Celebrity Squares
| Celebrity Squares | |
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| Genre | Comedy panel game |
| Created by |
Merrill Heatter Bob Quigley |
| Written by | Les Keen (2014–15) David Reilly (2014–15) Aiden Spackman (2014–15) |
| Directed by | Richard Van't Riet (2014–15) |
| Presented by |
Bob Monkhouse (1975–79; 1993–97) Warwick Davis (2014–15) |
| Voices of |
Kenny Everett (1975–79) Nick Jackson (1993–97) |
| Theme music composer | Jack Parnell (1975–79) Rick Turk (1993–97) Invader Plus (2014-15) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 (ATV) 3 (Central) 2 (Revival) |
| No. of episodes | 138 (ATV) 57 (Central) 15 (Revival) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Abigail Adams (2014–15) Tony Moulsdale (2014–15) Robert Massie (2014–15) |
| Producer(s) | Roisin Jones (2014–15) Niki Xenophontos (2014–15) |
| Location(s) |
ATV Elstree (1975–9) East Midlands Television Centre (1993–7) The London Studios (2014–15) |
| Editor(s) | Michael Marden (2014–15) |
| Running time | 40 minutes (ATV) 30 minutes (Central) 60 minutes (2014) 45 minutes (2015) |
| Production company(s) |
ATV (1975–9) Central with Reg Grundy Productions (1993–7) September Films and GroupM Entertainment (2014–15) |
| Distributor |
ITV Studios DCD Rights |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1975–9; 1993–7) 16:9 (2014–15) |
| Original release | 20 July 1975 – 7 June 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Hollywood Squares |
Celebrity Squares is a British comedy game show based on the American comedy game show Hollywood Squares. It first ran from 20 July 1975 to 7 July 1979 and was hosted by Bob Monkhouse, then from 8 January 1993 to 3 January 1997 and was also hosted by Monkhouse.
On 10 September 2014, a revival of the show produced by September Films and GroupM Entertainment debuted on ITV, hosted by Warwick Davis. On 13 November 2015, DCD Media confirmed that the show had been axed.
The show is based on noughts and crosses. Inside each box is a celebrity. The host asks a celebrity a question, and if the contestant can correctly predict whether the celebrity got that question correct or wrong, then they'll win that square and a money value. If the contestant's prediction is wrong, the opposing contestant wins the square and no money is won. However, if the round is at game point, the opponent must put their nought or cross in the square themselves. If they get three in row vertically, horizontally, diagonally or five in total, then they'll win the round. Regular celebrities featured often with Willie Rushton occupying the centre square for the majority of editions. Pat Coombs was another regular participant and she and Monkhouse developed an ongoing repartee based on her response 'Hello Bobby' to his 'Hello Patty'.
In the ATV run, each square and game was worth £10. In rounds two, three & four, one celebrity was designated as a "secret square". Contestants who picked this square and got the corresponding question right won a special prize, usually either a holiday or a weekend break to a location in Europe.
In the Central and Reg Grundy Productions era of the show, each square in the first two rounds was worth £10 and winning a round was worth an extra £50. Also in this version, round two was the "secret square" round. If the secret square was not revealed in that round, the prize is carried over to the next round, and the secret square is repositioned to a different celebrity.
In the current version, each square in the first two rounds was worth £50 and winning a round was worth an extra £500. Also in this version, rounds two and four are "secret square" rounds; here, it was renamed the "Mystery Square" round.
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