1001 Things You Should Know
Host
Broadcast
Thames Scotland for Channel 4, 12 November 2012 to 31 May 2013 (60 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
Channel 4's press office wrote, "Players are asked questions we should all know the answers to - with the questions posed by experts, including some of Channel 4's best known faces. But [do] the players know what they should know and win the prize pot?"
To translate from Pressofficese into standard English: three contestants are asked simple questions by Channel 4 celebrities. If they get them right, they play more difficult questions to win money. Get the starters wrong and they risk leaving with nothing. The daily champion returns for the following show.
Inventor
According to the press release, developed by the Thames Scotland development team, led by Gail Harman
Trivia
Even before it began, 1001 Things was courting controversy; it went out at 3.30pm, pushing Countdown back to a 2.40 start.