The Match
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== Host == | == Host == | ||
| - | [[Mark Durden-Smith]] | + | [[Mark Durden-Smith]] (and [[Ulrika Jonsson]] from 2004 / [[Zoe Ball]] 2005-6) |
== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
| - | Initial for Sky One, 2004 | + | Initial for Sky One, 3 October 2004 to 2006 (3 series) |
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
| - | The ''n''th variation on the celebrity reality gameshow theme. A squad of (all male) celebrities undergo a week of football training with Graham Taylor, there's a highlights show each night, and every day the three worst-performing participants go up for a public elimination vote. In the event that there's anyone left in the squad at the end of the series, they go up against a "Legends XI" in a final showdown. Bread-and-butter stuff for Endemol subsidiary Initial, and Mark Durden-Smith comes as standard. | + | The ''n''th variation on the celebrity reality gameshow theme. A squad of (all male) celebrities undergo a week of football training with Graham Taylor, there's a highlights show each night, and every day the three worst-performing participants go up for a public elimination vote. In the event that there's anyone left in the squad at the end of the series, they go up against a "Legends XI" in a final showdown. And, inevitably, lose. Bread-and-butter stuff for Endemol subsidiary Initial, and Mark Durden-Smith comes as standard. |
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| + | It was axed in January 2007, perhaps unfairly as it was one of Sky One's higher rating original series. | ||
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| + | == Web links== | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Match_(Sky_One_TV_series) Wikipedia entry] | ||
| - | [[Category:Reality]] | + | [[Category:Reality|Match, The]] |
| + | [[Category:Sport|Match, The]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Football|Match, The]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Initial Productions|Match, The]] | ||
Current revision as of 15:03, 4 June 2020
Contents |
Host
Mark Durden-Smith (and Ulrika Jonsson from 2004 / Zoe Ball 2005-6)
Broadcast
Initial for Sky One, 3 October 2004 to 2006 (3 series)
Synopsis
The nth variation on the celebrity reality gameshow theme. A squad of (all male) celebrities undergo a week of football training with Graham Taylor, there's a highlights show each night, and every day the three worst-performing participants go up for a public elimination vote. In the event that there's anyone left in the squad at the end of the series, they go up against a "Legends XI" in a final showdown. And, inevitably, lose. Bread-and-butter stuff for Endemol subsidiary Initial, and Mark Durden-Smith comes as standard.
It was axed in January 2007, perhaps unfairly as it was one of Sky One's higher rating original series.
