Every Second Counts: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Every Second Counts was a British game show based on the American game show of the same name. It aired on BBC1 between 8 February 1986 and 29 October 1993 and was hosted by Paul Daniels.

Gameplay was almost identical as the American version. Each week, three married couples competed against each other to win seconds of time. In each half of the game, one member of each couple sat in the "driver's seat" and answered questions (which were all statements, each with two possible answers). Each correct answer earned seconds, while an incorrect answer eliminated that player from the round. Correct answers in the first half won two seconds, and correct answers in the second half earned four seconds. Players had a choice of two categories of questions for each round.

Series details

• Title: Every Second Counts
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1986-02-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 1993-10-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8107

Cast and credited roles

• Paul Daniels — Quiz Master

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-02-08; final listed air date 1986-05-24; episode order: 16.
• Season 2: premiered 1986-09-06; final listed air date 1986-12-31; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 1987-04-18; final listed air date 1987-08-21; episode order: 17.
• Season 4: premiered 1988-03-04; final listed air date 1988-06-17; episode order: 16.
• Season 5: premiered 1989-03-17; final listed air date 1989-06-30; episode order: 16.
• Season 6: premiered 1990-09-08; final listed air date 1990-12-22; episode order: 16.
• Season 7: premiered 1991-09-10; final listed air date 1991-12-31; episode order: 16.
• Season 8: premiered 1992-04-30; final listed air date 1992-09-03; episode order: 16.
• Season 9: premiered 1993-07-14; final listed air date 1993-10-29; episode order: 16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Every Second Counts on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.