If I Ruled the World (game show)
- If I Ruled the World (game show)
"If I Ruled the World" is a television show aired in the United Kingdom in 1998. It was a comedy panel game show, similar to "Have I Got News For You" but focused on parodying the behaviour of politicians. Rounds included answering questions without using the words 'Yes' or 'No', and finding reasons to disagree with policies proposed by the other team, no matter how sensible. The winning team was chosen each week by a vote of the studio audience. The show was named after the 1960s theatre song "If I Ruled the World".
Tim Brooke-Taylor appeared as a guest in one episode, and during the game "I Couldn't Disagree More" he proposed that it was high time The Goodies episodes were repeated. Graeme Garden was obliged by the rules of the game to refute this statement, and replied "I couldn't disagree more...it was time to repeat them ten, fifteen years ago." This was followed by uproarious applause from the studio audience.
The show was presented by Clive Anderson. Graeme Garden and Jeremy Hardy were regular team captains (their teams were, respectively, the Blue Party and the Red Party). Guests included Mark Steel, Rebecca Front and Andy Hamilton. It was produced by Hat Trick Productions.
ee also
*Parlamentet, the long running Swedish version of the game show
External links
* [http://www.ukgameshows.com/index.php/If_I_Ruled_the_World... UK Gameshows Page: "If I Ruled The World..."]
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