''Passport Quiz'' is a Scottish Gameshow created by

Bryan Burnett Bryan Burnett is a Scottish television and radio presenter, currently best known for his work with BBC Radio Scotland. Burnett began his career at Northsound Radio in Aberdeen, before spending six years with Radio Clyde in Glasgow, where he pr ...

in which three pairs of contestants competed to win cash and prizes. The programme ran between 1998 and 2002 and was produced by Scottish Television.

History

was the Co-host of Scottish Passport, which started in 1994. In 1998 Burnett came up with the idea for the show, in which contestants would use their knowledge of world geography when answering questions to win prizes.http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/uploads/Scottish_TV_Statement_of_Programme_Commitment_2003.pdf

Broadcast

Five series were broadcast between 1998 and 2002, on

Scottish Television Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is th ...

and

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands (except Fort William a ...

. * Series 1 : 25 Episodes (1998) * Series 2 : 26 Episodes (1999) * Series 3 : 50 Episodes (2000-2001) * Series 4 : 25 Episodes (2002) * Series 5 : 25 Episodes (2002)

External links

''Passport Quiz''
at BFI *

References

{{reflist 1998 British television series debuts 2003 British television series endings 1990s British game shows 2000s British game shows English-language television shows ITV game shows Scottish television shows Television shows produced by Scottish Television