"the BBC as a globe-trotting reporter for programmes such as ""Tonight"", ""24 Hours"" and ""Panorama"". He was the host for the British television show ""Busman's Holiday"" from 1985 to 1988. The show was produced by Granada Television and ran on the ITV network. Pettifer also wrote and presented a number of documentaries for both BBC and ITV, including ""Diamonds in the Sky"", on the subject of international air travel; ""Automania"", a history of the motor car, and ""Missionaries"". A growing interest in the environment led to him writing and presenting programmes about the environment and wildlife including ""Naturewatch"" for Central"
"The Common Room The Common Room was an interactive TV show on ITV Play. ""The Common Room""'s main presenters were Tim Dixon and Emma Lee. Zö Christien also presented occasionally. ""The Common Room"" launched on ITV Play on Monday 31 July 2006. ""The Common Room"" later dropped their puzzles/quizzes and converted to a text-in format. A daily theme was usually set allowing viewers to text-in with their opinions. Pictures and videos were sent in as well. Prizes could be rewarded for the best picture/video and text—these are usually small, non-cash prizes such as an ITV Play T-shirt, a Slinky, a"
"it right on the first clue. The second round, saw the contestants deal with another film of Michael Barrymore's tour of ""My Kind of People"", with the audience having the chance to sing no matter how bad. Questions were based on the particular footage of the presentation of the songs. Sometimes, this would be replaced with a game called ""Pop Props"", in which Michael Barrymore would in reference to an earlier ITV game show titled ""Catchphrase"", show to the teams various objects relating to a performer and the teams had to buzz if they knew it. For example, an inflatable"
"each. It was hosted by comedian Jan Böhmermann. The core gimmick of the show was the bets: ordinary people offer to perform some unusual (often bizarre) and very difficult task. Some examples, all of which were performed successfully, include: The other major attraction of the show was the top-ranking celebrity guests, with considerable screen time given to the host greeting and chatting with them. Each of the guests had to bet on the outcome of one of the performances and offer a wager, in recent years usually a humorous or mildly humiliating, originally more charitable, activity to be carried out"
"always visible. The presenter used a miniature electrical screen to read the texts. Alternatively, the presenter could read the screen in front of them to read the texts and view the pictures. The Common Room The Common Room was an interactive TV show on ITV Play. ""The Common Room""'s main presenters were Tim Dixon and Emma Lee. Zö Christien also presented occasionally. ""The Common Room"" launched on ITV Play on Monday 31 July 2006. ""The Common Room"" later dropped their puzzles/quizzes and converted to a text-in format. A daily theme was usually set allowing viewers to text-in with their opinions."
"the teachers were the group with the highest average result, followed by celebrities; Red Symons had the highest IQ among the celebrities, with 131. The test consisted of 76 questions which were divided into six categories: language, spatial processes, arithmetic, memory, reasoning, and learning. Over 43,000 people registered to take the test online during the show, and over 20,000 completed the test by texting their results via mobile phone. Results were used for several humorous comparisons, such as whether Aussie rules fans were more intelligent than Rugby league fans (both groups scored equally, with 110). The show was the most"
"action), the ITV Seven (horse racing), and wrestling with commentator Kent Walton. It also showed sports not seen elsewhere, such as women's hockey, netball, lacrosse, water skiing and stock car racing or sports that were not popular with the British mainstream, such as NASCAR and ice speedway. It featured bizarre sports like the World Barrel Jumping Championships, and even death-defying stunts. It often showed show jumping and other equestrian events, especially in its earlier years, and towards the end of its life it showed snooker extensively. 'Minority' sports were a feature throughout its run. The BBC had purchased the rights"
"or a nun driving a monster truck. However, these later changed into situations in which the presenters were either competing against each other with a car they chose in a series of tests, or working together to accomplish a goal, with the tagline ""How hard can it be?"" becoming a common phrase for the introduction of some of the challenges featured on the programme. Challenges that appear in episodes, mainly fall under the following categories: Another part of the show's format was the inclusion of a race in every series by the presenters. Such races (which were sometimes referred to"
"general knowledge questions, frequently involving puns or other wordplay, that were displayed on a large electronic marquee, similar to one found on a pinball's backbox display. The players were shown blanks on the display's bottom line denoting the number of words and letters in the answer. A clue then crawled across the display's upper line. If no team buzzed in once the clue was revealed, letters of the answer then filled in at random as time progressed. For example, with the clue ""He's center and he's square"", and blanks displaying ""#### #####"", the correct answer is ""Paul Lynde"". James occasionally"
"""Bullseye"", which mixed general knowledge questions with darts. The show quickly became a popular feature of ITV's schedules on Sunday early evenings, achieving 15–17 million viewers and at times obtaining higher ratings than prime-time soap operas. It ran for fourteen years. On the back of his fame, he delivered several speeches at the Oxford Union. Bowen was the presenter throughout, along with Tony Green as the darts commentator, and several of the catchphrases he used on the programme became well-known (though he claims he never once said ""Super, smashing, great""). He would warn contestants that if they gambled and lost,"
"a live audience, the programme consisted mainly of Northern club comedians telling jokes. It was a major success at the time, garnering several industry awards and a BAFTA nomination, though the jokes told often contained racist or sexist stereotypes. This was acceptable on British TV during the 1970s but would not be acceptable today. Nevertheless, the show stands as a major social document of the era. Ken Irwin: The Comedians are totally and unashamedly outrageous in all that they do. This is why they have succeeded. Nothing, or no one, apparently, is sacred. And their jokes prove it. They joke"
"with Ian Duncan and Shaun Levin as Executive Producers. The show's self-styled goal is to find the person who ""knows everything about something and something about everything"". To that end, contestants with specially nominated subjects appear each week. The show was also noted for Berner's offbeat manner and humorous approach to being a quizmaster. The program proved quite popular with a wide audience, unusually so for a program broadcast on the ABC. The key to the program's uniqueness is the use of a Brains Trust, a panel of three ""experts"", usually celebrities, who compete alongside the contestants. Regular Brains Trustees"
"Everybody's Equal Everybody's Equal was a game show hosted by Chris Tarrant and aired on ITV from 7 June 1989 to 22 July 1991. Versions also existed in many European countries, plus Canada. Elements of the show resemble Tarrant's future hit Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, particularly its ""Fastest Finger First"" game; in addition, the US-based mobile game HQ Trivia. The format was simple – 200 contestants were asked a question with four options and those who got it right were asked another. This continued until less than ten players survived, at which point they face four questions which"
"over to the cartoon. When the time was up or if all six words were guessed correctly, the team was given another 10 seconds to think of a solution and then, solve the puzzle. Solving the puzzle awarded another £200. Jumble (TV series) Jumble was a daytime game show series that was produced by Anglia Television and ran for 2 series on the ITV network from 12 March 1991 until 4 September 1992, the programme was hosted by Jeff Stevenson. The game was played with two contestants each with a celebrity partner. To start, a cartoon puzzle was revealed, along"
"points won by either Colin and Edith or the public ran cumulatively each day until the last ever game on Thursday 10 August 2006 when the presenters were almost guaranteed to win overall and so took on a regular listener 'Kendle' in a winner takes all game. Colin and Edith won 15-7. A quiz which pitted members of the public from different home nations against each other in their own individually chosen subjects. Various songs were collated by a user vote over a number of weeks to create a 'mix tape' of popular songs. Colin and Edith Colin and Edith"
"two playing against each other, with one person on each team being a professional marksman, and the other person being a popular athlete or celebrity of the time (usually one who did have some experience with guns though). Celebrities included Rollie Fingers and Blair Underwood. The BBC also started a series of TV programmes on the same format, with the first based at Hever Castle in Kent. The series was cancelled after the second programme which was based in Hungerford and recorded just one week before the Hungerford massacre in August, 1987. Celebrities such as the cricketer Ian Botham and"
"racing and other sport left episode 40 unaired; this would be aired at 5:20am in June 2015. The Common Denominator The Common Denominator was a quiz show that has aired on Channel 4 from 18 February 2013 to 19 April 2013. The programme was hosted by Phil Spencer. Contestants are given two phrases, and must state the single word that links the phrases together. For example, the two phrases could be ""Wikipedia"" and ""The United Kingdom"", with the link in this case being ""Wales""; Jimbo Wales founded Wikipedia, and Wales is a country in the United Kingdom. The show went"
"to host the show for an episode. Two contestants, including a returning champion, competed. The contestants were always a man and a woman – at no point during the series did two people of the same gender compete. The object was to match the answers of the six celebrity panelists to fill-in-the-blank statements. The main game was played in two rounds. The challenger was given a choice of two statements labeled either ""A"" or ""B."" Kennedy then read the statement. Many of the show's questions were designed as ""double entendres"", such as ""Joan and Paul went to bed and Joan"
"competed to guess groups words that had something in common in order to win cash and prizes. The civilians received all winnings credited to their teams. Among the celebrities who appeared include Jill Whelan, Ted Lange, Susan Ruttan, and Gordon Jump. A puzzle consisting of three rows of blanks was displayed, representing three related words, and one letter of each word was filled in at the outset. The player in control pressed a button to stop a randomizer that flashed around the board. If it stopped on an empty space, that letter was filled in and the player could either"
"of a giant paper bag or finding a £5 note in three boxes of yukky stuff. If he didn't get the requisite amount of shoppers to do it then he had to do the challenge himself in the studio the next week. An incredibly funny moment occurred in the 2nd episode of the 1st series, where one of his challenges was to make people eat sheep's testicles. He walked up to a man and asked him ""Are you peckish?"" and he replied ""No, I'm Turkish!"". A member of the audience is invited onto the floor as Paul Hendy asks them"
"two celebrity-contestant teams. As with ""Eye Guess"", the object was to remember where the correct punch line was located. Similar to the likes of ""Match Game"" and ""Hollywood Squares"", The humor came out of the comically mismatched answers and over-the-top line readings given by the performers. Some of the celebrities that were featured in the pilot were Joyce Bulifant, Fred Grandy and Edie McClurg. While the show failed to sell in America, two years later, the show was sold in the U.K. for ITV and had a successful three-year run with Lennie Bennett as its host from January 3, 1981,"
"television quiz program shown across Network Ten, written and hosted by ""Big Brother"" contestant Simon Deering, commonly known by the nickname Hotdogs. The show's format had the host presenting simple puzzles which viewers could attempt to solve over the phone. Successfully solving a puzzle would result in a cash prize for the contestant. The program had two series and went to air for the final time on time on Friday 15 December 2006. CTC's ""Community Billboard"" was synonymous with early evening viewing in Canberra in the 1970s and 1980s. Read by a member of the news team, ""Community Billboard"" was"
"same argument when proposing to cut off all social security payments to elderly people as he believes they should have considered how they would look after themselves instead of wasting their money on ""ghastly holidays in Blackpool"". When being interviewed by Brian Walden, Alan readily conceded that should he rule the UK, the rich would only pay tax on their cocaine, children would be forced to work in mills and the elderly and infirm would be left to die by the thousands. The sitcom was one of the most critically successful ITV comedy series of its day, and developed a"
"with The Entertainer. The teams also had to pair up their members. Expecting the challenge to consist of gross foods they would have to eat, the Green Team paired up weak people with strong people so that every pair would earn a point. However, they were surprised to find the challenge was a reference to the event in which New York and Flavor Flav shared a long, steamy kiss at dinner. Chance, being paired with Mr. Boston, immediately said he would not compete in the challenge. Heather strategized and began teasing Chance, saying a picture of the kiss would pop"
"Britain's Hardest Britain's Hardest was a game show first broadcast on Sky One in 2004. It was presented by ""EastEnders"" actor Steve McFadden and mixed martial arts fighter Ian Freeman. In the show six men competed against each other until only one remained and was declared ""Britain's hardest"", meaning toughest man. The prize was £10,000. The tasks the contestants had to complete included gruelling physical challenges, like hanging from a suspended object by their fingertips for the longest time. The show's tagline was ""54 hard men, over 10 shows, but only one can be, Britain's Hardest"". Leighton Morgan from Nelson,"
"well known for the guests who appeared on it, but rather for its many bloopers or double entendres (such as the instance when a number of various sized tennis balls were located around the studio to mark that year's Wimbledon tournament, and when introducing Pat Cash as a guest Gaby announced ""And I'm sure you can guess from the size of those balls who's coming up next!"") Intended to compete head-to-head with ITV1's ""This Morning"", it was much hyped before its launch. The first show included Jonathan Ross as its main guest. The early episodes tried to capture the atmosphere"
"presentation. There was a one-off competition between the four highest scoring viewers. A new BBC Two version premiered in 2003, hosted by John Humphrys. Whereas the original series kept talk to a minimum, asking contestants only their name, occupation and specialist subject, at first the new run included some conversational elements with contestants between at the start of the General Knowledge round (normally about the contestant's specialist subject), although these have been dropped since the 2011 series. It is also distinguished from the original BBC TV series by the fact that many more contestants' specialist subjects come from popular culture,"
"to its ""insanely basic"" format, stating, ""It's so blank that it can be filled by people as diverse as Paul Merton and Graham Norton, who don't have to adapt their style of humour to the show at all."" Throughout its half-century history, the show has, in addition to its popularity in the UK, developed an international following through its broadcast on the BBC World Service and, more recently, on the internet. The idea for the game came to Ian Messiter as he rode on the top of a number 13 bus. He recalled Percival Parry Jones, a history master from"
"15.15% viewing share. The Door (TV series) The Door was a two-part celebrity series broadcast on the ITV Network in the United Kingdom and hosted by Amanda Holden and Chris Tarrant. Keith Duffy and Dean Gaffney made it to the final with Keith winning the show with Dean as the runner-up. Six celebrities pass through a series of doors and take on a number of tough challenges. The last star standing claims a cash prize for their chosen charity. The show has been compared to classic TV show ""The Crystal Maze"". The series average, based on overnight ratings was 3.545m,"
"show, the chairman asked the teams to read the cuttings that they had brought along with them, in the manner of fellow Radio 4 show ""The News Quiz"". The teams proceeded to read their cuttings, but only to themselves, followed by some interested murmurs from the teams and much laughter from the audience. Self-deprecation forms a big part of the show's humour. It frequently pokes fun at itself and its supposed low quality. For example, Lyttelton was heard to exclaim at the end of a round: According to Willie Rushton, ""The show gets quite filthy at times, but the audience"
"come fears. Martin Sterling will take them through a training seminar to physically prepare them, while Pete Cohen will prepare them all mentally for their life changing challenges. The course will include a firewalk, glasswalk & Board break. These unorthodox stunts are used as a tool for overcoming fear and breaking barriers. Looking Good, Feeling Great Looking Good, Feeling Great was a daytime programme in the UK, shown on ITV. Fern Britton (co-host of ""This Morning"") and her panel of experts take viewers through a step-by-step guide on how to live a healthier lifestyle. Fern was joined by personal trainer"
"with two standard topics: Mars, presented by Hank, and AFC Wimbledon, presented by John. On a number of occasions, one of the brothers was absent from a number of episodes (for example, during the publicity tours for ""Paper Towns, Turtles All The Way Down,"" and ""An Absolutely Remarkable Thing""); various friends and family members of the brothers filled in on those occasions. The Green brothers' videos have been able to connect with their viewers, which are individually referred to as ""Nerdfighters,"" and collectively referred to as ""Nerdfighteria."" Activities, events, and community symbols and terminology have been noted by various media"
"a giant X on the map. Where the two lines cross, a treasure is (metaphorically) hidden. The panel have to identify the treasure using up to four lines of a riddle gained by answering the supplementary questions correctly. Unlike the UK television programme ""Treasure Hunt"", there is no actual buried treasure and the panel do not have to fetch it, merely identify it. The format, created by John Higgs, encouraged the team of three contestants to co-operate rather than compete against each other, and was designed to encourage the telling of interesting anecdotes and digressions. It was inspired in part"