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Cash Cab | |
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Genre | Game show |
Created by | Adam Wood Mat Steiner |
Presented by | John Moody |
Voices of | Annabel Raftery |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 [1] |
No. of episodes | 40 [1] |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) [1] |
Production company | Lion Television [1] |
Original release | |
Network | ITV (2005–06) Challenge (2007) |
Release | 13 June 2005 – 30 March 2007 |
Cash Cab is a British game show that originally aired from 13 June 2005 to 29 June 2006 on ITV. The remaining fourteen episodes of the second series aired on Challenge from 22 to 30 March 2007. The original programme that launched the worldwide Cash Cab franchise, was hosted by John Moody. The questions were asked in voice over style by Annabel Raftery. The show was devised by Adam Wood and Mat Steiner. [2]
The show's host initially poses as an ordinary taxi driver and drives around the major cities of the United Kingdom in a cab. The show pays its passengers for correctly answering standard general knowledge questions. Contestants are recruited in advance but are not told that the quiz will be taking place in the cab, so although the "pick-ups" are not as random as they appear on screen, the contestants are genuinely surprised when the taxi turns out to be the Cash Cab. (This differs from some editions, most notably the Canadian and American versions, wherein the contestants are generally chosen at random and are usually asked on camera if they wish to play or not once the rules are explained to them.)
The contestants tell the driver their destination before getting into the taxi and are not allowed to change it. They'll then have the distance they'll need to travel to answer questions. The first five questions are relatively easy and worth £10 each, the next five are a little harder and worth £50, the next seven, are even harder and worth £100, and any question after that is worth £500. Contestants are allowed to either phone someone or ask a passer-by for help if they are stuck on a question. If the contestant gets three questions wrong, they'll lose the money they have won up to that point and must leave the cab immediately.
The host of Cash Cab, John Moody, is a genuine qualified taxi driver, and has an easygoing presenting style.
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 13 June 2005 | 24 June 2005 | 20 [1] |
5 September 2005 | 16 September 2005 | ||
2 | 27 December 2005 | 30 December 2005 | 20 [1] |
28 June 2006 | 29 June 2006 | ||
22 March 2007 | 30 March 2007 |
Country | Name | Host | Channel | Premiere |
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Algeria | Cash Taxi Algerie | Nacime Haddouche | Echorouk TV | 6 January 2021 |
Arab world | كاش تاكسي Cash Taxi | Hisham Abdel Rahman | MBC 1 | 2008 |
Asia-Pacific | Cash Cab Asia | Oli Pettigrew | AXN Asia | 18 October 2011 |
Australia | Cash Cab | Charlie Pickering James Kerley | Channel V | 29 October 2007 |
Austria | QUIZ TAXI | Max Schmiedl | Puls 4 | 16 October 2011 |
QUIZ TAXI eXtreme | 23 October 2011 | |||
Belgium | Taxi Vanoudenhoven | Rob Vanoudenhoven | Eén | 10 June 2012 |
Brazil | Taxi do Milão | Supla | RedeTV! | 2010 |
Canada | Cash Cab (English language version) | Adam Growe | Discovery Channel Canada | 10 September 2008 |
Taxi Payant (French language version) | Alexandre Barrette | V | 3 September 2009 | |
Chile | MEGA | 2012 | ||
China | 超级现金车 Cash Cab [3] | Song Peng | TVS3 | 17 December 2012 |
Colombia | CityTaxi Efectivo | Freddy Flórez Morella Zuleta | CityTV | 23 October 2016 |
Czech Republic | Taxík | Aleš Háma Tomáš Matonoha Monika Absolonová | Česká televize | 5 January 2008 |
Taxi, taxi, taxi | Martin Zounar | TV Barrandov | 24 August 2015 | |
IQ Taxi | Pavel Novotný | JOJ Family | 7 October 2019 | |
Denmark | Taxaquizzen | Sigurd Kongshøj Larsen | TV2 | 29 September 2011 |
Egypt | كاش تاكسي Cash Taxi | Nashwa Mustafa | MBC Masr | 9 July 2013 |
France | Taxi Cash | Alexandre Devoise | W9 | 23 October 2010 |
Germany | Quiz Taxi | Thomas Hackenberg | Kabel eins | 18 April 2006 |
Greece | Taxi Girl | Vicky Stavropoulou | Mega TV | 2006 |
TAXI | Alexandros Tsouvelas | ANT1 | 19 September 2020 | |
Hungary | Tutifuvar - A taxiquiz | Gianni Annoni | Viasat 3 | 2007 |
India | Airtel Cash Cab | Munish Mukhija | UTV Bindass | 2007 |
Indonesia | Taxi Selebritis | Farhan | antv | 2009 |
Israel | מונית הכסף Monit HaKesef | Ido Rozenblum | Keshet 12 | 19 May 2007 |
Italy | Cash Taxi | Marco Berry | Sky Uno Cielo LA7 | 2009 |
Jamaica | Claro Cash Cab | Felisha Lord Wayne W. Whyte | Television Jamaica | 15 November 2010 |
Japan | キャッシュキャブ Kyasshu Kyabu | Toshihiro Ito | Fuji TV | 1 March 2008 |
Kazakhstan | Такси Taxi | Murat Ospanov | NTK Channel 31 | 7 September 2009 |
Lithuania | Pinigų taksi | Karina Krysko | LNK | 30 June 2008 |
Malaysia | Teksi Tunai | Bob Lokman | Astro Prima | 2007 |
Mexico | Taxi Cash | Andrés Bustamante | Televisa | 28 January 2008 |
Morocco | Feen Ghadi | Taliss and Basso | 2M TV | 2020 |
Netherlands | Cash Cab | Kurt Rogiers Edo Brunner | BNN | 2006 |
Peru | Gana Taxi | Carlos Vílchez | Frecuencia Latina | 2011 |
Philippines | Cash Cab Philippines | Ryan Agoncillo | AXN Philippines | 22 December 2015 [4] |
Poland | Taxi | Dariusz Lech | TV4 | 8 September 2005 |
Taxi kasa | Kamil Baleja | Super Polsat | 10 March 2018 | |
Romania | Cash Taxi | Cătălin Cazacu | Kanal D | 30 July 2018 |
Russia | Такси Taxi | Alex Kulichkov Eugene Rybov | TNT | 20 December 2005 |
Serbia | Кеш такси Keš taksi | Ivan Ivanović | Fox televizija reruns on Prva Plus | 12 January 2007 [5] |
Slovakia | Taxík | Peter Kočiš | Jednotka | 21 January 2012 |
IQ Taxi | Mário "Kuly" Kollár | TV JOJ | 6 January 2019 | |
Slovenia | Taksi: Kviz z Jožetom | Jože Robežnik | RTV SLO | 2016 |
Spain | Taxi, taxi | Joan Domínguez | Telemadrid | 2006 |
¡Taxi! | Manolo Sarriá | Canal Sur 2 | 18 January 2010 | |
Taxi | Miki Nadal and Manolo Sarriá | laSexta | 2013 | |
Sweden | Fredrik Belfrage | Discovery Channel | ||
Taiwan | 黃金計程車 Gold Taxi | David Chao Vincent Liang Gui Gui | ECT | 22 April 2009 |
Thailand | แท็กซีมหาเศรษฐี Cash Cab Thailand | Ball Chernyim Jeab Chernyim Passakorn Ponlaboon | Modernine TV | 2 March 2015 |
Ukraine | Таксi Taxi | Gregory Herman | 1+1 | 2006–2008 |
United States | Cash Cab | Ben Bailey | Discovery Channel (2005–2018) Bravo (2019–2020) | 5 December 2005 |
Cash Cab: Chicago | Beth Melewski | Discovery Channel | 14 February 2011 | |
Vietnam | Taxi May Mắn | Hiếu Hiền | HTV7 | 19 October 2012 |
Cash Cab - Xe kỳ thú | Lê Hương | VTV8 | 30 October 2021 |
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