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ITV’s The 1% Club returning with week-long rollover event

ITV game show The 1% Club will return this autumn for a new special week-long rollover event, that turns the Saturday night version into a supersized five-day stripped, primetime event in The 1% Club Rollover. The new incarnation of the show enables the prize pot that’s not won on one episode to rollover to the […]

July 11, 2025

The interactive future of the game show

The humble game show has long been a staple of television genres. Allowing the public to pit their skills, knowledge, or just test their luck, they have resulted in some of the greatest moments in television history. Yet while the genre remains the same in many respects, in others it is branching off into weird […]

July 3, 2025

ITV Quiz channel goes live

ITV has announced the launch of its new quiz channel – ITV Quiz – a dedicated destination bringing viewers non-stop brain-teasing entertainment from 9am to 1am every day. At launch, ITV Quiz offers a slate of celebrated programmes and formats such as Tipping Point, Wheel of Fortune, Tenable, Deal or No Deal, Who Wants To Be […]

June 9, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Channel 4 orders The Snake for Channel 4.0

Channel 4 has ordered six episodes of The Snake for Channel 4.0. The new format from Strong Watch Studios combines competitive quiz with strategic gameplay as some of the players only win by getting the answers wrong. In each episode six creators start with a collective prize pot of £5000. Together they must navigate through […]

April 20, 2025

ITV retiring ITVBe; launching ITV Quiz

ITV2 is set to become the linear home of all of ITV’s most popular reality series as they move from the retiring ITVBe brand to the digital channel in June. The likes of The Only Way is Essex of The Real Housewives of Cheshire will join a schedule of returning formats and new commissions which […]

April 16, 2025

Wheel of Fortune reboot inspiring the return of other game show classics

Wheel of Fortune may have originated in the USA, but the UK version was just as iconic. It ran from 1988 to 2001 on ITV and was a staple of British television in homes up and down the country. When it came back to our screens in 2024 and once again attracted mass audiences, it […]

April 2, 2025

ITV announces new series Time is Money with Sara Davies

The start of 2025 marks another stellar period for afternoon game shows on ITV1 and ITVX, with programmes such as The Chase, Deal or No Deal, Lingo and Tipping Point continuing to dominate the daytime TV landscape. Off the back of this success, ITV Daytime is also announcing brand new show Time is Money hosted […]

March 3, 2025

ITV, Mattel announce Pictionary game show

Mattel, the toy and family entertainment company, and ITV have jointly announced new game show Pictionary (25 x 30”) based on the popular drawing game. The show will be produced by Whisper North and hosted by Mel Giedroyc. The format deal was brokered by Laura Burrell, Vice President, International Formats, Paramount Global Content Distribution. Following […]

October 23, 2024By Nik Roseveare

ITV: The 1% Club biggest original game show in a decade

ITV has reported that The 1% Club has become the biggest game show on UK television over 2023 and to date with its current series averaging 5.8 million viewers in consolidated figures. The show’s ratings success also makes it ITV’s biggest original game show in a decade. Hosted by Lee Mack, the show, which last […]

April 16, 2024

ITV’s The 1% Club to return for third season

Hit ITV game show The 1% Club, hosted by Bafta nominated Lee Mack and produced by Magnum Media, is set to return for a third season will see double the number of episodes, going from 8 to 16, and two Christmas specials planned for this year and 2024. The Saturday night, prime-time show, currently on air in its second run, […]

April 28, 2023