The Alphabet Game

Not to be confused with Alphabet (video game).

The Alphabet Game
GenreComedy panel game
Created by
Presented byAndrew O'Connor
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes74
Production
Production locationNew Broadcasting House
Running time25 minutes
Production companiesObjective Productions and BBC North
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release5 August 1996 (1996-08-05) –
27 March 1997 (1997-03-27)
Related
Alphabetical
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The Alphabet Game is a comedy panel game show that aired on BBC1 from 5 August 1996 to 27 March 1997 and is hosted by Andrew O'Connor. The programme was created by O'Connor, Rebecca Thornhill, Mark Maxwell-Smith and produced by Objective Productions. It was remade in Spain as Pasapalabra,[1] for which ITV Studios sued Telecinco for €17,000,000;[2] ITV would later remake the show as Alphabetical.[3]

  1. ^ "'Pasapalabra' llega a Telecinco con nuevas pruebas y Christian Gálvez como presentador" ['Pasapalabra' comes to Telecinco with new tests and Christian Galvez as a presenter]. Elmundo.es (in Spanish). 16 July 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ "El inventor de 'Pasapalabra' reclama 17 millones de euros a Telecinco por impago de los derechos" [The inventor of 'Pasapalabra' claims 17 million for unpaid Telecinco rights]. Elconfidentialdigital.com (in Spanish). 14 October 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ Blazeby, Miranda (8 February 2016). "ITV daytime orders include The Alphabet Game revival". Broadcast. Retrieved 12 April 2020.