Best British game show series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch game show shows from United Kingdom, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Quiz (2020)
Quiz (2020)
The story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal in the early 2000s after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Ingram, his wife Diana and an accomplice, Tecwen Whittock, who was sitting in the audience, initially pulled off the on-screen heist before being caught and standing trial.
The Traitors (2022)
The Traitors (2022)
Get them before they get you. 22 strangers, one castle, £120k - Claudia Winkleman hosts the ultimate reality game of trust and treachery. Let the mind games begin.
Whose Line is it Anyway? (1988)
Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)
Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
A League of Their Own (2010)
A League of Their Own (2010)
Two teams comprised of comedians, celebrities and sports stars compete against each other in a test of their sporting knowledge, taking place over three rounds.
Only Connect (2008)
Only Connect (2008)
The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge.
Shooting Stars (1995)
Shooting Stars (1995)
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2021)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2021)
The iconic pop culture panel show featuring host Greg Davies, who is joined by regulars Noel Fielding & Jamali Maddix for music-themed mayhem.
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2002)
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2002)
Twelve celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally.
I Literally Just Told You (2021)
I Literally Just Told You (2021)
Jimmy Carr hosts the game show where paying attention pays off, as players answer questions that have just been written, about things that have just happened during the show, in a bid to win £25,000.
Pointless Celebrities (2011)
Pointless Celebrities (2011)
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.
You Have Been Watching (2009)
You Have Been Watching (2009)
Notoriously foul-mouthed television critic Charlie Brooker invites three of his friends round to sit in oversized chairs, watch television, and they all take the mick out of it. Each discussion ends with one or more questions to the panel, for which points are awarded. In the final quick-fire round, there are buzzers and a suitable (ie disconcertingly jaunty) game show noise. At the end, a winner is determined, and we reckon that's enough to make it a game show.
Race Across the World (2019)
Race Across the World (2019)
In a frenetic race across the world, travellers can choose any route they like - but no flights or phones are allowed. On the trip of a lifetime, which pair will finish first?
Duck Quacks Don't Echo (UK) (2014)
Celebrity Big Brother (2001)
Celebrity Big Brother (2001)
Celebrity Big Brother is a British television reality game show. The show follows a number of celebrity contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate named the winner.
Richard Osman's House of Games Night (2020)
Richard Osman's House of Games Night (2020)
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe-to-toe testing their general knowledge in a variety of entertaining games. The series includes all the favourite, funny games from the BBC Two series, with the addition of some new items for the prime time shows, including the appearance of a house band and some special guests. As ever, all of the games are rooted in general knowledge and can be played along at home by viewers.
Meet the Parents (2016)
Meet the Parents (2016)
Can you find the perfect match by only meeting their parents? Meet the Parents is brand new dating show for ITV. Single guys and girls are paired up with the help of the people who know them best - their parents. From love lives and ex'es to school reports and awkward teenage antics, nothing is off limits. Presented by Holly Willoughby, Meet the Parents is dating like you've never seen it before!
Beat the Chasers (2020)
Beat the Chasers (2020)
All five of the Chasers appear together to take on all comers and form the best quiz team in the world. As they visit different UK cities, contestants from all over the county face head-to-head challenges with not one, but all the Chasers.
Big Brother (UK) (2000)
Big Brother (UK) (2000)
A British reality television game show in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house for several weeks, trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer (2021)
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer (2021)
Famous faces move into Britain's best-known apartment block, in aid of Stand Up To Cancer, as they compete to be crowned The Circle's most popular celebrity player
The Crystal Maze (2017)
The Crystal Maze (2017)
A team of intrepid contestants tackle a series of ingenious games and fiendish challenges in a giant fantasy world, with the aim of collecting as many crystals as possible to win a prize in the Crystal Dome.
Total Wipeout (2009)
Total Wipeout (2009)
Each week, 20 contestants compete in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges are based in large pools of water or mud and generally involve large assault courses that participants must cross.
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win (2022)
Ant & Dec's Limitless Win (2022)
Every question is an opportunity to climb the endless money ladder and reach the big money, but only a correct answer banks the cash. Push their luck too far and they’ll crash out of the game and lose it all.
The Circle (UK) (2018)
The Circle (UK) (2018)
Players from all walks of life will compete to win up to £50,000. All living in one modern block but separately in individual apartments, the players will never come face-to.face, and can only interact with one another through an specially-designed app called The Circle.
Genius Game (2025)
Genius Game (2025)
Eleven strategically minded players, chosen not just for their high intellectual prowess but also their social IQ, participate in never before seen games designed to not only test their intellect but encourage them to carefully and creatively use the art of manipulation to outfox their opponents and win a cash prize.