Lingo

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Host

Central version: Martin Walker

National ITV version: Martin Daniels

Co-host

Announcer: Nick Jackson

Broadcast

Central, 1987

Thames Television for ITV, 1988

Synopsis

A mixture of Bingo and Scrabble, two teams of two players attempted to find five letter words using a Mastermind sort of system (the board game thing, not the one with the Black Chair). If they did it, they could draw balls from their table which would get crossed off their board and if they made a line they would get mega points. Then they would start again. They also had to avoid picking a "Dreaded Red" ball which automatically handed control over to their opponents.

The end game was played in reverse, the winning team had to guess words but the longer they took, the more balls they would have to draw with a view to NOT making a line. There would be one line that needed only one number to complete it, and the host would hold onto the corresponding ball for the first round, but after that, it would have to go in with the other balls. The contestants could choose whether or not to play another round - if they were unlucky enough to complete a line, they would go home with half their previous winnings. There was a silver ball in this round that did something amazing too, if memory serves.

The top prize was £3,200 plus what ever the couple won in the main game. Making it possibly the highest cash prize on network television at the time.

Inventor

Devised by Harry de Winter.

Pictures

Picture 1 - Host, Martin Daniels. He is the son of Paul Daniels, the famous magician.
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