Cash Trapped
| Cash Trapped | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Bradley Walsh |
| Presented by | Bradley Walsh |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1[1] |
| No. of episodes | 10[1] |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Possessed |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 1 August 2016 – Present |
Cash Trapped is a British game show that has aired on ITV since 1 August 2016 and is created and hosted by Bradley Walsh.
Background
It is hosted by Bradley Walsh, and is based on an idea he had in his dressing room about ten years previously in between filming scenes for a drama; he took the idea to Helen Warner, who directed him to Glenn Hugill[2] whose firm, Possessed, produced the show.[3] It is one of two summer replacements for The Chase, which is also hosted by Walsh, the other one being Alphabetical.[4]
Format
Six contestants play the game. Round one is the knockout round. Walsh will first ask a question to the contestants to be answered on the buzzer. If a contestant answers correctly, they earn £100 and get to knock another contestant out. If they answer incorrectly, they knock themselves out and Walsh asks another question. This repeats until just one player is left. Six categories will be shown to the remaining player. Whichever one they pick will determine the subject of the question they are asked. The player is asked the question from their selected category and picks one of six answers shown to them. If they are right, they win £1,000 and "cash trap" an opponent (meaning that they are out for the remainder of the round). After this, all players who have been knocked out (but not cash trapped) are eligible to answer a question on the buzzer. This repeats until the fifth and sixth questions from the board are asked. At that point, if the person answering the question gets it wrong, they automatically cash trap themselves. The round ends when all six categories from the board have been used.[5]
In round two, questions on the buzzer are worth £200 and questions from the board are worth £2,000. After a player answers a question on the buzzer correctly, they get to choose a category from a selection of six and an opponent to play against for that category. The two contestants are shown six answers and then asked a question. Starting with the player who chose the category, the two go back and forth choosing answers. Whichever contestant gives the correct answer first cash traps the other and wins the money. The last person left gets the final category to answer for another £2,000.[5]
In round three, contestants answer as many questions as they can in 45 seconds for £500 each. The contestant with the lowest total at the beginning of the round goes first. Whoever has the most money at the end of the round tries to escape in round four with their rollover bank.[5]
In round four (called the escape round by Walsh), quickfire questions are asked on the buzzer to all six players. The day's winner must cash trap all five of the other players to escape with his bank. If an opponent buzzes in and answers correctly, nothing happens and Walsh continues with another question. If they answer incorrectly, the clock stops and they cash trap themselves. If the winner buzzes in, after they give their answer the clock will stop. Walsh will then say whether they are right or wrong. If they are right, they get to cash trap an opponent. If they are wrong, ten seconds are taken off of the remaining time.[5]
If the leader eliminates all five opponents in less than one minute then they win the money in their bank, their opponents all leave with nothing, and six new contestants start on the next episode. Otherwise, their money is wiped out, their opponents stay in the game, and everyone returns on the next episode.[5]
Critical reception
Upon its premiere, viewers criticised the complexity of the format, and noted a continuity error which revealed the outcome of the first episode at the start of the show.[6] Chaser Paul Sinha took to social media shortly after the episode aired and described the first episode of Cash Trapped as "weird".[7] Frances Taylor of BT said that the show was "somewhat enjoyable. And if nothing else, the concept was innovative and offered something different to the majority of quiz shows on television right now. But will Cash Trapped become as popular and well-loved as Bradley Walsh’s other quiz vehicle? We doubt it. The beauty of The Chase is not only the thrill of, well, the chase – but also in the interactions between the Chasers, the contestants and Walsh himself. Cash Trapped was certainly enjoyable, but it wasn’t a classic."[8]
References
- 1 2 "ITV Studios - Cash Trapped". ITV Studios. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ Kitchner, Shaun (20 July 2016). "Bradley Walsh teases new quiz show Cash Trapped". The Daily Express. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ↑ "Bradley Walsh to host new ITV daytime quiz show Cash Trapped". BT. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ↑ "Possessed wins ITV daytime quiz show". Broadcast.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Series 1, Episode 1". Cash Trapped. ITV.
- ↑ Celebrity, SNAPPA (1 August 2016). "Huge continuity blooper as Bradley Walsh debuts new quiz show Cash Trapped – but viewers want The Chase back". Yahoo!. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ↑ Sinha, Paul (1 August 2016). "Paul Sinha on Twitter: "Well this is just weird. #itv"". Twitter. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ↑ Taylor, Frances (1 August 2016). "Is Cash Trapped better than The Chase? Bradley Walsh's new quiz show comes to ITV". BT. Retrieved 1 August 2016.