{{short description|British phone-in quiz television channel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Big Game TV | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2005|5|13|df=y}} | closed_date = {{End date and age|2007|4|15|df=y}} | owner = Big Game TV Productions }} '''Big Game TV''' (stylised as '''BIG Game TV!''') was a live phone-in quiz channel that was broadcast via Sky Broadcasting in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/news/a21430/big-game-tv-joins-sky-lineup.html|title=Big Game TV joins Sky lineup - Tech News|work=Digital Spy|date=26 May 2005|accessdate=2012-05-22}}</ref> It released a spin-off, ''The Hallmark Channel Quiz'' on 6 March 2006, which was shown on The Hallmark Channel. The show used only three of the presenters.
Big Game TV Productions added The Daily Quiz! on 13 March 2006. This show aired on ITV Play and on Men & Motors seven days a week and featured a selection of Big Game TV's presenters. ITV ended their involvement with Big Game TV due to fraud allegations in May 2006.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/bbc_parliament/6190972.stm BBC Report]</ref>
==Controversy== Big Game TV was the subject of a City of London Police investigation brought by the BBC Radio 4 programme ''You and Yours'' in May 2006 over allegations that receptionists were told to ignore all incoming calls for long periods of time while 150-200 calls per minute were charged 75p each.<ref name="youandyours">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060618144030/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/01/2006_20_fri.shtml BIG Game TV - The Fraud Squad Raids] by the BBC for the BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours, broadcast 19 May 2006, retrieved 27 May 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/sitesearch.do?querystring=%22big+game+tv%22&p=tto&pf=all&bl=on The Times]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> The channel was later called before a parliamentary committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/media/news/a40022/mps-quiz-broadcasters-over-gameshows.html|title=MPs quiz broadcasters over gameshows - Media News|work=Digital Spy|date=27 November 2006|accessdate=2012-05-22}}</ref>
NTL removed the channel from their channel line-up on 7 June.<ref name="ntl">[http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/274/ntl-remove-big-game-tv-from-channel-line-up ntl remove Big Game TV from channel line up] by Cable Forum, created 7 June 2006, retrieved 7 June 2006.</ref> The channel closed down entirely after leaving Sky in early 2007, after some bad press for the call-TV industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Big_Game_TV|title=Big Game TV|publisher=UKGameshows|accessdate=2012-05-22}}</ref>
==Presenters== *Jim Brooman *Georgina Burnett *Matt Cuttle *Natasha Powell *Keith Price *Tommy Sandhu *Kat Shoob
==Voiceover== *Mitch Johnson (announcer)
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Category:Quiz channels in the United Kingdom Category:Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom Category:Phone-in quiz shows Category:Television channels and stations established in 2005 Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2007