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| PokerFace | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Ant & Dec |
| Presented by | |
| Narrated by | Tim Caple |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Talkback Thames in association with Gallowgate |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 10 July 2006 – 3 March 2007 |
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PokerFace (also known as Ant & Dec's PokerFace) is a British game show broadcast on ITV, where one person is guaranteed to win £1 million. The show was created by Ant & Dec, who also host it. As implied by the title, PokerFace, is based on the bluffing aspect of poker games. The contestants do not necessarily need to get the questions right in order to win, and can bluff their way through the game and pressure their opponents into folding in order to win.[1][2]
The show was originally going to be called The Con Test,[3] but the name was changed just weeks before the show began.[4] However, the Australian version is called The Con Test. Series 1 of the show was aired nightly for seven consecutive days (the seventh show being the final), whilst series 2 saw the show moved to a Saturday prime-time slot, lasted for seven weeks.
In 2021, Ant & Dec revealed that TV bosses were interested in reviving PokerFace, but that they themselves were unlikely to present it.[5]
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- ^ "US deal agreed for Ant & Dec's 'Con Test'". Digital Spy. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Ant and Dec say TV Bosses want to revive PokerFace". www.femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2023.