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Gameshow Marathon | |
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Presented by | Ant & Dec Vernon Kay Ben Shephard Jamelia |
Narrated by | Peter Dickson |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Running time | 60–90 minutes |
Production companies | Granada Television (series 1) Thames (series 1) ITV Productions (series 2) Talkback Thames (series 2) ITV Studios Thames (Comic Relief Special) |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 17 September 2005 – 26 May 2007 |
Release | 15 March 2017 |
Gameshow Marathon was a British game show, broadcast on ITV from 17 September 2005 to 26 May 2007, Returned for charity in the March of 2017. After a quick retrospective look at the history of the particular show, the show itself is recreated. This involves recreating the original set and using original opening programme titles, including the appropriate producer ident (excluding Blankety Blank ). All participants are celebrities, and any prizes won go into a "Viewer Prize Mountain" which is awarded to a viewer via a phone-in competition. [1] [2]
Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon is a seven-episode special event aired in 2005 on Britain's ITV Network, as part of a celebration of ITV's 50th anniversary. In it, hosts Ant & Dec presided over recreations of seven classic game shows that had been seen on the network. Six celebrity contestants competed in a series-long tournament, receiving a donation to their favourite charity for their participation. In addition, home viewers were given the opportunity to win the cash and prizes each episode's winning contestant "won" via telephone. [3]
The programme was co-produced by Granada Productions/ITV Productions and Thames Television/Talkback Thames. [4]
The shows recreated were:
Show | 50 Years aired on ITV | Original producer(s) | Date of Gameshow Marathon appearance |
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The Price Is Right | 1984–1988, 1995–2001 | Central, Talbot Television, Fremantle, Grundy, Yorkshire | 17 September 2005 |
Take Your Pick! | 1955–1968, 1992–1998 | Associated-Rediffusion, Thames , Central | 24 September 2005 |
The Golden Shot | 1967–1975 | ATV | 1 October 2005 |
Sale of the Century | 1972–1983, 1997–1998 | Anglia , Grundy | 8 October 2005 |
Play Your Cards Right | 1980–1987, 1994–1999, 2002–2003 | LWT , Talbot Television, Fremantle, Grundy, Thames | 15 October 2005 |
Bullseye | 1981–1995 | ATV, Central | 22 October 2005 |
Family Fortunes | 1980–1985, 1987–2002, 2020–present | ATV, Central, Carlton | 29 October 2005 |
The celebrity contestants in series 1 were:
The series was run as a three-round tournament. In the first round, each show was played by every contestant who had not already won a show. The four winners from the first round then competed in single-elimination format.
Carol Vorderman was the eventual winner of the series. The Golden Shot was broadcast live like the original show, and Sale of the Century with organist Keith Beckingham and had a dedication at the end to comedian Ronnie Barker, who had died five days earlier.
Following the series, several of the shows were revived; Bullseye returned on the game show channel Challenge , followed by The Price Is Right and Family Fortunes (in a celebrity format) on ITV, the latter hosted by one of the Gameshow Marathon celebrities, Vernon Kay. (Ironically, on Kay's Family Fortunes, the Vorderman family would play the game again. They did not win on their second attempt, however.) However, Family Fortunes was brought back again in 2020 presented by Gino D'Acampo.
Les Dennis presented the prizes each week to the winners of the home viewer competition.
Round | Show | Winner | Eliminated |
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Round 1 | The Price Is Right | Carol Vorderman | No eliminations |
Take Your Pick! | Patsy Kensit | ||
The Golden Shot | William Roache | ||
Sale of the Century | Vernon Kay | Eamonn Holmes, Ruby Wax | |
Semi-finals | Play Your Cards Right | Carol Vorderman | Patsy Kensit |
Bullseye | Vernon Kay | William Roache | |
Final | Family Fortunes | Carol Vorderman | Vernon Kay (runner-up) |
Gameshow Marathon was presented by series 1 runner-up Vernon Kay. The programme aired every Saturday night on ITV from 7 April to 26 May 2007. [5]
The shows that were played were:
Show | Years aired on ITV | Original producer(s) | Date of Gameshow Marathon appearance |
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The Price Is Right | 1984–1988, 1995–2001, 2006–2007 | Central , Talbot Television, Fremantle, Grundy, Yorkshire, Talkback Thames | 7 April 2007 |
Blockbusters | 1983–1993 | Central, Talbot Television | 14 April 2007 |
Blankety Blank | 2001–2002 | Grundy, Thames* | 21 April 2007 |
The Golden Shot | 1967–1975 | ATV | 28 April 2007 |
Name That Tune | 1983–1987 | Thames | 5 May 2007 |
Mr. & Mrs. | 1964–1988, 1999 | TWW, HTV, ATV, Border , Action Time, Carlton | 12 May 2007 |
Bullseye | 1981–1995 | ATV, Central | 19 May 2007 |
Play Your Cards Right | 1980–1987, 1994–1999, 2002–2003 | LWT , Talbot Television, Fremantle, Grundy, Thames | 26 May 2007 |
* Was previously shown on BBC One, from 1979 to 1990 and 1997 to 1999.
Bold type indicates the pre-programme ident used.
The celebrities competing in series 2 were:
There was a slight change to the format for this series. As before, each show in the first round was played by those celebrities who have not already won a show. However, the remaining rounds were each a single show played by all celebrities still in the tournament: five in the quarter-final, three in the semi-final and two in the final.
The celebrity panellists for Blankety Blank were Andrew Castle, Fern Britton, Joe Pasquale, Holly Willoughby, Vic Reeves, and Lorraine Chase aka Steph Stokes.
The special guests on The Golden Shot were Jo Brand and Jim Bowen.
The celebrity conductor on Name That Tune was Noddy Holder. The celebrity instrument players were Antony Cotton aka Sean Tully on the tubular bells, Carley Stenson on the recorder, Adele Silva aka Kelly Windsor on the xylophone and Kelvin Fletcher aka Andy Sugden on the swanee whistle. The celebrity pianist in the Bid-a-Note round was Myleene Klass.
In Mr. and Mrs., the celebrities invited their real-life partners to play along.
On Bullseye, the celebrities were paired up with professional dart players. Andrea was paired with Martin Adams, Graeme was paired with Phil Taylor and Michael was paired with Raymond van Barneveld. Tony Green reprised his role as the scorer.
On Play Your Cards Right, each celebrity invited another celebrity to play with them. Graeme played with Kyran Bracken and Michael played with Kym Ryder.
On the Blankety Blank and Mr and Mrs editions, the more recent revivals of both series were not mentioned on Gameshow Marathon, due to Blankety Blank having been presented by Paul O'Grady (no footage of him), who was then in a legal dispute with ITV.
Following the series, three of the shows were revived; Mr. and Mrs. (in a celebrity format) on ITV in 2008, Blockbusters on Challenge in 2012 for one series and then on Comedy Central in 2019, and Blankety Blank revived as a Christmas special on ITV in 2016 with David Walliams, and then from in 2020 on BBC One as a Christmas special and subsequent series, hosted by Bradley Walsh .
Lionel Blair presented the prizes each week to the winners of the home viewer competition.
Round | Show | Winner | Eliminated |
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First | The Price Is Right | Graeme Le Saux | No eliminations |
Blockbusters | Ben Shephard | ||
Blankety Blank | Michael Le Vell | ||
The Golden Shot | Andrea Catherwood | ||
Name That Tune | Jamelia | Wendy Richard | |
Quarter-final | Mr. and Mrs. | Andrea Catherwood Michael Le Vell Graeme Le Saux | Jamelia Ben Shephard |
Semi-final | Bullseye | Graeme Le Saux Michael Le Vell | Andrea Catherwood |
Final | Play Your Cards Right | Michael Le Vell | Graeme Le Saux (runner-up) |
Gameshow Marathon: All Stars vs. New Stars was presented by series 2 contestants Ben Shephard and Jamelia. The programme aired on a Friday night on ITV from 15 March 2017. [6]
The shows that were played were:
Show | Years aired on ITV | Original producer(s) | Date of Gameshow Marathon appearance |
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The Price Is Right | 1984–1988, 1995–2001, 2006–2007 | Central , Talbot Television, Fremantle, Grundy, Yorkshire, Talkback Thames | 15 March 2017 |
Blockbusters | 1983–1993 | Central, Talbot Television | |
Blankety Blank | 2001–2002 | Grundy, Thames* | |
The Golden Shot | 1967–1975 | ATV | |
Name That Tune | 1983–1987 | Thames | |
Mr. & Mrs. | 1964–1988, 1999 | TWW, HTV, ATV, Border , Action Time, Carlton | |
Bullseye | 1981–1995 | ATV, 'Central | |
Play Your Cards Right | 1980–1987, 1994–1999, 2002–2003 | LWT , Talbot Television, Fremantle, Grundy, Thames |
* Was previously shown on BBC One, from 1979 to 1990 and 1997 to 1999.
Bold type indicates the pre-programme ident used.
The celebrities competing in the special were:
There was a slight change to the format for this series. As before, each show in the first round was played by those celebrities who have not already won a show. However, the remaining rounds were each a single show played by all celebrities still in the tournament: five in the quarter-final, three in the semi-final and two in the final.
The celebrity panellists for Blankety Blank were Andrew Castle, Fern Britton, Joe Pasquale, Holly Willoughby, Vic Reeves, and Lorraine Chase aka Steph Stokes.
The special guests on The Golden Shot were Jo Brand and Jim Bowen.
The celebrity conductor on Name That Tune was Noddy Holder. The celebrity instrument players were Antony Cotton aka Sean Tully on the tubular bells, Carley Stenson on the recorder, Adele Silva aka Kelly Windsor on the xylophone and Kelvin Fletcher aka Andy Sugden on the swanee whistle. The celebrity pianist in the Bid-a-Note round was Myleene Klass.
In Mr. and Mrs., the celebrities invited their real-life partners to play along.
On Bullseye, the celebrities were paired up with professional dart players. Andrea was paired with Martin Adams, Graeme was paired with Phil Taylor and Michael was paired with Raymond van Barneveld. Tony Green reprised his role as the scorer.
On Play Your Cards Right, each celebrity invited another celebrity to play with them. Graeme played with Kyran Bracken and Michael played with Kym Ryder.
On the Blankety Blank and Mr and Mrs editions, the more recent revivals of both series were not mentioned on Gameshow Marathon, due to Blankety Blank having been presented by Paul O'Grady (no footage of him), who was then in a legal dispute with ITV.
Following the series, three of the shows were revived; Mr. and Mrs. (in a celebrity format) on ITV in 2008, Blockbusters on Challenge in 2012 for one series and then on Comedy Central in 2019, and Blankety Blank revived as a Christmas special on ITV in 2016 with David Walliams, and then from in 2020 on BBC One as a Christmas special and subsequent series, hosted by Bradley Walsh .
Lionel Blair presented the prizes each week to the winners of the home viewer competition.
Round | Show | Winner | Eliminated |
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First | The Price Is Right | Graeme Le Saux | No eliminations |
Blockbusters | Carol Vorderman | ||
Blankety Blank | Michael Le Vell | ||
The Golden Shot | Andrea Catherwood | ||
Name That Tune | Mark Owen | Pearl | |
Quarter-final | Mr. and Mrs. | Andrea Catherwood Michael Le Vell Graeme Le Saux | Carol Vorderman Dale Winton |
Semi-final | Bullseye | Graeme Le Saux Michael Le Vell | Nan Winton |
Final | Play Your Cards Right | Andrea Catherwood | Michael Le Vell (runner-up) |
Country | Local name | Host(s) | Game shows recreated | Channel | Original run |
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France [7] [8] | Le marathon des jeux TV | Nagui and Pascal Sellem | Que le meilleur gagne Fa Si La Chanter Le Juste Prix Question pour un Champion Une famille en or | France 2 | August 2006 |
Germany [9] [10] | Gameshow-Marathon | Oliver Pocher and Oliver Petszokat | Der Preis ist heiß Geh aufs Ganze! Hopp oder Top Glücksrad Ruck Zuck Bube, Dame, Hörig Familien-Duell | ProSieben | 2007 |
Hungary [11] | Születésnapi kvízmaratont tart | Attila Till | Szrencsekerek Esti Broadway Multi Milliomos All az Alku | TV2 | 2007 |
Israel | Play It Big | Avri Gilad | Nuts Family Feud Wheel of Fortune Squares Play It (The Pyramid) More or Less (The Price Is Right) It's my Secret Parallel Minds (Mastermind) | Channel 2 | 2010–2011 |
Mexico | Gameshow Marathon | Marco Antonio Regil | Atinale al Precio 100 Mexicanos Dijeron | Televisa | 2007 |
Portugal [12] [13] | Superconcurso – Jogo De Sempre | Jorge Gabriel | O Preço Certo Entre Famílias Palavra Puxa Palavra Jogo de Cartas Com a Verdade M'Enganas Um, Dois, Três | RTP1 | 2007 |
Turkey [14] | Yarişma Maratonu | Özgü Namal and Emre Altuğ | Kaç Para? Seç Beckalim Şansini Dene Yüzyilin Indirimi Aşaği Yukari Parola Aileler Yarişiyor | Kanal D | 2006 |
United States [15] | Gameshow Marathon | Ricki Lake | The Price Is Right Let's Make A Deal Beat The Clock Press Your Luck Card Sharks Match Game Family Feud | CBS | 31 May – 29 June 2006 |
In Mexico, it also has its own version of Gameshow Marathon as well, as part of Teleton's charity funds for 2007. Marco Antonio Regil hosts the marathon, which includes its versions of The Price Is Right (Atínale al Precio) and Family Fortunes (100 Mexicanos Dijeron). The show was aired on Televisa.
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