The Wall

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When we say big money Plinko, we mean ''big'' money Plinko - the show's top prize is a mammoth £687,495, the highest prize ever offered on a BBC production.
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The first eight recorded episodes were filmed in Poland; the first six aired as series one, and two more aired as series two, episodes seven and eight and were broadcast after the rest of series two and all of series three.
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The first eight recorded episodes were filmed in Poland; the first six aired in autumn 2019 as series one. Two more were filed as series two, episodes seven and eight and were broadcast in summer 2021 after the rest of series two and all of series three.
== Web links ==
== Web links ==

Revision as of 09:27, 11 July 2021

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Host

Danny Dyer

Co-hosts

Angela Rippon

Broadcast

Remarkable (part of Endemol Shine Group) for BBC One, 12 October 2019 to present

Synopsis

Big money Plinko. According to the contestant application form:

The Wall is the ultimate combination of strategy and knowledge.
Wildly unpredictable with heart-stopping jeopardy, The Wall gives and The Wall takes away. Expect colossal wins and heart-breaking losses, in this new game show that really can change people’s lives in an instant.
In this game, pairs need the right answers the right bounces and cast-iron trust in one another to win a life-changing cash prize.

Questions are voiced by newsreader Angela Rippon.

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Key moments

A question on who played Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where the female contestant was shouting at the male contestant, who was in isolation, that the answer is Chris Pine, he locked in the answer Chris Pratt, which was wrong, but then Danny Dyer revealed that the answer was Chris Evans (no relation).


CHRIS PINE!

Inventor

An original format created by SpringHill Entertainment and Andrew Glassman's Glassman Media in collaboration with Universal Television Alternative Studio.

Trivia

The BBC's initial press release trumpeted, "First shown on NBC in America in 2016. The most travelled format of 2017 and 2018, The Wall is an international hit and has sold to 24 territories around the globe."

Voted the Best New Show in this site's Poll of 2019.

When we say big money Plinko, we mean big money Plinko - the show's top prize is a mammoth £687,495, the highest prize ever offered on a BBC production.

The first eight recorded episodes were filmed in Poland; the first six aired in autumn 2019 as series one. Two more were filed as series two, episodes seven and eight and were broadcast in summer 2021 after the rest of series two and all of series three.

Web links

Official site

Wikipedia entry

See also

Weaver's Week review... of the French version, two years before the BBC show was commissioned. And, eventually, of the BBC version.

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