Guess What (Canadian game show)

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Guess What
Genre Game show
Created by Nick Nicholson
E. Roger Muir
Directed by Sidney M. Cohen
Rick Watts
Elena Jasechko
Presented by Robin Ward
Narrated byNick Hollinrake
Mike Catrice
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes780
Production
Executive producerGerry Rochon
Producers Sidney M. Cohen
Al Karppi
Bill Burrows
Rick Watts
Production locations CFCF-TV, Montreal, Quebec
CFTO-TV, Toronto, Ontario
Running time30 minutes (w/commercials)
Production companiesGlen-Warren Productions
CTV Originals
Original release
Network CTV Television Network
Release1982 (1982) 
1988 (1988)

Guess What is a Canadian game show that aired from 1982 to 1988. The show was created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir, the pair behind The Newlywed Game and a series of long-running Canadian productions such as Definition , and was a production of Glen-Warren Productions for CTV. Robin Ward served as the host while Nick Hollinrake announced for the first four seasons and Mike Catrice taking over for Hollinrake for the final two seasons. [1]

Guess What originally was taped at CFCF-TV in Montreal, CTV's owned-and-operated station in the largest city in Quebec, with production later moving to CFTO-TV, CTV's Toronto-based flagship at Glen Warren Studios in Scarborough.

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References

  1. Rainsberry, Fred B. (1988). A history of children's television in English Canada, 1952 - 1986. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Pr. p. 111. ISBN   978-0-8108-2079-1.