22-09-2023, 09:49 PM
I think people are a bit too dismissive of the gameplay in Strike it Lucky - there was a bit of strategy involved with the 2/3/4 choice then the banking of prizes, even if that was down to luck. The questions were nicely framed too and even now stand out as a fairly unique structure.
If it went to full series the best we could probably hope for is a 45 minutes slot (and those 45 minute eps of Catchphrase have proven quite useful schedule filler for ITV in the last year). Epic Gameshow did try to flesh it out with an additional middle round with two teams playing head to head - think they had two slightly different formats, neither of which particularly worked. Perhaps if it was fleshed out to an hour having a winner stays on format with games not fixed to the length of the show would work, with increasing cash prizes for the number of end games you complete.
If it went to full series the best we could probably hope for is a 45 minutes slot (and those 45 minute eps of Catchphrase have proven quite useful schedule filler for ITV in the last year). Epic Gameshow did try to flesh it out with an additional middle round with two teams playing head to head - think they had two slightly different formats, neither of which particularly worked. Perhaps if it was fleshed out to an hour having a winner stays on format with games not fixed to the length of the show would work, with increasing cash prizes for the number of end games you complete.