Tipit
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Host
Alex Jones and Morgan Jones
Co-host
Commentator: Wyn Gruffydd
Broadcast
Presentable for S4C, 13 October 2006-
Synopsis
TV adaptation of a traditional pub bluffing game, derived from the Victorian parlour game Up Jenkins!, in which two teams of three face each other across a table and guess in which of the six hands opposite them an item, known as the tipit, is hidden. A clue to the potential appeal of this game may lie in the fact that it's being made by Presentable, the TV poker specialists. We just like saying Up Jenkins!.
A very similar game is also popular in Iraq. This couldn't be the world's first game show format to travel from Iraq to Wales, could it? Could it?
The show has been heavily criticised in Wales for being too over the top and lavish for what it is but somehow, S4C thought the idea was so good that they originally commissioned it for two series. Whether it will come back again is open to question.
Web links
Honestly, we're not kidding about Up Jenkins!
Mhebiss, also transliterated as Mahabis, the Iraqi version of Tipit.
