19 keys (UK Gameshows)
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- 19 Keys aired on Channel 5 as a week-nightly show over four weeks in the late part of 2003. Hosted by Big Breakfast presenter and BBC Radio 5 Live DJ, Richard Bacon. 19 Keys features four contestants answering general knowledge questions against each other on the buzzer and on their own to locate the correct a key from a total of 19 available that would open the safe and win a cash prize. The show was also a race between time and money. Whilst the game was progressing the money would rise to a maximum of £7,500 within 15 minutes. If the cash was not obtained when the 15 minutes expired then the money would crash down to nothing within 3 minutes. If nobody wins the cash prize then the total prize available will rollover to the next show. Meaning up to £15,000 could be won on the next show and so on. Each contestant had a screen of 19 squares representing the keys. Each correct answer would remove a number from their screen telling them that key is not the one to open the safe and therefore false. However a incorrect answer would penalise that player be lighting up one of they keys they originally eliminated. Once a person has removed 18 keys they would learn the location of the correct key and therefore open the safe with that key.
The show had four rounds where Richard would present each round from the four different sides the cube whilst the money was rising. They are.
Round 1 -- Quickfire round on the buzzer.
Round 2 -- Quickfire round but the following question the contestant can either answer it or pass it to an opponent.
Round 3 -- Individual round where the contestant can set the difficulty for each question. 1 key removed = easy. 2 keys removed = medium, 3 keys removed = hard.
Round 4 -- Quickfire round but once a contestant answers an open question for 1 key they can set the difficulty for the next question as per the key levels in round 3.
Each podium also features a red button. They may press it at any time to choose a key to open a safe. They can either wait until they eliminated the 18 false keys on their screen or press it and be lucky and choose the right key by sheer luck. Once the button has been pressed they have 10 seconds to select their key and open the safe. However, if they choose the wrong key then they are eliminated from the game completely and have to leave.
19 Keys was broadcast every week night in the competitive 7.30pm which pitted the show against the popular soap operas of BBC One's EastEnders and ITV's Coronation Street. The first week featured self contained episodes with celebrities. Whilst the remaining three weeks had members of the public but some of their games straddled over two shows. It failed to to rate inside Channel 5′s top 30 ratings each week and was deemed a flop. However, it was favoured by UK game show fans. Incidentally, BBC and 12Yard's quiz, Eggheads was also launched earlier on the same day with 19 Keys but with negative reactions. Yet, Eggheads are still airing new episodes to this day and will celebrate their 10th anniversary this November.
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I won an episode of this! Would love to see the episode again!
R.I.P Jeremy Beadle
A true TV legend and always will be.
And Henry and Nicholas
@@madabbafan Henry's not dead.
TheBundychick82 In answer to your question, 4 weeks (20 shows). It's 7:30 timeslot caused it to be thrashed by soaps.
12 more than the 1950s show.
It's an interesting show I'm from Australia and I don't think this show would work out in Australia and how many seasons they made of 19 keys In the uk
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In this late 2003 episode of the 19 Keys program, British TV hosts are playing for charity.
Not a bad show. Needs some tweaking though. Wrong answers should be penalized more. People with low scores are able to buzz in at any time with nonsense and really there is no penalty for doing so. They should be locked out of the next question or even get negative points even if they have zero. You need something to deter the players from just goofing around or just doing anything because they have nothing to lose. Also the one two three thing towards the end, if one of the dummies with no keys gets it wrong why shouldn't the other contestants have a chance to answer it still? I think these are all very common game show type of rules that easily could have been implemented here. Also why does the clock get to run so much while the host is blabbing away about nonsense as well? The clock thing really makes this show feel rushed but the host doesn't seem to be in too much of a rush which seems unfair to the contestants.
Its an interesting idea here they just have to fix some of these very glaring mistakes with it.
And a major flaw towards the end when Nick Weir tried for the safe even though he had 0 keys, he could have gotten just dumb lucky and won making the entire game a waste of time. And fyi, there is another episode floating around with civilians where that did happen.
it was shown in 2003 not 2004
Right. It only aired in late 2003.
Its the complicated quiz
Can't waited for the sequel, covid-19 keys!
Fun Fact Richard Bacon really hated doing this show he called 19 Keys a multi storey car crash pile up with him shouting questions at you!
He says it was a poor show but he did a terrible job of hosting it. He might have been fun to watch, I guess, but his blabbing and time-wasting and inability to even find the contestant who'd buzzed in(!) just made it irritating at best.
It's clear he didn't like doing the show, he looks really uncomfortable and nervous although, in this particular show that might be because he's got 4 other game show hosts around him.
Wow no wonder this show failed it's overcomplicated as hell!
For Harry hill COMPLICATED QUIZ
I could spend £ 6633
What a terrible game with an appalling host, who wasted most of the time on the clock waffling.