Television: Entertainment

This page covers quizzes, game shows, panel shows, chat shows, etc. For other forms of television entertainment, see Reality Television and The Eurovision song Contest.

Titles

BBC3/2, 2013–15: presented by comedian Jack Whitehall and his father, theatrical agent Michael Whitehall (subtitled with Jack Whitehall and his Dad)		Backchat
The most successful contestants are awarded a 'Golden Gavel', on		Bargain Hunt
Channel 4's breakfast show, 1992–2002: struck a distinctly lighter tone than its ITV and BBC competitors; presenters included Chris Evans (1992–4), Gaby Roslin (1992–6), Paul Ross (1994–5), Keith Chegwin (1995–6), Zoë Ball (1996), Sharron Davies (1996–7), Johnny Vaughan (1997–2001), Denise van Outen (1997–8, 2000–2001), Kelly Brook (1999), Liza Tarbuck (1999–2000); Bob Geldof presented a short–lived political interview slot, and his wife Paula Yates interviewed people whilst lying on a bed; the puppet characters Zig and Zag created mayhem in the bathroom with Evans in a slot called The Crunch		The Big Breakfast
Theme tune specially recorded by Element Four (Paul Oakenfold and Andy Gray)		Big Brother
Series that launched Sheena Easton's career; also ended Fanny Cradock's TV career when she criticised the menu chosen by Devon housewife Gwen Troake		The Big Time
"Can I have a P please Bob?" was a 'catchphrase' (of sorts) on		Blockbusters
Presented by Robin Ray, Joe Melia, Peter Wheeler, Robert Robinson, Bob Holness		Call My Bluff
"Say what you see" is or was a catchphrase on		Catchphrase
ITV daytime game show, 1987–97: had six presenters; Jeremy Beadle was the first, and Dave Spikey the last; used a computer named Wordsworth		Chain Letters
ITV quiz show: shares its name with Lester Piggott's first ever winner (Haydock Park, 1948, aged 12)		The Chase
Game show, including dramatised action in the fictional Arlington Grange		Cluedo
American programme, first broadcast in 1953, that inspired the British student quiz show University Challenge (which started nine years later)		College (Quiz) Bowl
Longest–running 'musical' programme on British TV		Come Dancing
The first programme broadcast on Channel 4 (1982); broadcast its 6,000th episode in September 2014, and was simultaneously honoured by Guinness World Records for "most series broadcast for a TV game show"		Countdown
The 1p Club is associated with		Deal or No Deal
Channel 4, 2005 to date: comedy panel show, based on statistics and opinion polls; title is derived from a common misquoting of a well–known tagline in a pet food advert		8 Out of 10 Cats
Late–night comedy magazine show, broadcast on Channel 4 from 1993 to 2004: presented by French media personality Antoine de Caunes – aided and abetted by Jean–Paul Gaultier (1993–7), Graham Norton (1998), Carla Bruni (1998?), Melinda Messenger (2004), Davina McCall (voice, Series 1 1993) and Kate Robbins (female comedy voices)		Eurotrash
BBC, 1986–93 (based on an American show of the same name): married couples compete to win time in which to win prizes; hosted by Paul Daniels		Every Second Counts
Channel 4, 2013 to date: Fred Sirieix is (literally) the host of		First Dates
The famous "class sketch", featuring John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, first appeared in 1966 on		The Frost Report
Perfect World, by the Irish band Kodaline, is the theme tune to		Gogglebox
Made Arthur Negus a TV personality		Going for a Song
BBC daytime quiz, 1987–96: presented by Henry Kelly, featured contestants from various European countries. Revived on Five, 2008–9 (with John Suchet)		Going for Gold
Presented by Jackie Rae 1967, Bob Monkhouse 1967–71 and 1975, Norman Vaughan 1972, Charlie Williams 1973–4; catchphrase "Bernie, the bolt!"; featured "dumb blonde" hostess Anne Aston, who appeared to struggle with mental arithmetic		The Golden Shot
Amazon's motoring programme, presented by Messrs. Clarkson, Hammond and May (from 2016)		Grand Tour
BBC reality programme: presented by Claudia Winkleman (Series 1 to 4, 2013–16), Joe Lycett (Series 5 to 7, 2019–21) and Sara Pascoe (Series 8, 2022)		The Great British Sewing Bee
Simon King, David Myers		The Hairy Bikers
First broadcast from Mr Smiths in Warrington, on 3 September 1988, and last from The Discothèque Royale in Manchester, on 5 December 1992		The Hitman and Her
Californian–born Ann Maurice is (Channel 5 and UK Style, 1999–)		The House Doctor
Sky 1 travel documentary featuring Karl Pilkington (who is referred to in the title), Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. (The latter two stay in London and send the reluctant Pilkington on foreign journeys)		An Idiot Abroad
ITV, from 2005: suspended (sine die) in 2019, after a former guest committed suicide		Jeremy Kyle Show
Petri Hawkins–Byrd – better known as Byrd – is a long–serving assistant to		Judge Judy
First British quiz show to be sold to the USA		The Krypton Factor
Channel 4 comedy talk show: presented by Australian comedian Adam Hills, co–presented by Alex Brooker and Josh Widdecombe; first ran alongside Channel 4's coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics, and uses the same theme tune – an instrumental version of Harder than you Think by Public Enemy		The Last Leg
ITV variety show, 1982–5, hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck: Tommy Cooper died during his act in April 1984		Live from Her Majesty's
ITV daytime chat show, first broadcast in 1999; features an all–female panel, with one "anchor" (originally Kaye Adams or Nadia Sawalha, alternating)		Loose Women
Started on the Travel Channel in 2008; moved to the Cooking Channel in 2019; hosted by Adam Richman 2008–17, Casey Webb from 2017		Man v. Food
John Torode and Gregg Wallace are judges on		Masterchef
Created by Bill Wright, based on his experience of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II; first shown in 1972		Mastermind
Given the unofficial Latin motto Ludus non nisi sanguineus ("It's only a bloody game")
Created by Eric Morley in 1951: Sweden's Kerstin 'Kiki' Hakansson was the first winner, Rosemarie Frankland (1961) was the first UK winner		Miss World
BBC2, 2005–22: theme song is News of the World, by the Jam		Mock the Week
"Paranormal reality series" (Wikipedia), investigating purported paranormal activity in many locations in the UK, Republic of Ireland, and elsewhere; originally on Living TV (2002–10); main presenter is Yvette Fielding; series 1–6 (2000–5) also starred medium Derek Acorah (a former professional footballer – real name Johnson)		Most Haunted
"It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights" were the opening words to the theme tune of		The Muppet Show
Included Pigs in Space – a recurring sketch, featuring Captain Link Hogthrob and Dr. Julius Strangepork
BBC Television's less successful follow–up to That Was the Week That Was (1964'5): similarly produced by Ned Sherrin and presented by David Frost; also featured John Bird, Eleanor Bron, Roy Hudd, John Fortune and Michael Crawford		Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life
Stone Fox Chase, by Area Code 615 (featuring Charlie McCoy on harmonica) was the theme tune to		Old Grey Whistle Test
BBC quiz show, 2008–: title taken from the epigraph to E. M. Forster's Howard's End; replaced Greek letters with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, in response to accusations of pretentiousness		Only Connect
The Clapometer was (originally) a feature of		Opportunity Knocks
BBC2 quiz show, 2009–, hosted by Alexander Armstrong: object is to give correct answers that members of the public have not given		Pointless
"The weekend starts here" – slogan of		Ready Steady Go
Popular ITV football preview, 1985–92, featuring former players Ian St. John and Jimmy Greaves		Saint and Greavsie
"From Norwich, it's the Quiz of the Week"		Sale of the Century
Channel 4 show, 1985–7, that made stars of Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie (succeeded for one series by Friday Night Live)		Saturday Live
Created by Roger Fluck and Peter Law; working title Rubber News		Spitting Image
ITV's short–lived rival to BBC's A Question of Sport (1987–90; series 1 & 2 hosted by Nick Owen; team captains included Jimmy Greaves, Emlyn Hughes, Andy Gray)		Sporting Triangles
American game show (1941–46) with the '$64,000 question'		Take it or Leave it
Created by Alex Horne for the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010; subsequently broadcast on Dave from 2105, and Channel 4 from 2019; Greg Davies issues bizarre challenges to five regular contestants – usually comedians – assisted by Horne, who also acts as umpire		Taskmaster
BBC1, 1985–98: inter–family quiz about television, hosted by Noel Edmonds		Telly Addicts
ITV, 2016–: teams of five take it in turns to try to name ten entities that fall into a given category; hosted by Warwick Davis		Tenable
Satirical, topical comedy programme (BBC, 1962–3): devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin, presented by David Frost; considered a significant element of the satire boom at the time in the UK		That Was the Week That Was

Janice Nichols: 'Oi'll give it foive'

Thank Your Lucky Stars

ITV, 1978–88: hosted by Ted Rogers, based on a similarly–titled Spanish show		3–2–1
Dusty Bin was the mascot, and also the booby prize, on
ITV, 2012–: based on arcade–style coin–pushing machines, presented by Ben Shephard		Tipping Point
First broadcast from a converted church in Manchester, on 1 January 1964		Top of the Pops
Channel 4's influential music programme, 1982–7: presenters included Jools Holland, Paula Yates, Leslie Ash and Muriel Gray		The Tube
Jennifer Paterson, Clarissa Dickson–Wright		Two Fat Ladies
Don Murray–Henderson (1962–72), Jim Pope (1972–2001) and Roger Tilling (since 2001) have successively been the announcers on		University Challenge
BBC, 2001–7: fashion 'gurus' Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine give make–overs to people nominated by their friends as in need of one		What Not to Wear
First broadcast 1977: Geoff Capes (1983 and 1985), Jamie Reeves (1989), Gary Taylor (1993), Eddie Hall (2017) and Tom Stoltman (2021 and 2022) have been the five British winners (to date)		World's Strongest Man
BBC panel show: shares its name with Top Ten hits for both Eurythmics and Charles & Eddie		Would I Lie To You?

People

Original narrator of Gogglebox (until her death in 2016)		Caroline Aherne
Canadian presenter of consumer programmes for ITV (1962–7) and BBC (1967–72); Esther Rantzen started as a researcher on the latter, and went on to appear on it as a presenter; it was cancelled when he advertised margarine on ITV		Bernard Braden
Presenter of The South Bank Show (from 1978)		Melvyn Bragg
Original presenter of Ready Steady Cook (replaced by Ainsley Harriott 2000)		Fern Britton
BBC TV presenter, 1950s and 60s, credited with popularising 'do it yourself' (DIY) in the UK; died in 2003 aged 91		Barry Bucknell
Presented The Late Late Show on RTE (Ireland) from 1962 to 1999, making it the world's second longest–running chat show; also presented his own weekday morning show on RTE Radio 1, from 1973 to 1998; died in 2019, aged 85		Gay Byrne
Stood in for Caroline Aherne as narrator of Gogglebox during her illness, and took over after her death (previously played her partner in The Royle Family)		Craig Cash
Appeared naked in the one–off Channel 5 game show Naked Jungle, 2000 – described it as his worst ever career move		Keith Chegwin
Versatile presenter – BBC 1994–2010, chief presenter of ITV's football coverage 2010–15; half Croatian, all Brummie, fluent in Serbo–Croat		Adrian Chiles
First found fame as 'The Joan Collins Fan Club'		Julian Clary
Found fame as the original presenter of Bargain Hunt		David Dickinson
That was the week that was: presenter		David Frost
Host of Double your Money and Opportunity Knocks!		Hughie Green
Presenter of Extreme Fishing (Channel 5, 2008–11)		Robson Green
Presenter of Blockbusters, 1983–93		Bob Holness
Creator, director and chief writer of The Thick of It (BBC, 2005–)		Armando Ianucci
Former footballer (goalkeeper) and BBC sports presenter: an appearance on BBC TV's Wogan, in 1991, turned him (by his own account) into a laughing stock. Believes that the world is run by a race of reptilians called Archons, or Anunnaki, from another dimension		David Icke
Made the novelty Cuban singer Margarita Pracatan a household name in the UK, and made the Japanese programme Endurance (where contestants attempt to withstand unpleasant experiences longer than their rivals) better–known than in Japan, on his television–based shows (i.e. using other television programmes as a source) in the 1990s; died in 2019, aged 80		Clive James
Punched Russell Harty on his chat show		Grace Jones
BBC newsreader, winner of the first series of Strictly Come Dancing		Natasha Kaplinsky
Original presenter of Mastermind (1972–97) – catchphrase "I've started so I'll finish"; died in 2007 aged 77		Magnus Magnusson
The Choir (from 2006 – including The Choir: Military Wives, 2011) – presenter and choirmaster		Gareth Malone
BBC presenter: was a professional session drummer in the 1990s, working with Average White Band, the Quireboys and Dogs d'Amour (among others)		Paul Martin
The only person to score a maximum 433 on 15 to 1 (1999)		Bill McCaig
Paul Daniels's glamorous assistant and second wife		Debbie McGee
Host of Trivial Pursuit (BBC, 1990)		Rory McGrath
Famously asked Debbie McGee what had first attracted her to the millionaire Paul Daniels; also suggested to George Best that it was all that running around after girls that made him so thirsty		Mrs. Merton (Caroline Aherne)
Creator and conductor of the Black & White Minstrels		George Mitchell
First woman to provide a match commentary on Match of the Day (2007)		Jacqui Oatley
The other guest when Grace Jones punched Russell Harty		W. A. Poucher
Presenter of The Weakest Link, in its 2021 revival		Romesh Ranganathan
Shot to stardom after taking his Reggae Reggae Sauce to the Dragons' Den in 2007 (real name Keith Valentine Graham)		Levi Roots
That was the week that was: producer		Ned Sherrin
Original presenter of A Question of Sport (1970–8); also presented It's a Knockout and Jeux Sans Frontières, as well as numerous bona fide sports programmes		David Vine
Presenter of BBC's Bargain Hunt, 2003–16 (replaced David Dickinson in 2003; after his retirement, the format changed to a rota of hosts from a "team of experts"		Tim Wonnacott

(A) Question of Sport

Presenters

1968 (pilot episode)		Stuart Hall
1970–7		David Vine
1979–97		David Coleman
1997–2021		Sue Barker
2021–3		Paddy McGuinness

Team Captains

1970–5	Rugby Union		Cliff Morgan		1970–7	Boxing		Henry Cooper
1976	Cricket		Fred Trueman		1977–9	Athletics		Brendan Foster
1979–82, 1984–8	Football		Emlyn Hughes		1979–82	Rugby Union		Gareth Edwards
1982–96	Rugby Union		Bill Beaumont		1982–4	Horse Racing		Willie Carson
1988–96	Cricket		Ian Botham		1996–2007	Football		Ally McCoist
1996–2002	Snooker		John Parrott		2002–4	Horse Racing		Frankie Dettori
2004–21	Rugby Union		Matt Dawson		2008–21	Cricket		Phil Tufnell
2021–3	Hockey		Sam Quek		2021–3	Rugby Union		Ugo Monye

General

Antiques Roadshow	Presenters: 1979–83			Arthur Negus
				Bruce Parker
	Also presented in 1979			Angela Rippon
	1981–2000			Hugh Scully
	2000–7			Michael Aspel
	2008–			Fiona Bruce
	2008: the first item valued at over £1m was a replica of the			Angel of the North
The Apprentice (UK version)	Sir (Lord) Alan Sugar's male aide, in Series 1 to 10			Nick Hewer
	Male aide, series 11 to 15 (previously an interviewer in the semi–finals)			Claude Littner
	Male aide, series 16 and 17 (winner of Series 1)			Tim Campbell
	Female aide, series 1–4			Margaret Mountford
	Female aide, series 5 onwards			Karren Brady
Ask the Family	Original presenter			Robert Robinson
	Presenters of the 2005 'revival'			Dick and Dom
Big Break	Theme song (Snookering you tonight) sung by			Captain Sensible
Blankety Blank	Presenters	1979–83		Terry Wogan
		1979–83		Les Dawson
		1984–90		Lily Savage
Blind Date	2017 revival (on Channel 5)	Presenter		Paul O'Grady
		Voice		Melanie Sykes
Bullseye	Co–presenter (to both Jim Bowen and Dave Spikey)			Tony Green
Call My Bluff	Original presenter			Robin Ray
	Original team captains			Robert Morley
				Frank Muir
	Later presenter (1980s)			Robert Robinson
	Replaced Robert Morley as team captain			Patrick Campbell
	Replaced Patrick Campbell as team captain			Arthur Marshall
	Presenter of the 1996 revival			Bob Holness
	The first (regular) female team captain (1996 revival)			Sandi Toksvig
	The other team captain in the 1996 revival			Alan Coren
Candid Camera	Original UK presenter and link man			Bob Monkhouse
Catchphrase	Original presenter (1986–99)			Roy Walker
	Presenter from 2013			Stephen Mulhern
The Chase	Presenter			Bradley Walsh
	The Beast			Mark Labbett
	The Dark Destroyer			Shaun Wallace
	The Governess (Frosty Knickers) – joined in 2010			Anne Hegerty
	The Sinner Man (Sarcasm in a Suit) – joined in 2011			Paul Sinha
	The Vixen (The Bolton Brainiac) – joined in 2015			Jenny Ryan
	The Menace (The Dublin Dynamo) – joined in 2020			Darragh Ennis
Come Dancing	Original bandleader			Victor Sylvester
Countdown	Original presenter – the first face seen on Channel 4			Richard Whiteley
	His 'assistant'			Carol Vorderman
	Oct 2005 to Dec 2006 (replaced Whiteley after his death)			Des Lynam
	Jan 2007 to Dec 2008			Des O'Connor
	Jan 2009 to Dec 2011			Jeff Stelling
	From Jan 2012 ...			Nick Hewer
	'Assistant' from Jan 2009			Rachel Riley
	Full–time Dictionary Corner expert, since 2003 (first appeared in 1992)			Susie Dent
The Crystal Maze	Replaced Richard O'Brien as presenter for Series 5 and 6 (1993–5)			Ed(ward) Tudor Pole
	Presenter of the 2017–20 revival			Richard Ayoade
Deal or No Deal	Number of boxes (up to the end of 2013, after which an extra one was added)			22
	Maximum value			£250,000
	Minimum value			1p
	First £250,000 winner (broadcast January 2007)			Laura Pearce
Eggheads	Presenter: 2003–14			Dermot Murnaghan
	Presenter: 2008 to date			Jeremy Vine
	The three ever–present Eggheads (to date)			Kevin Ashman
				Chris Hughes
				Judith Keppel
	Left in 2012; returned in 2014; left again in 2016			CJ de Mooi
	Retired in 2014			Daphne Fowler
	Joined in 2008 (winner of Are You an Egghead?, 2008)			Barry Simmons
	Joined in 2009 (winner of Are You an Egghead?, 2009)			Pat Gibson
	Joined in 2012 (nicknamed 'Tremendous Knowledge')			Dave Rainford
	Joined in 2014			Lisa Thiel
	Joined in 2016 (winners of Make Me an Egghead)	Male		Steve Cook
		Female		Beth Webster

Family Fortunes	Presenters: 1980–3			Bob Monkhouse
	1983–5			Max Bygraves
	1987–2002			Les Dennis
	2002			Andy Collins
	(One–off special) 2005			Ant & Dec
	"All Star" (celebrity) version, 2006–15			Vernon Kay
	2020 to date			Gino D'Acampo
15 to 1	Original presenter (1988–2003)			William G. Stewart
	Presenter 2014–			Sandi Toksvig
The Frost Report	Resident singer			Julie Felix
The Generation Game	Stood in when Bruce Forsyth was ill (1975)			Roy Castle
	Replaced Forsyth as presenter, 1978			Larry Grayson
	Larry Grayson's assistant			Isla St. Clair
	Forsyth's assistant on his return, 1990–4			Rosemarie Ford
	Forsyth's second replacement (1995–2002)			Jim Davidson
Give us a Clue	Original team captains	Men		Lionel Blair
		Women		Una Stubbs
Going for Gold	Presenter (BBC, 1987–96)			Henry Kelly
	Presenter (Channel 5, 2008–9)			John Suchet
The Good Old Days	Chairman			Leonard Sachs
	Theatre			Leeds City Variety Theatre
Have I Got News for You	Chairman (1990–2002)			Angus Deayton
	Contestant replaced by a tub of lard in 1993			Roy Hattersley
	First guest presenter			Paul Merton
	Youngest guest presenter (2003, aged 17)			Charlotte Church
	Oldest guest presenter (2012, aged 85)			Sir Roger Moore
	Most frequent guest presenter (37 times, to Feb 2022; Jo Brand 26, Victoria Coren Mitchell 15, Martin Clunes & Jack Dee 14 each)			Alexander Armstrong
The Hitman and Her	The Hitman was			Pete Waterman
	'Her' was			Michaela Strachan
Judge Judy	Judge Judy's surname			Sheindlin
Juke Box Jury	Name of the theme tune			Hit and Miss
	Original presenter (1959–67)			David Jacobs
	Presenter of the 1979 revival			Noel Edmonds
	Presenter of the second revival (1989–90)			Jools Holland
	Panel on 7 December 1963			The Beatles
	Panel on 4 July 1964			The Rolling Stones
The Krypton Factor	Original presenter (1977–95)			Gordon Burns

Mastermind	Theme tune			Approaching Menace
	Presenters	1972–97 (BBC1)		Magnus Magnusson
		1998–2000 (BBC Radio 4)		Jon Snow
		2001–2 (Discovery Channel)		Clive Anderson
		2003–22 (BBC2)		John Humphrys
		2022– (BBC2)		Clive Myrie
	First winner (1972)			Nancy Wilkinson
	Retired ambassador, won in 1977			Sir David Hunt
	London taxi driver, won in 1980			Fred Housego
	Tube train driver, won in 1983 (later an Egghead)			Christopher Hughes
	Actor, won in 1991			Stephen Allen
	Stage name of the 1991 winner			Stephen Tomlin

The Million Pound Drop (Channel 4, 2010–15)	Presenter			Davina McCall
	Revived in 2018–19 as			The £100k Drop
Mr & Mrs	Presenter			Derek Batey
The Muppet Show	Creator of the Muppets			Jim Henson
	Voice of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam Eagle			Frank Oz
	House band			Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
	Hecklers			Stadler & Waldorf
	Mad scientist			Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
	Hapless laboratory assistant to the above			Beaker
	Kermit's nephew			Robin
	Best friend of the above: a hairy ogre, about nine feet tall; physically intimidating, but essentially friendly and harmless			Sweetums
	Stand–up comic, noted for his lack of comedy skills; catchphrase "Wocka Wocka!"			Fozzie Bear
	Stage manager and 'gofer' of the Muppet Theatre – nephew of its owner, J. P. Grosse			Scooter
	Miss Piggy: "Never eat more than you can ... "			Lift
	Pigs in Space	Name of the spacecraft		Swine Trek
		Captain of the spacecraft		Link Hogthrob
		Chief Science Officer		Dr. Julius Strangepork
Never Mind the Buzzocks	Presenters	Series 1–17 (1996–2005)		Mark Lamarr
		Series 19–22 (2006–8)		Simon Amstell
		Series 28 (2014)		Rhod Gilbert
		Series 29 (Sky Max, 2021)		Greg Davies
	Replaced Phill Jupitus as a team captain in Series 29			Daisy May Cooper
New Faces	Original presenter			Derek Hobson
	Winner who went on to present it			Marti Caine
Noel's House Party	Fictional village in (or near) which set			Crinkley Bottom
The Old Grey Whistle Test	Original presenter (1971)			Richard Williams
	Later presenter (1971–8)			'Whispering' Bob Harris
Only Connect	Presenter			Victoria Coren Mitchell

The six Egyptian hieroglyphs that contestants on Only Connect use to choose questions are:

Lion

Water

Two Reeds

Twisted Flax

Horned Viper

Eye of Horus

Pointless	Main presenter					Alexander Armstrong
	His "pointless friend"					Richard Osman
	Points for a wrong answer					100
A Question of Sport	Original presenter (1970–8)					David Vine
	Original team captains					Henry Cooper
						Cliff Morgan
	Special guest on the 200th edition (1986)					Princess Anne
The Price is Right	Presenters			1984–8		Leslie Crowther
				1995–2001		Bruce Forsyth
				2006–7		Joe Pasqule
QI	Took over as host (from Stephen Fry) in 2016, to become "the first female host of a prime time comedy panel show"					Sandi Toksvig
Ready Steady Go	Slogan					The Weekend Starts Here
	Hostess (known as 'Queen of the Mods')					Cathy McGowan
	Male presenter					Keith Fordyce
Room 101	Presenters			1994–9		Nick Hancock
				1999–2007		Paul Merton
				2012–18		Frank Skinner
Shooting Stars	Score keeper					George Dawes
	Played by					Matt Lucas
A Song for Europe	Original presenter (1966)					David Jacobs
Spitting Image	Impressionist who voiced Margaret Thatcher's puppet (and others including Roy Hattersley, the Queen Mother, Alan Bennett, Bruce Forsyth, and David Attenborough)					Steve Nallon
Stars on Sunday	Presenter ('The Bishop')					Jess Yates
Sunday Night at the London Palladium	Original presenter					Tommy Trinder
	Bandleader					Jack Parnell
Supermarket Sweep	Presenter					Dale Winton
Take Your Pick	Original presenter					Michael Miles
	Voice–over (also on Pathe News)					Bob Danvers–Walker
They Think It's All Over	Presenters		1995–2004			Nick Hancock
			2005–6			Lee Mack
	Original team captains					Gary Lineker
						David Gower
This is Your Life	First person to say no					Danny Blanchflower
Through the Keyhole	Presenter (original version – 1987–2008, on ITV, Sky 1, BBC1 and BBC2)					David Frost
	Original "location presenter" (1987–2003) – "Who lives in a house like this?"					Loyd Grossman
Today's the Day	Presenter (former newsreader)					Martyn Lewis
Today with Des and Mel	Des O'Connor's co–presenter					Melanie Sykes
Top of the Pops	First broadcast					1 Jan 1964
	First record played			Artiste(s)		Rolling Stones
				Title		I Wanna Be Your Man
	First No. 1			Artiste(s)		Beatles
				Title		I Want to Hold Your Hand
	First presenter					Jimmy Savile
	Other original presenters					Alan Freeman
						David Jacobs
						Pete Murray
	First female presenter					Annie Nightingale
	Main presenter of the final show (30 July 2006)					Edith Bowman
	Last No. 1 (Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean)					Hips don't lie
	Main presenter, 2004–6 – unable to present the final show because she was appearing in Love Island					Fearne Cotton
	Dance troupes			1964–8		Go–Jos
				1968–76		Pan's People
				1976		Ruby Flipper
				1976–81		Legs & Co.
				1981–3		Zoo
	Theme tunes (selected)	1970–7		Whole Lotta Love		CCS
		1981–6		Yellow Pearl		Phil Lynott
		1986–91		The Wizard		Paul Hardcastle
The Traitors	Presenters	UK version				Claudia Winkleman
		US version (filmed in Scotland)				Alan Cumming
Treasure Hunt	Presenter of the original Channel 4 series (former BBC newsreader)					Kenneth Kendall
	Former tennis star who replaced Anneka Rice as "sky–runner"					Annabel Croft
	Presenter of the 2002 BBC revival					Dermot Murnaghan
	"Sky–runner" in the 2002 BBC revival					Suzi Perry
University Challenge	Presenters:		1962–87 (ITV)			Bamber Gascoigne
			1994–2022 (BBC)			Jeremy Paxman
			2023 to date (BBC)			Amol Rajan
	Equalled the record of four wins in 2022, and set a new record in 2024 with their fifth win					Imperial College, London
The Very Hungry Frenchman (BBC, 2012)	The eponymous chef					Raymond Blanc
The Weakest Link	Number of contestants that start each show					9
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Number of questions to win £1 million			1998–2007		15
				2007–14		12
	Value of the first question			1998–2007		£100
				2007–14		£500
	First £1m winner (November 2000)					Judith Keppel
	Second £1m winner (April 2001)					David Edwards
	Won £1 million in 2001, but was later (in 2003) found guilty of cheating					Major Charles Ingram
	Coughing accomplice of the above					Tecwen Whittock
	Third £1m winner (September 2001)					Robert Brydges
	Fourth £1m winner (April 2004): later joined Judith Keppel as an Egghead					Pat Gibson
	Fifth £1m winner (September 2006): previously finished third, behind Fred Housego, on Mastermind in 1980					Ingram Wilcox
	Sixth £1m winner, and the first in the new version hosted by Jeremy Clarkson (September 2020); his brother Davyth won half a million one year earlier					Donald Fear
Winner Takes All	Host, 1975–86					Jimmy Tarbuck
	Creator, and host 1987–8					Geoffrey Wheeler
	Presenter of the Challenge TV revival (1997)					Bobby Davro
World's Strongest Man: UK winners	2021: from Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty					Tom Stoltman
	2017: from Newcastle–Under–Lyme, Staffordshire					Eddie Hall
	1993: former weightlifter, from Cardiff					Gary Taylor
	1989: former coal miner, from Sheffield					Jamie Reeves
	1983, 1985: from Holbeach, Lincolnshire

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