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This is a list of British game shows. A game show is a type of radio, television, or internet programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities , sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.
This is a list of game show hosts. A game show host is a profession involving the hosting of game shows. Game shows usually range from a half hour to an hour long and involve a prize. Foreign-language shows that are part of franchises may be referred by their franchise name.
Quiz is a British drama television serial developed for the ITV channel and AMC and written by James Graham, based on his play of the same name [2] commissioned by William Village [3] and the book Bad Show: the Quiz, the Cough, the Millionaire Major by Bob Woffinden and James Plaskett. [4]
Pantomime Quiz, initially titled Pantomime Quiz Time and later Stump the Stars, was an American television game show produced and hosted by Mike Stokey.Running from 1947–59, it was one of the few television series – along with The Arthur Murray Party; Down You Go; The Ernie Kovacs Show, The Original Amateur Hour; and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet – to air on all four TV networks in the US ...
The show also mentions the origins of Jeopardy!, which was created as a direct result of the quiz show scandals. [9] In the 1950s, television networks decided to rig game shows in an attempt to boost their ratings, but eventually failed once contestants came forward saying that the shows were rigged. [10]
Jamie Hyneman is a main cast member on MythBusters, along with Adam Savage. [4] His demeanor on the show is calm, logical and no-nonsense, in stark contrast to Savage's more animated, impulsive and energetic persona. [5] The two often have very different ideas for performing experiments and building devices.
Impossible (stylised as !mpossible) is a British television quiz show created by Hugh Rycroft and produced by Mighty Productions for BBC One.Hosted by Rick Edwards, the show has a maximum prize of £10,000 and features questions in which some answer choices are "impossible" or inconsistent with the given category.
Kerwhizz (strapline: The Quiz with added Whizz) is a British live-action/animated children's television game show created by Tony Reed and Alan Robinson, which originally aired on CBeebies between 2008 and 2011. The series uses a mix of CGI and live action, and is targeted towards four to six-year-olds. [1] [2] [3]