Contestant Calls
Want to be on TV to win lots of cash, have the holiday of a lifetime, test your knowledge, or generally make a prat of yourself? This is the page to help you do just that. See below for the current opportunities available.
PRODUCERS: If you wish to place an advert here, please refer to our Producer Information page.
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Special calls
This section contains specific adverts placed by producers who have contacted this website. When applying for a programme, please let them know you saw their appeal on UKGameshows.com - thanks!
Going for Gold
FIVE and FreemantleMedia are bringing back the legendary Going for Gold, and we want you to be involved! If you're good at General Knowledge and would love the chance to win cash on a live daily quiz show, then this is for you!
The show will be made at our studios in central London and the host will be award-winning TV presenter, John Suchet. The show will be on screen from mid-October and will have an initial run of three months. If successful, its run will be extended.
Each show will start with four contestants, and through a series of three rounds we will have a winner who receives a cash prize. They will also be able to return on the next show to defend their title.
Auditions are being held NOW throughout the country so apply now by sending an email to goingforgold@talkbackthames.tv.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have previously applied for 'New Live Quiz Show for Five' - this is the same programme so you do not need to apply twice!
Deadline: 19/12/2008
Show type: Series
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Partly
Chefs in the City
Hamma & Glamma productions are looking for amateur cooks to take part in a brand new show for UKTV Food. Do you make a particular meal better than anyone? Have you dicovered the secret to an unbeatable shepherd's pie? Or maybe you've invented a totally unique recipe? If you'd like to meet the experts and try your skills in a professional kitchen, or know someone who'd love the challenge, we want to hear from you! We are looking for contributors who are non professional cooks who have a very special dish. We also want to know something about your background.
Please contact cooks@hammaglamma.com for an application form.
Deadline: 10th Oct 2008
Show type: Series
Interview expenses paid?: Partly
Show expenses paid?: Yes
Interview cities: Edinburgh, Leeds, London
The QI Test
The makers of the popular comedy panel show QI are happy to announce that they are developing a new daytime version of the show. To that end they would love to hear from interested members of the public who would like the chance to appear as contestants. All those who are keen to show off their love of trivia, urban myth and fact for facts sake should apply here!
We are currently looking for contestants who are happy to appear in our development run-thru's in September and in our studio pilot in October.
For more information and an application form please contact Willy Norton at the following email address: william.norton@talkbackthames.tv
Legal notice: please note that any offer of an opportunity to participate is subject to written contract.
Deadline: 30/09/09
Show type: Pilot
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Partly
Interview cities: London
Eggheads
The hit BBC quiz show is back for an 9th series & we're looking for fun teams of 6 to take on our resident General Knowledge Goliaths! We will be coming to a city near you soon to hold auditions!
If you and your family, friends or colleagues would like to challenge "The Eggheads", and possibly win BIG MONEY contact us NOW!
Visit www.12yard.com/eggheads to fill out an application form online.
Alternatively you can email: eggheads@12yard.com
Deadline: 1st July 2008
Show type: Series
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Partly
Interview cities: UK cities
Deal or No Deal
We've had a number of enquiries about how to get onto this very popular show. It seems that they have all the contestants that they need for the moment. The best thing to do is watch the show regularly, they do put contestant calls on air very occasionally. Sorry!
General information
FOR ALL BBC SHOWS
A general email address for contestants enquiries for BBC ONLY entertainment programmes is: entertainmentcontestants@bbc.co.uk
CHANNEL 4 SHOWS
Specific contestant calls are regularly posted at www.channel4.com/takepart.
Fill in the online application form or write to:
Contestant Applications Bargain Hunt PO Box 229 Bristol BS99 7JN
See: http://www.channel4.co.uk/bigbrother/
To apply to be on the show, you must ask for an application form by writing to:
Best of Friends Talent TV Ltd. Lion House 72-75 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4NA
The application form for Countdown is now available online (Microsoft Word format only).
Alternatively, you can get a form sent to you by emailing countdown@channel4.com or writing to Damian Eadie or Michael Wylie at:
Countdown The Television Centre Leeds West Yorkshire LS3 1JS
Or call (0113) 2228453 or 09011 252566.
For audience tickets, call Annette Johnson on (0113) 2228457.
Deal or No Deal is not currently seeking contestants. Sorry! Keep watching the show to see if this situation changes.
E-mail entertain@liontv.co.uk or phone 020 8846 2118 (calls charged at standard rate).
Fill in the online application form or write to:
Masterchef Goes Large PO Box 50405 London W8 4XF
Prospective contenders can fill in the online application form or write to:
Mastermind Room 4012 New Broadcasting House Oxford Road MANCHESTER M60 1SJ
For Mastermind Cymru, full details of how to apply are on the show's webpage.
This show is no longer in production.
Send a self-addressed envelope with your details to:
Ready Steady Cook PO Box 32678 LONDON W14 0YJ
You can also contact the show via their email address: readysteadycook@endemoluk.com
This programme is no longer in production.
If you're over 16 and wish to apply, email sweep@talkbackthames.tv
Appeals for people to take part in the studio are posted on the BBC Test the Nation site and an application form can be downloaded from there.
Email universitychallenge@bbc.co.uk.
Only teams from degree-issuing institutions may apply for the main series, but the same address can also be used for applications to University Challenge: The Professionals.
Send an email to weakestlink@bbc.co.uk or write to FREEPOST, THE WEAKEST LINK.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?:
A web application form, and details of other ways of applying, can be found at the ITV Millionaire site.
