Life's a Punt

 
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== Host ==
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== Synopsis ==
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Paul Ross goads two members of the public into betting imaginary money on a number of pre-filmed outcomes. Ozzie the bookmaker offered (unusually generous) odds on his blackboard for the various possibilities.
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<div class="image">[[Image:Lifesapunt bookie.jpg]]''Ozzie's odds board''</div>
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Strangely, an identical format called [[Stupid Punts]] went out on BBC3 a few years later. It's not known whether the format was resold or whether it's a "coincidence".
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<div class="image">[[Image:Lifesapunt contestants.jpg]]''Contestants with their "wallets"''</div>
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As L!ve's shows went, this was one of the better but less outrageous formats.
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<div class="image">[[Image:Lifesapunt paulross.jpg]]''That shirt in full''</div>
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[[Category:Lifestyle]]
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[[Category:Gambling]]
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[[Category:L!VE TV Programmes]]

Current revision as of 15:30, 23 April 2017

Contents

Host

Paul Ross

Co-hosts

Bookmaker: Ozzie Osman

Broadcast

L!ve TV, 1999

Synopsis

Paul Ross goads two members of the public into betting imaginary money on a number of pre-filmed outcomes. Ozzie the bookmaker offered (unusually generous) odds on his blackboard for the various possibilities.

Image:Lifesapunt bookie.jpgOzzie's odds board

Strangely, an identical format called Stupid Punts went out on BBC3 a few years later. It's not known whether the format was resold or whether it's a "coincidence".

Image:Lifesapunt contestants.jpgContestants with their "wallets"

As L!ve's shows went, this was one of the better but less outrageous formats.

Image:Lifesapunt paulross.jpgThat shirt in full

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