The People Versus
Encyclopedia
The People Versus is a television game show
which aired on ITV
from 2000 to 2002 in the United Kingdom
. Kirsty Young
hosted the program for the primetime series and Kaye Adams
hosted the program for the daytime series. The show was radical in terms of the two changes of versions. The second version was a lot quicker than the first. The Kirsty Young version was criticised as being slow. The People Versus was made by Celador
, the same makers as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
.
Finishing Round 5 meant the contestant would begin again at Round 1. There was no limit on the amount of money someone could win which potentially meant someone could win more than a million pounds, the top prize of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
.
If a person got their question wrong, they lost all money in that round and their seat in the game went to the person who set the question.
The contestant had a four minute time limit to finish the rounds. Running out of time meant they lost.
If the contestant was stuck on a question, he or she could pass, but if they cannot pass any more, they must use a 'Flip'. A contestant had three flips at their disposal. These substituted the question for an alternative one on their specialist subject.
Finishing Round 5 meant that the contestant would bank the £3,000 and have the chance to restart from Round 1 again with their Flips restored. As in the first series there is an unlimited amount of money to be won. The highest sum of money won on the daytime version was £13,000 by Indrani Hettiaratchi.
If a contestant answered a question incorrectly, then they were knocked out of the game. The person who set the question won £100. (Later in the series this changed to £50 for a Round 1 knockout, with no money being awarded for an elimination in a later round.) The Bong Game
was then played.
The studio contestant had the choice of 3 Bong games. One of these three games didn't have a bong in it all and went all the way to the money he had in play. A robotic voice read out increasing amounts of money. The aim was to stop the voice before the bong sounded. The contestant had to press a button to stop the voice and win whatever was shown on the screen.
If the contestant managed beat the bong, the rest of the money in play went to the person who caught the studio contestant out. If the studio player failed to beat the bong, then they would win nothing and the member of the public won all of the money in play. The contestant then found out where the bong would have come in.
Hong Kong
Broadcasted on ATV
, called 各出其謀 (lit. everyone gives their questions) and hosted by Meg Lam (林建明).
On December 31, 2001, in the last episode of the first series of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
, the last contestant was invited to play the game, but he failed to finish Round 5 and he lost the Bong Game.
The first regular episode was aired on January 1, 2002 and the last was on March 8, 2002.
The values of each round were HK$5,000, HK$10,000, HK$20,000, HK$40,000 and HK$100,000 (about £6,451) respectively.
Russia
Called Народ против (Narod Protiv, lit. people against). The show was originally aired on Channel One
, then a new series aired on REN TV.
The values of each round were 1,000 rubles
, 2,500 rubles, 5,000 rubles, 15,000 rubles and 50,000 rubles (about £1,029) respectively.
Serbia
In Serbia The people Versus aired on RTS 1
(between 2002 and 2005) as Сам против свих (Sam protiv svih, lit. Alone vs. all) .
In 2009, B92
and Advantige bought rights and will air it as Narod protiv / Народ против (lit. people against).
The new season began airing on February 19, 2009.
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
which aired on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
from 2000 to 2002 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Kirsty Young
Kirsty Young
Kirsty Jackson Young is a Scottish television presenter and radio presenter. She is the main presenter of Crimewatch and Desert Island Discs. She is married to millionaire club owner Nick Jones.- Career :...
hosted the program for the primetime series and Kaye Adams
Kaye Adams (presenter)
Kaye Adams is a Scottish television presenter, best known for presenting Loose Women from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...
hosted the program for the daytime series. The show was radical in terms of the two changes of versions. The second version was a lot quicker than the first. The Kirsty Young version was criticised as being slow. The People Versus was made by Celador
Celador
Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent production company in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows and is probably best known for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-producing the film Slumdog Millionaire which collected...
, the same makers as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
.
Kirsty Young version
For every question the contestants got correct they won £5,000. The rules were: In each round the players were shown five questions from one of their specialist subjects. In Round One, each contestant had to attempt and answer correctly one of those five questions - "one of five to stay alive". In Round Two, on a different subject they had to answer two correctly to stay in, Round Three three, Round Four four and finally in Round Five they had to answer all five. In each round, the player could, if they wanted, earn more cash by answering more questions than the quota required, again for £5,000 a piece. To help, each player was shown all five questions at the start. Each player was also given three 'flips'. If a player wanted to use a flip, they could substitute any of the five given questions for another one. Also, if they had the cash, they could elect to 'buy' answers to questions at £10,000 a time.Finishing Round 5 meant the contestant would begin again at Round 1. There was no limit on the amount of money someone could win which potentially meant someone could win more than a million pounds, the top prize of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
.
If a person got their question wrong, they lost all money in that round and their seat in the game went to the person who set the question.
Kaye Adams version
Studio contestants were asked general knowledge questions set by the public. The rounds were as follows:- Round one: one question worth £Pound sterlingThe pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
100 - Round two: two questions worth £Pound sterlingThe pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
250 - Round three: three questions worth £Pound sterlingThe pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
500 - Round four: four questions worth £Pound sterlingThe pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
1,000 - Round five: five questions worth £Pound sterlingThe pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
3,000
The contestant had a four minute time limit to finish the rounds. Running out of time meant they lost.
If the contestant was stuck on a question, he or she could pass, but if they cannot pass any more, they must use a 'Flip'. A contestant had three flips at their disposal. These substituted the question for an alternative one on their specialist subject.
Finishing Round 5 meant that the contestant would bank the £3,000 and have the chance to restart from Round 1 again with their Flips restored. As in the first series there is an unlimited amount of money to be won. The highest sum of money won on the daytime version was £13,000 by Indrani Hettiaratchi.
If a contestant answered a question incorrectly, then they were knocked out of the game. The person who set the question won £100. (Later in the series this changed to £50 for a Round 1 knockout, with no money being awarded for an elimination in a later round.) The Bong Game
Bong game
The bong game is a phone-in game show created in the 1980s by the London-based radio station, Capital Radio. It is a game based purely on chance, but remained suspenseful because both rewards and risk increased as it progressed.-How it works:...
was then played.
The studio contestant had the choice of 3 Bong games. One of these three games didn't have a bong in it all and went all the way to the money he had in play. A robotic voice read out increasing amounts of money. The aim was to stop the voice before the bong sounded. The contestant had to press a button to stop the voice and win whatever was shown on the screen.
If the contestant managed beat the bong, the rest of the money in play went to the person who caught the studio contestant out. If the studio player failed to beat the bong, then they would win nothing and the member of the public won all of the money in play. The contestant then found out where the bong would have come in.
Transmissions
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
Broadcasted on ATVAsia Television Limited
Asia Television Limited is one of the two free-to-air television broadcasters in Hong Kong, the other being rival Television Broadcasts Limited . It launched in 1957 under the name Rediffusion Television as the first television station in Hong Kong...
, called 各出其謀 (lit. everyone gives their questions) and hosted by Meg Lam (林建明).
On December 31, 2001, in the last episode of the first series of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Baak Maan Fu Yung
Baak Maan Fu Yung was a game show from Hong Kong, based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show's host was Kenneth Chan. The main goal of the game was to win 1 million Hong Kong dollars by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There were three...
, the last contestant was invited to play the game, but he failed to finish Round 5 and he lost the Bong Game.
The first regular episode was aired on January 1, 2002 and the last was on March 8, 2002.
The values of each round were HK$5,000, HK$10,000, HK$20,000, HK$40,000 and HK$100,000 (about £6,451) respectively.
RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Called Народ против (Narod Protiv, lit. people against). The show was originally aired on Channel OneChannel One (Russia)
Channel One is the first television channel to broadcast in the Soviet Union. The channel was renamed Ostankino Channel 1 in 1991, after the Soviet Union broke up and the Russian SFSR became the Russian Federation. According to a recent government publication, the Russian government controls 51%...
, then a new series aired on REN TV.
The values of each round were 1,000 rubles
Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble is the currency of the Russian Federation and the two partially recognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Formerly, the ruble was also the currency of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union prior to their breakups. Belarus and Transnistria also use currencies with...
, 2,500 rubles, 5,000 rubles, 15,000 rubles and 50,000 rubles (about £1,029) respectively.
SerbiaSerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
In Serbia The people Versus aired on RTS 1Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
(between 2002 and 2005) as Сам против свих (Sam protiv svih, lit. Alone vs. all) .
In 2009, B92
B92
B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes...
and Advantige bought rights and will air it as Narod protiv / Народ против (lit. people against).
The new season began airing on February 19, 2009.
External links
- Protiv - Official website of Serbian version of The People Versus
- Official website of Hong Kong version