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Greed is a game show that originally aired in the United States on Fox in 1999. Developed by Dick Clark in response to ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[1], it featured five contestants (including one team captain) who answered multiple choice questions in a bid to climb the Tower of Greed and win the two million dollar jackpot[2]. Despite an initial cancellation after only one season[2], it was later picked up by Game Show Network[3], and its eventual success in the U.S. led to it becoming a worldwide franchise as the show was adapted and recreated in several other countries.

These international versions featured different music (the British version added extra sound effects in its title sequence), composed by British composer Graham Ness, and graphics set around a safe and a tower of gold bars. However, the gameplay was largely the same as the U.S. original, aside from the Australian version, which featured a progressive jackpot. The standard international set was designed by British production designer Andy Walmsley.[4]

International versions

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All the international versions were produced by Pearson Television (now Fremantle).[5][6]

CountryNamePresenter(s)ChannelBroadcastTop PrizeRef.
Image Arab World Greed: يا قاتل يا مقتول
Greed: Ya Qatel ya Maqtoul		 Marcel Ghanem LBC 2001−2002 US$1,000,000 [7]
Image Argentina Codicia Eduardo de la Puente El Trece 2001 500,000 AR$ [8][9][10]
Audacia
Image Australia Greed Kerri-Anne Kennerley Channel Ten 11 February 2001 − 29 April 2001 A$1,000,000 + progressive jackpot [11]
Image Brazil Audácia (segment of Programa Silvio Santos) Sílvio Santos SBT 2000 R$10.000.000
Image Chile Audacia Mario Kreutzberger Canal 13 2001 $1,000,000,000
Image Denmark Grisk - når det gælder Thomas Mygind (2001)
Alex Nyborg Madsen (2001–2002)		 TV3 2001–2002 kr.2,000,000 [12][13][14]
Image Finland Gr€€d Petteri Ahomaa MTV3 13 October 2000 – 15 August 2003 mk 1,000,000
€170,000		 [15][16][17]
Image France Mission 1 million Alexandre Delpérier M6 27 November 2000 – 8 December 2000 1,000,000 FF [18][19][20]
Image Germany Ca$h—Das eine Million Mark-Quiz Ulla Kock am Brink ZDF 21 November 2000 – 13 November 2001 1,000,000 DM [21][22]
Image Israel הפיתוי
Ha-Pituy		 Avri Gilad Channel 2 3 October 2000 – 2001 ₪2,200,000 [23]
Image Italy Gr€€d Luca Barbareschi Raidue 18 September 2000 – 6 April 2001 ₤1,000,000,000 [24][25]
Image Mexico Audacia, La Fiebre Del Dinero Marco Antonio Regil Televisa 30 December 2000 – 1 January 2002 MXN$1,000,000,000
Image Poland Chciwość, czyli żądza pieniądza Mirosław Siedler Polsat 2001 1,000,000 zł [26][27][28]
Image Portugal A Febre do Dinheiro Carlos Cruz SIC September 2000 – 2001 100,000,000 $ [29][30]
Image Russia Алчность
Alchnost		 Alfred Koch
Igor Jankowski
Alexander Tsekalo		 NTV 10 September 2001 – 30 April 2002 2,000,000 руб [31][32][33]
Image South Africa Greed Revin John SABC3 12 October 2000 R2,000,000 [34]
Image Spain Audacia Jordi Estadella TVE1 19 October 2000 – 2001 100,000,000 ₧ [35][36][37]
Image Sweden Vinna eller försvinna Fredrik Belfrage SVT 2001 1,000,000 kr [38]
Image Turkey Aslan Payı Mehmet Aslantuğ aTV September 2000 1,000,000,000,000 TL [39][40]
Image United Kingdom Gr££d Jerry Springer Channel 5 18 May 2001 – 9 June 2001 £1,000,000 [41][42]
Image United States
(original format)		 Greed Chuck Woolery Fox 4 November 1999 – 14 July 2000 US$2,000,000 [43]
Image Venezuela La fiebre del dinero Fausto Malavé Venevisión 25 May 2001 100,000,000 Bs. [44]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Gray, P. & Thigpen, D.E. (8 November 1999). "A $2 Million Question". Time. p. 138.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 Baber, David (2015-06-14). Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars. McFarland. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-4766-0480-0.
  3. ↑ "Network Buys Into 'Greed'". The Vindicator. 12 January 2002. pp. B9. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "ANDY WALMSLEY - PRODUCTION DESIGNER". www.andywalmsley.com.
  5. ↑ "Federico Ferrazza | La Scienza nella Pratica Giornalistica". web.uniroma1.it.
  6. ↑ "Un miliardo al giorno con il quiz più cinico". la Repubblica.it. 14 September 2000.
  7. ↑ برامج المسابقات انتشرت بسرعة مثل "الجمرة الخبيثة" وضاعت بين عسل المعلومات وعلقم المال [Competition programs spread quickly as "anthrax" and were lost between the honey of information and the money bag] (in Arabic). Asharq Al-Awsat. December 14, 2001. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Audacia, todos los días de competencia" [Audacity, every day of competition] (PDF). Diario Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ "DiFilm - Promo "Codicia" con Eduardo de la Puente (2001)". YouTube. DiFilm.
  10. ↑ Milena en la tele - Audacia 2001. Retrieved 2021-07-05 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ Bonner 2003, p. 67.
  12. ↑ Henriksen, John (August 14, 2001). "Grisk når det gælder" [Greedy when it comes]. Dagbladet Information (in Danish). A/S Information. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  13. ↑ Bro, Anne-Mette (13 December 2000). "Mygind satser millioner". ekstrabladet.dk.
  14. ↑ "Tommy the big moviestar from GRISK..." www.tommytot.dk.
  15. ↑ "Greed" (in Finnish). MTV3.fi. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Tv-juontaja mukiloitiin "pimeässä taksissa"". Ilta-Sanomat. December 3, 2001.
  17. ↑ "Maltan auringon jättänyt Petteri Ahomaa: "Uutisvuoto oli ainoa syy palata Suomeen"". www.iltalehti.fi.
  18. ↑ "Mission : 1 million - Emissions TV" (in French). Toutelatele.com. 4 November 2002. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Mission 1 million suspendu". L'Humanité. December 11, 2000.
  20. ↑ « Mission un million » sur le site internet de TV Magazine, 27
  21. ↑ "CA$H - Das eine Million Mark-Quiz" [CA$H - The One Million Mark Quiz]. grundy-le.net (in German).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  22. ↑ "Der Fernsehfriedhof: Gier gewinnt". Quotenmeter. February 6, 2014.
  23. ↑ ובתפקיד ארז טל - אברי גלעד [And in the role of Erez Tal - Avri Gilad]. Walla! (in Hebrew). October 3, 2000. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  24. ↑ "Greed con Barbareschi promosso in prima serata" [Greed with Barbareschi promoted in prime time]. la Repubblica (in Italian). October 29, 2000. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  25. ↑ "Raidue: 'Greed', Un miliardo in palio per il più scaltro (1)". 13 September 2000.
  26. ↑ "Polsat Stawia Na Chciwych Zawodników" [Polsat focuses on the greedy players]. mmp24.pl (in Polish). April 25, 2001. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  27. ↑ "Drukowanie". www.wirtualnemedia.pl.
  28. ↑ "[POLSAT] Chciwość, czyli żądza pieniądza (2001)". Forum Media2.
  29. ↑ "Carlos Cruz leva "Febre do Dinheiro" à SIC" [Carlos Cruz takes "Money Fever" to SIC]. Tsf.pt (in Portuguese). July 6, 2000. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Febre do Dinheiro (2000)". SIC.
  31. ↑ Программу "Алчность" на НТВ будут вести Игорь Янковский и Альфред Кох [Program "Greed" on NTV will be hosted by Igor Yankovsky and Alfred Kokh] (in Russian). Newsru.com. September 5, 2001. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  32. ↑ "Алчность": в туалет - под конвоем.... Антенна-Телесемь. 2001-11-11. Archived from the original on 2002-03-24.
  33. ↑ Оксана Барциц, Анна Колчева. (2001-12-07). За кулисами "Алчности". Аргументы и факты. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  34. ↑ Pearson, Brian (September 26, 2000). "Games and reality strong in South Africa". Variety. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  35. ↑ Alcaide, Soledad (October 20, 2000). "El concurso de TVE 'Audacia' entregó 5 millones en su estreno" [The TVE contest 'Audacia' delivered 5 million in its premiere]. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  36. ↑ "Audacia - 30/04/2001". RTVE.es. September 11, 2017.
  37. ↑ "Fallece a los 61 años Jordi Estadella". El País. April 30, 2010.
  38. ↑ "Tittarna svek nya "Vinna eller försvinna"" [Viewers betray new "Win or disappear"]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). February 6, 2001. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  39. ↑ "Atv'den 5 büyük bomba" [5 big bombs from ATV]. Sabah (in Turkish). September 3, 2000. Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  40. ↑ "S A B A H O N L I N E 25.09.2000". arsiv.sabah.com.tr.
  41. ↑ "Greed grips Channel 5". BBC News. BBC. March 8, 2001. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  42. ↑ Wells, Matt (8 March 2001). "Channel 5 lines up Jerry Springer for game show with £1m prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  43. ↑ "Greed: Turn on Your Teammates". The Washington Post. October 31, 1999. Archived from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  44. ↑ "Una contagiosa Fiebre de Dinero" [A contagious Money Rush] (in Spanish). Noticiero Venevision. May 29, 2001. Archived from the original on October 9, 2011.

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