The Cube (British game show)
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The Cube is a British television game show that aired on ITV from 22 August 2009 to 23 December 2021. It was hosted by Phillip Schofield.
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The Cube | |
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Also known as | The Million Pound Cube (2020) |
Created by | Adam Adler |
Presented by | Phillip Schofield |
Voices of | Colin McFarlane |
Theme music composer | Nick Foster Ken Bolam |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 11 |
No. of episodes | 95 |
Production | |
Production locations | Fountain Studios (2009–15) Television Centre, London (2020–21) |
Running time | 60–75 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production companies | Objective Media Group Wildcard Television (2020) Triple Brew Media (2021) |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 22 August 2009 (2009-08-22) – 23 December 2021 (2021-12-23) |
The original series offered contestants the chance to win a top prize of £250,000 by completing challenges from within a 4m × 4m × 4m perspex cube. The challenges involve physical and mental tasks including catching, throwing, estimation, reacting, memorisation, and balancing. Colin McFarlane provides the disembodied voice of The Cube, who explains the rules of the games.[1]
The show ran from 2009 to 2015, before returning as The Million Pound Cube in 2020, and again under its original title in 2021.[2][3]