Today's the Day (game show)

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Today's the Day
Genre Game show
Presented by Andrew Rawnsley (1993)
Martyn Lewis (1993–1999)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series15
No. of episodes753
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company Mentorn
Release
Original network BBC2
Original release12 July 1993 (1993-07-12) –
12 March 1999 (1999-03-12)

Today's the Day was a British television daytime quiz programme that was broadcast on BBC2 from 12 July 1993 until 12 March 1999. The programme was originally hosted by Andrew Rawnsley until he was replaced by Martyn Lewis.

Contents

Format

Teams of two contestants each competed to answer questions about events that had taken place in past years on the episode's broadcast date.

Several rounds were played during each episode, with the order varying slightly from one series to the next:

Teams could remain on the show for a maximum of five days before retiring undefeated. At the end of each series, the teams with the highest final scores were invited back to compete in a knockout tournament, with a pair of round-the-world air tickets awarded to the winning team. All contestants who appeared on the programme received a newspaper printed on the day they were born.

Transmissions

Regular

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
112 July 1993 [1] 21 July 1993 [2] 6
21 November 1993 [3] 17 December 1993 [4] 29
310 January 1994 [5] 15 April 1994 [6] 51
424 October 1994 [7] 23 December 1994 [8] 45
59 January 1995 [9] 2 June 1995 [10] 91
623 October 1995 [11] 22 December 1995 [12] 44
78 January 1996 [13] 29 March 1996 [14] 50
81 April 1996 [15] 19 June 1996 [16] 35
97 October 1996 [17] 20 December 1996 [18] 43
1013 January 1997 [19] 18 June 1997 [20] 91
1127 October 1997 [21] 19 December 1997 [22] 35
1212 January 1998 [23] 17 April 1998 [24] 56
135 May 1998 [25] 17 June 1998 [26] 23
147 September 1998 [27] 18 December 1998 [28] 48
1515 February 1999 [29] 12 March 1999 [30] 20

Champions League

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
121 August 1995 [31] 20 October 1995 [32] 28
22 September 1996 [33] 4 October 1996 [34] 23
31 September 1997 [35] 10 October 1997 [36] 29

Specials

DateEntitle
3 April 1994 [37] Celebrity Special
25 December 1994 [38] Christmas Special
15 April 1995 [39] Easter Special
25 December 1995 [40] Christmas Special
25 December 1996 [41] Christmas Special
25 December 1997 [42] Christmas Special

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