Quizmania
| Quizmania | |
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Quizmania logo
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| Created by | Chuck Thomas, Debbie King, Simone Thorogood |
| Presented by | Debbie King (2005-2007), Greg Scott (2005-2007, 2008-2009) Lee Baldry (2005-2007), Chuck Thomas (2005-2006), Kirsty Duffy (2006, 2008-2009), Lottie Mayor (2005-2007, 2008), Tim Lichfield (2006-2007, 2008), Lee Clark (2005), Andy Jaye (2008-2009), Stuart Headlam (stand-in) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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FremantleMedia Gallowgate (televised version) Screen Pop Ltd. Illuma Digital (online version |
| Running time | 3 hours per episode |
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| Original network |
Information TV, ITV, ITV2, ITV Play |
| Original release | 12 August 2005 - 15 January 2007 (televised version) 17 July 2008 – 23 September 2009 (online version) |
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| Related shows | My Games Fever |
Quizmania was a British interactive game show. The show was devised by Chuck Thomas, Debbie King, and Simone Thorogood and produced by Fremantle Media for Information TV (between August 2005 and March 2006) and ITV (between December 2005 and January 2007). Similar to other premium-line call-in shows, viewers on the TV version of Quizmania were encouraged to phone a premium-rate number in order to provide an answer to a quiz question.
Quizmania's last ever television broadcast was made on 14 January–15 January 2007, presented by Greg Scott and Debbie King. The show closed with a highlights montage and an emotional farewell sign off from Scott and King.
The series returned briefly on Thursday 17 July 2008 as an online-only show on Quizmania's official website.
In 2003, while working for E4 as anchor presenter on the United Kingdom version of the German-produced live phone-in television quiz show 9Live filmed in Munich, presenter Debbie King joined with producers Chuck Thomas and Simone Thorogood to pitch a similar idea to UK production company Nation 217. After commissioning, the show was produced as Bowling For Bucks.
Approached by Fremantle Media, the trio were commissioned to create a similar show called Quizmania. Initially shown in the Autumn of 2004 in a five-hour per night slot on satelitte channel Information TV, after 8 months it was picked up by ITV for their night time slot.
E4 continued with a new production team, which transmitted 9Live from late 2004 in the same timeslot as Quizmania, but stopped in early 2005.
The original run of Quizmania was broadcast from 10pm to 1am, weeknights on ITV Play. In order to win money, viewers had to ring in at a cost of 75p from a BT landline (previously 60p). If they were successful they would be placed on hold, then transferred live to the studio if they were selected, where they went on to deliver their answers. Prizes usually ranged from £50 to £25,000. The biggest prize to be won was £28,000 on 22 March 2006. Once £100,000 was available as a prize, but was not won. According to an article in The Times, Quizmania earned ITV over £1.2million during the first two weeks of transmission on the ITV Network.
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