Take it or leave it? was a British game show, developed by Dutch format company Intellygents, that aired on the digital channel Challenge. Challenge tends to air repeats of classic game shows that have been commissioned by other broadcasters, but it is rare that they produce original content. It originally aired from 23 October 2006 to 18 July 2008 and was hosted by Richard Arnold.
It's Not What You Know was a game show, hosted by Chris Tarrant, which aired on the British digital TV channel Challenge from 28 April to 6 June 2008. The show was unusual as Challenge tends to air repeats of classic game shows that were originally commissioned by other broadcasters, very rarely producing original content.
This game show also claimed to be the first ever show where people could win money by not answering any of the questions on the show correctly.
All New Blockbusters is the 4th revival of the game show Blockbusters. The series aired from May 14 to August 3, 2012.
Les Dennis's Home Video Heroes was a British television programme, which ran for two series on Challenge in 2008. The first series ran from 23 June to 1 August, and the second ran from 13 to 31 October. It featured humorous clips from home videos. The show was narrated by Les Dennis, with a special "Laugh-o-meter" segment being narrated by Stuart Hall.
The show was repeated on Channel One and Living TV.
Eight celebrities with a passion for darts step up to the oche to see if they have what it takes to become the first Showbiz Darts Champion.
In a brand new series exclusive to Challenge TV, cameras go behind the scenes of TNA Wrestling's search for a UK superstar and follow tag-team twins Hannah and Holly Blossom, Marty Scurll and Rockstar Spud as they hope to make it big in the ultra-competitive world of TNA IMPACT Wrestling. Entering the TNA developmental system, they are put to the test by the likes of Hulk Hogan and British wrestling legend Rollerball Rocco, culminating with a match at the IMPACT ZONE in Orlando where they hope to impress the judges and TNA President Dixie Carter.
BingoLotto was a hybrid lottery-bingo style gameshow based on the Swedish show of the same name, Bingolotto. Each week, viewers with a valid gamecard had a 1 in 9.5 chance of winning. However, unlike the National Lottery, prizes would be life-enhancing, rather than life-changing. In other words, prizes were "small," varying from more game-cards to the maximum cash prize of £100,000. The game cards were printed in Sweden by "Idrottens Digital Print".
Stake Out was a game show which originally aired on Challenge TV between 12 November and 21 December 2001. It was hosted by Anthony Davis.
It's a Knockout was a British comedy game show. It was adapted from the French show Intervilles, and was part of the international Jeux Sans Frontieres franchise.
Sale of the Century was a UK game show based on a US game show of the same name. It was first shown on ITV from 1971 to 1983, hosted by Nicholas Parsons. The first series was supposed to air only in the Anglia region, but it rolled out to other regions since 8 January 1972 and achieved full national coverage by the end of 10 May 1975, at which point it was one of the most popular shows on the network - spawning the often-mocked catchphrase "and now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week."
It has been revived twice first on Sky One from 1989 to 1990 hosted by Peter Marshall and then on Challenge TV in 1997 hosted by Keith Chegwin.
Family Catchphrase is a family game show broadcast on The Family Channel. Presented by Andrew O'Connor, it is a spin-off of the popular UK prime-time game show Catchphrase.
Winner Takes All was a popular game show that was produced by Yorkshire Television and ran for 13 years on the ITV network from 1975 until 1988 but returned in 1997 on the cable and satellite channel Challenge.
The original host of Winner Takes All was comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, who hosted the show from 1975 until 1986. For series 13 and 14, Geoffrey Wheeler replaced Jimmy Tarbuck as the host and the show went into a 5-day a week daytime show. Geoffrey also devised the format for Winner Takes All and was the voiceover reading the questions in the Jimmy Tarbuck era. The Challenge version was hosted by Bobby Davro with Calendar news journalist Gaynor Barnes as the voiceover reading the questions and was produced by Yorkshire Television for Challenge.
Absolute Cobblers is a game show, based on an Australian format, that aired for one series on Challenge TV in 1999. It was hosted by Sean Meo and Wynnie La Freak. The idea of the show is that the host had to read out something and panellists have to decide whether it was true or 'absolute cobblers'. They would then throw the question out to the studio audience to see what they thought, with the chance of winning things in the process.
That's the Question was a British quiz game show that aired on Challenge from 14 May 2007 until 22 June 2007. The programme was hosted by Sarah Cawood.
Celebrity Poker Club was a British television series featuring celebrities playing poker. It aired on Challenge for three series from 2003 to 2005 as a spin-off to Channel 4's popular Late Night Poker series. Liam Flood was the casino manager for the series, and Cayt Dear was the producer.