The 64,000 Question

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-	== Host ==	+
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-	[[Jerry Desmonde|Jerry Desmond]]	+
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-	Robin Bailey (''The 64,000 Challenge'')	+
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-	== Broadcast ==	+
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-	''64,000 Question'': ATV, 19 May 1956 to 18 January 1958 (80 episodes)	+
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-	''64,000 Challenge'': ATV, 15 June 1957 to 31 August 1957 (7 episodes)	+
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-	== Synopsis ==	+
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-	A phenomenally successful version of the American original, which ran live every week and helped cement the new ITV's place as Britain's favourite channel.	+
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-	Contestants would choose a specialist subject, and answer questions of increasing value - a single question on their subject for 100 and 500, a two-part question for 1000 and 2000, three parts for 4000, four for 8000, five parts for 16,000, six for 32,000, and a question of no fewer than seven parts for the 64,000 top prize.	+
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-	With each contestant returning on up to six shows, audience interest built to a frenzy, or the 1950s equivalent.	+
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-	In summer 1957, the most successful contestants to date faced ''The 64,000 Challenge''. Members of the public would challenge them head-to-head on their specialist subjects for cash prizes.	+
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-	== Music ==	+
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-	By Jerry Allen and his TV Trio, who were ATV's house band and also provided the music for [[Dotto]], among other shows.	+
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-	Based on [[The 64,000 Dollar Question|The $64,000 Question]]	+
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-	== Trivia ==	+
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-	The original prize was 64,000 sixpences (£1,600), doubling late in 1956 to 64,000 shillings (£3,200).	+
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-	Actor Bruce Seton, who played the title role of the 1955 ITV drama ''Fabian of Scotland Yard'', was the "Guardian of the Questions" for the original version.	+
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-	[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz|64,000 Question, The]]	+
-	[[Category:Specialist Subjects Quiz|64,000 Question, The]]	+

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