Big Game TV
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Revision as of 22:47, 15 March 2007
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Host
Various
Co-hosts
Announcer: Alan Dedicoat
Broadcast
On Sky Digital, sometimes simulcast on ITV2 overnight
Synopsis
Yet another channel offering cash prizes in an attempt to entice us to call their premium-rate number. This particular example is a bit more structured than the freeform style of other quiz channels, as a particular theme runs through each hour (for example, Big Event asks you to name the year that certain events occurred; Big Money is based on guessing the auction price of antiques and collectables; Big Bluff is basically a one-person version of Call My Bluff, etc). Believed to involve Timmy Mallett.
On 19 May 2006, officers from the Fraud Squad raided the offices of the channel after a Radio 4 investigation found that receptionists were told to ignore all incoming calls for long periods of time while 150-200 calls per minute were clocked up at 75p a time. Charges of fraud were dropped in late December 2006. The police said there had been no evidence of any act of criminality and the matter was left with OFCOM to consider any regulatory matters.
Trivia
At the time of the fraud raid, Big Game TV had been producing a series for ITV Play called The Daily Quiz. After the raids, ITV severed ties with Big Game TV and axed the programme immediately.
Web links
- Big Game TV website
- The allegations regarding Big Game TV were published as part of a Parliamentary inquiry into the sector: 1 2
