Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon
| Gameshow Marathon | |
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| Presented by |
Ant & Dec (series 1) Vernon Kay (series 2) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Granada and Thames (2005) ITV Productions and Talkback Thames (2007) |
| Running time | 60-90 minutes |
| Distributor | Fremantle Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 17 September 2005 – 26 May 2007 |
Gameshow Marathon was a British game show, broadcast on ITV from 17 September 2005 to 26 May 2007. After a quick retrospective look at the history of the particular show, the show itself is recreated. This involved 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.
Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon was 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.
The programme was co-produced by Granada Productions/ITV Productions and Thames Television/Talkback Thames.
The shows recreated were:
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 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 didn't win on their second attempt, however.
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