I Love My Country (UK TV series)
| I Love My Country | |
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| Genre | Comedy Panel game |
| Directed by | Peter Orton |
| Presented by | Gabby Logan |
| Starring |
Frank Skinner Micky Flanagan Jamelia |
| Composer(s) | Chris Egan |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Richard Allen-Turner Toby Stevens Jon Thoday |
| Producer(s) | Spencer Millman |
| Location(s) | Pinewood Studios |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Avalon Television, Talpa and BBC Scotland |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 3 August – 28 September 2013 |
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| Related shows | I Love My Country |
I Love My Country was a British television comedy panel game shown on BBC One which began airing on 3 August 2013 and finished on 28 September 2013. The show was originally going to be hosted by David Walliams, but after the pilot, he dropped out due to other commitments. Gabby Logan was chosen to host the full series.Frank Skinner and Micky Flanagan act as the team captains, with four celebrities on each team on every episode. On 25 October 2013, it was announced that the show had been axed after the show had attracted largely negative press reviews and struggled in the ratings.
The theme song for the show was Queen's One Vision.
The show is based on the Dutch Ik hou van Holland format by Talpa, which has been sold to several countries. Hosted by Gabby Logan, the show features two teams of four well-known celebrities, led by the team captains, Micky Flanagan and Frank Skinner. The aim of the game being to see how much they know about their country (the United Kingdom). Each team member takes part in a series of games and challenges. The team with the most points at the end of the show wins for that episode. The show features live music from a house band fronted by singer Jamelia.
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
The show received mostly negative reviews from critics. It was described as "a shapeless shambles", "idiot TV at its worst" and "little short of treason". Due to these overwhelmingly negative reviews and bad ratings, the show was subsequently axed by the BBC.
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