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This is a list of British game shows.A game show is a type of radio, television, or internet programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.
Word Jumble: Unscramble a set of letters to form a word or phrase (1 point each). A.K.A.: Figure out a word or term based on an alternative description of it (2 points each). Word Smuggle: Find a word hidden as consecutive letters within a phrase (1 point each). Hangman: Guess a phrase as the letters are gradually filled in (2 points each).
Pointless is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Entertainment for the BBC hosted by Alexander Armstrong.In each episode, four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to four rounds of general knowledge questions, with the winning team eligible to compete for the show's cash jackpot.
The contestants compete to answer separate sets of 26 questions, whose answers each start with a different letter from A to Z in order (with the exception of X, which can appear anywhere in the word). Only one contestant plays at any moment, using the time on their own clock; the opponent's clock is stopped.
A pub quiz team in England. A pub quiz is a quiz held in a pub or bar. These events are also called quiz nights, [1] trivia nights, [2] or bar trivia [3] and may be held in other settings. The pub quiz is a modern example of a pub game, and often attempts to lure customers to the establishment on quieter days.
Mastermind is a British television quiz show for the BBC, currently presented by Clive Myrie.Its creator, Bill Wright, drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. [1]
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Each word is worth up to £500 but its value decreases by £50 for each attempt. Both the four-letter word and five-letter word games are followed by an eleven-letter puzzle word (twelve-letter puzzle word in Series 1) worth up to £1,000 but its value decreases by £180 per letter after the first one as more letters are revealed.