[TV] What is believed to be the most profitable TV programme ever made in the UK?

[Official Old Man]

Time for a clue, I've got a football match to go to.
Guessing cheaply made but syndicated around the world so must be a quiz of some sort.
All the big Saturday night shows cost £millions to put on so they must be out.
A syndicated show may be sold once only as an idea ie Deal or No Deal is hosted differently around the world but costs little to put on.
So then we are looking for a quiz show whose rights are owned by a UK company.
And there I give up.

 

[Stat Brother]

No.

 

[Stat Brother]

Time for a clue, I've got a football match to go to.
Guessing cheaply made but syndicated around the world so must be a quiz of some sort.
All the big Saturday night shows cost £millions to put on so they must be out.
A syndicated show may be sold once only as an idea ie Deal or No Deal is hosted differently around the world but costs little to put on.
So then we are looking for a quiz show whose rights are owned by a UK company.
And there I give up.

Time for a clue, I've got a football match to go to.
Guessing cheaply made but syndicated around the world so must be a quiz of some sort.
All the big Saturday night shows cost £millions to put on so they must be out.
A syndicated show may be sold once only as an idea ie Deal or No Deal is hosted differently around the world but costs little to put on.
So then we are looking for a quiz show whose rights are owned by a UK company.
And there I give up.

The only clue to be added to that would be the time of day the programme is still aired at.

 

[Me Atome]

Forsyth Saga.

Fawlty Towers

 

[Me Atome]

Songs of Praise

 

[Comrade Sam]

BBC news

 

[Is it PotG?]

Shafted?

 

[The Wookiee]

Dragons Den

 

[Comrade Sam]

Blake's 7

 

[Official Old Man]

ooh, still being shown. Repeats or new episodes?
Peppa Pig is in the running but is it shown worldwide? Easy to translate I guess.
The Chase is a UK owned show.

 

[BBassic]

The Lottery?

Does that count as a TV show?

EDIT: oh shown worldwide? Won't be that then

 

[Cotton Socks]

Countdown?

 

[Biscuit]

My guess would have been Dr Who. Running since 1963 (albiet with a break from '89 - 2005 - but they did make a movie in 1999)

Huge sales to the commonwealth, especially in the 60's and 70's. That'll be the key. Overseas sales. It doesn't even have to be a hit here, you just need to sell the format.

It'll 100% be a quiz show that's had its format sold across the world. Eggheads? Pointless? No idea.

 

[Stat Brother]

Countdown?

The production values on CD dwarf that of Osman's pick but you are dangerously close on a couple of levels.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Noel Edmonds banker thing, that I never watched.

 

[Pevenseagull]

One of my friends wad recently travelling through South America and Eastern Europe kept seeing versions of The Chase

 

[Stat Brother]

One of my friends wad recently travelling through South America and kept seeing versions of The Chase

Production costs and wrong channel.

As many of you seem bored, I'll give the answer at 10:30, so you can go back to bibbling on about what a few of us knew was happening months ago!!!!

 

[The Wookiee]

British Bake Off or Masterchef ?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Production costs and wrong channel.

As many of you seem bored, I'll give the answer at 10:30, so you can go back to bibbling on about what a few of us knew was happening months ago!!!!

No don't. We need something else to think about.

 

[A1X]

Has anyone suggested Doctor Who yet?

More serious answer, Thunderbirds?