Take Your Pick!

Take Your Pick!
GenreGame show
Created byMichael Miles
Presented by
Starring
Voices of
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series
  • 13 (Associated-Rediffusion)
  • 5 (Thames)
No. of episodes
  • 494 (Associated-Rediffusion)
  • 74 (Thames)
Production
Production locations
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkITV
Release23 September 1955 (1955-09-23) –
26 July 1968 (1968-07-26)
Release24 February 1992 (1992-02-24) –
23 December 1999 (1999-12-23)
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Take Your Pick! is a British game show originally broadcast by Radio Luxembourg starting in 1952. The show was transferred to television in 1955, one day after the launch of ITV, where it continued until 1968. It was the first game show broadcast in the UK to offer cash prizes.[3]

The programme was later revived from 24 February 1992 to 23 December 1999. The show featured female assistants to accompany Des O'Connor. They were Jodie Wilson in the first two of the revived series, then Gayle and Gillian Blakeney in 1994, followed by Sarah Matravers (1996) and Sasha Lawrence in 1998.

  1. ^ "Wembley Studios (Rediffusion)". TV Studio History. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Teddington (Pearson, Barnes Trust, Pinewood)". TV Studio History. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Take Your Pick". tv.com. CBS Interactive. 2012. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012.