Simply the Best (game show)

Simply the Best
Opening titles
Genre	Sports Game show
Created by	Guy Lux Claude Savarit
Based on	Intercities
Developed by	Mistral Production
Written by	Malcolm Williamson Colin Edmonds
Directed by	Ian Hamilton
Presented by	Phil Tufnell Kirsty Gallacher
Starring	Paul Durkin (Referee)
Voices of	Howard Hughes
Theme music composer	Philip Guyler
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Kevin Roast Mark Wells
Producer	Andrew Norgate
Production locations	Saint Helier, Jersey
Cinematography	Lisle Middleditch
Running time	90-120mins (inc. adverts)
Production companies	Carlton Television Channel Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	17 July (2004-07-17) – 4 September 2004 (2004-09-04)
Related
It's a Knockout

Simply the Best was a game show broadcast on the United Kingdom terrestrial network ITV in 2004.

Filmed in Jersey as a co-production of Carlton Television and Channel Television, it was hosted by Phil Tufnell and Kirsty Gallacher, and featured the cheerleaders from the American football team the Scottish Claymores.

Each week two teams from cities across the UK competed in a series of madcap games to go forward to a final, where the eventual prize was £50,000 for local community projects.

The series was directly based on a French series entitled Intervilles (Intercity), from which It's a Knockout had previously been adapted.

The 2004 winners were Leeds, while Sheffield were the runners-up.

The reruns of the 2004 series will be shown on Challenge.

External links

• Simply the Best at UKGameshows.com