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''The Games'' is a British reality sports game show that ran on Channel 4 for four series, in which 10 celebrities competed against each other, by doing Olympic-style events, such as weight lifting, gymnastics and diving. At the end of the series, the contestants with the most points from each round were awarded either a gold, silver or bronze medal. The show was mainly filmed in Sheffield, at the Sheffield Arena, Don Valley Stadium and Ponds Forge. In later series, the English Institute of Sport – Sheffield, iceSheffield and in series 4 the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham were used for the first time. ''The Games'' was presented by Jamie Theakston for the entirety of its run, with track-side reports from Jayne Middlemiss in series 1–3 and Kirsty Gallacher in series 4. ''The Games'' also had an after-show called ''The Games: Live at Trackside'', aired on Channel 4's sister channel E4. The first series was presented by Dougie Anderson, whilst the second was hosted by ''Gamezville'' presenters Darren Malcolm and Jamie Atiko. Justin Lee Collins and Caroline Flack took over as presenters for the third and fourth series. For the final series an extra one-hour show was added on E4 in the afternoon called ''The Games: Live at the Heats'', and the evening show changed title to become ''The Games: Inside Track''. ==Series 1 (2003)== The first series aired in 2003 and the celebrities that took part were: *Azra Akın (former Miss World) - gold medalist (jointly with Terri Dwyer) *Melanie Chisholm (singer, former member of the Spice Girls - "Sporty Spice") *Josie D'Arby (presenter and actress) - bronze medalist *Bobby Davro (comedian) *Terri Dwyer (actress) - gold medalist (jointly with Azra Akin) *MC Harvey (member of the So Solid Crew) - gold medalist *James Hewitt (former lover of Diana, Princess of Wales) - silver medalist *Lee Latchford-Evans (former member of Steps) - bronze medalist *Jean-Christophe Novelli (chef) *Gail Porter (presenter) Porter pulled out part-way through the run. A serious knee injury sustained in the judo competition against Akın also forced Chisholm to withdraw.〔(Ex-Spice Girl Mel C faces surgery ) - BBC News, 12 September 2003〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Games (UK TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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