This article is about the British version of the Hollywood Squares format. For other versions of the format (including the 2023 VH1 series), see Hollywood Squares.
Celebrity Squares
Genre
Comedy panel game
Based on
Hollywood Squares by
Merrill Heatter
Bob Quigley
Written by
Les Keen (2014–15) David Reilly (2014–15) Aiden Spackman (2014–15)
Directed by
Richard Van't Riet (2014–15)
Presented by
Bob Monkhouse (1975–79; 1993–97) Warwick Davis (2014–15)
Voices of
Kenny Everett (1975–79) Nick Jackson (1993–97)
Theme music composer
Jack Parnell (1975–79) Rick Turk (1993–97) Invader Plus (2014–15)
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language
English
No. of series
4 (ATV) 3 (Central) 2 (Revival)
No. of episodes
138 (ATV) 57 (Central) 15 (Revival)
Production
Executive producers
Abigail Adams (2014–15) Tony Moulsdale (2014–15) Robert Massie (2014–15)
Producers
Roisin Jones (2014–15) Niki Xenophontos (2014–15)
Production locations
ATV Elstree (1975–79)[1] Television House (1993–95)[2] The London Studios (2014–15)
ATV (1975–79) Central with Reg Grundy Productions (1993–97) September Films and Motion Content Group (2014–15)
Original release
Network
ITV
Release
20 July 1975 (1975-07-20) – 7 June 2015 (2015-06-07)
Related
Hollywood Squares
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Celebrity Squares is a British comedy game show based on the American comedy game show Hollywood Squares. It first ran on ITV from 20 July 1975 to 7 July 1979 and was hosted by Bob Monkhouse, then—also hosted by Monkhouse—from 8 January 1993 to 3 January 1997.
On 10 September 2014, a revival of the show produced by September Films and Motion Content Group debuted on ITV and was hosted by Warwick Davis.[3] On 13 November 2015, DCD Media confirmed that the show had been cancelled.[4]
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^"Ex-ITV Regional Studios". TV Studio History. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^"Life's Too Short's Warwick Davis to host new series of Celebrity Squares". The Guardian. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^"DCD Media slumps as ITV axes Celebrity Squares". Proactiveinvestors (UK).
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role of Sinil. On 15 October 2014, Ganatra appeared in an episode of CelebritySquares. On 25 March 2015, he featured in a comedy interview alongside comedian...
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