Cash Cab (UK game show) Cash Cab (UK game show) Cash Cab is a game show that aired on ITV in the United Kingdom from 13 June 2005 to 29 June 2006. The original programme that launched the worldwide "Cash Cab" franchise, it was hosted by John Moody. The questions were asked in voice over style by Annabel Raftery. The show's host initially poses as an ordinary taxi driver and drives around the major cities of the United Kingdom in a cab. The show pays its passengers for correctly answering standard general knowledge questions. Contestants are recruited in advance but are not told that the
Taxi (TV series) its ABC time slot of Thursday 9:30 p.m following the first season of "Cheers". An NBC promo for "Taxi"s move to the network featured Danny DeVito in character as Louie saying "Same time, better station!" The opening titles show a cab driving east across the Queensboro Bridge. The footage originally was intended as a "bridge" between scenes and is only about fifteen seconds long; parts of it are repeated to fill the opening. The closing version consisted of a cab driving into the night. Bob James wrote the opening theme, "Angela", which had been intended for a sequence in episode