"versions, if it is time to go for a commercial break, the host will take the final answer but not announce if it is correct until after the break. International versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? This table lists all international variants in the television game show franchise ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" that have been broadcast since the debut of the original British version of the show on 4 September 1998. Legend: The ""Millionaire"" franchise's catchphrase is ""Is that your final answer?"" (more commonly said by some versions' hosts as ""Final answer?"" or simply ""Final?""), a"
"answer questions; and the amount offered increases as they tackle questions that become increasingly difficult. The maximum cash prize offered in most versions of the format is one million of the local currency. The original British version debuted on 4 September 1998, and was aired until its final episode on 11 February 2014; a revived series of seven episodes to commemorate its 20th anniversary in 2018, were aired from 5 to 11 May. Since its debut, international variants of the game show have been aired in around 160 countries worldwide. The format of the show was created by David Briggs,"
"Francis. Readers of ukgameshows.com named it the best new game show of 2009 in their ""Hall of fame"" poll. The format has been successful with international broadcasters. As of 2017, eleven countries have produced their own versions of the show which have all ceased broadcasting and in the case of the US version and the Turkish version have not even been shown (only a pilot was filmed). Below is a breakdown of the countries that have created their own versions along with other information including the Jackpot available and broadcast dates. Legend: The UK version of ""The Cube"" is also"
"11 February 2014. Four years later, ITV revived the programme for a special 7-episode series, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the British original. This series of special episodes was hosted by Jeremy Clarkson and aired every evening between 6 May and 11 May 2018. Since the British original debuted in 1998, several different versions of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" have been created across the world, including Australia, the United States, and India. In total over 100 different international variations have been made. On 18 April 1999, Nine Network launched an Australian version of the game show for"
"the United Kingdom had access to, the series was sold to over fifty countries worldwide and was hugely popular in Europe. The series first known broadcast was in Sweden on Kanal 5, where broadcast commenced on 3 September 1998. The series was shown three times consecutively due to its popularity. Denmark, Ireland, Hong Kong and the Philippines also broadcast the series in 1998, more than a year before the series finally reached British audiences. Some countries, such as New Zealand, dropped the series mid-run due to disappointing viewing figures. For several years, the series remained unrepeated. However, in November 2011,"
"since become one of the most successful of all British comedy exports. As well as being shown internationally on BBC Worldwide, channels such as BBC Prime, BBC America and BBC Canada, the series has been sold to broadcasters in over 80 countries, including ABC1 in Australia, The Comedy Network in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand and the pan-Asian satellite channel STAR World, based in Hong Kong. The show began airing in The United States on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim on 18 September 2009 until 2012. The show centres on themes of social clumsiness, the trivialities of"
"Blockbusters (UK game show) Blockbusters is a British television game show based upon an American game show of the same name in which contestants answer trivia questions to complete a path across or down a game board of hexagons. The programme premiered on 29 August 1983 on ITV and ran for ten series, ending on the ITV network on 19 May 1993. ""Blockbusters"" was revived for four additional series, the most recent of which aired on Challenge in 2012. ""Blockbusters"" was created by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions and originated as an American series in 1980. The UK version was created"
"the globe. Upon the show's American debut in 1999, it was a hit and became a regular part of ABC's prime time lineup until 2002. Several shorter-lived high-stakes games were attempted around the time of the millennium, both in the United States and the United Kingdom, such as ""Winning Lines"", ""The Chair"", ""Greed"", and ""Shafted"", leading to some dubbing this period as ""The Million-Dollar Game Show Craze"". These higher stakes contests also opened the door to reality television contests such as ""Survivor"" and ""Big Brother"", in which contestants win large sums of money for outlasting their peers in a given"
"Trans World Sport Trans World Sport (TWS), originally stylised Transworld Sport (still used in some television listings and electronic programme guides) is a sports-orientated television programme produced by IMG Media in London, England. It is shown worldwide, on a variety of syndicated television channels. It is world's longest running weekly international television sports programme, and has been in continuous production every week since . Today, it is shown over fifty countries, with a household reach of nearly two-hundred million. For over 25 years, ""Trans World Sport"" has brought the top names and events, together with off-beat and esoteric stories from"
"World Records"" for the most series of a TV game show broadcast. Countdown (game show) Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is currently presented by Nick Hewer, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and 77 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982. With over 6,500 episodes, ""Countdown"" is one of the longest-running game shows in the world, along with the original French version, ""Des chiffres"
"United Kingdom, and Vietnam, among others. Since the show's premiere in 1976, many home versions of ""Family Feud"" have been released in various formats. Milton Bradley, Pressman Games, and Endless Games have all released traditional board games based on the show, while Imagination Entertainment released the program in a DVD game format. The game has been released in other formats by multiple companies; Coleco Adam released the first computer version of the show in 1983, and Sharedata followed in 1987 with versions for MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and Apple II computers. GameTek released versions for Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, Genesis,"
"several countries. A second series of the international version of the show aired in late 2007. The international version focusses on sketches, character pieces and parodies of overseas programs, and excludes parodies of Australian programs with which a foreign audience would be unfamiliar. Although critical reaction to the series on its debut in 2003 was mixed, reviews of the show have improved with each series. The 2005 and 2006 series of the show, in particular, received largely positive reviews from most major Australian newspapers, some suggesting that the later timeslot had made for a darker, more interesting and funnier show."
"first two series were later broadcast throughout the UK on BBC Two from January - February 2004. From the fourth series, ""Still Game"" was broadcast across the UK on BBC Two. With the seventh series in 2016, the programme began to be broadcast on BBC One on a nationwide basis. An eighth series has been filmed, which started airing on 8 March 2018 on BBC One. It was announced on 13 July 2018 that a ninth and final series will be produced later in the year which will see the characters go into ""comedy retirement"". The last day of production"
"and Sue Carpenter. Trans World Sport Trans World Sport (TWS), originally stylised Transworld Sport (still used in some television listings and electronic programme guides) is a sports-orientated television programme produced by IMG Media in London, England. It is shown worldwide, on a variety of syndicated television channels. It is world's longest running weekly international television sports programme, and has been in continuous production every week since . Today, it is shown over fifty countries, with a household reach of nearly two-hundred million. For over 25 years, ""Trans World Sport"" has brought the top names and events, together with off-beat and"
"Jeux Sans Frontières Jeux Sans Frontières (, or ""Games Without Borders"") was a Europe-wide television game show. In English-speaking countries, the show is also known as ""It's a Knockout"", the title of the BBC's domestic version. In its original conception, it was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featured teams from different European countries in outlandish costumes (often large latex suits) competing to complete bizarre tasks in funny games. The original series run ended in 1982. It was revived in 1988 with a different complexion of nations and in its latest"
"of the roughly 75 awards won by the show and its creators are: The program is today seen in almost 100 countries. In countries outside of Germany that carry the English-dubbed version of the show, ""Die Sendung mit der Maus"" airs under the title of Mouse TV. The program retains much of its original format, but the dialogue and narration have been dubbed into English. The English version was created in Australia and has been aired on the following networks: To encourage French children to learn German and vice versa, the program began airing on arte, a Franco-German television channel,"
"since) and then on RTÉ in Ireland, while other dubs gained the series fanbases in several other countries. The series was also dubbed into Japanese and aired on Japan's TV Asahi in 1987, where it was titled . With all of the international versions, the height of popularity remains in Spain, where a sequel series, ""Willy Fog 2"", was produced in 1993 which has the characters in adaptations of Verne's science fiction novels, ""Journey to the Center of the Earth"" and ""20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"". Furthermore in 2008, the series spawned a live-action theatrical musical show in celebration of"
"series, including all four pilots. The Canadian network, TVtropolis, then known as Prime, aired reruns of the series, along with other Canadian game shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The series also aired on GameTV from 2007–2012, but the network ran less than half of the entire run. A British version was produced by TVS for ITV in 1988, with Nino Firetto and Debbie Greenwood as co-hosts. The format was similar to its North American counterpart, except contestants earned a ""daisy"" rather than cash and the competitors were all new for each edition. The grand prize was an"
"Countdown (game show) Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is currently presented by Nick Hewer, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and 77 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982. With over 6,500 episodes, ""Countdown"" is one of the longest-running game shows in the world, along with the original French version, ""Des chiffres et des lettres"" (Numbers & Letters), which has been running on French"
"million viewers, which led to the show's termination on 18 December 2009. It is still regularly shown throughout the week on Challenge in the UK and Republic of Ireland although usually during off-peak times. It is now also showing on ITV again but usually after midnight. British psychologist Adrian Raine has criticised the show, arguing that it ""encourages deceitfulness"", and that many of its contestants are celebrated for displaying ""characteristics of psychopathy"". A video game was released on the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms, and another version for mobile devices was released in 2007. In 2008, an interactive DVD game"
"million viewers over twelve episodes, with the ratings decreasing slightly as the season progressed. In its fifth season, the series averaged 4.1 million viewers over ten episodes. The series' popularity has led it to become a worldwide franchise, having been recreated in several other countries outside of the United States. Versions of ""Hollywood Game Night"" have existed in Armenia, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, , Greece, , Iceland, Indonesia, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam. A boxed party game based on the series was released February 15, 2014. Additionally, on July 14, 2015, a mobile version of the game was"
"spawned versions in many foreign countries throughout the world, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Denmark, Israel, and Australia. The American syndicated version of ""Jeopardy!"" is also broadcast throughout the world, with international distribution rights handled by CBS Studios International. Three spin-off versions of ""Jeopardy!"" have been created. ""Rock & Roll Jeopardy!"" debuted on VH1 in 1998 and ran until 2001; the show centered around post-1950s popular music trivia and was hosted by Jeff Probst. ""Jep!"", which aired on GSN during the 1998–1999 season, was a special children's version hosted by Bob Bergen and featured various rule changes"
"as on Toon Disney from the channel's launch in April 1998 until November 2007. In the UK, the program aired from 2000 to 2011 on Playhouse Disney. Although the series is set in Ashdown Forest/Hartfield in East Sussex, there are various Americanisms. Starting February 2017, reruns of the show are currently being aired on Disney Junior in such countries in Europe such as: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Russia, France and Asian countries like Japan and South Korea. Reruns of the show in Germany, Croatia and Czech Republic are being broadcast in HD, with optimization"
"Repeats aired on the ABC until 2001. It has also been shown in most countries across the world; Nick Jr Classics In The UK the show was aired by American Broadcasting Company & Nick Jr in the United States. The television series spawned a video game in the mid-80s called ""The Trap Door"" and a sequel called ""Through The Trap Door"". These games were available for the ZX Spectrum, the Amstrad CPC and the Commodore 64. A board game was also released entitled Berk's Trapdoor Game which involved going around the board while trying to knock one's opponents over by"
"on BBC One, although it was occasionally shown on BBC Two if BBC One was unable to show it. BBC were granted the rights in 1994 after defeating a rival bid from ITV. The programme was also broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (or Radio 1 FM as it was then known) and later, it was broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live. Following their defeat, ITV quickly created a rival as they launched their Bingo-based game show ""Lucky Numbers"", hosted by Shane Richie, which was one of the first UK game shows which allowed viewers to take part at home and"
"cash prize on a game show in the United Kingdom. The first winner of this top prize, Paul Grimshaw from Wakefield, briefly held the UK record for the highest cash winnings on a game show. The series had 15 episodes and ran between 21 February to 30 May on Tuesdays at 19.00. A number of ITV companies moved the programme; Hitman (UK game show) Hitman is a quiz programme that was produced by Television South and aired on the ITV network for 1 series in 1989, the programme was hosted by Nick Owen. The program was based on the US"
"(""O Sabotador""), New Zealand and Ukraine (""Krot"") The Mole (TV series) The Mole is a reality television game show which was originally created in 1998 by Woestijnvis and broadcast on VRT in Belgium as De Mol. It was conceived by Michiel Devlieger, Bart de Pauw, Tom Lenaerts and Michel Vanhove, and won the famous Rose d'Or award in Montreux, Switzerland, in 2000. The format has been licensed in 40 countries from all around the world. Players in ""The Mole"" must work together to complete various physical and mental challenges to build up a significant cash prize for the winner. One"
"180 countries. The show combines live action, puppetry and CGI animation. Fifty-two episodes were produced from 2004 to 2007, for the first and second seasons. It originally aired on Viacom's Nickelodeon channel in the United States and internationally. Turner Broadcasting System Europe acquired LazyTown Entertainment in 2011 and commissioned third and fourth seasons for a total of 26 new episodes, which premiered in 2013 on Turner's Cartoonito and later on Viacom's Channel 5. Multiple spin-off projects were created, including stage productions and a short-format television program for younger children titled ""LazyTown Extra"". The series focuses on 8-year-old Stephanie, the newest"
"Survivor (UK TV series) Survivor is the British reality game show based on the popular international reality franchise of the same name. The series aired for 2 series on ITV network from 2001 to 2002. When first launched in May 2001, it received huge promotion and hype from the network and tabloid newspapers. As in all versions of the show, it features group of strangers who are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The contestants will compete in challenges to earn either a reward, or immunity from elimination. The contestants"
"the fourth most exported adventure-style game show format in the world after ""Wipeout"", ""Fear Factor"" and ""Survivor"". In the UK, two sets of presenters have been used for ""Fort Boyard"". The first set appeared during the first four series of the show, which were broadcast by Channel 5, with the second appearing in the 2003 Challenge-aired fifth series. The Channel 5 years were produced by Paul Kirrage and executive produced by Richard Holloway, later known for producing ""The X Factor"" and other high-profile shows on UK television. Although pulling in reasonable ratings for the channel, in March 2002 it was"
"some occasions, she found herself matching wits with nemesis Molly Hardy (whose name is a word play on Sherlock Holmes' archenemy Professor Moriarty). The show has been broadcast in over 80 countries and has been dubbed in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Polish and Turkish. Her performance in the show led to actress Meredith Henderson being nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and winning one in 1999. The show itself was twice nominated for a Gemini Award in the category ""Best Children's or Youth Program or Series"" in 1998 and eventually won it in 1999. In"
"GamesMaster GamesMaster is a British television show, screened on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998, and was the first ever UK television show dedicated to computer and video games. ""GamesMaster"" began when Jane Hewland, formerly of LWT, who had set up her own production company Hewland International, took an interest in her son's love of video games. She put together a pitch for a show that would translate the excitement of games playing into watchable television. It was Channel 4 that became interested in the concept and green lit the production. However, because it had been pitched as a competitive"
"ratings. Carlton Select also showed old shows while that channel was still operational. Challenge re-acquired ""Blockbusters"" but this time, they acquired 72 episodes from Series 10, and broadcast them during 2011. On 8 May 2014, they acquired the very first series, which aired from 26 May. On 4 January 2016, Challenge began showing Series 11 (the first Sky One series), acquiring 179 of the 180 episodes in the series. The format has been remade in a number of countries during the 1980s and 1990s: Other foreign versions of ""Blockbusters"" have aired in and . Blockbusters (UK game show) Blockbusters is"