Quizmania

Hosts

Debbie King
Greg Scott
Chuck Thomas
Lee Baldry
Nigel Mitchell
Kirsty Duffy (Cruel Winter winner)
Lee Clark
Tim Lichfield
Lottie Mayor
Lee Clark
Stuart Headlam (stand-in)

Broadcast

Sky Digital channel 277, 2005

Produced by Fremantle Media for ITV1, 12th August 2005 to 14th January 2007

Synopsis

Yet another premium rate puzzle phone-in. This one did at least try to entertain at the same time as inflating your phone bill, and could almost be considered cult viewing on the evenings Greg Scott was on.

Inventors

Debbie King, Chuck Thomas and Simone Thorogood

Trivia

In January 2007, Ofcom found that ITV Play (broadcasting the Quizmania programme) was in breach of the Broadcasting Code over a quiz about items found in a woman's handbag. After only seven of the 13 prizes had been won, the remaining answers included "balaclava" and "rawl plugs". Ofcom found ITV Play in breach of rule 2.11 of the broadcasting code, which states that "competitions should be conducted fairly".

Quizmania was once namechecked in Doctor Who. That'll confuse the US audience.

Videos

Now the objective of phone-in quiz shows is to call up and give an answer that might actually win you some money, isn't it?

The final edition of QM ended with a farewell montage, a reminder to us all that Quizmania was...allright.

Feedback