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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 television panel game show

Game show

A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...

 based around TV trivia. It is produced by Shine TV by arrangement with Unique Broadcasting; the latter is the company owned by Noel Edmonds

Noel Edmonds

Noel Ernest Edmonds, is an English broadcaster and executive, who made his name as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He has presented many light entertainment television programmes, including Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Top of the Pops, The Late, Late Breakfast Show, Telly Addicts, Noel's Saturday...

, who presented the similarly themed show Telly Addicts

Telly Addicts

Telly Addicts is the name of a BBC1 game show hosted by Noel Edmonds, broadcast from 3 September 1985 until 29 July 1998 and produced at the BBC's Pebble Mill Studios...

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It is presented by Steve Jones

Steve Jones (presenter)

Stephen Ashton "Steve" Jones is a Welsh television presenter. Jones is primarily known in the UK as presenter of T4. Internationally, he is known as the host of The X Factor USA.-Early life:...

, with team captains Fern Britton

Fern Britton

Fern Britton is an English television presenter, known as the former main co-presenter on the ITV magazine programme This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield. She left the show on 17 July 2009, her 52nd birthday.- Early life :...

 and Jason Manford

Jason Manford

Jason John Manford is an English comedian, television presenter and actor.- Early life :Manford was born to an Irish family in Salford, Greater Manchester, a son of Sharon , who is a Catholic and Ian Manford. He grew up in poverty in a terraced house in Manchester...

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The first episode was broadcast on Friday 17 July 2009. It was moved to a Thursday evening slot from its second episode.

Round 1: What's On TV?

The teams are shown 6 TV programmes which are categories related to TV based questions. Each player gets to pick one category each.

The shows are:

• Big Break
  Big Break
  Big Break is a British game show based around the game of snooker, mixed with traditional game show elements. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 30 April 1991 and 9 October 2002...
  
  - The team is asked which member of the other had done something when they were much younger, or, which celebrity made their big break on a specific soap. They have to guess which one for the point.

• Extras - A question about someone appearing as a TV show extra is asked. Answer correctly for a point.

• Futurama
  Futurama
  Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
  
  - The team is show a picture of someone as they might look in the future. They have to guess who it is for the point.

• Location, Location, Location
  Location, Location, Location
  Location, Location, Location is a Channel 4 property programme, presented by Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer and produced by IWC Media, part of the RDF Media Group. The reality show follows Kirstie and Phil as they try to find the perfect home for a different set of buyers each week. It first...
  
  - The team are shown a picture of a famous TV setting, minus its characters. The place and show need to be identified for a point.

• M*A*S*H - A TV clip is shown with the music from another one in the background. The team has to identify both to get the point.

• One Foot in the Grave
  One Foot in the Grave
  One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven year period, from early 1990 to late 2000...
  
  - The team have to guess how a character from a TV show died to get the point.

• Songs of Praise
  Songs of Praise
  Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional Christian hymns. It is a widely watched and long-running religious television programme, one of the few peak-time free-to-air religious programmes in Europe Songs of Praise is a BBC Television programme based around traditional...
  
  - The team sees a church congregation sing a TV theme tune. They need to guess which one for the point.

• Surprise, Surprise - The team is shown a clip of a TV show, which is then paused before something surprising happens. The team has to get what happens next for the point.

• The Apprentice - Using pictures from an "apprentice cameraman, the team has to work out where the cameraman is.

• The Clangers
  Clangers
  Clangers is a popular British stop-motion animated children's television series of short stories about a family of mouse-like creatures who live on, and in, a small blue planet . They speak in whistles, and eat green soup supplied by the Soup Dragon...
  
  - The teams are shown a clip of a famous gaffe on TV, with some words bleeped out. They have to guess the words for the point.

• Top of the Pops
  Top of the Pops
  Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
  
  - Resident Beatboxer "Beardyman" will perform a TV theme tune in his own style. The team has to guess which tune it is for the point.

• What Not to Wear - A clip is shown of Steve dressing up as a popular character from a TV show. The team has to guess who for the point.

• Who Do You Think You Are? - The team is shown a picture with the heads of characters from another show superimposed on the original picture. The team needs to identify both shows for the point.

• X-Factor
  The X Factor (UK)
  The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
  
  - The team are shown 3 characters from TV shows, who had relationships with the same person. The teams have to work out who the person is for the point.

Round 2: TV Years

Each team is shown a clip of TV shows which all started in the same year. They are asked 2 questions about certain parts of the clip and a further point for guessing the correct year.

Round 3: Thingy Off The Telly

Each team tries to guess a person who has been on the TV from a particular TV show, hence they're called the "Thingy Off The Telly". They can ask as many Yes/No questions as they want until Steve passes it over to the other team.

TV Gold

The team is shown a clip from a TV show and have to answer 3 related questions about the show.

OR

TV Lists

The studio audience are asked which of 9 people or things from a certain category they like the best. The team then has to work out the audience top 3, then the audience top 1.

Round 5: Name That Show

The teams are shown pictures of TV shows and have to buzz in when they can identify them. They get 2 points for a correct answer, but 1 is deducted for an incorrect answer. Whoever is in the lead at the end of the round wins the show.

Episodes

-- Indicates Fern's team won.

-- Indicates Jason's team won.

Index	Air date	Fern's guests	Score	Jason's guests
s01-01	17 July 2009	Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is a successful homestyle consultant best known for his appearances on the BBC television programme Changing Rooms... , Tina Hobley Tina Hobley Tina Hobley is an English actress.-Early life:Very shy as a child, Hobley was sent to speech and drama classes in an attempt to counter her introversion...	15–14	Pauline Quirke Pauline Quirke Pauline Perpetua Quirke is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Sharon in the comedy series Birds of a Feather, alongside her lifelong friend and frequent acting partner Linda Robson... , Lauren Laverne Lauren Laverne Lauren Cecilia Fisher , known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, television presenter, author and singer...
s01-02	23 July 2009	Rufus Hound Rufus Hound Rufus Hound is a British comedian and presenter. He is also the winner of 2010 "Let's Dance for Comic Relief".-Career:... , Diane Parish Diane Parish Diane Parish is a British actress best known for her role as Denise Johnson in the BBC Soap EastEnders and DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill.-Career:...	17–6	Kate Garraway Kate Garraway Kathryn Mary Garraway is an English journalist currently employed by ITV Breakfast.She has presented the UK version of The Biggest Loser.-Early life:... , John Craven
s01-03	30 July 2009	Peter Serafinowicz Peter Serafinowicz Peter Szymon Serafinowicz is an English actor, comedian, writer, composer, voice artist and occasional director.-Early life:Serafinowicz was born in Liverpool, England. He attended Our Lady of the Assumption Roman Catholic Primary School and St Francis Xavier Secondary School... , James Martin James Martin (chef) James Martin , is an English cook who first appeared on television in 1996.-Television career:...	9–22	Debra Stephenson Debra Stephenson Debra Stephenson is an English actress, comedian, impressionist and singer.-Career:At the age of fourteen Stephenson appeared on BBC TV's Opportunity Knocks, winning her way through to the All-Winners' Final, broadcast live from the London Palladium... , Michelle Collins Michelle Collins Michelle Danielle Collins is a British actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as Cindy Beale, Coronation Street as Stella Price, and BBC dramas Sunburn and Two Thousand Acres of Sky...
s01-04	6 August 2009	Danny Wallace Danny Wallace (humourist) Daniel Frederick Wallace is a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. His notable works include the books Join Me, Yes Man, and the TV series How to Start Your Own Country.He lives in London, with his wife, an Australian publicist... , Sally Lindsay Sally Lindsay Sally Lindsay is an English actress best known for playing the role of Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV1 Soap opera Coronation Street...	19–3	Jo Joyner Jo Joyner Joanne Mary Joyner is an English actress who is best known for her role as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which she has appeared since June 2006.-Career:... , Marshall Lancaster Marshall Lancaster Marshall Lancaster is a British actor. He has appeared in many television dramas, including Coronation Street, Holby City, The Lakes and Family Affairs, but is probably best known for playing DC Chris Skelton in the BBC time-travel police dramas, Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.Lancaster is a...
s01-05	13 August 2009	Richard Fleeshman Richard Fleeshman Richard Jonathan Fleeshman is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His television career began as a twelve year old, playing Craig Harris for four years in Coronation Street and most recently "All The Small Things"... , Anton du Beke Anton du Beke Anton du Beke is a British ballroom dancer and television presenter. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003.-Family and early life:...	10–11	Melanie Sykes Melanie Sykes Melanie Ann Sykes is an English television presenter and model.-Career:Melanie Sykes was born to an English father, and an Anglo-Indian mother. She first came to public attention as the bikini-clad girl in the Boddingtons beer advertisements with the broad "Northern" accent in the mid-1990s... , Christopher Biggins Christopher Biggins Christopher Kenneth Biggins is an English actor and media personality.-Career:Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England and brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups...
s01-06	20 August 2009	Bradley Walsh, Hardeep Singh Kohli Hardeep Singh Kohli Hardeep Singh Kohli is a British writer and radio and television presenter.-Background:Kohli was born in London and moved to Glasgow in Scotland when he was four. His parents came to the UK from India in the 1960s. The family's roots lie in the Punjab. His mother was a social worker, and his...	22–15	Arlene Phillips Arlene Phillips Arlene Phillips OBE is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout, TV presenter, TV judge and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment... , Dermot Murnaghan Dermot Murnaghan Dermot Murnaghan is a British journalist and television presenter.He is well known for his work as a presenter of ITV and BBC News as well as the shows Eggheads and Treasure Hunt . He co-presented BBC Breakfast from Monday to Thursday as well as regularly fronting national BBC news bulletins...
s01-07	27 August 2009	Dom Joly Dom Joly Dominic John Romulus "Dom" Joly is a British television comedian and journalist. He came to note as the star of Trigger Happy TV, a hidden camera show that was sold to over seventy countries worldwide... , Joe Pasquale Joe Pasquale Joseph Ellis "Joe" Pasquale is an English comedian from Grays, Essex, arguably most famous for his high-pitched voice, use of visual gags and more recently being crowned "King of the Jungle", on the reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!...	9–12	Angela Griffin Angela Griffin Angela Griffin is a British actress and television presenter.-Acting career:She appeared in the popular long-running British soap operas Emmerdale and most famously in Coronation Street as Fiona Middleton from 1993 to 1998... , Eamonn Holmes Eamonn Holmes Eamonn Holmes is an Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster. He is known for his work on UK and Irish television, notably presenting GMTV and This Morning. He is married to TV presenter Ruth Langsford.-Education:...
s01-08	3 September 2009	Laurie Brett Laurie Brett Laurie Brett is a Scottish actress, currently known for her role as Jane Beale in EastEnders, in which she has starred since 2004.-Personal life:... , James Fleet James Fleet James Edward Fleet is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley.-Personal life:Fleet...	7–12	Jodie Prenger Jodie Prenger Jodie Prenger is an English actress and singer. She was the winner of BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything on 31 May 2008. She was also the winner of the second series of The Biggest Loser on Living in 2006... , Clare Balding Clare Balding Clare Balding is a BBC sports presenter, journalist and jockey.-Early life:In 1989 and 1990, Balding was a leading amateur flat jockey and Champion Lady Rider in 1990....

External links

• BBC press release