Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow

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Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow
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Genre Game show
Presented by Alan Carr
Voices of John Sachs
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes25
Production
Production location dock10 studios [1]
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company Talkback
Original release
Network ITV
Release30 May 2020 (2020-05-30) 
25 December 2022 (2022-12-25)
Related
Gameshow Marathon

Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow is a British game show which premiered 30 May 2020 on ITV. Hosted by Alan Carr, the series features reworked and "supersized" versions of past ITV game shows (primarily from the Fremantle library), with each featuring a new "epic endgame". In February 2023, it was reported that ITV had no plans for further series. [2]

Contents

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 7 [3] 30 May 2020 (2020-05-30)24 December 2020 (2020-12-24)
2 11 [4] 3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)13 August 2022 (2022-08-13)
3 718 June 2022 (2022-06-18)25 December 2022 (2022-12-25)

Episodes

Series 1 (2020)

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
11"Play Your Cards Right: Celebrity Special" [5] 30 May 2020 (2020-05-30)4.31 [6]
22"The Price is Right" [7] 6 June 2020 (2020-06-06)4.35 [8]
33"Take Your Pick" [9] 13 June 2020 (2020-06-13)4.02 [10]
44"Strike It Lucky" [11] 20 June 2020 (2020-06-20)3.89 [12]
55"Play Your Cards Right" [13] 27 June 2020 (2020-06-27)3.57 [14]
66"Bullseye" [15] 4 July 2020 (2020-07-04)4.26 [16]
77"The Price is Right: Christmas Special" [17] 24 December 2020 (2020-12-24)N/A

Series 2 (2021–2022)

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
81"Play Your Cards Right: Celebrity Special" [18] 3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)3.27 [19]
92"Bullseye" [20] 10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)3.35 [21]
103"The Price is Right" [22] 17 April 2021 (2021-04-17)3.04 [23]
114"Name That Tune" [24] 24 April 2021 (2021-04-24)2.89 [25]
125"Strike It Lucky" [26] 1 May 2021 (2021-05-01)3.11 [27]
136"Bullseye: Celebrity Special" [28] 8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)3.39 [29]
147"Name That Tune: Celebrity Special" [30] 15 May 2021 (2021-05-15)3.10 [31]
158"Strike It Lucky: Celebrity Special" [32] 22 May 2021 (2021-05-22)2.34 [33]
169"The Price is Right: Christmas Special" [34] 23 December 2021 (2021-12-23)N/A
1710"Play Your Cards Right" [35] 6 August 2022 (2022-08-06)1.45 [36]
1811"Take Your Pick" [37] 13 August 2022 (2022-08-13)1.51 [38]

Series 3 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleOriginal air dateU.K. viewers
(millions)
191"Play Your Cards Right: Celebrity Special" [39] 18 June 2022 (2022-06-18)2.30 [40]
202"Bullseye" [41] 25 June 2022 (2022-06-25)2.29 [42]
213"Strike It Lucky" [43] 2 July 2022 (2022-07-02)2.28 [44]
224"Child's Play" [45] 9 July 2022 (2022-07-09)1.78 [46]
235"Bullseye" [47] 16 July 2022 (2022-07-16)1.58 [48]
246"Strike It Lucky: Celebrity Special" [49] 23 July 2022 (2022-07-23)2.10 [50]
257"Child's Play: Christmas Special"25 December 2022 (2022-12-25) [lower-alpha 1] N/A

See also

Notes

  1. This episode was original slated to air on 18 December 2022, before getting delayed due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup final going into extra time and a penalty shootout.

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