Talk:List of British game shows
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Numberwang?
editThis doesn't seem to me to be a valid entry in this list, as it is a fictional show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.224.33.58 (talk) 17:16, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
Scope?
edit- There have been something like 1,500 game shows and more are added each week. Wouldn't it be more practical to limit this list to the major show that have had at least a handful of series? Davidbod 22:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
- However there are short lived British shows that have some cultural worth/intersting links...see below
Endurance UK
editAfter short segments of the now-defunct show were used in Clive James on Television and Tarrant on TV, the format was picked up by British television company Flextech, who were in the process of re-branding The Family Channel (originally based at TVS Television Centre in Maidstone) into a game show network called Challenge TV.
The short-lived British version of the show ran for two series (airing from 1997 to 1998) and was hosted by Paul Ross from a 'Japanese'-styled studio with 'Japanese' assistants Hoki and Koki (actually actors Peter Cocks and Stephen Taylor Woodrow, from TVS children's show What's Up Doc?, in yellowface)[1][2][3]. In series two, Tara O'Connor replaced Olivia Stranger as the hostess (the 'Gong Banger'), whilst Chris Sievey[4] (previously seen as Frank Sidebottom on TVS shows No. 73, Motormouth and What's Up Doc?) joined as a "Gimp man" character. The show did not feature the extreme conditions of the original programme, with the games being similar to ones shown on ITV's Love Island, and so the British version saw little success[5][6][7].
See also
edit- Banzai - uses Japanese iconography as a base for the show
- I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - uses tasks similar to Za Gaman
- Ultra Quiz - a 1980s TVS/ITV elimination game show based on a Japanese format[8][9][10]
References
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1042702/
- ^ http://www.ukgameshows.co.uk/ukgs/Peter_Cocks
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2282329/
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1036040/
- ^ http://www.ukgameshows.co.uk/ukgs/Endurance_UK
- ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/BritishTV/comments/dhywpp/crappy_90s_game_show_endurance_uk/
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375311/
- ^ https://www.tvcream.co.uk/telly/tv-a-z/n-z/u-is-for/ultra-quiz/
- ^ https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1220307313455747072
- ^ https://missingepisodes.proboards.com/thread/11039/ultra-quiz
Redirect
editI would like to propose that "list of British game shows" redirects to this page. Since "UK" and "British" are often used interchangeably, it only makes sense that one would redirect to the other. Twentydragon (talk) 18:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)