Wipeout (British game show)

Wipeout
GenreGame show
Created byBob Fraser
Directed byDavid G. Taylor (Series 1, 3–4)
Babara Jones (Series 2)
Presented byPaul Daniels (Series 1–4)
Bob Monkhouse (Series 5–9)
Voices ofKara Noble (Series 1–2)
Charles Nove (Series 3–4)
George Layton (Series 5)
Tom Edwards (Series 6–9)
Theme music composerDavid Arch (Series 1–4)
Simon Etchell (Series 5–9)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series9
No. of episodes522
Production
ProducersDavid G. Taylor (Series 1, 3–4)
Roger Ordish (Series 2)
Running time30 minutes (Series 1–4, 7–9)
25 minutes (Series 5–6)
Production companyAction Time
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release25 May 1994 (1994-05-25) 
17 April 2003 (2003-04-17)

Wipeout was a British television quiz show for BBC One, based on the original American programme of the same name. First shown on 25 May 1994, it ran for nine series: the first four of which aired at primetime and were hosted by Paul Daniels; and the last five at daytime and hosted by Bob Monkhouse, with the final episode airing on 17 April 2003, 8 months before Monkhouse died on 29 December 2003.