Jeopardy! (British game show)

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Jeopardy!
Genre Game show
Created by Merv Griffin
Presented by Derek Hobson
Chris Donat
Steve Jones
Paul Ross
Stephen Fry
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2 (Channel 4)
3 (ITV)
1 (Sky 1)
1 (revival)
No. of episodes 25 (Channel 4)
125 (ITV)
135 (Sky 1)
20 (revival)
Production
Production location(s) Television House (1995–96)
Dock10 (2023)[1]
Running time 30 minutes (1983–96)
60 minutes (2023)
Production company(s) Thames (1983–84)
Reg Grundy Productions and TVS (1990–91)
Reg Grundy Productions and Meridian (1993)
Action Time in association with Columbia TriStar Television and King World Productions (1995–96)
Whisper North (2023)
Release
Original network Channel 4 (1983–84)
ITV (1990–93, 2023)
Sky One (1995–96)
Original release 12 January 1983 (1983-01-12) –
present
Chronology
Related shows Jeopardy!
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Jeopardy! is a British game show based on the U.S. version of the same title. It was originally aired on Channel 4 from 12 January 1983 to 2 July 1984, hosted by Derek Hobson, then was revived by ITV from 3 September 1990 to 9 April 1993, first hosted by Chris Donat in 1990 and then by Steve Jones from 1991 to 1993, and then finally on Sky One from 4 December 1995 to 7 June 1996, hosted by Paul Ross. On 27 February 2023, ITV announced that the show would be revived for the third time in the autumn (the second time on ITV), this time presented by Stephen Fry.[1]

Transmissions

Channel 4 era

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 12 January 1983 30 March 1983 12
2 2 April 1984 2 July 1984 13

ITV era

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 3 September 1990 26 October 1990 40
2 14 October 1991 20 December 1991 50
3 22 February 1993 9 April 1993 35

Sky One era

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 4 December 1995 7 June 1996 135

ITV revival era

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 TBD TBD 20[1]

Gameplay notes

Unlike in the U.S. version, contestants have points (instead of money) added or subtracted for responses (or lack of) to questions selected, a concession made because of severe restrictions on game show prizes in the UK at the time. The original point values were 5 to 25 in the Jeopardy! Round and 10 to 50 in Double Jeopardy! There were three Daily Doubles in each round. Points became pounds at some point in the Jones run, but later reverted to points by the time Ross took over as host.

In the Hobson, Donat, and Jones runs, the contestants only saw their own scores, although, at the end of each round, they were told their relative positions (i.e., who was in first, second, and third place). This had the side effect of reducing "runaways", a common phenomenon in the American show, where contestants heading into Final Jeopardy! with more than double their nearest opponent would be guaranteed victory by betting a small amount; most contestants did not pay enough attention to others' correct or incorrect responses to know if they had clinched a runaway game.

Also under Hobson, Donat, Jones and Ross, the response had to be grammatically correct in addition to the usual requirement of phrasing in the form of a question. For example, a response that began "Who is..." when a "What is..." prefix was grammatically correct and the contestant received a penalty.

By the time Ross became host, the points had increased to 100 to 500 for the Jeopardy! round and 200 to 1000 for Double Jeopardy! The Daily Double amount was reduced to the standard one for the Jeopardy! Round and two for Double Jeopardy!.

The contestant leading after Final Jeopardy! won £500 (or whatever total they had in the Jones run when points became pounds). Five consecutive wins increased that champion's winnings to £3,000 with the undefeated champion retiring. When Jones became host, the top three scorers of each of those series played Master Jeopardy! (the equivalent of the Tournament of Champions in the American show) for the grand prize of a holiday. For the 1993 series, the scoring system was changed from points to money, and five-day champions won a £500 bonus.

The Derek Hobson/Channel 4 run of Jeopardy! is based on the original 1964–75 series hosted by Art Fleming. The 1990 version is based on the Alex Trebek version.

Episodes from the original U.S. version also aired daily mornings on Sky One from July 1995 to December 1996.

References

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