Children’s television
Election (TV series)
The story
Election is a British children's TV series presented by Angellica Bell and judged by Jonathan Dimbleby first broadcast in 2008 on BBC One. It was subsequently repeated on CBBC.
Format
Election challenges ten contestants to take part in political challenges in two teams (Purple and Green) – similar to The Apprentice. Each week a celebrity guest mentors both teams and examines them in a skills test, where the winning team will gain an advantage for the main challenge. The winning team will go on a treat and the losing team face Jonathan Dimbleby where one will be told "Your Campaign is Over", where one will be evicted. The ten-part series culminates in the last two contestants (Hazel and Quincy) battling out at Parliament. In the end Quincy Washington from Buckinghamshire wins a personal meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street. The TV series won a BAFTA Award for Entertainment.