Greatest Game Shows
Polls and voting are all very well, but how do people vote with their feet? No, not by holding pencils between their toes, but by visiting the various nooks and crannies that make up the conurbation of UKGameshowsopolis.
Our backroom boys and girls have been re-programming CECIL to come up with the most popular pages on this site. And, after poring through yards of ticker tape, this is what we've come up with - a list of the top 100 shows based on what you lot are actually reading.
The Top 100
The Top 100 is an alphabetical list of the Greatest Game Shows, as measured by visits to the UKGameshows website since July 2006, up to the end of 2024. It reflects searches on our website, visits from dedicated search engines, and links from other web pages.
| The Adventure Game | Dragons and an aspidistra set taxing puzzles. |
| The Apprentice | Blockbuster business contest. |
| Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? | Primary-school children help adults win money |
| Ask the Family | Perennial smarty-pants quiz. Dah! |
| Banzai | Off-the-wall betting show. Bet now! |
| Bargain Hunt | Antiques arbitrage with David Dickinson and Tim Wonnacott. |
| Big Break | Snooker-based quiz with Jim Davidson. |
| Big Brother | Early 21st century isolation reality show. |
| Blankety Blank | How did Spike Milligan fill in the blank? |
| Blind Date | Cilla Black goes in search of true love, or not. |
| Blockbusters | "I'll have a P please, Bob." |
| Brain of Britain | Radio's ultimate quiz challenge. |
| Britain's Got Talent | Simon, Amanda, and The Hoff find the new Jai. |
| Britain's Worst Driver | An unexpected appearance for the Channel 5 motoring challenge. |
| Bullseye | Darts-based quiz with Jim Bowen. |
| Call My Bluff | Definitions of words we've never heard of. |
| Catchphrase | Roy Walker says what he sees. |
| Celebrity Squares | Noughts-and-crosses with celebrities saying "I agree!" |
| Chain Letters | Eminently playalongable change-a-letter game. |
| The Chase | Bradley Walsh and a cast of quiz champions. |
| Coach Trip | Surprisingly popular travelogue/vote-off show combo. |
| Come Dine with Me | If the cookery doesn't appeal, there's always the commentary. |
| Countdown | Letters and numbers parlour game with |
| Crackerjack | Friday at 4.55pm entertainment for youngsters. |
| The Cube | Big money physical challenges in a giant box. |
| The Crystal Maze | Physical and mental challenges with Riff-Raff. |
| Dancing on Ice | ITV celebrities dance and fall over with Torvill and Dean. |
| Deal or No Deal | Noel Edmonds' big-money guessing game. |
| Dragons' Den | Small businesses bid for the bigtime. |
| Eggheads | Are these people the best general knowledge quizzers in Britain? |
| Eurovision Song Contest | Annual song-and-dance spectacular. |
| Family Fortunes | Name a show where people are surveyed... |
| Finders Keepers (2) | Children's battleships with Richard Stilgoe. |
| Fifteen-to-One | The Rolls-Royce of quiz shows. |
| Fort Boyard | Physical and mental challenges off the coast of France. |
| Fun House | Pat Sharp has some children round to his house. |
| The Generation Game | Bruce Forsyth gives people silly things to do. |
| Get Your Own Back | Children take revenge on a parent or teacher. |
| Give Us a Clue | Charades with Una Stubbs and Lionel Blair. |
| Gladiators | All-action physical challenges with Ulrika and Wolf. |
| Going for Gold | Henry Kelly asks questions to puzzled Europeans. |
| Golden Balls | Big-money bluff and bluster with Jasper Carrot. |
| The Great British Bake Off | Bread, biscuits, buns, and plenty of innuendo. |
| Great British Menu | Up-and-coming pro chefs show off their skills. |
| The Golden Shot | Live crossbows in a television studio. |
| Have I Got News for You | Topical quiz with Paul Merton, Ian Hislop, and a guest presenter. |
| I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! | Ant and Dec ask celebs to eat witchety grubs. |
| I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | A panel is given silly things to do. |
| In It to Win It | Dale Winton rewards those in the right place at the right time. |
| Interceptor | Man in black fires remote control at yuppies with cash on their backs. |
| It's a Knockout | Stuart Hall laughs as the Belgians fall over. |
| Jeopardy! | The classic US answer-with-a-question format, occasionally tried out over here. |
| Jungle Run | Children's challenges set in a jungle. |
| Just a Minute | Durable motormouth panel game. |
| Knightmare | Fantasy quest for young adventurers. |
| The Krypton Factor | Seminal test to find the United Kingdom Superperson. |
| Love at First Sight | Surprisingly popular satellite dating show. |
| Man O Man | The dating show Chris Tarrant might rather we forgot. |
| Masterchef Goes Large | Revival of the competitive cookery programme. |
| Mastermind | Two minutes in the black chair on a specialist subject. |
| The Million Pound Drop Live | Money makes the drops go down... |
| Mr and Mrs | How well do you know your wife? |
| Naked Jungle | Keith Chegwin and naturists play some games. |
| Name That Tune | Tom O'Connor invites people to name popular tunes. |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Pop music comedy quiz. |
| Noel's House Party | Saturday night shenanigans with Mr Blobby. |
| 1 vs 100 | Can one person know more than a hundred-strong mob? |
| Opportunity Knocks | Long-running talent-spotting show |
| Play Your Cards Right | Is the next card higher or lower, asks Brucie. |
| Pointless | The "Family Fortunes in reverse" game. |
| PokerFace | Million-pound bluffing game with Ant and Dec. |
| Popmaster | Ken Bruce's long-running music knowledge test, now on TV too! |
| The Price is Right | Know the price of consumer durables. |
| A Question of Sport | Sportspeople answer questions about their sport. |
| Raven | Outdoor tests for young warriors. |
| Ready Steady Cook | Make a meal in 20 minutes. |
| Robot Wars | Remote-controlled battle tanks beat each other up. |
| Runaround | Mike Reid gets kids to choose correct answers and shout a lot. |
| Sale of the Century | Nicholas Parsons flogs the entire country for twelve quid. |
| Saturday Night Takeaway | Win a commercial break with Ant and Dec. |
| Scrapheap Challenge | Construction challenges with Kryten. |
| Shooting Stars | Vic and Bob's bonkers quiz. Eranu indeed! |
| A Song for Europe | Sing a song, win a trip to Hilversum. |
| Stars in Their Eyes | "Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be..." |
| Strictly Come Dancing | Celebrities strut their funky stuff. |
| Strike it Lucky | Touchscreen guesswork with Barrymore. |
| Supermarket Sweep | Dale Winton goes wild in the aisles. |
| Take Your Pick | Will they take the money or open the box? |
| 3-2-1 | Dusty Bin presides over entertainers and incomprehensible riddles. |
| Through the Keyhole | "Who would live in a house like this?" |
| Treasure Hunt (2) | Anneka Rice terrorises the countryside. |
| University Challenge | Bamber and Jeremy ask some starters for ten. |
| Weakest Link | Anne Robinson is mean to her victims. |
| What's My Line? | Easy-going occupation guessing game. |
| Wheel of Fortune (2) | Spin the wheel, guess some letters, win a watch. |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | Chris Tarrant gives away oodles of cash. |
| Whose Line is it Anyway? | Improvised comedy show with Clive Anderson. 100 points to everyone there. |
| Wipeout | Addictive 'complete the category' game with Paul Daniels. |
| The X Factor | Shouting, crying and throwing of water. With some singing involved. |
| You Bet! | Challenges and stunts show, with Matthew Kelly in a sumo thong. |
Top People
And our top 30 most-searched people are:
- Jeremy Beadle
- Julia Bradbury
- Keith Chegwin
- Leslie Crowther
- Les Dawson
- Les Dennis
- Noel Edmonds
- Caroline Flack
- Bruce Forsyth
- Daphne Fowler
- Bamber Gascoigne
- Stuart Hall
- Eamonn Holmes
- Bob Holness
- Christopher Hughes
- Vernon Kay
- Davina McCall
- Bob Monkhouse
- Stephen Mulhern
- Richard Osman
- Nicholas Parsons
- Phillip Schofield
- Chris Tarrant
- Carol Vorderman
- Roy Walker
- Bradley Walsh
- Claudia Winkleman
- Dale Winton
- Terry Wogan
- Diane Youdale