The Music Game
A panel game show with pop stars and music trivia.
The Music Game is a British television panel game show produced by HTV West in association with Mike Mansfield Television for Channel 4. It originally aired between 8 May 1992 and 23 December 1993. The programme was hosted by Tony Slattery, with Richard Vranch serving as co-host and keyboardist for most episodes, and Jonathan Cohen occasionally filling that role during series 1.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Game show
- Director
- Mike Mansfield
- Presenter
- Tony Slattery
- Starring
- Richard Vranch; Jonathan Cohen (some Series 1 episodes only)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Series
- 2
- Episodes
- 19 (inc. 1 special)
Facts from the source article.
Format
Each episode of The Music Game features two teams of three pop stars, with one member serving as captain for that show—there were no permanent captains. A wide variety of guests have taken the captain’s role, including Cathy Thompson, Helen Lederer, Christopher Warren-Green, Tony Hawks, Steve Wright, Michael Ball, Rosemary Ashe, Alan Coren, Reg Presley, Kate Copstick, Dave Fanning, Betty Boo, Barrington Pheloung, Neil Innes, Andy Taylor, Sandie Shaw, David Mellor, and Charles Kennedy. Non-musical guests like Nichola McAuliffe, Michelle Collins, Linda Agran, Tony Blackburn, Nicholas Parsons, and The Beverley Sisters also appeared. The show’s structure is similar to Pop Quiz, mixing team and individual challenges. In individual rounds, players might answer a question about a song they are given, identify three different artists who recorded the same song in the correct order, or name a song containing a specific lyric. Team rounds involve listing all number one hits by a particular group or identifying artists from a themed compilation of songs. Every episode ends with a fast-paced quick-fire round of music trivia.
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