Take on the Twisters

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Apparently, it works like this: One player plays against the clock, there are six timers of various lengths, a correct answer upends a timer. Whichever timers are still running at the end of time earn money. Best player of four plays the final with eight timers, and the money's hidden behind one of them.  
Apparently, it works like this: One player plays against the clock, there are six timers of various lengths, a correct answer upends a timer. Whichever timers are still running at the end of time earn money. Best player of four plays the final with eight timers, and the money's hidden behind one of them.  
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The show went out in the 5pm slot as a summer replacement for [[The Chase]] in 2013.
The show went out in the 5pm slot as a summer replacement for [[The Chase]] in 2013.
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Voted the Worst New Show in this site's [[Poll of the Year 2013#Hall of SHAME 2013|Poll of 2013]]
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Voted the Worst New Show in this site's [[Poll of the Year 2013#Hall of SHAME 2013|Poll of 2013]]… but voted, without irony, Format of the Year by international television website C21.
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Without irony, international television website C21 voted it their Format of the Year.
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[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]]
[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]]
[[Category:12 Yard Productions]]
[[Category:12 Yard Productions]]
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Current revision as of 22:03, 28 August 2024

Contents

Host

Julia Bradbury

Broadcast

12 Yard for ITV, 22 July to 30 August 2013 (30 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

A quick-fire quiz involving eight giant sand-timers.

Apparently, it works like this: One player plays against the clock, there are six timers of various lengths, a correct answer upends a timer. Whichever timers are still running at the end of time earn money. Best player of four plays the final with eight timers, and the money's hidden behind one of them.

Inventor

Josephine Brassey, Liz Gaskell, Chris Greenwood and John Lomax

Theme music

Will Slater

Trivia

The show went out in the 5pm slot as a summer replacement for The Chase in 2013.

Voted the Worst New Show in this site's Poll of 2013… but voted, without irony, Format of the Year by international television website C21.

Web links

Wikipedia entry

See also

Weaver's Week review

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