Greed (franchise)

Greed is a game show that originally aired in the United States on Fox. Its success in the U.S. led to it becoming a worldwide franchise as the show was adapted and recreated in several other countries.

Furthermore, these had different music (the British version added extra sound effects in its title sequence), composed by British composer Graham Ness, and graphics set around a safe and a tower of gold bars, however, the gameplay was largely the same as the original U.S. version, aside mainly from the Australian version, which had a progressive jackpot. The standard international set was designed by British production designer Andy Walmsley.[1]

All the international versions were produced by Pearson Television (now Fremantle).[2][3]

Country Name Presenter(s) Channel Broadcast Top Prize Ref.
 Arab World GREED: يا قاتل يا مقتول
Greed: Ya Qatel ya Maqtoul 		Marcel Ghanem LBC 2001−2002 US$1,000,000 [4]
 Argentina Codicia Eduardo de la Puente El Trece 2001 500,000 AR$ [5][6][7]
Audacia
 Australia Greed Kerri-Anne Kennerley Channel Ten 11 February 2001 − 29 April 2001 A$1,000,000 + progressive jackpot [8]
 Brasil Audácia (segment of Programa Silvio Santos) Sílvio Santos SBT 2000 R$10.000.000
 Chile Audacia Mario Kreutzberger Canal 13 2001 $1,000,000,000
 Denmark Grisk - når det gælder Thomas Mygind (2001)
Alex Nyborg Madsen (2001–2002) 		TV3 2001–2002 kr.2,000,000 [9][10][11]
 Finland Gr€€d Petteri Ahomaa MTV3 13 October 2000 – 15 August 2003 mk 1,000,000
€170,000 		[12][13][14]
 France Mission 1 million Alexandre Delpérier M6 27 November 2000 – 8 December 2000 1,000,000 FF [15][16][17]
 Germany Ca$h—Das eine Million Mark-Quiz Ulla Kock am Brink ZDF 21 November 2000 – 13 November 2001 1,000,000 DM [18][19]
 Israel הפיתוי
Ha-Pituy 		Avri Gilad Channel 2 3 October 2000 – 2001 ₪2,200,000 [20]
 Italy Gr€€d Luca Barbareschi Raidue 18 September 2000 – 6 April 2001 ₤1,000,000,000 [21][22]
 Mexico Audacia, La Fiebre Del Dinero Marco Antonio Regil Televisa 30 December 2000 – 1 January 2002 MXN$1,000,000,000
 Poland Chciwość, czyli żądza pieniądza Mirosław Siedler Polsat 2001 1,000,000 zł [23][24][25]
 Portugal A Febre do Dinheiro Carlos Cruz SIC 2000–2001 100,000,000 $ [26][27]
 Russia Алчность
Alchnost 		Alfred Koch
Igor Jankowski
Alexander Tsekalo 		NTV 10 September 2001 – 30 April 2002 2,000,000 руб [28][29][30]
 South Africa Greed Revin John SABC3 2000 R1,000,000 [31]
 Spain Audacia Jordi Estadella TVE1 19 October 2000 – 2001 100,000,000 ₧ [32][33][34]
 Sweden Vinna eller försvinna Fredrik Belfrage SVT 2001 1,000,000 kr [35]
 Turkey Aslan Payı Mehmet Aslantuğ aTV September 2000 1,000,000,000,000 TL [36][37]
 United Kingdom Gr££d Jerry Springer Channel 5 18 May 2001 – 9 June 2001 £1,000,000 [38][39]
 United States (original format) Greed Chuck Woolery Fox 4 November 1999 – 14 July 2000 US$2,000,000 [40]
 Venezuela La fiebre del dinero Fausto Malavé Venevisión 25 May 2001 100,000,000 Bs. [41]
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