Originally aired on Channel 4 from 12 January 1983, to 2 July 1984, hosted by Derek Hobson, the show was later revived by ITV from 3 September 1990, to 9 April 1993.

In the Hobson, Donat, and Jones runs, the contestants only saw their own scores, although, at the end of each round, they were told their relative positions (i.e., who was in first, second, and third place).

This had the side effect of reducing "runaways", a common phenomenon in the U.S. version, where contestants heading into Final Jeopardy!

with more than double their nearest opponent would be guaranteed victory by betting a small amount; most contestants did not pay enough attention to others' correct or incorrect responses to know if they had clinched a runaway game.

Also under Hobson, Donat, Jones and Ross, the response had to be grammatically correct in addition to the usual requirement of phrasing in the form of a question.

On 27 February 2023, ITV announced that the show would be revived again, produced by Whisper Films (a studio minority-owned by Jeopardy!

[6][7] By the request of Fry, the revival would be modelled extensively after the current U.S. version, although extended with an extra round between the Jeopardy!

[9] American online magazine Slate contrasted it to the U.S. half-hour syndicated version of Jeopardy!, describing it as being "slower, sleepier, and irritatingly nonchalant" with its low cash values, and being padded out by a third round[c] and Fry's slow pacing (including a penchant to provide commentary on the subjects of clues), observing that "when Trebek was really cooking, he could marshal out three questions in 30 seconds.