Glitterball
| Glitterball | |
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| Starring | Several presenters |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | Various |
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| Original network |
ITV, STV, UTV, ITV2 |
| Original release | 19 February – 30 September 2007 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Glitterball was a live, late night, interactive television quiz show in the United Kingdom. It was broadcast under the ITV Play branding on ITV a few nights a week from around midnight (usually), and from 1.00am on ITV2. The show launched on 19 February 2007. Both Glitterball and Make Your Play alternated their days of broadcast. Glitterball's final show broadcast on the morning of Sunday 30 September 2007.
Glitterball was created by Ludus:ETV (who also produced The Mint) and produced from studios at 3SixtyMedia, Manchester. The programme was broadcast on ITV and ITV2 from Sunday to Wednesdays.
The show started on 19 February 2007. In order to win money, holidays and various other special prizes, viewers were required to either call in at a cost of 75p from a BT landline, text the word 'BALL' to an automated call back service or enter via the ITV website. If successful, they would be placed on hold and then transferred live to the studio to deliver their answer.
An announcement on 12 September 2007 confirmed that the show, along with similar late night phone-ins, would be phased out by the end of 2007.
Similar to The Mint, presenters refer the studio set as "The Starlight Theatre" and if a caller wins, they are transferred to "The Box Office" to claim the cash prize. The Starlight Theatre was originally an attraction at the now-defunct Granada Studios Tour in Manchester, and is now a production space as part of 3sixtymedia, the facilities company co-owned by ITV and BBC Resources.
The studio was also used to produce sister programme Make Your Play.
Like The Mint, Glitterball was presented by two presenters at a time. Later on in the show, the presenters' screen times were split up.
Guest Presenters
Most of the Glitterball's games were shown on a big screen in the studio, rather than on the viewers television screen at home.
This game started off with a long word, called the "Glitterword". The viewers had to then make a three or more letter word from the letters in the "Glitterword". For example the word for the first show was "Thrilling", so the word "ring" can be made. There were a total of eleven possible winning answers per game, ten which could win callers normally £500 or £1,000 (but can vary), and one word called the "Glitterword" which, if guessed, potentially won the callers either thousands of pounds, or free holidays. if the "Glitterword" was guessed, the game ended.
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