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The Colour Of Money (game Show)
''The Colour of Money'' is a British game show, broadcast on ITV between 21 February and 11 April 2009. The programme was produced by 12 Yard, and hosted by Chris Tarrant and Millie Clode. The format was originally devised by Paul Brassey and Daniel Moody in 2006, and developed by Jim Cannon, Andy Culpin, Samuel Pollard and David Young. A total of eight episodes were produced but only seven of these were broadcast, due to poor viewing figures. Subsequently, the programme was axed by ITV on 12 June 2009. The show later survived as a board game manufactured by Drumond Park. Format Twenty stylised "cash machines" stand on the stage, each with a screen displaying a different colour. Each machine is loaded with a different cash amount ranging from £1,000 to £20,000 in increments of £1,000; the amounts are kept secret from everyone. At the beginning of the game, the contestant selects one of three " cash cards", each of which has been credited with a value of £50,000 or higher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Tarrant
Christopher John Tarrant (born 10 October 1946) is a retired English broadcaster, television personality, radio DJ and stand up comedian. He is best known for presenting the ITV children's television show '' Tiswas'' from 1974 to 1981, and the game show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' from its inception in 1998 until 2014. Tarrant's career began in 1972, when he was hired by the television broadcaster ATV. He presented ''ATV Today,'' a current affairs programme serving the Midlands area of England, until 1982. Tarrant rose to prominence after becoming a co-host on ''Tiswas'', the children's television show broadcast on Saturday mornings from 1974 to 1981. Tarrant was a member of the Four Bucketeers group, whose single "Bucket of Water Song" reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart in 1980. In January 1982, along with Bob Carolgees, John Gorman, Randolph Sutherland and Lenny Henry, Tarrant launched a late-night show, '' O.T.T.'' ("Over the Top"), thought of as an "adult" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News Of The World
The ''News of the World'' was a weekly national " red top" tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling English-language newspaper, and at closure still had one of the highest English-language circulations. It was originally established as a broadsheet by John Browne Bell, who identified crime, sensation and vice as the themes that would sell most copies. The Bells sold to Henry Lascelles Carr in 1891; in 1969, it was bought from the Carrs by Rupert Murdoch's media firm News Limited. In 1984, as News Limited reorganised into News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation, the newspaper transformed into a tabloid and became the Sunday sister paper of ''The Sun''. The ''News of the World'' concentrated in particular on celebrity scoops, gossip and populist news. Its somewhat prurient focus on sex scandals gained it the nickname ''Screws of the World''. In its last decade it had a reputatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s British Game Shows
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 British Television Series Endings
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. How the numbers got to their Gupta form is open to considerable debate. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Papi
Enrico Papi (born 3 June 1965) is an Italian television presenter. TV Rai * '' Fantastico bis'' (Rai 1, 1988–1990) * ''Unomattina'' (Rai 1, 1990–1994) * '' La Banda dello Zecchino'' (Rai 1, 1992) * '' Unomattina Estate'' (Rai 1, 1992–1993) * '' Fatti e misfatti'' (Rai 1, 1993) * '' Chiacchiere'' (Rai 1, 1995) * '' Chiacchiere di Enrico Papi'' (Rai 1, 1995–1996) * '' 51º Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo'' (Rai 1, 2001) * '' Dopo il Festival tutti da me'' (Rai 1, 2001) Mediaset * '' Papi quotidiani'' (Canale 5, 1996) * '' Tutti in piazza'' (Canale 5, 1996) * '' Verissimo'' (Canale 5, 1996–1997) * '' Edizione straordinaria'' (Italia 1, 1997) * '' Sarabanda'' (Italia 1, 1997–2004, 2017) * '' Buona Domenica'' (Canale 5, 1997–1998) * ''Regalo di Natale'' (Italia 1, 1997) * '' Sapore d'estate'' (Canale 5, 1998) * '' Predizioni'' (Italia 1, 1999) * '' Beato tra le donne'' (Canale 5, 1999) * '' Matricole'' (Italia 1, 2001) * '' Il traditore'' (Italia 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LNK (television Station)
LNK (Laisvas ir nepriklausomas kanalas, Free and Independent Channel) is a commercial television channel operating in Lithuania. It is a free-to-air TV channel targeted at a Lithuanian audience and primarily broadcasts local entertainment, dubbed movies, lifestyle shows, and news. As of 2017, over 1 million people watch LNK every day. History LNK was founded in Lapės after the reorganization of "LitPoliinter TV." On 1 April 1995, the Lithuanian Agricultural Bank became its main shareholder, with other shareholders including "Vilniaus Vingis," "Griaustinio Aidas," and the Lithuanian Workers' Union. The channel was officially launched throughout Lithuania on 5 May 1995. Initially, LNK mainly retransmitted Russian programs from ORT (now Channel One Russia), including its news bulletin Vremya. In 1996, LNK replaced its previous content with original programming That year, an office was established in Vilnius. In the summer of 1997, several curated shows, such as "Dviračio šo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italia 1
Italia 1 (Italian pronunciation ) is an Italian free-to-air television channel on the Mediaset network, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is aimed at both a young adult and adult audience. Italia 1 was launched on 3 January 1982 and, was originally owned by Rusconi; after a few months, however, due to the aggressive dumping practices of Silvio Berlusconi's rival network Canale 5, Rusconi was forced to sell the majority of his company to Fininvest, allowing Berlusconi to further strengthen his media holdings. History Launch and early years Launched on 3 January 1982 by print media editor Edilio Rusconi, Italia 1 was born from the idea of a network supported by twenty regional broadcasting stations, some owned by Rusconi himself and others simply affiliated to broadcast throughout Italian territory on the 'ploy' of interconnection. The lead broadcasting station is Milan-based Antenna Nord, but Rome's Quinta Rete also played an important role. Lillo Tombolini was the execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Brooker
Charlton ‘Charlie’ Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English screenwriter, producer, presenter, author, cartoonist, and social critic. He first became known for creating and presenting satirical television shows that featured biting criticism of modern society and the media, such as '' Screenwipe'', '' Gameswipe'', '' Newswipe'', and '' Weekly Wipe''. Brooker came to wider prominence as the creator, writer, and executive producer of the dystopian series '' Black Mirror''. His other work includes writing for comedy series such as '' Brass Eye'', '' The 11 O'Clock Show'', and '' Nathan Barley'', creating the horror drama series '' Dead Set'', writing social criticism pieces for ''The Guardian'', co-founding and designing the logo for second-hand retailer CeX, and serving as a creative director for the production company Zeppotron. Early life Charlton Brooker was born on 3 March 1971 in Reading, Berkshire. He grew up in a "relaxed" Quaker household in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. ''The Times'' was the first newspaper to bear that name, inspiring numerous other papers around the world. In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as or , although the newspaper is of national scope and distribution. ''The Times'' had an average daily circulation of 365,880 in March 2020; in the same period, ''The Sunday Times'' had an average weekly circulation of 647,622. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
