[Johnr]

Possibly why there's not many spot prizes on shows nowadays is that there is a feeling they cheapen a show and enough prizes are being given away in cash already. It's also more the case with older formats that there was some luck and/or skill involved in landing on a spot prize because it was one screen or one part of the board out of many that anyone playing could get whereas modern shows aren't set up that way, tend to focus on the lone journey and the gameplay is more defined, almost scripted so that it will play out a certain way.

Funnily enough Michael McIntyre perhaps offered a reason why spot prizes aren't as attractive these days in his Big Show last week when he took the Wheel...on wheels!

"You're playing for a 50 inch television!"

...Family watching The Wheel on their 70 inch television