Lingo (1988)
- Genre
- game show
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 5 seasons, 180 episodes
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Contestants guess five-letter words and try to form them from clues. The show has a bingo component in earlier episodes, but later versions focus only on word guessing.
fast-pacedplayfulcasualnostalgiclow-stakesbreezyquirky
What happens
Lingo is a British game show. The original iteration of the programme was made by Thames Television and Action Time for ITV and is based on the American version, it ran for a single series with host Martin Daniels from 12 May to 14 July 1988. A revived version based on the Dutch version has been airing since 1 January 2021 hosted by Adil Ray. In the revival version, Objective Media Group revived Lingo with new presenter Adil Ray. The bingo element has been eliminated in the revival, focusing instead entirely on the word guessing game. In September 2022, ITV1 premiered the spin-off Celebrity Lingo, with RuPaul (who is hosting a U.S. revival of Lingo for CBS that is also being filmed in Salford) as host. Celebrity Lingo was originally axed in March 2023, but, later, revived in August 2025; the original Celebrity format was kept but RuPaul had been replaced by Adil Ray who now hosts the Celebrity editions since series 2, which premiered on 25 February 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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