"The following year, a body believed to be Den was found in the canal. From 1989 to 1990, Grantham played Danny Kane in the crime television series ""The Paradise Club"" alongside Don Henderson. He went on to appear in television series such as ""Cluedo"" as Colonel Mustard, ""The Detectives"" (1993) and ""99-1"" (1994–95). In 1994, he narrated volume one of Frank Harris's erotic classic ""My Life and Loves"". In 1997, he produced and starred in the sci-fi mini-series ""The Uninvited"". Alongside Melinda Messenger, he was the co-host of the game show ""Fort Boyard"" from 1998 to 2001. Also in 2001,"
"the end of January 2014. Legend: Five Minutes to a Fortune Five Minutes to a Fortune is a British game show, which aired on Channel 4 from 6 April 2013 to 5 May 2013 and was hosted by Davina McCall. It offered pairs of contestants the chance to win a top prize of £50,000 (or £100,000 for celebrity specials). The show aired weekdays at 5:00pm but was unable to generate high ratings to compete with ITV's ""The Chase"" and BBC's ""Pointless"", both of which air roughly in the same timeslot. In the studio stands a hourglass filled with tokens that"
"The Adventure Game The Adventure Game was a game show that was originally broadcast on UK television channels BBC1 and BBC2 between 24 May 1980 and 18 February 1986. The story in each show was that the two celebrity contestants and a member of the public had travelled by space ship to the planet Arg. Their overall task varied with each series. For example, the team might be charged with finding a crystal needed to power their ship to return to Earth. The programme is often considered to have been a forerunner of ""The Crystal Maze"". The opening and closing"
"Scavengers (game show) Scavengers is a British game show that aired on ITV from 23 July 1994 to 21 August 1995. It is hosted by John Leslie. The Commander of the shuttle-craft Vulture (John Leslie) leads two teams of Scavengers to the stricken cargo ship Cyclops in an attempt to retrieve salvage. Each team of Scavengers is formed from one man and one woman. One team competes in yellow the other in red and the salvage they are attempting to recover is usually marked with their team colours. The Commander and The Scavengers are joined by a female android, played"
"Five Minutes to a Fortune Five Minutes to a Fortune is a British game show, which aired on Channel 4 from 6 April 2013 to 5 May 2013 and was hosted by Davina McCall. It offered pairs of contestants the chance to win a top prize of £50,000 (or £100,000 for celebrity specials). The show aired weekdays at 5:00pm but was unable to generate high ratings to compete with ITV's ""The Chase"" and BBC's ""Pointless"", both of which air roughly in the same timeslot. In the studio stands a hourglass filled with tokens that represent an initial prize pot of"
"impose his own rules such as making certain events a race or setting a minimum amount of salvage to be collected. Scavengers (game show) Scavengers is a British game show that aired on ITV from 23 July 1994 to 21 August 1995. It is hosted by John Leslie. The Commander of the shuttle-craft Vulture (John Leslie) leads two teams of Scavengers to the stricken cargo ship Cyclops in an attempt to retrieve salvage. Each team of Scavengers is formed from one man and one woman. One team competes in yellow the other in red and the salvage they are attempting"
"Melinda Messenger Melinda Jane Messenger (born 23 February 1971) is an English television presenter and former glamour model and Page 3 girl. She presented the magazine programme ""Live from Studio Five"" and was formerly the co-presenter of the reality show ""Cowboy Builders"". Messenger was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, the middle child between two brothers, Brian and Warren. Her parents, Terry and Avis, divorced when she was five years old. After attending different schools, one of which was Dorcan Technology College, she spent six months working as a flight attendant for Britannia Airways. She then joined a local marketing company, rising"
"get their money. Legend: Currently airing No longer airing Upcoming ! scope=""col"" style=""background:#cccfcf;""|Country ! scope=""col"" style=""background:#cccfcf;""|Local title ! scope=""col"" style=""background:#cccfcf;""|Channel ! scope=""col"" style=""background:#cccfcf;""|Presenter ! scope=""col"" style=""background:#cccfcf;""|Premiere date ! scope=""col"" style=""background:#cccfcf;""|End date 5 Gold Rings 5 Gold Rings is a British game show that has aired on ITV since 5 March 2017 and is hosted by Phillip Schofield. It is based on the Dutch game show ""5 Golden Rings"", with the first series being filmed on the same set in the Netherlands and the second series at BBC Elstree Centre in London. An app had also been released, so viewers can"
"the fifth season episode ""The Messenger,"" playing an Immortal pretending to be Methos, played by Peter Wingfield. Although Immortals are scattered around the world, the events of the series are most notably located in Vancouver, British Columbia and Paris, France. However, flashbacks during the series often brought the show to a variety of places. The locations for the present switched just past the midway point of seasons 1–5 from Seattle/Vancouver to Paris. Thus it became the second international TV series about a Scottish swashbuckler in France after the series ""Quentin Durward"" which had already been shot in back in 1970"
"lose hearts, possibly causing them to lose hostages. If the player loses all their hearts during certain battles, or if the ratings drop too low, the player will have to restart the level. Clearing the game unlocks an alternate story mode with some differences. ""Space Channel 5"" takes place five hundred years in the future, where interstellar television stations fight for ratings. Ulala is a new reporter for one such station, Space Channel 5, joining up with them having previously been saved by one of their reporters ten years ago. When a strange alien race known as the Morolians start"
"5 Gold Rings 5 Gold Rings is a British game show that has aired on ITV since 5 March 2017 and is hosted by Phillip Schofield. It is based on the Dutch game show ""5 Golden Rings"", with the first series being filmed on the same set in the Netherlands and the second series at BBC Elstree Centre in London. An app had also been released, so viewers can play along with the show. The show was immediately renewed for a second series, which premiered on 2 September 2018. There are two teams made up of two people. There is"
"Jungle Run Jungle Run is a British children's television series which aired on CITV as part of the ITV network from 10 September 1999 to 29 November 2006. It was a game show similar to ""Fort Boyard"" and ""The Crystal Maze"". The show has had three presenters, referred to as the ""Jungle Guide"": Dominic Wood from 1999 to 2000, Chris Jarvis from 2001 to 2002 and Michael Underwood from 2003 to 2006. A team of children complete five challenges in the jungle (four for the celebrity guests). Originally, bananas win them time in the final challenge. In later series, these"
"The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: The Secret of the Living Volcano The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: Secret of the Living Volcano is a computer game in The Learning Company's ""ClueFinders"" series of educational software. In the game, the ClueFinders are shipwrecked on a mysterious volcanic island, inhabited by centuries of trapped castaways, where any escape attempt seems to be deliberately thwarted by natural forces. The ClueFinders are on a mission with Captain Clark, Leslie's sailor grandfather, to find out why so many ships have been disappearing in a certain area of the Pacific Ocean. In one of the wrecked ships,"
"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"
"5 with Jools Holland as the host for 2 series in 1997 and 1998. On 5 May 2007 the show was briefly revived for ""Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon"" on ITV, with Peter Dickson as announcer. Two contestants selected from the studio audience competed in various games to earn up to £1200 in cash and prizes. A wheel was spun onstage up to 5 times to determine a cash prize for identifying the tune. The wheel contained amounts from £10 (later £25) to £100. An outer wheel was also spun which held two spaces marked ""Double"" and was spun in the"
"on Quest.<ref> Fifth Gear Fifth Gear is a British motoring television magazine series. It was originally broadcast on Channel 5 from 2002 to 2011, afterwards moving to Discovery Channel in 2012, and then in 2015 to History, with repeats on ITV4. Since its return in 2018, it has been broadcast on Quest. The show is currently presented by Tiff Needell, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jonny Smith and Jason Plato. ""Fifth Gear"" was first broadcast on 8 April 2002 as 5th Gear, and as a continuation of the original incarnation of the BBC show ""Top Gear"", which was cancelled in 2001. ""Top Gear"""
"in her mission to help restless souls find peace. Delia Banks (Camryn Manheim) is Melinda’s best friend and works at her antique shop, Same As It Never Was. She lives in Grandview with her teenage son, Ned. Although in the past Delia has been skeptical about Melinda’s ability to communicate with spirits, she now understands Melinda’s gift and frequently helps her. Ghost Whisperer is a hidden-object game in which the player assumes the role of Melinda Gordon and is tasked with solving the paranormal mysteries taking place. There are two missions or “cases,” each with a unique storyline. While progressing"
"The 5 Search The 5 Search premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on 4 January 2015. It is a Singaporean reality-acting-hosting competition programme that finds the next face of the broadcasting channel, Channel 5. The judges are actress and Dim Sum Dollies member Selena Tan, actor Tay Ping Hui and host Bryan Wong. Class 95FM radio personality Jean Danker was employed as the host of the show. Each week, there would be two segments of competition – one with regards to acting, and another for hosting – which all comes with a particular theme. The contestants on the show are required"
"2010, a developer diary was posted on the game's website, detailing areas in the game and confirming that Melinda, Jim, Delia and Eli will feature. The release date, which was initially early 2010, was changed to 2011 and the subtitle announced in the original press release, ""Shadowlands"", was dropped from the game. The game was written by Emmy award-winning television writer Lance Gentile. It was released on April 19, 2011, exclusively at Wal-Mart. Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American supernatural television series, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005, to May 21, 2010. The series follows the life"
"Game Xtreme 5 Game Xtreme 5 or GX5 is a television show which is aired on Okto on December 21, 2008. GX5 revolves around 5 teens who were invited to play the new game ""Game Xtreme"" and unwittingly get themselves trapped inside it. As they try to find ways and means to get out from their predicament, they realise that there’s a strong opposing force who’s trying to keep them in it and he’s none other than the Evil Lord of Game Xtreme, Evil G, and his sidekick Spam. They managed to get out of the game not knowing that"
"games, were Sally Ann Triplett (Series 26; as a member of the duo Bardo, Sally Ann represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982), Leigh Miles (Series 26 & 27; Leigh was also a popular ""Hills Angel"" in the Benny Hill show), Julie Dorne-Brown (Series 27 & 28; later MTV VJ ""Downtown"" Julie Brown), Sara Hollamby (Series 28 & 29; now a television news and travel reporter), Ling Tai (Series 29), Petula Clark, Jillian Comber and Pip Hinton. The show was introduced with the phrase """"It's Friday, it's five o'clock. . . It's Crackerjack!"""" or sometimes with """"It's"
"Escape from Scorpion Island (series 5) Escape from Scorpion Island is a BAFTA-nominated BBC children's TV adventure game show in which contestants compete to ""escape from an exotic island"". Series 5 was produced by Foundation/Freehand for CBBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Series 5 was filmed in the Tallebudgera Valley in Queensland, Australia and is hosted by Myleene Klass and Johny Pitts. It premiered in Australia on 11 March 2011 and ran from Monday to Friday on ABC3. The series ran in the UK, with the 30 minute version being shown from the 20 June 2011 until 25 July 2011,"
"children's game shows to be nominated in this category, to be followed by ""BrainSurge"" in 2012. Two teams of kids (one team wearing red shirts; the other team, black shirts, and both teams usually named for a creature commonly perceived as scary, for example Beasts vs. Vermin) competed in five events. Four of the events were a constant, with the fifth event varying from one week to the next. Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House is a children's Saturday-morning game show that ran on CBS. It premiered on September 14, 1996 and lasted until"
"Melissa Bachman Melissa Bachman (born 1984) is an American huntress, producer, and host of hunting television programs, currently of the cable television program ""Winchester Deadly Passion"" on the Sportsman Channel, Pursuit Channel, and Wild TV. As a prominent female hunter, she has received personal online attacks as well as praise from supporters. Bachman was raised in Paynesville, Minnesota. Her parents, Dale and Karen Bachman, were both avid hunters who took her on their hunting trips since she was five years old. She was not able to actually hunt until she was twelve, and had to do push-ups for over a"
"Odyssey 5 Odyssey 5 is a Canadian science fiction series that first ran in 2002 on Showtime in the United States and on Space in Canada. The premise involves five space travelers who witness the destruction of the Earth; they are given the opportunity to travel to the past to identify and prevent the cataclysm. ""Odyssey 5"" is the brainchild of Manny Coto, who served as a script-writer and executive producer during the series run. Through his website and in interviews, Coto has expressed his interest in returning to the series at some point, either continuing it or giving it"
"December 2001. Between 12 January to 9 December 2001, Channel 5 broadcast two seasons of the popular game show ""The Mole"" which quickly gained a cult following. In 2003, Channel 5 acquired cult show ""Robot Wars"", previously shown on BBC Two, though the show ended soon after this. The evening magazine show ""Live from Studio Five"" was launched in September 2009 with a strong emphasis on entertainment news. The show was axed in February 2011 and replaced with ""OK! TV"" co-hosted by Kate Walsh who also presented the former show. As part of the relaunch of February 2011, Channel 5"
"Funland Funland is a comedy / thriller serial, produced by the BBC that was first screened from 23 October 2005 to 7 November 2005, on the digital channel BBC Three. Created by Jeremy Dyson (of ""The League of Gentlemen"") and Simon Ashdown, the series consists of a fifty-minute opening episode followed by ten half-hour installments. A prudish couple, Dudley (Kris Marshall) and Lola (Sarah Smart), arrive in Blackpool by bus from Stoke-on-Trent, and find themselves in a seedy boarding house run by the sinister Leo Finch (Philip Jackson). At the same time Carter Krantz (Daniel Mays) arrives from London, thrown"
"it has been pointed out that the unoccupied guard house that Ashley and Kinga are filmed in front of is not the entrance to Area 51 and that they, in fact, fabricated the shot from another location. Legend Quest Legend Quest is an American adventure television series that premiered on July 13, 2011, on the SyFy channel. The series follows historian and adventure-seeker Ashley Cowie in his quest to crack the code on his hunt for the most powerful lost treasures in the world. On March 12, 2012, TVWise reported that the series has been cancelled by Syfy. In the"
"gaming show for an older, adult audience. However, changes in senior staff at Channel 4 were responsible for taking the show off the air. The new head of Channel 4 was Michael Jackson who had worked at LWT at the same time as Jane Hewland; the two never saw eye-to-eye. Alternatively, having been the head of BBC Two, Jackson may have wanted less entertainment programming on Channel 4. The first series of the show was repeated on Challenge in 2003, but no further episodes have been shown. Challenge thought the show was ""too dated"" and ""the games being played wouldn't"
"(one series) were made. It was re-run on digital TV channel Challenge from 2001 until 2015. A public vote on UKGameshows in 2002 saw the series voted the UK's 13th best game show. Each episode of the series was based, like ""Treasure Hunt"" in a region of the UK and began from a local tourist attraction. The host, Annabel Croft, would introduce the episode's two contestants, one woman (the yellow contestant) and one man (the blue contestant). Each contestant would be given a locked backpack - one would contain £1,000 in cash, the other containing nothing but weights. Both backpacks"
"new show on Five called ""Live from Studio Five"". The show was first was broadcast on 14 September 2009 and ran continuously until it was cancelled in February 2011. In November 2009, she appeared on the BBC charity telethon Children in Need, where she acted as the assistant to illusion act the Twins in their Clearly Impossible sawing in half illusion. It was announced on 29 January 2010 that Messenger was leaving her role on ""Live from Studio Five"", to focus on other projects. Her last show was on 26 February 2010 and she was replaced by a series of"
"for ITV Westcountry. She did a voiceover for a viewer competition for ITV's ""Golden Balls"" between 2008-2009. Messenger's show ""Cowboy Builders"" started on Five on 8 January 2009, co-presented with Dominic Littlewood. Alongside this, Melinda was a contestant in the fourth series of ""Dancing on Ice"", which began on 11 January 2009. This was confirmed on 5 January 2009, on ""This Morning"". She was voted out in Week 7 after losing a surprise skate-off against Jessica Taylor. She had survived three previous skate-offs. In 2009, Messenger, along with ex-footballer Ian Wright and ""The Apprentice"" runner-up Kate Walsh began presenting a"
"in the Arctic, Gunnbjørn. Wright appeared as a ""celebrity hijacker"" in the television series """". On 12 March 2008, Wright was confirmed as one of the presenters of the new series of the popular game show ""Gladiators"". Wright was a presenter on Channel 5's early evening magazine programme ""Live from Studio Five"", from its launch in September 2009, to August 2010. He originally co-presented the show alongside, former model Melinda Messenger, and runner-up of ""The Apprentice"", Kate Walsh. It was announced on 29 January 2010, that Wright's co-presenter Melinda Messenger was leaving ""Live from Studio Five"" to focus on other"