These UK quiz shows made Numberwang look coherent.
Designing a TV quiz show is a sacred art.
Get it right and your format can live through the decades and become a part of the cultural landscape.
ThinkMasterminds black chair orWho Wants to Be a Millionaires phone a friend.
(Hes not.)
They were just too sensible and good.
1000 Heartbeats
One contestant, hooked up to a heart monitor.
Seven challenges, 25,000,and a thousand of your own heartbeats counting down.
Can you handle the pressure?
Yes, Vernon, I will.
Cheers for the reminder.
Even more sinister was Kay extracting the wrong-answer punishment ofdeducting heartbeatslike an evil Fitbit in an episode ofBlack Mirror.
Pairs of daring contestants will brave the almighty Atlantic to win a shedload of cash.
Thats insanely stupid and risky.Have two contestants and just do that to one of them?
Readers, they did not.
The rest will be frozen out and eliminated.
Players will take turns to give a shot to clear all seven blue sliders from the white circle.
And despite the valiant attempts of host Mark Durden-Smith, ice-sliding trivia quizThe Freezedid not work.
A jackpot of 100,000 quite literally hangs in the balance.
To beat the board will take teamwork, steady hands and cool heads.
With so much at stake, its easy to reach boiling point.
There is no room to hide, and no cashing out.
You either win or crash out.
This is Bank Balance.
Then youve experienced the thrill ofBank Balance.
Hosted by TVs angriest chefGordon Ramsay, the pace of this hour-long show wasglaciallyslow.
Babushka
Imagine a giant Babushka doll, and another one, and another one.
10 giant Babushka dolls.
Some hide smaller dolls that are worth money, a lot of money, but some hold… nothing.
Which doll will you open, how far will you go to see whats inside?
Just to be clear, nobodys blaming Rylan.
This new high-risk game show is an exciting rollercoaster ride where anything can happen, they said.
