Everybody's Equal
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Everybody's Equal | |
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Also known as | Whittle |
Genre | Game show |
Created by | Chris Kwantes Mitchell Symons |
Presented by | Chris Tarrant (ITV) Tim Vine (Channel 5) |
Composers | Keith Strachan (1989–91) Rick Turk (1997) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 (ITV) 2 (Channel 5) |
No. of episodes | 16 (ITV) 130 (Channel 5) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production companies | Celador and Thames (1989–91) Grundy (1997) |
Distributor | Fremantle |
Release | |
Original network | ITV (1989–91) Channel 5 (1997) |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release | 7 June 1989 30 December 1997 | –
Everybody's Equal is a game show that originally aired on ITV from 7 June 1989 to 22 July 1991 and hosted by Chris Tarrant. It was later revived under the name Whittle and aired on Channel 5 from 31 March to 30 December 1997 with Tim Vine as host. Versions also existed in many European countries, plus Canada. Elements of the show resemble Tarrant's future hit Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, particularly its "Fastest Finger First" game; in addition, the US-based mobile game HQ Trivia.
Format
200 contestants were asked a question with four options and those who got it right were asked another. This continued until fewer than ten players survived, at which point they face four questions which were worth £50 each. If more than ten players remained after the sixth question, the ten fastest players went through. The player who correctly answered the final question the fastest went on to play the final round. The winning contestant was to place four things into the correct order, to win £1,000. If they got it wrong, the money was divided equally between all the other contestants.
On the original version of the show, Chris Tarrant would routinely "name and shame" the contestants who voted for the most outlandish answers - most memorably the first game of the first show where all but one contestant voted for the correct answer.
Transmissions
ITV
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 7 June 1989 | 19 July 1989 | 6 |
2 | 30 July 1990 | 22 July 1991 | 10 |
Channel 5
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 31 March 1997 | 27 June 1997 | 65 |
2 | 29 September 1997 | 30 December 1997 | 65 |
International versions
Country | Name | Host(s) | Channel | Dates aired |
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Que le meilleur gagne | Alain Dumas Grégory Charles |
Radio-Canada | 1993–1996 May 2007 |
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Que le meilleur gagne | Laurence Boccolini Nagui Laurent Petitguillaume |
La Cinq (1991–1992) France 2 (1992–1995; 2012–2015) |
March 4, 1991 – 1995 2012–2015 |
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100-ból egy | Gálvölgyi | RTL Klub | 1997 |
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Campionissimo | Gerry Scotti | Italia 1 | 1993 |
Vinca il migliore | Canale 5 Italia 1 |
1996 | ||
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クイズ!当たって25% Quiz! Atatte 25% |
Shinsuke Shimada Wakako Shimazaki |
TBS | June 28, 1991 October 17, 1991 – March 26, 1992 |
オールスター感謝祭 All Star Thanksgiving Festival |
Koji Imada Shinsuke Shimada Wakako Shimazaki |
October 5, 1991 – present | ||
テレビ進学塾 TV Prep School |
Shinsuke Shimada Sato B-saku |
1993 | ||
オールスター後夜祭 All Star After Party |
Hiroiki Ariyoshi Kazumi Takayama |
2018–present | ||
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خليك معنا Khalik Mana |
Serge Zarqa | MTV | 1999–2002 |
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Sto plus jeden | Grzegorz Halama | Nasza TV | 1998 |
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كل يوم مليون Kil Youm Malyoon |
Turki Al-Shabanah | Rotana Khalijia | 2007–2008 |
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Aquí jugamos todos | Miriam Díaz-Aroca | TVE 1 | 1995–1996 |
References
- ^ Anna Z. (24 July 2005). "Entertainment and Game Shows". euromediatv.com.pl. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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