"Quiz"" which I compered in the 1960s and which was also a question and answer show. One led to the other."" A 1997 edition featuring adults was produced for one series on BBC Two with Michael Aspel presenting. Sky One brought ""Blockbusters"" back under its original rules in 2001 with Liza Tarbuck at the helm, and the Challenge series was presented by Simon Mayo. The show's first series, in 1983, was recorded at the ATV Elstree Centre (which was still owned by Central until 1984 when it was sold to the BBC). Subsequent series were produced at Central's Lenton Lane"
"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 Challenge (TV series) The Challenge (originally known as Road Rules: All Stars, followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge) is a reality game show on MTV that is spun off from the network's two reality shows, ""Real World"" and ""Road Rules"". It features alumni from these two shows, in addition to rookies and alumni from ""The Challenge"", and alumni from ""Are You the One?"", ""Big Brother"" (US), ""Ex on the Beach"" (UK and US), and ""Geordie Shore"" competing against one another for a cash prize. ""The Challenge"" is currently hosted by T. J. Lavin. The series premiered on June 1,"
"Blockbusters (U.S. game show) Blockbusters is an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s. Created by Steve Ryan for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, the first series debuted on NBC on October 27, 1980, and aired until April 23, 1982. In the first series, a team of two family members competed against a solo contestant. ""Blockbusters"" was revived on NBC from January 5 to May 1, 1987, but featured only two solo contestants competing. Bill Cullen hosted the 1980–82 version, with Bob Hilton as announcer. Johnny Olson and Rich Jeffries substituted for Hilton on occasion, with Jeffries"
"countries. The Challenge (TV series) The Challenge (originally known as Road Rules: All Stars, followed by Real World/Road Rules Challenge) is a reality game show on MTV that is spun off from the network's two reality shows, ""Real World"" and ""Road Rules"". It features alumni from these two shows, in addition to rookies and alumni from ""The Challenge"", and alumni from ""Are You the One?"", ""Big Brother"" (US), ""Ex on the Beach"" (UK and US), and ""Geordie Shore"" competing against one another for a cash prize. ""The Challenge"" is currently hosted by T. J. Lavin. The series premiered on June"
"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"
"announced on 3 December 2018 that Dara O'Briain would host the revived version for Comedy Central. 20 new episodes, broadcast over two series, are set to be recorded early next year and will include two celebrity specials. ""Blockbusters"" spawned a number of items of merchandise. 12 quiz books were released from the show which also led to a spin-off: ""Blockbusters Gold Run Volumes 1–5"" being produced. In 1986, Waddingtons created a board game version of the show, which was named ""Game of the Year"" in 1986 by The British Association of Toy Retailers. This led to several successful spin offs;"
"Challenge"" was renewed for a third series. It was also revealed that Andy Akinwolere would be the new co-host, replacing Geno Segers. Hamilton and Akinwolere both returned to present series 4 and 5. In the United Kingdom, the third series began on 8 December 2012 and was simulcast on the ITV network. The fourth series began airing on 20 October 2013 and the fifth (and final) series on 15 October 2014. The series was also rolled-out globally (excluding France and the Nordic countries) on the Disney network. Six teams compete against each other in a tournament. Each episode, two teams"
"of directors of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He is a patron of the Museum of Richmond. Gascoigne and his wife, Christina (née Ditchburn), whom he met at Cambridge, have lived in Richmond, London, since the late 1960s. In 2014 Gascoigne inherited West Horsley Place from his aunt and godmother Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe. Bamber Gascoigne Arthur Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935) is a British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on ""University Challenge"", which ran from 1962 to 1987. Gascoigne is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne"
"nomination for Best Game Show Host, his first ever, for hosting the show. Blockbusters (U.S. game show) Blockbusters is an American game show which had two separate runs in the 1980s. Created by Steve Ryan for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, the first series debuted on NBC on October 27, 1980, and aired until April 23, 1982. In the first series, a team of two family members competed against a solo contestant. ""Blockbusters"" was revived on NBC from January 5 to May 1, 1987, but featured only two solo contestants competing. Bill Cullen hosted the 1980–82 version, with Bob Hilton as"
"Current Events, Zoology, Astronomy and Space, Inventions, Literature and the Arts, Earth Science and Logic. The competition is moderated by former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, with additional judging provided by North American MENSA representative, Matt Stern, and Jeopardy! champion, Pam Mueller. Challenges took place at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California, California The series premiered on January 6, 2015, on Lifetime. The second season retitled as ""Child Genius: Battle of the Brightest"" premiered on January 7, 2016. This season's cast only consisted of 12 geniuses between the ages of 9 and 12. Additionally, Lisa Van Gemert (who was"
"Challenge series, the maximum amount remains at five matches. A famous short piece of music (three sharp notes on a synth-like horn in a slapstick style) was played if a contestant ran out of time on a Gold Run, often producing amused reactions in the studio; the same three notes played on an electric guitar act as the time's-up buzzer on the current Challenge version. 4 series of ""Champion Blockbusters"" were made from 1987 to 1990, in which gold-run winners were invited to return to battle against other gold-run winners. In 1994, Sky One created a new series with original"
"two new mentors to the Challenge series, Bappi Lahiri and Vishal-Shekhar. Shaan did not return to host and was replaced by Aditya Narayan, son of playback singer, Udit Narayan. The new logo is significantly different from the 2005 logo. It features headphones on a globe to represent itself as an international competition, instead of a previous logo consisting of a portrayal of a duet singing. On 21 July, the show had topped the television ratings in India for the episode featuring Salman Khan according to ""Television Audience Measurement"". On 13 October at the Grand Finale, the show broke voting records"
"in 2013, and Terry Crews in 2014, before Chris Harrison took full hosting responsibilities in Autumn 2015. On 1 October 1999, NTV launched a Russian version the game show, entitled ""О, счастливчик!"" (""Oh, lucky man!!!""). This version ran until its final episode on 28 January 2001, whereupon a few weeks later it was relaunched under the Russian translation of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"", on Channel One. The relaunched version was hosted by Maxim Galkin until 2008, when he was replaced as host by Dmitry Dibrov after that. On 3 July 2000, an Indian version of the game show"
"airing on October 13, 2018, with Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, joined by Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez as hosts. The American-edited ""Ninja Warrior"" episodes are broadcast in the United Kingdom on Challenge. The show has been re-edited to remove the subtitles from the footage of the competitors taking part in the stages, but retain them for contestant interviews. The ""Ninja Killer"" and ""Warrior Wipeout"" sections remain, but there is only one advertisement break halfway through the show. The show was voiced-over by Stuart Hall for its first three series, aired between 2007 and 2008. In the fourth UK series,"
"their three children, Carol (known as Nancy Nova), Ros and Jon, and seven grandchildren. Bob Holness Robert Wentworth John Holness (12 November 1928 – 6 January 2012) was an English radio and television presenter and occasional actor. He presented the British version of ""Blockbusters"". Holness was born in Vryheid, Natal, South Africa. When he was seven, his family moved to England, initially to Herne Bay, Kent where his grandfather Nathaniel was brought up, then later to Ashford, Kent. After attending Ashford Grammar School and briefly Eastbourne College he went on to Maidstone College of Art (now the University for the"
"the series due to other work commitments. They were replaced by Vicky Pattison, Stacey Solomon and Chris Ramsey. On 13 April 2017, Pattison and Ramsey both stated on social media that they would not be returning to the show in 2017. It was confirmed that 2016 winner Scarlett Moffatt was announced as a new presenter in September 2017 and will join long-running presenter Joe Swash on the new series. It was also confirmed that Joel Dommett would join the presenting lineup. Various TV presenters and comedians have hosted the show since it began in 2002, with Joe Swash having presented"
"series were Lisa Lampanelli, Freddie Highmore, Ron Funches, Dillon Francis, and Kate Berlant. The series premiered on April 27, 2018. The first series was won by Kate Berlant. Panellists for this series were Dillon Francis, Freddie Highmore, Kate Berlant, Lisa Lampanelli and Ron Funches, with Berlant being the overall winner. Taskmaster (U.S. TV series) Taskmaster is an American comedy panel game show, originally created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010, transferred to UK television on Dave in 2015, and later adapted for American television on Comedy Central in 2017. Based on the original British"
"Blockbusters (Australian game show) Blockbusters was an Australian children's game show, broadcast on the Seven Network, where players from two schools competed over the course of a week (five episodes), in a rolling format - where games could be started in the middle of an episode, and stopped and continued on the next episode. The school team earning the most points (based on questions answered from the main game, except tie-breaks) won a major prize for their school, such as an encyclopedia. The show was hosted by Michael Pope. It ran in Australia from 1991 to 1994. The game board"
"Bamber Gascoigne Arthur Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935) is a British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on ""University Challenge"", which ran from 1962 to 1987. Gascoigne is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne (himself the son of Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne) by his marriage in 1934 to Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill, a daughter of Captain the Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill and Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes. His great-grandfathers include Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, and Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill. He is a nephew of Sir"
"series. In September 2016, it was announced that ""Nerdist"" science editor Kyle Hill would host the series. The revival, featuring the winners of ""The Search"", premiered on Science in November 2017. The series started with 10 contestants; in each episode, contestants compete in one team task (two or three teams competing) and one individual task. In each task, as in the original ""MythBusters"" series, the contestants are instructed to scientifically test the validity of a claim (with some tasks based on or expanding from myths covered by previous episodes of ""MythBusters""). At the end of each episode, an MVP is"
"amount on the wheels; if successful, $100 was awarded; otherwise, the contestant received a ""Joker"" T-shirt as a consolation prize. During the final first-run week of this version (March 4–8, 1991), the format reverted to the original format without categories. On May 17, 2017, it was announced that TBS would reboot the show with Snoop Dogg acting as host and serving as the executive producer along with Michael Strahan. The revival premiered on October 24, 2017. In January 2018, the show was renewed for a second season. Jeannie Mai served as hostess in the first season. Beginning in the second"
"to pass on the challenge by nominating another person. On July 5, Yuriy Horbunov became the first celebrity to confirm his participation as the host of the show. He nominated the runner-up couple of seasons 1 and 3, Natalia Mohylevska and Vladyslav Yama, who both confirmed their participation in the upcoming season. On August 12, it was announced that Yama would join the judging panel, while Mohylevska would participate in the series as a celebrity contestant. This marked the third time Mohylevska competed on the show, having previously participated in the first season in 2006, followed by an all-stars season"
"Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is a British broadcaster, journalist, author, and the quizmaster of ""University Challenge"", having succeeded Bamber Gascoigne at the time the programme was revived in 1994. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate newspaper ""Varsity"". At Cambridge, he was a member of a Labour Party club and described himself as a socialist, although in later life described himself as a one-nation conservative. He joined the BBC in 1972, initially at BBC Radio Brighton, although relocated to London in 1977. In"
"University Challenge University Challenge is a British quiz programme which first aired in 1962. ""University Challenge"" aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September 1962 to 31 December 1987, presented by quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC revived the programme on 21 September 1994 with Jeremy Paxman as the quizmaster. The current title holders are St John's College, Cambridge, who won the 47th series in 2018. The show is produced by Granada Television (re-branded as ITV Studios in 2009), under licence from Richard Reid Productions and the College Bowl Company. It was recorded at Granada Studios in Manchester from its"
"Super Challenge Super Challenge () is a Tamil Comedy Game show that aired on Sun TV from February 8, 2015 to April 16, 2017. The show's hosts were Rishi, Kavitha and Nisha. The show presented celebrities from Sun TV's serials and other Tamil celebrities. They divided into two teams challenging one another in various tasks. ""Super Challenge"" was designed to be a family show and aimed to bring together the entire family audience during Sunday lunchtime. The show consisted of 5 rounds. The show was organized into multiple rounds: Identify celebrities in photographs. Chinese whisper game played with music and"
"Love"" magazine. She's also been featured in profile pieces for AXS TV, in ""Metromix Indy"" as a Local Celebrity, ""Ballers Block"" as a ""game changer"", AMPS Indy, and ""The Indianapolis Star"". Zuri Hall Zuri Hall is an American television personality. She is the co-anchor of E! News, and the former host of MTV's after-shows and reunions for the popular reality game show ""The Challenge"". Hall has been a recurring guest on VH1's ""Big Morning Buzz Live"" and has appeared on E!'s ""Fashion Police"" with Joan Rivers. One year after graduating from Ohio State University on full academic scholarship, Hall won"
"University Challenge 2016–17 Series 46 of ""University Challenge"" began on 11 July 2016 on BBC Two, and finished on 10 April 2017. This series of the long running quiz show has drawn larger audiences than usual thanks to a collection of interesting characters, most notably Eric Monkman from Wolfson College, Cambridge, who has been described on Twitter by many viewers as ""the most intense contestant ever"". Each year, a Christmas special sequence is aired featuring distinguished alumni. Out of 7 first-round winners, the top 4 highest-scoring teams progress to the semi-finals. The teams consist of celebrities who represent their alma"
"Taskmaster (U.S. TV series) Taskmaster is an American comedy panel game show, originally created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010, transferred to UK television on Dave in 2015, and later adapted for American television on Comedy Central in 2017. Based on the original British version, the American TV series stars comedian and actor Reggie Watts in the titular role of the Taskmaster, issuing simple comedic and bizarre tasks to regular contestants, with Horne acting as Watts' assistant and umpire during the challenges. The series was recorded in California, and the contestants for the first"
"""have always struck me as cranks."" In 2017, Paxman's interviews of Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May for the upcoming general election were labelled 'embarrassing'. Journalist Michael Deacon opined that his pugilistic style of questioning had become tired, claiming that he had been 'doing an impression of himself'. Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is a British broadcaster, journalist, author, and the quizmaster of ""University Challenge"", having succeeded Bamber Gascoigne at the time the programme was revived in 1994. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate"
"30, 2017, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada by then Governor General David Johnston for ""his iconic achievements in television and for his promotion of learning, notably as a champion for geographical literacy."" Alex Trebek George Alexander Trebek (born July 22, 1940) is a Canadian-American television personality. He has been the host of the syndicated game show ""Jeopardy!"" since it was revived in 1984, and has also hosted a number of other game shows, including ""The Wizard of Odds"", ""Double Dare"", ""High Rollers"", ""Battlestars"", ""Classic Concentration"", and ""To Tell the Truth"". Trebek has made appearances in"
"The Challenge: Invasion of the Champions The Challenge: Invasion of the Champions (originally promoted and titled as The Challenge: Invasion) is the 29th season of the MTV reality game show, ""The Challenge"". The new individual format was filmed in Krabi, Thailand during October and November 2016, and features alumni from ""Real World"", ""Road Rules"", ""The Challenge"", and ""Are You the One?"" competing. The season premiered on February 7, 2017, and concluded with the reunion special on May 16, 2017. Host: T. J. Lavin, BMX rider Note: The Champions — Ashley K., Camila, Cara Maria, CT, Darrell, Johnny, Laurel, and Zach"
"changes including new screens and flooring in the former screen area. During the week, the flagship hours of Today (7-9 a.m.) are co-anchored by Savannah Guthrie (2012–present) and Hoda Kotb (2018–present) alongside co-hosts Al Roker (weather anchor; 1996–present), Craig Melvin (news anchor; 2018-present), Carson Daly (social media anchor/Orange Room host; 2013–present), and Jenna Bush Hager (correspondent; 2009–present). Saturday editions are anchored by Sheinelle Jones and Peter Alexander, Willie Geist anchors on Sunday, with Dylan Dreyer serving as co-host/weather anchor both days. Jones and Dreyer also appear on the weekday broadcasts as contributors during the main show and co-hosts of the"