Wipeout (British game show)
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This article is about the trivia game show. For the obstacle course game show, see Total Wipeout.
Wipeout was a British television quiz show for BBC One, based on the original American programme of the same name. First shown on 25 May 1994, it ran for nine series: the first four of which aired at primetime and were hosted by Paul Daniels; and the last five at daytime and hosted by Bob Monkhouse, with the final episode airing on 17 April 2003, 8 months before Monkhouse died on 29 December 2003.
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Wipeout | |
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Genre | Game show |
Created by | Bob Fraser |
Directed by | David G. Taylor (Series 1, 3–4) Babara Jones (Series 2) |
Presented by | Paul Daniels (Series 1–4) Bob Monkhouse (Series 5–9) |
Voices of | Kara Noble (Series 1–2) Charles Nove (Series 3–4) George Layton (Series 5) Tom Edwards (Series 6–9) |
Theme music composer | David Arch (Series 1–4) Simon Etchell (Series 5–9) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 9 |
No. of episodes | 522 |
Production | |
Producers | David G. Taylor (Series 1, 3–4) Roger Ordish (Series 2) |
Running time | 30 minutes (Series 1–4, 7–9) 25 minutes (Series 5–6) |
Production company | Action Time |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 25 May 1994 (1994-05-25) – 17 April 2003 (2003-04-17) |
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