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.
PRODUCERS: If you wish to place an advert here, please refer to our Producer Information page.
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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!
Only Connect
From Presentable, the makers of Late Night Poker, an intelligent new quiz show for BBC 4 presented by Victoria Coren.
We are looking for teams of 3 people to take part in a pilot show to be recorded at the end of January in Cardiff.
You'll have excellent general knowledge, an appetite for thinking laterally and a keen eye for spotting connections.
If you are interested in taking part and are over 18 years old, please e-mail: contestants@presentable.co.uk
Closing date: Friday, 11th January 2008
Show type: Pilot
Interview expenses paid: No
Show expenses paid: Yes
Big Kidz
Families wanted for exciting new CBBC TV show. Does your family have what it takes to star in a new CBBC game show? Do you want to play games and win prizes?
We're looking for fun-loving families to take part in our hilarious new game show where kids have to be grown ups and grown ups have to be kids!
This is a family show and we want the whole family to muck in and help each other out. So we’re looking for families with energetic kids aged between 8 and 13 years old and equally energetic parents/guardians.
Filming would take place over three days in the family home and there are fab prizes up for grabs.
Contact apply@bigkidz.tv or call 020 7644 0042 for an application form. Places are filling fast so call now to avoid disappointment.
Brainbox
Does your brain need a workout?
Are you a fan of brain exercises such as Sudoku, Logic Puzzles, Word Searches and Memory Games?
If you answered YES then we want to hear from YOU!
BBC TWO is looking for people to compete in BRAINBOX, a high jeopardy new quiz show that will test your mental agility, nerve and skill in a series of brain flexing challenges.
Could you be the next BRAINBOX?
If you are interested in taking part and are over 18 years old call
09011 22 33 77
(calls cost 25p from a BT Landline, other operators and mobiles may vary)
or email your name, age, number, occupation and county to
brainbox@bbc.co.uk
Please state where you heard about this advert.
Duel
From Gallowgate TV, the co-producers of the hit ITV1 show PokerFace, comes a brand new Saturday night quiz show.
We are looking for lively contestants with nerves of steel who want to try their wits at winning a big cash prize.
To complete an application form please visit: http://www.gallowgatetv.com/contestants or call: 020 7297 8297 or email: contestants@gallowgatetv.com
QU12
QU12 is a series of 12 shows for 12 contestants plus a final to be filmed at 12 different locations in the coming months. The prizes are £100 per finalist and £1,000 for the winner, and if the shows are broadcast these amounts will be £1,000 and £10,000 respectively. No interviews etc, it is a quiz players show. Contestant and content led, not production and presenter-centric! There is a £20 entry. See www.QU12.com for details, email steve_jm_kidd@yahoo.co.uk or telephone 07814 326 717.
Closing date: 12/12/07
Show type: 12 show quiz
Interview expenses paid: N/A
Show expenses paid: No
Interview cities: No interviews, just shows, 12 locations around UK
Deal or No Deal
We've had a number of enquiries about how to get onto this very popular show. It seems that they have all the contestants that they need for the moment. The best thing to do is watch the show regularly, they do put contestant calls on air very occasionally. Sorry!
General information
FOR ALL BBC SHOWS
A general email address for contestants enquiries for BBC ONLY entertainment programmes is: entertainmentcontestants@bbc.co.uk
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
See: http://www.channel4.co.uk/bigbrother/
To apply to be on the show, you must ask for an application form by writing to:
Best of Friends Talent TV Ltd. Lion House 72-75 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4NA
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 Damian Eadie or Michael Wylie at:
Countdown The Television Centre Leeds West Yorkshire LS3 1JS
Or call (0113) 2228453 or 09011 252566.
For audience tickets, call Annette Johnson on (0113) 2228457.
Deal or No Deal is not currently seeking contestants. Sorry! Keep watching the show to see if this situation changes.
E-mail entertain@liontv.co.uk or phone 020 8846 2118 (calls charged at standard rate).
Fill in the online application form or write to:
Masterchef Goes Large PO Box 50405 London W8 4XF
Prospective contenders can fill in the online application form or write to:
Mastermind Room 4012 New Broadcasting House Oxford Road MANCHESTER M60 1SJ
For Mastermind Cymru, full details of how to apply are on the show's webpage.
This show is no longer in production.
Send a self-addressed envelope with your details to:
Ready Steady Cook PO Box 32678 LONDON W14 0YJ
You can also contact the show via their email address: readysteadycook@endemoluk.com
This programme is no longer in production.
If you're over 16 and wish to apply, email sweep@talkbackthames.tv
Appeals for people to take part in the studio are posted on the BBC Test the Nation site and an application form can be downloaded from there.
Email universitychallenge@bbc.co.uk.
Only teams from degree-issuing institutions may apply for the main series, but the same address can also be used for applications to University Challenge: The Professionals.
Send an email to weakestlink@bbc.co.uk or write to FREEPOST, THE WEAKEST LINK.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?:
A web application form, and details of other ways of applying, can be found at the ITV Millionaire site.
