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==International versions== {| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;" |- ! Country !! Local Name !! Host !! Channel !! Year Aired |- | {{Flag|Australia}} | '''The Great TV Game Show''' | [[Richard Stubbs]] | [[Network Ten]] | 1989 |- | {{Flag|Brazil}} | '''Controle Remoto''' | [[Fausto Silva]] | [[Rede Globo]] | 1989 |- | {{Flag|Greece}} | '''Remote Control''' | Petros Filipidis | [[Star Channel (Greece)|Star Channel]] | 1996 |- | {{Flag|Italy}} | '''[[:it:Urka!|Urka!]]''' | [[Paolo Bonolis]] | [[Italia 1]] | 1991 |- | {{Flag|Puerto Rico}} | '''Control Remoto''' | [[Xavier Serbiá]] | [[WAPA-TV]] | 1989 |- | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | '''Remote Control''' | [[Anthony H. Wilson]] | [[Channel 4]] | 1991–1992 |} * A [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] version entitled ''Control Remoto'', hosted by former [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]] member [[Xavier Serbiá]], was canceled after 3 months on [[WAPA-TV]] in 1989 because MTV threatened a lawsuit for [[copyright infringement]]. * A [[United Kingdom|British]] version of the show was co-produced by Action Time Productions and [[Granada Television]] and aired on [[Channel 4]] from 1991 to 1992. It was hosted by [[Anthony H. Wilson]] and featured comedians [[Phil Cornwell]] and [[John Thomson (comedian)|John Thomson]] plus keyboardist Yolisa Pharle, with guest appearances by the characters [[Frank Sidebottom]], Sister Mary Immaculate and [[Mrs Merton]] (both played by [[Caroline Aherne]]),<ref>{{cite web|title=''Caroline Aherne''|access-date=2012-06-07|url=http://everything2.com/title/Caroline+Aherne}}</ref> plus [[Brenda Gilhooly]] as a 'yoof' TV presenter. * An [[Australia]]n version aired on [[Network Ten]] in 1989 under the name ''The Great TV Game Show''. It was hosted by Russell Stubbs with Jane Holmes and the regular panelists were Russell Fletcher, Margie Nunn, Linda Gibson, and [[Mike Blair (Australian television personality)|Michael Blair]]. The show failed to see out the year along with a number of Network Ten game shows that were launched at around the same time. * The [[Italy|Italian]] version of the show was called ''Urka!'', which was hosted by [[Paolo Bonolis]] and aired on [[Italia 1]] only in 1991. * A [[Brazil]]ian version of the show called ''Controle Remoto'', hosted by [[Fausto Silva]] aired on [[Rede Globo]] in 1989.
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