Best British game show series

Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.

Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.

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.

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.

8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".

Britain's best (and worst) variety acts compete to win a spot at the Royal Variety Show.

Five series of Taskmaster, five winners - but who is the supreme champion of all?

Twelve celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally.

Tabloid focused quiz show based on the nation's obsession with all things celebrity.

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?

An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.

Nine pairs of everyday people are unleashed on an epic global adventure through a series of Bond inspired challenges, for a shot at winning a life-changing £1,000,000 prize. The Controller, Brian Cox, is the mastermind behind the game, watching the pairs as they hunt for 10 questions he’s hidden around the world.

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.

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.

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.

Welcome to the Takeshi's Castle, a Japanese game show involving 100 to 140 contestants who try to go through a series of silly physical challenges designed to eliminate them. Designed like a live-action Mario game, thousands of people have come to take on Takeshi's Castle to try and win the ¥1,000,000 prize but hardly anyone does! Each episode was filmed over the entire length of the day, with some challenges going well into the night.

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.

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

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 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.

Into the kitchen and under the spotlight. Amateur cooks duel it out for the right to be called the MasterChef UK Champion. Initially named Masterchef Goes Large, the series changed its name to Masterchef in 2008.

The iconic pop culture panel show featuring host Greg Davies, who is joined by regulars Noel Fielding & Jamali Maddix for music-themed mayhem.

A singing competition where celebrities compete with each other but with one particularity: their identity is hidden by full masks. The British adaptation of the worldwide hit.

A gameshow hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances.

Spin-off of the award-winning Taskmaster. In each heat, a group of five children will attempt a series of tasks that test creative, physical and intellectual skills - in the hope of impressing the Junior Taskmaster and scoring top points in their subsequent studio appearances.

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.

A new generation of superhumans take on brave contenders in the ultimate test of speed and strength. It's all-out action, with Bradley and Barney Walsh in charge.

Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of.

The Chase is a British game show, broadcast on ITV and hosted by Bradley Walsh. The chasers are Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, both of whom have been Chasers since series 1, Anne Hegerty, who joined them in series 2, and Paul Sinha, who debuted in series 4.A team of four contestants attempt to amass as much money as possible by answering quick-fire questions in a 60 second round - each correct answer earns the contestant £1,000 and that money becomes the basic for the chase. The Chaser, a quiz genius, attempts to prevent the contestant reaching home by answering more multiple-choice questions correctly. If a contestant makes it home the money they have won will be added to the team total which will be played for in The Final Chase where remaining team members collaborate against The Chaser.

Quiz show where contestants try to answer a question that only 1% of the country can get right.

The Crystal Maze was a British game show, produced by Chatsworth Television and shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 15 February 1990 and 10 August 1995. The series is set in "The Crystal Maze", which features four different "zones" set in various periods of time and space. A team of six contestants take part in a series of challenges in order to win "time crystals". Each crystal gives the team five seconds of time inside "The Crystal Dome", the centrepiece of the maze where the contestants take part in their final challenge.

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.

Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?

Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.

A game show created in the United Kingdom, in which contestants attempt to answer general knowledge questions in an intimidating atmosphere in order to scoop the £1 million top prize. The original series was hosted by Chris Tarrant, and its modern-day revival is hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.

Name a person, and a category they fall under – while avoiding naming people from all previous categories.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.

TV's most iconic reality show is back - get all the latest from the House.

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.

Comedy panel show about people with the same first name, hosted by Sue Perkins.

Pairs of contestants take on high-octane tasks within the high-pressure confines of the Perspex box. Players have to overcome extreme nerves as they take on deceptively simple tasks.

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?

Members of the public are pitted against superfit Gladiators in trials of strength, speed and stamina.

Deal or No Deal is back! Join brand new host Stephen Mulhern for the return of one of the most exciting and iconic gameshows of all time. Each episode a brave new contestant takes on the infamous Banker for the chance to win a life-changing cash prize. There are no questions in this gameshow, except for one; Deal or No Deal?

Take Me Out is a dating show presented by Paddy McGuinness. The show him playing matchmaker to 30 single women all of which are hoping to meet the man of their dreams. Different single men have to try and impress the women as they watch and the ladies can press a light to give their views on what they have seen.

Long-running sports quiz show, with rounds including the Mystery Guest, Picture Board and What Happened Next. Hosts have been David Vine, David Coleman, Sue Barker, and currently Paddy McGuinness. The show has a panel format with two team captains, currently Sam Quek and Ugo Monye, and sporting celebrities as guests.

12 strangers will spend 19 days in paradise. Arriving with basic survival gear the group will think they have what it takes to become heroes of the latest reality adventure show. But in order to win the substantial cash prize they will have to resist the temptation to spend any of it, in the ultimate test of willpower.

Stephen Mulhern hosts a contemporary remake of the iconic 80's gameshow where contestants have to identify a familiar catchphrase represented by a piece of animation.

Past winners, finalists and contestants from Britain's Got Talent and international versions of Got Talent compete to be crowned the ultimate winner.

Stephen Mulhern presents the pop-up gameshow based on the original 'Saturday Night Takeaway' feature. The host takes their unique brand of games and quizzes to the streets, challenging unsuspecting members of the public for a chance to win.

Virtually Famous was a British comedy panel game show with games based upon social media posts and videos.

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.

British game show based on the U.S. version of the same title. The show is a quiz competition that reverses the traditional question-and-answer format of many quiz shows. Rather than being given questions, contestants are instead given general knowledge clues in the form of answers and they must identify the person, place, thing, or idea that the clue describes, phrasing each response in the form of a question.

Anne Robinson hosts the quick-fire general knowledge quiz in which contestants must decide at the end of each round which of their number should be eliminated.

Music quiz in which contestants try to recognise as many hit songs and artists as possible, under intense pressure.

GamesMaster was a British television show, screened on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998, and was the first ever UK television show dedicated to computer and video games.

Five contestants attempt to answer top 10 list questions for the chance to win a big cash prize.

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.