13Jan2012
“The Million Pound Drop” Returns Tonight at 9:00PM UK on Channel 4
The Drop is back. Channel 4 is bringing back more episodes of their popular quiz show The Million Pound Drop live, tonight, at 9:00PM UK (4:00PM ET). The show is fresh off its special holiday series and ready to give away up to £1,000,000 to pairs of contestants. Play along by visiting the show's website and tweet the show to maybe see your messages on TV.
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Big Surprise on The Million Pound Drop
Throughout this week, Channel 4 are airing a special Christmas series of The Million Pound Drop: Live. It started on Monday evening and will conclude tomorrow evening (Friday). There has been a few moments within the short series so far. Comedian Micky Flanagan winning £25,000 for his charity on Monday and best friends, Craig and Seve managing to beat the drop last night at the start of the show to win £100,000. What happened afterwards was totally Earth shattering. I will say nothing else but simply watch the clip below and everything will become clear. [stream provider=video flv=x:/www.flashgameshows.com/wordpress/videos/mpdlosers.flv img=x:/www.flashgameshows.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/.jpg embed=false share=false width=540 heig
Read MoreView Comments (23)05Dec2011
New Series of “The Million Pound Drop” Debuts Live Tonight at 10PM on Channel 4
The Million Pound Drop is back and live. Davina McCall returns as host on the show that gives contestants £1,000,000 up front. They need to keep as much of it as they can through a series of eight questions as they hedge their entire bank in each round. Whatever is left after eight questions is what the contestants take home...if anything. Tonight comedian Micky Flanagan and his nephew Mike play for charity, as well as other regular people playing for £1,000,000. The most ever taken out by a civilian team is £250,000. Can someone beat that during this live series? Check it out tonight through Thursday at 10PM and Friday at 9:00PM and as always click here to play along from any country. It's a lot of fun. Click here ti discuss the new series.
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“The Million Pound Drop”, “The Cube” and “Millionaire” Plan Holiday Specials
Fans of the British TV series The Million Pound Drop, The Cube, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire have a special gift coming their way for Christmas. Each show will have special episodes celebrating the holidays, some featuring celebrities playing for charity and some live. Click here to read about The Drop's return, The Cube's Coronation Street special, and a new live Millionaire episode.
Read MoreView Comments (4)18Nov2011
Channel 4 Celebrates 30 Years with a Special “Million Pound Drop” and “Countdown”
British broadcaster Channel 4 has been around for thirty years. They've given us some great game shows like Countdown, Deal or No Deal, and The Million Pound Drop. They've got special episodes of popular shows like Countdown and The Million Pound Drop that you may want to check out. You won't be seeing Davina McCall and Jeff Stelling host The Drop or Countdown. You won't see regular contestants either. Click here to learn about all the host swaps.
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Channel 4 Casting for “The Million Pound Drop”
Channel 4's popular event quiz show The Million Pound Drop is coming back for a new series in December, and they need contestants. Do you think you can be the one that is the first to take the full £1,000,000 from the live quiz show hosted by Davina McCall? The show is now casting. If you live in England it's your chance to play. The only big restrictions are that you must be over 18 and you only need to reapply if you applied with a different partner or if you tried before April 7th. Have a picture ready and we may see you on the air. Good luck. Click here to go to the show's website and apply.
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UK Weekend Replay: Million Pound Drop Drama
Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop Live will wrap up their fifth series tonight. Over the course of the last six weekends, it has produced many high scoring payouts with couples winning £200,000 and more. Endemol and Channel 4 have given away more than £1 million throughout this series. More money than the last four series and Christmas specials added together. Today we have two clips from this series. The first clip was taken from 24th September and features comedian Jack Whitehall and his father, Michael Whitehall. Unlike other game shows, celebrity games are always slotted between regular games. The generation pair have reached question eight with a record £300,000. Watch the clip below to see them tackle the final 50/50 question. [st
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£250,000 Question on Channel 4′s “The Million Pound Drop”
While Fox's version of The Million Pound Drop crashed and burned for a number of reasons, the British version is still living on Channel 4. Davina Mccall hosts the show where answering eight questions could win you up to £1,000,000 as long as you can hold onto it. It's rare when couples go for giant money at the end. Most of the time couples play for around £50,000 to £100,000. Seeing someone have the chance at £250,000 doesn't come often. Nick and Katie are playing for the cash. Only two answers are available and they have to place the entire £250,000 on one single drop zone. The biggest win to date is £200,000. Are they about to see £250,000 drop out of hand, or are they going to win £250,000 and be the biggest winners? Click here to watch and see what happens.
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Morning Buzz for August 12, 2011
Everyone else happy it's the end of the week? We'll kick off your weekend with some stories you may find interesting this Friday morning. Updates this morning include a new ABC game show in development from Embassy Row, the classic 80s game show Starcade is coming online in interactive form, and debut dates for favorites Secret Fortune and The Million Pound Drop in Europe. Click here for all the stories.
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Morning Buzz for May 9, 2011
Good Monday morning. It's the start of a new week and we've got some stories to recap from this weekend and this morning. We've got stories on Meredith Vieira and her status with The Cube, awards for The Million Pound Drop and Today Show, information on how to get paid to be an audience member on your favorite shows, more clips of BBC's Don't Scare the Hare, and updates on The Amazing Race and The X Factor. Click here to read each of the stories.
Read MoreView Comments (3)02May2011
Couple Plays for Giant Money on “The Million Pound Drop”
Couples don't typically make it to the end of the game show The Million Pound Drop, the original British version of Fox's short-lived Million Dollar Money Drop, with much of their million left. It tends to be around £25,000-£75,000 with a few outliers. This weekend had one of those few exceptions. Contestants Lindsay and Lee reached the seventh of eight questions with a massive £550,000 in play. That's one of the biggest totals carried through to the end by any couple on any version of the show. Just two questions until they can take it home. They'll definitely be playing for over £200,000. How much will they play for, though? Click here to find out
Read MoreView Comments (11)12Feb2011
This Week in UK Game Shows
The two popular game shows in the UK at the moment produced some memorable moments earlier this week. Firstly is The Chase. It has been reported in recent days the show is now hitting 3 million viewers and dominating the 5pm slot, pushing BBC One's Weakest Link to their lowest ratings for a long time. It has also given ITV's best ratings for their 5pm slot since Autumn 2005. Tuesday's show featured two contestants, Keith and Jordan who faced The Governess, Anne Hegerty. One of these contestants produced a "first" for the show. Check out the clip below to see which one created a "first" for the The Chase. The clips features both the cashbuilder and chase rounds for both contestants. [stream provider=video flv=x:/www.flashgameshows.com/wo
Read MoreView Comments (6)11Feb2011
British Roundup: “Push the Button”, “Secret Fortune”, and “Million Pound Drop”
Beyond syndication, the American game show market is a bit down right now. However, the British are picking up the pace for us. Remember Ant and Dec's Push the Button? The show returns tomorrow, February 12th, at 7:20PM on ITV with some changes.
Next, BBC will be launching a brand new game sponsored by the National Lottery on Saturday called Secret Fortune. Contestants have to answer questions and throw away envelopes until one remains. Finally, Million Pound Drop returns tonight at Saturday on Channel 4. Click here to read and see the details on all the new shows.
05Feb2011
Weekend Replay: £200,000 On the Line on “The Million Pound Drop”
Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop came back for a new series, airing every Friday and Saturday night for the next few weeks live. The Davina McCall quiz show has had a few winners, but no one has taken over £75,000 away from the drop. One couple in season one had a chance to win £525,000 but lost it all on the final question. Rick and Sophie played an amazing game, making it to the final question, number eight, with £200,000. They either take it all home or they get nothing on the final question. Getting £200,000, after conversion, would make them the biggest winners in any version of the show. Did they do it? Click here to watch and find out.
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UK Christmas Game Shows Preview
As Christmas draws near, the UK networks go mad with their game shows, with many shows having celebrity specials. Here is a guide to what is happening on the major networks through Christmas and New Year. BBC One As a yearly Christmas tradition, Celebrity Mastermind will be shown from Monday 27th December through to Friday 7th January with ten celebrity specials. Some of the celebrities sitting in the famous black chair include Red Dwarf's Hattie Hayridge (Holly) and Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) who will be appearing on separate shows. Comedians Rhys Thomas, Kirsten O'Brien and Richard Herring. Decathlete Dean Macey, food critic and brother of Only Connect's Victoria Coren, Giles Coren and the inventor of Reggae Reggae Sauce (as shown on
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