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'''''Strike It Lucky''''' was a popular [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television program|television]] [[game show]] of the [[1980s]] and [[1990s]], produced by [[Thames Television]] for [[ITV]], and presented by the British comedian [[Michael Barrymore]]. |
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{{about|the British game show|the Australian version|Strike It Lucky (Australian game show)}} |
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| image = Strike it Rich UK TV Titlecard.jpg |
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| alt_name = ''Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich'' (1996–99) |
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| genre = Game show |
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| creator = Kline & Friends |
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| presenter = [[Michael Barrymore]] |
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| voices = {{plainlist| |
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* John Benson |
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* [[Robin Houston]] |
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* Nick Jackson |
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}} |
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| country = United Kingdom |
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| language = English |
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| location = {{plainlist| |
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* [[Teddington Studios]] (1986–92)<ref name="studios">{{cite web |url=https://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/itv-studios-in-london/teddington-early-film-days/ |title=Teddington (Early Film Days, ABC, Thames) |publisher=TV Studio History |accessdate=4 September 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[Pinewood Studios]] (1993–94)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/londons-film-studios/pinewood-studios/ |title=Pinewood Studios |publisher=TV Studio History |accessdate=4 September 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[The London Studios]] (1996–99) |
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}} |
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| num_series = 13 |
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| num_episodes = 209 |
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| runtime = 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
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| company = {{plainlist| |
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* [[Thames Television|Thames]] in association with Talbot Television and Blair Entertainment's Kline & Friends Inc. (1986–94) |
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* [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] and Fremantle (UK) Productions ([[Reg Grundy Productions|Grundy]]) (1996–99) |
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}} |
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| channel = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |
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| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|1986|10|29}} |
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| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|1999|8|23}} |
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| related = ''[[Strike It Rich (1986 game show)|Strike It Rich]]'' (US version) |
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'''''Strike It Lucky''''' (later known as '''''Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich''''' from 1996 to 1999) is a British television game show that ran from 29 October 1986 to 23 August 1999, originally produced by [[Thames Television]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], and presented by the British comedian [[Michael Barrymore]]. It was based on the American game show ''[[Strike It Rich (1986 game show)|Strike It Rich]]'' that aired in 1986. |
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In its formative years, it became well known for the outlandish and often highly eccentric contestants it featured - Barrymore would often spend over 5 minutes talking to them. The introductory footage of the prizes on offer were also noteworthy, often filmed in black-and-white with a slapstick style. In [[1987]], it was the fifth most watched programme on UK television. |
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==Format== |
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In its later years it aired under the title ''[[Strike It Rich (1986 game show)|Strike It Rich]]''; this being the title of the popular [[United States|American]] game show on which it was based. Apparently, the reason for this was that, by this time, the show had changed its production company (to [[London Weekend Television]]) and the original producers held an exclusive copyright to the name ''Strike It Lucky'', forcing the show to change to the American title. There is also the factor that when the show was first exported to the UK, the [[Independent Broadcasting Authority]]'s prize limits were still in place, and "Rich" was probably dropped from the title because of the relatively low value of prizes on offer; by the time it returned as ''Strike It Rich'' the limits had been lifted and it was giving away a substantially higher value of prizes. |
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===Main game=== |
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Three teams of two competed to win cash and prizes. One member of each team stood at the podium to answer questions, while the other moved along a path lined with 10 television monitors. Each team had its own path, and the moving contestants started at the first monitor, needing a total of nine steps to reach the other end. The team in control was given a category and a list of six answers, and the answering contestant chose to play two, three, or four questions. Correct answers were removed from the list as they were used. If the contestant answered all the questions correctly, their teammate gained the right to move one step ahead per question. An incorrect answer gave the next team in line a chance to steal control by answering the same question and any that followed it. If all three teams missed the same question, the category was thrown out and a new one was offered to the team that originally had control. |
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When a team finished answering the questions, the moving contestant advanced one step at a time and pressed the button below each monitor to reveal either a prize (merchandise or cash) or a Hot Spot (between five and eight altogether). If a prize was revealed, the team could either bank it and end their turn, or risk it and take another step if they had earned any more. Finding a Hot Spot forfeited all un-banked prizes and ended the turn. If a team completed all their moves without finding a Hot Spot, all prizes found on that turn were automatically banked. Once a team's turn ended for any reason, the next team in line played. |
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==The Main Game== |
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Three couples compete to win cash & prizes by going across an archway of TV monitors on stage. On a team's turn, one member of that team was given a category with six possible answers. That player then must decide how many answers he/she must give (either two, three, or four) for two, three or four moves on their respective 10 monitored archway. If the player can complete the contract, the other player gets to move across their archway, otherwise the opposing team gets to complete the contract. |
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A team on the sixth or seventh step could not ask for any number of questions that would take them past the ninth one, and had to stop there if they reached it after stealing control from an opponent. A team on the eighth step could only play two questions and had to stop at the ninth one if they answered both correctly. The ninth step of each team's path always contained a prize more valuable than the others, often a holiday trip. Once a team reached this point, they had a choice to either end the turn and bank the prizes, or to attempt one final open-ended question for which conferring was allowed. If they attempted the question on that same turn and missed, they forfeited the un-banked prizes and had to answer a new question on their next turn. The first team to correctly answer their final question won the game, banked any prizes still at risk, and advanced to the bonus round. If time was called before a team reached the ninth step, the team in last place was eliminated and the second-place team moved up to the same position as the leaders. These two teams were asked one final tiebreaker question; the first to answer correctly won the game. |
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Each monitor, bar the last, hides a prize or a 'hot spot'. There was always between five to eight 'hot spots' hidden between all three teams montiors, but by later series there was normally two per team. Each time the team in control reveals a prize, they win that prize & can decide to either bank the prize(s) & pass control to their opposing team or reveal another monitor. Deciding to keep playing is a risk because if at anytime they reveal the hot spot, they lose all the prizes earned at that point and control goes the opponents. But if they can make their required number of moves without hitting the hot spot, not only they bank their prizes but they also keep their turn and answering another question. |
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Teams kept all cash and prizes they banked during the game. If a team finished with nothing in the bank, they received a consolation prize. In early episodes, this was a bottle of champagne. Later, Barrymore would either reveal the next two prizes along the team's path and award these, or allow the team to keep the last set of prizes they had lost to a Hot Spot. From the fourth through the seventh series, all teams also received a ''Strike It Lucky'' board game. |
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The last monitor of the ten for each team is a question. The team can decide to answer it then or bank their prizes. (The monitor before the question normally is a holiday). A wrong answer forfits the prizes not banked and the game continues, while a right answer wins the game. The question normally begins with 'Who struck it lucky/rich...?'. |
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===Bonus round=== |
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The bonus round used all 30 monitors lining the three paths. Ten each of arrows, Hot Spots, and true/false questions were shuffled and hidden among the monitors. At the outset, the team bid on how few Hot Spots they believed they would hit during the round (two, three, or four); the lower their bid, the more money was at stake. They advanced one step at a time, choosing the top, middle, or bottom monitor at each step. Arrows represented safe moves, while a correct answer or miss on a question turned it into an arrow or Hot Spot, respectively. |
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The game begins by having the winning couple bidding on how few 'hot spots' they will hit with a bid of fewer 'hot spots' earning more money if completed, but being more difficult to achieve. |
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If the team completed all 10 steps without exceeding their bid of Hot Spots, or reached a point where they could not exceed their bid even if they found a Hot Spot at every remaining step, they won the cash prize for that bid. These prizes were £2,000/£1,500/£1,000 for the first three series of ''Strike It Lucky'', increased to £3,000/£2,000/£1,000 for the fourth through eighth series, and again to £5,000/£4,000/£3,000 for the ninth. When the series was retitled ''Strike It Rich'', the prizes were £10,000/£7,000/£5,000. |
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Instead of playing the game across the board they now play top, middle or bottom, choosing on of the three montiors in each row to play. |
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From the fourth through the ninth series, teams who failed to win their jackpot received 10% of its value for every safe step they took before exceeding their bid (£300/£200/£100, then £500/£400/£300). On ''Strike It Rich'', the consolation was 5% per step (£500/£350/£250). |
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Hidden throughout the 30 monitors are 10 arrows signifying a free move, another 10 are 'hot spots' and the final 10 are true or false questions earning a move on a correct answer or a 'hot spot' on an incorrect one. These are randomly allocated through out the board. |
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==Transmissions== |
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On each colomn of monitors the winning couple elects to hit the top, middle or bottom one. The aim of the game is for the couple to get from one side to the other without hitting more 'hot spots' then they bid. If they get to the other side the board without hitting more 'hot spots' then they bidded, they win £10,000 if they bidded two, £7,000 for three and £5,000 for four. In later series if they failed to match or beat their bid they won one-twentieth of the prize they were aiming for, with every move without a 'hot spot' they made, before they went over their bid. |
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! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes |
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| '''1''' || 29 October 1986 || 31 December 1986 || 10 |
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| '''2''' || 15 April 1987 || 24 June 1987 || 10 |
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| '''3''' || 17 September 1987 || 28 January 1988 || 20 |
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| '''4''' || 4 October 1988 || 14 February 1989 || 20 |
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| '''5''' || 25 December 1989 || 4 June 1990 || 21 |
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| '''6''' || 25 September 1990 || 12 February 1991 || 20 |
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| '''7''' || 23 September 1991 || 26 December 1991 || 13 |
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| '''8''' || 21 September 1992 || 28 December 1992 || 13 |
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| '''9''' || 27 September 1993 || 29 December 1994 || 28 |
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| '''10''' || 12 December 1996 || 3 April 1997 || 16 |
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| '''11''' || 8 September 1997{{efn|Series 11 was due to start on 1 September 1997, but was postponed by a week.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150486028 | title=Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich (Original) | website=collections-search.bfi.org.uk}}</ref>}} || 29 December 1997 || 16 |
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| '''12''' || 17 September 1998 || 26 November 1998 || 10 |
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| '''13''' || 7 June 1999 || 23 August 1999 || 12 |
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===Ratings=== |
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====Series 12==== |
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An interactive [[DVD]] of '''''Strike It Lucky''''' will go on sale throughout the [[UK]] on [[November 13]], [[2006]]. Produced by [[Fremantle Home Entertainment]], and with over 2,000 questions available, the original host of the show, [[Michael Barrymore]], will provide links to the [[game play]], which stays loyal to the format of its [[television]] equivalent. [http://www.michael-barrymore.co.uk/pages/strikedvd2.html] |
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! Episode no. !! Air date !! Viewers<br /><small>(millions)</small><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30?_s=3 |title=Weekly Top 30 Programmes |publisher=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board |accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref> !! ITV weekly<br />ranking<ref name="autogenerated1"/> |
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| 1 || 17 September 1998 || 6.31 || 27 |
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| 2 || 24 September 1998 || 6.49 || 25 |
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| 3 || 1 October 1998 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |
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| 4 || 8 October 1998 || 7.03 || 27 |
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| 5 || 15 October 1998 || 7.02 || 28 |
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| 6 || 22 October 1998 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |
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| 7 || 5 November 1998 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |
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| 8 || 12 November 1998 || 6.96 || 28 |
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| 9 || 19 November 1998 || 7.49 || 25 |
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| 10 || 26 November 1998 || 7.77 || 26 |
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====Series 13==== |
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! Episode no. !! Air date !! Viewers<br /><small>(millions)</small><ref name="autogenerated1"/> !! ITV weekly<br />ranking<ref name="autogenerated1"/> |
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| 1 || 7 June 1999 || 8.05 || 13 |
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| 2 || 14 June 1999 || 7.29 || 14 |
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| 3 || 21 June 1999 || 7.36 || 15 |
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| 4 || 28 June 1999 || 7.40 || 17 |
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| 5 || 5 July 1999 || 6.92 || 17 |
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| 6 || 12 July 1999 || 6.24 || 23 |
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| 7 || 19 July 1999 || 7.15 || 17 |
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| 8 || 26 July 1999 || 6.79 || 14 |
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| 9 || 2 August 1999 || 7.31 || 17 |
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| 10 || 9 August 1999 || 6.72 || 20 |
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| 11 || 16 August 1999 || 6.88 || 18 |
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| 12 || 23 August 1999 || 6.33 || 20 |
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==Notes== |
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{{Notelist}} |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*{{IMDb title|0265000}} |
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*[http://www.ukgameshows.com/index.php/Strike_It_Lucky_/_Strike_It_Rich UK Game Shows.com: Strike It Lucky / Strike It Rich] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090204152753/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/13941 ''Strike it Lucky!''] at BFI |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121019011506/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/26840 ''Michael Barrymore's Strike it Rich!''] at BFI |
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*{{UKGameshow|Strike_it_Lucky}} |
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 9 December 2024
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| Strike It Lucky | |
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| Also known as | Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich (1996–99) |
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Kline & Friends |
| Presented by | Michael Barrymore |
| Voices of |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 209 |
| Production | |
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| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 29 October 1986 – 23 August 1999 |
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| Strike It Rich (US version) | |
Strike It Lucky (later known as Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich from 1996 to 1999) is a British television game show that ran from 29 October 1986 to 23 August 1999, originally produced by Thames Television for ITV, and presented by the British comedian Michael Barrymore. It was based on the American game show Strike It Rich that aired in 1986.
Format
[edit]Main game
[edit]Three teams of two competed to win cash and prizes. One member of each team stood at the podium to answer questions, while the other moved along a path lined with 10 television monitors. Each team had its own path, and the moving contestants started at the first monitor, needing a total of nine steps to reach the other end. The team in control was given a category and a list of six answers, and the answering contestant chose to play two, three, or four questions. Correct answers were removed from the list as they were used. If the contestant answered all the questions correctly, their teammate gained the right to move one step ahead per question. An incorrect answer gave the next team in line a chance to steal control by answering the same question and any that followed it. If all three teams missed the same question, the category was thrown out and a new one was offered to the team that originally had control.
When a team finished answering the questions, the moving contestant advanced one step at a time and pressed the button below each monitor to reveal either a prize (merchandise or cash) or a Hot Spot (between five and eight altogether). If a prize was revealed, the team could either bank it and end their turn, or risk it and take another step if they had earned any more. Finding a Hot Spot forfeited all un-banked prizes and ended the turn. If a team completed all their moves without finding a Hot Spot, all prizes found on that turn were automatically banked. Once a team's turn ended for any reason, the next team in line played.
A team on the sixth or seventh step could not ask for any number of questions that would take them past the ninth one, and had to stop there if they reached it after stealing control from an opponent. A team on the eighth step could only play two questions and had to stop at the ninth one if they answered both correctly. The ninth step of each team's path always contained a prize more valuable than the others, often a holiday trip. Once a team reached this point, they had a choice to either end the turn and bank the prizes, or to attempt one final open-ended question for which conferring was allowed. If they attempted the question on that same turn and missed, they forfeited the un-banked prizes and had to answer a new question on their next turn. The first team to correctly answer their final question won the game, banked any prizes still at risk, and advanced to the bonus round. If time was called before a team reached the ninth step, the team in last place was eliminated and the second-place team moved up to the same position as the leaders. These two teams were asked one final tiebreaker question; the first to answer correctly won the game.
Teams kept all cash and prizes they banked during the game. If a team finished with nothing in the bank, they received a consolation prize. In early episodes, this was a bottle of champagne. Later, Barrymore would either reveal the next two prizes along the team's path and award these, or allow the team to keep the last set of prizes they had lost to a Hot Spot. From the fourth through the seventh series, all teams also received a Strike It Lucky board game.
Bonus round
[edit]The bonus round used all 30 monitors lining the three paths. Ten each of arrows, Hot Spots, and true/false questions were shuffled and hidden among the monitors. At the outset, the team bid on how few Hot Spots they believed they would hit during the round (two, three, or four); the lower their bid, the more money was at stake. They advanced one step at a time, choosing the top, middle, or bottom monitor at each step. Arrows represented safe moves, while a correct answer or miss on a question turned it into an arrow or Hot Spot, respectively.
If the team completed all 10 steps without exceeding their bid of Hot Spots, or reached a point where they could not exceed their bid even if they found a Hot Spot at every remaining step, they won the cash prize for that bid. These prizes were £2,000/£1,500/£1,000 for the first three series of Strike It Lucky, increased to £3,000/£2,000/£1,000 for the fourth through eighth series, and again to £5,000/£4,000/£3,000 for the ninth. When the series was retitled Strike It Rich, the prizes were £10,000/£7,000/£5,000.
From the fourth through the ninth series, teams who failed to win their jackpot received 10% of its value for every safe step they took before exceeding their bid (£300/£200/£100, then £500/£400/£300). On Strike It Rich, the consolation was 5% per step (£500/£350/£250).
Transmissions
[edit]| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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| 1 | 29 October 1986 | 31 December 1986 | 10 |
| 2 | 15 April 1987 | 24 June 1987 | 10 |
| 3 | 17 September 1987 | 28 January 1988 | 20 |
| 4 | 4 October 1988 | 14 February 1989 | 20 |
| 5 | 25 December 1989 | 4 June 1990 | 21 |
| 6 | 25 September 1990 | 12 February 1991 | 20 |
| 7 | 23 September 1991 | 26 December 1991 | 13 |
| 8 | 21 September 1992 | 28 December 1992 | 13 |
| 9 | 27 September 1993 | 29 December 1994 | 28 |
| 10 | 12 December 1996 | 3 April 1997 | 16 |
| 11 | 8 September 1997[a] | 29 December 1997 | 16 |
| 12 | 17 September 1998 | 26 November 1998 | 10 |
| 13 | 7 June 1999 | 23 August 1999 | 12 |
Ratings
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Series 12[edit]
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Series 13[edit]
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Teddington (Early Film Days, ABC, Thames)". TV Studio History. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Pinewood Studios". TV Studio History. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Michael Barrymore's Strike It Rich (Original)". collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
External links
[edit]- Strike It Lucky at IMDb
- Strike it Lucky! at BFI
- Michael Barrymore's Strike it Rich! at BFI
- Strike It Lucky at UKGameshows.com
- 1980s British game shows
- 1990s British game shows
- 1986 British television series debuts
- 1999 British television series endings
- British English-language television shows
- ITV game shows
- London Weekend Television shows
- Television series by Fremantle (company)
- Television series by ITV Studios
- Television series produced at Pinewood Studios
- Television series by Reg Grundy Productions
- Television shows produced by Thames Television
- Michael Barrymore
- Television shows shot at Teddington Studios