During the game, correct answers would be replaced by a golden star on a black circle, whereas "wipeouts" (wrong answers) would be replaced by the blue and yellow Wipeout "W". This was used in the Daniels version. In the Monkhouse version, green ticks were used for correct answers and red Xs for wipeouts.
Three boards were played in Round 1, with £10 awarded for the first answer plus an additional £10 for each subsequent correct answer (up to £110 for the eleventh). In the Monkhouse version, only two boards were played and each correct answer was worth £50. Any contestant who hit a Wipeout in Round 1 lost all money they had accumulated to that point.
In Round 1 on the first four series, each of the three boards featured a mystery prize hidden behind any one answer. The prize would be determined based on whether it was hidden behind a correct answer or a Wipeout. If it was hidden behind a Wipeout, the player was awarded a cheap prize, usually one to do with the answer (e.g. a can of oil and a lollipop). If it was hidden behind a correct answer, the player was awarded a much better prize (e.g. designer handbags). The contestant who revealed the prize kept it regardless of the game's outcome.
A tiebreaker was not played at the end of Round 1 should a tie present itself. Instead, the player to proceed was the one who had given the most correct answers up to that point. If this was also tied, the player with the fewest wipeouts was accepted into Round 2.
Round 2 was known as "Wipeout Auction". The contestants would be offered a subject, and twelve possible answers on the grid. Eight of these would be correct, and four of these would be Wipeouts. The contestant with the highest amount of money would have the opportunity to bid first on how many correct answers they think they could find in the grid, or to pass the opening bid onto their opponent. Whoever offered the highest bid was given the opportunity to choose that number of answers. The player remained in control until they had achieved the number of correct answers with which they won the bid, or until they hit a Wipeout. If they hit a Wipeout, the opposing player would only have to get one answer right to head into the next round; play switches back to the first player if the second player also discovers a Wipeout. The first player to win two boards went through.
Round 3 was known as "The bonus round" (called "The Monkhouse Minute", with the main button the contestant had to hit "Bob's Button" during the second era) was exactly the same as in America, except that the contestant pressed a button attached to the monitor they wished to activate (in the Daniels version, answers were entered on an oversized keypad). Victory awarded a holiday to a specific location, which changed on occasion. This round was like one of the famous games in The Price Is Right the Race Game where the contestant had to select six answers and run and hit a button which would then show on the screen how many correct answers he or she had selected. The contestant kept doing this until either the time had run out or they found all six correct answers. Daniels did the running on the contestant's behalf on several occasions such as once when they had a wheelchair-bound winner and another when the winner was pregnant and therefore preferred not to risk running. The contestants were told in advance where the holiday would be in the Daniels era, but when Monkhouse took over they could choose where they wanted to go provided that it was within Europe.
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This article is about the trivia game show For the obstacle course game show see Total Wipeout Wipeout was a British television quiz show for BBC One based on the original American programme of the same name First shown on 25 May 1994 it ran for nine series the first four of which aired at primetime and were hosted by Paul Daniels and the last five at daytime and hosted by Bob Monkhouse with the final episode airing on 17 April 2003 8 months before Monkhouse died on 29 December 2003 WipeoutGenreGame showCreated byBob FraserDirected byDavid G Taylor Series 1 3 4 Babara Jones Series 2 Presented byPaul Daniels Series 1 4 Bob Monkhouse Series 5 9 Voices ofKara Noble Series 1 2 Charles Nove Series 3 4 George Layton Series 5 Tom Edwards Series 6 9 Theme music composerDavid Arch Series 1 4 Simon Etchell Series 5 9 Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series9No of episodes522ProductionProducersDavid G Taylor Series 1 3 4 Roger Ordish Series 2 Running time30 minutes Series 1 4 7 9 25 minutes Series 5 6 Production companyAction TimeReleaseOriginal networkBBC1Picture format4 3 Series 1 7 16 9 Series 8 9 Original release25 May 1994 1994 05 25 17 April 2003 2003 04 17 Contents 1 Format 2 Transmissions 2 1 Series 2 2 Specials 3 References 4 External linksFormat EditDuring the game correct answers would be replaced by a golden star on a black circle whereas wipeouts wrong answers would be replaced by the blue and yellow Wipeout W This was used in the Daniels version In the Monkhouse version green ticks were used for correct answers and red Xs for wipeouts Three boards were played in Round 1 with 10 awarded for the first answer plus an additional 10 for each subsequent correct answer up to 110 for the eleventh In the Monkhouse version only two boards were played and each correct answer was worth 50 Any contestant who hit a Wipeout in Round 1 lost all money they had accumulated to that point In Round 1 on the first four series each of the three boards featured a mystery prize hidden behind any one answer The prize would be determined based on whether it was hidden behind a correct answer or a Wipeout If it was hidden behind a Wipeout the player was awarded a cheap prize usually one to do with the answer e g a can of oil and a lollipop If it was hidden behind a correct answer the player was awarded a much better prize e g designer handbags The contestant who revealed the prize kept it regardless of the game s outcome A tiebreaker was not played at the end of Round 1 should a tie present itself Instead the player to proceed was the one who had given the most correct answers up to that point If this was also tied the player with the fewest wipeouts was accepted into Round 2 Round 2 was known as Wipeout Auction The contestants would be offered a subject and twelve possible answers on the grid Eight of these would be correct and four of these would be Wipeouts The contestant with the highest amount of money would have the opportunity to bid first on how many correct answers they think they could find in the grid or to pass the opening bid onto their opponent Whoever offered the highest bid was given the opportunity to choose that number of answers The player remained in control until they had achieved the number of correct answers with which they won the bid or until they hit a Wipeout If they hit a Wipeout the opposing player would only have to get one answer right to head into the next round play switches back to the first player if the second player also discovers a Wipeout The first player to win two boards went through Round 3 was known as The bonus round called The Monkhouse Minute with the main button the contestant had to hit Bob s Button during the second era was exactly the same as in America except that the contestant pressed a button attached to the monitor they wished to activate in the Daniels version answers were entered on an oversized keypad Victory awarded a holiday to a specific location which changed on occasion This round was like one of the famous games in The Price Is Right the Race Game where the contestant had to select six answers and run and hit a button which would then show on the screen how many correct answers he or she had selected The contestant kept doing this until either the time had run out or they found all six correct answers Daniels did the running on the contestant s behalf on several occasions such as once when they had a wheelchair bound winner and another when the winner was pregnant and therefore preferred not to risk running The contestants were told in advance where the holiday would be in the Daniels era but when Monkhouse took over they could choose where they wanted to go provided that it was within Europe Transmissions EditSeries Edit Series Start date End date Episodes1 25 May 1994 1 23 September 1994 2 162 30 September 1994 3 24 February 1995 4 163 3 March 1995 5 10 November 1995 6 204 8 March 1996 7 3 January 1997 8 205 16 February 1998 9 26 June 1998 10 666 24 August 1998 11 26 November 1999 12 807 3 January 2000 13 5 May 2000 14 818 2 October 2000 15 1 June 2001 16 1059 3 September 2001 17 17 April 2003 18 106Specials Edit Celebrity specials were aired from 1998 to 2000 Date Celebrities21 December 1998 19 Joe Pasquale Cleo Rocos and Bernard Cribbins22 December 1998 20 Gloria Hunniford Nick Owen and Kate Robbins23 December 1998 21 Barbara Dickson John Inman and June Whitfield29 December 1998 22 Roy Walker Ruth Madoc and Gary Wilmot30 December 1998 23 Faith Brown Andy Kane and Bryan Murray31 December 1998 24 Adrian Mills Nerys Hughes and Nickolas Grace1 January 1999 25 Jim Bowen Anna Walker and Paul Ross29 March 1999 26 Cheryl Baker Nicholas Parsons and Floella Benjamin30 March 1999 27 Sarah Greene William Roache and Jilly Johnson31 March 1999 28 Jenny Powell Les Dennis and Chris Jarvis18 December 2000 29 Jean Boht Joe Pasquale and Louise Jameson19 December 2000 30 Bobby Davro Toyah Willcox and Nick WeirReferences Edit Wipeout BBC One London 25 May 1994 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 23 September 1994 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 30 September 1994 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 24 February 1995 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 3 March 1995 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 10 November 1995 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 8 March 1996 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 3 January 1997 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 16 February 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 26 June 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 24 August 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 26 November 1999 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 3 January 2000 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 5 May 2000 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 2 October 2000 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 1 June 2001 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 3 September 2001 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 17 April 2003 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Specials BBC One London 21 December 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Specials BBC One London 22 December 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Specials BBC One London 23 December 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Special BBC One London 29 December 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Specials BBC One London 30 December 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Specials BBC One London 31 December 1998 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Specials BBC One London 1 January 1999 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 29 March 1999 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 30 March 1999 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout BBC One London 31 March 1999 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Special BBC One London 18 December 2000 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 Wipeout Celebrity Special BBC One London 19 December 2000 BBC Genome BBC Genome Project Retrieved 23 February 2017 External links EditWipeout at IMDb Wipeout at BFI Wipeout at UKGameshows com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wipeout British game show amp oldid 1165966543, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
