Show Me the Money (UK game show)
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Show Me The Money was a live afternoon gameshow presented by Louise Noel (with the exception of three shows presented by Alice Beer
when Louise was ill) which aired on Channel 4
in the UK and ran for 2 seasons from Monday to Friday between 6 September 1999 and 17 November 2000. It was produced by Princess Productions
The show won the prestigious accolade of Royal Television Society
Daytime Show of the Year.
by the end of the season. There were 5 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 3 members of the public with little or no knowledge of the Stock Exchange. An expert in the market called Tom Winnifrith 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.
There was an online game section open to the public during the show which had a £10,000 prize each day.
Alice Beer
Alice Beer is an English television presenter, and was educated at the North London Collegiate School, a girls' independent school in Edgware, Middlesex.-Career:...
when Louise was ill) which aired on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in the UK and ran for 2 seasons from Monday to Friday between 6 September 1999 and 17 November 2000. It was produced by Princess Productions
Princess Productions
Princess Productions is a London-based television production company started in September 1996 by Henrietta Conrad and Sebastian Scott which has produced broadcast shows and pilots for all the major British broadcasters across a variety of genres, mainly specialising in entertainment and factual...
The show won the prestigious accolade of Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society 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...
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 MarketStock market
A stock market or equity market is a public entity for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion...
by the end of the season. There were 5 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 3 members of the public with little or no knowledge of the Stock Exchange. An expert in the market called Tom Winnifrith 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.
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 lots of graphical representations of the Stock Exchange presented in real time. You would often see a teams stock go up or down as the show went on. 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
- Series 1: 65 editions from 6 September 1999 - 3 December 1999
- Series 2: 50 editions from 11 September 2000 - 17 November 2000
External links
- 'Royal Television Society list of awards' - PDF of every award given by the RTS
- 'IMDB page' - Show Me The Money on Imdb
- 'Princess Productions SMTM page'
- 'Webchat log with Louise Noel' - Channel 4 log 1
- 'Webchat log with Louise Noel' - Channel 4 log 2