Telly Addicts
Telly Addicts was a British television game show that aired on BBC One from 3 September 1985 to 29 July 1998, and hosted by Noel Edmonds. All questions were based on television programmes past and present, and generally took the form of a short clip being shown followed by a series of questions either specifically about the clip or more generally about the programme from which it had been taken. Two teams sat opposite each other on sofas. The final series in 1998 had three teams of two players. Formats. 1985–1986. The original format had two teams of  four people with a winner-stays-on format. The challengers had to try to beat the champions to win and return as the champions in the next show, whilst the champions were simply playing to retain their title. This backfired somewhat after a single family, the Payne family, managed to last almost the entire series. 1987–1996. The format changed to a tournament format, (most likely because of the aforementioned single family in the first series). It involved 16 teams in eight qualifying heats. The eight winning teams of the qualifying heats would go on into the Quarter-Finals; the four  winning teams of the Quarter-Finals would go into the Semi-Finals; the two winning teams of the Semi-Finals would proceed to the Grand Final, and the winning team of the Grand Final became the champions. After the main series, it was quite normal for the series winners to return to take part in a special game, usually broadcast over Christmas, where they would go up against a team of celebrities. 1997–1998. There was no series in 1997. The show returned in 1998 with a massive revamp with new rounds and rules. Instead of two teams, there were now  three teams of two players and the tournament format was dropped. These changes were first seen in a special Christmas celebrity edition in 1997 before a full series commenced the following year, before finally ending for good on 29 July 1998. Spin offs. The "Telly Addicts" format was re-used in 2002 for the UK subscription TV channel Challenge in the form of quiz shows "Soap Addicts", hosted by Malandra Burrows and Richard Arnold. However, the programme was not recommissioned after its 2003 series. "Sport Addicts" also existed and was hosted by Bradley Walsh and "Celebrity Addicts" was hosted by  Lisa Rogers and Richard Arnold. Soap Addicts was when teams had to answer questions about famous soaps with clips and pictures. Sport Addicts also followed this but with teams answering questions about sports with clips and pictures and Celebrity Addicts was teams answering questions about celebrities with clips and pictures. Games. Three Interactive DVDs based on the "Telly Addicts" show have been produced so far, featuring original presenter Noel Edmonds. The first was released in Autumn 2005 , the second in Autumn 2006 and the third in Autumn 2007. A "Telly Addicts" video game for Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PSP and  PS2 was published by Ubisoft on 9 November 2007. International versions. Telly Addicts was adapted twice for the French market. 'Allume la télé!' was an adaptation of the original format. 'Les Cinglés de la télé' was based on the 1998 format.