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Potato (production Company)
Potato is a British television production company. It is a subsidiary of ITV Studios, established in March 2013. Potato produces TV shows such as '' The Chase'', ''Ninja Warrior UK'' and ''CelebAbility ''CelebAbility'' is a British game show. It began airing on 15 June 2017 on ITV2 and is presented by Iain Stirling. Format ''CelebAbility'' features two teams, one consisting of celebrities and the other, a group of challengers which feature ...''. List of TV Programming References ITV (TV network) Mass media companies established in 2013 Television production companies of the United Kingdom {{UK-media-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Studios
ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadcasters, and is based in 12 countries across 60 production labels, with local production offices in the UK, US, Belgium, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Israel, France, Spain and Scandinavia. About ITV Studios not only makes programs primarily for its parent company ITV plc, but also for other networks such as the BBC and Channel 4. It was formed from a gradual amalgamation of the production divisions of all ITV plc owned 'channel three' licensees which occurred from 1994 to 2004, and for a number of years thereafter following the creation of ITV plc. The division is also responsible for ITV's production facilities The London Studios, 3SixtyMedia (based at ITV Granada, and co-owned with BBC Studios and Post Production), and lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 5 (UK)
Channel 5 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel launched in 1997. It is the fifth national terrestrial channel in the United Kingdom and is owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American media conglomerate Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division. During ownership by the RTL Group, it was branded as Five between 16 September 2002 and 13 February 2011. Richard Desmond purchased the channel from RTL on 23 July 2010, announcing plans to invest more money in programming and return to the name Channel 5 with immediate effect, and it was relaunched on 14 February 2011. On 1 May 2014 the channel was acquired by Viacom (now Paramount Global) for £450 million (US$759 million). Channel 5 is a general entertainment channel that shows both internally commissioned programmes such as '' Our Yorkshire Farm'', '' The Gadget Show'', ''The Hotel Inspector'', and ''Can't Pay? We'll Take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitting On A Fortune
''Sitting on a Fortune'' is a British game show that aired on ITV from 7 November 2021 to 9 July 2023 and is hosted by Gary Lineker. Background The show was commissioned in July 2021. It is produced at Dock10 by Possessed and Potato. Format On each episode, six contestants compete for a chance to win up to £100,000. They sit in a line of six chairs; the one at the front of the line is coloured gold and designated as the "Money Chair," while the one at the rear is coloured red. All questions asked during the game have four answer options, one of which is correct. Only the contestant in the Money Chair at any given moment may answer a question; a correct answer allows them to stay there, but a miss sends them to the end of the line and allows everyone else to move up one place. Rounds 1 and 2 At the start of Round 1, the contestants choose their initial seat positions based on the result of a random draw held before the show. After a total of three correct answers have been giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moneyball (game Show)
''Moneyball'' is a British game show that has aired on ITV since 30 October 2021 and is hosted by Ian Wright. Background The primetime game show was commissioned in February 2021 with football pundit and former player Ian Wright as host. Format One contestant plays at a time, answering up to six questions and accumulating a bank of up to £250,000. The centrepiece of the stage is a large screen framed by a U-shaped track. The screen is divided vertically into several zones based on the phase of the game. The contestant presses a button to set the initial height of the ball at the right side, after which it is released to roll back and forth on the track. The result is determined by the zone in which the ball stops; if it covers a boundary, the zone containing the majority of the ball takes precedence. For each question, the contestant is given a category and shown two groups of three items each. They must pair the items up to form three responses that fit the category. (E.g. g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winning Combination
''Winning Combination'' is a British game show that aired on ITV from 16 November 2020 to 5 November 2021 and is hosted by Omid Djalili Omid Djalili ( fa, امید جلیلی; born 30 September 1965) is a British actor, comedian and writer. Early life and education Djalili was born on 30 September 1965 in Chelsea, London, to Iranian Baháʼí parents. He attended Holland Park .... A set of 9 contestants are given a randomly allocated number and have to answer a number of general knowledge questions in battle and get the most points over others, trying to win a place in the combination. They then have a combined 30 seconds to answer the amount of general knowledge questions equal to their number. Format The show starts with nine contestants, hoping to win part of a cash prize. They are randomly given a number ranging from one to nine. First Round In the First Round, they buzz in to answer a question and if they get it right, they pick two answers to another question fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky One
Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non-terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, it became Sky One and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom and Ireland as British Sky Broadcasting's flagship channel, being the most watched television service in history. It existed until 1 September 2021, when it closed down as part of a restructuring with its EPG position taken by Sky Showcase and much of its content library moved to Sky Max. Sky One included some very popular broadcasts both the original programmes such as '' An Idiot Abroad'', '' Brainiac: Science Abuse'', ''The Russell Howard Hour'', ''Battlestar Galactica'', and many imported from North America – including: '' 24'' (seasons 3–9, and its spinoff '' Live Another Day''), '' X-files'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannonball (British Game Show)
''Cannonball'' is a British game show, hosted by Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff with Frankie Bridge, Radzi Chinyanganya, Ryan Hand and Maya Jama as poolside reporters, which first aired on 2 September 2017 on ITV. The show features 24 contestants of all ages taking on four games in a bid to win gold, silver and bronze medals. The top three contestants with the most medals go through to the final to play for the ''Cannonball Cup''. Flintoff is the main presenter and narrator, whilst Bridge, Chinyanganya, Hand and Jama are down by the games speaking to the contestants. Format The format for the show is a franchise that originated in the Netherlands by Talpa, which has also been produced in Australia. The British version started filming in Valletta, Malta from late April 2017. Qualifying rounds *Blob: One or two people weighing two and a half times the person's body weight jumps from a tower onto an inflatable blob. The aim is to get as high as possible. *Knockout: Contestants roll d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITVBe
ITVBe, stylized as itvBe, is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first announced on 12 February 2014 and launched on 8 October 2014. ITVBe broadcasts reality and unscripted shows, including US acquisitions such as ''The Real Housewives'' franchise, ''Million Dollar Listing New York'' and '' Botched''; and original programming such as ''The Real Housewives of Cheshire'', ''Dinner Date'' and ''The Only Way Is Essex''. A high-definition simulcast, ITVBe HD, launched on Virgin Media on 19 November 2014, along with a one-hour timeshift feed, ITVBe +1. Both subsidiary channels were exclusive to Virgin until the ITVBe +1 service was made available on Sky and Freesat on 15 December 2014. As part of a number of changes to ITV's broadcasting, ITVBe +1 was removed from Sky and Freesat on 13 April 2021. ITVBe +1 is also available on Freeview, but only broadcasts for 1 hour during downtime hours (when ITVBe broadcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold (UK TV Channel)
Gold is a British pay television channel from the UKTV network that was launched in late 1992 as UK Gold before it was rebranded UKTV Gold in 2004. In 2008, it was split into current flagship channel Gold and miscellaneous channel, W, with classic comedy based programming now airing on Gold, non-crime drama and entertainment programming airing on W, and quiz shows and more high-brow comedy airing on Dave. It shows repeats of classic programming from the BBC, ITV and other broadcasters. Every December, from 2015 until 2018, the channel was temporarily renamed Christmas Gold. This has since been discontinued, although the channel still continues to broadcast Christmas comedy. History The channel was formed as a joint venture between the BBC, through commercial arm BBC Enterprises, American company Cox Enterprises and outgoing ITV London weekday franchisee Thames Television. The channel, named "UK Gold", was to show repeats of the 'classic' archive programming from the two broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go For It (TV Series)
''Go for It'' is a British game show that was broadcast on ITV in 2016 for one series and was hosted by Stephen Mulhern Stephen Daniel Mulhern is an English television presenter, magician, and comedian. He began his television career on CITV, presenting the children's shows ''Finger Tips'' (2001–2004) and ''Tricky TV'' (2005–2010). Mulhern has presented vario .... The series returned on 10 December 2016 for a one-off special, with members of the public who thought they could do better than the previous acts. Some new challenges were also included. Format The programme sees challengers putting their unusual skills and implausible party tricks to the test. If the challenger succeeds, they win £1,000. Background The format of the show is derived from the television series Challenge Me, which has been produced in various countries including the United States, Netherlands, and Ukraine. In May 2016, ITV announced the commissioning of a new skill-based game show called Go f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga TV
Olga TV is a British independent television production company set up by the entertainer and talk show host, Paul O'Grady in 2005. Named after O'Grady's pet dog, Olga the company is best known for producing shows such as ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' for Channel 4. The Paul O'Grady Show ended on Channel 4 on 18 December 2009, as O'Grady had signed a new deal with ITV. Between 2010 and 2011, Olga TV produced Friday night ITV chatshow ''Paul O'Grady Live'', however on 7 October 2011, it was announced that the show had been cancelled. Paul O'Grady's latest show ''For the Love of Dogs'' is not produced by Olga TV, but with Shiver instead. On 4 May 2013 ITV confirmed that ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' would return in November 2013 with an initial 25 episode run and that it will be produced by O'Grady's production company Olga TV. Productions *1 This was a joint production with Potato *2 These were joint productions with Shiver Productions References {{Reflist External links''The Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment, and live BBC Sport events. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution. It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 and used this name until the launch of the second BBC channel, BBC2, in 1964. The main channel then became known as BBC1. The channel adopted the current spelling of BBC One in 1997. The channel's annual budget for 2012–2013 was £1.14 billion. It is funded by the television licence fee together with the BBC's other domestic television stations and shows uninterrupted programming without commercial advertising. The television channel had the highest reach share of any broadcaster in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
