e / 1980's-continuing Long running quiz in which contestants compete on the buzzer in a series of rounds in which they have to try and guess what bizarre animated puzzles mean. Hosted for a long time by comic Roy Walker, current host is Nick Weir.
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER C4 / 2001, 2002
THE CELEBRITY GAME UK / Associated Rediffusion / x30m-e / 1964 black and white Director: Marc Miller Celebrity panel game in which the questions used were sent in by members of the viewing public. Hosted by Clive Goodwin.
CELEBRITY SQUARES UK / ATV / 120+x30m-e / 1975-79 / 1993-96 Producers: Paul Stewart Laing, Glyn Edwards, Peter Harris A naughts and crosses style quiz using nine celebrities seated on an 18 foot high board in rows of three, making the square grid. Contestants had to decide whether a statement made by a celebrity was true or false and by guessing correctly lighting up one of the squares on the board. Hosted by Bob Monkhouse and between 1975-78 Kenny Everett was the man providing the voice overs.
CHAINS OF LOVE Australia / 9 Network / x30m-e / 2001 (First Episode: Thursday 18 October / 9.30pm) Reality style game show/dating program hosted by Rozz Switzer that saw each week one person known as a "heart" attached to four "chainees" of the opposite sex, they spent a week together in the Chains of Love house (having to sleep in the same bed and so on). The Heart then decides which of the group they would like to leave until only one chainee remains. The chainee could then decide whether they wanted to see the "heart" again.
CHALLENGE ANNEKA UK / BBC1-Mentorn / x50m-e / 1989-94 Creator: Anneka Rice Game show. After being set a challenge Anneka has to use any means possible at her disposable to get the task done. The challenges were always charitable (building a play area for needy kids etc) and Anneka had to persuade people to donate time and materials for free. The series grew out of a 1987 Children in Need segment.
THE CHAIR USA / ABC / x60m-e / 2002 Hosted by John McEnroe this quiz/game show saw contestants previously having had their resting heart rate determined through a lengthy screening. Once in the Chair, they are spotted with a $5,000 stake and advised of their target heart rate (which starts at 160% of the rest rate and decreases 5% for each question.) Seven questions are offered, with values of $5K, $10K, $15K, $25K, $40K, $50K, and $100K. The contestant may not answer if their heart rate exceeds the target; in that case, they lose money for each second of hyper-tension ($100/second for the first 2 questions, $200 for #3, $300 for #4 and so on.) In addition, the player faces two randomly placed "heartstoppers" - surprises designed to tense them up; the same money-losing rules apply. The game ends when the player runs out of money or misses a question. The contestant gets a chance to "stabilize" their pot after Q#3 (and #5); by doing so, they guarantee themselves that much if they miss a question - but they can still drop below that amount during heart penalties.
THE CHAIR UK / BBC1 / 10x50m / started 31 August 2002 Producer:
Suzy Lamb THE CHAMBER USA Fox / x60-e / 2002 Two contestants alternate giving answers to a list question. Being able to give one more answer after your opponent falters is worth one point; two points sends you to The Chamber. Once there, you're hooked up to heart rate and blood pressure monitors and strapped in. If the chamber is in hot mode, you're surrounded by flames (and starting at Level 2, the chair rotates); if it's in cold mode, water jets squirt you intermittently. The temperature constantly drops/rises (from a start of 110 or 30 degrees), electronic muscle contractors grab you at progressively quicker intervals, and other distractions are added at higher levels (such as wind gusts at Level 4 and up). Each level lasts for one minute, and each question correctly answered scores $1000. The game ends if you miss two questions in a row, you ask to call off the game, or if a measure of your vital signs exceeds a "danger level" set by the show's medical team for 20 seconds. Ending the game any of these ways halves your winnings. If you make it through all seven levels, and have answered 25 questions or more correctly, your winnings are tripled.
CHANGE OF HEART USA / Divine Hammer/Telepictures / x30m-e / 1998- Executive Producer: Scott St John Game show. Various couples make a decision as to whether they should stay together or split up. Hosted by Chris Jagger.
THE CHARM OFFENSIVE UK / ITV / x30m-e / 2001 (Debut: Saturday 12 August 5.40pm) Game
show hosted by Ulrika Jonsson in which four contestants attempt to charm
viewers, who can vote for their favourite player and put them closer to the
grand prize of 25,000 pounds. CHILD'S PLAY UK / London Weekend Television / x30m-e / 1984-85 Producers: Keith Stewart, Richard Hearsey Celebrity panel game show hosted by Michael Aspel with children providing descriptions of various words and the celebrities having to try and guess said word.
CLASS OF ... BBC2 / 7x45m-e / Started 16 Feb 2002 Producer:
Simon Marsh; Executive Producer: Phil Parsons Two teams of ex-pupils from the same school are tested on the contemporary topics of the day for the year they left school.
UK / Granada / x30m-e / 1990-91 Executive Producer: Dianne Nelmes / Producers: Stephen Leahy (1990), Kieran Roberts (1991) Game show. A variation of the classic whodunnit board game. Presenters were James Bellini (1990) and Chris Tarrant (1991). Each series featured a different cast as the subjects. These were:- 1990:- Stephanie Beacham as Mrs Peacock / Tracey Louise Ward as Miss Scarlett / Robin Ellis as Colonel Mustard / Robin Nedwell as Reverend Green / June Whitfield as Mrs White / Kristroffer Tabori as Professor Plum 1991:- Rula Lenska as Mrs Peacock / Michael Jayston as Colonel Mustard / Koo Star as Miss Scarlett / Mollie Sugden as Mrs White / David McCallum as Professor Plum / Richard Wilson as Reverend Green
CLUEDO Australia / 9 Network-Crawford-Harvey Taft / 26x60m-e / 1992 Producer: David Taft Mystery game show based on the hit board game, each week the studio audience tried to decide which member of the cast had committed the murder. With:- JANE BADLER as Mrs Elizabeth Peacock / NICKI PAULL as Miss Vivienne Scarlett / ANDREW DADDO as Professor Peter Plum / GEORGE MALLABY as Colonel Mike Mustard / PETER SUMNER as Reverend Clem Green / JOY WESTMORE as Mrs Blanche White / FRANK GALLACHER as Detective Bogong/ Presented by IAN McFADYEN
COLOMBO QUOTES Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1978 (2 April - 4 June / Sundays 12.00 noon) Quotations themed quiz show for high school students hosted by Robert Colombo. Each edition came from a different city and most quotations focused on Canada.
COMBAT MISSIONS USA / USA Network / x60m-e / 2001 Reality style show in which elite members of the US military and law enforcement branches do battle against each other in events like a hostage rescue and a tank takeout. Hosted by 73 year old ex-Navy seasl Survivor contestant Rudy Boesch. At series end, the winning squad split $150,000 - and competed in an individual mission, with the winner receiving an additional $250,000
COMMUNICATE Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1966-67 (3 October 66 - 25 October 67 / Weekdays 4.00pm) Producer: Mel Gunton / Director: Des Hartman Quiz show in which a celebrity teamed with a member of the public to help them win the star prize by guessing correctly various clues. Hosted by Tom Harvey and then Bill Walker.
CONCENTRATION Twice done UK quiz show (1960's Granada and again on the ITV network in the 1980's). Based on a long running US original, the show took the form of having to rember where two identical cards were positioned on a large board.
CONSEQUENTLY UK / Carlton / x30m-e / 1999 Comedy based panel game show in which three comedians spin a story based on suggestions gathered from the members of the public. Hosted by Logan Murray and 'roving reporter' Caroline Faraday.
THE COOLER UK / Flextech-Channel X-Challenge TV / x30m-e / 1998 Executive Producer: Arch Dyson / Music: Dick Champion and his violent mood swings / Titles: Fountain TV Comedy quiz, a mish mash of sketches and quiz rounds in a satellite only show broadcast on Challenge TV. Presented by Donna Air. Sketches by Rhys Thomas, Tony Way, Steven Burge.
COUNTDOWN UK / Channel Four-Yorkshire / x30m-e / 1982-continuing. Words and numbers based quiz presided over by Richard Whiteley. The two contestants pick 9 letters and in 30 seconds try to make the longest word they can. Their were 2 numbers based rounds done on the same principle as the letters rounds but the contestants trying to reach a random computer generated number. Hostess of the show (letter picker, number cruncher) is Carol Vorderman. The final round is the Countdown Conundrum (a nine letter anagram). Also involved are various celebrities (these have included Gyles Brandreth, Kenneth Williams, Richard Stilgoe and the like) who sit in 'dictionary corner' helping a word judge to verify the contestants words and chip in with a few of their own. The show (based on a French original called Des Chiffres et des Lettres) was the first programme to be seen on Channel Four on 2 November 1982 at Tuesday 4.45pm, but it actually started life as a regional show called Calendar Countdown and screened in the Yorkshire region. A behind the scenes documentary was screen about the show on 27 April 2001 at 5.10pm.
CRIME TEAM UK / C4 / ? x60m / started 9 September 2002 Producer:
Tim Whitter CRISS CROSS QUIZ UK / Granada / 342x30m-e / 1957-67 black and white Thrice weekly quiz show based on the naughts and crosses game. Hosted by Jeremy Hawk. A junior version ran concurrently called aptly enough Junior Criss Cross Quiz (Granada 1957-67) with this gathering 391 episodes during its run.
CROSS WITS UK / Tyne Tees-Action Time / x30m-e / 1989-97 Music: Mike Bergin, Graham Elliott / Executive Producer: Michael Chaplin Crossword based quiz hosted by Tom 'Pullover' O'Connor in which two celebraties paired up with two members of the public to compete in a number of crossword puzzles. Star prize was a low budget holiday. The crossword compilers included the unusually named Bunthorne, Pat Walton and David Williams.
CROSSWORD QUIZ Canada / CBC / x30m-e / 1952-53 (26 December 52 - 30 June 53) black and white Quiz with a self explanatory title hosted first by Kim Mcllroy and then Morley Callaghan (from 20 March 1953). Regular panelists were James Bannerman and Ralph Allen.
THE CRYSTAL MAZE UK / Channel Four-Chatsworth / x60m-e / 1990-97 Producers: Malcolm Heyworth, David G. Croft Game show. A team of six competitors take part in various challenging games (both physical and mental) inside the four massive zones (Medieval, Futuristic, Industrial and Aztec) inside the Crystal Maze. For each game successfully completed the team were given a crystal these were then exchanged for time inside the Crystal Dome (where the competitors had to collect gold tokens - the more gathered the better the prize). Hosted mainly by Richard O'Brien and towards the end of the series by Edward Tudor Pole.
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DAME EDNA'S NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH UK / London Weekend Television / 12x30m-e / 1992-93 Game show in which Barry Humphries as Dame Edna selected members of the public from the all female studio audience, finding out about their life and even taking cameras into their houses to peek at their possessions.
DEALER'S CHOICE USA / Syndicated / 210x30m-e / 1973-75 Quiz
show that used Las Vegas style games like blackjack, roulette etc as its basis/
Hosted by Bob Hastings and then Jack
THE DESERT FORGE UK / Channel 5 / x60m-e / 2001 Desert-based
adventure game show hosted by Richard Fairbrass and Gabrielle Richens . Set in n
Jordan's Wadi Rum desert, with teams competing in physical and mental challenges
for the chance to forge their own gold ingots. Very similar in style to Channel
5 other game show Fort Boyard.
DETECTIVE QUIZ Canada / CBC / 3x30m-e / 1952 (10-24 September / Wednesdays 9.30pm) black and white Producer: Peter MacFarlane Short lived who-dunnit style quiz show hosted by Morley Callaghan.
DICK & DOM'S ASK THE FAMILY UK
/ BBC2 / x30m / started 4 April 2005
DIDN'T THEY DO WELL BBC1 / 10x30m / started 15 January 2004 Series
Producer: Andy Rowe
DOG EAT DOG UK / BBC1 / 8x45m-e 8x35m-e / 2001-2002 (First Episode: Saturday 14 April 6.55pm) Producer: Mike Agnew / Director: Mick Thomas Game show hosted by Ulrika Jonsson that featured six contestants spending a day getting to know each other before trying to knock each other out of various challenges. Top prize was £10,000.
DONNA IN NEED E4-Channel Four-Air-head Productions / x30m-e / 2001 Game show in which TV presenter and sometime actress Donna Air travels around the UK to see how much free stuff she can get her hands on (the theory behind it being that celebrities are apparently entitled to unlimited free stuff), what was fun was that quite a few of the people she approached didn't actually know who she was, although she took in good part.
DON'T SAY A WORD UK / Associated Rediffusion / x30m-e / 1963-64 Creator: Mike Stokey / Director: Robert Fleming, Daphne Shadwell Quiz. An early version of Give Us A Clue, with two regular teams (Kenneth Connor, Una Stubbs and Glen Mason against Harry Fowler, Jill Browne and Libby Morris) miming away. Host was Ronan O'Casey.
DOTTO UK / ATV / 60x30m-e / 1958-59 Producer: John Irwin Dot to dot style quiz in which the contestants answered questions to join the dots that would reveal a personality. £5.00 was awarded for every dot not joined when the personality was guessed. Hosted by Robert Gladwell and later Shaw Taylor.
DOUBLE CROSS UK
/ Channel Five / x30m-e / 2003
DOUBLE DARE Australia / 10 Network / x30m-e / 1989-90 Generally messy kids game show involving challenges that all seemed to feature copious amounts of "gunk". Based on a US original and hosted by Gerry Sont and then Tom Jennings. A primetime version "Family Double Dare" was mounted (very very briefly) in 1989.
CBC / x30m-e / 1974 Producers: Jack Budgell, Danny Finkleman General knowledge quiz with one of three contestants winning through to the end double your money style game. Hosted by the quick witted Hart Pomerantz.
DOUBLE YOUR MONEY UK / Associated Rediffusion-Arlington / 260x30m-e / 1955-68 Creator: John Beard Quiz hosted by Hughie Green in which contestants doubled their money up to a top prize of a thousand pounds by answering general knowledge questions. Hostesses during the shows run were Nancy Roberts, Monica Rose and Julie de Marco.
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE? Early UK quiz show (1956) hosted by Bob Monkhouse.
DROP THE CELEBRITY ITV1 / 1x65 minute episode / 28 June 2003 Producer/Director: Philip Jones
EARN YOUR VACATION USA / CBS / x30m-e / 1954 (First Episode: Sunday 23 May / 7.00pm) black and white Quiz hosted by Johnny Carson that saw members of the studio audience actually getting the chance to be the contestants and to win their dream holiday.
ELIMIDATE UK / ITV1 / x30m-e / started 4 July 2002 / 10:30pm Series
Producer: John A Marley / Executive Producer: Mark Wells
ENDURANCE UK UK / Bravo-Flextech / x30m-e / 1998 Producer: Ged Allen / Music: Miller and Porter / Executive Producer: Jenni Harrington Outrageous and shocking version of the Japanese quiz that Clive James featured highlights of on his various tv shows. A trio of contestants took part in various messy and often disgusting round with much usage of gunge, bodily fluids and horrible animals and insects. Presented by Paul Ross and also with Tara, Hoki and Coki and Chris Sievey.
EVERYBODY'S EQUAL UK / Thames-Celador / x30m-e / 1989 Producer: Paul Smith / Executive Producer: Bob Louise / Director: Noel D. Greene Game show hosted by Chris Tarrant with a knockout formula with all the studio audience of 200 hundred people being the contestants, they had to answer questions via a keypad, the people giving the wrong answered going no further until finally only one winner remained.
EVERY SECOND COUNTS UK / BBC1 / x30m-e / 1986-? Producers: David Taylor, Stanley Appel Quiz Show hosted by Paul Daniels with three couples being given seconds on a clock for answering questions correctly. The couple with most time gained won through to the prize winning finale.
EX-RATED UK / Channel 5-LWT / 6x45m-e / 2000 18 May - 22 June Thursdays 11.30pm Executive Producer: Michael Hurll / Producer: Crispin Leyser / Director: Tom Poole Adult themed game show in which presenter Mark Little quizzes couples who reveal all about their sex lives to try and win a £1,000.
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