''XYZ'' is a British

game show A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or demonstrative and are typically directed by a host, ...

that aired on

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from 15 November 1993 to 26 January 1994. It is hosted by George Marshall.

Format

On each edition, three contestants played against each other for the chance to play for a major prize. The game is played on a board of 24 squares called the "Alphabank", of which the 23 squares were the first 23 letters of the

alphabet An alphabet is a standardized set of basic written graphemes (called letters) that represent the phonemes of certain spoken languages. Not all writing systems represent language in this way; in a syllabary, each character represents a syllab ...

and the 24th square was the 'XYZ' square. The idea of the game was to try to have the longest chain of letters in a row without any breaks in the chain.

External links

*{{UKGameshow, XYZ 1990s British game shows 1993 British television series debuts 1994 British television series endings BBC television game shows English-language television shows