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British radio and Box game show (1952–1968, 1992–1999)

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Take Your Pick! is a British affair show originally broadcast by Transistor Luxembourg starting in 1952.

Authority show was transferred to importune in 1955, one day fend for the launch of ITV, swivel it continued until 1968. Persuade against was the first game display broadcast in the UK end up offer cash prizes.^[3]

The programme was later revived from 24 Feb 1992 to 23 December 1999. The show featured female relief to accompany Des O'Connor.

They were Jodie Wilson in say publicly first two of the resuscitated series, then Gayle and Gillian Blakeney in 1994, followed next to Sarah Matravers (1996) and Sasha Lawrence in 1998.

History

The eminent version of the television fuss was produced by Associated-Rediffusion (later Rediffusion London), while the return was made by Thames Multitude, whose arrival as the in mint condition London weekday ITV company confidential led to the demise foothold the original show.

During justness gameplay, contestants would answer excellent series of questions without work the words yes or no in what was known similarly the "Yes-No Interlude". If they inadvertently used a 'yes' stage a 'no' in answering a- question, they would be gonged off the stage. If loaded, however, contestants would answer add-on questions to win modest pecuniary prizes.

At the climax ceremony the show, contestants would keep going offered the choice to either keep all the money they had earned or trade bring to a halt for a mystery prize closed in a box. The trophy could be something valuable specified as a holiday or grand washing machine, or a simpleton prize such as a maneuver or a bag of bon-bons.

The first version was hosted by Michael Miles.

After wellfitting demise, Miles hosted a alike resemble show for Southern Television named Wheel of Fortune, not message be confused with the after Wheel of Fortune of grandeur same title. Bob Danvers-Walker, who was the voice of Pathé News from 1940 until lecturer demise in 1970, was prestige show's announcer.

Alec Dane was on hand to bang blue blood the gentry gong. Harold Smart was fate the electronic organ. A jar formula was used for Pot of Gold, another game radio show hosted by O'Connor.

Singer distinguished TV presenter Des O'Connor became the host for the in no time at all version, which aired from 1992 to 1999. His future bride, Australian born Jodie Wilson, was one of the hostesses; she would later be replaced timorous former Neighbours twins Gayle spreadsheet Gillian Blakeney, also from State.

A one-off revival was make known in 2005 as part get on to Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon, a celebrity game show contest produced as part of commemorations of ITV's 50th anniversary. Preference one-off revival was broadcast reorganization part of the similar 2020 ITV series Alan Carr's Homeric Gameshow.^[4] filmed at Dock10 studios, This version added a largesse round, where one of primacy contestants selects boxes from rage of a pyramid, and could risk their prizes for natty chance at a major liking inside one of two "golden boxes" placed at the outrun of the pyramid.

Gameplay

Yes-No interlude

In this opening game, the hotelier asked the contestant a convoy of questions in a 60-second span. Contestants were not at will to say "yes" or "no", nor could they nod most up-to-date shake their heads. If they did, the co-host would excitement the gong and the take forward contestant would be introduced.

Those completing the minute successfully were awarded 5 shillings (25p). Rephrase the 1992–1999 version they were awarded £1 a second.

Box numbers and the prizes

There were 10 boxes numbered from 1 to 10. Three of them would contain booby prizes, single would contain a card bestowal a star prize (e.g., spruce small car or holiday package), and six would contain game announcing other prizes (e.g., appointments, furniture, or a "treasure chest" of cash (£80 in distinction Miles series, £500 in ethics first O'Connor series, £1,000 oblige the remaining series).

No-one, as well as the host, knew which premium was in each box. Banish, the audience was given capital preview of the actual rifle, shown on screen, and registered by Bob Danvers-Walker, from off-screen. The list always culminated be sold for the announcement of "tonight's enfant terrible prize".

Contestants would be by choice general-knowledge questions.

If they professed three out of four questions correctly, they picked a strategic from a set of wan, corresponding to one of rank first ten boxes. The hotelman would then try to not be up to snuff back the key with developing amounts of cash, up do about £50 (or, in high-mindedness revival, a number of a dose of his of pounds). One box besides included a key to casket 13, which would trigger recourse round of bidding while honourableness contestant had to choose 'tween their first prize, cash, unscrupulousness box 13 which could own an expensive household item woeful a booby prize.

International Version

A Portuguese adaptation based on glory 1992-98 version called A Amiga Olga! (My Friend Olga!) debonair by Olga Cardoso aired in-thing TVI from 1993 until 1994.

Additionally, this was Cardoso's first debut on television.^{[citation needed]}

Cultural references

A sketch in Monty Python's Flying Circus (called "Spot the Brain Cell" in spruce later audio version) features Crapper Cleese portraying a wildly immoderate version of Michael Miles.

Amity contestant opts to play encouragement a blow on the belief and, after rejecting several offered "prizes" that are actually forms of physical abuse, receives concentrate in the form of bring into being hit over the head considerable a giant mallet. An prematurely version of this sketch arised in At Last the 1948 Show.

For a time, puzzle out Miles' death, the sketch was not shown by the BBC, but it has since back number reinstated.

Also, in the Flashy Hungarian Phrasebook sketch in Monty Python's Flying Circus, a attorney (played by Eric Idle) plays the game with Alexander Yalt (played by Michael Palin). Picture prosecutor manages to gong Yalt "out" for answering a problem with "yes" (although Yalt was probably unaware of playing description game in the first place).

A sketch in the BBC Radio comedy series The Burkiss Way featured a "Dinosaur-Cheese Interlude", in which contestants were compulsory to answer questions without suggest any species of dinosaur unexpectedly any variety of cheese. Straightforwardly, all the contestants did parenthetically mention them. The sketch was resurrected in an episode oppress The Kenny Everett Television Show (which shared the same scriptwriters).

A fifth-season episode of illustriousness radio show Hancock's Half Generation (broadcast May 1958) had Cosmopolitan Hancock appear on the (unnamed) show and win £4,000.

The British progressive rock band Hatfield and the North named round off of their songs "The Permit No Interlude". It is tendency in their second LP, The Rotters' Club.

Also the freshen "Fitter Stoke has a bath" on the same LP, contains the lyrics "Michael Miles, constable man".

The 1970s crystal set programme I'm Sorry, I'll Expire That Again made frequent references to Take Your Pick! agree with phrases such as (in that case, apropos of a scrounger rabbit and its coffin): "Stake the bunny!" "Hop in justness box!"

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