Countdown is a British game show involving word and mathematical tasks that began airing in November 1982. It is broadcast on Channel 4 and is most recently presented by Colin Murray, assisted by Rachel Riley with lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be broadcast on Channel 4 and 90 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982. With over 8,000 episodes, Countdown is one of Britain's longest-running game shows; the original French version, Des chiffres et des lettres, ran on French television almost continuously from 1965 until 2024.
Blockbusters is a British television quiz show based upon an American quiz show of the same name. A solo player and a team of two answer trivia questions, clued up with an initial letter of the answer, to complete a path across or down a game board of hexagons.
Through the Keyhole is a British comedy panel game show created by the TV producer Kevin Sim and originally presented by Sir David Frost in the studio and Loyd Grossman on location. The location presenter goes around celebrities' houses and a panel of other celebrities in the studio try to guess who the famous homeowner is.
International Gladiators 2 was the second international competition of the Gladiators franchise, consisting of seven episodes. The series was filmed at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham during spring 1996.
MTN Gladiators was a game show produced by MTN for SABC3 in South Africa from 1999 to 2001. Following South Africa's initial participation in the second International Gladiators and the first Springbok Challenge tournaments in Birmingham, England, the format developed a cult following in South Africa. In 1998 production finally began for a domestic series, eventually airing in 1999.
Gladiators: The Ashes 2 was the second Ashes series for Australian Gladiators and UK Gladiators. This was the final series in the original Australian series.
International Gladiators 1 was the first international competition of the Gladiators franchise, consisting of seven episodes. Held at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England, the competition pitted contenders and Gladiators from the United States, the United Kingdom (Gladiators), Finland (Gladiaattorit) and Russia, who did not have a domestic series at the time of production, against one another.
Gladiators: The Ashes 1 was the first Ashes series for Australian Gladiators and UK Gladiators.
Gladiators: Springbok Challenge 2 was the second Springbok Challenge series for South African MTN Gladiators and UK Gladiators.
The Chase is a British television quiz show broadcast on the ITV network, hosted by Bradley Walsh. Contestants play against a professional quizzer, known as the "chaser", who attempts to prevent them from winning a cash prize.
Marcell Cornelius Coetzee is a South African professional rugby union player who is the captain for South African side the Bulls in the United Rugby Championship. He plays as a flanker.
Franco John Mostert is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for Honda Heat and the South Africa national team. His usual position is lock. He was one of the members of the winning Springboks in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan as well as the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.
Gladiators is a British sports entertainment game show, produced by London Weekend Television, presented by Ulrika Jonsson and narrated by John Sachs, and originally broadcast on ITV. Based upon the American television programme American Gladiators, the show sees four contestants, split into pairs by gender, compete in a series of physically challenging events against the show's resident "Gladiators", before competing against their respective contestant in one final event. Each series functions like a tournament, with the winner of that year's competition being crowned champion for their respective gender.
The fourth series of Gladiators aired in the UK from 16 September to 23 December 1995. The prizes in this series were the £14,000 prize money once again, but the grand champions also received a holiday on Paradise Island in The Bahamas as well as a four-wheel drive off-the-road family vehicle for each of them. Nissan provided the prize vehicles for this series, with two Sunny Traveller cars on display in Gladiator Arena during the final.
The seventh and penultimate series of Gladiators aired in the UK from 5 September to 12 December 1998.
The third series of Gladiators aired in the UK from 3 September to 31 December 1994. Once again, the grand champions split £10,000 while the runners-up split £4,000. In addition, the grand champions also won the right to take part in the 1995 International Gladiators competition that would air on ITV the following spring, as well as each receiving a Jeep Wrangler four-wheel drive off-the-road vehicle.
The fifth series of Gladiators aired in the UK from 28 September 1996 to 11 January 1997. The prizes in this series included a holiday at Sun City in South Africa for the runners-up with £1,000 for each of them to spend there, while the winners each received £1,000 for themselves along with a luxury four-wheel drive off-the-road family vehicle, which this season was the Ford Maverick SUV.
The second series of Gladiators aired in the UK from 28 August 1993 to 1 January 1994. Like the previous series, the Grand Final had £14,000 to be split among the finalists. However, the grand champions also won a trip to Hollywood to compete against the American Gladiators along with a holiday in Barbados with their partner.
The sixth series of Gladiators aired in the UK from 13 September to 27 December 1997. It was originally planned to begin on 6 September 1997, but was postponed by a week following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and ITV's decision to broadcast a non-entertainment schedule that evening.
The eighth and final series of Gladiators aired in the UK from 11 December 1999 to 1 January 2000.
