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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