Puzzling: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Lucy Worsley challenges Britain's brightest minds as they do battle to be hailed Britain's ultimate puzzler. At the start of each episode, six super smart strangers are split into two teams of three.  The two teams try to accrue the most points through their powers of puzzling deduction.

Every area of our player's mind will be tested across five puzzling rounds – In Other Words (language), Pressure Points (calculation), Rule Breakers (lateral thinking), Picture This (visual intelligence) and Memory Bank (memory).

Then, in a dramatic plot twist, the winning team turn on each other to be named the ‘Best of the Best' and earn a place in the series Grand Final where the ultimate puzzler will be crowned.

Series details

• Title: Puzzling
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2023-06-22
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: 5
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 58 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 68640
• IMDb ID: tt28178816

Cast and credited roles

• Lucy Worsley — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-06-22; final listed air date 2023-09-14; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

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