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Two teams of three family members compete in five rounds that test speed and reactions. We'll see people falling through eight-foot balloons, diving through glass panels, and picking the one yellow can from a pyramid. | Two teams of three family members compete in five rounds that test speed and reactions. We'll see people falling through eight-foot balloons, diving through glass panels, and picking the one yellow can from a pyramid. | ||
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Objective Productions have learned from many series of [[The Cube]], and have managed to come up with a style that takes these very slight games and turns them into proper television spectacles. ''Reflex'' has a slow-motion style, with time slowed down and rewound to bring out the spectacle. It also has a commentary style, Ken Bruce straddling "wry" and "silly", and too often ending up on the silly side. | Objective Productions have learned from many series of [[The Cube]], and have managed to come up with a style that takes these very slight games and turns them into proper television spectacles. ''Reflex'' has a slow-motion style, with time slowed down and rewound to bring out the spectacle. It also has a commentary style, Ken Bruce straddling "wry" and "silly", and too often ending up on the silly side. | ||
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The second half is the same on every show: the winning family is determined by a button pushing quiz - players are to push when they see something on the screen when the time reaches 2pm, or they see a dog without sunglasses. The winning family nominates a member to stand on a podium and hit green balls and avoid red ones fired at them. And the anti-climactic ending when they decline to gamble against one final ball. | The second half is the same on every show: the winning family is determined by a button pushing quiz - players are to push when they see something on the screen when the time reaches 2pm, or they see a dog without sunglasses. The winning family nominates a member to stand on a podium and hit green balls and avoid red ones fired at them. And the anti-climactic ending when they decline to gamble against one final ball. | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflex_(game_show) Wikipedia entry] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflex_(game_show) Wikipedia entry] | ||
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[[Weaver's Week 2014-01-26|Weaver's Week review]] | [[Weaver's Week 2014-01-26|Weaver's Week review]] | ||
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[[Category:Stunts and Dares]] | [[Category:Stunts and Dares]] | ||
[[Category:Family Game]] | [[Category:Family Game]] | ||
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Current revision as of 23:15, 26 December 2023
Contents |
Host
Jake Humphrey (non-broadcast pilot)
Co-hosts
Commentator: Ken Bruce
Broadcast
Objective Productions for BBC One, 11 January to 29 March 2014 (7 episodes in 1 series)
Synopsis
Putting the "B" into bang, putting the "go" into go-getter, Shane Richie hosts a show with the fastest reaction times in the world.
Two teams of three family members compete in five rounds that test speed and reactions. We'll see people falling through eight-foot balloons, diving through glass panels, and picking the one yellow can from a pyramid.
Objective Productions have learned from many series of The Cube, and have managed to come up with a style that takes these very slight games and turns them into proper television spectacles. Reflex has a slow-motion style, with time slowed down and rewound to bring out the spectacle. It also has a commentary style, Ken Bruce straddling "wry" and "silly", and too often ending up on the silly side.
The second half is the same on every show: the winning family is determined by a button pushing quiz - players are to push when they see something on the screen when the time reaches 2pm, or they see a dog without sunglasses. The winning family nominates a member to stand on a podium and hit green balls and avoid red ones fired at them. And the anti-climactic ending when they decline to gamble against one final ball.
Inventor
Adam Adler
Theme music
Nick Foster and Ken Bolam
Trivia
Public reaction to Reflex was unanimous: they turned it off. Viewing figures fell away from 3.5 million to barely a million, the show was regularly taken off for Six Nations rugby. The final episode went out in a very early Saturday evening slot - if one can call 3.45 in the afternoon "early evening".
Web links
See also
Videos
The very first episode.