Postcode Challenge
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| Postcode Challenge | |
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 Get Your Road On The Show |
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| Format | Quiz show |
| Starring | Carol Smillie, host (2007-present) |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| No. of episodes | 23 as of April, 2008 |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | STV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original airing | November 2007-present |
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| Official website | |
Postcode Challenge is a Scottish television game show that is broadcast by STV. It airs on Monday nights at 8pm, when the rest of the ITV network shows Tonight with Trevor McDonald, which airs on Tuesday nights in Scotland. It is presented by Carol Smillie.
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[edit] Format
Each team is made up of six individuals from the same postcode, with one the designated Team Captain. Whilst the Team Captain interacts with the presenter, the five participating neighbours lend support and answer questions by way of an electronic keypad.
There are 3 rounds in Postcode Challenge in total, with two knock-out rounds before the big cash final. In round one, two teams will go out. In round three, the two remaining teams go head to head, with the Team Captains taking each other on to see which will go through to the final round. But the neighbours play an important part too, as the size of the final cash prize depends on the answers they give in round three.
At the end of the show, one lucky team has the chance to win up to £25,000 in cash in the Cash Ladder final. Half the money goes to the Team Captain, and the rest of it is divided equally between the other five team members.
[edit] Set
Despite being made and broadcast by STV, Postcode Challenge is actually filmed at BBC Scotland's studios in Pacific Quay, next door to STV's base.
[edit] Sponsor
The show is sponsored by The People's Postcode Lottery, a new lottery that was set-up in Scotland in 2007. To enter, you sign up for tickets, usually paid for by direct debit. Each week a draw is made and if your postcode and other numbers match the winning code, cash or other prizes are given out. One example of another prize is a new Mini, often presented by the 'Street Presenter' Angus Purden.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Postcode Challenge at UKGameshows.com
- Peoples Postcode Lottery
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