"Through the Keyhole Through the Keyhole is a British comedy panel game show created by TV Producer Kevin Sim and originally presented by Sir David Frost and Loyd Grossman. It features the host going around celebrities' houses and then getting a panel of other celebrities to try to guess who the famous homeowner is. The show was originally produced by Yorkshire Television and aired on ITV from 3 April 1987 to 1 May 1995, then it aired on Sky 1 from 22 February to 23 December 1996 before moving to BBC1 from 7 April 1997 to 2004 and then its"
"sister channel BBC Two from 26 February 2006 to 4 June 2008. In 2013, the show was revived for ITV with Keith Lemon as the host. ""Through the Keyhole"" originally started as a segment on TV-am, first being broadcast on its launch day on 1 February 1983. The idea was created by Kevin Sim as a chance to look around some of the most influential homes with Loyd Grossman at the helm as the tour presenter. Grossman was mistakenly given the job after someone confused him with a journalist. It became a regular feature of TV-am throughout 1983. In 1987,"
"Password (UK game show) Password was a British panel game show based on the US version of the same name. It was originally aired on ITV produced by ATV from 12 March to 10 September 1963 hosted by Shaw Taylor, then it aired on BBC2 from 24 March to 28 April 1973 hosted by Brian Redhead before moving to its flagship channel BBC1 from 7 January 1974 to 1976 first hosted by Eleanor Summerfield then by Esther Rantzen, it was then aired on Channel 4 produced by Thames in association with Talbot Television and Goodson-Todman Productions from 6 November 1982"
"Catherine Gee Catherine Gee (born July 1967) is an English television presenter and property expert who took over as the host of the popular ITV daytime makeover show ""60 Minute Makeover"" in 2011. Prior to this she was best known for presenting the BBC relocation programme, ""Escape to the Country"" and being the location presenter on the long-running BBC Two panel game ""Through the Keyhole"". She also ran ""Country Living's"" ""The Farmer Wants a Wife"" matchmaking campaign, presenting the related television programme. Also in 2007 she presented Fantasy homes by the sea. She has had a range of careers including"
"to 14 May 1983 hosted by Tom O'Connor and then finally aired back on ITV produced by Ulster from 22 July 1987 to 5 August 1988 hosted Brian Munn and later by Gordon Burns. Password (UK game show) Password was a British panel game show based on the US version of the same name. It was originally aired on ITV produced by ATV from 12 March to 10 September 1963 hosted by Shaw Taylor, then it aired on BBC2 from 24 March to 28 April 1973 hosted by Brian Redhead before moving to its flagship channel BBC1 from 7 January"
"show ""Escape to the Country"" in 2002, and then to replace Loyd Grossman in 2004 as Sir David Frost's location presenter on the long-running ""Through the Keyhole"". She also presents a UKTV Style show called ""A Place by the Sea"", and ""No Place Like Home?"" on the ITV network in the UK. Gee subsequently returned to working for Country Living, as of 2015 working as curator of shows, including the Country Living Fairs held at the Business Design Centre, Islington. Catherine Gee Catherine Gee (born July 1967) is an English television presenter and property expert who took over as the"
"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."
"he was an established guest on quiz shows and celebrity panel games: ""Celebrity Squares"", ""Blankety Blank"", ""Countdown"" and ""Through the Keyhole"". When asked why he appeared on these ""ludicrous programmes"", his answer was simple: ""Because I meet everybody there"". For 22 years until his death, he was a panellist in the long-running BBC Radio 4 panel comedy game show ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"", which he joined as a regular team member in the third series in 1974. In its later years, the show's wealth of silliness, smut and punning was drawing audiences of up to a thousand people"
"Hole in the Wall (UK game show) Hole in the Wall is a game show that aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom. This game was an adaptation of the Japanese game ""Brain Wall"" (also known as ""Human Tetris"") in which players must contort themselves to fit through cutout holes of varying shapes in a large polystyrene wall moving towards them as they stand in front of a swimming pool. Each week, two teams of television personalities competed for £10,000 in prize money to be donated to their chosen charity. Dale Winton served as the original host while ""Strictly"
"into one of the previously chosen categories, or is unable to come up with a name at all. Watson, Key and Horne once played the game live on stage one Sunday afternoon at London's Canal Cafe Theatre in 2006. The game was played on the Radio 4 show ""It's Your Round"" in March 2011 when Key was one of the panellists and his competitors were Bridget Christie, Micky Flanagan and Nick Hancock. We Need Answers We Need Answers was a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show featured a pair of"
"panel game ""X Marks the Spot"", and frequently stood in for John Peel as the presenter of ""Home Truths"". After Peel's death, he became first one of the pool of presenters and later sole presenter of the programme. He is regular presenter on BBC West's ""Inside Out"". He lives in North London with his wife Caroline and their three children. David Stafford (writer) David Stafford is a writer, broadcaster and occasional musician born 1949 in Birmingham, England. Stafford began his career in fringe and community theatre in the 1970s. In the early 1980s, he collaborated and toured with Alexei Sayle,"
"show ""Funky Bunker"" (1997) on ITV; the reality show ""Jailbreak"" (2000) on Channel 5; the discussion show ""Amazing Space: The Pub Guide to the Universe"" (2001) on National Geographic; and the late-night current affairs chat show ""Weapons of Mass Distraction"" (2004) on ITV. Charles has appeared on celebrity editions of ""University Challenge"" (1998), ""Can't Cook, Won't Cook"" (1998), ""The Weakest Link"" (2004), ""The Chase"" (2012) and ""Pointless"" (2013), and comedy panel shows such as ""Have I Got News for You"" (1995), ""Just a Minute"" (1995) and ""They Think It's All Over"" (1996) and Keith Lemon's Through the Keyhole (2014). He"
"unsuccessful consortium, CPV-TV, with Richard Branson and other interests, which had attempted to acquire three ITV contractor franchises prior to the changes made by the Independent Television Commission in 1991. After transferring from ITV, his Sunday morning interview programme ""Breakfast with Frost"" ran on the BBC from January 1993 until 29 May 2005. For a time it ran on BSB before moving to BBC 1. Frost hosted ""Through the Keyhole"", which ran on several UK channels from 1987 until 2008 and also featured Loyd Grossman. Produced by his own production company, the programme was first shown in prime time and"
"could produce their own versions. The first show was presented by Virginia Stride and Gordon Rollings. Other presenters throughout the 24-year run included Only four of these presenters presented the programme during all three decades of its existence, namely Brian Cant (1964–85), Carol Chell (1966–88), Johnny Ball (1967–84 & 1986–87) and Chloe Ashcroft (1969–88). Chell was both the longest-serving presenter and the one who made the most appearances on the programme (763 in total). Other presenters who were on the programme for 10 or more years included Julie Stevens, Derek Griffiths, Fred Harris, Don Spencer, Sarah Long, Floella Benjamin, Stuart"
"Waffle (game show) Waffle is a British game show that aired on ITV from 24 March to 18 June 1998. It was hosted by Nick Weir and was Weir's first national game show. The guests in the first episode were Lisa Riley, then-host of fellow Granada-produced show ""You've Been Framed!"", and Jonathan Kerrigan from ""Casualty"". Other contestants over the run of the series included Claudia Winkleman, Michael Willson (A.K.A. Cobra) from ""Gladiators"" and actor Kevin Lloyd from ""The Bill"" who died in 1998 whilst both shows were still running. He was a contestant in several episodes. Cheryl Andrews, comedian John"
"The Blame Game (UK game show) The Blame Game is a British comedy panel game that was broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC One Northern Ireland. Started in 2005, it is hosted by Tim McGarry (""Give My Head Peace""). Regular panellists include comedians Colin Murphy, Neil Delamere, and Jake O'Kane. In the first round (""Pass the Buck""), individual members of the audience ask the contestants who they feel responsible for a topical issue, usually in the structure ""Who do you blame for...?"" Example issues include binge drinking, the ""Stroke City"" problem and trick or treating. Tim McGarry passes the"
"only by the guests’ imaginations. Bill Bailey acted as co-host of the programme in the first series, under the title of curator of the museum. Bailey left the show after he initially decided to ""retire"" from panel games, and was replaced by Sean Lock in the second series. Each subsequent series has seen a different comedian take over as the sidekick/curator, with Jon Richardson, Dave Gorman, Jimmy Carr, Humphrey Ker, Phill Jupitus, Sarah Millican, Noel Fielding, Jo Brand, Romesh Ranganathan, Sally Phillips and Lee Mack assuming the role in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth"
"all a work of performance art. The Blame Game (UK game show) The Blame Game is a British comedy panel game that was broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC One Northern Ireland. Started in 2005, it is hosted by Tim McGarry (""Give My Head Peace""). Regular panellists include comedians Colin Murphy, Neil Delamere, and Jake O'Kane. In the first round (""Pass the Buck""), individual members of the audience ask the contestants who they feel responsible for a topical issue, usually in the structure ""Who do you blame for...?"" Example issues include binge drinking, the ""Stroke City"" problem and trick"
"use the show to explain their views. The programme was first broadcast on 4 November 1984. It replaced ""The Derek Davis Show"". It had initially been postponed and endured a difficult time during its early years. The first major story to be covered by the programme was a few weeks after it began when an air crash in Eastbourne killed a number of journalists. The first presenters of the programme were David Hanly and David Davin-Power. Davin-Power was also the first editor. Cathal Mac Coille succeeded David Hanly as the programme's signature voice, presenting it from 1986 to 1990 and"
"board game based on the series is currently the prize sent to listeners who beat the panel. The BBC aired a version on radio from 28 February 1947 to 1976 with TV specials airing in 1947 and 1948 plus a series from 1956 to 1957. On radio, the subject to be guessed was revealed to the audience by a ""mystery voice"" (originally Norman Hackforth from 1947 to 1962; he was later a regular panelist). Hackforth became well known amongst the British public as much for his aloofness as his apparent knowledgeability. The series was originally presented by Stewart MacPherson. The"
"enthusiasts of the programme at their annual convention, held at Portmeirion. Checkmate (The Prisoner) ""Checkmate"" is a television episode of the British science fiction-allegorical series, ""The Prisoner"". It was first broadcast by ITV (ATV Midlands) on 24 November 1967. As the title suggests, the plot centres on a game of human chess, directed by a mysterious ""man with a stick"". The chess game has been described as a metaphor for life itself, albeit a somewhat transparent one. ""Checkmate"" received the highest viewership of any of the series' episodes on its first UK broadcast. The central themes of this episode are"
"an old people's home in Staffordshire and then pimps their dishevelled 12-year-old LDV community transport bus. The finished bus came complete with waterproof seating, a walking stick rack and an onboard bingo hall. Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr raid a celebrity's mansion in an updated version of Through the Keyhole and steal some of their belongings. Viewers can call in to win the bag of swag if they can guess, from the really obvious clues, who the swag belongs too. This phone-in competition was later subject to an investigation in which it was revealed the winner was faked. After"
"Two pilot episodes were recorded for television in 1969 and 1981 but never broadcast, except in documentaries about Kenneth Williams. In 1994, 14 shows were broadcast on Carlton Television, ITV in London. Two additional variations were added: a round in which the team were presented with a mystery object to talk about, rather than a subject, and another round where the audience suggested a topic. Nicholas Parsons chaired the show, and Tony Slattery featured in all programmes. Other panellists were Tony Banks, Tony Blackburn, Jo Brand, Ann Bryson, John Fortune, Clement Freud, Mariella Frostrup, Jeremy Hardy, Tony Hawks, Hattie Hayridge,"
"the concept is so loose that the conversation can spin off anywhere. … It's partly that the chemistry really worked, with everyone contributing intelligently and amusingly. It is funny and it is (fairly) clever, which is pretty close to the panel-show holy grail."" Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on BBC UKTV on 8 November 2016. Insert Name Here Insert Name Here is a British comedy panel game show presented by Sue Perkins. The programme made its debut on BBC Two on 4 January 2016. In each episode two teams of three compete to answer questions about famous people, past"
"Yvette Fielding Yvette Paula Fielding (born 23 September 1968) is an English television presenter, producer and actress. She became the youngest presenter on ""Blue Peter"" aged 18, and one of her episodes was subsequently voted the ""Favourite ""Blue Peter"" moment"" ever. With her husband Karl Beattie, she presented the ""Most Haunted"" series on the Living channel, via their own production company, followed by ""Ghosthunting With..."", establishing Fielding as ‘first lady of the paranormal’. She has appeared in a wide range of other programmes, from ""The Wright Stuff"" to ""Through the Keyhole"" and ""I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!""."
"The resident astrologer would then explain the correct answer to the competitors and to the audience as well. The Zodiac Game The Zodiac Game was a quiz programme devised by Ron Bareham that was produced by Anglia Television and aired on the ITV network from 1984 until 1986 and was hosted by Tom O'Connor. Russell Grant also made frequent appearances on the show. The first resident astrologer was Bernard Fitzwalter. The format of the game was a pair of contestants, one a celebrity and the other not, each answering questions about the other based on what the other's zodiac sign"
"for the ""Gadget Show"" in 2011, as part of one of the show's challenges. In February 2012, it was announced that the show's format was going to change and be renamed """", featuring only two of the previous team of presenters: Jason Bradbury and Pollyanna Woodward. On 15 May 2008, Perry appeared on ""Through the Keyhole"" on BBC Two, allowing Lisa Snowdon to look around her property before being identified by the panel. In 2010 Perry appeared on ITV's ""All Star Mr & Mrs"" with husband Bastien. Her other shows include ""Housecall"", ""Superstars"", ""City Hospital"", ""How to take Stunning Pictures"""
"play and film. Frost was one of the ""Famous Five"" who was behind the launch of ITV breakfast station TV-am in 1983. For the BBC, he hosted the Sunday morning interview programme ""Breakfast with Frost"" from 1993 to 2005. He spent two decades as host of ""Through the Keyhole"". From 2006 to 2012 he hosted the weekly programme ""Frost Over the World"" on Al Jazeera English and from 2012, the weekly programme ""The Frost Interview"". Frost died on 31 August 2013, aged 74, on board the cruise ship , on which he had been engaged as a speaker. In March"
"Michael Underwood Michael Paul Underwood (born 26 October 1975) is an English television presenter, best known as a children's TV presenter on CBBC and CITV. He can be seen as a fifteen year old in an episode of The Crystal Maze, then presented by Richard O'Brien. He presented the primetime ITV series ""Let Me Entertain You"" in 2014 and was a reporter for ""Real Stories with Ranvir Singh"". Underwood attended Weston Favell Academy in Northampton; he later graduated from Plymouth University's Rolle College, Exmouth with a BEd (Hons) in Drama & Performance. Before winning a six-week CBBC presenting contract on"
"person who competed on the show from a telephone kiosk while watching a television in a rental shop over the road. While the contestant was directing the bolt around, however, an assistant came in and switched the televisions off or changed the channel. Another story Monkhouse told was about a priest (who was in the studio audience) audibly praying during the programme that he wouldn't get injured by the bolt, only for the bolt to ricochet off the target and land beside the priest. The show's first host was Canadian singer and record producer Jackie Rae. Bob Monkhouse was a"
"Keynotes (UK game show) Keynotes was a British music game show that aired on ITV from 13 March 1989 to 18 December 1992 and hosted by Alistair Divall. The aim of the game was for ""two teams of players, to try to put the right words in the right songs and see how well they can follow the bouncing ball to solve our puzzle song."" Each show has two teams of three players (usually two women and a man), on the left side are the champions (green) and on the right side is the challengers (yellow). To start the game"
"most difficult thing. ""Tony Wilson, a familiar face to programme watchers in Granadaland, understands that he will not be the host next week. Indeed he knows he will not be asked again if he attempts to direct the discussion."" Frequent presenters of the series included Prof. Anthony Clare, Helena Kennedy QC, Prof. Sir Ian Kennedy, Sheena McDonald, Matthew Parris, John Underwood and Tony Wilson. Those who hosted only one edition include Anthony Holden, Stuart Hood, Henry Kelly and John Plender. ""The Guardian"" ran the first recruitment advertisement for programme staff: The producer wrote: A gameshow producer got his break into"
"UK comedy TV panel game show ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"". Diggle claimed in his autobiography that he and Shelley had only granted the BBC use of their name under the impression that it would be a one-off, probably unsuccessful pilot, and that they are now mildly disgruntled that the name is more readily associated in Britain with the TV series than with their band. Shelley himself appeared on the programme in 2000, where host Mark Lamarr introduced Shelley by saying that without the Buzzcocks 'there'd be no Smiths or Radiohead, and this show would be called ""Never Mind Joan Armatrading!'"""""