Wikipedia

Dog Eat Dog (game show)

This article is about the British programme. For the American version, see Dog Eat Dog (American game show).

Dog Eat Dog is a Saturday night British game show devised by Howard Davidson, Sarah Edwards, Gail Sloan and Lynn Sutcliffe, that was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and aired from 14 April 2001 to 2 November 2002 on BBC One.

Dog Eat Dog
GenreGame show
Created by
  • Howard Davidson
  • Sarah Edwards
  • Gail Sloan
  • Lynn Sutcliffe
Presented byUlrika Jonsson
Narrated byDave Bussey
Theme music composerPaul Farrer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes30
Production
Running time45 minutes (Series 1)
35 minutes (Series 2–4)
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release14 April 2001 (2001-04-14) –
2 November 2002 (2002-11-02)
Related
American version
Australian version

Format

edit

The programme started off by showing the six contestants at a training day where they underwent various tests to assess their strengths and weaknesses. The contestants talked about themselves and their fellow competitors. In the studio, the contestants voted on who they thought would fail a given challenge, which would either be a mental or physical one. The contestant who received the most votes would have to attempt the challenge. If they failed, they went to the "Loser's Bench", and if they won, they got to choose who went to that area of the studio, before reentering the game. They could only choose someone who voted for them to do the challenge.

In the case of a tied ballot; the person who was sent to the Loser's Bench at the end of the previous challenge gets the tie break vote, and chooses between the tied contestants. If the tied vote happens on the opening round, then a contestant is selected at random; and that person gets to vote between the tied players. A player may not vote for themselves, unless they are the random tie-breaker in a tie and are part of that tie.

The last remaining contestant had the chance of winning the £10,000 prize, but had to face a general knowledge round against the other five competitors. If they could predict which three would get their questions wrong, they won the money; however, if the losers got three of their questions right, they split the prize between them, i.e. £2,000 each, and the overall winner of the show went home with nothing.

Some of the physical challenges carried over to the American version and the format was licensed internationally by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC.

Transmissions

edit
Series Start date End date Episodes
1 14 April 2001[1] 2 June 2001[2] 8
2 8 September 2001[3] 20 October 2001[4] 7
3 26 January 2002[5] 23 March 2002[6] 8
4 14 September 2002[7] 2 November 2002[8] 7

Other countries

edit
Country Local Name Host Network Aired Top Prize
  Australia Dog Eat Dog Simone Kessell Seven Network 2002 $50,000
  Dubai Un­known Dubai TV 2004 Dhs 50,000
  Germany Auge um Auge Kai Böcking ZDF 2002 €20,000
  Poland Oko za oko Jarosław Ostaszkiewicz TVN 2002 zł 25,000
  Singapore Show Me Your Power Guo Liang Channel U 2003 S$10,000
  United States Dog Eat Dog Brooke Burns NBC 2002–03 $25,000

References

edit
  1. ^ "Dog Eat Dog – BBC One London – 14 April 2001". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Dog Eat Dog – BBC One London – 2 June 2001". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Dog Eat Dog – BBC One London – 8 September 2001". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Dog Eat Dog – BBC One London – 20 October 2001". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Dog Eat Dog – BBC One London – 26 January 2002". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Dog Eat Dog – BBC One London – 23 March 2002". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Dog Eat Dog – BBC One London – 14 September 2002". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Dog Eat Dog – BBC One London – 2 November 2002". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dog_Eat_Dog_(game_show)&oldid=1258537687"