101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow

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*'''33 - Evil Anvil''' - Contestants stand on the edge of a platform over-hanging the pool. Suspended out over the pool, and attached to each of the contestants via a cable, is an anvil. The contestant with the incorrect answer sees the anvil they are attached to released, pulling them off the edge of the platform and into the pool.
*'''33 - Evil Anvil''' - Contestants stand on the edge of a platform over-hanging the pool. Suspended out over the pool, and attached to each of the contestants via a cable, is an anvil. The contestant with the incorrect answer sees the anvil they are attached to released, pulling them off the edge of the platform and into the pool.
*'''36 - Rip-Off''' - Contestants wearing Velcro suits lay down on boards covered in Velcro, tilted back at 45 degrees from vertical. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their board tilted forwards until the Velcro pulls apart, leaving them to fall, attached to a bungee cord, into the pool below. (We question whether the BBC should really be mentioning the brand name Velcro though. Shouldn't they be saying 'hook-and-loop fabric fastener'?)
*'''36 - Rip-Off''' - Contestants wearing Velcro suits lay down on boards covered in Velcro, tilted back at 45 degrees from vertical. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their board tilted forwards until the Velcro pulls apart, leaving them to fall, attached to a bungee cord, into the pool below. (We question whether the BBC should really be mentioning the brand name Velcro though. Shouldn't they be saying 'hook-and-loop fabric fastener'?)
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*42 - '''Glued to Your Seat''' - Contestants sit in a row of chairs suspended 100 feet above the pool. The contestant with the incorrect answer sees their seat tip forward, allowing them to fall, attached to a bungee cord, into the pool below.
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*'''42 - Glued to Your Seat''' - Contestants sit in a row of chairs suspended 100 feet above the pool. The contestant with the incorrect answer sees their seat tip forward, allowing them to fall, attached to a bungee cord, into the pool below.
*'''52 - Concrete Boots''' - Contestants are suspended on the end of a wire, with a heavy concrete block attached to their feet. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their wire released, dropping them into the pool below, where they must release themselves from the concrete block under the water.
*'''52 - Concrete Boots''' - Contestants are suspended on the end of a wire, with a heavy concrete block attached to their feet. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their wire released, dropping them into the pool below, where they must release themselves from the concrete block under the water.
*'''61 - Big, Giant, Colossal Hammers'''* - The contestant stand on the edge of platform over-hanging the pool, with over-sized hammers behind them, The contestant with the wrong answer sees the hammer behind them swing forwards, knocking them off the edge and into the pool.
*'''61 - Big, Giant, Colossal Hammers'''* - The contestant stand on the edge of platform over-hanging the pool, with over-sized hammers behind them, The contestant with the wrong answer sees the hammer behind them swing forwards, knocking them off the edge and into the pool.
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[[Weaver's Week 2010-07-25|Weaver's Week review]]
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Revision as of 10:22, 25 July 2010

Contents

Host

Steve Jones

Co-hosts

Nemone Metaxas

Broadcast

Initial (an Endemol company) for BBC One, 10 July 2010 -

Synopsis

Another one of those manic Saturday night physical game shows like Hole in the Wall and Total Wipeout. This one's set in a tower from which losing contestants can be ejected in a variety of entertaining ways. And there had better be 101 ways, otherwise there'll be trouble.

This programme has not yet aired. A full review will appear here after broadcast.

Catchphrases

'Let's play 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow'

'I'm going to reveal the wrong answer in.....5.....4.....3.....2.....1.........................(wrong answer)'

Trivia

In case you're wondering the 101 ways to leave the game show are (list in progress) -

  • 1 - Balls of Doom - The contestants are strapped into the centre of open metal spheres. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their sphere rolled down a ramp into the pool.
  • 12 - Freefall - Diving boards over-hang the pool. The contestants, attached to bungee cords stand, facing backwards, on the ends of the boards. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their diving board retracted, dropping them into the pool.
  • 15 - Rubbish Dump - The contestants, attached to bungee cords, stand in wheelie bins at the top of a ramp over-hanging the pool. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their wheelie bin released, allowing it and them to wheel down the ramp, and drop into the pool.
  • 17 - Saddle Sore - The contestants, attached to bungee cords, sit on bicycles at the top of a ramp over-hanging the pool. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their bicycle released, allowing it and them to wheel down the ramp, and drop into the pool.
  • 19 - Supermarket Smash - The contestants, attached to bungee cords, sit in supermarket trolleys at the top of a ramp over-hanging the pool. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their trolley released, allowing it and them to wheel down the ramp, and drop into the pool.
  • 33 - Evil Anvil - Contestants stand on the edge of a platform over-hanging the pool. Suspended out over the pool, and attached to each of the contestants via a cable, is an anvil. The contestant with the incorrect answer sees the anvil they are attached to released, pulling them off the edge of the platform and into the pool.
  • 36 - Rip-Off - Contestants wearing Velcro suits lay down on boards covered in Velcro, tilted back at 45 degrees from vertical. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their board tilted forwards until the Velcro pulls apart, leaving them to fall, attached to a bungee cord, into the pool below. (We question whether the BBC should really be mentioning the brand name Velcro though. Shouldn't they be saying 'hook-and-loop fabric fastener'?)

101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow One of these people is about to be ripped off.

  • 42 - Glued to Your Seat - Contestants sit in a row of chairs suspended 100 feet above the pool. The contestant with the incorrect answer sees their seat tip forward, allowing them to fall, attached to a bungee cord, into the pool below.
  • 52 - Concrete Boots - Contestants are suspended on the end of a wire, with a heavy concrete block attached to their feet. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their wire released, dropping them into the pool below, where they must release themselves from the concrete block under the water.
  • 61 - Big, Giant, Colossal Hammers* - The contestant stand on the edge of platform over-hanging the pool, with over-sized hammers behind them, The contestant with the wrong answer sees the hammer behind them swing forwards, knocking them off the edge and into the pool.
  • 90 - Metal Coffins* - Contestants are strapped, lying down, in metal cages. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their cage dragged at high speed along a stretch of road by a racing car.
  • 97 - Armchair Armageddon - Contestants sit in armchairs which have been placed facing backwards on the edge of a platform over-hanging the pool. The contestant with the wrong answer sees their chair flipped backwards by pneumatics, ejecting them head-over-heels into the pool below.
  • 101 - The Trapdoor - The contestants stand on trapdoors. The trapdoors below the contestant(s) with the wrong answer(s) are opened, dropping them into the pool.

Note - Not all of the ways to leave the game show were given proper names on the programme. In these cases, marked by a *, a description used in the programme of a key piece of equipment used in that way to leave the game show has been listed as the name.

Originally due to be filmed in Cambridge, production was moved to Argentina after the pool burst, flooding the set.

The programme contains 102 ways to leave, as the unnumbered 'Emergency Exit' round, which sees a contestant eliminated, is clearly a way to leave the game show.

Pictures

Grey: it's the new black, apparently.

See also

Weaver's Week review

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