Trivia / Fifteen to One

• Executive Meddling: The original concept for the game was Twenty to One, but that was cut down by a quarter by the production company in order to fit a half hour timeslot.
• Inspiration for the Work: John M. Lewis, the creator of the format, came up with the idea after watching a documentary called "Come On Down" (referencing the catchphrase from The Price is Right, coincidentally produced by William G Stewart). Finding out from the documentary that most of the formats seen on TV at the time came from America, he decided that the British could invent their own, much better formats, and then set about creating the show.
• Long-Runners: The original run lasted for 15 years, fittingly.
• No Budget: Not that the show needed much of a budget in the first place, but until the revival, unless you ended the series on top of the finals board or won the Grand Final, the only prize was an invitation to come back and play again in the next series. In addition, until the mid-to-late 90s, whenever a question required an image to be shown to the contestant, Stewart would hold the image up on a card for the contestant.
• Permanent Placeholder: Producer William G. Stewart did the hosting duties for the pilot episode with the intention of hiring a proper host once the show was greenlit. However, the network was sufficiently impressed by his performance (and his grasp of the game's somewhat arcane rules) that he was kept on as the actual host.
• Screwed by the Network: Towards the end of the original run, the show's start time was moved earlier and earlier, further sapping away their already dwindling audience.