More criticism was to come when several British TV companies were caught up in a series of scandals related to the manipulation of phone-in quizzes,[1] and the significant revenues generated from Premium rate telephone numbers.

Having introduced a documentary series Nightwatch with Steve Scott to fill the slot, ITV advertisers wanted a return to a more youth-oriented game show format.

Bingo Night Live was a simple and free bingo game, split into: The show originally aired five times per week (Tuesday to Saturday), and were presented by a total of three presenters: Before play started, UK astrologer Russell Grant gave a pre-recorded view of the players' possibilities of winning according to their astrological sign.

These provided additional cash prizes to be won, with normally two extra games played, such as "Magic Numbers" and "Minute to Win It".

The podium from where the phone-in games were played was moved closer to statistician's desk, meaning that only two presenters were required.

Mike Toolan and Jayne Sharp were the presenters of the final show, during which it was announced that over the 6 months of broadcasting, prizes totaling £500,000 had been won by 15,000 winners.

[6] On 17 July 2008 Bingo Night Live was not shown due to a power cut in the Greater Manchester area.

An email explaining the fault was sent to all players telling them "You do not need to do anything further; your cards will be automatically carried across to tonight’s show and entered into the next games".

The game was abandoned whilst on air, although it continued to run via the Bingo Night Live website.

The show was temporarily replaced with a rerun of Creature Comforts while the problems were resolved, before coming back on air for the two remaining games of the night.