This hidden-camera series follows four lifelong friends -- Brian "Q"' Quinn, James "Murr"' Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano -- who take dares to an outrageous level. To find out who is best under pressure, the guys compete in awkward and outrageous hidden-camera hijinks with the loser performing what is deemed to be the most-mortifying challenge yet.
Nacque da un'idea di Fatma Ruffini e Salvatore De Pasquale, in arte Depsa. Va in onda dal 1992, seppur con interruzioni anche di due o tre anni tra un'edizione e l'altra. La trasmissione fu, sin dalla prima edizione, molto popolare, tanto che è entrato nel linguaggio comune dire, "Sei su Scherzi a parte!", nel momento in cui, una "vittima" si trova in una situazione assurda e paradossale, durante la quale non sta effettivamente accadendo nulla di serio e preoccupante. Nello schema del programma, gli autori si mettono d'accordo con alcuni complici per organizzare uno scherzo alla "vittima" prescelta. Il programma televisivo è un erede diretto del famoso show statunitense Candid Camera[1] nel quale, per attirare un pubblico maggiore, le vittime degli scherzi sono personaggi presi dal mondo dello spettacolo, del cinema, della musica, del giornalismo e della politica, tutti più o meno famosi.
La prima edizione del programma andò in onda a partire dal 9 febbraio 1992 su Italia 1, e venne condotta da Teo Teocoli e Gene Gnocchi. Dal 1993, per via del successo ottenuto, il programma venne spostato su Canale 5. Nel 1997 ritorna su Italia 1 e nell'edizione successiva, due anni dopo, nel 1999, ritorna su Canale 5, per l'undicesima edizione. Il 2 aprile 2012, dopo una pausa di ben tre anni e mezzo, venne trasmessa la dodicesima edizione, totalmente rinnovata, condotta da Luca e Paolo: la prima novità fu costituita dalla diretta. Inoltre, nel corso di ogni puntata, vennero incluse le parodie di storici giochi televisivi a quiz e a premi, e la cosiddetta Top 5 degli scherzi storici dal 1992 al 2009, andati in onda sia su Canale 5 che su Italia 1. All'interno del programma vi sono inoltre spin-off, come la parodia delle serie televisive, Ai confini della realtà (1959) e The Twilight Zone (2002/2003), intitolata Ai confini della Fico, con la vittima dello scherzo Raffaella Fico, Scherzi a parte by Night e Sexy a parte.
Dopo altri tre anni di pausa, nel 2015 il programma ritorna in onda con due sole puntate in un'edizione rivoluzionata e cambiando nome in, Le Iene presentano: Scherzi a parte. Gli scherzi, realizzati dalla redazione de Le Iene, vengono mostrati interamente durante la loro preparazione e realizzazione prima della messa in atto. Il programma cambia completamente rispetto alle passate edizioni: non presenta scherzi in studio o ballerini, ma solamente il pubblico seduto attorno a Paolo Bonolis che introduce i video degli scherzi con dei brevi monologhi comici e, successivamente, ospita le vittime degli scherzi in studio intervistandole seduti entrambi su di una panchina.
Dopo altri 3 anni di pausa, il programma torna in onda nel 2018, dal 9 al 30 novembre per 4 puntate, nuovamente con la conduzione di Paolo Bonolis.
A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica-Jane Clement, try out some notorious scams on ‘marks’, filmed with hidden cameras. The aim is to reveal how scams work so that the viewer can avoid being ripped off by the same con.
'Caméra Café' tells the daily life of employees at a Montreal branch of a large Toronto company through the camera hidden inside a coffee machine installed upon request of the big boss.
Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden camera. Everyone is left stunned and delighted, even though they have no idea what just hit them.
A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of celebrities—both real and fake—and unusual studio action.
What happens when the biggest stars in the world get too high on the Hollywood hog? When their bank accounts start swelling bigger than their heads? Master prankster Ashton Kutcher is there to punk 'em down to earth.
An American television news magazine and hidden camera show. Actors act out scenes of conflict or illegal activity in public settings while hidden cameras videotape the scene, and the focus is on whether or not bystanders intervene, and how. Variations are also usually included, such as changing the genders, the races or the clothing of the actors performing the scene, to see if bystanders react differently. Quiñones appears at the end to interview the bystanders about their reactions. As the experiment goes on, psychology professors, teachers, or club members watch and discuss the video with Quiñones, explaining and making inferences on the bystanders' reactions.
Impractical Jokers: Inside Jokes packs classic, fan-favorite episodes of the show with shareable pop-up facts directly from the Jokers themselves, giving viewers a unique and unprecedented look behind the curtain.
The program shows in the episodes the scams and recurring deceptions committed by delinquents, investigating and following the subjects, to finally make a montage that makes them fall "in their own trap".
Captured by hidden cameras, the nine most hateable seniors of the small screen pull pranks on the public, with each trick being more outlandish than the last.
La telecamera nascosta di questo spaventoso programma mostra gli scherzi fatti da familiari e amici a vittime ignare utilizzando trucchi ed effetti speciali elaborati.
A hidden-camera series that features some of the nation's biggest athletes and sports celebrities playing elaborate -- but good-natured -- pranks on their most adoring fans.
Cheaters is a weekly syndicated American hidden camera reality television series about people suspected of committing adultery, or cheating, on their partners.
Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. is a US children's television series that aired in 1996 on CBS Saturday Mornings, starring Michael Galeota, John Achorn and Meg Wittner. It lasted for only 13 episodes of 30 mins length each and received airings on the BBC's CBBC programming strand as well as on Nickelodeon in the UK. The show has not yet been released on VHS or DVD. The series was one of the first efforts by CBS to comply with the then-new E/I ratings.
Stéphane Bellavance gives average people five hilarious or embarrassing challenges to perform in public. If they can pull off the practical joke without getting caught, they win a prize.
Unsuspecting members of the public secretly will be recruited to pull a prank on their unwitting companions with absolutely no time to prepare. If they agree to participate, they must obey all instructions given through an earpiece from a secret control room nearby. With the opportunity to prank their way to cash and prizes, these everyday people will be shown no mercy as they are tasked with pulling off some of the most ridiculous behavior ever caught on hidden camera.
Game for a Laugh is a British light entertainment programme which ran for 56 editions and four specials between 26 September 1981 and 23 November 1985, made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network.
Comedystreet is a German entertainment show created by and starring comedian Simon Gosejohann. The show follows a hidden camera format. Gosejohann takes different roles with the intent of shocking passersby. Many sketches are filmed in North Rhine-Westphalia, especially in the Ruhr area and the cities of Dortmund and Essen. The show is sometimes filmed in Rhine-Ruhr in cities such as Düsseldorf. Other common locations are the islands of Sylt and Norderney. Some skits are also shot in foreign cities such as Paris and Prague. Gosejohann is recorded by a hidden camera, in a similar vein to British comedy series Trigger Happy TV and World Shut Your Mouth by Dom Joly. Simon's brother Thilo is responsible for the filming.
Comedystreet premiered on 2 September 2002 on German TV station ProSieben. Due to the show's ratings, a fifth season was confirmed. In October 2010, the show entered syndication on Comedy Central.
The crew consists of the two brothers and a director. The director manages the legal issues and obtains the broadcast licenses and the procedures. All passersby are informed and asked for written permission before their segment is included.