Jackpot

As we dip our hands in the bag marked “emergency filler content that was in a comment you might have missed” a follow-up to last week’s Murphy’s Micro Quiz-m, here’s another RTE show from 1986, Jackpot with the late Dermot Morgan. Yes, Father Ted. The game’s as prosaic as it comes – machine selects a category, answer a question on that category, if your opponent gets it wrong you can steal it, first one to light all letters of ‘jackpot’ wins £50 and the option to go for three bonus prizes, although if they get the first question wrong they have to leave the show (mid-80s jeopardy). I don’t know if it’s the same format that Terry Wogan was involved with in the 60s. Morgan tries to inject comedy into the proceedings although doesn’t seem quite comfortable. Anyway, here you go.