1000 Heartbeats

1000 Heartbeats
Genre	Game show
Created by	Paul Farrer
Presented by	Vernon Kay
Starring	The Quartet Sarah Chapman Catriona Parker Hayley Pomfrett Llinos Richards
Voices of	Dilly Barlow
Composer(s)	Paul Farrer
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	25 (as of 27th March 2015)
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Hungry Bear Media
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV, STV, UTV
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV)
Original run	23 February 2015 (2015-02-23) – present

1000 Heartbeats is a British daytime game show that has aired on ITV since 23 February 2015 and is hosted by Vernon Kay.^[1]

Format

Players (wearing an electronic heart-rate counter device) will answer questions in an attempt to win money. While this is going on, the number of times their heart beats will be measured. Each beat counts down from the initial 1000 - once the remaining number reaches 0, the game is over. During the gameplay rounds the contestant's heart rate is relayed to a live string quartet playing the soundtrack on set at the tempo of the contestant's heart rate (beats per minute) to maximise tension.

Contestants can win up to £25,000 by making their way through 7 rounds, and the required number of correct answers decreases round by round (7 in Round 1, 6 in Round 2, etc). At any point, if the contestant gives an incorrect answer, they lose 25 heartbeats. The player can also change out a question by stepping off The Plate, a circular area marked on the stage, but this will cost them 50 heartbeats. If the question is one that requires multiple answers, then any that the contestant has answered correctly is carried over for the next question (for example, if a player is in the process of playing Unscramble and manages to identify 3 of the 5 anagrams before stepping off The Plate, then they only need to identify 2 anagrams on the next question to complete the round).

After each round has been completed, the player will bank increasing sums of money. Here is the sums of money won at each round:

• Round 1 - £250
• Round 2 - £500
• Round 3 - £1,000
• Round 4 - £2,500
• Round 5 - £5,000
• Round 6 - £10,000
• Round 7 - £25,000

However, completing a round does not mean that the player has won the money. At any stage of the game, the player can elect to 'Cashout' with what money they have banked so far, but in order to win it, they must complete the Cashout game. The player is shown a series of True or False statements and must correctly answer 5 statements in a row before their remaining heartbeats run out, any errors mean they must start again from the beginning and will lose 25 heartbeats for a wrong answer. If they are successful, they leave with the amount they banked, but if unsuccessful, they leave with nothing.

References

External links

• 1000 Heartbeats at UKGameshows.com