Greed (UK game show)

Greed
Presented by Jerry Springer
Narrated by Greg Burns
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 11
Production
Running time 44 minutes
Release
Original network Channel 5
Original release May 18, 2001 (2001-05-18) – June 9, 2001 (2001-06-09)

Greed (stylised as Gr££d) is a British television quiz show based on the American version of the same title. The series, which was very short lived in UK offered a £1,000,000 top prize, it was hosted by Jerry Springer.[1][2][3][4]

Gameplay

At the Start of each game 6 contestants entered the studio and stood behind a desk which risen from the floor as they approached. Jerry Springer then asked a question which had a numerical answer. Each contestant then keyed in an answer. The player who was closer to the correct answer became the team leader. This was a key role as ultimately they can change someone's wrong answer in later stages or chose to gamble irrelevant of their team members view. The player furthest from the correct answer left immediately, while the other 4 players formed the team.

Round 1: £5000

A multiple choice question was asked to the first player on the team (not the team leader) only one was correct. The team leader could agree and choice to accept or change it accordingly. The money at this stage is shared equally between all players This continued for:

Round 4: £50,000 (3 correct answers)

After round 4 (each player winning £10,000) was won the terminater round became active. A random light would flick between the players and stop on one. This player then had a choice. Either:

A) continue on as normal or,

B) take on a head to head buzzer question against a player of their choosing and play for the opposing players current And future share of the prize fund, (ultimately winning more than other active players) by doing this they also won a Guaranteed £5,000 irrelevant of what happens after that point.

Round 5: £100,000

The question had 4 correct answers from 7. Each player gave an answer, the team leader could change only one of them. Only 2 teams managed to get to this point and win £100,000.

When this was answered correctly yet another terminater round taken place as before. This happened only once in the uk games history.

Round 6: £250,000

A question was asked and each player gave one answer they thought was correct, at this stage there were 8 possible answers, 4 of which being correct. All correct answers were required, if there were less than 4 players remaining, the team leader could choose the forth or request another player answer.

At this point or any point prior the team leader could use the freebie card to Eliminate an incorrect answer If needed. This amount was won on just 1 occasion. No amount greater was ever achieved.

It's also worth noting the team leader on this occasion was Shaun Wallace, a chaser from ITV's The Chase, with Greed being filmed almost a decade earlier.

Round 7: £500,000

Followed by a Terminater round.

In the USA show a "bail" option was offered at this point in which the team leader is offered a substantial amount of money to end the game there and then, however by accepting this the other players lost all of their money upto that point leaving with nothing.

This level never was achieved in the Uk version

Round 8: £1,000,000

At this point it's unlikely any other player but the team leader would've remained as to get to this point the terminater would've chosen players with the least amount of money competing head to head with a player with the most. Ultimately making a player with lifechanging money. This question was never reached. All had to be chosen.

References

  1. ↑ "Greed grips Channel 5". BBC News (BBC). 8 March 2001. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Wells, Matt (8 March 2001). "Channel 5 lines up Jerry Springer for game show with £1m prize". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Starr, Michael (9 March 2001). "Springer to Host Brit-Version of Greed". New York Post (News Corporation). Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Greed". UK Game Shows. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

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