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Night Fever (game show)

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1997 British TV series or programme
Night Fever
GenreMusic game show
Presented bySuggs
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes135
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesGrundy (1997–2001)
Thames (2001–02)
Original release
NetworkChannel 5
Release5 April 1997 (1997-04-05) –
30 March 2002 (2002-03-30)

Night Fever was a karaoke style show airing in the United Kingdom on Channel 5 from 5 April 1997 to 30 March 2002. It was hosted by Suggs and in the early series, he was helped by "The Big Guy in the Sky" – a disembodied voice giving the scores, and later by 'Wolfie' – John Ireland dressed as Mozart. Later series were co-hosted by Will Mellor and Sarah Cawood replaced later by Kieron Elliott and Danielle Nicholls. The programme often had themed shows such as Valentine's Day. Also, Suggs was helped (or often hindered) by Pop Monkey (a man in a costume) who supposedly gave Suggs the choices of songs.

Format

Two panels of celebrities faced a boys against girls singing contest together with quiz questions and interaction from the audience. Team captains in the early series were Craig Charles and Philippa Forrester, who were working together on BBC Two's show, Robot Wars. Special guest stars made appearances as well – these included Gary Numan, Labi Siffre and Limahl from Kajagoogoo. The format was re-developed from the French show – La Fureur (The Fury) hosted and devised by Arthur – by Richard Hearsey who produced the show for Channel 5. Dawn Airey had seen the French version of the show and both Richard Hearsey and Alan Boyd travelled to Marseilles to see a live version prior to re-developing the show for Channel 5.

Transmissions

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 5 April 1997 17 January 1998 33
2 12 September 1998 20 February 1999 26
3 18 September 1999 26 February 2000 26
4 14 October 2000 10 March 2001 24
5 22 September 2001 30 March 2002 26

References

  1. "Night Fever". www.pearsontv.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Fremantle Archive Sales – NIGHT FEVER". Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

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