Cash Cab
GenreGame show
Created byAdam Wood
Mat Steiner
Presented byJohn Moody
Voices ofAnnabel Raftery
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2[1]
No. of episodes40[1]
Production
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)[1]
Production companyLion Television[1]
Original release
NetworkITV (2005–06)
Challenge (2007)
Release13 June 2005 (2005-06-13) –
30 March 2007 (2007-03-30)

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

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. 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

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
113 June 200524 June 200520[1]
5 September 200516 September 2005
227 December 200530 December 200520[1]
28 June 200629 June 2006
22 March 200730 March 2007

International versions

CountryNameHostChannelPremiere
 Algeria Cash Taxi Algerie Nacime Haddouche Echorouk TV 6 January 2021
Arab League 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
QUIZ TAXI eXtreme 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
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
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
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
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
Cash Cab: Chicago Beth Melewski Discovery Channel 14 February 2011
 Vietnam Taxi May Mắn Hiếu Hiền HTV7 19 October 2012
Cash Cab - Xe kỳ thú Lê Hương VTV8 30 October 2021

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cash Cab". All3Media. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bio: Adam Wood". Archived from the original on 26 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Official site" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Buan-Deveza, Reyma (9 December 2015). "Judy Ann to give birth on Christmas or New Year?". ABS-CBNnews.com. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lawyer drives Cach Taxi".

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