Stake Out (game show)

Stake Out
Genre	Game show
Created by	The Chatterbox Partnership
Presented by	Anthony Davis
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	30 minutes (inc. commercials)
Production company	Flextech
Original release
Network	Challenge
Release	12 November (2001-11-12) – 21 December 2001 (2001-12-21)

Stake Out was a British game show which originally aired on Challenge between 12 November and 21 December 2001. It was hosted by Anthony Davis in which contestants each bring £250 in cash, competing against each other in the hope of raising it up to £25,000.

Gameplay

In each game, four contestants each brought £250 of "their own money" as an initial stake, which was immediately doubled to £500. In reality, all the money was supplied by the production company; no personal funds were ever at risk. The game was played in three rounds.

Round 1: All In

Four multiple-choice questions were asked, each with three answer options. Before every question, £75 was deducted from each contestant's total to form a pot of £300. Contestants secretly locked in their response on keypads, and the pot was evenly divided among all those who gave the correct answer.

Round 2: Cashing In

Each contestant was asked one question, but had to decide how much of their total to wager before hearing the three answer options. A correct answer added the wager to their total, while a miss deducted it.

Round 3: Face Off

Each contestant in turn chose an opponent to challenge, a category from a list of five, and a wager (up to either their own total or their opponent's, whichever was lower). The host then asked a toss-up question on the buzzer. If a contestant buzzed-in with the correct answer, the wager was added to their score and deducted from their opponent's. A miss gave the opponent a chance to hear the entire question again before buzzing-in. Once a contestant's total was reduced to zero, they were out of the game. A new list of five categories was presented after each complete pass through the field. Once two contestants remained, they continued to face off for increasing stakes until one had lost all their money.

The last remaining contestant became the champion and could either leave the show with their entire total, or risk £250 of it to defend their title in the next game.

Notable contestants

• Mark Labbett (Chaser on The Chase)
• Duncan Bickley (lost £218,000 on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire)

External links

• Stake Out at UKGameshows.com.
• Stake Out at IMDb.