Top 10 Game Shows

The ultimate mad escapist gameshow, The Price Is Right has been through several incarnations in the UK, from the 80s version hosted by Leslie Crowther right through to the Joe Pasquale-helmed 21st century remake. The US version is infinitely more entertaining however since it provides a golden opportunity for its lucky contestants to shriek, whoop hysterically and generally make everybody see how thrilled they are that they're on TV and face the prospect of winning a dishwasher. Or something along those lines.

One of those shows which has nigh legendary status on US TV (there was also a short-lived British version), Jeopardy's concept is thus: we'll tell you the answer, you tell us what the question is. Which is a bit silly, yet somehow it works. And it's been working since 1964, when the series first aired on US screens - to this day, it's still going strong.

Quite possibly the best gameshow ever made, Deal Or No Deal works because it not only throws normal gameshow conventions - such as quiz questions - out of the window, but because it's so brilliantly compelling. Who'd have thought the simple task of opening boxes to see what money is inside them could provide such edge-of-the-seat viewing and so many shout-at-the-screen moments? Because it does. Frequently.