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TAKE A LETTER UK / Granada / 130x30m-e / 1962-64 black and white Producer: John Hamp Quiz show in which contestants were given a clue that in turn led to a letter that in turn led to a word being spelled out. Whoever got the word or sentence the quickest, won the prize. Top prize was £34 and the host was Bob Holness.
TAKE YOUR PICK UK / Associated Rediffusion-Thames / 300+ x30m-e / 1955-68 (A-R) and 1992-98(Thames) Popular quiz show in which contestants had to choose whether to open the box (for a prize) or take the money offered to them, to get to that stage in the competition the contestant had to answer a series of questions without using the words yes or no. Original host was Michael Miles and then when the show was revived in the 1990's Des O'Connor took over.
TALKABOUT UK / ITV / x30m-e / 1990's Afternoon quiz hosted by Andrew O'Connor in which three teams of two talked about various subjects trying to guess ten keywords involved each time.
TECHNO GAMES UK / BBC2 / 5x30m-e / 2000 20-24 March Monday-Friday 6.20pm Producer: Stephen Carsey / Director: Danielle Peck Game show, spin off from Robot Wars with 80 robots taking part in a series of contests (most with a sporting theme) such as long jump, swimming, football etc. Tying in with National Science Week and presented by Ulrika Jonsson, Sophie Blake and Ed Hall.
TELL THE TRUTH UK / ATV / x30m-e / 1961 Black and White Producer: Rita Gillespie Game show with a celebrity panel trying to guess which of three people were who they claimed to be. Hosted by Shaw Taylor.
TELLY ADDICTS UK / BBC1 / x30m-e / 1985-98 Television themed quiz show hosted by Noel Edmonds in which two teams of contestants (usually four but for the final series there were three teams of two) are testing on their TV general knowledge. The first series was on a winner stays on basis and one family, the Paynes managed to stay on for the whole run, later series used a knockout format.
TELLYSTACK UK / UK Gold (Pay TV) / x30m-e / 1997 A television themed quiz show hosted by Paul Ross. The show has been so far one of satellite channel UK Gold's few original productions.
TEMPTATION ISLAND USA / Fox / 6x60m-e / 2001 Bizarre 'gameshow' that took three supposedly committed couples to an island inhabited by 26 good looking single men and women in order to try and tempt them to stray from their partners, the couples were kept in separate parts of the island and the women were put in the same part of the island as the single men and vice versa. Versions have also been seen in the UK and Australia (where every couple who appeared ended up separating after the show was over).
TEST THE NATION - THE NATIONAL IQ TEST BBC1
/ 1x90, 1x70m / 11 May 2002
THEY THINK IT'S ALL OVER UK / BBC1 / x30m-e / 1995-continuing Irreverent sports comedy panel quiz hosted by Nick Hancock. Team captains are Gary Lineker and David Gower, resident guests on the show are Rory McGrath (on Gary's side) and Lee Hurst (on David's side), Hurst was later replaced by Jonathan Ross. The general level of the show can be gauged by the fact that one of the rounds is called Feel the Sportsman. Season 2002 started 18 January and consisted of 8x30 minute episodes.
THREE LITTLE WORDS UK / ITV Network- Harlech TV / 80+x30 minute episodes / 1967-84
THREE'S A CROWD USA / 1979 Daytime quiz show testing who knew a husband best - his wife or his secretary.
THREE, TWO, ONE UK / Yorkshire / 180x60m-e / 1978-87 Producers: Derek Burrell-Davies, Mike Goddard, Ian Bolt, Graham Wetherall, Terry Heneberry Quiz show in which three couples tried to avoid winning the Dusty Binn booby prize (although the Dusty Binn figurines actually became quite a cult collectible item and Dusty Binn almost became bigger than the show itself). The show used sketches interspersed with General Knowledge rounds. Hosted was Ted Rogers and the show was based on a Spanish original called Uno, Dos, Tres.
THRILL OF A LIFETIME Canada / CTV / 150x30m-e / 1981-87 Creators Sidney M. Cohen, Willie Stein / Director: Sidney M. Cohen Reality series that offered ordinary people the opportunity to fulfil a life's ambition whether it be meeting a favourite celebrity , going to Las Vegas, joining the army to diving to the bottom of the sea. The series was revived in 2002 again produced by Sidney M. Cohen Thanks to Sidney M. Cohen for his contribution to this entry.
TIMECHASE Canada / History Television / x30m-e / 1997-98 Creators: Jay R. Cohen, Sidney M. Cohen / Executive Producer/Director: Sidney M. Cohen Quiz show hosted by Sheldon Turcott with a trio of contestants trying to win cash and prizes by answering questions with a historical theme. Played over three rounds and with each round split into decades. Thanks to Sidney M. Cohen for his contribution to this entry.
TODAYS THE DAY UK / BBC2 / x30m-e / 1996-98 Weekday nostalgia based quiz hosted by newsreader Martyn Lewis. It featured two teams of two answering questions on news and showbiz items.
TOP OF THE FORM UK / BBC / 1960's and 1970's General knowledge tournament for grammar school kids.
TRADING UP UK / Channel 4 / 6x30m-e / 1999 Fridays 8.00pm Executive Producer: Adrian Swift / Producer: Matthew Littleford Game show in which contestants were given the chance to upgrade their car for a better model. With Claudia Winkleman and car experts Russell Bulgin and Roger Firth.
TREASURE HUNT UK / Channel 4-Chatsworth / 88x60m-e / 1982-89 Creator: Ann Meo / Producers: Malcolm Heyworth, Peter Holmans, Angela Breheny Quiz show. Anneka Rice takes to the skies in a chopper searching for clues in various locations for two contestants who were in the studio and couldn't see Anneka (they communicated via Radio Mic). Kenneth Kendall and Wincy Willis were also on hand to try and help the contestants win £1,000. For the final series tennis player Annabel Croft replaced Anneka.
TREASURE HUNT UK / BBC2 / 5x45m / started 16 December 2002 / 6:00pm Producer:
Hester Davies / Executive Producer: Malcoln Heyworth TRIVIAL PURSUIT UK / BBC1-Initial / 6x30m-e / 1990 Tuesdays 7.00pm Executive Producer: Mike Bolland / Director: Peter Orton General knowledge quiz show based on the famous board game hosted by Rory McGrath.
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES USA / CBS (then NBC) / x30m-e / 1950-74 1977-78 and 1987 Often funny quiz show in which if the contestants got their questions wrong they had to pay the price by taking part in a stunt. The show originally began on NBC radio. After its first season on CBS it then switched to NBC (between the years 1956 and 1965 the show was part of the daytime schedules but also continued as a prime time show until 1958). The show was hosted by Ralph Edwards (1950-51), Jack Bailey (1954-56), Steve Dunne (1957-58) and Bob Barker. The show went into syndication from 1965-74 this version was again hosted by Bob Barker. Then in 1977-78 Bob Hilton hosted another syndicated version. Finally there was another revival in 1987 this was hosted by Larry Anderson.
THE $20 CHALLENGE Australia / 10 Network / x60m-e / 2000 (First Episode: Sunday 6 August / 7.30pm) Writer: Tim Bailey Gameshow hosted by Tim Bailey with three Australians trying to survive for three days in a foreign city with nothing but twenty dollars to their name.
TWENTY QUESTIONS A UK celebrity panel game from a radio original that appeared on the BBC during the 1950's and the ITV network (Associated Rediffusion) during 1960 and 1961.
2001 TO 1 UK / BBC1 / 4x30m-e 1x50m-e / 1999 4 - 31 December Saturdays 6.40pm (Final episode Friday 7.00pm) Producer: David Taylor / Executive Producer: Kevin Bishop A quiz show with a unique prize - a whole years paid holiday from work, all of the 2000 contestants pledged an hour of their pay to the Children's Promise Millennium Final Hour Appeal in order to take part. Each edition started with 400 contestants being whittled down to one who went forward to the grand final. Presented by Michael Parkinson and Katy Hill. The winner was John Mitchell.
ULTRAQUIZ UK / TVS / x30m-e / 1983-85 Producer: Tony McLaren Big budget quiz that started off with a thousand contestants whittled down to five who then competed for the £10,000 jackpot. Hosts were Michael Aspel then David Frost and finally Stu Francis and Sara Hollamby.
UNDER OFFER UK / Meridian-HTV West / x30m-e / 2000 Producer: Rodney Taylor. Quiz show presented by Yvette Fielding.
UNDER ONE ROOF USA / UPN / 7x60m-e / 2002 Reality
style game show hosted by Rob Nelson. In this seven-week series set in a
luxurious beachfront home on a tropical island, five families with (two) teenage
children compete in a series of contests. The families live for the duration of
the contest in a
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE UK / BBC2 / 973x30m-e (1962-87) / 1962-87 and 1994-continuing Creator: Don Reid Highly cerebral quiz for university students. Two teams of four faced a starter for ten and then 3 further questions worth five points each. Although they were not, thanks to camera trickery it looked like the two teams were positioned on top of each other. Hosted by Bamber Gascoine the show finished in 1987 after 25 years but in 1994 it was revived with Jeremy Paxman hosted. The 1994 revival is a co-production between the BBC and Granada.
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE REUNITED BBC2 / x35m-e / started 25 March 2002 Director:
Vernon Antcliff /
Producer: Peter Gwyn
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