Paul Sinha's TV Showdown: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Paul Sinha's TV Showdown sees two teams of three familiar faces from the world of telly do battle in the ultimate TV trivia quiz.

Hilariously witty Chaser, stand-up comedian and TV trivia genius Paul Sinha hosts this raucous, fiercely contested battle in which celebrities' pride is at stake.

Each week, regular team captains Fay Ripley and Rob Beckett will go head-to-head with their respective teams, which include Emilia Fox, Adil Ray, Melvin Odoom, Laura Whitmore, Janet Street-Porter, Roman Kemp, Shirley Ballas and more.

Featuring clips from the best-loved shows, adverts and music videos from today and recent decades, Paul tests the teams' knowledge of what's on the box, from Blind Date to Bake Off and everything in between.

Round 1 sees contestants answer questions based on a clip. Round 2, they must identify a TV star based on a set of clues given by a celeb guest. In Round 3 team members pick a category and each answer a question based on that. The fourth round sees each panellist face their own set of questions in a quick-fire Q&A round, before scores are totalled and the winning team is announced.

It's one thing to be on the telly - but it's another to know your stuff about it!

Series details

• Title: Paul Sinha's TV Showdown
• Format: Panel Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-01-09
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 41 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 52765

Cast and credited roles

• Paul Sinha — Host
• Rob Beckett — Team Captain
• Fay Ripley — Team Captain

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-01-09; final listed air date 2021-02-13; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-02-19; final listed air date 2022-04-02; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Paul Sinha's TV Showdown 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.