5-Star Family Reunion

5-Star Family Reunion is a BBC National Lottery game show that is broadcast on BBC One since 25 July 2015. The programme is hosted by Nick Knowles.

Gameplay

The game features one family of four trying to rejoin four members of their family that have emigrated, who are competing to win a "five-star family reunion", a holiday for the eight team members.

Round 1

The first round involves teams alternating between quick-fire questions and multiple-choice questions; first, the overseas team answers five triple choice questions. Correct answers give them more time later in the round; the first ball on a Newton's cradle is raised with every correct answer, and stops once it goes past a laser. At maximum level, it takes 66 seconds before the first ball stops going past a laser. Each member of the UK team answers quick-fire questions; there are four categories, and each member must play one category each. They have one 'power play', which raises the ball by another step. It cannot be used if all five questions have been answered correctly in a round. This process repeats itself until all the categories have been used up. In the quick-fire parts, one correct answer wins £1,000, two correct answers win £2,000 and three correct answers win £3,000; three further correct answers win £5,000 for the first two categories and £10,000 for the second two, meaning that there is £30,000 on offer. Once this process has repeated itself four times, the National Lottery draws are run.

Final round

Nick asks quick-fire questions to the UK team, with each team member taking it in turns to answer them. They must answer five questions correctly before the Newton's cradle on its maximum settings stops hitting the laser in order to win a holiday, billed as the titular "five-star family reunion".

Ratings

Episode Viewing figures from BARB.^[1]

References

External links

• 5-Star Family Reunion at BBC Programmes.
• 5-Star Family Reunion at UKGameshows.com.