Celebrity Squares

Celebrity Squares
Genre	Comedy
Presented by	Bob Monkhouse
Voices of	Kenny Everett (ATV era) Nick Jackson (Central era)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4 (ATV era) 4 (Central era)
No. of episodes	138 (ATV era) 58 (Central era)
Production
Running time	45mins (ATV era) 30mins (Central era)
Production companies	ATV (20 July 1975 - 7 July 1979) Reg Grundy Productions in association with Central (8 January 1993 - 26 August 1996)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	20 July 1975 (1975-07-20) – 26 August 1996 (1996-08-26)
Related
Hollywood Squares

Celebrity Squares was a British comedy game show based on the American comedy game show Hollywood Squares. It first ran from 20 July 1975 to 7 July 1979 produced by ATV and then from 8 January 1993 to 26 August 1996 produced by Reg Grundy Productions in association with Central. Both versions were hosted by Bob Monkhouse.

Format

The show is based on the classic Noughts and Crosses. Inside each box, is a celebrity and the host asks them a question. If the contestant can correctly predict that the celebrity got that question correct or wrong, then, they'll win that square, some money and have their little symbol implanted within it. If they can get three in row vertically, horizontally, diagonally or five in total, then, they'll win the round.

Transmissions

ATV era

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	20 July 1975	28 March 1976	38
2	5 September 1976	9 July 1977	44
3	31 December 1977	15 July 1978	28
4	23 December 1978	7 July 1979	28

According to the BBC4 documentray The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse, nearly every single one of the 138 episodes of the ATV era has been wiped from the archives but Bob Monkhouse saved 40 episodes in his video cassette collection.

Central era

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	8 January 1993	7 May 1993	18
2	7 January 1994	27 August 1994	17
3	2 June 1995	25 August 1995	13
4	22 July 1996	26 August 1996	10

• Series 1 went out on Fridays nights at 19:00 (expect for Scottish who moved a few episodes to a Saturday afternoons).

• Series 2 went out on Fridays nights at 19:00, but the latter half of series 2 went out on Saturdays (Scottish moved the Friday editions to the afternoons at 17:10).

• Series 3 also went out on Friday nights.

• Series 4 went out on Mondays in most regions, but in some regions, it did move the series to another time slot.

External links

• Celebrity Squares (1975–1979) at BFI.
• Celebrity Squares (1993–1996) at BFI.
• Celebrity Squares at UKGameshows.com.