Million pound drop

Aerohead

Tonight on the Million Pound Drop three guys were on with one girl in a kind of blind date , they ended the show with 75k left, now I got next week's RTE guide and for next Friday they have got the three guys and the girl Amanda left with 75k, I thought this show was live and how did RTE publish the outcome of a show a week ahead of transmission

ekimiam

live on channel 4, rte buys it cheep after.
what a load of rubbish. i would prefer to claw my eyes out than spend an hour listening to darina

brian_t

2014 changes

This is also the first regular series to be pre-recorded due to time constraints.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Pound_Drop

Skid X

ekimiam wrote: »

live on channel 4, rte buys it cheep after.
what a load of rubbish. i would prefer to claw my eyes out than spend an hour listening to darina

It's not live on Channel 4 this series. And it has never been on RTE.

Go Harvey Go

ekimiam wrote: »

live on channel 4, rte buys it cheep after.
what a load of rubbish. i would prefer to claw my eyes out than spend an hour listening to darina

Darina Allen hosts a live hour-long show on Channel 4?

How come I haven't heard about it? And surely she's not as well known on the other side of the Irish Sea as her daughter-in-law?

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It's probably fair to say that, after four years, just about all the novelties of the Million Pound Drop have worn off.

So, as well as making the show pre-recorded, the producers have attempted to inject new life into the format by reducing the number of questions from eight to seven, allowing up to four contestants to play (when beforehand it was almost always two) and coming up with some so-called 'surprise' teams (like pairing a civilian with a celebrity).

But it's not selling to other countries as much as it did during its first year or so. And the full million will almost certainly never be won at this stage.

Davina looks as fabulous as ever, though.

Go Harvey Go

Bumping this thread to say that it looks like the Drop has been dropped.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/million-pound-drop-channel-4-drops-primetime-quiz-show-a6918666.html

Ah, well. Fun while it lasted.

Edward Hopper

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Bumping this thread to say that it looks like the Drop has been dropped.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/million-pound-drop-channel-4-drops-primetime-quiz-show-a6918666.html

Ah, well. Fun while it lasted.

The idea wasn't bad, don't know how they chose the contestants but on the whole they were pretty obnoxious. Loud and Zany were probably a couple of the words they were looking for on the application. I'm not a fan of Davina McCall either though tbh.

Go Harvey Go

Edward Hopper wrote: »

The idea wasn't bad, don't know how they chose the contestants but on the whole they were pretty obnoxious. Loud and Zany were probably a couple of the words they were looking for on the application. I'm not a fan of Davina McCall either though tbh.

The contestants were chosen based on their age and personality - almost all of them were aged between 18 and 40, almost all of them were at least mildly excitable, and almost none of them had a knowledge that would get them very far on Mastermind. :rolleyes:

The only mature contestants I saw were parents of celebrities - Larry Lamb playing alongside George, and Michael Whitehall alongside Jack.

And love her or hate her, one cannot deny that MPD wouldn't have been the same without Davina...

Go Harvey Go

It's coming back. Sort of. :eek:

https://twitter.com/ThisisDavina/status/885796393708920833

lertsnim

Times must be hard at Channel 4.

Skid X

I think that's a good move for Channel 4.

With Deal or No Deal gone and Countdown now getting tiny ratings this could be a solid daytime performer.

I think people will get over the name change and jackpot reduction soon enough.

Go Harvey Go

Still a shame Channel 4 didn't put more faith in Five Minutes to a Fortune, though:

http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Five_Minutes_to_a_Fortune

Go Harvey Go

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Still a shame Channel 4 didn't put more faith in Five Minutes to a Fortune, though:

http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Five_Minutes_to_a_Fortune

I'd guess they were worried that a couple of decent contestants (non-scatterbrains) would clear them out pretty sharpish.