Yes. In here the U.S., two of our six pricing games are always played for a car. Ten Chances is one of them for the third prize, all 5 numbers are used as a guess.
Paul Maguire’s circus-like score was one of the show’s greatest assets. It nailed the craziness of it all while being significantly different from the US theme. Brucie had the better prizes but this show was made for Leslie Crowther. Even as you sort of knew TPIR ‘80s had had its day by 1988, it was still sad when it ended.
It is a question of budget and what then were strict limits on the value of what could be won. Before this, there was a limit on Sale of the Century of £1,000 for a car, which had to be raised when it was pointed out that no British car could be bought for £1,000. Even our 1990s version of the $64,000 Dollar Question's top prize was restricted to £6,400.
The IBA had very heavy restrictions on the prizes at the time. A grand prize (usually a car) had to have cost less than £6000 and the total you could give away in cash was £3000. It was done to stop them from losing thousands through cheating
You think the prizes on this Show suck? In the Eighties in the U.K. there was a show on the BBC called Blankety Blank The prize was a Checkbook and Pen
Huge step down from the American version and presentation. Host couldn't shout the price loud enough so the people behind the game could hear the price.
What's the point in the copy-cat music cues from the USA version? Just use the ORIGINALS! Edd Kalehoff's music cues made this show what it is, so use them! And speaking of that, why the same music cues for all the prizes and bidder walk-down from the audience?
