Contestant Calls
Want to be on TV to win lots of cash, have the holiday of a lifetime, test your knowledge, or generally make a prat of yourself? This is the page to help you do just that. See below for the current opportunities available.
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Special calls
This section contains specific adverts placed by producers who have contacted this website. When applying for a programme, please let them know you saw their appeal on UKGameshows.com - thanks!
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
ANT & DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY IS BACK... and we’re looking for people to play an exciting new game live on the show!
Are you stuck at work on Saturday nights whilst all your friends are out having fun? Do you work at a factory, cinema, call centre, bowling alley, ice rink, theatre, fish and chip restaurant or somewhere else?
Or perhaps you are getting married on a Saturday and would you like to make your special day even bigger and better?
We are looking for people from all over the country so if you would like to apply please send an e-mail to: breakaway@itv.com.
Alternatively, you can nominate someone to be surprised!
If you know someone who is stuck at work, or getting married on a Saturday night in February, March or April 2013 and would like to put them forward, please send an e-mail to: [mailto: saturdaynight@itv.com]
Deadline: 7th April 2013
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Yes
Interview cities: Nationwide
Only Connect
The popular BBC Four quiz hosted by Victoria Coren returns in 2013!
It's the quiz where, as in life itself, knowledge will only take you so far: patience and lateral thinking are also vital. It’s all about making connections between things which may appear, at first glance, not to be connected at all.
We’re looking for teams of three players who share a common passion, ability or profession, to pool their combined wits to solve fiendish conundrums and vexing puzzles.
To request an application please email onlyconnect@parasolmedia.co.uk including a contact name and number. The closing date for applications is Friday 25th January 2013, so get them in as soon as possible.
If you applied for a previous series, but were unsuccessful, you are welcome to apply again for the new series. Auditions will be held in regional centres across the UK. All applicants must be aged 18+ and U.K. Residents.
Deadline: 25th January 2013
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Yes
Interview cities: Around the UK
Beat the Pack
You don't need to have all the answers; you just need to be sure that your opponents don't have them!
Can you balance good general knowledge with good judgement? Do your bluffing skills match your powers of persuasion? Would you like to win up to £25,000? Can you "Beat the Pack"?
We are looking for confident, out-going individuals with a good level of general knowledge to take on the challenge of this exciting new BBC1 show hosted by Jake Humphrey!
To request an application form please email us at beatthepack@bbc.co.uk
Applicants must be 18 years of age and over.
All applicants must be a resident in the UK or Channel Islands.
Applicants must not be employed by the BBC.
Other terms may apply. See the application form for more details.
It’s the ultimate game of choosing the right question at the right time…!
Deadline: 13 February 2013
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Partly
Interview cities: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle, Belfast. *These are not yet confirmed*
Dale Winton's Great Getaway
ITV Studios are seeking four family members for a new exciting ITV game show hosted by Mr Showbiz himself, Dale Winton! Fantastic prizes are to be won.
Applicants must be over 16. UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man residents only. All relatives welcome – grannies, granddads, aunties, cousins, fiancées – we want you!
To get involved email dalewintonshow@itv.com (terms and conditions apply – see application form for details).
Deadline: 23 November 2012
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Yes
Interview cities: Nationwide
The National Lottery: In It To Win It and Who Dares Wins
12 Yard Productions are looking for lively, intelligent and competitive contestants for their forthcoming National Lottery quiz shows
Would you like the chance to win BIG money? We are holding nationwide auditions NOW! So, contact us TODAY for an application form.
For “In It To Win It” email: inittowinit@12yard.com
For “Who Dares Wins” email: whodareswins@12yard.com
or call: 0800 032 0150.
There is no charge for requesting an application form via e-mail, although internet service provider fees may apply.
Calls are free from most landlines. Some networks and Mobile operators will charge for these calls. Lines close at midnight on 27th September 2012 for Who Dares Wins and 8th November 2012 for In It To Win It.
The closing date for returning application forms for Who Dares Wins is 3rd October 2012 and for In It To Win It is 15th November 2012.
Applications received after this date may not be considered.
Applications are subject to the terms and conditions stated in the application form. All applicants must be aged 18 years and over and be legally resident and currently living in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
Deadline: As in advert
Show type: Series
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Yes
Interview cities: Nationwide
Britain's Brightest
BBC One is searching for BRITAIN'S BRIGHTEST.
It’s not about your IQ; It’s not about your GK.
Do you know all friends’ phone numbers? Finish any puzzle in 10 seconds flat? Know someone is telling the truth?
We are scouring the nation for the Smartest and Brightest in Britain. Outsmart the whole country and you could win THOUSANDS.
IT COULD BE YOU AND YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW.
Please email Brightest@RDFTelevision.com for more details.
All applicants must be over 18.
Deadline: 17/11/2012
Tipping Point
Do you want the chance to win thousands of £’s? Have you got what it takes to beat The Machine?
ITV’s hit game show Tipping Point hosted by Ben Shephard, is returning for a second series and we are on the lookout for contestants.
We are searching for outgoing people who want the chance to win thousands of pounds using a combination of skill, judgement and chance.
If you are over 18 and would like an application form please email apply@RDFtelevision.com.
Deadline: 12/10/2012
Show type: Series
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Yes
Interview cities: UK
PING!!! Me
Production company The Hatch, is looking for sexy, fun single male and females, to take part in a non-TX pilot for an exciting new dating show called PING Me!!!
If you live in London and you’re aged between 20-30, looking for an alternative way of finding love and have a larger than life personality, then we want to hear from you!
Interested? Then please email contestants@shinegroup.tv with a headshot and a full body photo with a sentence that best describes you. Please note we will only respond to successful applicants. If you haven’t heard back from us please assume you were unsuccessful. You must be over 18 to apply.
Deadline: 23/07/2012
Show type: non-transmittable pilot
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: Yes
Interview cities: London
It's Not Trivial To Me
I need contestants for my new game show called "It's Not Trivial To Me". I like to think of it as an online game show for off-centered people.
I need my contestants to have:
1) a Skype connection with video (if they want to go bother a friend and use theirs, fine.)
2) an ability to understand dry Midwestern American English (from me) and
3) something that they wish to share with the rest of the world, which I'll explain in more detail to those who are interested; see below.
Players will get a small "thank you for playing" gift (probably a gift card for a few downloadable songs, etc.) and the potential to win the LARGEST NON TANGIBLE GIFT IN GAME SHOW HISTORY! (And yeah, I'll have to explain that one, too.)
What my contestants-to-be don't need is to travel to another city, or stand in a parking lot (oops, car park, sorry) or audition as wannabe "contestant number 1,000,0005" and talk to some contestant coordinator whose eyes are glazing over by the time you show up.
You also don't need to be in the UK, either; I may have an American playing against someone from the UK, or maybe an Aussie or two. And Canadians & New Zealanders are always lurking about as well.
People should also feel free to pass this on to someone who might be interested.
I'd like prospective contestants to give me their Skype information, basic info about themselves, best times to contact them (GMT, CDT, etc.) and their favourite letter of the alphabet to: itsnottrivialtome@gmail.com
Deadline: Ongoing
Show type: Online series
Interview expenses paid?: No
Show expenses paid?: No
Interview cities: N/A (any internet connection)
General information
FOR ALL BBC SHOWS
A general email address for contestants enquiries for BBC ONLY entertainment programmes is: entertainmentcontestants@bbc.co.uk
Contestant calls are posted at bbc.co.uk/beonashow.
There is also a separate CBBC "Be on a show" page.
CHANNEL 4 SHOWS
Specific contestant calls are regularly posted at www.channel4.com/takepart.
Fill in the online application form or write to:
Contestant Applications Bargain Hunt PO Box 229 Bristol BS99 7JN
The application form for Countdown is now available online (Microsoft Word format only).
Alternatively, you can get a form sent to you by emailing countdown@channel4.com or writing to:
Countdown The Television Centre Leeds West Yorkshire LS3 1JS
For audience tickets, call 0161 9520408 or email shantelle.gaston-hird@itv.com.
Visit http://www.channel4.com/programmes/deal-or-no-deal/articles/how-to-become-a-contestant to be notified when applications are accepted.
Visit 12yard.com/shows/eggheads to fill out an application form online.
Alternatively you can email: eggheads@12yard.com
The online application form is available for a few months a year.
Prospective contenders can fill in the online application form or write to:
Mastermind Room 4012 New Broadcasting House Oxford Road MANCHESTER M60 1SJ
Pairs of players will wish to download the application form (MS Word), or write to:
Pointless Applications Endemol UK Shepherd's Building Central Charecroft Way London W14 0EE
Email universitychallenge@bbc.co.uk.
Only teams from degree-issuing institutions may apply.
For audience tickets, call 0161 9520408 or email shantelle.gaston-hird@itv.com.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?:
If applications ever re-open, we can be sure they'll be at the ITV Millionaire site.
Application details are provided as a service to readers, but please note that all contestant enquiries should be directed to the named production company and not to UKGameshows.com. Addresses can be found on our list of contact details for production companies.
