Cash Cab (British game show)

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Cash Cab
Genre	Game show
Created by	Adam Wood; Mat Steiner
Presented by	John Moody
Voices of	Annabel Raftery
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	40
Production
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Lion Television
Original release
Network	ITV (2005–06); Challenge (2007)
Release	13 June 2005 –; 30 March 2007

Cash Cab is a British game show that originally aired from 13 June 2005 to 29 June 2006 on ITV. The remaining fourteen episodes of the second series aired on Challenge from 22 to 30 March 2007. The original programme that launched the worldwide Cash Cab franchise, was hosted by John Moody. The questions were asked in voice over style by Annabel Raftery. The show was devised by Adam Wood and Mat Steiner.^[2]

Gameplay edit

The show's host initially poses as an ordinary taxi driver and drives around the major cities of the United Kingdom in a cab. The show pays its passengers for correctly answering standard general knowledge questions. Contestants are recruited in advance but are not told that the quiz will be taking place in the cab, so although the "pick-ups" are not as random as they appear on screen, the contestants are genuinely surprised when the taxi turns out to be the Cash Cab. (This differs from some editions, most notably the Canadian and American versions, wherein the contestants are generally chosen at random and are usually asked on camera if they wish to play or not once the rules are explained to them.)

The contestants tell the driver their destination before getting into the taxi and are not allowed to change it. They'll then have the distance they'll need to travel to answer questions. The first five questions are relatively easy and worth £10 each, the next five are a little harder and worth £50, the next seven, are even harder and worth £100, and any question after that is worth £500. Contestants are allowed to either phone someone or ask a passer-by for help if they are stuck on a question. If the contestant gets three questions wrong, they'll lose the money they have won up to that point and must leave the cab immediately.

The host of Cash Cab, John Moody, is a genuine qualified taxi driver, and has an easygoing presenting style.

Transmissions edit

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	13 June 2005	24 June 2005	20^[1]
1	5 September 2005	16 September 2005	20^[1]
2	27 December 2005	30 December 2005	20^[1]
	28 June 2006	29 June 2006
	22 March 2007	30 March 2007

International versions edit

Country	Name	Host	Channel	Premiere
Algeria	Cash Taxi Algerie	Nacime Haddouche	Echorouk TV	6 January 2021
Arab world	كاش تاكسي Cash Taxi	Hisham Abdel Rahman	MBC 1	2008
Asia-Pacific	Cash Cab Asia	Oli Pettigrew	AXN Asia	18 October 2011
Australia	Cash Cab	Charlie Pickering James Kerley	Channel V	29 October 2007
Austria	QUIZ TAXI	Max Schmiedl	Puls 4	16 October 2011
Austria	QUIZ TAXI eXtreme	Max Schmiedl	Puls 4	23 October 2011
Belgium	Taxi Vanoudenhoven	Rob Vanoudenhoven	Eén	10 June 2012
Brazil	Taxi do Milão	Supla	RedeTV!	2010
Canada	Cash Cab (English language version)	Adam Growe	Discovery Channel Canada	10 September 2008
Canada	Taxi Payant (French language version)	Alexandre Barrette	V	3 September 2009
Chile			MEGA	2012
China	超级现金车 Cash Cab^[3]	Song Peng	TVS3	17 December 2012
Colombia	CityTaxi Efectivo	Freddy Flórez Morella Zuleta	CityTV	23 October 2016
Czech Republic	Taxík	Aleš Háma Tomáš Matonoha Monika Absolonová	Česká televize	5 January 2008
	Taxi, taxi, taxi	Martin Zounar	TV Barrandov	24 August 2015
	IQ Taxi	Pavel Novotný	JOJ Family	7 October 2019
Denmark	Taxaquizzen	Sigurd Kongshøj Larsen	TV2	29 September 2011
Egypt	كاش تاكسي Cash Taxi	Nashwa Mustafa	MBC Masr	9 July 2013
France	Taxi Cash	Alexandre Devoise	W9	23 October 2010
Germany	Quiz Taxi	Thomas Hackenberg	Kabel eins	18 April 2006
Greece	Taxi Girl	Vicky Stavropoulou	Mega TV	2006
Greece	TAXI	Alexandros Tsouvelas	ANT1	19 September 2020
Hungary	Tutifuvar - A taxiquiz	Gianni Annoni	Viasat 3	2007
India	Airtel Cash Cab	Munish Mukhija	UTV Bindass	2007
Indonesia	Taxi Selebritis	Farhan	antv	2009
Israel	מונית הכסף Monit HaKesef	Ido Rozenblum	Keshet 12	19 May 2007
Italy	Cash Taxi	Marco Berry	Sky Uno Cielo LA7	2009
Jamaica	Claro Cash Cab	Felisha Lord Wayne W. Whyte	Television Jamaica	15 November 2010
Japan	キャッシュキャブ Kyasshu Kyabu	Toshihiro Ito	Fuji TV	1 March 2008
Kazakhstan	Такси Taxi	Murat Ospanov	NTK Channel 31	7 September 2009
Lithuania	Pinigų taksi	Karina Krysko	LNK	30 June 2008
Malaysia	Teksi Tunai	Bob Lokman	Astro Prima	2007
Mexico	Taxi Cash	Andrés Bustamante	Televisa	28 January 2008
Morocco	Feen Ghadi	Taliss and Basso	2M TV	2020
Netherlands	Cash Cab	Kurt Rogiers Edo Brunner	BNN	2006
Peru	Gana Taxi	Carlos Vílchez	Frecuencia Latina	2011
Philippines	Cash Cab Philippines	Ryan Agoncillo	AXN Philippines	22 December 2015^[4]
Poland	Taxi	Dariusz Lech	TV4	8 September 2005
Poland	Taxi kasa	Kamil Baleja	Super Polsat	10 March 2018
Romania	Cash Taxi	Cătălin Cazacu	Kanal D	30 July 2018
Russia	Такси Taxi	Alex Kulichkov Eugene Rybov	TNT	20 December 2005
Serbia	Кеш такси Keš taksi	Ivan Ivanović	Fox televizija reruns on Prva Plus	12 January 2007^[5]
Slovakia	Taxík	Peter Kočiš	Jednotka	21 January 2012
Slovakia	IQ Taxi	Mário "Kuly" Kollár	TV JOJ	6 January 2019
Slovenia	Taksi: Kviz z Jožetom	Jože Robežnik	RTV SLO	2016
Spain	Taxi, taxi	Joan Domínguez	Telemadrid	2006
	¡Taxi!	Manolo Sarriá	Canal Sur 2	18 January 2010
	Taxi	Miki Nadal and Manolo Sarriá	laSexta	2013
Sweden		Fredrik Belfrage	Discovery Channel
Taiwan	黃金計程車 Gold Taxi	David Chao Vincent Liang Gui Gui	ECT	22 April 2009
Thailand	แท็กซีมหาเศรษฐี Cash Cab Thailand	Ball Chernyim Jeab Chernyim Passakorn Ponlaboon	Modernine TV	2 March 2015
Ukraine	Таксi Taxi	Gregory Herman	1+1	2006–2008
United States	Cash Cab	Ben Bailey	Discovery Channel (2005–2018) Bravo (2019–2020)	5 December 2005
United States	Cash Cab: Chicago	Beth Melewski	Discovery Channel	14 February 2011
Vietnam	Taxi May Mắn	Hiếu Hiền	HTV7	19 October 2012
Vietnam	Cash Cab - Xe kỳ thú	Lê Hương	VTV8	30 October 2021