Challenge
Formerly Called	The Family Channel (until February 1997) Challenge TV (until May 2002) Challenge Logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Challenge? (until June 2003)
Launched:	1 September 1993
Audience Share (Aug 2004[1]):	0.6%
Owned By:	Flextech
Web Address:	www.challenge.co.uk
Availability
Terrestrial Analogue:	Not Available
Terrestrial Digital:	Not Available
Satellite:	Sky Digital Channel 121
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Challenge is a British digital TV channel owned by Flextech. Originally starting out as 'The Family Channel', and later 'Challenge TV', it has historically shown various game shows taken from a variety of sources, including some they made themselves, and the majority of its programmes are still in this genre. Challenge also has interactive features for certain shows of some digital platforms. This enables viewers to "play-along" at home. It is the closest British equivalent of the American Game Show Network (latterly GSN). Flextech is a British television company. ... Jump to: navigation, search A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... The Game Show Network logo (1997-2004) The Game Show Network (now only known as GSN—The Network for Games) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and interactive television games. ...

Shows on Challenge include Takeshi's Castle, Knightmare, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, The Crystal Maze, Fort Boyard, the Lily Savage version of Blankety Blank, Family Fortunes, the British version of Wheel of Fortune, Play Your Cards Right, the Bruce Forsyth version of The Price Is Right, the British version of Supermarket Sweep, and 3-2-1. In the past the channel also showed Treasure Hunt, Interceptor, Telly Addicts, Strike It Lucky and the original version of Blankety Blank. It was showing 100% during Summer 2005 but that series has been dropped from the autumn schedules. Jump to: navigation, search The cast of Takeshis Castle. ... The Knightmare logo Knightmare was a UK television programme for children, produced by Anglia Television and aired on ITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. ... Jump to: navigation, search Logo from the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions, which are usually of increasing difficulty. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Crystal Maze was a game show, produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1995. ... Fort Boyard is a French television series, running from 1990 to the current date, that has been remade across the globe, most successfully in the United Kingdom and Sweden. ... Lily Savage is a drag act performed by comedian Paul OGrady. ... Match Game was an American television game show where contestants tried to match a panel of six celebrities in answering fill-in-the-blank questions. ... Family Feud is a popular television game show in the USA that pits two families against each other in a quiz format. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wheel of Fortune Logo (1983–1989) Wheel of Fortune is a television game show originally devised by Merv Griffin which runs in local editions around the world. ... Play Your Cards Right was a British television game show based on the American show known as Card Sharks. ... TV Presenter Bruce Forsyth Bruce Forsyth (born February 22, 1928) (real name Bruce Forsythe-Johnson) is a British entertainer and showman who achieved celebrity on the show Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and has since presented game shows such as The Price is Right, Play Your Cards Right, The... Jump to: navigation, search The Price Is Right is a popular game show based on contestants guessing the retail prices of featured prizes and other promotional products. ... Supermarket Sweep was a game show on the ABC Network from December 20, 1965 to July 14, 1967. ... Jump to: navigation, search 3-2-1 was a game show, made by Yorkshire Television for ITV between 1978 and 1987. ... Treasure Hunt was a popular UK game show, based on a French format called La Chasse Au Trésor, and appeared on Channel 4 between 1983 and 1989 and was revived by BBC 2 in 2002 and 2003. ... This page is about the UK game show Interceptor. ... Telly Addicts was a game show which ran from 1985 to 1998 on BBC1, hosted by Noel Edmonds. ... Strike It Lucky was a popular British television game show of the 1980s and 1990s, produced by Thames Television for ITV, and presented by the British comedian Michael Barrymore. ... Match Game was an American television game show where contestants tried to match a panel of six celebrities in answering fill-in-the-blank questions. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

In recent times Challenge, like GSN in the United States, has begun to move away from showing repeats of game shows and has introduced reality and casino-based programmes. This has attracted some criticism to the channel but in return has attracted a whole new audience with shows such as World Poker Tour. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...

In late 2004 Challenge introduced the "GameShow Gods" slot during weekday evenings, where 2 game shows from years gone by were shown each night. They would then be replaced with another 2 game shows the following month. This reintroduced game shows such as Catchphrase, The Krypton Factor and Bullseye to Challenge. For Summer 2005 Challenge introduced "Old-School Saturdays" with classic Saturday evening programmes such as Gladiators and You Bet!. Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Catchphrase was a game show which ran on ITV in the United Kingdom between January 1986 and September 2002, hosted by Roy Walker until 1999 and later by Nick Weir (2000-1) and Mark Curry (2002). ... The Krypton Factor was a British game show, hosted by Gordon Burns, which ran from 1977 to 1995 on ITV. Four contestants would compete in several different games, some studio-bound, some not. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bullseye was a British game show made by ATV and Central Television between 1981 and 1995, and hosted by Jim Bowen. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gladiators was a game show shown on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1992 to 1999, (though there was another, not televised, game in 2000) an adaption of the United States game show American Gladiators. ... You Bet! was a British game show based around the format of the German show Wetten dass. ...

External links

• Challenge
• Keshi Heads - Takeshi's Castle fan site