23May2013
“The Million Pound Drop” Returns in June With Bigger Teams and Bigger Stakes
After a long break, Channel 4's quiz show The Million Pound Drop is coming back. The network has announced the Davina McCall-hosted game will return this June. The twelve-part series starts June 14th and will run for six consecutive weekends. Long time fans can expect to see several changes. One of the biggest ones is that larger teams are now able to participate. The Drop will now see teams of up to four compete for £1,000,000. Previously only teams of two were allowed. The other change can drastically change the stakes contestants play for. Click here to read more.
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“The Million Pound Drop” is Back and Looking for Contestants
It's back. If you live in the United Kingdom, it's your chance to face The Million Pound Drop. Channel 4's quiz show, hosted by Davina McCall, is returning soon with a new series of episodes. Each edition gives a pair of contestants the chance to win £1,000,000 by spreading bundles of £25,000 across answers they feel are correct. They must leave one zone open at all times, though. Wrong answers drop, so if you have no money on the right answer, it's game over and you leave with nothing. The record win stands at £300,000. Will anyone beat that? Click here to apply, watch a clip, and learn more.
Read MoreView Comments (1)08Dec2012
Buzzer UK: UK Christmas Game Show Preview 2012
Christmas is here once again with the UK major channels drawing up some game show treats for the next few weeks into the new year. Some are returning favourites with some new shows and a special revival of a 1980s classic. Here are the details to what is planned for the festive period. BBC One Given the huge popularity of the London 2012 Olympic Games over the summer. The BBC have decided to bring back 80s sportsfest, Superstars. The original show featured many sport stars taking part in sports that were unfamiliar to them with the finale taking place in the gymnasium for the gruelling gym tests. It was known for having a memorable theme tune, Heavy Action. Which is well known to US viewers as the theme tune to ABC's Monday Night Foot
Read MoreView Comments (3)18Jun2012
Ratings Report: “Figure It Out” and “Pointless Celebrities” are Last Week’s Winners
We've had a few new game shows pop up recently and I wanted to be sure to share the nice success stories we've had for the genre. The biggest recent success is Nick's revival of Figure It Out. It seems the new series left off where the old one did...it's a big hit. The show has been averaging over 2.5 million episodes for its debut week. Over in the United Kingdom, BBC's Saturday special Pointless Celebrities scored big for the network. The celebrity special of BBC's hit daytime quiz show scored 3.47 million viewers and a 19.2% share. We've also got syndicated ratings for you. Click here to read all the numbers and let us know what you think.
Read MoreView Comments (16)12Jun2012
“The Million Pound Drop” to Pair One Contestant with One Celebrity This Series
The Million Pound Drop, Channel 4's popular interactive live quiz show, is doing something pretty interesting for its newest series starting this Friday at 8:30PM UK (3:30PM ET). Sometime this series, one celebrity and one civilian contestant will be paired together to play the game. The details aren't fully released yet, but for the first time one regular contestant will step onto stage with one of the various celebrities The Drop manages to get and try to win up to £1,000,000. Logic would say they will split the money between the civilian and the celebrity's charity, but that hasn't been announced yet. We'll give you all the details when they are released but until then be sure to watch the newest series of The Million Pound Drop starting this Friday at 8:30PM live on Channel 4. Play along with the show's iOS app or the online game. Click here to watch a promotional video the show released.
Read MoreView Comments (4)07Jun2012
“The Million Pound Drop” Returns June 15th; Adds Mobile Interactive Game
The Drop is back. Davina McCall returns for an all-new series of Channel 4's popular interactive quiz show The Million Pound Drop. This series, the eighth, begins June 15th at 8:30PM UK (3:30PM ET) on Channel 4 and runs for ten episodes, through July 14th. As always anyone in the world, UK or elsewhere, can play along with the show live using their interactive web game by clicking here. However, The Drop is giving people living in the United Kingdom a new way to play. For this new series The Million Pound Drop is launching a new interactive and stand-alone mobile game. Click here for the full story on the new series and how to get and play the new mobile game.
Read MoreView Comments (4)11May2012
“The Million Pound Drop” Wins Rose d’Or Award
Congratulations are due to Channel 4's popular live quiz show The Million Pound Drop. The Davina McCall-fronted quizzer won the award for best game show at this year's Rose d’Or Festival. It managed to beat ITV's The Cube and the Israeli format Still Standing which seems to do moderately well in every country except America. I wonder why. Congratulations to Endemol and Drop. It's still a fun, exciting quiz and we're glad to see it do so well. The show is looking for contestants for its newest series so if you want to take on the Drop and try to win a million pounds, click here.
Read MoreView Comments (2)22Mar2012
“The Million Pound Drop” Returns Live This Saturday
The Drop is back. Channel 4's hit quiz show The Million Pound Drop is returning for an all new series starting this Saturday, March 24th, at 9:20PM UK (5:20PM ET). This week episodes will run Saturday and Sunday, but after that it goes back to its normal Friday and Saturday routine. Davina McCall comes back to the Drop which gives a pair of contestants £1,000,000 at the start of the show. All they have to do is hold on to as much as they can through eight questions. As always you can play along live from any country by clicking here, but UK readers can enter to be on the show by playing. Click here to learn more about what to expect, some celebrities playing, and for a montage of the best moments of series six.
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“The Million Pound Drop” Returns Tonight at 9:00PM UK on Channel 4
The Drop is back. Channel 4 is bringing back more episodes of their popular quiz show The Million Pound Drop live, tonight, at 9:00PM UK (4:00PM ET). The show is fresh off its special holiday series and ready to give away up to £1,000,000 to pairs of contestants. Play along by visiting the show's website and tweet the show to maybe see your messages on TV.
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Big Surprise on The Million Pound Drop
Throughout this week, Channel 4 are airing a special Christmas series of The Million Pound Drop: Live. It started on Monday evening and will conclude tomorrow evening (Friday). There has been a few moments within the short series so far. Comedian Micky Flanagan winning £25,000 for his charity on Monday and best friends, Craig and Seve managing to beat the drop last night at the start of the show to win £100,000. What happened afterwards was totally Earth shattering. I will say nothing else but simply watch the clip below and everything will become clear. [stream provider=video flv=x:/www.flashgameshows.com/wordpress/videos/mpdlosers.flv img=x:/www.flashgameshows.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/.jpg embed=false share=false width=540 heig
Read MoreView Comments (23)05Dec2011
New Series of “The Million Pound Drop” Debuts Live Tonight at 10PM on Channel 4
The Million Pound Drop is back and live. Davina McCall returns as host on the show that gives contestants £1,000,000 up front. They need to keep as much of it as they can through a series of eight questions as they hedge their entire bank in each round. Whatever is left after eight questions is what the contestants take home...if anything. Tonight comedian Micky Flanagan and his nephew Mike play for charity, as well as other regular people playing for £1,000,000. The most ever taken out by a civilian team is £250,000. Can someone beat that during this live series? Check it out tonight through Thursday at 10PM and Friday at 9:00PM and as always click here to play along from any country. It's a lot of fun. Click here ti discuss the new series.
Read MoreView Comments (2)25Nov2011
“The Million Pound Drop”, “The Cube” and “Millionaire” Plan Holiday Specials
Fans of the British TV series The Million Pound Drop, The Cube, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire have a special gift coming their way for Christmas. Each show will have special episodes celebrating the holidays, some featuring celebrities playing for charity and some live. Click here to read about The Drop's return, The Cube's Coronation Street special, and a new live Millionaire episode.
Read MoreView Comments (4)18Nov2011
Channel 4 Celebrates 30 Years with a Special “Million Pound Drop” and “Countdown”
British broadcaster Channel 4 has been around for thirty years. They've given us some great game shows like Countdown, Deal or No Deal, and The Million Pound Drop. They've got special episodes of popular shows like Countdown and The Million Pound Drop that you may want to check out. You won't be seeing Davina McCall and Jeff Stelling host The Drop or Countdown. You won't see regular contestants either. Click here to learn about all the host swaps.
Read MoreView Comments (2)02Nov2011
Channel 4 Casting for “The Million Pound Drop”
Channel 4's popular event quiz show The Million Pound Drop is coming back for a new series in December, and they need contestants. Do you think you can be the one that is the first to take the full £1,000,000 from the live quiz show hosted by Davina McCall? The show is now casting. If you live in England it's your chance to play. The only big restrictions are that you must be over 18 and you only need to reapply if you applied with a different partner or if you tried before April 7th. Have a picture ready and we may see you on the air. Good luck. Click here to go to the show's website and apply.
Read MoreView Comments (2)08Oct2011
UK Weekend Replay: Million Pound Drop Drama
Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop Live will wrap up their fifth series tonight. Over the course of the last six weekends, it has produced many high scoring payouts with couples winning £200,000 and more. Endemol and Channel 4 have given away more than £1 million throughout this series. More money than the last four series and Christmas specials added together. Today we have two clips from this series. The first clip was taken from 24th September and features comedian Jack Whitehall and his father, Michael Whitehall. Unlike other game shows, celebrity games are always slotted between regular games. The generation pair have reached question eight with a record £300,000. Watch the clip below to see them tackle the final 50/50 question. [st
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