Talking Telephone Numbers was a British game show that was produced by Celador

Celador

Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent production company in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows and is probably best known for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-producing the film Slumdog Millionaire which collected...

 and Carlton Television

Carlton Television

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 and aired on ITV

ITV

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 from 28 February 1994 to 22 December 1997, hosted by Phillip Schofield

Phillip Schofield

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 and Emma Forbes, then later Claudia Winkleman

Claudia Winkleman

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, with Cash Peters

Cash Peters

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appearing in filmed inserts (Series One only).

The programme featured five games, each designed to generate a number. These numbers were combined towards the end of the programme to form a five-digit code. Viewers with telephone numbers that matched the digits, in any order, could then phone in to try to win a cash prize.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	28 February 1994	9 May 1994	13
2	2 January 1995	24 April 1995	17
3	8 January 1996	29 April 1996	17
4	8 September 1997	22 December 1997	16

External links

• Talking Telephone Numbers at Celador
• Talking Telephone Numbers at BFI