- Night Fever (TV series)
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Night Fever Genre Panel Game, Music Presented by Suggs Country of origin United Kingdom Language(s) English No. of episodes 132 Production Producer(s) Richard Hearsey
Dave Morley
Mark SidawayRunning time 60 mins Production company(s) Grundy Productions
(1997-2001)
Thames Television
(2001-2002)Broadcast Original channel Channel 5 Picture format 4:3 (1997–2000)
16:9 (2000–2002)Original run 5 April 1997 – 16 February 2002Night Fever was a karaoke style panel game show airing in the United Kingdom on Channel 5. It was hosted by Suggs and in the early series he was helped by 'The Big Guy in the Sky' - a disembodied voice giving the scores, and later by 'Wolfie' - John Ireland dressed as Mozart. Later series were co-hosted by Will Mellor and Sarah Cawood replaced later by Kieron Elliott and Danielle Nicholls. The programme often had themed shows such as Valentine's Day.
Format
Two panels of celebrities faced a boys verses girls singing contest together with quiz questions and interaction from the audience. Special guest stars made appearances as well - these included Gary Numan, Labi Siffre and Limahl from Kajagoogoo. The format was re-developed from the French show - La Fureur de Samedi Soir hosted and devised by Artur - by Richard Hearsey who produced the show for Channel 5.
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Categories:- 1990s British television series
- 1997 television series debuts
- 2002 television series endings
- 1997 in British television
- Channel 5 (UK) television programmes
- Panel games
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