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Jet Set is yet another BBC in-house game show created by David Young, and this time it's a tie-in to the National Lottery. And much like with Friends Like These, the main prize is a delightful holiday destination. Eamonn Holmes answers the questions here, and be darned he would ever host a game show again.
The show has three rounds - "In the Red" is when six contestants must answer as many questions as possible within four 60-second rounds. The second: "Play or Pass" has two remaining contestants answering in a best of four points round; one contestant is given a category and can choose to play or pass it over to their opponent.
The winning contestant gets to play "The Final", where they are pitted against the previous week's champion in their holiday destination. They wear headphones and blindfolds and must answer if the lottery ball numbers from the results are higher or lower than the next. Whoever gains the best out of three points is the champion. Studio contestants win the chosen holiday destination and get a spree of pyrotechnics and a snowstorm of confetti all over them. If the previous champion wins, the studio contestant can play again next week.
Overall, Jet Set was a fun fast-paced game show and certainly took advantage of being a National Lottery tie-in, which is likely why the show has never been reran ever since it ended.
The show has three rounds - "In the Red" is when six contestants must answer as many questions as possible within four 60-second rounds. The second: "Play or Pass" has two remaining contestants answering in a best of four points round; one contestant is given a category and can choose to play or pass it over to their opponent.
The winning contestant gets to play "The Final", where they are pitted against the previous week's champion in their holiday destination. They wear headphones and blindfolds and must answer if the lottery ball numbers from the results are higher or lower than the next. Whoever gains the best out of three points is the champion. Studio contestants win the chosen holiday destination and get a spree of pyrotechnics and a snowstorm of confetti all over them. If the previous champion wins, the studio contestant can play again next week.
Overall, Jet Set was a fun fast-paced game show and certainly took advantage of being a National Lottery tie-in, which is likely why the show has never been reran ever since it ended.
Remember the days when Eamonn Holmes would have been trusted to front a game show? Those days don't seem very likely any more.
This is a fondly remembered show in our house, I just didn't realise it ran for quite so short a time as it actually did.
A nice memory from the days when people actually cared enough about The National Lottery that not only was it televised, but some bright sparks made a whole game show around what is essentially Bingo.
Overall, you remember shows you watched as a child with a bit more of a rose-tinted nostalgia, but I still hold this programme with fondness to this day.
This is a fondly remembered show in our house, I just didn't realise it ran for quite so short a time as it actually did.
A nice memory from the days when people actually cared enough about The National Lottery that not only was it televised, but some bright sparks made a whole game show around what is essentially Bingo.
Overall, you remember shows you watched as a child with a bit more of a rose-tinted nostalgia, but I still hold this programme with fondness to this day.