Challenge (TV channel)

Challenge
Launched	1 September 1993 (1993-09-01)
Owned by	British Sky Broadcasting
Picture format	16:9, 576i (SDTV)
Audience share	0.5% 0.1% (+1) (August 2011, BARB)
Country	United Kingdom
Formerly called	The Family Channel (1993-1997) Challenge TV (1997-2002) Challenge? (2002-2003)
Sister channel(s)	Pick TV, Sky1, Sky2, Sky Arts, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living, Sky Livingit, Sky Living Loves, Sky Movies, Sky Movies Box Office, Sky News, Sky Sports, Sky Sports News
Timeshift service	Challenge +1
Website	Official Website
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 46
BT Vision	Channel 46
Satellite
Sky	Channel 125 Channel 164 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 139 Channel 140 (+1)
WightCable	Channel 42/115
Smallworld Cable	Channel 129
IPTV
Freewire	Channel 125

Challenge is a United Kingdom digital TV channel that mostly airs programmes dedicated to gameshows. It is owned by British Sky Broadcasting. The channel mostly transmits repeats of programmes acquired from UK terrestrial channel archives (e.g. BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5) and a few from around the world (e.g. NBC (USA), Nine Network (Australia), M-Net (South Africa)), with a few original productions commissioned by the channel itself.

History

The Family Channel UK

Family Channel logo.

The station was originally called The Family Channel. From its launch on 1 September 1993 to 31 January 1997, the channel aired a mixture of genre shows mainly including sitcoms, game shows, dramas and entertainment. The station come about when TVS was sold on 1 February 1993 to the American Company International Family Entertainment Inc. which included the ownership of MTM Enterprises. IFE subsequently launched a UK version of The Family Channel based in The Maidstone Studios and using some elements of the TVS programme archive. Flextech were a partner in the venture, taking a 39% stake in the business.^[1]

The Family Channel did produce some UK original programming (see below), but heavily relied upon content from MTM Enterprises/TVS archive and imports from the USA. It was claimed that the channel produced more original series worldwide than any other cable or satellite network.

Family Challenge Weekend

Family Challenge Weekend logo.

In 1996, IFE sold its remaining 61% share to Flextech, giving them full ownership of the venture. On 1 February 1997, Flextech re-branded the channel to Challenge TV, focusing mainly on game shows. Between this interim period, the channel introduced a new strand called "Family Challenge Weekend".

During the week, The Family Channel continued to broadcast its wide range of programmes, but during the weekend, live in-vision presenters were introduced with chances to win prizes, with all of the programmes being quiz/gameshows. Unfortunately, the deal did not include any of the programme archive which included many TVS game shows, such as Catchphrase and All Clued Up, but the channel did continually broadcast these series until 2000.

Challenge TV

On 1 February 1997, The Family Channel was re-branded as Challenge TV and mainly focuses on gameshows taken from a variety of terrestrial and digital channel archives. Among the few non-gameshows, it has aired the short-lived U.S. drama Dr. Vegas in 2005, and also the 1995 crime drama film Casino.

The channel was originally a primetime block from 17:00 to 00:00 and shared its channel slot with The Children's Channel (which closed on 3 April 1998) and TV Travel Shop until 1999, which resulted in Challenge being able to broadcast 24 hours a day. From 1997 to 1998, between 00:30 and 06:00, the channel was branded as "Family Late" which continued to broadcast series from the old Family Channel schedule.

Presentation

When Challenge TV started, a strand called Prize Time was introduced. It was originally hosted by Andy Crane, Andrea Boardman and Pat Sharp. Carryl Varley and Kevin Duala joined later on in the year.

• Prize Time (1997 - 1999): A slight revamp took place on 27 July 1998, which included the launch of Challenge Late (broadcasting from 21:00 to 00:30), which brought the introduction of general entertainment programmes with a quiz element instead of the traditional game show it had been known for prior.
• The Games Room (1999 - 2000) included hosts: Kevin Duala, Sonya Saul, Carryl Varley and Lisa Rogers.
• iPlay (2000 - 2002) hosts included: Carryl Varley and Toby Anstis.
• On 20 May 2002, the channel was re-named again, becoming Challenge?, with all in-vision presenters being dropped, in favour of out-of-vision links, but viewers could still send in e-mails to announcers who would read them out and in addition to this, the closing credits of a programme were shown in full instead of cutting them out. The logo used in this era looked similar to a street sign. One of the idents used involved classic board games, card games, and arcade games like Asteroids and Space Invaders.
• On 30 June 2003, the "?" part of the channel name was dropped and all live announcers were also dropped, in favour of pre-recorded out-of-vision continuity links. The animated idents used in 2003/4 included a man going through a long traffic jam in a big water ball by bouncing on top of the cars, and some women revolving a table to eat some cheesecake.
• On 1 November 2004, the channel's presentation was revamped for the third time. The logo was a more simplified version of the 2002-2004 logo.
• In September 2006, the presentation was changed for the fourth time. The logo and idents used in this era were more lively than its predecessor. The presentation was created by Liquid TV.
• On 3 June 2008, the presentation was revamped for the fifth time. It was also the channel's first revamp to be broadcast in the widescreen format. The logo used in this era of the channel was a simplified version of the 2006-2008 logo. Idents used involved a yellow object (eg. a paper plane) exploding to transform into the channel's logo. The presentation used in this era were made by Mainframe Motion Shop.
• On 13 September 2011, the channel went through a revamp for the sixth time. This is Challenge's first revamp since Sky took full control of the channel on 1 February 2011. Idents include a Rubik-style cube, a fruit machine, a tilting puzzle, and jumbled up letters. There are also idents themed upon the conveyor belt used in the classic game show, The Generation Game, and also the classic arcade game Pong. The company that produced the presentation for this current era of the channel is Cagney TV. [1]

Additional information

The channel also aired some poker game shows including World Poker Tour, Celebrity Blackjack and Casino Casino, this also launched a very short-lived spin-off channel in 2006, Player (which was replaced just several months later by Bravo 2), it mainly focused on the poker-related programming that Challenge had transmitted. Challenge only aired programmes in the letterbox format (4:3), but on 3 June 2008, it switched to the widescreen format (16:9) along with all other Living TV Group channels. This was coupled with a revamped logo and a new set of idents. The channel used to have interactive features for digital cable and satellite viewers watching certain shows, enabling them to play along at home, and it used to offer many games and competitions before the start of each programme, during commercial breaks and after the end of each programme.

BSkyB takeover

Challenge logo (2008-2011).

On 15 September 2010, it was announced that it will on an unconfirmed date close its sister channels Bravo, Bravo 2 and Channel One. Bravo, Bravo 2 and Challenge Jackpot closed on 1 January 2011 and Channel One closed a exactly a month later on 1 February 2011 and Channel One's Freeview space on the Freeview multiplex was used by Challenge to launch on the platform two days later. On 25 January 2011, it was confirmed that Total Nonstop Action Wrestling programming would start broadcasting on Challenge from 3 February 2011. It was also confirmed on the same day that the channel number for Freeview would be 46.^[2][3][4][4]

Programming

Current programming made by Challenge

Name of show	Originally aired	When aired by Challenge
Auntie's Smalls	2008 - 2009	2008 - present
Bullseye	2006	2006 - present
Defectors	2001 - 2002	2001 - present
Fort Boyard	2003	2003 - present
House of Games	2004	2004 - present
It's Not What You Know	2008	2008 - present
Les Dennis' Home Video Heroes	2008	2008 - present
Roy Walker's Gameshow Moments	2009	2009 - present
Roy Walker's TV Bloomers	2009	2009 - present
Showbiz Darts	2006	2006 - present
Stake Out	2001	2001 - present
Take It or Leave It	2006 - 2008	2006 - present
The Pyramid Game	2007	2007 - present
TV Scrabble	2001 - 2003	2001 - present
UK's Strongest Man	2011 - present	2011 - present
Vegas Virgins	2005	2005 - present
World's Greatest Gambling Scams	2006	2006 - present

Former programming made by Challenge

Name of show	Originally aired	When aired by Challenge	Notes
A Word in Your Ear	1995	1995 - 1998	Hosted by The Krypton Factor's Gordon Burns. Originally made for the BBC.
Absolute Cobblers	1999	1999 - 2002	Based on an Australian format.
Casino Casino	2003 - 2005	2003 - 2005	Presented by Bob Mercer (series 1) and Martin Kemp (series 2).
Celebrity Addicts	2003	2003 - 2006	A variation of the Telly Addicts format.
Celebrity Poker Club	2003 - 2005	2003 - 2005	A spin-off of Channel 4's Late Night Poker series.
Comedy of Errors	2002	2002 - 2003	Home video clip show presented by Richard Orford.
Don't Drink the Water	199?	199? - 1999	Comedy quiz show based around travel played by two teams of celebrities, hosted by Paul Coia.
Drunken Businessmen	2003	2003 - 2005	Another Japanese game show. Used as a filler. It was last shown on Challenge in 2005 as part of 'Japanese Day'.
Endurance UK	1997 - 1998	1997 - 2010	The UK version of the cult Japanese show, Za Gaman.
Extreme Endurance	2003	2003 - 2005	Short 15-minute segments of Za Gaman.
Family Catchphrase	1994	1994 - 2008	A spin-off from Catchphrase.
Fort Boyard Takes on the World	2004	2004 - 2008	A 10-part series featuring clips of the different versions of Fort Boyard from around the globe, it was presented by Tim Vine.
Game Central	2002	2002	A phone-in segment.
GameFace	2011	2011	Replaced by The Blurb.
Gameplay	199?	199?	A live phone-in segment.
Gameshow Gold	2006	2006 - 2009	Series featuring clips from classic gameshows.
Ginx Files	2011	2011	Also replaced by The Blurb.
Glory Ball	2005	2005	Another live phone-in segment
Incredible Edible Challenge	2003	2003	A filler programme in which Japanese chefs cook unusual things. It was also the last programme to air on defunct sister channel Ftn.
iPlay	2000 - 2002	2000 - 2002	Replacement for The Games Room.
Karaoke Challenge	1997	1997 - 2010	Karaoke-themed game show, presented by various hosts, including Ted Robbins.
Kenji's Video Letter Home	2003	2003 - 2004
Monkey Business	2003	2003 - 2004	A 10-minute filler.
Nortonland	2007	2007 - 2008	Clip show featuring games played on Graham Norton's Channel 4 show, V Graham Norton.
Poker Den	2005	2005	Presented by Jesse May with commentary by Grub Smith.
Prize Time	1997 - 1998	1997 - 1998	Replaced by The Games Room.
Reverse-a-Word	2004	2004	7-minute pilot, presented by BBC Radio 1 DJ, Scott Mills.
Roll with It	1995	1995 - 1997	Music-themed quiz show, presented by Keith Chegwin.
Sale of the Century	1997 - 1998	1997 - 2003	Challenge's version of Anglia Television's classic gameshow, it was presented by Keith Chegwin.
Say the Word	1997	1997 - 2008	Hosted by one of Challenge's original continuity presenters, Andy Crane.
Second Guess	1993 - 1994	1993 - 1998	Family gameshow, presented by Andrew O'Connor.
Showbiz Blackjack	2006	2006	Presented by Matt Brown.
Showbiz Poker	2006	2006	Presented by Lisa Rogers.
Soap Addicts	2002 - 2003	2002 - 2006	Another variation of the Telly Addicts format.
Split Second	1997 - 1998	1997 - 1999	Hosted by Aonghus McAnally.
Sport Addicts	2002	2002 - 2004	Another variation of the Telly Addicts format.
Sushi TV	2003 - 2004	2003 - 2005	Series featuring clips from various Japanese gameshows, presented by Julian Clary (series 1) and Craig Charles (series 2).
That's the Question	2007	2007	The UK version of the American gameshow, it was presented by Sarah Cawood.
The Blurb	2011	2011	Replaced both GameFace and Ginx Files, now only available through Ginx TV's website.
The Cooler	1998	1998 - 2003	Late-night gameshow presented by Donna Air and Iain Coyle.
The Games Room	1999 - 2000	1999 - 2000	A short-lived replacement for Prize Time.
Totally Top Trumps	2004	2004	Short-lived game show, loosely based on the famous card game, presented by Andy Goldstein, only lasted 20 episodes.
Trivial Pursuit	1993 - 1994	1993 - 2008	Loosely based on the board game of the same name, it was presented by Tony Slattery.
Ultimate Guinness World Records	2004	2004 - 2009	Now airs on Kix!.
Winner Takes All	1997	1997 - 2002	Challenge's version of Yorkshire Television's gameshow, it was presented by Bobby Davro.

Current programming originally shown by other broadcasters

Name of show	Original channel(s)	Originally aired	When aired by Challenge
3-2-1	ITV	1978 - 1988	1997 - present
8 Out of 10 Cats	Channel 4	2005 - present	2007 - present
Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old?	Sky1	2007 - 2010	2011 - present
Auntie's Bloomers	BBC One	1991 - 2001	2009 - present
Back in the Day	Channel 4	2005	2009 - present
Blankety Blank	BBC One/ITV	1979 - 2002	2000 - present
Blockbusters	ITV	1983 - 1993	1997 - present
Bite Size Brainiac	Sky1		2011 - present
Bullseye	ITV	1981 - 1995	2003 - present
Catchphrase	ITV	1986 - 2002	1993 - present
Classic Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	ITV	1998 - present	2004 - present
Dale's Supermarket Sweep	ITV	1993 - 2007	2005 - present
Deal or No Deal	Channel 4	2005 - present	2011 - present
Don't Forget the Lyrics!	Sky1	2008 - 2009	2011 - present
Family Fortunes	ITV	1980 - 2002	1997 - present
Fun House	CITV	1989 - 1999	2009 - present
Gladiators (Original)	ITV	1992 - 2000	1999 - present
Gladiators (Revival)	Sky1	2008 - 2009	2011 - present
Gladiators G-Zone	Sky1		2011 - present
Golden Balls	ITV	2007 - 2009	2009 - present
Guinness World Records Smashed	Sky1	2009	2011 - present
Impact Wrestling	Spike TV (USA)	2005 - present	2011 - present
In It to Win It	BBC One	2002 - present	2009 - present
MXC	Spike TV (USA)	2003 - 2007	2005 - present
Ninja Warrior	TBS (Japan)	1997 - present	2007 - present
Oops TV	Sky1	2009 - 2010	2011 - present
Play Your Cards Right	ITV	1980 - 2003	2002 - present
Pointless	BBC Two/BBC One	2009 - present	2011 - present
Room 101	BBC Two/BBC One	1994 - present	2009 - present
Sell Me the Answer	Sky1	2009 - 2010	2011 - present
Shooting Stars	BBC Two/BBC Choice	1995 - 2011	2008 - present
Take Your Pick	ITV	1992 - 1998	2008 - present
Takeshi's Castle	TBS (Japan)	1986 - 1989	2002 - present
The Crystal Maze	Channel 4	1990 - 1995	1998 - present
The Krypton Factor	ITV	1977 - 2010	1999 - present
The Weakest Link (UK)	BBC One/BBC Two	2000 - 2012	2007 - present
TNA Xplosion	Syndication (USA)	2002 - present	2011 - present
Unbeatable Banzuke	TBS (Japan)	1995 - 2002	2008 - present
Virtual Racing	Sky Bet	2011 - present	2011 - present
Wheel of Fortune	ITV	1988 - 2001	2002 - present
Winning Lines	BBC One	1999 - 2004	2010 - present
Wipeout	BBC One	1994 - 2002	2008 - present
Women of Ninja Warrior	TBS (Japan)	2001 - 2009	2007 - present
World's Strongest Man	Bravo	2009 - 2010	2011 - present
You Bet!	ITV	1988 - 1997	2002 - present

Former programming originally shown by other broadcasters

Name of show	Original channel(s)	Originally aired	When aired by Challenge	Notes
1 vs. 100	BBC One	2006 - 2009	2008 - 2010
15 to 1	Channel 4	1988 - 2003	1998 - 2010
60 Minute Makeover	ITV	2004 - present	2009	The series that Challenge shown in 2009 now airs on Sky Livingit.
100%	Channel 5	1997 - 2001	1998 - 2005
All Clued Up	ITV	1988 - 1991	1993 - 2000
Ballbreakers	GSN (USA)	2005 - 2006	2007
Banzai	E4	2001 - 2004	2006 - 2009	Now airs on 4Music and Dave.
Bargain Hunters	HTV West	2002 - 2004	2004 - 2005
Battle Dome	Syndication (USA)	1999 - 2001	2002 - 2003	It also aired on Bravo.
Beadle's About	ITV	1986 - 1996	1999 - 2007
Better Gardens	ITV	2000	2004 - 2005
Better Homes	ITV	1999 - 2003	2004 - 2005
Big Break	BBC One	1991 - 2002	2006 - 2008
Blind Date	ITV	1985 - 2003	2006
Boot Sale Challenge	ITV	1998 - 2004	2003 - 2005
Brainstorm	BBC One	1988	Unknown
Bragging Rights	OLN (USA)	2003	2004
Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment	Channel 5	1997 - 2000	1998 - 2003
Britain's Worst Driver	Channel 5	2002 - 2003	2008 - 2009
Britain's Worst Celebrity Driver	Channel 5	2003 - 2005	2008 - 2009
Bruce's Price is Right	ITV	1995 - 2001	2002 - 2009
Busman's Holiday	ITV	1985 - 1993	1997 - 1999
Candid Camera	ITV	1960 - 1968	1999 - 2001
Can't Cook, Won't Cook	BBC One	1995 - 2000	2008 - 2010
Carnal Knowledge	ITV	1996 - 1997	1998 - 2003
Cash Cab	ITV	2005 - 2007	2007 - 2009	Now airs on Quest.
Celebrity Blackjack	GSN (USA)	2004 - 2005	2005 - 2006
Celebrity Poker Showdown	Bravo (USA)	2003 - 2006	2004 - 2005
Celebrity Ready Steady Cook	BBC One	1997 - 2003	2008 - 2010
Celebrity Squares	ITV	1993 - 1996	2000 - 2007
Chain Letters	ITV	1987 - 1997	2009 - 2011
Concentration	ITV	1988 - 1990	1997 - 1998
Crackerjack	Children's BBC	1955 - 1984	2002 - 2003
Creative Power Breaking	Broadcaster unknown	2004	2004
Criss Cross Quiz	ITV	1957 - 1967	2001 - 2003
Crosswits	ITV	1985 - 1998	1998 - 2001
Cruel Summer	Trouble	2001 - 2003	2009 - 2010
Distraction (UK)	Channel 4	2003 - 2004	2007 - 2010	Now airs on 4Music.
Distraction (US)	Comedy Central (USA)	2005 - 2006	2007 - 2011
DIY Dads	RTÉ (Ireland)	2004 - 2005	2004
Dog Eat Dog	BBC One	2001 - 2002	2004 - 2008
Don't Try This at Home!	ITV	1998 - 2001	2003 - 2008
Dream Holiday Homes	Channel 5	2003	2004
Dr. Vegas	CBS (USA)	2004	2005
Eggheads	BBC One/BBC Two	2003 - present	2007 - 2011
Extreme Dodgeball	GSN (USA)	2004 - 2005	2005 - 2010
Fear Factor (US)	NBC (USA)	2001 - present	2006 - 2009
Fear Factor (UK)	Sky1	2002 - 2004	2006 - 2009
Fear Factor (Australia)	Nine Network (Australia)	2002	Unknown
Fear Factor (South Africa)	M-Net (South Africa)	Unknown	Unknown	Now airs on The Africa Channel.
Fort Boyard	Channel 5	1998 - 2001	2002 - 2006
Friends Like These	BBC One	1999 - 2003	2005 - 2008
Gagsters	The WB (USA)	2002 - 2004	2009 - 2011
Gambit	ITV	1978 - 1985	Unknown
GamesMaster	Channel 4	1992 - 1998	2003 - 2004
Give Us a Clue	ITV	1984 - 1991	1997 - 2002
Gladiators 2000	Syndication (USA)	1994 - 1996	1999
Global E-Missions	ITV	2001	2002 - 2003
Going for Gold	BBC One	1987 - 1996	2002 - 2007
Going Straight	Broadcaster unknown	Unknown	2004 - 2007
Guinness World Records Primetime	FOX (USA)	1998 - 2001	2003 - 2004
Guinness World Records (UK)	ITV	1999 - 2000	2004 - 2006
Hot Property	Channel 5	1997 - 2003	1999 - 2005
Housebusters	Channel 5	1998 - 2005	2002 - 2003	Still airs on Channel 5.
House of Dreams	A&E (USA)	2004	2004
House Wars	Broadcaster unknown	2003	2004
How Do I Look?	Style Network (USA)	2004 - present	2004	Now airs on the UK version of Style Network.
I Dare You	UPN (USA)	2000	2004 - 2007
Ice Warriors	ITV	1998	2002 - 2004
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! (US)	ABC (USA)	2003	2003 - 2004
Interceptor	ITV	1989 - 1990	2001 - 2010
International King of Sports	Channel 5	2002 - 2004	2004 - 2006
It's a Gift	Broadcaster unknown	1999 - 2001	2002 - 2003
It's a Knockout	BBC One/Channel 5	1966 - 2001	1993 - 2006
It's Anybody's Guess	ITV	2000	2001 - 2002
Iron Chef	Fuji TV (Japan)	1993 - 1999	2003 - 2004
Kenny vs. Spenny	CBC/Showcase (Canada)	2003 - 2010	2004 - 2007	The show has also aired on FX.
King of the Castle	ITV	2001	2001 - 2002
Knightmare	Children's ITV	1987 - 1994	2002 - 2007
Larry Grayson’s Generation Game	BBC One	1978 - 1982	2005 - 2008
London's Hottest Properties	ITV	2004 - 2005	2004	One of the few lifestyle programmes that has aired on Challenge.
Love at First Sight	Sky1	1992	1997 - 1998
Make My Day	E4	2002 - 2003	2004
Mastermind	BBC Two	2003 - present	2007
Merv Griffin's Crosswords	Syndication (USA)	2007 - 2008	2008
Move on Up	Channel 5	1997	1997 - 2001
Murder in Small Town X	FOX (USA)	2001	2003 - 2004
Mystic Challenge	Living	2000	2001 - 2003
Name That Tune	ITV/Channel 5	1976 - 1998	1998 - 2003
New Faces	ITV	1973 - 1988	2002 - 2003
Night Fever	Channel 5	1997 - 2002	2003 - 2004
Oblivious	Spike TV (USA)	2002 - 2004	2004 - 2006
Opportunity Knocks	ITV	1956 - 1978	2002 - 2003
Outdoor Outtakes	OLN (USA)	2003	2004 - 2005	Aired on Challenge under the title "World's Craziest Outdoor Outtakes".
Paradise Hotel	FOX (USA)	2003	2004	An uncensored version of the show was also broadcast.
Password	BBC One	1975 - 1976	199?
Perfect Match	Channel 4	2001 - 2002	2006
Playing Tricks	Trouble	2004	2004	It was also shown on Ftn.
Postcode Challenge	STV	2007 - present	2009 - 2011
Property Rescue	Broadcaster unknown	Unknown	2004	Later aired on Real Estate TV.
Raspberry Tart	HTV West	2000 - 2001	2001 - 2002	Aired on Challenge TV in late 2001/early 2002 and broadcast at 15:00.
Red Handed	ITV	1998	2004	One of the shows that aired as part of Challenge's 'Caught on Camera' strand in 2004.
Robot Wars	BBC Two	1998 - 2003	2007 - 2008
Robotica	TLC (USA)	2001 - 2002	2003 - 2004
RollerJam	Spike (USA)	1999 - 2001	2006 - 2008
Round the Houses	ITV	1998 - 2000	2002 - 2005
Sale of the Century	ITV	1972 - 1983	2002 - 2006
Sky Poker School	Sky Poker	2011	2011	Still airs on Sky Poker.
Simply Irresistible	Broadcaster unknown	1995	1997 - 1999
Small Talk	BBC One	1994 - 1996	2008 - 2010
So You Think You Can Dance?	FOX (USA)	2005 - present	2006 - 2007
Spellbound	Sky1	1994	1997 - 1998
Stars in Their Eyes	ITV	1990 - 2006	1999 - 2008
Sticky Moments	Channel 4	1989 - 1990	1998	Aired on Challenge under the title "Sticky Moments On Tour".
Strike It Lucky	ITV	1986 - 1994	1998 - 2001
Strike It Rich	ITV	1996 - 1999	2001 - 2011
Studs	Syndication (USA)	1991 - 1993	1999 - 2000	It also aired on Sky1.
Surprise Chefs	ITV	1994 - 2001	2001 - 2002
Survivor	CBS (USA)	2000 - present	2003 - 2004
SWAG	Channel 5	2002 - 2004	2004 - 2006
Take a Letter	Living	1997	1999 - 2003
Teen Win, Lose or Draw	ITV	1993	1996 - 1997
Telly Addicts	BBC One	1985 - 1998	2000 - 2003
The $64,000 Question	ITV	1990 - 1993	1997 - 1998
The Adventure Game	BBC Two	1980 - 1986	2002 - 2004
The All New Mr. and Mrs. Show	Living	1995 - 1996	1999 - 2001
The Amazing Race	CBS (USA)	2001 - present	2007 - 2010
The Biggest Loser UK	Living	2005 - 2006	2009
The Casino	FOX (USA)	2004	2004
The Desert Forges	Channel 5	2001	2002 - 2006
The Golden Shot	ITV	1967 - 1974	2002 - 2006
The Heat is On	Carlton Food Network	Unknown	2003
The Last Resort	ABC Family (USA)	2002 - 2003	2003 - 2004
The Mole (US)	ABC (USA)	2001 - 2008	2003 - 2004
The Moment of Truth	ITV	1998 - 2001	2003 - 2009
The Other Half	BBC One	1997 - 2001	2002 - 2003
The People Versus	ITV	2000 - 2002	2007 - 2010
The Price is Right	ITV	2006 - 2007	2009 - 2011
The Pyramid Game	ITV	1981 - 1990	1993 - 1998
The Weakest Link (US)	NBC (USA)	2001 - 2002	2005
Through the Keyhole	ITV/Sky1/BBC One	1987 - 2008	1993 - 2009
Treasure Hunt	Channel 4	1982 - 1989	1993 - 2003
TV Bloopers	ABC (USA)	1998 - 2004	2004 - 2005	Aired on Challenge under the title "Celebrity TV Bloopers".
Under Offer	ITV	1998 - 2001	2001 - 2004
Under Pressure	Channel 5	2001	2001 - 2002
We Are the Champions!	BBC One	1973 - 1995	2002 - 2003
What's My Line?	ITV	1994 - 1996	2002 - 2003
Whittle	Channel 5	1997 - 1998	1998 - 2003
Who Dares Wins	Seven Network (Australia)	1996 - 1998	2003 - 2004
Whose Line is it Anyway? (US)	ABC (USA)	1998 - 2007	2005	Now airs on 5USA.
Win, Lose or Draw	ITV	1990 - 1998	2007 - 2008
Win My Wage	Channel 4	2007	2009 - 2011
Winner Takes All	ITV	1975 - 1988	2002 - 2004
Without Prejudice?	Channel 4	2003 - 2004	2003 - 2005
Your Face or Mine?	E4	2002 - 2003	2008 - 2011	Now airs on 4Music.

Upcoming content

• UK's Strongest Man 2011 - starts 21 November at 10pm^[5]
• The World Strongman Masters 2011 - starts 19 December at 11pm^[6]
• Blockbusters - New series, coming in 2012^[7]

List of presenters and continuity announcers

Here is a list of the people who have presented or announced the programmes on Challenge over the years:

Presenters

• Andy Crane (1996-1998) - First appeared in the Family Challenge Weekend strand in 1996, and went on to present Prize Time in 1997. He also presented Say the Word that same year.
• Andrea Boardman (1997-1998) - The channel's first female presenter.
• Carryl Varley (1997-2002) - Launched Challenge Late in 1998, and went on to present The Games Room in 1999 and the iPlay strand in 2000. She also presented Game Central in 2002.
• Colin Murnane (1998-2001)
• Kevin Duala (1997-2001) - Presented both Prize Time and The Games Room.
• Lisa Rogers (1999-2001) - Presented The Games Room.
• Pat Sharp (1997-199?)
• Sonya Saul (1999-2000) - Also presented The Games Room.
• Toby Anstis (2000-2001) - Presented iPlay.
• Question Mark (1997-199?) - Presented Prize Time. He also took part in the channel's first original production, Karaoke Challenge.

Continuity announcers

• Mark Ryes (2004-2011)
• Trish Bertram (1999-2000)

List of themed strands on Challenge

Here is a list of the strands that Challenge has used over the years:

• Best of British (2007/8)
• Brain Buzz (2004)
• Breakfast Action (2007)
• Caught on Camera (2004)
• Cult Selection (2002/3)
• Fully Loaded (2007)
• Gameshow Gods (2004/6)
• Japanese Christmas Cracker (2003)
• Japanorama (2004)
• Morning Mayhem (2009)
• Old School Saturdays (2005)
• Quiz Frenzy (2006)
• Sushi Sundays (2005)
• Teatime Takedown (2005)
• Threesomes (2006/7)

References

1. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-13966243.html
2. ^ Sweney, Mark (15 September 2010). "BSkyB to close Bravo and Channel One". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/15/bravo-channel-one-bdkyb. Retrieved 15 September 2010. 
3. ^ "BARB reported channels". overnights.tv. 17 January 2011. http://www.overnights.tv/public/content/News.aspx. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "TNA set for Freeview". The Sun. 25 January 2011. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/3371065/TNA-set-for-Freeview.html. 
5. ^ http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/Challenge/21+November+2011/22:00/UK%27s+Strongest+Man+2011/Sport/
6. ^ http://www.challenge.co.uk/news/coming-up-on-challenge.html
7. ^ http://www.challenge.co.uk/news/tv-quiz-show-blockbusters-is-back.html

External links

Challenge.co.uk Challenge's channel on YouTube

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