Sale of the Century (British game show)
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Sale of the Century was a British game show based on a US game show of the same name. It was first shown on ITV from 9 October 1971 to 6 November 1983, hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Special Celebrity Sale of the Century editions aired occasionally, starting on 2 January 1981 with Steve Jones as host.
Sale of the Century | |
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Genre | Game show |
Created by | Al Howard |
Presented by | Nicholas Parsons (1971–1983) Steve Jones (1981 celebrity special) Peter Marshall (1989–1991) Keith Chegwin (1997) |
Voices of | Peter Marshall (1971–1972) John Benson (1972–1983) Mitch Johnson (1989) Martin Buchanan (1989–1991) Robin Houston (1997) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 11 (ITV)[1] 1 (Sky Channel) 1 (Challenge TV) |
No. of episodes | 411 (ITV)[1] ??? (Sky Channel) ??? (Challenge TV) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production companies | Anglia (1971–1983) Reg Grundy Productions (1989–1991, 1998) |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 9 October 1971 (1971-10-09) – 6 November 1983 (1983-11-06) |
Network | Sky One |
Release | 6 March 1989 (1989-03-06) – 3 October 1991 (1991-10-03) |
Network | Challenge TV |
Release | 3 February 1997 (1997-02-03) – 1998 (1998) |
Related | |
Sale of the Century |
The first series was aired only in the Anglia region, but it rolled out to other regions by 8 January 1972 and achieved full national coverage by 10 May 1975, at which point it was one of the most popular shows on the network – spawning the often-mocked introductory phrase "And now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week". Since Norwich was considered a backwater compared to London, it was often used ironically.
It has been revived twice: first on Sky Channel from 6 February 1989 to 3 October 1991 hosted by Peter Marshall and then on Challenge TV from 3 February to 29 August 1997 hosted by Keith Chegwin.