| Password | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Panel game |
| Created by | Bob Stewart |
| Presented by | Shaw Taylor Brian Redhead Eleanor Summerfield Esther Rantzen Tom O'Connor Brian Munn Gordon Burns Stephen Mangan |
| Narrated by | Simon Greenall (2024-) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 (ATV) 3 (BBC) 1 (Channel 4) 3 (UTV) 1 (revival) |
| No. of episodes | 27 (ATV) 39 (BBC) 26 (Channel 4) 70 (UTV) 7 (revival) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins (1963–88) 45 minutes (2024) |
| Production companies | ATV (1963) Thames in association with Talbot Television and Goodson-Todman Productions (1982–83) Ulster (1985–88) Talkback (2024–) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 12 March – 10 September 1963 |
| Network | BBC2 (1973) BBC1 (1974–76) |
| Release | 24 March 1973 – 3 January 1976 |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 6 November 1982 – 14 May 1983 |
| Network | Ulster (1985–87) ITV (1988) |
| Release | 2 September 1985 – 29 July 1988 |
| Network | ITV1 |
| Release | 31 August 2024 – present |
| Related | |
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Password is a British panel game show based on the U.S. version of the same name. It originally aired on ITV from 12 March to 10 September 1963, hosted by Shaw Taylor, then was revived by BBC2 from 24 March to 28 April 1973, hosted by Brian Redhead, BBC1 from 7 January 1974 to 3 January 1976, first hosted by Eleanor Summerfield in 1974 and then hosted by Esther Rantzen from 1975 to 1976, Channel 4 from 6 November 1982 to 14 May 1983, hosted by Tom O'Connor, Ulster from 2 September 1985 to 13 March 1987, first hosted by Brian Munn in 1985, and then hosted by Gordon Burns from 1986 to 1987 and then finally on ITV from 20 June to 29 July 1988, also hosted by Burns. In 2023, it was announced that ITV would be reviving the show with Stephen Mangan as host. [1]