Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow

Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Alan Carr
Voices of	John Sachs
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	25
Production
Production location	dock10 studios[1]
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Talkback
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	30 May 2020 (2020-05-30) – 2022 (2022)
Related
Gameshow Marathon

Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow is a British game show which premiered 30 May 2020 on ITV. Hosted by Alan Carr, the series features reworked and "supersized" versions of past ITV game shows (primarily from the Fremantle library), with each featuring a new "epic endgame". In February 2023, it was reported that ITV had no plans for further series.[2]

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	7[3]		30 May 2020 (2020-05-30)	24 December 2020 (2020-12-24)
2	11[4]		3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)	13 August 2022 (2022-08-13)
3	7		18 June 2022 (2022-06-18)	25 December 2022 (2022-12-25)

Episodes

Series 1 (2020)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Play Your Cards Right: Celebrity Special"[5]	30 May 2020 (2020-05-30)	4.31[6]
2	2	"The Price Is Right"[7]	6 June 2020 (2020-06-06)	4.35[8]
3	3	"Take Your Pick"[9]	13 June 2020 (2020-06-13)	4.02[10]
4	4	"Strike It Lucky"[11]	20 June 2020 (2020-06-20)	3.89[12]
5	5	"Play Your Cards Right"[13]	27 June 2020 (2020-06-27)	3.57[14]
6	6	"Bullseye"[15]	4 July 2020 (2020-07-04)	4.26[16]
7	7	"The Price Is Right: Christmas Special"[17]	24 December 2020 (2020-12-24)	N/A

Series 2 (2021–2022)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
8	1	"Play Your Cards Right: Celebrity Special"[18]	3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)	3.27[19]
9	2	"Bullseye"[20]	10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)	3.35[21]
10	3	"The Price Is Right"[22]	17 April 2021 (2021-04-17)	3.04[23]
11	4	"Name That Tune"[24]	24 April 2021 (2021-04-24)	2.89[25]
12	5	"Strike It Lucky"[26]	1 May 2021 (2021-05-01)	3.11[27]
13	6	"Bullseye: Celebrity Special"[28]	8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)	3.39[29]
14	7	"Name That Tune: Celebrity Special"[30]	15 May 2021 (2021-05-15)	3.10[31]
15	8	"Strike It Lucky: Celebrity Special"[32]	22 May 2021 (2021-05-22)	2.34[33]
16	9	"The Price Is Right: Christmas Special"[34]	23 December 2021 (2021-12-23)	N/A
17	10	"Play Your Cards Right"[35]	6 August 2022 (2022-08-06)	1.45[36]
18	11	"Take Your Pick"[37]	13 August 2022 (2022-08-13)	1.51[38]

Series 3 (2022)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Original release date	U.K. viewers (millions)
19	1	"Play Your Cards Right: Celebrity Special"[39]	18 June 2022 (2022-06-18)	2.30[40]
20	2	"Bullseye"[41]	25 June 2022 (2022-06-25)	2.29[42]
21	3	"Strike It Lucky"[43]	2 July 2022 (2022-07-02)	2.28[44]
22	4	"Child's Play"[45]	9 July 2022 (2022-07-09)	1.78[46]
23	5	"Bullseye"[47]	16 July 2022 (2022-07-16)	1.58[48]
24	6	"Strike It Lucky: Celebrity Special"[49]	23 July 2022 (2022-07-23)	2.10[50]
25	7	"Child's Play: Christmas Special"	25 December 2022 (2022-12-25)[a]	N/A

See also

• Ant and Dec's/Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon, a similar series aired to mark ITV's 50th anniversary.

Notes

1. This episode was original slated to air on 18 December 2022, before getting delayed due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup final going into extra time and a penalty shootout.

References

1. "ITV commissions epic reboot of five of the nation's favourite gameshows". Dock10. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
2. "ALAN CARR'S EPIC GAMESHOW SHELVED BY ITV AFTER THREE SERIES". TVZoneUK. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
3. "ITV commissions epic reboot of five of the nation's favourite gameshows" (PDF). Dock10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2021.
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36. Price, Stephen (15 August 2022). "Return of Dutch detective captivates 2.9m". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 20 August 2022.(registration required)
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40. "Solid start for Sherwood". Broadcast Now. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.(registration required)
41. "Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow - Bullseye". ITV Hub. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
42. "McDonald & Dodds intrigues 3.2m". Broadcast Now. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.(registration required)
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44. Price, Stephen (8 July 2022). "Wimbledon serves up boost for BBC1". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 19 July 2022.(registration required)
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46. Price, Stephen (15 July 2022). "Boris Johnson's woes boosts news output". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 19 July 2022.(registration required)
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48. Price, Stephen (20 July 2022). "Murder In Provence starts slowly". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 20 August 2022.(registration required)
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50. Price, Stephen (28 July 2022). "Heatwave boosts daytime viewing". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 20 August 2022.(registration required)

External links

• Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow at IMDb
• Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow at UKGameshows.com