The $64,000 Question

Genre

game show

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British quiz show where contestants answer increasingly difficult questions for a growing cash prize. The show originally aired in the late 1950s and was later revived in the 1990s with a new host and bigger reward.

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What happens

The $64,000 Question is a British quiz show based on the American format of the same name. The show originally ran from 19 May 1956 to 18 January 1958 produced by ATV and was originally hosted by Jerry Desmonde, and called simply The 64,000 Question with the top prize initially being 64,000 sixpences (£1,600), later doubling to 64,000 shillings (£3,200). After a successful pilot was shot on 15 November 1989, the programme was revived from 1 June 1990 to 29 August 1993 with Bob Monkhouse as the host and a higher £6,400 top prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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