"Going for Gold Going for Gold was a British television game show that originally aired on BBC1 between 12 October 1987 and 9 July 1996. It was revived for Channel 5 from 13 October 2008 to 20 March 2009. ""Going for Gold"" was originally broadcast on BBC1 from 12 October 1987 to 9 July 1996, usually, after the lunchtime broadcast of Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"". It was presented by Irish broadcaster Henry Kelly, and its defining concept was that it featured contestants from different European countries who competed against each other to answer questions (all in English) to win a"
"this year, called ""Quiz Champion"". In Serbia, B92 airs their version of ""Going for Gold"" as """" (""Questions Champion"") since 2006. In Ukraine, STB aired version titled ""Питання для чемпіонів"" (translit. ""Pitannya dlya chempioniv""), hosted by Yury Gorbunov. Going for Gold Going for Gold was a British television game show that originally aired on BBC1 between 12 October 1987 and 9 July 1996. It was revived for Channel 5 from 13 October 2008 to 20 March 2009. ""Going for Gold"" was originally broadcast on BBC1 from 12 October 1987 to 9 July 1996, usually, after the lunchtime broadcast of Australian"
"to Australia. On Five, the winner of each programme received £1,000 and returned to play against three new opponents; the series winner won £5,000. ""Going for Gold"" began its life as an American pilot, ""Run for the Money"", hosted by Bill Rafferty and produced for ABC in 1987, at ABC Television Center. The pilot did not sell in the States; however, Grundy took it to Europe where it became what is now ""Going for Gold"". ""Run for the Money"" would have been played with four contestants (one a returning champion) starting with the Beat the Buzzer round. The winner of"
"Let's Get Gold Let's Get Gold was a British sports entertainment television series. It aired on ITV; consisting of three episodes, and was hosted by Vernon Kay. It was announced on 11 June 2012, that Rio Ferdinand, Freddie Flintoff, Una Healy and Martine McCutcheon were to judge the show. Over three shows, Let's Get Gold put fifteen sporting teams against each other as they attempted to transform their sport into the most spectacular and entertaining routine. With a prize fund of £100,000 and judged by Rio, Una, Martine and Freddie; the show aims to find groups with the best technique"
"household name in the country. He remained with the show until 1983. In June 1983 he joined TV-am, and became the host of the Saturday edition of ""Good Morning Britain"" with Toni Arthur. He was also a regular stand-in presenter on the weekday programme and presented ""Summer Sunday"" over the years. He left the TV-am in 1987. From 1987 to 1996 he presented ""Going for Gold"", a lunchtime television quiz game show broadcast on BBC1, notable only for its pan-Western European contestant aspect, where he coined the catchphrases ""What am I?"" and ""Now you're playing catchup!"". In 1988 he briefly"
"of ""Going for Gold"", repackaged and with a different host (initially, Paul Roseby, who was soon replaced by Robin Houston, known as the 'voice of the computer' on another Channel 5 quiz show, ""100%""). Unlike ""Going for Gold"" but like ""100%"", ""One to Win"" featured low cash prizes for the first player to reach 21 points in the head-to-head round – just £200 per episode but with a bonus for five consecutive wins – and offered its champions the option to return on the next edition of the show. ATV in Austria has just launched a version of the show"
"Going for a Song Going for a Song was an antiques quiz show broadcast by the BBC from 1965-1977. It was a forerunner of the ""Antiques Roadshow"". The original television series was hosted by presenter Max Robertson, with Arthur Negus appearing as the resident expert and antique valuer. Revivals of the programme were made in the 1990s, hosted by Michael Parkinson (1995-1999), and Anne Robinson (2000), with Eric Knowles as the resident antiques expert, and in 2001 by Michael Aspel. The host would introduce an antique to a panel of antique experts, valuers and celebrity panellists who would examine the"
"and skill and creativity. On 21 June 2012, host Vernon Kay spoke to Phillip and Holly on This Morning about the show. On 5 July 2012, judge Martine McCutcheon spoke to Lorraine Kelly on her breakfast show Lorraine. The judging panel is split and vote at the end of each performance, awarding either a bronze, silver or gold. At the end of all the performances, the audience vote to send one team through to the final. No public vote takes place as the show is pre-recorded. Let's Get Gold Let's Get Gold was a British sports entertainment television series. It"
"before moving to RTL. In the eighties, Lepers hosted, for one year, ""À tout cœur"", an entertainment programme broadcast by the Swiss TV channel TSR, receiving famous singers. He debuted as a television host in France in 1986, at the age of 36, on FR3 in ""La Nouvelle Affiche"", and then in the breakfast television show ""Télématin"" on Antenne 2. From November 1988 until February 2016, Lepers hosted ""Questions pour un champion"", the French version of the game show ""Going for Gold"". The show is on air to this day and is still a success. In August 1998, Lepers also"
"Comedy Gold (TV series) Comedy Gold is a comedy reality TV show, created and produced by Darren Chau. The format documented the nationwide search for Australia's next hit TV comedy show. The program was filmed at the 2007 SPAA conference on the Gold Coast and premiered on Foxtel’s the Comedy Channel on Australia Day 2008. The contestants submitted ideas for a thirteen-part half-hour comedy series to a panel of judges, and the show offered up $25,000 to the winning TV show towards its development. Finalists included Steve Kearney of Los Trios Ringbarkus fame. Jason Gann was the runner up with"
"Go for It (game show) Go for it! is a British game show that was broadcast on ITV in 2016 for one series and was hosted by Stephen Mulhern. The series returned on 10 December 2016 for a one-off special, with members of the public who thought they could do better than the previous acts. Some new challenges were also included. The programme sees challengers putting their unusual skills and implausible party tricks to the test. If the challenger succeeds, they'll win £1,000. The show's format is adapted from ""Challenge Me!"", which has been produced in the United States, Netherlands"
"Daphne Fowler Daphne Fowler (née Bradshaw; born 5 January 1939), also formerly known as Daphne Hudson, is a game show champion who has taken part in many televised game shows. She has won many titles, including winning ""Fifteen to One"" (twice), ""Going for Gold"" and ""Brain of Britain"". She took part in the gameshow ""Eggheads"", where she was one of the team of seven gameshow champions challenged daily by a new quiz team. Daphne has been described as ""Britain's best-known female quiz contestant"". She was born in Warwick, Warwickshire, but moved to Cheriton, Kent aged 6 where she attended Harcourt"
"Mooi. Daphne Fowler Daphne Fowler (née Bradshaw; born 5 January 1939), also formerly known as Daphne Hudson, is a game show champion who has taken part in many televised game shows. She has won many titles, including winning ""Fifteen to One"" (twice), ""Going for Gold"" and ""Brain of Britain"". She took part in the gameshow ""Eggheads"", where she was one of the team of seven gameshow champions challenged daily by a new quiz team. Daphne has been described as ""Britain's best-known female quiz contestant"". She was born in Warwick, Warwickshire, but moved to Cheriton, Kent aged 6 where she attended"
"Balding, Louise Redknapp, and Lisa Snowdon. ""The Girls"" won the contest raising over £400,000 from ticket sales and sales on the night through a big event at one of their West End stores. Gold has been the subject of several documentaries including ""Back to the Floor"" (which was filmed at a former business prior to its closure), ""Ann Summers Uncovered"", ""So What Do You Do All Day"", ""Break with the Boss"", and co-presented the daytime business series ""Mind your own Business"" on BBC One. She has also appeared on the ITV1 show """", and in 2007, she was one of"
"The Golden Shot The Golden Shot was a British television game show produced by ATV for ITV between 1 July 1967 and 13 April 1975, based on the German TV show ""Der goldene Schuß"". It is most commonly associated with host Bob Monkhouse, although three other presenters also hosted the show during its lifetime. Hostess Anne Aston was on hand to read out the scores achieved by the contestants, and each month a ""Maid of the Month"", usually a glamour model of the era, would demonstrate the prizes and announce the contestants. When Bob Monkhouse returned to present the show"
"out of Australia, ""Prisoner"" and on some markets ""Neighbours"". Bill Mason (was also EP of ""Sale of the Century"", ""Jeopardy"" and ""Wheel of Fortune New Zealand"") operated the U.S.-based Grundy operation, and was the executive in charge of production for all of the Grundy-based game shows in the States. Former ""Concentration"" co-creator Robert Noah was also the driving force behind several of the aforementioned game shows, including ""Time"", ""Sale"" and ""Scrabble"". In the UK, Reg Grundy Productions produced two big hit shows for the BBC called ""Going for Gold"" and ""Small Talk"". They also produced three cult shows for ITV"
"television competition, ""Let's Get Gold"" Healy was on the judging panel alongside Martine McCutcheon, Andrew Flintoff and Rio Ferdinand. During the show fifteen sporting teams go against one another as they attempt to transform their sport into the most spectacular, entertaining and inspiring routine. The winners of the show would receive a grand prize of £100,000, with Healy's aim as a judge is to find groups with the best technique and skill and creativity. The programme experienced poor ratings and therefore was not renewed for a second season. In 2014, Healy was announced as a contestant on the second series"
"Teams achieving the difficult feat of earning a profit on all three items are awarded a ""golden gavel""; originally a wooden trophy, but latterly a lapel pin. A separate celebrity version of the show premiered on 1 December 2008 on BBC Two featuring team pairs made up of one well-known personality accompanied by a friend or family member. The show is presented by Tim Wonnacott and the format is the same as the main show but Wonnacott's visit to see an antiques collection or stately home is replaced by a feature where each celebrity contestant discusses antiques with him. Wonnacott"
"award-winning panels displayed in London Underground trains. Money raised went to the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation. Bob Monkhouse Robert Alan Monkhouse (1 June 1928 – 29 December 2003) was an English entertainer and comedian. He was a comedy writer, comedian and actor and was also well known on television as a presenter and game show host. He was probably best known for being host of the TV game shows ""The Golden Shot"", ""Celebrity Squares"", and ""Family Fortunes"". Monkhouse was born on 1 June 1928 at 168 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, the son of Wilfred Adrian Monkhouse (1894–1957) and Dorothy Muriel"
"in each competition. At that point, the three competitions would merge into one overall competition. The last contestant standing from each country competed in the finale, and from this group a winner was chosen. The individual hosts for each country were Anne Pedersen in Denmark, Kathrine Sørland in Norway, and Mini Andén in Sweden. Andén left the show after the first two seasons and was replaced by Malin Persson for the third. The merged competition was hosted by Georgianna Robertson in season 1 and Cynthia Garrett in seasons 2 and 3. The show ran for three seasons, after which the"
"Hearts of Gold Hearts of Gold was a BBC television programme devised and presented by Esther Rantzen, with Michael Groth and Carol Smillie as co-presenters. Running for six years in the 1980s and 1990s, the programme commended members of the public for their good deeds. Rantzen devised the show in 1988. The premise of the show was to commend those who had done good deeds to others. They would usually be tricked into appearing on the show using a practical joke, a device which some critics (such as ""The Independent""s Geraldine Bedell) compared to ""Beadle's About"". Journalist Bedell explains that"
"first ever winner of the contest was Finland who received a total of 132 points. 2nd place went to Ukraine, 3rd to Ireland, 4th to Poland and 5th place to Austria and Portugal, who received both 74 points. The host venue was the BBC Television Centre, White City, London, which opened in 1960. It is one of the most readily recognisable facilities of its type having appeared as the backdrop for many BBC programmes. It remained to be one of the largest such facilities in the world until it closed in March 2013. The contest was hosted by the BBC,"
"Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Italy, Yugoslavia, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom. 1993 - Hostess: Gloria Hunniford<br> Broadcast: 4:40pm Sunday, 2 May & 4:50pm Sunday, 9 May.<br> Part 1: Italy, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Malta, Iceland, Austria, Portugal, France.<br> Part 2: Sweden, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Finland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Cyprus, Israel, Norway, United Kingdom. 1994 - Host: Terry Wogan, with analysis by Peter Snow<br> Broadcast: 5:00pm Sunday, 17 April & Sunday, 24 April.<br> Two minutes of each song broadcast in ""Tips For Le Top"".<br> Including ""Eurovision Mastermind"" with four fan contestants. The competition was won by David"
"FM. Hill has written for numerous magazines including a regular column for ""Cosmopolitan Hair & Beauty"", ""Hello!"" and ""Closer"". In both 2000 and 2001, she presented the final of ""Song for Europe,"" the competition to select the United Kingdom's entry for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. In 2004, she appeared on the Channel 4 reality TV show, ""The Games"", in which she came overall second in the female contenders, winning five out of the seven required disciplines. After Neil Fox quit as the long-running host of the networked ""Hit40UK"" (also in 2004), Hill - previously one of his stand-ins -"
"Cannonball (UK game show) Cannonball is a British game show, hosted by Andrew ""Freddie"" Flintoff with Frankie Bridge, Radzi Chinyanganya, Ryan Hand and Maya Jama as poolside reporters, which first aired on 2 September 2017 on ITV. The show features 24 contestants of all ages taking on four games in a bid to win gold, silver and bronze medals. The top three contestants with the most medals go through to the final to play for the ""Cannonball Cup"". Flintoff is the main presenter and narrator, whilst Bridge, Chinyanganya, Hand and Jama are down by the games speaking to the contestants."
"Teams representing France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy took part in the first edition of the show called ""Inter Nations Games"". In the United Kingdom, participants came from the heats of ""It's a Knockout"". The original presenter was McDonald Hobley, but he stayed for just one series before handing over to Katie Boyle, who in turn was replaced by David Vine and Eddie Waring. It was not until 1971 that the presenter most associated with the role, Stuart Hall, took over presenting the UK heats and also provided the British commentary for the international version along with Waring, who was better"
"for several years. In Vancouver, the show was hosted by Terry Garner (1961-1982). In Windsor, the show was hosts were Don Daly and Marty Adler. In London, the show was hosted by Mark Lade, with judge Steve Officer. In Montreal, the show was hosted by Bob Cadman and by Marc Coté. Shelagh Rogers, later a host for CBC Radio, was a contestant on the original broadcasts of the show. Bill Guest hosted the National Finals on CBC from 1969 to 1985. The CBC stopped airing ""Reach for the Top"" in 1985, but it continues to be shown under the aegis"
"Bruce Forsyth Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was a British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 75 years. In 2012, ""Guinness World Records"" recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"". He went on to host several game shows, including ""The Generation Game"", ""Play Your Cards Right"", ""The Price Is Right"" and ""You Bet!"". He co-presented ""Strictly Come Dancing"" from 2004 to 2013. Forsyth was born"
"Rosemarie Ford Rosemarie Ford (born Rosemarie Poundford; 5 March 1962) is an English actress, dancer and television presenter. Ford is best known for her stint as the co-host of the BBC 1 game show ""The Generation Game"" with Bruce Forsyth from 1990 to 1994. She later hosted ""Come Dancing"", again for the BBC and frequently sang with the orchestra. Coincidentally, Ford's former ""Generation Game"" colleague Forsyth was a former presenter of ""Strictly Come Dancing', the revived celebrity version of the show. Ford worked as a backing singer for Cliff Richard in his ""Live and Guaranteed"" Tour in 1988 and danced"
"such he was on hand to describe the memorable gold medal wins of sports stars such as Olga Korbut, Mark Spitz, John Curry, Torvill and Dean and David Wilkie. For all this, he was affectionately nicknamed 'The Gold Medal Commentator' by his peers. Barry Davies took over his gymnastics duties in the Olympics, and Hamilton Bland in swimming. Davies and Weeks continued to commentate in ice-skating together, including the Torvill and Dean comeback at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, before a record audience of 23.9 million viewers in the UK on the BBC - a record audience for a"
"channel UK Gold during the 1990s, although that episode was erroneously published in broadcast schedules. The main character throughout the series was Nobel Prize winner, Dr Spencer Quist, who had been given the task of setting up and running the department by the British government. Quist is haunted by guilt of having worked on the Manhattan Project, making the first nuclear bomb. He was played throughout the BBC run by John Paul, a familiar face from a range of British television series, who later went on to appear in ""I, Claudius"". The other main regular character throughout the run was"
"and Ukraine. In May 2016, it was announced that ITV had commissioned a new skill game show titled ""Go for it!"", based on the television series ""Challenge Me!"". ITV let out application forms under the working title ""Challenge Me!"", with the title being changed in May 2016. Go for It (game show) Go for it! is a British game show that was broadcast on ITV in 2016 for one series and was hosted by Stephen Mulhern. The series returned on 10 December 2016 for a one-off special, with members of the public who thought they could do better than the"
"a dispute between Paul O'Grady, the planned host, and the British broadcaster ITV; production of this edition later resumed in 2007. The show attracts a variety of participants, from across the United States and abroad, to take part and who possess some form of talents, with acts ranging from singing, dancing, comedy, magic, stunts, variety, and other genres. Each participant who auditions attempts to secure a place in the live episodes of a season by impressing a panel of judges - the current line-up consists of Cowell, Howie Mandel, Mel B, and Heidi Klum. Those that make it into the"