Jet Set (game show)

Jet Set
Created by	David Young
Presented by	Eamonn Holmes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	116
Production
Location(s)	BBC Television Centre (2001-6) BBC Pacific Quay (2007)
Running time	35 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Picture format	16:9
Original run	20 January 2001 (2001-01-20) – 8 August 2007 (2007-08-08)
Chronology
Preceded by	On the Spot
Followed by	In It to Win It

Jet Set was a BBC National Lottery game show that was broadcast on BBC One from 20 January 2001 to 8 August 2007. It was presented by Eamonn Holmes.

Format

The six players in the studio compete against each other in the first two rounds, the winner of the second round facing off against last week's winner in the final, for their place on the round the world 'Jet Set' Tour.

Round One: In the Red

All six contestants start 'in the green'. Each contestant in turn is given a category. They then have to decide to either 'play' and answer the question or 'pass' and nominate another contestant to answer that question. A correct answer or pass leaves the player 'in the green' while an incorrect answer or an incorrect pass (i.e. the person passed to got the question correct) leads the player to be 'in the red'. Only one person can be 'in the red' at any one time, while a contestant 'in the red' gets passed over in play, although may be challenged with a 'pass'.

Each round last approximately sixty seconds. Whichever contestant is 'in the red' at the end of the time is eliminated from the competition. This is repeated until only two players remain.

The Thunderball draw was traditionally aired live at this point of proceedings, when the show was broadcast live on a Saturday.

If a player has the red symbol, that player is eliminated and runs down until only two is left.

Round Two: Play or Pass

Play continues as before, with each player in turn given a category, again being given the option to 'play' or 'pass' to their opponent. Instead of playing to stay out of 'the red', points are used instead, with the first player to score four winning the round and progressing to the final. An incorrect answer gives the point to the opponent, while a correct answer scores for yourself.

Before the move to Wednesdays a buzzer question about the location that last week's winner went to decided the order of play. Nowadays whoever erred the least so far that evening, plays first.

The Thunderball draw was traditionally aired live at this point of proceedings, when the show was broadcast live on a Saturday. However with the show moving to a Wednesday the 'Dream Number' draw takes place here.

Round Three: The Final

The studio contestant now faces the last week's champion for the place on the Jet Set, a round the world tour with a new location every week.

Starting with the studio contestant, each player in turn must predict whether each ball in the draw which had just taken place was higher or lower than the preceding one. A correct prediction allows the contestant to select their category, while an incorrect prediction allows their opponent to select the category from the selection of six. An incorrect answer, again, gives the point to the opponent, while a correct answer scores for yourself. The first to three wins the game and the prize. A losing challenger is invited back again the following week to compete again.

Final round

After the second and third lottery draws, the player (at the round-the-world trip) and the other player (in the studio) then play against each other, but the final player chooses which category they want. If a player gets a question wrong (or the player runs out of time), that other player chooses the category for the player. The players have three questions each, and if the player in the studio wins, they go onto a round-the-world trip, and if the other player on the round-the-world trip does not win, then return the next week.

If the player (on the round-the-world trip) wins, they go to another one, and the other (in the studio) returns to do it again the following week.

Jet Set 2012

Jet Set returned to BBC One on 20 June 2007 under the new name of Jet Set 2012, with all the destinations being previous Olympic venues (since London will be hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics). This was announced by Eamonn Holmes on the Midweek Draws with Scott Mills on 16 May 2007. It was filmed at BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	20 January 2001	21 April 2001	14
2	1 December 2001	11 May 2002	23
3	9 November 2002	8 March 2003	18
4	20 December 2003	24 April 2004	19
5	15 January 2005	16 April 2005	14
6	22 October 2005	26 November 2005	6
7	11 March 2006	17 June 2006	14
8	20 June 2007	8 August 2007	8

Ratings

Episode Viewing figures from BARB.^[1]

Series 1

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	20 January 2001	7,190,000	17
2	27 January 2001	7,780,000	14
3	3 February 2001	8,270,000	8
4	10 February 2001	7,780,000	11
5	17 February 2001	7,620,000	13
6	24 February 2001	8,040,000	7
7	3 March 2001	7,660,000	14
8	10 March 2001	8,110,000	12
9	17 March 2001	8,560,000	7
10	24 March 2001	8,470,000	10
11	31 March 2001	7,570,000	12
12	7 April 2001	7,680,000	10
13	14 April 2001	7,950,000	6
14	21 April 2001	7,570,000	12

Series 2

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	1 December 2001	7,930,000	10
2	8 December 2001	7,780,000	10
3	15 December 2001	7,460,000	11
4	22 December 2001	7,130,000	13
5	29 December 2001	7,460,000	19
6	5 January 2002	7,070,000	10
7	12 January 2002	5,940,000	18
8	19 January 2002	5,840,000	18
9	26 January 2002	6,680,000	9
10	2 February 2002	6,680,000	10
11	9 February 2002	4,680,000	28
12	16 February 2002	6,950,000	8
13	23 February 2002	6,570,000	12
14	2 March 2002	6,410,000	12
15	9 March 2002	7,010,000	8
16	16 March 2002	6,490,000	12
17	23 March 2002	5,550,000	11
18	6 April 2002	4,840,000	21
19	13 April 2002	5,850,000	14
20	20 April 2002	5,670,000	15
21	27 April 2002	4,960,000	21
22	4 May 2002	5,920,000	15
23	11 May 2002	5,700,000	19

Series 3

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	9 November 2002	6,760,000	12
2	16 November 2002	6,270,000	12
3	23 November 2002	6,330,000	13
4	30 November 2002	7,030,000	9
5	7 December 2002	6,800,000	9
6	14 December 2002	7,770,000	10
7	21 December 2002	7,160,000	9
8	28 December 2002	7,420,000	22
9	4 January 2003	7,330,000	9
10	11 January 2003	7,330,000	12
11	18 January 2003	6,790,000	10
12	25 January 2003	7,740,000	7
13	1 February 2003	7,050,000	13
14	8 February 2003	6,910,000	13
15	15 February 2003	8,060,000	7
16	22 February 2003	5,730,000	30
17	1 March 2003	6,480,000	15
18	8 March 2003	7,940,000	10

Series 4

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	20 December 2003	5,630,000	22
2	27 December 2003	Under 5,880,000	Outside Top 30
3	3 January 2004	6,430,000	16
4	10 January 2004	6,260,000	19
5	17 January 2004	7,290,000	10
6	24 January 2004	7,190,000	11
7	31 January 2004	7,100,000	10
8	7 February 2004	6,930,000	9
9	14 February 2004	6,830,000	10
10	21 February 2004	8,290,000	7
11	28 February 2004	7,250,000	9
12	6 March 2004	7,110,000	8
13	13 March 2004	6,570,000	10
14	20 March 2004	5,950,000	10
15	27 March 2004	4,870,000	26
16	3 April 2004	6,340,000	12
17	10 April 2004	5,310,000	12
18	17 April 2004	6,680,000	8
19	24 April 2004	5,560,000	9

Series 5

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	15 January 2005	6,490,000	8
2	22 January 2005	6,070,000	10
3	29 January 2005	6,690,000	10
4	5 February 2005	6,600,000	10
5	12 February 2005	4,980,000	21
6	19 February 2005	5,270,000	18
7	26 February 2005	6,220,000	10
8	5 March 2005	6,720,000	11
9	12 March 2005	5,200,000	23
10	19 March 2005	6,170,000	10
11	26 March 2005	6,300,000	10
12	2 April 2005	6,220,000	12
13	9 April 2005	7,470,000	8
14	16 April 2005	6,670,000	8

Series 6

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	22 October 2005	6,500,000	12
2	29 October 2005	6,060,000	14
3	5 November 2005	6,280,000	11
4	12 November 2005	7,150,000	9
5	19 November 2005	7,280,000	12
6	26 November 2005	7,930,000	6

Series 7

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	11 March 2006	5,170,000	18
2	18 March 2006	5,590,000	14
3	25 March 2006	5,460,000	13
4	1 April 2006	5,700,000	13
5	8 April 2006	5,850,000	12
6	15 April 2006	6,400,000	10
7	29 April 2006	6,360,000	8
8	6 May 2006	6,120,000	10
9	13 May 2006	7,080,000	8
10	20 May 2006	5,370,000	10
11	27 May 2006	5,000,000	13
12	3 June 2006	5,650,000	9
13	10 June 2006	5,280,000	12
14	17 June 2006	4,410,000	19

Series 8

Episode No.	Airdate	Total Viewers	BBC One Weekly Ranking
1	20 June 2007	Under 4,010,000	Outside Top 30
2	27 June 2007	Under 3,450,000	Outside Top 30
3	4 July 2007	Under 3,320,000	Outside Top 30
4	11 July 2007	Under 3,220,000	Outside Top 30
5	18 July 2007	Under 3,100,000	Outside Top 30
6	25 July 2007	Under 3,400,000	Outside Top 30
7	1 August 2007	Under 2,910,000	Outside Top 30
8	8 August 2007	Under 3,330,000	Outside Top 30

References

External links

• Jet Set at BBC Programmes
• Jet Set at UKGameshows.com