Press Your Luck
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Awful version of the classic US format, made on a shoestring budget and offering a top prize of just £200, which rather defeated the object of the game as it meant there was no jeopardy and thus no excitement. HTV may have licensed this format in the hope it would get picked up by the ITV network (following the company's success with [[Keynotes]]) but it wasn't even good enough to retain its primetime slot in the region, quickly being relegated to Saturday afternoons. It appears to have returned in 1992 for a second run in an even less desirable Sunday lunchtime slot. | Awful version of the classic US format, made on a shoestring budget and offering a top prize of just £200, which rather defeated the object of the game as it meant there was no jeopardy and thus no excitement. HTV may have licensed this format in the hope it would get picked up by the ITV network (following the company's success with [[Keynotes]]) but it wasn't even good enough to retain its primetime slot in the region, quickly being relegated to Saturday afternoons. It appears to have returned in 1992 for a second run in an even less desirable Sunday lunchtime slot. | ||
| - | ==Catchphrases== | + | == Catchphrases == |
"Whammieeeee!". | "Whammieeeee!". | ||
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(Contestants): "Big points, big points, no whammies - stop!" | (Contestants): "Big points, big points, no whammies - stop!" | ||
| - | ==Inventor== | + | == Inventor == |
Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack | Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack | ||
| - | ==See also== | + | == Videos == |
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| + | <div class="video"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mA8r7ARirpM?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mA8r7ARirpM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br/>''An episode from the show (with thanks to Wink Martindale).''</div> | ||
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[[Weaver's Week 2020-04-12|Weaver's Week looked at the bigger-budget CBS original version]] | [[Weaver's Week 2020-04-12|Weaver's Week looked at the bigger-budget CBS original version]] | ||
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[[Category:Family Game]] | [[Category:Family Game]] | ||
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[[Category:West of England]] | [[Category:West of England]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Grundy Productions]] | ||
[[Category:HTV Productions]] | [[Category:HTV Productions]] | ||
Revision as of 18:34, 4 February 2025
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Host
Broadcast
Reg Grundy Productions for HTV West (regional), 6 June 1991 to 20 September 1992 (2 series)
Synopsis
Awful version of the classic US format, made on a shoestring budget and offering a top prize of just £200, which rather defeated the object of the game as it meant there was no jeopardy and thus no excitement. HTV may have licensed this format in the hope it would get picked up by the ITV network (following the company's success with Keynotes) but it wasn't even good enough to retain its primetime slot in the region, quickly being relegated to Saturday afternoons. It appears to have returned in 1992 for a second run in an even less desirable Sunday lunchtime slot.
Catchphrases
"Whammieeeee!".
(Contestants): "Big points, big points, no whammies - stop!"
Inventor
Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack
Videos
An episode from the show (with thanks to Wink Martindale).
See also
Weaver's Week looked at the bigger-budget CBS original version
