The Games 20 years old

The Games is a British reality television series that ran on Channel 4 for four series, in which 10 celebrities competed against each other, by doing Olympic-style events, such as weight lifting, gymnastics and diving. At the end of the series, the contestants with the most points from each round were awarded either a gold, silver or bronze medal. The show was mainly filmed in Sheffield, at the Sheffield Arena, Don Valley Stadium and Ponds Forge. In later series, the English Institute of Sport – Sheffield, iceSheffield and in series 4 the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham were used for the first time. The Games was presented by Jamie Theakston for the entirety of its run, with track-side reports from Jayne Middlemiss in series 1–3 and Kirsty Gallacher in series 4. The Games also had an after-show called The Games: Live at Trackside, aired on Channel 4's sister channel E4. The first series was presented by Dougie Anderson, whilst the second was hosted by Gamezville presenters Darren Malcolm and Jamie Atiko. Justin Lee Collins and Caroline Flack took over as presenters for the third and fourth series. For the final series an extra one-hour show was added on E4 in the afternoon called The Games: Live at the Heats, and the evening show changed title to become The Games: Inside Track.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Gail Porter She was 32 , now 53 years old
Melanie Chisholm She was 29 , now 50 years old
Jodie Marsh She was 24 , now 45 years old
Lee Latchford-Evans He was 28 , now 49 years old
Chesney Hawkes He was 31 , now 52 years old
Craig Charles He was 39 , now 59 years old
Michelle Gayle She was 32 , now 53 years old

Crew

Name Job title
The Games (20 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 2003-09-01
  • Runtime: [60,30] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 27