List of British game shows

This is a list of British game shows. A game show is a type of radio, television, or internet programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.

Activity-orientated[edit]

Dating/Relationship[edit]

Panel games[edit]

In these, celebrities compete, usually in two teams.

8 Out of 10 Cats
10 O'Clock Live
24 Hour Panel People
29 Minutes of Fame
Absolute Cobblers
Act Your Age (radio)
Alan Davies Après-Ski
A League of Their Own
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask
All About Two
And Then You Die
Argumental
As Seen on TV
Ask Rhod Gilbert
Best of the Worst
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
Bognor or Bust
The Book Quiz
The Brain Drain
The Brains Trust
Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment
Bring the Noise
The Bubble
Call My Bluff
CelebAbility
Celebrity Juice
Cluedo
Comedy World Cup
Cryer's Crackers
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
The Dog Ate My Homework
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Epic Win
Face the Music
The Fake News Show
Fake Reaction
Fast and Loose
Gag-Tag
Guessable
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Have I Got News for You
Hypothetical
I Love My Country
If I Ruled the World
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (radio)
The Imitation Game
Insert Name Here
It's Only A Theory
It's Only TV...but I Like It
I've Got a Secret
Jokers Wild
Just a Minute (a regular BBC Radio 4 panel game, it appeared on TV briefly)
The King Is Dead
King Of...
The Mad Bad Ad Show
Mad Mad World
Magic Numbers
The Marriage Ref
Mock the Week
My Music
The Name's the Same
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
The News Quiz (Radio 4's predecessor to Have I Got News For You)
Odd One In
Petrolheads
Play to the Whistle
Pop Quiz
Punchlines
QI
Quote... Unquote
Reality Bites
Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive
Safeword
Shooting Stars
Space Cadets
Sweat the Small Stuff
Taskmaster
Tell the Truth
That's Showbusiness
The Imitation Game
There's Something About Movies
They Think It's All Over
Through the Keyhole
Totally Top Trumps
Twenty Questions
Viral Tap
Virtually Famous
The Wall
Wall Of Fame
Was It Something I Said?
We Need Answers
The What in the World? Quiz
What the Dickens
What's My Line?
Whodunnit?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Win, Lose or Draw
Would I Lie to You?
You Have Been Watching

Puzzle-orientated[edit]

Quiz[edit]

Reality television[edit]

71 Degrees North
All Together Now
Anthea Turner: Perfect Housewife
Any Dream Will Do
The Apprentice
Baby Ballroom: The Championship
The Baby Borrowers
Back to Reality
The Bachelor
Beauty and the Geek
Big Brother
The Biggest Loser
Britain's Got Talent
Britain's Missing Top Model
Britain's Next Top Model
Celebrity Karaoke Club
Celebrity Scissorhands
Cirque de Celebrité
Coach Trip
Come Dine with Me
Dance Dance Dance
Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Wheels
Don't Stop Believing
Don't Tell the Bride
Fame Academy
Farmer Wants a Wife
The Farm
The Games
Girlfri3nds
Got to Dance
Grease Is the Word
The Greatest Dancer
Hair
Hell's Kitchen
Hotter Than My Daughter
The House of Tiny Tearaways
How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?
Hunted
I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse
I'd Do Anything
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
I'm Famous and Frightened!
The Jump
Just the Two of Us
Killer Magic
Last Man Standing
Let It Shine
Let's Sing and Dance
Lip Sync Battle UK
Little Angels
Little Mix: The Search
Love Island
The Marriage Ref
The Masked Dancer
The Masked Singer
MasterChef
The Mole
Most Haunted
Must Be the Music
New Faces
The One and Only
Opportunity Knocks
Over the Rainbow
Playing It Straight
Pop Idol
Popstar to Operastar
Popstars (see also: Popstars: The Rivals)
Project Catwalk
The Secret Millionaire
Sexy Beasts
Shipwrecked
The Singer Takes It All
Snog Marry Avoid?
So You Think You Can Dance
Soapstar Superstar
South Side Story
Splash!
Stars in Their Eyes
Strictly Come Dancing
Superstar
Survivor
The Taste
Tool Academy
Tumble
Undercover Princes
The Villa
The Voice UK
The Voice Kids
When Will I Be Famous?
The X Factor
Young Apprentice
Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum
Your Face Sounds Familiar

Other shows[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Not a-maze-ing any more". Western Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
^ "Index E – UKGameshows". Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "Endurance UK – UKGameshows". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "BABUSHKA | Shows | be on TV". Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "BBC - CBBC is Top Class - Media Centre". Bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

[1] "Not a-maze-ing any more". Western Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.

[2] "Index E – UKGameshows". Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[3] "Endurance UK – UKGameshows". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[4] "BABUSHKA | Shows | be on TV". Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[5] "BBC - CBBC is Top Class - Media Centre". Bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

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