These two new formats coming to the channel are part of the BBC’s commitment to developing and showcasing original British formats and promise to bring lots of laughs and memorable moments to Saturday teatimes on BBC One.
Kate Phillips, Controller Entertainment Commissioning at the BBC says: “Both The Time It Takes and Catchpoint are two extremely innovative, play along formats which leapt off the page when they were first pitched. With the extremely talented Joe Lycett and Paddy McGuinness as ringmasters there will be lots of laughs but also tensions as the contestants tackle the tyranny of time in two very different ways. It’s games on for BBC One.”
Catchpoint
Catchpoint, hosted by Paddy McGuinness, is a co-production from Possessed and 12 Yard and is the very first physical game show where contestants can get their hands on the answer using both their brains and balls (their words not mine). Brains are required to answer the various questions asked and then players will need to think fast as they try to catch balls of various sizes which will be dropped from the studio ceiling.
The premise of the game is simple, don’t drop the ball! In the studio, ten large rectangular LED screens are positioned along the back wall of the Catch Zone. These screens will display the answers to each question that the players will face. Suspended above the Catch Zone are ten trapdoors - each containing a ball. Only the trapdoor that is located directly above the correct answer screen will open and send a ball plummeting to earth.
All the players must do is stand in front of the screen that they think is displaying the correct answer, press the button to release the ball and then catch the ball when it drops from the correct answer trapdoor. If you’re standing in the right place it should be a piece of cake but get it wrong and you’re going to have to rely on fast moves and quick reflexes not to drop that ball!
With a variety of rounds, all leading up to an exciting finale where a cash prize is at stake, Catchpoint is a family-friendly game show combining physical fun with a new and exciting question mechanic in the ultimate battle of brains and balls.
Paddy McGuinness says: “I’m thrilled to be hosting Catchpoint. It’s always exciting being part of a new show, especially one that involves so many fun elements. I can’t wait to get started!!! Now where did I put those cricket gloves?”
Catchpoint (6x30') is a Possessed and 12 Yard co-production for BBC One. The Executive Producers are Glenn Hugill for Possessed and Andy Culpin for 12 Yard. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Kalpna Knight-Patel.
Possessed, jointly owned by ITV Studios and multi-award winning format creator Glenn Hugill, has sprinted to become one of the UK’s most successful new indies. Since launch their portfolio already includes the Golden Rose winning Pick Me!, Cash Trapped for ITV-returning in 2019 for a third series, USA hit Keep It Spotless, Australian comedy panel show Cram and, returning this October to ITV, the global hit gameshow 5 Gold Rings.
12 Yard Productions, an ITV Studios owned indie, is one of the world's most successful entertainment format creators. Its formats include the BBC's long-running quiz Eggheads, the global-hit Big Star's Little Star, reality series Coach Trip, and comedy panel-shows including Insert Name Here and BBC Two's upcoming I'll Get This. 12 Yard Productions has offices in London and Glasgow.
The Time It Takes
What takes longer - unwrapping every sweet in a family pack of a popular butter flavoured sweet, completing a Rubik’s cube underwater or deflating an air bed and putting it back into its original box? These are the kinds of scenarios the contestants must choose from as timers on new Saturday night teatime quiz, The Time It Takes. The challenger who gets the most questions right in their given timescale, will be one step closer to winning a dream holiday. But all is not completely lost for the player with the lowest score, as they will receive a very special The Time It Takes Tea Towel before leaving the show.
Award-winning comedian Joe Lycett will be fronting this riotous new BBC One quiz show with assistance from the referee (casting still TBC). Made by Hat Trick, one of the UK’s most successful independent production companies, The Time It Takes is set to be a vibrant and gleeful treat of a show, full of organised chaos, jeopardy, judgement and, most importantly, fun and laughs throughout the four action-packed rounds.
Alongside the time it takes the referee to do weird and wonderful tasks, and the downright mundane everyday ones, there will also be a chance for audiences to discover how long it takes some of the UK’s favourite celebrities to enact certain assignments.
Joe Lycett says: "Never before has so much relied on someone knowing how long a kettle takes to boil. The Time It Takes is one of the most brilliantly daft shows I’ve ever been involved in - and that’s saying something.”
The Time It Takes is produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC One. The Series Producer is Meriel Beale and the Executive Producer is Richard Wilson. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Jo Street.
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