Big Game TV (stylised as BIG Game TV!) was a live phone-in

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that was broadcast via Sky Broadcasting in 2005. It released a spin-off, ''The Hallmark Channel Quiz'' on 6 March 2006, which was shown on The

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. The show used only three of the presenters. Big Game TV Productions added The Daily Quiz! on 13 March 2006. This show aired on

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and on

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seven days a week and featured a selection of Big Game TV's presenters. ITV ended their involvement with Big Game TV due to

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allegations in May 2006.

Controversy

Big Game TV was the subject of a

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investigation brought by the

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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.BIG Game TV - The Fraud Squad Raids
by the

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for the

programme You and Yours, broadcast 19 May 2006, retrieved 27 May 2006. The channel was later called before a parliamentary committee.

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removed the channel from their channel line-up on 7 June.ntl remove Big Game TV from channel line up
by Cable Forum, created 7 June 2006, retrieved 7 June 2006. The channel closed down entirely after leaving Sky in early 2007, after some bad press for the call-TV industry.

Presenters

*Jim Brooman * Georgina Burnett *Matt Cuttle * Natasha Powell * Keith Price *

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*Kat Shoob

Voiceover

*Mitch Johnson (announcer)

References

{{reflist Quiz channels in the United Kingdom Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom Phone-in quiz shows Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2007