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I BET YOU WILL USA / MTV / x30m-e / 2002 Entertainment/Game show. Armed with pockets full of cash, host Morgan Spurlock sets out to see how far people will go to earn a few bucks.
I'M A CELEBRITY - GET ME OUT OF HERE ITV1 / 15x60m / started 25 August 2002 Director:
Ian Hamilton / series editor: Richard Cowles
INTERCEPTOR UK / Thames-Chatsworth / x60m-e / 1989-90 Producers: Malcolm Heyworth, Peter Holmans Frantic trying to be futuristic game show in which a team of contestants tried to avoid being tracked down by The Interceptor. Hosted by Annabel Croft.
IN THE DARK WITH JULIAN CLARY UK / ITV / x60m-e / 1996 Saucy quiz in which Julian Clary leads three couples through a number of rounds all of which (for the contestants) take part in total darkness.
ISLANDARES Australia / Nickelodeon (Pay TV) / x30m-e / 2003 Gunge filled children's gameshow hosted by Big Brother II contestant Nathan "Marty" Martin, the format featured kids from all over Australia taking part in a series of challenges.
IT'S A KNOCKOUT UK / BBC1 / 1966-82 Creator: Guy Lux / Theme Music: Bean Bag by Herb Alpert Over the top 'sports' challenge game show involving amateur teams taking part in various large scale field games to try and win through to the international version Jeaux Sans Frontiers (Games Without Frontiers). A perpetually laughing Stuart Hall and Eddie Waring hosted. See below for the Channel Five revival.
IT'S A KNOCKOUT UK / Channel 5-Ronin / 10x60m-e / 1999 3 September - 6 November Fridays 8.00pm Creator: Guy Lux / Original format: Interville / Theme Music: Beanbag by Herb Alpert / Producers: Richard Hearsey, Robin Greene Entertainment. A revival of the seventies 'classic' with teams competing against each other in various athletic but outlandish games. Hosted by Keith Chegwin and Lucy Alexander, with Frank Bruno as referee and Nell McAndrew as Scorer.
King of the game shows Chris Tarrant has a new quiz starting on Challeneg TV from tonight (28 April) and running every weeknight at 9.00pm. It's Not What You Know is a jeopardy style show that follows a pair of contestants as they attempt to win big money. The aim of the game is to use skill, judgement and instinct to predict how a group of five celebrity experts answered a pool of questions in their own specialist subject – as well as general knowledge questions – under examination conditions. The 32 chosen experts range from writer Toby Young (film) to author Frederick Forsyth (history) and from news reader Michael Buerk (news) to entertainment journalist and TV presenter Jenni Falconer (showbiz)... full story.
IT'S ONLY TV...BUT I LIKE IT UK / BBC1-Open Mike / x30m-e / 1999-2002 / Season One: 3 June - 22 July 2000 Thursdays 10.05pm / Season Two: 24 February - 6 April 2000 Thursdays 10.20pm Comedy panel game show very much in the same irreverent vein as They Think It's All Over and Have I Got News For You. Hosted by Jonathan Ross with team captains Julian Clary and Jack Dee (season one) then Phil Jupitus (season 2). Season four (8x30m-e) started 28 June 2002. Team captains still Phill Jupitus and Julian Clary.
I'VE GOT A SECRET UK / BBC / x30m-e / 1986 Fridays around 8.00pm Producer: Tim Marshall / Director: Peter Fitton Celebrity panel game show hosted by Tom O'Connor with the guests having to try and guess the strange secrets of the people appearing.
JOKER'S WILD UK / Yorkshire / 150x30m-e / 1969-74 Creators: Ray Cameron, Mike King / Producer: David Mallet A comedy quiz hosted by Barry Cryer in which two teams of three comedians competed in trying to top each others jokes. Regular players were Arthur Askey, Ted Ray, Alfred Marks, Les Dawson and Ray Martine.
JUMPERS FOR GOALPOASTS UK / Sky One / x30m-e / 2001 First Episode: Monday 5 March / 10.00pm Comedy quiz with a football theme that had two fast show characters as team captains, the legendary Ron Manager (as played by Paul Whitehouse) and the equally legendary Ron Stein (Mark Williams). Host was fellow Fast Show alumni Simon Day.
JUKE BOX JURY UK / BBC / x30m-e / 1959-67 Creator: Peter Potter Host David Jacobs played a record and invited a celebrity panel of four to vote on whether the disc would be a hot or a miss. On one occasion all four Beatles appeared as the panel. The show has been revived twice, briefly in 1979 with Noel Edmonds as host and again during 1989-90 with Jools Holland playing videos instead of spinning records.
JUST A MINUTE UK / BBC1 / x30m-e / 1999 Weekday lunchtime panel show based on a long running radio show of the same name, hosted by Nicholas Parsons. The guests had to talk for one minute on any given subject without 'hesitation, repetition or deviation'. There had been one previous attempt to bring Just a Minute to the screen but it never got past the pilot stage.
KEN AND JONATHAN Australia / 7 Network / x60m-e / 1964 black and white Afternoon pair of quiz shows, Name That Tune and Who Do You Trust presented by US comics Ken Delo and Jonathan Daly.
KIDNAPPED USA / MTV / x30m-e / 2002 Gameshow
hosted by Dave Holmes and with a relationship theme which saw three 20-ish
friends having to try and liberate a fourth friend who had been kidnapped by the
shows production staff. There were three rounds and in each round, 2 points were
awarded for a correct response, with one point deducted for a wrong answer.
Round one involved answering questions about the hostage and
KNOCKOUT featured on separate page here
THE KRYPTON FACTOR UK / Granada / x30m-e / 1977-95 Executive Producer: Stephen Leahy, David Liddiment A cerebral and action based quiz in which four contestants competed against each other in a variety of rounds including a tough army assault course and a general knowledge round as well as other more mind bending type rounds in a bid to be crowned Super Person of Great Britain. Hosted by Gordon Burns.
LAUGH LINE USA / NBC-Standing Room Only Prod / x30m-e / 1959 Creators: Frank Wayne, Mace Nuefeld A
comedy game show hosted by Dick Van Dyke and featuring a celebrity panel
watching a comedy routine (suggested by the
LIAR UK / BBC2 / 8x30m / started 5 August 2002 / 9:30pm Director:
John DF Mortimer / Producers: Bill Matthews, Harry Thompson LIE DETECTOR UK / ITV / x30m-e / 1999 Daytime game show type series with members of the public putting people they think are lying through a polygraph test.. Shown twice daily at 12.55pm and 5.00pm.
LIFE'S A PUNT UK / LiveTV / x30m-e / 1999 Producer: Paul Derrick Quiz in which a pair of contestants place bets on everyday situations. Hosted by Paul Ross and featuring Ozzie Osman as the bookie. Shown on cable only channel LiveTV.
LOFT STORY France / M6-ASP-Endemol / x30m-e / 2001 (First Episode: 15 May) A game show hosted by Benjamin Castaldi and very Big Brother in style but with the sex angle played up more with 6 men and five women cooped up together ina loft style apartment (all aged in their twenties) the contestants had to try and couple up and the man and woman left at the end of 70 days confinement (the others having been voted off by both their roommates and the TV viewers) stood to win £30,000. At the beginning, they do not know each other. Filmed around the clock by 26 cameras and having to cope without telephone, newspapers, radio nor television, they have to organize their everyday life, with kitchen garden and hen house in this " loft ", in fact built in a studio of the Plain-Saint-Denis. Over 38,000 people applied to go on the show. The eleven contendors were Laure, Julie, Kenza, Kimy (who replaced very very early walkout Delphine), Loana, Christophe, J. Edouard, Fabrice, Aziz (first to go), Steevy and Phillipe.
LOVES LIKE A DOG UK / Channel 4-10 Alps Broadcasts / x55m-e / 1998-continuing Executive Producer: Alex Connock / Producer: Sam Cash Late night game style show hosted by Lauren Laverne and Trey Farley in which each week a celebrity guest was given a sum of two thousand pounds to spend on 'global tv'. This took the form of the guest being shown a selection of bizarre clips from TV stations around the world and on offer for varying amounts, the more outlandish the pricier the clip.
LUCKY NUMBERS UK / ITV / x30m-e / Mid 1990's Quiz show hosted by a typically loud Shane Richie and based on a bingo format.
THE MAD DASH Canada / CTV / 400x30m-e / 1979-85 Creator/Producer/Director: Sidney M. Cohen Challenge game show. Quick daytime show that involved the contestants making their way around a giant board in order to win cash and prizes. One of Canada's most popular daytime shows and currently showing in a new Polish version as Duety Do Mety. Thanks to Sidney M. Cohen for his contribution to this entry.
MADE IN AMERICA USA / CBS / x30m-e / 1964 (5 April-3 May) black and white Short lived quiz show in which three contestants had to keep the celebrity panel guessing as to how they had become millionaires (the proceeds were all given to charity). Hosted by Hans Conried and with Jan Sterling, Walter Slezak and Don Murray as regular panelists.
MAKE ME LAUGH UK / Associated Rediffusion-Jack Hylton / 6x30m-e / 1958 15 September - 20 October Producer: Jack Hylton Bizarre hybrid of comedy and game show which flopped disastrously. The show featured resident comics the Crazy Gang who had to try and make the contestants laugh. The longer the contestants remained stony faced the more cash they won.
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MY DAY MAN O MAN UK / ITV / x50m-e / 1997-99 Producer: Rob Clark Strange game show based on a German original. Presenter Chris Tarrant and a jury of 400 baying women whittle down 10 prospective males to one eventual winner. The losers faced the ignominy of being pushed into a swimming pool. Celebrity female guests were also on hand each week.
MARK AND LARD'S POP UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS UK / UK Play-BBC Manchester / x30m-e / 1999-2000 Title Music: Astrid / Design: Simeon Halligan / Executive Producer: Kieron Collins / Producer: Robin Ashbrook A pop quiz with a kind of university challenge format hosted by Radio One DJ's Mark Radliffe and Marc Riley (aka Lard). Mr Microphone played by Marc Helsby.
MASTERCHEF UK / BBC1 / x40m-e / 1990's-continuing Sunday afternoon culinary extravaganza hosted by Lloyd Grossman. Each show saw three amateur chefs battling it out to win the series title of Masterchef. Judging each show was a different prominent chef and a celebrity.
MASTERMIND UK / BBC1 / 160x30m-e / 1972-97 and 2003 - continuing Creator: Bill Wright / Theme Music: Approaching Menace by Neil Richardson / Producer: Penelope Cowell (1992-97) Cerebral quiz in which 64 contestants (4 per show) were whittled down to a single mastermind after completing, in the first half of the show, a generally highbrow specialist subject and then in the second half a general knowledge round. Hosted by Magnus Magnusson who gave the show its main catchphrase 'I've Started So I'll Finish' because of his habit of asking again a last question after the buzzer (for each two minute round) had gone. The show grew out of an occasion when creator Bill Wright was shot down during world war II and interrogated by the Germans. Each contestant was called to the centre of the stage (the show was usually filmed in the halls of various universities or libraries around the country) and made to sit in a black chair with a spotlight on them. The prize was not money but a cut glass trophy and the kudos of winning. There was a celebrity special broadcast on 30 December 2002. After a gap of 6 years, Mastermind resumed 7 July 2003 on BBC2 with a new question-master, John Humphreys. The format was unchanged. The full list of Winners was:- 1972: Nancy Wilkinson / 1973: Patricia Owen / 1974: Elizabeth Horrocks / 1975: John Hart / 1976: Roger Pritchard / 1977: Sir David Hunt / 1978: Rosemary James / 1979: Phiklip Jenkins / 1980: Fred Housego / 1981: Leslie Grout / 1982: Sir David Hunt (champion of champions) / `983: Christopher Hughes / 1984: Margaret Harris / 1985: Ian Meadows / 1986: Jennifer Keaveney / 1987: Jeremy Bradbrooke / 1988: David Beamish / 1989: Mary-Elizabeth Raw / 1990: David Edwards / 1991: Stephen Allen / 1992: Steve Williams / 1993: Gavin Fuller / 1994: George Davidson / 1995: Kevin Ashman / 1996: Richard Sturch / 1997: Anne Ashurst
MICHAEL BARRYMORE'S MY KIND OF MUSIC UK / LWT / x60m-e / 1998-continuing Producer: Maurice Leonard Music based quiz show with regular singing spots and hosted by the increasingly manic Michael Barrymore. There were three sets of two contestants, one of whom from each set sang a karaoke type number at the start of the show.
MR AND MRS UK / HTV-Border / x30m-e / 1972-88 Creator: Roy Ward Dickson Long running mostly afternoon quiz show for married couples who were tested on how much they knew about each other. The series ran in the Television Wales and West region before being networked in 1974. Alan Taylor was original host, Derek Batey began hosting in 1974 and the two alternated for a while before Batey became sole host. Briefly revived in the late 1990's on satellite channel UK Living. See also below for 1999 ITV revival.
MR AND MRS UK / ITV / 6x25m-e / 1999 19 -26 March / June / Fridays 10.00pm Executive producer: Trish Kinane A brand new (flop) version of the above quiz with Julian Clary and Stacy Young as hosts. Taken off for a while after 2 episodes with the final four being shown June 1999.
THE MOLE UK / Channel 5 / 9x60m-e / 2001 (First Episode: Friday 12 January 8.00pm) Executive Producer: Peter Davey Reality style game show, on the island of Jersey 10 people of varying ages attempt to win £200,000, however one of the ten is a mole and working against the group, each week a different competitor was eliminated. Presented by Glen Hugill and based on a Belgian original.
THE MOLE Australia / 7 Network / x60m-e / 2000-2002 Executive Producer: David Mason 10 contestants compete in a series of knockout challenges (racing against the clock) aiming to win a total prize of $200,000, one of the ten however is a saboteur out to spoil the chances of the others. Hosted by Grant Bowler and season one was set in Tasmania and season two in Victoria.
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH UK / London Weekend Television / x60m-e / 1998-contestants Season Two: 11 September - 13 November 1999 Executive producer: Michael Hurll / Titles: Jump Family game show in which three contestants have one week to try and master a task (sometimes hard and sometimes daft), with prizes worth £20,00 to be won. Hosted by Cilla Black. Their was also the chance for various audience members to win a thousand pounds with on the spot challenges.
THE MONEY GAME Australia / 7 Network / 1x60m-e / Monday 6 November 2000 / 7.30pm Challenge game show. Three contestants begin with nothing but the clothes they stand in, a passport, drivers license and $10,000. With this they must complete a trio of deals and make as much money as they can.
MOTHER'S DAY USA
/ ABC / x30m-e / October 13, 1958-January 2, 1959 black and white Broadcast
Mon.-Fri. 12:30-1 p.m. (10/13/58-1/2/59)
MOVE ON UP UK / Channel 5-Mike Mansfield / x30m-e / 1997 Devisor: David Sankey / Producer/Director: Mike Mansfield Low budget general knowledge quiz with the contestants advancing further up a staircase the more questions they answered correctly.
THE MURDER GAME BBC1 / 8x60m / started 29 March 2003 Series editors:
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