TV
Part of a Polish airing of the UK Who Wants To Be A Millionaire from 2011
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p_VaGin2gVE
Russian dubbed airing of UK Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTK2ojdUrM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p_VaGin2gVE
Russian dubbed airing of UK Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTK2ojdUrM
Last edited by Tv2333 on 29 January 2021 5:46pm
SS
I think you're right that they try their best these days to keep contestants to the one show - and sometimes when they start late into the show it's super obvious they aren't going to go far - but occasionally they do still ring the klaxon. Heard it at least once in a 2020 episode.
I think rollover contestants work better when the show is on more than once a week. If it’s just going out weekly it’s better than it’s self contained, it also gives them more flexibility when it comes to the order.
I agree: rollover works better when its stripped over a week: not to mention that because the programme is an hour long, as mentioned before, they can just pad out an episode wherever necessary to avoid a klaxon.
Another potential reason for no rollover contestants could be that, because of the Covid pandemic, they are doing their best to ensure there aren't any, so that every episode is self-contained. That way, any "rollover" contestant does not need to be isolated to avoid the potential of getting Covid. Once the audience is back (whenever that is!), and the social distancing no longer needs to become a requirement, I suspect we'll see the idea of rollover contestants returning, even if very limited.
They record (or used to anyway) Jeremy in two ways if a cliffhanger occurs, one where he acts as if they'll be returning after the ITV news and one where they just carry on straight through - these days however they just seem to adjust the schedule to run it straight through
There are quite a lot of little 'optimizations' they can do in the editing depending on if a show is slightly too short or too long, right down to how long they show the phone a friend dial tone for example!
Going back to the 1998 days as a 10 year old I thought the podium appearing out of nowhere from where Chris had just been standing on an empty circle minutes earlier dark magic! I can't remember how long it took some genius to finally work out 'we can save all the effort by just having Chris introduce the show from the bit of the set where he walks off to for FFF anyway!'
I also miss the manic end of the show from back then where Chris had to rattle off the list of contestants appearing on the next show, the ceefax page, the website, the postal address and the phone number all within about a minute! He made it look a lot easier than I suspect it is in reality!
There are quite a lot of little 'optimizations' they can do in the editing depending on if a show is slightly too short or too long, right down to how long they show the phone a friend dial tone for example!
Going back to the 1998 days as a 10 year old I thought the podium appearing out of nowhere from where Chris had just been standing on an empty circle minutes earlier dark magic! I can't remember how long it took some genius to finally work out 'we can save all the effort by just having Chris introduce the show from the bit of the set where he walks off to for FFF anyway!'
I also miss the manic end of the show from back then where Chris had to rattle off the list of contestants appearing on the next show, the ceefax page, the website, the postal address and the phone number all within about a minute! He made it look a lot easier than I suspect it is in reality!
I think you're right that they try their best these days to keep contestants to the one show - and sometimes when they start late into the show it's super obvious they aren't going to go far - but occasionally they do still ring the klaxon. Heard it at least once in a 2020 episode.
I think rollover contestants work better when the show is on more than once a week. If it’s just going out weekly it’s better than it’s self contained, it also gives them more flexibility when it comes to the order.
I agree: rollover works better when its stripped over a week: not to mention that because the programme is an hour long, as mentioned before, they can just pad out an episode wherever necessary to avoid a klaxon.
Another potential reason for no rollover contestants could be that, because of the Covid pandemic, they are doing their best to ensure there aren't any, so that every episode is self-contained. That way, any "rollover" contestant does not need to be isolated to avoid the potential of getting Covid. Once the audience is back (whenever that is!), and the social distancing no longer needs to become a requirement, I suspect we'll see the idea of rollover contestants returning, even if very limited.
SS
If they record multiple per day even under the current pandemic, then my point is moot
Although multiple episodes are recorded within one day, so not too much of a problem and even if they rollover two days isolating them in a hotel room is easy enough I'd have thought.
If they record multiple per day even under the current pandemic, then my point is moot
JA
I've just been watching the repeat of last weekend's episode, and the first contestant was eliminated without using any lifelines, getting the £32,000 safety net question wrong. His reaction had to be bleeped out! It's not often that happens, so I don't blame the contestant for turning the air blue.
SW
And similarly, if there isn't a rollover, it doesn't often work in a stripped format. The orginal run of Poker Face was a good example, that was stripped over a week but there were no rollover contestants, just five individual heats and a final. But the stripping was to its detriment, as it just drew attention to the repetitive nature of the format.
I agree: rollover works better when its stripped over a week: not to mention that because the programme is an hour long, as mentioned before, they can just pad out an episode wherever necessary to avoid a klaxon.
And similarly, if there isn't a rollover, it doesn't often work in a stripped format. The orginal run of Poker Face was a good example, that was stripped over a week but there were no rollover contestants, just five individual heats and a final. But the stripping was to its detriment, as it just drew attention to the repetitive nature of the format.
KP
The two other Aus Millionaires - the 6 celebrities then wheeled out a playing partner after playing FFF but it was split over 2 nights so FFF was a bit pointless other than the order, as they all played.
Also the episodes were done like hotseat basically produced as-live with minimal editing and Eddie wearing a earpiece for timings etc. This meant we had some clumsy moments like the celebs trying to leave off the wrong bit of set and Eddie showing them where to go etc. We also had a Eddie calling a wrong answer, right prematurely before it appeared on screen (not even a Ask the Host question either, which is irrelevant anyway as Eddie recieves the answer on-screen like any other question anyway)
Also the episodes were done like hotseat basically produced as-live with minimal editing and Eddie wearing a earpiece for timings etc. This meant we had some clumsy moments like the celebs trying to leave off the wrong bit of set and Eddie showing them where to go etc. We also had a Eddie calling a wrong answer, right prematurely before it appeared on screen (not even a Ask the Host question either, which is irrelevant anyway as Eddie recieves the answer on-screen like any other question anyway)
BR
Didn't Jeremy do that as well with something he was so certain of, but was wrong.
Aussie daytime quiz hosts seem a bit cursed at the moment with "Eddie Everywhere" having resigned this weekend as chairman of an AFL club after 23 years following a racism scandal. His leaving stateent was very much "poor Eddie".
Aussie daytime quiz hosts seem a bit cursed at the moment with "Eddie Everywhere" having resigned this weekend as chairman of an AFL club after 23 years following a racism scandal. His leaving stateent was very much "poor Eddie".
KP
Clarkson did but that was on a Ask the Host question which he thought he knew. Eddie's one was just a normal turn orange and he called it right then it came up wrong.
I think McGuire has had a few gaffs too with comments made in the past, but in the Aussie "lad bantz" laid back style eventually goes under the bridge. Granted the Collingwood thing is much bigger under his watch, in this instance.
I think McGuire has had a few gaffs too with comments made in the past, but in the Aussie "lad bantz" laid back style eventually goes under the bridge. Granted the Collingwood thing is much bigger under his watch, in this instance.
SJ
It wasn’t an Ask the Host question, but Clarkson did declare that he knew it:
Clarkson did but that was on a Ask the Host question which he thought he knew.
It wasn’t an Ask the Host question, but Clarkson did declare that he knew it: