Big Game TV
British phone-in quiz television channel
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Big Game TV (stylised as BIG Game TV!) was a live phone-in quiz channel that was broadcast via Sky Broadcasting in 2005.[1] It released a spin-off, The Hallmark Channel Quiz on 6 March 2006, which was shown on The Hallmark Channel. The show used only three of the presenters.
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Big Game TV Productions |
| History | |
| Launched | 13 May 2005 |
| Closed | 15 April 2007 |
Big Game TV Productions added The Daily Quiz! on 13 March 2006. This show aired on ITV Play and on Men & Motors seven days a week and featured a selection of Big Game TV's presenters. ITV ended their involvement with Big Game TV due to fraud allegations in May 2006.[2]
Controversy
Big Game TV was the subject of a City of London Police investigation brought by the BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours in May 2006 over allegations that receptionists were told to ignore all incoming calls for long periods of time while 150-200 calls per minute were charged 75p each.[3][4] The channel was later called before a parliamentary committee.[5]
NTL removed the channel from their channel line-up on 7 June.[6] The channel closed down entirely after leaving Sky in early 2007, after some bad press for the call-TV industry.[7]
Presenters
- Jim Brooman
- Georgina Burnett
- Matt Cuttle
- Natasha Powell
- Keith Price
- Tommy Sandhu
- Kat Shoob
Voiceover
- Mitch Johnson (announcer)