Wipeout (British game show)
| Wipeout | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Bob Fraser |
| Directed by | David G. Taylor (Series 1, 3–4) Babara Jones (Series 2) |
| Presented by | Paul Daniels (Series 1–4) Bob Monkhouse (Series 5–9) |
| Voices of | Kara Noble (Series 1–2) Charles Nove (Series 3–4) George Layton (Series 5) Tom Edwards (Series 6–9) |
| Theme music composer | David Arch (Series 1–4) Simon Etchell (Series 5–9) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 522 |
| Production | |
| Producers | David G. Taylor (Series 1, 3–4) Roger Ordish (Series 2) |
| Running time | 30 minutes (Series 1–4, 7–9) 25 minutes (Series 5–6) |
| Production company | Action Time |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 25 May 1994 – 17 April 2003 |
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.