قراءة لمدة 1 دقيقة Big Break

Big Break was a British game show that aired on BBC1.
It was shown from 30 April 1991 and 10 August 2002.
It ran for 212 episodes over 10 series.
It was hosted by comedian Jim Davidson and snooker player John Virgo.
The show was based on the game of snooker.
It had people paired with professional snooker players.
The person would answer general knowledge questions which gave more time for the players to score snooker points.

Production.

"Big Break" was first filmed in BBC Elstree Centre but moved to the BBC Television Centre after the fourth series.
The show ran for ten series, from 1991 to 2002.
It had 212 episodes.
The show was hosted by comedian Jim Davidson and snooker player John Virgo.
A theme song was created for the show, called "the snooker song", was sung by Captain Sensible.

Format.

In "Big Break" there were three teams of two.
Each contestant is joined by a professional snooker player.
There were three rounds:
"red hot", "pocket money", and "make or break".
These names were puns from the snooker terms "red", "pocket", and "break".

In "red hot" contestants were asked three questions.
They were then given 10 seconds of time to begin.
Each right answer is worth another 10 seconds.
On the snooker table, there were ten red snooker balls.
The players have as much time as they are given to "pot" as many balls as possible.
The two teams that pot the most red balls move onto the next round.

The losing contestant in the first round is given a secondary task, a trick shot.
Called "Virgo's Trick Shot", the contestant would need to recreate the shot being played.
When successful, the contestant won a prize.

The second round was called "pocket money".
On a timer, contestants must answer questions based on the coloured snooker balls.
On a correct answer, the snooker player scored points for each ball potted.
There were double points for potting balls in certain pockets.
When missing a ball, the contestant would answer another question.
The pair with the most points reach the final round.

The final round, called "make or break" had the contestant answer five questions.
Each correct answer removed a red ball from the table.
There was two minutes to pot all of the balls on the table.
This included the time given to answer the questions.
More prizes would be given to players who were closest to potting all of the balls.
The grand prize was usually a holiday.

Episodes.

There were 212 episodes of "Big Break" across 10 series.
Additional episode series containing junior players were also held for three series.
Between 1995 and 2001, Big Break also showed nine "Trick shot" episodes.
They had six professional players and had a different format.
Big Break also had eight Christmas special episodes, which had the same format, but the cast had fancy dress.