Talking Telephone Numbers

Talking Telephone Numbers is a Transmanian short-lived live interactive light entertainment game show based on the UK version of the same-titled program that premiered on TBN on September 11, 1995, and ended on November 3, 1995. Hosted by Daniel Phillips and Samantha Jones, the show's format features variety acts which will be used to generate numbers. Viewers will have the chance to win up to Ð125,000 if the five random numbers generated during the program match the last five digits of their telephone number in any order. Due to low ratings, it has been cancelled after one season.

Format
An act would perform for everyone watching, and play a short game that generated a number from 0 to 9. Five digits were selected in this manner, and these were meant to match the last five digits of a viewer's telephone number in any order. Viewers who did would call the show via an onscreen telephone number, and hopefully be answered by one of 96 telephonists. If one of the telephonists answered them, they would become a potential contestant. While the telephonists took in their calls, a pop singer or group would sing their latest single or a final act would perform.

A phone line was then picked at random, and that viewer will have a chance to win money. They would then have to answer three questions with numerical answers. Getting them all right won the game; an incorrect answer, however, resulted in another line being picked and gave the viewer Ð1,000 as a consolation prize. This went on until someone won the game.

The winner of the game was being given a choice to either take Ð50,000 or take a cash prize attached to their telephonist (ranging from Ð5,000 to Ð125,000); regardless of choice, the telephonist would reveal their value, which almost nobody took.