Impossible (game show)

Impossible
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Rick Edwards
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	45
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	Mighty Productions
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	2 January 2017 (2017-01-02) – present

Impossible, stylized as !mpossible, is a British game show which has been airing on BBC One since 2 January 2017 and is presented by Rick Edwards.^[1]

Format

30(or 24) contestants play !mpossible avoiding the !mpossible answer

Round One

The first round is split into three segments of five questions, with all of them possessing three multiple-choice answers. Contestants pick up a points if they answer correctly. A wrong answer scores you nothing but if the contestant chose the impossible answer, it knocks them out of the day's show and they have to try again in the next show, unless the show is the final one the group of contestants participated in. For example, which US pop singer's concert was interrupted by the 2017 Manchester bombings? Was it A Ariana Grande B Katy Perry or C Jess Glynne? The right answer is A, the wrong answer is B but Jess Glynne is a British singer, so that is the impossible answer.
At the end of the five questions, the highest scorer with the quickest submissions (if there was a tie) would face a nine-answer grid with five impossible answers, from a choice of four categories. Each one adds £100 to the daily prize pot. The first half of the question is revealed with the contestants eliminating the five impossibles correctly. If the answer is one to the first half of the question, nothing gets added to the prize pot. After the five attempts, the second half of the question is revealed, and they are looking for the correct answer. The second-placed contestant is revealed ready to steal their place. If they pick an impossible answer (if there are still any), they are also eliminated in the same way as the five-question segments. If they are correct, they sit on one of three of the final chairs. If the contestant gets it wrong, the second-placed contestant gets a chance to steal a place in the final. If that contestant gets it right, they go to the final, but if they get it wrong, the contestant who won the segment takes one of the final places instead.

Round Two

Three contestants remain in contention of the final question. Each contestant has ten lives, and they speak out their answers with questions on the buzzer. If they get a question correct, their opponents lose a life, but get it wrong and the contestant will lose one of their lives instead. In this round, some of the questions asked would be impossible, which says there is no answer to that question. If they correctly identify such questions by saying 'impossible' correctly, their opponents lose two lives. If the contestant says 'impossible' to questions with answers or say answers to impossible questions, they will lose two of their own lives. The round stops when two contestants have no lives left, but it is impossible for every contestant to lose all their lives at the same time.

The Final

The winner of Round Two faces the £10000 question based on a random category. They have ten seconds to pick their three answers. If they get all three questions correct, they will win the £10000. If they pick at least one wrong answer, they win the daily prize pot, depending on how many impossible answers that three contestants eliminated in the grid. If they pick any impossible answer or if the 10 seconds are elapsed before picking their three answers, they lose all their money and leave with nothing.

In the first series, the contestants get two tries at the jackpot question and leaves after two attempts unless they won the jackpot the second time. In the second series, regardless on what the outcome of the show, they leave after just one attempt.

Transmissions

References

External links

• Impossible at BBC Programmes
• Impossible at UKGameshows.com
• Impossible on IMDb