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Strike it Lucky
Strike It Lucky (later Strike It Rich) was a popular British television game show from 1986 to 1999, originally produced by Thames Television for ITV, and presented by the British comedian Michael Barrymore.
Three couples (teams) compete to win cash & prizes by going across an archway of TV screens on stage. On a team's turn, one member of that team was given a category with six possible answers. That player then must decide how many answers he/she must give (either two, three, or four) for two, three or four moves on their respective 10 screened archway. If the player can complete the contract, the other player gets to move across their archway, otherwise the opposing team gets to complete the contract.
Each screen, bar the last, hides a prize or a 'hot spot'. There was always between five to eight 'hot spots' hidden between all three teams montiors, but by later series there was normally two per team. Each time the team in control reveals a prize, they win that prize & can decide to either bank the prize(s) & pass control to their opposing team or reveal another screen. Deciding to keep playing is a risk because if at anytime they reveal the hot spot, they lose all the prizes earned at that point and control goes the opponents. But if they can make their required number of moves without hitting the hot spot, not only they bank their prizes but they also keep their turn and answering another question.
The last screen of the ten for each team is a question. The team can decide to answer it then or bank their prizes. (The screen before the question normally is a holiday). A wrong answer forfeits the prizes not banked and the game continues, while a right answer wins the game. The question normally begins with 'Who struck it lucky/rich...?' or 'You would strike it lucky/rich if...".
There was also a bonus game where the game begins by having the winning team bidding on how few 'hot spots' they will hit with a bid of fewer 'hot spots' earning more money if completed, but being more difficult to achieve.
Instead of playing the game across the board they now play top, middle or bottom, choosing on of the three montiors in each row to play.
Hidden throughout the 30 screen are 10 arrows signifying a free move, another 10 are 'hot spots' and the final 10 are true or false questions earning a move on a correct answer or a 'hot spot' on an incorrect one. These are randomly allocated through out the board.
On each column of screen, the winning team elects to hit the top, middle or bottom one. The aim of the game is for the team to get from one side to the other without hitting more 'hot spots' then they bid. If they get to the other side the board without hitting more 'hot spots' then they bid, they win £10,000 if they bid two, £7,000 for three and £5,000 for four. In later series if they failed to match or beat their bid they won one-twentieth of the prize they were aiming for (£500, £350 and £250 respectively), with every move without a 'hot spot' they made, before they went over their bid.
On a 1997 special, contestants who took part would donate their winning to cancer research, with three contestants suffering from the disease, including one man who had his voice box removed. The first players, a man who was known for his funny outrageous behaviour, won the game with his daughter and played for £10,000. As they went for £10,000, only two hotspots were allowed. The first three moves turned out to be hotspots, and the game should have ended. Michael would not let the team lose charity money, and completely ignored the hotspots and moved on anyway, in which at one point, the producer off screen was telling Michael off, in which he replied "Don't make a face at me...". The team hit six hotspots in the end, and lost the jackpot at the final screen, where a hotspot appeared. Michael ignored this again, and gave them £10,000 anyway.
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