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| + | <pick>'''Call My Bluff''' - This [[Call My Bluff|popular bluffing game]] was based on the US radio game show ''Says You!''</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Canned''' - Any artificial effects used to improve the perceived audience response, such as "canned laughter" and "canned applause".</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Caption''' - A computer graphic overlay on the main television picture to present additional explanatory information, such as names, scores, questions etc. Also called an Aston or Chyron, after popular brands of captioning machine.</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Celebrity Squares''' - Prizes on the first series of [[Celebrity Squares]] included holidays to Romania, carpets and washing machines. The 18-foot high game board cost £22,000 to build (£130k in today’s money).</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Chestnut''' - An oft-repeated quiz question, such as "What is the longest river in the world?"</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Cliff-hanger''' - An outcome that is uncertain up to the very end. In television terms, it usually refers to a delicate position where the game could go either way at the end of an episode, meaning that the audience will have to tune in to the start of the next episode to see the outcome. Cliff-hangers can be used to straddle advertisement breaks too.</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Compliance''' - The process of complying with all relevant regulations set down by safety authorities, the government and other watchdogs. The burden of compliance ultimately lies with the producer. Compliance is a big issue in the US since the 1950s quiz show scandals.</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Consolation prize''' - A prize of symbolic or material worth given to contestants who have lost the game. Consolation prizes in past UK game shows include a dictionary, an umbrella, a dustbin and a mug tree!</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Copyright''' - Ideas for game shows do not attract copyright. Even if you were to write down the format in great detail, the amount of legal protection you would attract would be minimal.</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Countdown''' - Their number picking computer is called CECIL after [[Cecil Korer]]. It stands for ''[[Countdown]]'s Electronic Computer in Leeds''.</pick> | ||
| + | <pick>'''Crystal Maze''' - The theme tune for [[The Crystal Maze]] is called ''Forcefield''.</pick> | ||
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== Shows == | == Shows == | ||
Revision as of 19:19, 5 June 2006
C is for... Copyright - Ideas for game shows do not attract copyright. Even if you were to write down the format in great detail, the amount of legal protection you would attract would be minimal.
Shows
| Title | Genre |
| Cabbages and Kings | Panel game |
| Caledonia MacBrains | Comedy panel game |
| Call My Bluff | Panel game |
| Camigram | |
| Can Do | |
| Cannon and Ball's Casino | Family game show |
| Can't Cook, Won't Cook | Lifestyle |
| Can't Sing Singers | Variety |
| Can We Still be Friends? | Dating show |
| Car Booty | Lifestyle |
| Car Hunt | Lifestyle |
| Car Sharks | Lifestyle |
| Carnal Knowledge | Quiz, themed (sex) |
| The Carrot or the Stick | Reality |
| Carry On Campus | Quiz, academic |
| Casino Casino | |
| Cash Cab | Quiz, general knowledge |
| Cash Lounge | Puzzle |
| Casting Couch | Comedy panel game (celebrity gossip) |
| Catchphrase | Puzzle |
| Catchword | Puzzle |
| Caught in the Act | |
| CCTV | Stunt/dare show |
| Celebdaq | |
| Celebrities Under Pressure | Family game show |
| Celebrity Addicts | Quiz, themed (celebrities) |
| Celebrity Fit Club | Lifestyle |
| The Celebrity Game | |
| Celebrity Love Island | Reality |
| Celebrity Mastermind | Quiz, general knowledge |
| Celebrity Poker Club | Sports |
| Celebrity Ready Steady Cook | Lifestyle |
| Celebrity Spelling Bee | Quiz, themed (spelinge) |
| Celebrity Squares | Family game show |
| Celebrity Wrestling | Sports, reality |
| Chained | Dating show |
| Chain Letters | Puzzle |
| The Chair | Quiz, general knowledge |
| The Challenge | |
| Challenge Anneka | Action/adventure |
| Challenge of a Lifetime | Stunt/dare show |
| Challenge of the South | Quiz, general knowledge |
| Channel One Quiz | Quiz |
| The Charm Offensive | |
| Chasing Time | Action/adventure |
| Chef V Britain | Lifestyle |
| Cheggers Plays Pop | Childrens |
| Child's Play | Family game show |
| Class of... | Quiz, themed (nostalgia) |
| Classic Comeback | Quiz, themed (television nostalgia) |
| Clever Creatures | Childrens |
| Clipjoint | Comedy panel game (pop video) |
| Clockwise | Childrens |
| The Club | |
| Cluedo | Board game conversion |
| Coach Trip | Lifestyle, reality |
| Codex | Action/adventure |
| Combat | Action/adventure |
| Combat Cars | Technological |
| Come and Have a Go If You Think You're Smart Enough | Quiz, general knowledge |
| Come Dancing | Variety |
| Come Dine with Me | Lifestyle |
| The Comedy Quiz | Radio panel game |
| Come Fly with Me | Action/adventure |
| Commando VIP | Action Adventure |
| Commercial Break | Quiz, themed (advertising) |
| Commuter Quiz | Puzzle |
| Concentration | Puzzle |
| Confessions | Stunt/dare show |
| Connections | Quiz, general knowledge |
| Connections | Quiz, general knowledge |
| Connoisseur | Quiz, themed (art) |
| Consequently | |
| The Con Test | (see: Poker Face) |
| The Cooler | Quiz, general knowledge |
| Countdown | Puzzle |
| Countdown (music quiz) | (see: Pop the Question) |
| Counterpoint | Radio quiz, themed (music) |
| Crackerjack | Childrens |
| The Cram | Quiz, themed (current affairs) |
| Crazy Comparisons | Panel game |
| Crazy Cottage | Childrens |
| Crazy Drivers | Quiz, themed (motoring) |
| Crime Team | Lifestyle |
| Crisis Command: Could You Run the Country? | Puzzle |
| Criss Cross Quiz | Quiz, general knowledge |
| Cross Combat | Childrens |
| Crosswits | Puzzle |
| Crossword on 2 | Puzzle |
| Cruel Summer et al | Stunt/dare show |
| Crush | Childrens |
| Crush a Grape | Childrens |
| Cryer's Crackers | Panel game |
| Cryptogram | Puzzle |
| The Crystal Maze | Action/adventure |
| Cuckoo in the Nest | Panel game |
| Cyberzone | Action/adventure |
