Card Sharks - Foreign Versions

Foreign Versions

The most significant difference to many foreign versions of Card Sharks was the use of married couples instead of individual contestants (except for Brazil). They were produced by Reg Grundy.

  • United Kingdom: The British version was known as Play Your Cards Right and was hosted by Bruce Forsyth. The series ran from 1980–1987, 1994–1999, and 2002–2003 on ITV. Reruns of Bob Eubanks' Card Sharks series aired on satellite channel Sky One in the 1990s.
  • Brazil: has broadcast two different versions of "Sharks" for two different networks in 1979 and 1996. The original version called Corrida De Formula B ("Racing Formula B") aired on Tupi from 1979-1982 while its revival returned to SBT 17 years later as Jogo Do Mais Ou Menos ("Game of More or Less") in 1996. both the original and the revival were hosted by Silvio Santos.
  • Germany: Hosted by Elmar Hörig, Bube Dame Hörig ("Jack, Queen, Wildlife") ran on Sat.1 from 1996–1999.
  • Sweden: Lagt kort ligger ("Added card is") ran on SVT from 1987-1990 and was hosted by Magnus Harenstam.
  • Belgium: A Dutch-language version called Hoger, Lager ("Higher, Lower") ran on TV1 (now called VRT) from 1983-1989 with Walter Capiau of Het Rad van Fortuin ("The Wheel of Fortune") fame as host.
  • Australia: Seven Network aired their version of Play Your Cards Right for a brief time in 1984 hosted by Ugly Dave Gray. it's set was a replica of the 1978-81 U.S. version while the gameplay was based on the U.K. version.
  • Turkey: Aşağı Yukarı ("Down Up") ran on aTV from 1993-1994 with Meltem Cumbul as host.
  • Indonesia: Super Rejeki 1 Milyar ("Super Lucky 1 Billion") ran on antv with host Dave Hendrik from 2006-2007.

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