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Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Sunday 8pm on ITV (February 2018)

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JO
Jonwo
MrUdagawa posted:
JamesLaverty1925 posted:
Jon posted:
Yes, Anne would make fun of things like transgender issues and sexuality in a way that would be not consider acceptable today as well as just generally being mean about appearances etc. Although people can overreact to somethings today. I think it’s good we’ve largely moved on from that kind of cheap humour.


Anne's insults evolved throughout Weakest Link. In the last few years the show did become a lot tamer, and it was more banterous rather than direct insults.

Yeah, I think it could still done today with the insults dialled down, or even just presented with an abruptness minus any insults. I'm sure Anne would know what tone to take today.


Someone like Rob Rinder would be good if Anne couldn’t do it.
JJ
Juicy Joe Founding member
Weren't they going to bring The Weakest Link back for 2018 with Anne Robinson for a full series? It never materialised, I'm not sure why. I'm sure people wouldn't be too bothered by some downright proper insults, otherwise why would Challenge repeat the series every weekday evening at 6pm? They wouldn't run the risk. Admittedly, it is a later series but, aside from this, people should get a grip & not be outraged by every little thing they see on TV. The internet does not help to be honest.
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Amber Avenger
I wonder if it isn't just Anne's tone that is the issue. Even if she was nice as pie, the format of the game means that screwing over your fellow contestants is pretty much a neccesity if you want to win and I think the quiz and light entertainment world has moved on from that as we want to see people do well, with a fair shout not see good players tripped up by other contestants.

Perhaps its time will come again but I can't see it for a long while
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
I believe the revival of Weakest Link was only a one off for Children in Need, but they've tooted reviving it off and on ever since it finished first time round in 2012.

In fact I think I remember reading they had to import the set from France I think it was, for some reason I can't recall, rather than slapping something together themselves.
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chris
Amber Avenger posted:
I wonder if it isn't just Anne's tone that is the issue. Even if she was nice as pie, the format of the game means that screwing over your fellow contestants is pretty much a neccesity if you want to win and I think the quiz and light entertainment world has moved on from that as we want to see people do well, with a fair shout not see good players tripped up by other contestants.

Perhaps its time will come again but I can't see it for a long while


Have you seen Love Island?
TI
This Is Granada
Neil Jones posted:

In fact I think I remember reading they had to import the set from France I think it was, for some reason I can't recall, rather than slapping something together themselves.


The 2017 one off special for CiN was recorded in France, on the set there, rather then the BBC having to import the set for a one off. The crew were the French production crew, the audience were French so probably had no clue who the 'celebs' were and probably also no clue who Anne Robinson was.

The last few years of TWL was recorded at BBC Scotland. Would the old set still be up there?
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Amber Avenger
chris posted:
Amber Avenger posted:
I wonder if it isn't just Anne's tone that is the issue. Even if she was nice as pie, the format of the game means that screwing over your fellow contestants is pretty much a neccesity if you want to win and I think the quiz and light entertainment world has moved on from that as we want to see people do well, with a fair shout not see good players tripped up by other contestants.

Perhaps its time will come again but I can't see it for a long while


Have you seen Love Island?


Ah yes the famous quiz show Love Island.
JO
Jonwo
Amber Avenger posted:
I wonder if it isn't just Anne's tone that is the issue. Even if she was nice as pie, the format of the game means that screwing over your fellow contestants is pretty much a necessity if you want to win and I think the quiz and light entertainment world has moved on from that as we want to see people do well, with a fair shout not see good players tripped up by other contestants.

Perhaps its time will come again but I can't see it for a long while


Golden Balls which ran for two years had a similar issue.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Andrew Castle's Divided gameshow which aired on ITV in 2010 had a final round that had no end of backstabbing as the contestants had a three way argument/debate over who should take what share of the jackpot home. Quite often I believe they all went home with nothing. Seemed quite cruel really.
DW
DavidWhitfield
Neil Jones posted:
Andrew Castle's Divided gameshow which aired on ITV in 2010 had a final round that had no end of backstabbing as the contestants had a three way argument/debate over who should take what share of the jackpot home. Quite often I believe they all went home with nothing. Seemed quite cruel really.

Yes, and the problem with that is that if you've got a player who simply refuses to take anything less than the highest share, even if they contributed little compared to other contestants, as happened many times, the choice was either to suffer a huge injustice and gift them a huge amount of money for doing less than you did, or go home with nothing. A lot of episodes ended with a team who had worked well all the way along and got a load of money built up arguing and going home furious and penniless. I liked the format of the main body of the programme but I hated that final round.
BR
Brekkie
It was a format point though. UK shows quite happy to send contestants away empty handed but surprisingly in the more ruthless world of American TV it is something they're more reluctant to do, hence the ridiculous guarantee of $32k for charities in their celeb revival. It's one reason I think UK commissioners like gameshows which can build to a signfiicant jackpot but more often than not it isn't won, so the average winnings end up being quite low.
JO
Jonwo
Brekkie posted:
It was a format point though. UK shows quite happy to send contestants away empty handed but surprisingly in the more ruthless world of American TV it is something they're more reluctant to do, hence the ridiculous guarantee of $32k for charities in their celeb revival. It's one reason I think UK commissioners like gameshows which can build to a significant jackpot but more often than not it isn't won, so the average winnings end up being quite low.


It can be done without conflict or pettiness though which shows like The Weakest Link or Golden Balls encouraged.

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