Show Me the Money (UK game show)

Infobox television
show_name = Show Me The money


caption = The opening scene of "Show Me The Money".
genre = Gameshow
picture_format = PAL (576i)
runtime = 30 min.
country = UK
language = English
network = Channel 4
first_aired = September 6 1999
last_aired = November 17 2000
num_series = 2
imdb_id = 0264299

Show Me The Money was a live afternoon gameshow presented by Louise Noel (with the exception of three shows presented by Alice Beer when Louise was ill) which aired on Channel 4 in the UK and ran for 2 seasons from Monday to Friday between 6 September 1999 and 17 November 2000. It was produced by Princess Productions

The show won the prestigious accolade of Royal Television Society Daytime Show of the Year.

ynopsis

The premise of the game was for teams to make as much money as possible from an imaginary £100,000 on the Stock Market by the end of the season. There were 5 active teams at any point, each having a day of the week to show their imaginary portfolios and state what they were buying and selling. If a team ever had below £90,000 in their imaginary pot at the beginning of their show they were kicked off and a new team brought in to replace them.

Each team consisted of 3 members of the public with little or no knowledge of the Stock Exchange. An expert in the market called Tom Winnifrith was on hand to give the teams advise with their portfolio. Prior to deciding on what they would buy or sell a Managing Director of a business listed on the Stock Exchange would come on and give a 60 second pitch to the team.

There was an online game section open to the public during the show which had a £10,000 prize each day.

Format

The show was very slick with lots of graphical representations of the Stock Exchange presented in real time. You would often see a teams stock go up or down as the show went on. Tom Winnifrith had a strong understanding of many of the companies chosen by the team and would give out facts and trivia at an easily understood level. Louise Noel would have informal chats to the teams and the Managing Director guests which brought a comfortable and accessible angle to the show.

Trivia

Details of the shares used within the show had to be withheld from TV listings as some traders were making profits by investing in them prior to the show airing.

Tom Winnifrith is now the Editor of t1ps.com

Louise Noel (now Louise Cleveland) recently completed her training at Highcliffe School, Dorset,to become a teacher.

External links

* [http://www.rts.org.uk/servedoc.asp?filename=AWARDS1%2Epdf 'Royal Television Society list of awards'] - PDF of every award given by the RTS
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264299/ 'IMDB page'] - Show Me The Money on Imdb
* [http://www.princesstv.com/programmes/individual/smtm.htm 'Princess Productions SMTM page']
* [http://www.channel4.com/community/showcards/S/Show_Me_The_Money_-_Louise.html 'Webchat log with Louise Noel'] - Channel 4 log 1
* [http://www.channel4.com/community/showcards/S/Show_Me_The_Money_-_Louise_Noel.html 'Webchat log with Louise Noel'] - Channel 4 log 2