User Reviews

I often used to watch this when I was younger, and when I got the chance to see it again in my older days I was really glad to still enjoy it. The show was on since the 1980's, with host Nicky Campbell and hostess Carol Smillie, but the two versions I saw were with one time host Bradley Walsh (who I instantly recognised when playing Danny Baldwin in Coronation Street), and the longer serving John Leslie, both next to hostess Jenny Powell until the end. The game, based on the popular American game show, consists of three contestants (two guys, one woman - two women - one guy) given a board of hidden letters, the puzzle being a phrase, film title, television, song/artist, famous person, book/author, sporting hero, famous landmark, occupation, etc. To gain points the player spins the wheel of multicoloured cash amounts, and whatever it lands on is how many points you get from the letter you choose, said with clarity, e.g. "A for apple", "S for sugar", "T for Tommy", etc. The points are between 150-1000, but also on the wheel are the bad ones to land on, the Lose A Turn which says it all, and the Bankrupt which eliminates any points you may have in the round. It is four rounds, the first with a particular letter worth an extra £100 if the puzzle is solved by the player, the second round is normal but with a mystery prize token put on a points place, and if the player lands on it and solves the puzzle they win the mystery prize - most often a watch, the third round is where whatever you spin on is doubled and has an extra clever "puzzler" connected to puzzle just solved, e.g. "Out of This World" followed by "Astronaut", and the contestant has to solve in five seconds for £100, and the final puzzle is normal with double points, unless they are running out of time and it becomes a speed round worth the doubled amount the host spins on a letter. Throughout each round, the player that solves the puzzle gets to choose a prize from the stage of items and accessories, demonstrated by the good looking but daft prize guy, with prizes like a TV and video combo, DVDs, video camera, fridge, washing machine, stereo, golf clubs, etc. Obviously the player with most points after four rounds, a certain amount of points for each round, all added together, is the one that plays the final puzzle (without the need of the wheel), they get to choose five consonants one one vowel, and they have to solve within fifteen seconds ton win the jackpot £2000. Like Catchphrase or Family Fortunes this is a game show that you can join in with at home if you can recognise the answers to the puzzles, it is good fun. Very good!