Shows that people forget or get lost in time

I always found the presenters' despair far more amusing than the "gossip".

I doubt many people minded, though, because of Helen and the theme tune.



Of course, following "0898-gate" (copyright UKGameshows.com), Quiz Call was "picked by the fickle finger of fate to survive" (also copyright UKGameshows.com) - filling the early hours of Channel 5's weekend schedules for another two years.

And by the time C5 switched to SuperCasino, Quiz Call's owners had started producing Brain Box for UTV, which lasted until February 2011. They wouldn't give up, would they?

(Although Brain Box *was* hosted by the lovely Carmel Thomas and the even lovelier Danielle Fearnon - both of Sit-Up fame, lest we forget - so it wasn't all bad. )

Quiz Call probably only survived more because Channel 4 sold it and got out not long before everything in that genre of programming went totally belly up. It later left the EPG not longer after Channel 4 sold it but Channel 5 wanted a schedule filler as above. If it had been left with Channel 4 it would probably have just been closed when Ofcom's investigation was announced, though it didn't stop Channel 4 having to ultimately apologise for the channel's behaviour.



Ostrich Media, which created Quiz Call, was ultimately sold to iTouch who were later bought by UTV.



Well they're here tonight. Please welcome Carmel Thomas and Danielle Fearnon to the stage

It's amazing how many of those late night phone in quiz shows there were around 2006/7 and as soon as the premium rate phone in scandal was broke. All gone in a flash.

I used to have them on in the background when I was on my computer because I never slept during my teenage years. As sad as that sounds....I remember Glitterball and The Mint mostly.

Of course Quizmania is the one everyone remembers but despite being better than most, and actually entertaining, it got tarred with the worst of them due to rawlplugs-gate.

We all keep rawlplugs and balacavas in our handbags though, who knows when there's emergency DIY that needs doing, or when we impulse decide to rob a bank?

For ten years, Yorkshire television produced the monthly documentary strand, "First Tuesday". It went out after news at ten, on the first Tuesday of every month, hence the title. Replaced in September 1993, partly, with Network First.

Presented by Olivia O'Leary, who I see is still working for RTÉ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_O%27Leary

Great way to spend Saturday morning, trawling through this thread.


Yes, loved this show. It's a shame there's not of CBBC oldies on YouTube like The Biz and Out of Tune!

Come on, come on, come on, come on. (Those with a good memory will know what i'm aluding to).

Come on, come on, come on, come on. (Those with a good memory will know what i'm aluding to).

Those who don't...

I think the biggest scam about those phone-in quizzes was the pretence that there was nobody calling in, thus encouraging people to feel as if they were the only person to figure the answer out.

I know people here have a lot of love for some of the personalities involved, but let’s not forget the fact that these shows were fundamentally making money dishonestly, and usually from people who weren’t necessarily savvy with what they were doing.