This article does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and. (June 2016) () The Pyramid Game Genre Created by Presented by (ITV) (Challenge) Country of origin United Kingdom Original language(s) English No.

Of series 3 (LWT) 2 (TVS) 1 (Challenge) No. Of episodes 46 (LWT) 80 (TVS) 30 (Challenge) Production Running time 30 minutes (inc. Time Warner Dvr Recover Deleted Program Files. Adverts) Production company(s) in association with and Philip Hindin (1981–4) in association with Talbot Television (1989–90) (2007) Distributor Release Original network (1981-90) (2007) Picture format (1981-90) (2007) Original release 5 September 1981 ( 1981-09-05) – 15 June 2007 ( 2007-06-15) Chronology Related shows (US version) The (£1,000) Pyramid Game was a United Kingdom game show based on the American format of the that was originally shown on from 1981 to 1984 then 1989 to 1990 hosted by, then revived by in 2007 hosted. The show first appeared in 1978 as a segment of, then was a segment on The Steve Jones Games Show in 1979, before becoming a series in its own right in 1981. Contents • • • • • • • • Format [ ] Front game [ ] The Pyramid's game boards, both in the main game and in the Winner's Circle bonus round, featured six categories arranged in a pyramid, with three categories on the bottom row, two on the middle row, and one on the top.

In the main game, a category's position on the board was not an indicator of its difficulty. In the Winner's Circle, categories became progressively more difficult the higher they were on the board. The game featured two teams, each composed of a celebrity and a 'civilian' contestant.

At the beginning of the game, the teams were shown six categories, whose titles gave vague clues to their possible meaning (e.g., 'I'm All Wet' might pertain to things found in the water). Once the category was chosen, its exact meaning was given. For up to 30 seconds, one player would convey to the other clues to a series of seven items belonging to a category. One point was scored for each item correctly guessed. If a word was passed, the giver could not go back to that word, but if the receiver knew the word later on and guessed it, the team still earned a point. Using any part of the answer in giving a clue resulting in the item being disqualified with a 'honk' sound effect. Frutiger Next Light Font Free Download. The celebrity gave the clues in the first round and the contestant gave the clues in the second round.