''Show Me the Money'' is a live afternoon game show presented by Louise Noel (with the exception of three shows presented by

Alice Beer Alice Beer (born 17 May 1965) is an English television presenter and consumer journalist. She is best known for appearing on the British consumer investigative journalism programme ''Watchdog'' on BBC One between 1993 and 1999, and as the consumer ...

when Louise was ill) which aired on Channel 4 in the UK and ran for two seasons from Monday to Friday between 6 September 1999 and 17 November 2000. It was produced by Princess Productions for Channel 4. The show won the

Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...

Daytime Show of the Year.

Synopsis

The premise of the game was for teams to make as much money as possible from an imaginary £100,000 on the

Stock Market A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks (also called shares), which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include ''securities'' listed on a public stock exchange, as ...

by the end of the season. There were five active teams at any point, each having a day of the week to show their imaginary portfolios and state what they were buying and selling. If a team ever had below £90,000 in their imaginary pot at the beginning of their show they were kicked off and a new team brought in to replace them. Each team consisted of three members of the public with little or no knowledge of the Stock Exchange.

Tom Winnifrith Thomas John Zacchaeus Winnifrith (born January 1968) is a British journalist, share tipster and former fund manager. Early life Tom Winnifrith was born in 1968 He studied PPE at the University of Oxford (1987–90), graduating with a lower second ...

, a professional investor, was on hand to give the teams advise with their portfolio. Prior to deciding on what they would buy or sell a Managing Director of a business listed on the Stock Exchange would come on and give a 60-second pitch to the team. In addition to the three teams, there was an extra team called "the baby boomers" which were three babies that were given some random letter blocks which, when picked, triggered a buy of that stock and this introducing a random element to the game. There was an online game section open to the public during the show which had a £10,000 prize each day.

Format

The show was very slick with many graphical representations of the Stock Exchange presented in real time. Often, a team's stock rose or fell during the course of the show. Tom Winnifrith had a strong understanding of many of the companies chosen by the team and would give out facts and trivia at an easily understood level. Louise Noel would have informal chats to the teams and the Managing Director guests which brought a comfortable and accessible angle to the show.

Series Guide

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External links

'Royal Television Society list of awards'
- PDF of every award given by the RTS
'IMDB page'
- Show Me The Money on Imdb

- Channel 4 log 1

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