Weekdays 2:15pm,
BBC1
New quiz fronted by popular grumpy Scotsman and beekeeper Bill Turnbull featuring a cast of regular contributors (it says here) called the Think Tank who have answered hundreds of questions beforehand and who may or may not be of use to the three daily contestants hoping to win a bit of money.
There’s a four minute preview clip here. It looks like another polite basically sound but no-octane quiz format from the masters of polite basically sound but no-octane quiz formats 12 Yard.
Whatever our misgivings with 12 Yard’s output, we do appreciate them playing along with our greatest legacy #hostholdingaquestioncard so there is that. This is now the third game called Think Tank that’s been done in the UK, which might be a record.
I can’t wait for people to go ‘ooh, that’s a bit like Blankety Blank’ despite not really being like it, obv.
looks like a load of dull shite… typical 12 yard daytime fodder!
Sooooo … a British version of The Einstein Factor?
I recognised one of the Think Tank (Cleve). He’s one of the Usual Suspects from the mobile app version of Perfection.
Its like a upto date Blankety Blank but with normal players in the think tank. I do reconise Jackie I think she has been on another quiz.
Eh, not bad…
format rundown:
-3 contestants compete
-panel of 8 people- the “Think Tank”
-Round 1: Each contestant is given 2 questions. The TT members were given these questions before the show, and at least one person got it right. The TT reveals their answers, and then the contestant gives their answer. If they’re right they get £200.
-Round 2: Each of the TT members have 2 questions they got right before the show. In turn, each contestant picks a TT member, who asks their question- if the contestant gets the question right, they get £200. 3 questions per contestant in this round.
-Round 3: All three contestants play at the same time. There are 5 questions, and 2 TT members are selected to share their answers they gave; one is right, one is wrong. If the contestant picks the correct answer, they get £200. Low scorer is out.
-Round 4: Each of the remaining 2 players are given 5 questions. For the first four questions, they can pick a member of the TT to help them out- but in this round the TT have not been asked the question in advance. Each TT member can only be picked once- so for the 5th question (and any tiebreak questions) the contestants are on their own. The one with the most questions right wins the game and the money they accumulated in the first 3 rounds.
-Bonus: The winner has a chance to add £1,000 to their winnings by correcting answering a “Question: Impossible”- a question that was asked to the TT before the show that all of them missed. To help the contestant out, they are shown all the wrong answers the TT gave. No penalty for a miss here- this is just a bonus question. (So a perfect game would mean £3,000 in all)
I agree with those who have been saying it’s polite but not too deep- but it is a refreshing change that it’s not all or nothing at the end; the winner is going to get something, even if it’s only £200.
There’s nothing wrong with the show but nothing groundbreaking about it.
Some of the wrong answers given by the Think Tank were a bit daft (someone thought the snack based nickname of Everton FC was crisps) but I think I remember reading that they answered all the questions in one go and given I work it out as a minimum of 21 questions per show that the Think Tank are asked (6 in Round 1, 9 in Round 2, 5 in round 3 and a Question Impossible) and with 20 shows, that’s over 400 questions.
With a top prize of £3,000 a day, I wonder if it wouldn’t have made a huge difference to have round 3 add £200 per correct question for whoever wins that round to add to their winnings (perhaps the prize money budget didn’t allow this)
It’s not bad, but it’s not really good either. It’s just sort of… there.
The set feels very dated, though.
So many shows just sort of “there” at the moment.
About as 12 Yard as it gets. Perfectly fine, but hardly original. I have to wonder if 12 Yard will ever get bored with sticking a 5 question shootout onto the ends of their shows.
Yeah this wasn’t too awful actually (apart from the final which is interminably 12 Yard), Bill Turnbull more adept at fronting this and interacting than I thought he was going to be, the question material is surprisingly challenging. Question Impossible is a clever twist on the core idea.
The Think Tank feel a bit overly coached, I think they’d be more potential for comedy if they were a bit more natural. Great to see that even the more working class members are still a bit posh.
A big gaffe in the question about Mother Teresa on the first show. Quite apart from the fact that Romania Catholic saints are canonised and not “sainted” , as the question writers put it, she has not been “sainted” yet. It was announced last week that the canonisation will be this September.
I just don’t get the point of the Think Tank, it is like somebody just bolted it on because they had the name Think Tank for the show. I do not think it plays an intricle part to the show and when you are selling a show one 1 premise it needs to be a strong one. I think they missed a trick here, rather than having the contestants answer, have them picking the member of the Think Tank that you think got it right. The show is a bit blah in the same Decimate was.
I agree with you there. What do the Think Tank get out of being on this panel, if anything? If they had a system like Benchmark where the best-performing members get to be contestants on the next show, that might help it
Yesterday’s ratings: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=81918143&postcount=4310
Think Tank in line with what The Edge was getting. Slightly edging Judge Rinder. Deal or No and Countdown consistent, at least. Tipping Point the real stand out figure, The Chase beating Pointless with +1 but probably about equal without it.