Wednesday 16 December 2015

298 Winner Takes All




First  watched  : Uncertain

I  really  have  no  idea   when  I  first  saw  this  so  I  may  as  well  include  it  now,  having  noted  the  third  series  began  in  July  1977. I  mainly  associate  it  with  Friday  nights  at  my  Gran's   in  the  early  eighties  because  she  liked  it. I  preferred  game  shows  which  got  through  more  questions  rather  than   watch  people  dithering  over  how  much  to  gamble  but  this  was  still  better  than,  say , Play  Your  Cards  Right  or  Deal  Or  No  Deal.

Hosted  by  obnoxious  professional  Scouser  Jimmy  Tarbuck , the  series  combined  general  knowledge  with  gambling. The  four  contestants  were  given  50  points  to   start  with  then  multiple  choice  questions  with  odds  applied  to  each  of  the  six  possible  answers. They  gambled  with  their  points  and  received  more  according  to  the  odds  if  they  got  it  right. Otherwise  they  lost  their  stake. The  winners  of  two  earlier  rounds  faced  each  other in  a  final  played  for  cash . The  one  with  the  most  cash  kept  it , up  to  a  maximum  of  £1,000.  

Jimbo  was  assisted  off  screen  by  the  programme's  creator  , former  Top  of  the  Form  presenter  Geoffrey  Wheeler  who  presented  the  last  series  himself  after  Tarbuck  left  the  show  in  1987. There  was  a  brief  revival  on  a  satellite  channel  in  1997  presented  by  Bobby  Davro.

       

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